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Chapter thirteen: Besmirched Airs and Graces
The door to Sasuke's office slams shut as he stomps over to his desk, scorching with frustration and worry. He was looking forward to being able to at last reconcile with Hinata on Monday but now, at the end of the workweek, Anko tells him that she still hasn't been back to her practice.
Her evasiveness is driving him crazy and he's been tossing and turning all week due to her absence prompting his nightmares. Although he wants to give her space, he fears that the more time they spend apart, the more distance is created between them and the more his mind haunts him about his family's demise.
His phone buzzes and he answers promptly hoping that it's Anko getting back to him but it was only routine details of what is next on his itinerary for the day.
As he negligently listens to his secretary he takes out the photo of Hinata from his briefcase and ends their conversation short when he realizes that he can't stay focused. He's been so heedless lately which results in him piling on his workload onto his executives without due diligence.
As he looks at the picture his eyes droop "Where are you?" he asks in a hush.
Suddenly there's a knock on his door and his brows knot instantly as he's reminded of work.
"I'm busy," he says brusquely to the door.
The person knocks a second time now with a banging thump determined to get his full attention and Sasuke looks up angrily, wondering who had the balls to be knocking on his door in such an antagonistic manner.
He shouts "I said I'm fucking busy!"
Jugo barges through the door "What the fuck is wrong with you man?"
Sasuke wipes his face and smacks his hand on the keyboard "Get out I'm busy,"
Jugo voices aggressively "Why have you been such an asshole these days? You just left my secretary in tears,"
He looks up heatedly "If she wasn't so fucking incompetent then she would have told you to be at that meeting just now,"
Jugo scowls at him with burning hands and responds "I was still with a client that you sent me to meet with,"
"You should have wrapped it up then right?" Sasuke says harshly.
"I don't like this man you've been piling all your shit on me and I still have my own job to do,"
Sasuke scoffs and gets up from his chair "Then you should get to it,"
Jugo smirks at him and shakes his head side to side completely irritated choking the words he wants to say back down his throat while Sasuke grabs his coat.
"Take over, I'm heading out,"
With fuming eyes Jugo glares at him, knowing all his duties will be added onto his roster as soon as he leaves.
"You can't be serious,"
Sasuke looks at him blankly while fixing his coat "I'll be back in an hour,"
Jugo's eye twitches as he grits out "There's something important that's come up, we need to be on this,"
He replies curtly "Then handle it,"
Jugo is baffled, Sasuke has always been reticent but now he's just been a constant ass wipe to everyone on site for the past two weeks. He breathes trying to cool his temper and grabs Sasuke's arm as he starts to walk past.
"What's been up with you lately?" he asks with genuine concern.
Sasuke roughly wrings away from his grip and grimaces at him "Just do your fucking job Jugo,"
His wires are crossed and he doesn't intend on showing weakness about his situation. He doesn't need to open up because he's the only one who can solve his problem. What he needs at this point is to speak to Hinata and any words of pity, encouragement or dissuasion will only feel like pandering to his mood swings.
Sasuke drives out using the time away from his office to get his head on straight and to get some food. He decides to take the route that allows him to drive by Hinata's practice and as he passes his eyes quickly latch on to a vehicle that looks oddly familiar, enough to make him pull off the road.
'There's no way that's her car' he thinks.
He reverses and pulls into the car park to take a closer look when he sees Hinata stepping out of her practice with Naruto, talking and laughing together casually enough to not attract immediate suspicion.
With a quick spin of his wheel, he pulls into a spot at the end of a row of cars opposite the direction they were heading, ensuring that he would still be able to see them in his rearview.
He wipes his eyes as he sees Naruto pulling Hinata towards him as he leans on what he assumes is his car. Sasuke grinds his teeth together when his hands start running a little too close to his wife's butt for his liking while she glances around blushing.
He looks away feeling that it was the worst it could possibly get when the unthinkable happens.
When Sasuke turns his eyes back to them, his mouth suddenly becomes akin to the Sahara as he watches his wife caressing his face while Naruto holds her tightly against his body as they share a deep kiss.
It was done in a flash but to Sasuke, it was so slow that the image was seared into his mind.
If that wasn't enough to crush his downtrodden soul, Sasuke's heart starts doing hurdles when Hinata giggles afterward as though what he just witnessed wasn't her first time being intimate in that way with Naruto.
The sight of her wrapping her lips around someone else's infuriates him but before he could confront them, Naruto gets into his car and drives off while Hinata starts heading back inside, totally unaware of her husband's vigilance. Sasuke can no longer consider allowing her to have space when this will be the result.
