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The first thing Sasuke saw when he opened the door was a pair of pale lavender eyes, long lashes, small cute nose and pink lips that came from a tiny woman in front of his door. It was the first time he saw such fair skin and silky long hair that he had to ask the woman to repeat her question.
"You are an Uchiha, aren't you?" she said again and he saw a baby in her arms after that. The baby with dark hair and charcoal eyes which he felt familiar.
He heard his stupid best friend yelled how shocked he was that Sasuke had an unknown son. Sakura was standing silently and didn't say anything.
"Hn.. And you are?" Sasuke asked flatly to the woman.
"Your neighbor. My name is Hyuuga Hinata and this is.." she raised her arms and showing the baby to Sasuke, "Uchiha Haruto-kun, your son."
"What?! As I thought! He is your son, teme!" Sasuke heard Naruto exclaimed loudly which irritated the fairer skinned man's ears and mind.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you but he is not mine." Sasuke replied against Naruto's protest. "So leave and I will make sure that they will not disturb you anymore." He dragged Naruto back to his apartment much to Naruto's chagrin.
"But.." The woman, Hyuuga Hinata stuttered.
"Sasuke-kun.." Sakura said firmly, she looked at him with displeasure. The raven haired man just shrugged, "What?"
"You should listen to her first." Sakura nudged his shoulder softly.
Sasuke placed his eyes back to the beautiful stranger.
"I...be-believe we have to talk." Hyuuga Hinata said again, she said sternly and her eyes filled with determination but Sasuke knew better, he could see the small trembles on her pinkish lips, she clearly was nervous or afraid or both.
"Fine. We will talk. Although I have to warn you, this is not mine so the talk will be ineffective and fruitless." The word this made Hinata frown but she kept her silence.
Smart girl.
Sasuke followed Naruto and Sakura to the apartment, he left the petite woman outside and he believed she would enter without his invitation, she was the one who insisted to talk, right?
At the living room, Sakura was shoving worn-out jeans, orange tshirt and any other form of clothes to Naruto. The dark skinned man was whining and protesting loudly that Sasuke wondered how could the baby slept so soundly. He glanced the soft human pillow the baby was laying on and he knew why. Sasuke himself too would sleep soundly on those incredible mounds. The raven haired man scoffed when he realized where his mind was trailing off to, he probably being alone for too long.
"We will go now." Sakura said apologetically, "I'm sorry about being so loud lately. Naruto is a dork sometimes." which Naruto replied with a louder "Sakura-chan!"
"You should talk. I'm sure Sasuke will behave, right Sasuke-kun?"
The said man rolled his eyes and beckoned them to go away. They disappeared behind the door with a soft click.
The man in the room sighed and started to clean his messy room. He brushed the bread crumbs, cookie crumbs and anything he found off of his sofa. Hinata stood awkwardly in the middle of the living room which mirrored her own.
She imagined that the room would be very dirty and messy given how uproar and noisy the room for days, she even imagined that her neighbor was having some dark orgy at those time but she was proven wrong. Except for the crumbs and empty packs of foods and beverages in the living room, the apartment was very clean and organized, which made her felt ashamed for judging him unfairly and more ashamed after thinking back how messy her room was.
"You may have a seat." Sasuke said after dumping all of the trash to the trashcan.
"No, I'm okay like this." she refused. She didn't know what they had done on it and dirt was the biggest enemy for a baby.
Sasuke shrugged, "If you said so." He flopped down on a single sofa and waited.
"So let's get to the point, Uchiha-san because Haruto-kun needs his sleep. Haruto-kun is your s-son."
"Nope." He said confidently. Hinata wanted to protest but the man cut her words, "Because I don't remember screwing with you, if I ever had I would have certainly remembered it very clearly."
Hinata blushed again but she shook her head and stuttered, "Of course you d-don't because I'm not hi-his m-mother." she ended her sentence hugging the baby more protectively.
That got Sasuke's attention, "Elaborate."
Hinata inhaled to calm herself, "It seems like Haruto-kun's mom got the wrong door. At first I thought she was merely put Haruto-kun at any door to let the owner finds Haruto-kun's father for him."
