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Chapter 7
"Thank you for your hard work!" Nohara Rin said to her colleagues. She stepped out of her chair and walked quickly through the cubicles.
"Nohara-san."
Rin stopped her track and smiled politely, "Ah, thank you for your hard work today, Tanabe-san."
Tanabe Miyano, the chief of accounting department, a tall man with brown hair and golden eyes, smiled sheepishly at her, "You too, Nohara-san." He cleared his throat and stammered, "Wo..would you like to go and have a drink with me after this? That if you want, of course."
Actually, Rin had already known his subtle advance since a while ago and she felt faltered. She had to admit, he was handsome moreover gentle and nice man but everytime they interacted she kept comparing the him to someone else who had stolen her heart, gave her a lovely baby yet they only got into a fight everytime they met. She truly wanted to move on, living a different comfortable life, and perhaps with someone like Tanabe but she couldn't deceive her heart. If by chance she accepted this man, he would ended always being compared to someone else. And she thought it wouldn't be fair for the man in front of him.
"I would love to.." Rin answered but then added quickly before he could say more, "But I need to pick up my son at day care." she informed slowly.
Miyano blinked in confusion, "You have a son?" He clearly didn't know since he moved to her branch after her maternity leave.
"Yup. Several months old. He is such cute boy." She grinned.
Hearing that made him nervous and shifted his weight on his feet awkwardly, "I thought.. I..uh.. Say hi to your husband. Perhaps we can go and drink together sometime."
Rin giggled by his awkwardness, "No. I'm a single mother." She had to explain to the poor guy that no, his son still had his father and yes, she would like to go with him someday. Which she doubted after him knowing her status.
They went on their own way after that.
Too bad, he was a good man but he wasn't meant to her.
"Yo!" Obito greeted when Rin stepped out of the elevator with Haruto in her arms. He wore casual dark clothes and leaned on the wall next to her door.
"You are here." she sighed and fumbled around her bag to get her key. Obito took Haruto from her, Rin frowned at him but let him did as he liked.
"You are late today." Obito said then talked to his son playfully but the small baby didn't really perceived like he usually did. The older Uchiha frowned at the baby's behavior but followed Rin quietly.
They toed off their shoes and walked through the hall to the living room, "I have to buy something on my way home. The baby needs his diaper and milk." to show her point she waved her shopping bag to him.
Obito grinned and apologized and promised to bring some too which she dismissed tiredly. "Well, well. Haru-kun. How are you today? Do you miss daddy?" He asked while discarding Haruto's coat and hat.
Haruto's wails was not something he expected. "Whoa.. Whoa.. What's the matter big boy?" rocking the baby gently.
"Perhaps his teeth. I saw little tooth this morning." she left to the kitchen.
Obito looked at the baby, he could hear Rin opened the freezer and moved around the kitchen, "So fast?" His tone was between astonishment and disbelief.
Rin went back not long later, "Each baby had their own treats." She gave him a small ice block wrapped in small clean handkerchief. "Give it to him. It will help to numb its pain." Obito accepted with a sigh and Haruto calmed down immediately after that although tears were still dripping.
Obito drew the wipes at the table in front of him and wiped away any fluid on his son's face. He knew every single things at her house by his heart after spending much time in the small apartment. Rin decided to go to the kitchen to prepare drink for her guest, well, a guest who was accidentally her son's father.
Rin sighed, she kinda liked how attentive Obito was to his baby, which meant he didn't hate Haruto's existence and that was good for Haruto since he still needed his father's figure. However, deep down in her heart, she wondered how long Obito would still come and be with Haruto before he got bored with the little baby. Just like what happened to her.
Obito followed Rin to her kitchen alone, "Oi, Rin.. Do you think Haruto will like this?" He showed a blue with star pattern baby blanket on his phone.
Rin glanced at it then to Obito, "How is Haruto?"
"Sleep. He dozes off soon after the ice works so I put him to his box." He grinned.
"Figures. The caretaker told me that Haruto is a bit fussy today and didn't take his nape." she informed while put the boxes of formula away.
"Poor kid. He will be fine, right?" Rin nodded. "That good. It's bad to see him suffers that much." He nodded then asked again, "So, what about the blanket? Do you think he will like it?"
Rin shrugged, "Perhaps but he has enough blanket already. Don't waste your money."
Obito frowned, "Is that so? Well, I will find another thing for my baby then." Rin nodded not so friendly. Obito kept talking from the table while she worked around the kitchen while she murmured polite answered and didn't even try to keep the conversation going.
