AN bleuxe: I hope ppl r enjoy this story and I don't own Naruto. This is Thinking and Dreams.
The next few days was Hinata very scattered brain and confused. It didn't help that she had a reminder every time she looked in the mirror at the hickeys on her neck making her constantly wear a turtleneck. It also didn't help that she torn apart her apartment because she misplaced her work key.
She thought the hickeys would be gone by now, but what did she really know about this kind of thing.
"This never happened to me I wish I knew how to act or what to do?" Hinata thought while tucking the fabric back over her neck. This mission was more learn as she as goes because there wasn't anyone here to confide to. Training from back home only got her so far and two years of only having contact with her loved ones through letters. Every letter Hinata wrote was a lie of what she was doing and how she was feeling because she was sworn to secrecy.
This made life for her was becoming very isolating and it made her question her sanity especially lately. She felt over the years pretending a civilian, not hearing anyone calling her by her real name and not seeing her own body forced her to lose a bit of her identity.
"I can't become complacent not now…just a few more weeks then you'll fulfil your duty here," She pipped talk herself in the mirror. Hinata had to believe that she was mentally strong to survive this long without any help and she hoped her strides here would benefit Konoha, but also liberal Ame from their leader without war.
Even if being spy here was part of the mission being heartless was never in her ninja way and people here were trying to live in peace too.
Late night at Riptide was back to it boring self and honesty she should be happy that she hadn't seen that masked man since that night. But her subconscious would always torment her every time she closed her eyes with dreams of him. Dreams of him on top of her like a faceless demon crushing her with every kiss and it always ended the same with his hand around her throat making impossible to breath like he meant to kill her along.
That dream would always leave her gasping for air swearing she felt his gloved hand on her.
"But it is just a dream just a form of loneliness that is all… beside I'll probably never see Tobi again," the thought came as quickly as went because the bell to the entry rung with him stand there.
Obito was unsure why he came back to this dump especially since what happened last time he was here. He wasn't the type to give back what she lost as he held the bar key between his fingers and honesty it was her fault. Thoughts of her bombard his mind and it was distracting him. He already was done with his business in Amegakure and he suppose he some spare time for pleasure.
"G-Good evening T-Tobi," Hinata's heart skipped a beat with memories of the kiss and him touching her coming back at full force as he sat in of her front in a barstool.
"Why do you work here? You always seem to be working alone not the safest thing for a young lady to do," he noticed she was the only at bar and wondered why someone who was in her early twenties work in a old seedy bar late at night during curfew.
"This work isn't the best line of work, but if it wasn't for this job I probably be homeless," she explained which was the truth when she first came here was a rough start for her to acclimate. She learned to enjoy this job actually and was kind of a form of giving therapy to those who felt like they couldn't talk to anyone about their problems especially for those who were regulars at Riptide. Jin was actually here, but this time was in the cellar down stair doing inventory granted she still was working alone at the bar.
"I'm very capable of taking of myself so there is no need to worry for my safety,"
Obito could see the confidence brimming from her it was cute and it made his eye drift downward from her beaming smile to her turtleneck and he couldn't help, but to smirk at this point from inside his mask. His eye noticed an imprinted of an necklace in her turtleneck and he thought it was strange.
"Usually you would want to put a necklace outside the clothing?" Obito faintly remembered touching it and her shoving he away. Was she purposely hiding it?
"I would offer you a drink, but we are actually closing early tonight because of my boss is doing inventory," Hinata said trying her hardest not to show her nervousness around him. She took off her apron and head scarf packing them in her bag. It was raining hard and she was prepared this time with her umbrella.
"Do mind you if I walk you home?" he asked and decided to be to play nice this time around seeing as she was leaving.
Hinata was very skeptical at first at the suggestion, but having him holding her with one arm and keeping the rain off her with the umbrella. It just gave the impression that were lovers and it made her imagination his lips on her again which annoyed her because they weren't even friends. She didn't even know this man.
"Why wear a mask if you have one eye and wouldn't it make harder for you to see?" Hinata began wondering what his face looked like again.
They made to her apartment and instantly noticed that her lock to the door was busted. She immediately raced in without him. Thankful there was no one in her home anymore and from the looks of the place they must have saw how disorganized she left her apartment earlier and thought someone else must have already robbed the place.
Still Hinata was extremely paranoid because this never happened before in all the years she lived here and she wondered why now in her last month being in Ame was this happening. The worst scenario was that someone would find out that she was a spy and turn her over to the authorities. Lucky for her important information was burned in her fireplace a few days back and all she had was a logbook to account for her last days here which seem to be untouched in her bookcase.
"You know that was dangerous of you," Obito commented seeing her visible jolt which irritated him to no end because it was like she forgot that he was there with her.
"You've could fell right into someone trap," He saw what a disarray her place was.
"Yea, but I had to make sure nothing of value was taken," Hinata replied unsure what to do next because it was late at night with a storm brewing outside and an unintendedly guest. She flipped the light switch just to see that it was yet another power outrage. This place she definitely would not be miss. Having to live at these apartments was a nightmare with the leaky roofs when it rained too much, appliances that would randomly break and the landlord was anything, but helpful.
Obito could never understand the core beliefs of a civilian and how she valued personal items over her life.
"You know they probably knew you lived alone," Obito said leaning against the wall with his arms crossed causing her ears to peak up.
"I wouldn't doubt that they would come back especially if your alone and if they were desperate enough to gang up against you. What would you do then Mina?"
Hinata was at a lost for words because he was right because if they did come back she would have to fight and it could cause her be compromised. The risk only heightened with fear of having her identity being revealed.
"I-I don't know… maybe you could stay till daybreak until I-I-I," Hinata's voice caught in her throat the closer he got which was ominous because she could only see his swirl of a mask showing in the dark.
"I get a hold my landlord and a l-locksmith unless you have somewhere you need to be then never mind I don't be a burden to you," the more she rambled the more stupider she felt for even bring this up because he was so silent. Suddenly his gloved hand grabbing of her chin pulling her so close that her nose was nearly touching his mask.
"You trust that I would protect you for all you know I could be just another thief in the night," he warned her that he wasn't just any ordinary shinobi and wonder if she knew he was Akatsuki member would she be so willing to let him stay.
"If you want to hurt me you would have done it by now Tobi. You've had many opportunities," Hinata showed her bandage hand as proof making him let go of her.
Obito knew she had no idea what he was capable of and her going on the notion that he helped her once and could do it again was disgustingly naïve of her. Yet it made him wonder was what was she really capable of? There was just something not right about her and he intend to found out because his instinct were usual correct.