He takes a few minutes to relax not knowing if he would burst into tears or fly off the handle once he steps out of his car. Repressing both feelings of anger and sadness not wanting them to take away from the news he has to share with her. In a few moments, Hinata will be securely in his arms and Naruto will only be a fleeting thought.
A few minutes later, the door to her practice opens and Anko looks up from her computer to say her usual greetings but instead she stands nervously when she sees Sasuke stepping through the door.
He looks at her expressionless but rages inside from her not informing him of Hinata's return to work like he requested. As he sees her reaching for her phone he places a finger on his lips indicating not to notify Hinata of his presence.
However, once he heads up the stairs out of range she buzzes Hinata.
"Mr. Uchiha has arrived," she says in a panicky tone.
Hinata sighs "Remember I'm not here,"
She promptly responds "No I mean he's on his way up,"
Hinata gasps as the hairs stand on her skin and ends the call.
She gets up from around her desk thinking to go into the other room to avoid him but shuffles wondering if she still has enough time. Her hesitation works against her as she hears a knock on the door.
Hinata facepalms and lets out a deep sigh feeling a cold shiver inside from having to face her soon to be ex-husband once again. She still has a backlog of scans to inspect and couldn't even join Naruto for lunch when he offered. Sasuke is the last person she wants to be in contact with.
He knocks again and she crosses her arms knowing she can't get rid of him now.
She says softly "Come in,"
As he enters she quickly adds "What do you want?"
"I need a reason to see my wife? Have you been here all week?" he asks calmly while closing the door.
She rolls her eyes "Make it quick I have a lot of appointments today," she says in a crass tone.
Sasuke is disheartened by her dismissiveness but he already expected her to still be angry. He smiles preparing to tell her his news but Hinata's eyes were elsewhere as she goes through her file cabinet searching for her patient's information.
It was obvious to him that she found his presence a bother. Her mood towards him was nothing compared to how she was with Naruto a minute ago.
He sighs and tries to hold her arm then remembers the slap she gifted him with last week. He keeps his hands at bay and admires his wife in her esteemed white coat as she heads back to her desk after finding the file she needs for today.
"Just say what you want and leave," she says while taking a seat.
He walks over to her, now feeling a drop in his confidence from her attitude.
"She's not pregnant,"
Hinata is taken by surprise but refuses to meet his gaze and doesn't acknowledge his sentence, finding it difficult to trust his words.
He looks at her warily "Sakura isn't carrying my child, she lied,"
She replies unexcitedly "How is that my problem?"
A perturbed dip forms between his brows perplexed by her reaction "What do you mean?"
She sighs turning over the document and replies uncaringly "Did you come for permission? If so you're more than welcome to try again,"
His eyes widen, he is speechless after her statement but then clears his throat when he sees her not attempting to amend her sentence.
"What?" he says softly almost inaudible to Hinata who was still inattentive.
"Hina… This means we can still be a family," he adds.
She chortles mockingly "Not interested,"
He bows slightly as his heart rate soars "I know you're still angry at me, but we still have a chance. We'll heal, I know we can get to the other side of this if we work together,"
"I'll spend the rest of my days loving you as best as I can, you'll never doubt me again I promise… I don't want to cause you any more pain and I'll never think of hurting you again,"
Hinata snaps her lids shut and squeezes them tightly as he continues to bombard her ears with desperate lines as though those words carry any meaning. It only proves to her that he truly isn't intent on fixing the main problem that placed them in this situation.
"Can you stop?" she requests politely too busy to take in much of what he is saying.
He replies clamorously "I want you to look at me the way you use to. I don't want us to be like this anymore… I want you to try to forgive me Hina,"
"That's rich coming from you," she says in condescension as she makes small jottings on her clipboard.
He sighs as his will breaks "I don't want us to argue, it feels like I can't even talk to you anymore,"
Hinata finally tears her eyes away from her work "Then don't! I want nothing to do with you,"
Sasuke runs his hands through his hair pulling on the roots as his reach extends to the back. He thought this news would make her overjoyed that they still can have their family together.
However, now Sasuke is beside himself. It seems that rekindling their love will still pose a difficult feat as Hinata is no longer susceptible to his pleas. Her mind is alert yet unreceptive of anything he's saying, she seems to be out for blood for his sins against her and it keeps him on edge to find the right words.
He wipes his face coarsely "Do you really want this divorce?"