They were playing with the fire, she knew that. And if they were not careful, they would be burnt. Giving Obito the liberty to come whenever he wanted to wasn't the best answer. They still had it, the sparks between them which turned her into some stupid woman. She felt it, she could see it from Obito's eyes and hear it from his voice.
That very moment reminded Obito of his time with the small woman when they were younger and naive. They would laugh and talk about mudane things, share their dreams and go anywhere they find interesting.
"Watch out!" Obito grabbed Rin and turned around quickly when he saw a big bottle of oil slipped down from her wall cabinet and almost hit her. He groaned when the bottle hit his shoulder.
"What are you doing?!" Rin asked furiously.
"Saving your little neck. What do you think would have happen had I not be here?" He asked but didn't let her go, not yet.
Rin tried to retreat from his hug but he didn't let go. "Not yet. My shoulder is numb. Can't move yet." He said with a sigh and placed his forehead on her small shoulder.
Rin frowned and pat his shoulder carefully, "Is it hurt so much?" she asked. As he thought, she didn't change, still a worry wart.
"Yeah, a little." He smiled inwardly. "Although it is not as bad as when I fell down from the tree when we were school graders."
Rin smiled silently by his words, she remembered it, very clearly. That day was the first day they met Hatake Kakashi who had just moved into the down. He was a smart yet aloof boy and at that time Rin had her first crush on him, just a little. Obito who had been her friend for years felt jealous of the new boy and challenged the white haired boy to climb the big tree behind the school yard. The winner would be the leader of the class.
At that time, the smart Hatake Kakashi already knew that it was useless whether he won or not. But Obito could be very stubborn if he wanted to, so the quiet boy couldn't help but to accept. Rin was really angry and scared at that time when she saw her childhood friend climbed the big tall tree carelessly but he won. Rin somewhat suspected that Kakashi yielded deliberately.
Obito who had won laughed and yelled triumphantly to her, ignoring her warning to be careful. Indeed, the young Uchiha fell down from the tree, breaking his right arms and leg, receiving long and various yells and complains from his family. Also from Rin.
Kakashi started to hang around them after seeing Obito's idiocy.
"Was it that bad?" Rin asked calmly.
"Hn?" Obito's hand circled around her waist automatically. "Nope. Perhaps because you were there. I think I can do everything when you are with me." He replied and straightened himself to look at Rin.
It was the sweetest thing he ever said to her.
They stayed and stared at each other. The boy that day had turned into a fine man. A cheekish boy who she concerned so much turned into an unfamiliar man who stole her heart away.
"I miss those times." Obito whispered hoarsly. "I miss to be with you."
Rin stared at his painful gaze. "Obito.."
"Rin.." He cradled her cheek and Rin melted in his arms. Obito never realized how sweet Rin tasted until today and how fitted her in his arms.
Rin sighed slowly when Obito giving little pecks on her jaw and moved back to her lips, "Please.." He said in a small voice that she could barely heard.
"Yes.. Please.."
The same voice which begged not only to her but also another woman.
She couldn't get rid of the image of that night when he broke her heart. On the same bed which he spent the night with her, the black haired male was enjoying his time with another female, as if Rin had never been there before and he didn't even remember her existence. That's why she left, giving the freedom which the Uchiha needed. She had learned her lesson that one time therefore she would not hoping much anymore.
Rin stepped out of his reach quickly to lean next to the sink, afraid that she would lose her strength and fall down only from his little kisses. She should have learned her lesson. She wouldn't turn weak in front of him. "No. We won't do this." she said nervously.
Obito didn't move because he was sure she reciprocated his feeling but then ran away, making him confused. "Rin.." He tried to reach for her.
"No." Then she cleared her throat, "I.. I don't want this." she added, "Please."
"Rin... Can we talk about this?"
"What this do you want to talk about?" Rin stood there, gripping on the edge of the table tightly, she almost got dragged back into his arms. "If it's about Haruto.."
"It's about us. You and I."
"Then I have nothing to talk."
"Rin! I thought I have wait long enough." He stepped ahead but Rin flinched away. "Give me a chance, Rin. I want us to go back at that time." He wanted to go back at that time again. To correct what he did that night. To ask for her forgiveness. To ask her to be his once again.
"We tried that time and we suffer because of it."
"So why? We can try it once gain. We have Haruto now. He is ours. Let's try it, huh? Let's be a family for real and we will be fine this time."
Rin scoffed, "You really don't understand, do you? You think everything is as good as before just because you want it so."
