I Whisper Gently Like Its A Secret

"Do you ever remember hearing anything about us having an uncle?" Itachi looks up at me from the paper he is reading. "Well, Sasuke we have plenty of uncles-"

"Not distant uncles. Like dad having a brother?"

He looks at me confused. "Dad doesn't have any siblings, you must be thinking about mom's brother." He says dismissively and looks back down at the paper.

"Mom has a brother?"

"Yes, mom has an older brother."

"I've never heard of him."

Itachi puts down the paper giving up on the chance of doing any work while I'm here. He leans back in his office chair. "You wouldn't know him. I only met him once when I was young. It was before mom was pregnant with you."

"What was his name?" Maybe he is talking about Obito. But didn't he die before we were born? Who else could he be talking about?

"I don't remember his name. I only got a small glimpse of him before mother sent me to my room. They got into some sort of fight. I could hear them yelling."

"A fight about what?"

"Hm, who knows? Whatever it was it must have been serious. After he left mom cried for a week. I don't think she ever saw him again after that."

"Where was father?"

"Away for business"

"Figures. Did she ever tell you anything about him?"

"No. I just remember her making me promise to never tell father. Truthfully I had completely forgotten about it until now."

Mom has an older brother I didn't even know existed. Father would probably know something about him. I rather not talk to him. Maybe Kakashi knows something?

"Deidara I can't believe your here!" I exclaim.

"Are you happy to see me, little sister? It has been 6 months"

"Has it?" Before he has a chance to answer the front door opens, we both turn. Its Sai carrying what I assume is Deidara's luggage. I glare at Deidara and without a word, he takes it from while smiling awkwardly at me. "I thought you were working?" I ask Sai.

"I lied. I went to get your brother from the airport instead," Sai answers unemotionally. I am about to say something else but Deidara comes between us and puts his arm around Sai.

"You really got yourself a keeper here Ino. He called me up yesterday saying how depressed you have been and a visit from me would make you happy!"

It depresses me more. "You don't say?" He nods his head excitedly. "He even paid for a plane ticket over here!"

"You let him buy you a plane ticket?! You have money to Deidara!" I yell and swing at him. He ducks and hides behind Sai. He laughs nervously. "Come on don't be like that Ino"

I cross my arms and sigh. "Don't you have work Deidara?"

"I am an artist. My work can be done anywhere where inspiration hits! Besides..." I turn to him and puts his arm around me. "I heard about what happened to Hinata. I know how much she means to you. At a time like this, you need family"

"We're both here for you Ino," Sai says as I turn to him. He walks to me and leans in for a kiss. I awkwardly dodge it. They both look at me confused. I let out a nervous laugh, "not in front of Deidara Sai!" I try to play off. Sai smiles, "Of course."

I turn to Deidara he doesn't look fully convinced. He knows me better than anyone. "Well I need to shower and get out of these clothes," I say before either of them has a chance to say anything else and run to the bathroom.

"I love you" I whisper gently like its a secret. I'm sitting on his lap, my hands are buried in his golden locks of hair. I'm in my underwear and he is too. His bright blue eyes stare at me curiously. He smiles and he becomes even more perfect.

"I love you too Sakura," he says without hesitation or doubt. His voice is smooth and angelic. I lean down and kiss him gently. In his kisses, I find all the things I have longed for. The comfort and safety I had never known. The love that I so desperately searched for in horrible men who left me broken in the end.

I pull away and look at him again. With my thumb, I brush over the scars on his cheeks. He is all I ever wanted. He is the sunshine in my dark life. He loves me. Even with the scars he still loves me.

He's the only one who gets me. He's the only one who hears me when I don't speak. He's the only one that loves me for me. Even though we get into all these fights and arguments, we come back to one another. We will always come back to each other.

We stay tangled in between each other for hours but the time comes when he has to leave again. "You will come back right?" I ask. He smiles at me and kisses my forehead. "I promise I will come back" he whispers and he leaves.

And I am all alone again. I am in the dark again. When he leaves I wait for him to come back. I wait for my sunshine. But I know one day he will walk out that door and he won't come back. He will take a piece of me with him. The last living piece.

I stand up and go to the bathroom. I look at myself in the mirror. I stare at the fresh bruise on my left jaw. How could my sunshine give me such a dark thing? I scan my body and find the other bruises. They are mixed in with the love bites. The two sides of my lover.

A single tear slips away. It's okay. I've been hurt much worse before. He loves me. He just gets mad sometimes. It's my fault for always pushing him over the edge. It's my darkness influencing and turning him this way. Naruto would have never done any of these things before.

Another tear slips. I'm ruining him. I'm ruining the only person I love. It's my fault. I sink down to the bathroom floor. I lay there and I begin to sob. As loud as I can. Because this is the only time I can. Once Naruto comes back I won't be allowed to cry. I won't let him see me hurt.

He feels guilty enough. He tells me how much he hates himself for it. If he sees me cry he really won't come back again. I can't risk losing him. I don't want to ever lose him. Not him.

"I love you Naruto" I whisper gently like its a secret.

Sometimes I like to imagine that I could fly. I find myself staring up at the sky and I think about how wonderful it would be like to soar through it. In one moment I could just rise up above the clouds and above all the things that weight me down.

I will become weightless and free of my problems and those of others that I so often become a part of. I will leave this place and go to a better one. One where no one knows my name. And I am no longer a Hyuga, no longer am I feared because of my family's influence. No longer will I have to worry about every single thing I do and how it will reflect on my family.

I like to stand on the edge of the balcony. I feel the wind in my hair and it whispers to me. Urging me to jump. I know I will fall. But for that split second before I hit the ground I want to know what it feels like to fly.

"Neji"

I reluctantly turn to the person that called me. It's my uncle, his face is the exact copy of my fathers. I wish it was my dad. "Step back from the balcony and come inside before you fall."

I turn and look at the sky one more time before I follow him inside his office. I shut the glass door to the balcony as well as my daydreams. Uncle sits down behind a big oak desk and I sit on a chair in front of it.

"We need about Hinata" he announces as soon as we're settled in.

"What about Hinata?"

"Have you been keeping up with her case?"

"I haven't had the chance-"

"It appears that Naruto's mistress has been talking to the police. And she has evidence that could connect him to Hinata's assault" He says solemnly.

"I don't understand... This is good news. Why do you seem upset?"

He slams his fist on the table. "Don't you get it Neji?!" he hisses. "If it gets out that he is the one who did this how are we gonna look? She is our heiress and we can't protect her from her own husband? We will be shamed! Bad publicity! The worth of the corporation will go down! Don't you know how much money we will lose?!"

Its quiet for a couple of seconds and he lets out a breath. He leans back in his chair. "We need to do something about this Neji. Naruto cannot be blamed for this."

I look up at him. "What are you saying? He's the one who did it"

"He may have done it. And mark my words he will pay but no one can know he did it."

"What are you going to do uncle?"

He doesn't answer me instead he looks down at a piece of paper on his desk. "Sakura Haruno, his mistress. She will take the blame."

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