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As promised Sakura was there to pick up Hinata early in the morning so they could pick up the things needed for Inos surprise baby shower. Sakura was in charge of the decorations and Hinata in charge of the food. The guests were already invited and Sakura convinced Shikamaru to help them get Ino out of the house for a couple of hours.
When they arrived, the house was left unlocked for them to go in and they both quickly set to work. Sakura put up several streamers and balloons around the room, and setting up a highly decorated chair in front of a small coffee table where the presents would be. Hinata made easy to make finger foods, decorating the platters with the food in various patterns. When she finished placing the platters on the dining table she set up the cans of drinks into a pleasing design to make it seem more appealing.
Just as they put the finishing touches on their assigned duties the guests began to knock at the door, piling presents of different sizes and colors onto the small coffee table. Sakura glanced up at the clock and grinned.
"Kay Shikamaru should be back with Ino any minute so get ready." Hinata moved to the window, pushing the curtains to the side slightly to see if they were on their way and sure enough she saw them coming up to the house. Ino was complaining to Shikamaru about something with him looking extremely bored.
When Ino walked in everyone screamed a series of congrats and surprise. Ino just simply squealed in excitement and as soon as he got the chance Shikamaru walked into a separate room, not really wanting to stay in the same place with a handful of women.
As the party continued smoothly Hinata sat down quietly and watched as everyone had fun. The party was entertaining but it was mostly a needed distraction for her. While she watched Ino open the gifts Hinata's thoughts flew back to the past events shared with her husband and her heart began to throb. She looked down at the drink she nursed in her hands, the throbbing had been happening a lot lately and caused a thick blanket of confusion to surround her thoughts.
Hinata wanted to ask Sakura about it but...how stupid would it sound for her to ask such a question. Why is my heart throbbing because of my husband? Besides she figured what Sakura's answer would be anyways. Something a long the lines of being in love with him, but that just didn't make sense to her.
Why would she be in love with someone she barely knew?
But...that wasn't completely true...to be honest her and her husband knew each other quite well. Mostly because of the fact that they both observed each other's actions and reactions to things more than the small conversations they shared, even though that did help their relationship.
Hinata sighed at the thought of Sasuke, the main reason why she didn't love him plaguing her mind.
He wasn't Naruto.
Her milk colored eyes glanced up at the clock. Sakura and her had to leave in about a half hour to meet both Sasuke and Naruto at the training grounds.
It was late when they got home and the after affects of the loud music were still buzzing in their ears. Sasuke was the last one in and turned away from his wife to close and lock the door.
She had been acting extremely distant to him this evening...which was understandable since they just came back from Naruto and Sakura's wedding. Sasuke may be a bit dense when it came to things like love but he knew that his wife had cared very deeply for Naruto.
When Sasuke turned back around he found his wife kneeling on the ground with her shoulders hunched forward. He stood there quietly watching as her small pale shoulders began to shake with silent sobs.
He was frozen in place with confusion on what to do next. The only other time he had seen...or actually heard her cry was on their wedding night. The wedding they had was small, traditional and very private. After the ceremony the only thing to seal the marriage was for them to completely give themselves to each other.
That night...she had looked so terrified and Sasuke couldn't bring himself to do anything. So instead of spending the night together in bed Sasuke laid on the floor next to it, falling asleep to the sounds of his new wife's sobs.
Now actually seeing his wife there crying made him feel out of place...what was he supposed to do? Every few seconds his chest would pulsate with a certain pain and it irritated the hell out of him. Finally deciding that he would leave her alone he began to move out of the room and into the kitchen, but he came back a minute later with a glass of cold water in his hand.
He COULDN'T leave her there...he just couldn't...
Sasuke got onto one knee in front of her and placed the cup down on the floor, sliding it towards her.
"Hinata...you should go to sleep. Its been a long night..." her shoulders finally stopped shaking but she didn't look up at him, her face covered by a veil of indigo hair and shadows. It had calmed the pain he felt in his chest slightly but he knew she was still crying.
"Goodnight Hinata" Strange...that had been the first time he had ever said that to her.
His knee only made it an inch above the floor when Hinata's small fingers curled around the loose fabric of his sleeve. Her hand slowly moved up his arm, the tips of her fingers grazing the side of his neck up to his chin.
Sasuke froze a second time that night in confusion no one had ever touched him like that. Sure Sakura and Ino had basically jumped him...but...not like this...