"What's wrong with that? We are here together and Haruto, too. He needs his parents, his mother and father." He grabbed her hand and squeezed it softly.
"We don't have to be together for him to have his parents."
"But it's different! Visiting him only when you allow me, it is not same! Let's do something about it, alright?"
"I think it's enough for you to meet him that way. You are always busy anyway." she stated and they both knew that she was right. Even before they had Haruto, he rarely there for her but she kept waiting patiently. For what? She didn't know.
"But, I'm his father."
Rin pulled her hand away and snapped, "And I'm his mother who carrying him for ten months. I suffer alone when I deliver him, accompanied only by nurse and doctor. Whereas you, the father, know about his existence last month so you can't tell me what to do."
"That's because you didn't tell me!" Obito started to raise his voice.
Rin blinked innocently, "Oh? So do tell me, what would you do had I told you about him? To discard him? What about that woman?"
"Damn it! Can't we stop talking about her and where do you get that idea from? I would never ask you to do such things?!"
"Yeah, you are right. You wouldn't since it would hurt your pride as an Uchiha. Just like what Uchiha Fugaku often says."
Obito's shoulder sagged, "No. I didn't mean it like that. I am truly sorry about that time, Rin. I shouldn't do that.. That time you suddenly dissappeared so did Kakashi. I thought you had gone with him.. I shouldn't.. I ought to listen first."
"Don't do that. Don't blame anyone for what we did." Then she sighed, "What done is done. You have taught me a good lesson." she said honestly.
"Rin.. I didn't mean that.."
Of course he didn't.
She stepped back to the living room, avoiding Obito's gaze and to stop herself from crying, "About Haruto, I shouldn't have sent him there. It's my fault, actually. You are free to go, Obito.. I never intended and won't tie you with Haruto. You don't have to force yourself to stay."
"No. You are wrong, Rin." He grabbed her hand and tugged it softly, but Rin didn't turn around to look at him, "I meant it. Every single words I said to you that day. I mean it."
"I'm trying but you can't force me, Obito." Rin whispered and hugged herself, "I feel betrayed and it's not easy to forget. When I found out about the baby I was really happy, then I saw you.."
He knew where the talk would ended to, "Rin.. I'm so sorry. Please, forgive me."
Rin shook her head, "I hold nothing against you, Obito. You are too precious to me but.. I don't want this, Obito. I don't want you." Obito though she was crying but then she exhaled try, "Please, go." she said firmly.
"Rin.."
She turned around and met his gaze, she was determined, "I need you to go, Obito. We can't talk about this now. I'm tired. I am not sure I'm ready yet."
"But Rin.. Are you sure?" The brown haired woman shoved his jacket back to him and pushed him firmly, "Go."
Obito cursed himself when the door was slammed in front of him. He had done it again, saying things he didn't mean and didn't say things he really meant.
He hurt her again.
And he doubted she would allow him to meet the baby and giving him the chance to be with her anymore.
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"You run out of milk. You have no foods and all I can find is tomato. Is there any edible things beside that round red thing?" Obito announced from the door of Sasuke's home office.
Sasuke kept typing on his keyboard, didn't even look at Obito who stood at the door frame. "So what? My house my rule. If you're not satisfied with it then go home, go die. I don't give a fuck."
Obito blinked at him, "Whoah.. You sure stabs like a porcupine. What's the matter, brother?" He imitated Itachi's tone poorly.
Sasuke threw a big book to Obito. "Ouch! That hurt! What's wrong with you? Just because you can't meet your pretty neighbor, that doesn't mean you have to beat me."
"I give it back to you. Just because you can't meet your female, that doesn't mean you can go depressed, distressed and interfere my place." Sasuke replied dryly.
Obito appeared in front of his house at one midnight, drunk like shit and begged for a place to sleep. Sasuke allowed him only because of his neighbors seemed to be upset at him and his stupid cousin promise it would be only that time. It should be enough for another man but it was Obito, so Sasuke thought he was hoping too much. His cousin proved to be a stupid insensitive bastard who visited him and asked for a place for sleep for a whole damn week.
At first he would barge in the middle of night and disappear at the morning and Sasuke was fine with that but lately the stupid cousin appeared not long after the sun set, drunk and didn't leave for days, still drunk. He would cry, yowl and howl about his life or about a certain female and sometimes both. Sasuke would have kicked the stubborn man out of his house if only the older Uchiha didn't threaten to go and search for Hinata to get a console from her.