"I do," she replies abruptly.
"Can you honestly say that? After loving each other for all these years? You and I both know that can't be true,"
Hinata smirks and asks callously "Did you honestly think about my love when you were sleeping with her?"
He sighs dragging his hands down from his forehead to his chin "I'm sorry it was a mistake, the worst mistake I could ever make and it wasn't worth it, I'll forever regret it,"
He begs in a whimpering voice "Let's just try, please… Just fight with me this last time I'm begging you Hina. I love you I want to be with you forever. We can get through this if we just keep trying."
Hinata rests her face in her palms growing more and more irritated as he spits his useless words at her to lure her back into his endless cycle. He still hasn't given her one good reason to attempt to reconcile with him.
She lifts her head and snaps at him "Sasuke we have nothing to fight for!"
"Yes, we do… We have our whole future to fight for, we have our love to fight for,"
She scoffs "I don't agree, It's as simple as that."
His gaze drops to the floor as his hands slip into his pockets. It feels like she truly doesn't love him anymore while his love for her is unabating. Their situation has deteriorated far more than he expected and he'll need more time to find her silver lining.
He clears his throat now having decided to use a more drastic approach.
"Then you'll have to fight me tooth and nail to get what you want from this divorce,"
Hinata glares at him radio silent, completely lost for words after hearing him admit the lengths he'll go to deny her freedom after all he's put her through.
He adds in a low calm tone "You're the love of my life, and as cynical as I am I've never once thought of divorcing you… Never. So I won't let you go… Because I know the moment I do Uzumaki will be waiting for you, won't he?"
Hinata gasps softly as her brows furrow, nervous that he might have caught her moment with Naruto.
He looks at her unenthused and continues "That's right, I saw you with him just now… I watched you allowing another man to kiss you as if you're his, biting your lips after like you enjoyed it, forgetting that you're still my wife."
Hinata stands as she eyes him up and down and her jaw clenches hard, her skin was hot to the touch as her anger reaches its limit. Sasuke sounds deranged and it's evident that he still doesn't understand the degree of mental anguish she has endured because of him.
"You're unbelievable! How dare you try to flip this back on me! If you think that even comes close to what you've put me through th-"
She inhales softly refusing to waste her breath countering his folly.
She giggles quietly "It's a good thing I've already found someone willing to represent me, so I'll fight you with all I have,"
He swallows nervously now regretting his impulsively thoughtless statement. His gaze parts from her furiously bent face when one of her staff knocks on the door.
"Ms. Hyuga the patient is prepped and ready in room six,"
"I'll be right there," Hinata answers loudly.
"Ms. Hyuga?" he says lifting a brow and tilting his head slightly.
She scoffs and wipes the aggrieved expression off her face as she quickly turns away from Sasuke to take up her clipboard and the folder.
With her back turned she says "We're done here you can show yourself out,"
He steps forward "I'm sorry I didn't mean to say that Hina,"
"NOW!" she barks at him.
As Sasuke drives away from her practice a hole suddenly grew inside his gut swallowing all his hope as she closes the curtains to him. However, the pit quickly begins to fill with renewed anger for Naruto. He believes that he's gotten into her thoughts and that's the reason behind Hinata pushing so hard for divorce.
Since he couldn't get through to her he'll try the next best thing. He didn't act when he considered Kiba's advances but this time he won't miss the chance of nipping the threat in the bud. With his mind made up, Sasuke switches lanes diverting from his original destination.
At Rasenco
Naruto sits at his desk reviewing blueprints for a wing expansion for one of his projects when he hears incoherent yelling coming closer.
Sasuke busts open his office door and Naruto's secretary pushes past him.
"I'm sorry Mr. Uzumaki he just stormed over here from the lift, I couldn't stop him," she says timidly.
"It's fine Mabui, you can go," Naruto replies while getting up from his chair.
Mabui turns and hisses at Sasuke who doesn't dignify her with a glance as he stares down Naruto with his emotions removed. She slams the door as she walks out.
Naruto asks calmly "What the hell are you doing here?"
Sasuke pushes his hands into his pocket "How about you leave my wife alone? We have enough problems without you,"
Naruto smirks "It seems to me that the only problem she has is you Uchiha,"
Sasuke's hands turn into concealed fists but his expression stays blank "We'll sort it out like always, all you need to do is stay the fuck out of our way and we'll be just fine,"
Naruto responds boldly "That's some world class reasoning, but I don't think sorting out anything is on her agenda,"
"You don't need to think because I know it is," Sasuke responds decisively.