"Such loving mother." Sasuke commented dryly but Hinata continued, "I don't know who the father is."
"Even though you say I am his father." Sasuke said it as a question not a statement.
"It's a coincidence actually, I was surprised to find you, too. Just now I was going to ask you to tune down the music or at least not being so loud, but then I found you. Haruto-kun resembles you in many ways, then I came to a conclusion, she made a mistake. She put Haruto-kun at my door, next to yours. It supposed to be yours but she mistook it and put him at my door." Hinata explained.
"You are convincing but unfortunately I am not his father. It can be anyone."
Hinata sighed, "Yeah, but you have same traits with Haruto-kun."
"Fortuity, there are tons of people with black hair and eyes. It's nothing special or shocking matter." He shrugged.
"But you have the same aura and the proportionate smile and also perfect brows." Hinata insisted.
"I'll take it as a compliment." was all Sasuke said with a smug smile which surprisingly fit him very well.
Hinata rolled her eyes in frustration, "Besides, his mother left a note saying that Haruto-kun's dad is an Uchiha which I saw the exact name plate next to your door just now."
"Note?" He raised an eyebrow, the perfect eyebrow which Hinata mentioned just now.
"Yes, she left a note which also saying that she had enough with Uchiha." she said as if she agreed and wrote it herself.
Sasuke rubbed his chin thoughtfully and hummed, "You ought to show me."
Hina stepped back a little, clearly was taken a back by his words. "Well? You tell me, no, accuse me that I am the father and have the proof. I have every single damn right to defend myself, too."
"You are right, but.." Hinata said softly but Sasuke could read her mind perfectly.
"Calm down, kitten. I won't bite, at least not now." He smiled smugly.
Hinata clearly didn't believe his words.
Sasuke sighed, "Alright, what about this, we go to your apartment next door and you can show me the note. I won't even step pass the threshold."
"Tomorrow, perhaps?" she said, under the bright sunlight, far from the darkness because the tall Uchiha looked so intimidating at night as the shadows moved together with him and Hinata afraid that they would jump on her or Haruto and drag them to the sinful darkness.
Sasuke stood from his chair, "Look, I am trying to solve this problem for you. When you are sure that I'm not his father then you can go on to find the real one." He cocked his head to the baby, "Besides, the small boy has fallen asleep and it's better to let him sleep on his bed, it's more comfortable and you look tired yourself."
Seeing Sasuke's points Hinata sighed and nodded, "Alright."
Perhaps, it's for the best.
True to his words, Sasuke was standing next to the opened door of Hinata's apartment. The said young woman was putting the small baby to sleep then looking for the note he wanted to see. Sasuke played the doorknob and having some thoughts. He knew he was being a insensitive and rude jerk but he couldn't help it. It was the first time he met a woman who didn't seek out for his attention, well, Hyuuga Hinata did but in a completely different way than the other women usually do. She wasn't trying to flirt, to catch his attention sexually or ogling at him openly like other women. Hyuuga Hinata was looking at him with calculated gaze, evaluating whether he was suitable enough to have the baby, whether his environment was proper to raise a baby and that piqued Sasuke's mind. That was the reason why he teased the young perhaps virgin woman like some uneducated and uncivilized cave man. Hyuuga Hinata did blushed furiously in front of him but that was not because of her being interested to him but of embarrassment of Sasuke's comments more likely.
"Here." Hinata gave a small folded card to Sasuke. He took the paper and read it quickly. "He is not mine." He said and gave the paper back to Hinata.
"What?" Hinata asked in frustration and disbelief.
"He is not mine. You are accusing the wrong Uchiha." He said stoically.
"How can you be so sure?" Hinata asked with small frown, she undoubtedly didn't believe in him.
"Because..I am far too busy to care and to fuss around my needs these years and believe me my only relief comes from my hand. Do you understand me, princess?" He placed one hand on the door and another one at the door frame, trapping Hinata between his hands and smirked handsomely which was not good for Hinata's heart.
