Chapter 8: No Naruto-kun…
Hinata looked at Naruto's face. Hinata looked at his eyes and noticed that they were very different. Naruto's eyes didn't give Hinata the warm feeling of being loved. Hinata looked back at the woman clinging at Naruto's arms. The woman pulled Naruto's robe a bit. "Who is she Naruto-kun?" the woman asked
…Naruto-KUN?
"Just a friend…" Naruto replied and then smiled at the woman.
…JUST A FRIEND?
Hinata looked down on the ground. She was clueless. What was happening? Did Naruto consider her a lover or a friend? Her vision suddenly got blurry. She felt her tears ran down through her cheeks.
"…but Naruto-kun, why did she kiss you?" the woman asked.
"It's just a friendly kiss, Mizuki-chan…" Naruto answered.
…Mizuki-CHAN?
She wept more and ran away with a broken heart. Naruto didn't stop her. Everybody saw the scene and wondered heavily why Naruto did such a thing.
"Naruto, how could you do that?!" Sakura approached Naruto and glared at him. Naruto just stared at her.
"… I can't believe you! You can replace her with a woman much more beautiful than her?" Sakura glared at him again. "Gosh… I can't really believe you… come on Sasuke-kun… let's go after Hinata-chan!" Sakura then pulled Sasuke and they followed Hinata's trail.
Sakura and Sasuke followed Hinata. Hinata stopped under a three shade in the training area, her usual spot. She sat there, covering her face and crying so hard like someone just died. Sakura and Sasuke approached her. Sakura sat beside Hinata and she started to comfort her.
"Hinata-chan…" Sakura muttered. "…Don't worry… cry as hard as you like. I'll be crying like that too of Sasuke will do that to me." Sakura said at the crying Hinata.
"I… j-just can't understand why he'll do that…" Hinata said while she sobbed.
"Hey Sasuke-kun…" Sakura then looked at Sasuke who was leaning his back in the tree. "… you were with him for the past days… do you know why he's doing this to her?" Sakura asked Sasuke.
"I don't exactly know why…but…" Sasuke said
"…but?" Sakura said with an eager look in her face.
"…but since he visited her for the first time he started visiting her everyday… you know… he started getting fond of her…"Sakura then sighed. "… I don't really know since I was bedridden for month…" Sasuke added
"Is that so…" Hinata stopped covering her face and she looked up at Sasuke with VERY sad eyes.
"…but Hinata… Lee-san might know… since he was not bedridden like me." Sasuke said to comfort Hinata a bit.
Sakura stood up and raised her fist. "Then Hinata-chan… let's go find Lee-san!" Sakura pulled her up and dragged her away from the area. The searched the town for Lee and found him walking in the street.
"…Lee-san!" Sakura shouted on the street.
Lee looked at his back and saw Sakura holding Hinata running towards him.
"Sakura-chan, what's up?" Lee then smiled at the two girls but he frowned when he saw Hinata sad.
"Hey Lee-san, can I treat you?" Sakura stared at Lee
"…sure. But what do you want?" Lee asked the pink haired ninja.
Sakura pulled his hand. "I'll tell you later… come on let's go…"
"..Oh… is that it…" Lee said after he finished his bowl of ramen. Sakura told him what she wanted to know, she told him what Sasuke told them and she asked him if he knew why Naruto was doing this.
"Yeah… do you know Lee-san?" Sakura asked him again.
Lee stared at Hinata, he furrowed his thick eyebrows and he closed his round eyes.
"I don't really know too, Sakura-chan…" Lee sighed "…you know he just started doing that when he first visited tat woman. I don't really know what he's thinking. Maybe he's joking…'" Lee sighed again.
"This is not a good time for a joke!" Sakura retorted.
"Calm down, Sakura-chan... Anyway, why isn't it a good time to joke right now?"
Sakura whispered something at Lee's ear which made him open his mouth and widen his eyes.
"You're kidding…" Lee said after Sakura whispered something at his ear.
"No, I'm not… if Naruto agrees with Hiashi-sama…" Sakura said "Hinata will be very sad…" she whispered at Lee's ear.
Meanwhile, Hinata looked down at her Ramen. She didn't eat it she drifted away in her mind thinking about the blonde haired man she loves. She then suddenly stood up.
"…Hinata-chan…" Sakura muttered. "Where are you going?" Sakura asked
"I'm going to talk with Naruto-kun, to ask him if he's joking…" Hinata then furrowed her eyebrows. "…Or not. Lee-san, do you know where Naruto-kun is?" Hinata asked Lee.
"He's back in his office…" Lee replied with a worried tone in his voice.
Naruto sat in his chair at his office, dozing off once again. What was wrong with him? He felt something in his chest that is like going to explode. Why did he say those things in front of Hinata? He sighed again he had to go say sorry. He was about to get up when…
"…Naruto-kun!" Mizuki entered his office
That scent again…
"Mizuki-chan… what are you doing here?" Naruto stood up. Mizuki approached him and kissed him on the lips for a while.
"You have a visitor…" Mizuki approached the door and opened it. Hyuuga Hiashi entered the office.
"Hyuuga-sama, what can I do for you?' Naruto asked.
"I just wanted to ask you something…" Hiashi said.
Naruto gestured for him to sit down. Hiashi sat down in front of Naruto's desk and Naruto sat again.
"Then… what is it?'" Naruto asked
"Do you love my daughter?" Hiashi asked him directly.
"I…"
That scent again…
"I don't…" Naruto looked down on his desk.
"… Is that your final answer?" Hiashi asked
"…"
That scent again…
"…Yes…" Naruto answered
Hinata almost collapsed when she heard the conversation from the other side of the room. Tears flowed down on her cheeks again.
Do you love her?
No….
(A/N) Don't worry guys its not like its gonna stay like that....