Sunrise
( Hinata's point of view)
After I get home, I couldn't sleep. I make myself some tea and go outside on the patio and watch the sunrise. Hanabi pops into my head. I look down and smile, oh little Hanabi she's always been the crazy one. Going out to a bar she doesn't know and getting drunk, then leave with some random guy she just met who she almost started a bar fight with.
"What are you doing up so early?" I turn and see Naruto standing by the sliding door. I smile "I couldn't sleep, what about you?" I ask. He comes out to the patio and sits down in the chair next to mine, in between us is a small table.
"I sometimes wake up early to see the sunrise," he says then takes a sip of his coffee. We both look at the sun that's just peaking through the horizon. We both stay quiet for a moment just looking at the sunrise.
"What were you thinking about?" he suddenly asks me. I look at him "right now?" I ask not sure. "No, when I came home from work yesterday," he says looking at me. My stomach drops, don't panic Hinata he can't possibly know just lie, lie dammit!
I look at him in the eye "I was thinking about my job, yesterday I got a promotion" I say trying not to stutter. He looks at me and gives me a smile, satisfied with my answer. "Congratulations... What is it that you do at work?" he ask
"I just got a promotion, so now am the personal assistant to the president," I say. "Where is it that you work again?" he asks me. "I work at the Uchiha law firm," I say then take a sip of my tea.
He looks at me for a moment "You work for Sasuke Uchiha?" he asks looking confused. "Yeah I do, " I say and look down and smile at the mention of his name.
He stays quiet for a couple of moments and then chuckles, "You know Sasuke used to be in a relationship with my cousin Karin" he says suddenly. I look at him, was he? I chuckle also trying to imagine those two hot heads in a relationship.
"That must have been fun," I say and begin to laugh. He shakes his head, he has a small smile. "It definitely wasn't, I was always getting stuck in the middle of their fights since I was the one who introduced them," he says. I begin to think of the hot-headed redhead, although she has a temper she can be really sweet at times.
I look toward Naruto, I wonder if he can be sweet at times also. I remember when we were children he was always nice and playful but ever since his parents passed away. He stopped being that way. I remember when I married him I thought that I could make him nice again, maybe if I loved him enough and showed him I cared that he would go back to the way he was when we were children.
But... three months have passed and he's as cold and distant as he was on our wedding day. My love has done nothing to him if anything the only one it's changed is me. Like my husband, I feel like I'm also becoming distant. I don't know what to do anymore... I don't know how to make him smile or laugh... I don't know how to make him happy...
"I'm sorry Hinata..." Naruto whispers, I almost don't hear him, I look at him and meet his gaze, he looks guilty. For a couple of seconds, I almost believe that he just heard my thoughts about me changing him. "Sorry for what?" I whisper. He looks down for a second and gets up and goes inside, not answering my question.
Naruto was gone by the time I went inside. I get ready for work and eat a quick breakfast. Then I drive to work. When I get there I see Sasuke already working, he doesn't look up as I come in. I start to work also, not once uttering a word to him. When break time comes around, I go to this little cafe with Ino.
"So Sai and I are official now," she says to me smiling. "I thought your brother was gonna kill him after he caught you two at your apartment in the middle of 'something' " I say with a teasing smile, she starts laughing. "Oh boy! I'm never going to forget that!" she says and starts laughing louder.
"Poor Sai had to run out in his boxers with all his clothes while Deidara was chasing him with a butcher knife down the street," she says and laughs more. "So how hard was it to convince Deidara not to kill Sai?" I ask and take a sip from my water.
"It was surprisingly easy, I just threaten to tell mom about how he's dating that girl even after mom told him not to," she says and continues eating her salad.
"But anyway, Sai is so sweet, he made me a beautiful painting the other day for our 1 year anniversary," she says with a dreamy look in her eyes.
When I get there I look at the mirror, I have dark circles from lack of sleep. 'What's, what like Hinata?' Ino's question goes through my head, I look down at the sink "what's it like to be loved..." I whisper.
I see a single tear falls into the sink, I feel my cheek, it's wet. I quickly wipe my tears away. I look in the mirror and fix my makeup, I take a deep breath and walk out the bathroom.
I walk back to the table but see someone else there with Ino. Ino looks at me and waves me over "Hey Hinata! Look who I found" I look at the person and see it's Sai.
I smile and sit down "Hey Sai how you been?" I ask. "Besides almost getting killed the other day by Deidara, pretty good," he answers while looking at Ino. Ino's looking back at him with the same dreamy look in her eyes again.
"Oh crap, guys I gotta go I forgot I had to do something at work," I say and stand up, "Hinata are you sure you can't stay?" Ino asks.
"Yeah I'm sure, bye guys," I say and put down money for my food and leave. I walk back to work.
When I get back to the office I see Sasuke there not having had moved from his spot once. "Sasuke have you eaten?" I ask, and for the first time that day he looks at me, I notice how tired he looks.
"I'm not hungry," he says then looks back at his laptop and starts typing again. I check the time and see there's still 30 minutes left of break. I leave the office and go to the restaurant across the street.
I come back to the office. I walk in and Sasuke is still typing I walk up to his desk and close his laptop. He looks up at me "Why did you do that?" he asks getting mad.
I drop the takeout on top of his desk. "Your work will still be there after you eat," I say. He starts to open up the laptop "I just need to fin-" he starts but I take his laptop away from him. He glares at me "eat first, then I'll give you back your laptop" I say and walk toward my desk to do my work.
Sasuke gives up and starts eating the food I got him. After he finishes looks at me "can I get my laptop back now" he says. I look over at his desk and see he's finished I get up and hand him his laptop, "you know it's not healthy to skip lunch" I say and walk back to my desk.
"Yeah whatever" I hear him say to himself. I smile, he acts like such a child. "HINATA!" I look up when I hear someone screaming my name, whoever it is they are getting closer.
I stand up, suddenly someone burst through the door "Hinata! there you are" they scream, "H-Hanabi what are you doing here?" I ask confused.
She walks closer to me "H-Hinata its Neji" she whispers sadly. "What about Neji?" I ask my heart sinks to my stomach. She whispers, "He's been in an accident...they don't know if he's going to make it..."