Hinata mumbled something quietly under her breath as her fingers reached his cheek and all Sasuke could do was watch her, suddenly wanting her to look at him.
"Hina-"She placed her fingers on his lips gently, her sad light colored eyes lifting up to his confused dark ones.
"Stay with me Sasuke...Just for tonight."
Sasuke wasn't sure who leaned in first, maybe it was both of them at the same time, but he did know that night was his first kiss.
Her first kiss.
Their first kiss.
"OI!!! Bastard! Are you listening?!"
Sasuke silently kicked himself for letting his mind wander and turned his head to the side to look at his friend. He just couldn't get that night out of his head.
Naruto sighed heavily and leaned back on the rock he was currently sitting on. They had just finished sparring with each other, both having nothing better to do since Kakashi never showed up. It was a draw...even if Naruto was still arguing about it.
With ease Sasuke caught the oncoming rock thrown at his head and grunted at his blonde comrade.
"What?"
"Jeez just pay attention...Look is something wrong cause you seemed a bit off today because you-"
"Didn't win?"
"Shut up you cocky asshole! Let me finish!" Naruto took in a deep breath trying to calm himself down. "What I was TRYING to say was you looked distracted...did something happen between you and Hinata?"Sasuke glared at him.
"Did Sakura say something?" Naruto laughed a bit and rubbed the back of his head.
"eheh Sorta but I was serious when I said you looked distracted." Sasuke turned his head to look back in front of him.
"It's none of your business." The whiskered-faced man stared at him for a few moments before shrugging and turning his head up to the sky. What Sasuke wanted to say was how did Naruto feel when he was with his wife, Sakura...did he feel suddenly happy with the mere thought of her? Or did he have a sudden urge to kiss her every time she smiled at him? Of course...Sasuke would never come out and ask Naruto about this kind of thing...ESPECIALLY about him and his wife.
Sasuke gripped the grass next to him and pulled, ripping out the small green blades in frustration. How can one woman create so much trouble and she was quiet, reserved...aren't those type of woman no trouble at all? He silently cursed at himself and everything else around him that happened to be in his line of vision.
"Sasuke?...I was curious...Have you even kissed her yet?" Naruto quietly watched the quick glance from his friend and smiled a little. Sakura had told him a bit about Sasuke and Hinata's relationship and from what she had told him yesterday the only intimate contact they had was a kiss. "One more question...you still a virgin?" by now Naruto had his trademark grin on his face.
Now how in the hell was Sasuke supposed to respond to that? So instead of answering Naruto's question he did what he always did...He ignored him. Of course this just made things worse and Sasuke sat calmly as he listened to his friend burst out into laughter.
"AHAHAHAHAH!!! YOU'RE A MARRIED VIRGIN!!!!"
Taking in deep breaths, Sasuke calmed himself trying his best to ignore him.
"HAHAHA so Sasuke how long you been married again?? Heheh what was that? Three? Four months? Still a virgin?"
Twitch...deep breaths...keep calm...
"HAHAHA well that's a first. Guess that makes me more of a man now huh? HAHAHHAHAHAH!!"
Twitch...calm...
"Well yo- GWAH!!!" Sasuke smirked in triumph as the rock he threw successfully nailed Naruto in the head. A cheap shot but didn't stop from making him feel better.
"YOU BASTARD!" as expected Naruto recklessly tried to tackle Sasuke to the ground, but Sasuke moved quickly out of the way and tackling him instead. Both put each other in a headlock glaring at one another.
"Both of you are married grown men...who were trained to be ninjas," The new voice sighed tiredly. "And you both still insist on fighting each other like 5 year olds."Kakashi glanced over the edge of his book and stared at them. After seeing him stitting on the rock Naruto quickly directed his anger towards Kakashi and pushed Sasuke off.
"YOUR LATE KAKASHI-SENSEI!" the silver haired man just looked back down to his book and shrugged.
"I'm no longer your sensei you both can train without me. I see no reason for me being here."
"Pfft! Whatever your just a lazy old man!" Kakashi looked back up at Naruto with his one visible eye in a slight glare.
"Old?" In a puff of smoke and large crack later, Naruto was sitting on the ground holding his throbbing head.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ooooooow!" Kakashi tossed the large broken stick in his hand with one lazy gesture, his eyes still glued to his book.
"Hey!! Naruto!!" They all looked up to see Sakura waving at them happily, Hinata close by her side.
"Ah! Sakura-chan! Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei hit me on the head with painful objects!" Sakura just gave him a dry look, glancing at the men beside her husband.