Naruto replies mockingly "You can keep telling yourself that but Blu has said-,"
"Blu?" he interrupts.
Sasuke chuckles condescendingly as he adds "Seems like she lets everyone call her something else now, everything except her actual name Mrs. Uchiha. Or did the fact that she's married slip you?"
"No but it sure slipped you didn't it?" he replies quickly with a gruff.
Sasuke smirks and shakes his head "I thought you were a righteously astute guy, at least that's what everyone says anytime you've been mentioned. But I catch you at my wife's job trying to suck the air from her you pretentious fuck,"
Naruto glares at him unmoved by his assertion, he isn't planning on giving in to his demands now that Hinata has shared that she has feelings for him. He tries to modulate their conversation not wanting to cause a commotion at his place of work.
"She isn't doing anything she doesn't want to if that makes you feel better,"
Sasuke replies sharply "Save yourself the heartache because I'm warning you, I won't let you have her,"
Naruto arches a brow "Is that a threat?"
Sasuke's glare tightens as his blood begins to boil over however, Naruto poses a much greater challenge than Kiba and Sakura. He isn't as intimidating to Naruto since they're equally matched, and he's cognizant that no one can reach the heights they've attained without having some less reputable persons on standby to clear any hindrances. Naruto only hides his hands better than he does.
Although if he threatens Naruto he knows that he'll also have a target on his back that won't stop Sasuke from letting him know that he won't give his wife up on a silver platter.
"It's an offer of advice but make no mistake my statement is true,"
Naruto is irritated by his false bravado and laughs to ridicule him.
He replies casually "You have nothing to worry about Sasuke, if she asks me to leave her alone then I will… But if she doesn't, well I don't think I have to spell it out for you"
Sasuke removes his hands from his pocket. His civility towards Naruto is being derided by his persistence.
As Naruto starts to turn back to his desk he adds "Now listen I have work to get back to so if that's all you-"
Sasuke lands a clean jab on Naruto's jaw as he yells "STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY WIFE!"
Naruto smudges the blood then quickly gets into fighting stance stepping backward while using his arms to block lightning speed fists with precision not wanting things to escalate further.
Sasuke's anger flares as he swings viciously to no avail "Fight back pussy!"
He fakes Naruto with a left jab then clobbers his face with a hard right hook slamming his head over to his right where it collides with a left uppercut making Naruto's hands drop as he sees stars.
He grabs Naruto by the collar, flings him on his desk and ruthlessly pummels his face not faltering whenever he sees blood gushing.
Using his ambidexterity to full effect he hits him consistently, raining heavy fists and elbows making Naruto's ears ring, unable to hear the string of insults that follow as Sasuke tries to beat him into submission.
Then WHACK
A mug shatters on impact as it smacks Sasuke over the head sending his face to the left and causing blood to trickle down. Naruto springs his leg up and propels a powerful kick into Sasuke's torso knocking the air out of his gut and launching him backward.
The shards crunch beneath Naruto's shoes as he swiftly walks over to meet Sasuke who starts falling to his knees in a bid to recover then.
WHAM WHAM WHAM
Naruto grips him by his hair and bashes his knee into Sasuke's face with brute force turning it into mush, sputtering his blood everywhere and covering his face in a crimson mask.
Mabui alerts security after hearing the worrisome noises while Naruto continues to distort Sasuke's appearance as his lungs struggle for reprieve.
"Did you think I was scared of you?" he asks as he clenches Sasuke's hair with a tighter grip.
A flurry of blows crashes down onto Sasuke's face as Naruto clocks him until his knuckles bruise.
As his vision starts to go black Sasuke rams his elbow into Naruto's other leg briefly knocking his knee cap out of socket and quickly follows with a solid uppercut to his throat making him hack.
He lunges at Naruto gripping him by the neck and pushes him on the wall, trying to crush his windpipe with burning eyes as his blood flows down his face.
"I'll make sure you stay down this time," Sasuke says while strangling his enemy.
Sasuke grits his blood smeared teeth and his grip shakes as a reaction of using all the strength in his body to try to snap his throat shut.
Naruto lands hard blow after blow to his jaw as he gasps for air but the deadly grip stays firm and Sasuke only spits out the mouth full of blood from his rival's attempt to escape his wicked hold.
He takes a strong breath then kicks Sasuke in his pride knocking all the remaining air out of him and staggering his stance, then elbows him with a stiff blow to the back of the head as he retreats while clasping his most sacred bit.