Hina's face couldn't get any redder than this yet she nodded despite her embarrassment.
Sasu nodded confidently, "Glad you understand." He walked back to his room but stopped to say, "Besides, I always use protection whenever I do it. Don't want to have this kind of situation if I can help it." He grabbed the doorknob of his own apartment which identical to Hinata's, "But I think I will give you an exception, sweetheart." He chuckled and was answered by a loud thud from next door, he definitely had contaminated the poor girl.
As he thought, he couldn't help it. She was just to innocent.
The next morning was quiet as usual. Hinata put her belonging on the floor and locked the door with Haruto in her arms, her meeting with Haruto (supposed to be) father was disaster and she really hoped they could do something about Haruto's situation without seeing each other so much. The little baby was swinging his black plush doll and mumbling back to Hinata happily. Hinata giggled at him, her lavender eyes were twinkling with love.
"Did you have a nice sleep last night?" Hinata heard a deep familiar voice from behind, today he was wearing a dark shirt with dark blue jeans and black boots to compliment his appearance.
"Uchiha-san." Hinata greeted him politely. The soft spoken woman was wearing thin long light purple cardigan and a plain white shirt under the cardigan, her dress fell a centimeter below her knee and comfortable shoes. They were not luxurious jewelry or splendid accessories but she caught Sasuke's attention more than any woman ever had. Especially her radiant face, natural pinkish cheek and lips, the color seemed to have some liking to her and refused to disappear from her lovely face.
"Hyuuga." He glanced to the small boy and his pink rabbit outwear, the fluffy rabbit ears were protruding and swaying as he moved. "You have a unique color taste for his clothes. I'm sure in the future he will be very impressed of what he wears today." He snickered.
Hinata ignored hints of sarcasm in his words and took her belonging. "I have no choice. My colleague who has a daughter is nice enough to hand down her daughter's clothes. Beggar can't be chooser you know. Also, A baby grows quickly so he won't wear it for long." she turned to face her neighbor, "Do you think Haruto-kun's father will be nice enough to buy him some proper clothes or just let him wears whatever I found for him?"
Sasuke raised his brows in awe, this kitten surely can bite, he smirked.
Sasuke followed into the elevator Hinata took and leaned on the wall in ease "Where are you going?" He asked.
"Someplace." she answered without looking at Sasuke and unlike his guardian, Haruto was looking at Sasuke curiously, his big black round eyes were looking at him innocently.
He scrutinized at Hinata silently, "You plan to bring the baby to your work?"
Hinata sighed but ignored him and stepped out of the elevator quickly.
"I will ride you there on my way to meet the annoying blonde we met last night." He swiped Haruto off of her arms and marched to a nearby red sport car on his long legs, Hinata followed while protesting his sudden action.
"Put your bags here." He ordered and opened the door to Hinata.
"No, I can.." she tried to take Haruto away.
Sasuke pulled Haruto farther from Hinata's reach. "I hear no rejection."
"Uchiha-san." Hinata said in annoyance, the tall man was very bossy and rude.
"It's Sasuke." He said confidently.
"Uchi.."
"Listen, sweetheart, you should take any offers people offering to you."
"I don't need helps from stranger."
"We are not strangers we are neighbor, Hinata." He took the liberty to call her by her given name.
"Uchiha-san.." Hinata tried to ignore how he dropped the honorific so quickly.
"It's in the middle of summer, don't you think it's fair for Haruto to walk around under this heat." He explained to her logically.
Hinata bit her lips, she knew that it was unfair for Haruto to suffer together with her. She looked at the baby, Haruto was looking at Sasuke intently, he obviously never heard such deep and low voice except Hinata's voice or his mother's too. Haruto needed a father figure next to him to help his mentality development which Hinata could never provide. "Right." she put her bags on the back seat and took Haruto from Sasuke.
"It's nice of your daddy, right, Haruto-kun?" she commented on the passenger seat when Sasuke sat at the driver seat.
Sasuke scoffed, "I'm neither his father nor Uchiha-san and it's Sasuke, Hinata."