"You most likely deserved it. What did you do?"
"CRUEL! You're a cruel wife!" Hinata giggled at the two and glanced up at her own husband who happened to be staring at her. She blushed and quickly looked away. When she looked back up she noticed the blood coming down on Naruto's forehead.
"Oh! Naruto-kun you forehead..."She reached up to check if the wound was bad but her hand was intercepted by her husbands.
"We're leaving."
"But Naruto's head..." Sakura just smile at her.
"It's fine I have it under control."
"Great I'm going to die" The young pink haired woman glared at her husband and threatened to give him his third hit of the day.
"Oh well...I hope you feel better Naruto-kun...Goodbye everyone!" Sasuke gripped her hand in his and quickened his pace to get away faster. It bothered him to see her worry about Naruto. He wasn't jealous...it just bothered him...greatly.
He quickly glanced back at her only to see her head bowed down low.
"Is there something wrong?" Hinata quickly looked up to face the back of her husband's head. Nothing was wrong it was just...she glanced back down at their joined hands and her heart began to pound again. Sasuke gripped her hand tightly in his larger one.
"Does this bother you?" Did it? She was a bit excited to tell the truth and she berated herself for acting like such a schoolgirl about it, but this was a first for her and she liked it. To answer his question she gripped his hand in return and the both of them remained quiet, hand in hand. They actually looked like a real couple.
"Hinata-chan!" At the sound of her name Hinata looked up to see Kiba across the street waving. Her face immediately broke into a smile and waved back to him with her free hand.
"Good evening Kiba-kun!" Kiba quickly made his way across the street and smiled down at Hinata. Sasuke stood quietly next to Hinata, scowling slightly at the way Kiba was smiling at his wife.
"Are you coming to practice tomorrow?" Before Hinata could answer her friend Sasuke did it for her.
"No. She promised a day of training with me so she's already taken." Kiba growled at the double meaning of Sasuke's words, but he couldn't argue with him since Hinata was technically already taken. Looking back down at Hinata he gave her a warm smile and patted her head, just to hopefully piss Sasuke off but unfortunately he didn't show any signs of anger.
"Well then I guess I'll see you after that then kay?" The shorter woman simply nodded and smiled, waving him goodbye before turning to her husband.
"We're training tomorrow?"
"Unless you want to train with Kiba." She gripped his hand tightly.
"Its fine. I want to train with you."
When they made it back home, Sasuke instantly went to the sofa to lye down and Hinata went to the kitchen to dinner.
He was pissed when Kiba touched Hinata. He was already irritated by the way Hinata acted with Naruto, but now he was just pissed off. The thing that really ticked him off was why he felt this way. So what if she never gave me the same type of affection that she gives to Naruto? And so what if Kiba touched her so easily when it took three months to kiss her? He didn't care. Why should he? Sasuke punched the side of couch in frustration and closed his eyes in an attempt to get rid of the headache coming on.
Hinata walked back into the living room to announce that dinner was ready, but instead just stood at the doorway watching her husband sleep. He never fell asleep before her. She looked over the details of his face free of embarrassment and smiled. Her husband was quite...she blushed...handsome.
She moved over him, grabbing the old wool blanket and laid it over him. When she looked back up to his face she found him staring at her for the second time that day.
"O-Oh! I'm s-sorry Sasuke. I though y-you were asleep." She turned to go back to the kitchen. "Well dinner is-oh!" Sasuke gripped her small arm and pulled her down. Hinata wasn't expecting this at all and fell on top of her husband, the upper half of her body using his chest as a cusion.
"Sasuke?" Hinata moved to sit up but he held her close to him.
"It irritates me to see you happy with them." This only confused her more and she questioned him again. "I don't want them to be the ones that make you happy..." This time Hinata kept quiet and listened to the soft breathing of her husband.
They weren't sure how long they were there together like that.
erm...eheheh I have no excuse about not getting this chapter out quick enough ;;. Erm anways - sorry if its shit...sorry if my punctuation is shit...and sorry if my spelling is shit. The story is not going to be perfect but im trying...so I hope this chapter is ok for you guys if it sucks im sorry!! V-V...well anyway enjoy and if Sasuke seemed like he was stuttering the last chapter then um sorry Oo;; I didn't think he was just pausing to reward his sentence a little....there is a difference damnit! Hehe -; kay I'll shut up. Please review! On the verge of falling asleep so whee....passes out