With a hand stroking his throat Naruto wheezes with eyes steadily focused ready to unleash his fury again if Sasuke makes any sudden move. However, Sasuke's blood falls to the floor as he stays head down on his knees, clutching the painful injury in silent agony.
Before giving his body a chance to fully set, Sasuke shoots his head up and his nose flares ready to lurch back upright when he's accosted by Naruto's building security.
"Get him out of here," Naruto says while rubbing his throat.
"Don't you fucking touch her again, she's MY wife! She's MINE! Stay the fuck away from her you piece of shit!" Sasuke yells at him as he's pulled by both arms out of his office.
Naruto was now annoyed and though his throat is painfully sore he howls back at Sasuke "She won't be for long! And if she wants me to fucking touch her then I'll fucking do it as many times as she likes!"
Sasuke's glare turns red as his blood drips down from his teeth grinding in rage as he continues to growl at Naruto who can only hear it unintelligibly as he's swiftly carted out of earshot.
The guards jostle Sasuke until they reach the parking lot where he aggressively shrugs them off.
Sasuke wipes the blood running from the new openings on his face as he battles a thunderous headache in his skull. He continues to breathe heavily as he jumps into his car.
After driving for a few minutes he pulls to the side of the road and unbuttons his blood stained shirt that was restricting his explosive chest movements due to the mixture of adrenaline as well as panic from not being able to convince Naruto to stop pursuing his wife.
He runs his hand through his hair and rubs his jaw as he thinks about his next option. He'll stop Hinata from moving on by any means necessary.
As he whips out his phone he notices that his friends were calling him and Sasuke sighs while tilting back on the headrest already knowing that someone must have caught him on camera, but he couldn't care less about his reputation being tarnished. He had to show Naruto that he wouldn't allow him to come between them.
He begins looking up the numbers to call for aid but his brows furrow drearily when Kakashi starts ringing him, it makes him hesitate to tap the screen.
'Why now' he thinks.
Sasuke doesn't want to take his mentor's advice again since it hasn't been working out so far. He simmers slightly not wanting to blow up and then accepts the call. As he slowly puts the phone to his ear the only thing he hears is a strict instruction given in a calm tone.
"Get over here right now," Kakashi says, then hangs up before Sasuke could greet him.
The video of Sasuke being dragged out of Rasenco with blood dripping from his face gets circulated in no time.
Meanwhile
Hinata's now finished reviewing the diagnostic images taken of several patients and heads back to her office to make inferences for appropriate treatments. Then she's buzzed by Anko who informs her of what's apparently happened moments ago across town.
Hinata feels guilty for being the cause of Naruto getting hurt and quickly gathers her things and makes her way over to check on him.
When Hinata arrives at his office she finds Naruto sitting on his desk surrounded by the mess from their scuffle, tapping a damp cloth on the side of his mouth. She hates when Sasuke gets set on demon time and now he's unleashed his chaos onto someone she cares for.
She rushes over to him "What happened?" she asks softly praying the fight was business related.
"Your husband happened" he replies throwing the cloth in the trash.
She stares at him with a worrying expression and places her medkit on his desk. She starts to tear up but shields her face with her bang as she prepares to clean his wounds. She speaks to him softly as she presses the cotton laced with sting inducing solution on his face.
"This is all my fault… I'm so sorry Naruto, all I seem to do is make your life difficult."
Naruto releases a raspy grunt as the substance touches his torn skin and looks at her. When he sees that tears are accumulating in her eyes he quickly uses his thumb to stroke her face.
"That's not true, I would never think that about you," he replies tenderly.
She pulls her face from his hand and backs away from him.
"People jeer at you now just because of me,"—she squeezes the pad as she sniffles— "Your name is being dragged through the mud and it's ever since you met me… Now the slut's husband comes here to fight you and wrecks your office," she adds in a lowered tone almost whispering.
While trembling she covers her mouth and turns around to leave "I shouldn't have come here, I'm so sorry for all of this Naruto… I don't think we should see each other anymore,"
He swiftly gets up from the desk and clutches her hand softly, he turns her around and rubs her cheek using his thumb attempting to wipe away her sadness as she bows not wanting to meet his gaze.
He cups her chin and brings her head up to speak to her sincerely "Don't think for a second that I ever want to let you go,"
She pulls away and shakes her head "No, I don't want any of this for you, you're better off without me,"
He holds her shoulders and looks at her warily "Is that really what you think?"