Hinata decided to ignore his request since she didn't see any right to do it, "Then, why are you helping us?"
"I'm trying to help my neighbor. It's a social knowledge to help anyone who needs it. Is that wrong?", and he started the car.
"I thought we were going to your workplace. Where are we?" Sasuke raised his brows when he saw a big apartment complex from his seat.
"I didn't say so, you concluded it yourself." she straightened Haruto on her arms, "I can't bring Haruto-kun to my workplace, it is too noisy and dangerous for him. My colleague who lends her daughter's clothes offers to watch Haruto-kun while I am working."
"Can you trust her?"
"I can, her husband is a nice doting father, he adores Haruto-kun very much." Hinata got off of the car.
"He?" He frowned and followed her quickly.
"Yes, her husband has taken care of my boy for days now."
"It's not your colleague?"
Hinata chuckled, "Of course not, she is working too, isn't she?" Sasuke shook his head slowly. "You shouldn't let him alone what if.."
"Well, Haruto-kun will be fine. It will be great if his father takes care of Haruto-kun himself but Haruto-kun is with me so it's my decision." Hinata shrugged nonchalantly.
Sasuke raised his hands in frustration but he gave up and walked away. "Thanks for the ride, Uchiha-san!" Hinata said when he reached his car. Sasuke rolled his eyes and entered the car elegantly.
Hinata giggled, she was being childish but she couldn't help it. Uchiha Sasuke was contradicting himself, on one hand he refused to acknowledge Haruto as his son but on the other hand he was very attentive to the baby.
Could it be possible that Sasuke wasn't Haruto's dad? But Haruto's mom definitely knew who the father was and the only Uchiha who lived next door was Uchiha Sasuke.
"Hina!" she heard someone called her.
"Kiba-kun!" she smiled to the man.
"What are you doing here?" He jogged to meet her pace.
"I'm going to Kurenai-sensei's house, Asuma-san is Haruto-kun's babysitter for the day."
"Aa.. I see." He bent down to catch the baby's attention, "Good morning, pup! It's a nice day out, huh?" He messed Haruto's hair and held his tiny hand between his forefinger and thumb. Haruto smiled and laughed a little. Hinata smiled, "Are you on your break time?"
"Not really, I have an hour free so I will check my rarely used apartment and then go back to the station. At this season, my friends take days off to go to holiday with their family, so I'm stuck being the watch dog. It's so sad to be single at this time." He grinned to the baby.
"You shouldn't be, Kiba-kun. We can have a barbecue party with Neji-niisan and his friends before summer ends, we can go to the small cottage at the mountain and have a small gathering there."
"Really? That's a nice idea?! Ask him to bring some cutie for me, huh?" that turned the young policeman into a laughing frenzy.
Hinata giggled but didn't pay any heed to his words as she knew he was jesting, "I will send you more detailed information, okay?" she smiled.
"Alright. Oh, I haven't found the mother yet, anyway. I will call you when I find something." He said and messed Haruto's hair again before brushing Hinata's hair.
Hinata replied, "I will wait." He waved to her and they separated after that.
They didn't know that someone was watching their interactions intently through his dark onyx eyes. Sasuke decided to came back and wait so he could offer Hinata a lift to her work but he found the young woman was busy talking to a tall muscular man with some weird tatoos on his face. They looked friendly and he even touched Hinata and her baby casually.
And that made the frown on that usually stoic face deepened. Sasuke went back to his car and drove away quickly with clouded minds.
That night Sasuke insisted to talk with Hinata, demanding to meet her and the baby, talking about nothing in particular, making Hinata confused like hell.
Ten long minutes in a confusing, roundabout and unimportant talks later he messed Haruto's soft dark hair and brush Hinata's long hair nonchalantly. "You may go now.", He stated in a satisfaction tone and left Hinata in front of her door blinking in confusion (with the baby who was busy chewing his own fist), without saying his true intention.
That Uchiha without doubt was the most unfathomable man she ever met.
Alright, this is the end of the second chapter. I feel I lack something *frown*