Hinata's body bends as she holds her head down and turns away.
He sighs feeling doubtful "If you don't want this I can respect that, but don't be confused about where you stand with me,"
He brings her head up to meet his calming eyes "I want you Hinata,"
She starts blushing from his desirous tone and he adds "So regardless of what you're husband does I'm not going anywhere… You came here after the fight, something compelled you to be with me instead of him so I can't accept that what you said is true,"
He goes close to her face enough to hear her breathing "So are you doing this for my sake or yours?"
She responds guardedly "I hate myself for putting you through this when you've been nothing but caring to me, I'd be selfish to ask you to put up with him,"
Naruto looks into her eyes, he can tell that she still wants him just as much as before but she cowers to shift her gaze to the ground.
He breathes in deeply "Stop that,"—while caressing her face back to meet his eyes he adds —"Don't blame yourself because this isn't your fault… I love making you smile and I love it when you're near so you don't have to worry about me pushing you away, no matter what.
"If I make you happy then don't try to run away from me… Okay?"
She nods slowly with a cautious expression and Naruto embraces her. As Hinata's hands slowly clutch onto the back of his shirt he kisses her forehead, easing her nerves and tranquilizing the stiffness in her body.
She inhales slowly "I wish this could be easier,"
He strokes her back and takes a deep breath "Most of the best things in life don't come easily but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to obtain them,"
He holds her shoulder and wipes her face smoothly with his thumb "You know crying really doesn't suit you at all,"
Hinata giggles slightly "Is that your way of saying I'm ugly when I do?"
He scratches his cheek while looking at the ceiling "Well, there's a reason I always wipe your tears so quickly,"
Hinata gasps in shock at his admission and Naruto smiles dotingly.
"I don't mean it like that, It's just that I don't want to see you in pain,"
Hinata pouts at him still feeling miffed but appreciates what he meant as he grins while scratching his head and looking around.
She smiles mischievously and holds up the cotton "Oh look I wasn't even done, let me get that for you,"
He lets her go quickly "No it burns, you want me to die after saying all that stuff?"
She nods as she tries to grab his hand but he bolts to the other side of the room whiles she follows slowly holding up the wet cotton.
Soon they wrestle amorously back to his desk as Hinata laughs at his theatrics and when he sits he pulls her onto his lap and eventually lets her overpower him accepting his fate to feel the burning sensation on his skin.
Naruto watches her effusively as she tends to his wounds and as she finishes and places a small band aid on his nose and above his eyebrow he holds her close.
"You know you're quickly becoming one of my favorite nurses,"
Hinata smiles fondly "That's too bad because I'm not a nurse,"
"But will you be mine?" he asks in a fulsome manner while holding her hand.
While looking into his glinting eyes Hinata gets a fluttery feeling in her stomach as her cheeks tint with a rosy shade. It seems that he was asking her that question detached from the conversation and it gives her goosebumps to hear him ask that of her.
With the added dopamine Hinata nods quickly as she tries to swallow her nervousness.
He kisses her tenderly and stays close while he whispers "Then let's go out on a date tomorrow,"
Hinata pulls away slowly as she thinks about being seen in public with Naruto after such an infamous incident. She looks at him apprehensively but the giant grin on his face neutralizes her hesitation and causes her to laugh.
He rubs her hands "I'll be with you the whole time, I'll show you that people are fickle so you have nothing to worry about,"
She nods accepting his proposal and he kisses the bridge of her nose then her lips.
While Hinata and Naruto consider strengthening their bond Sasuke pulls up to Kakashi's after cleaning up at home, not wanting to look like his world was just absolutely rocked by the man trying to take his wife from him.
He sighs while rubbing his nose as he walks up to the door. Though he's still unprepared to sit through a lecture he's willing to hear Kakashi's words of wisdom before carrying out what he deems is necessary to remove the threat of his marriage ending.
Thanks as always for the feedback it's encouraging to know that you're enjoying it a lot. Loved all the theories you guys are coming up with too, I like the anxiety in the room.
No she's not pregnant... yet 😉 Nah I'm just kidding… Or am I 😉 lol don't mind me 😊.
A/N: Next update will be the split you've been waiting for. I'll put a little (S) in front of the one for SasuHina and an (N) for NaruHina so you can jump onto the chapter you want to follow from here.
Also I know it's a given but just note, if an event isn't mentioned or a dialogue doesn't occur in the chapter that means it never took place in that timeline.
Feel free to PM me if you have a concern and I'll try not to spoil with my response.