He would never let Hinata got near to such useless man let alone let her console the ass. Sasuke himself didn't meet her often after that and that irritated him more.
"Geez.." Obito walked into the room and sank down onto a big comfortable dark blue leather chair and sighed, Sasuke shifted back to his computer and let his cousin alone.
The older male placed one arm on his face "Why does she have to be so difficult? I tried to help her, I got a cold shoulder from her instead. I tried to be patient and waited but she tried my patience. When I finally talk to her, she told me to get lost."
"That because you are an ass." Sasuke answered him with a snort.
"Thanks, buddy. But I want a change, I will try harder! Why can't I be with her?", He complained. Then he added almost listlessly, "I miss my baby, Haruto."
However, Sasuke didn't respond.
"I miss his little fists and his strong punch. You know, I have got punched several times when I tried to change his diaper. Don't mention his tough feet. But it is his smile that takes my heart away." The older Uchiha said dreamily. Sasuke who was working hummed lowly while hiding his smile. He knew that feeling, nobody could refuse such cute smile and innocent look, although he would never admit it openly, especially not to his idiot father.
"He is smart. At least he doesn't inherit your idiocy, fortunately. He knows what a bad guy you are.", Sasuke smirked.
"Too bad, he resembles me more what you people think." and that gained another snort from the younger male.
"I'm afraid too long not to be with him will make him forget about me. What will happen then? I'm his father. Why can't I meet him anytime I want to?"
"That's because you are an ass."
"Hey! You've said that once before, can't you say anything else to comfort your brother?"
Sasuke leaned on his working chair and said dryly, he shifted his chair to face his cousin, "I know one when I see it. Besides, why should I care? your problem is not my business. If you want it to end then talk to her, woo her or do anything you seem to be right except, don't do anything funny at my house anymore." He warned.
Obito grinned, "Well, if you are that stiff no wonder your pretty neighbor doesn't visit you often." Sasuke gave him the finger.
"Man, you are right. I have to do something! I won't give up until she comes back to me." Then he chuckled, "She is very stubborn, sassy and high-and-mighty, that woman." But those words were full of warmth and affection.
The spiked haired male then added softly, "But I love her. I love her, Sasuke. What should I do?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes, "Telling me won't bring you anywhere. Tell her, obviously. I think you still have a little brain between your ears but I can be wrong." Obito cursed at him.
Sasuke replied frankly. "Although I don't find anything on that woman or what she sees in you."
"You won't believe how amazing she is. Those nights were the best things happened to me. Those lips and fingers.. Also when we spent the nights and then she.."
Then it escalated quickly, he straightened himself, "Let me tell you Sasuke-kun, woman is the most difficult being to please. You have to be precise, don't forget about their deepest needs, too. I suggest the point between her—"
Sasuke growled, Enough is enough.
Sasuke pulled his cousin out of his apartment in less than a minute. Hearing his whiny and disconcerting was one thing but hearing his cousin's yuck sex life was another thing. "You better finish your problem before I start placing you on the blacklist to enter this building." He reprimanded the older man who sat dumbfoundedly on the floor. He slammed the door before opening it again, "And if I ever heard you meeting Hinata even for a minute, I would love to fulfill that girl's dream to make you stop functioning biologically." and the door slammed shut.
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"Fifty dollars for this little monkey to start climbing the tree in two years."
Rin groaned and shook her head, "Oh, please no. Seeing the idiot fell down once was traumatic enough for me, let alone my little baby. I won't even allow him to climb the bed before five, honestly."
A chuckle, "Well, well...but you can't keep him protected forever."
Rin narrowed her eyes, "I know but I will keep it as long as I can and I won't let you to read your dirty books either, Kakashi."
"Maa.. It's too bad ne, Haruto-kun." The masked man said with a smile to the baby in his arms. Haruto was curious about the disturbing piece of cloth and trying to grabbed it but Kakashi was smarter, he put the baby on his laps, far from his face.
"I haven't heard much from you since last year and I kinda surprised when I heard it from Obito."
Rin shrugged, "Many things happened and I wasn't ready."
"Ah.. I can see that." He held Haruto up and lifted the baby as high as he could, making the baby giggled happily, "This one is his carbon copy if you ask me. Let's hope it ends there." He joked.
Rin giggled, "Many people who knew him said so."
Kakashi sighed and lowered his arms, "It looks like my age is catching up with me. Can't even lift little baby for long time." He winced.
Rin giggled from the sofa across of him, "What are you talking about? You are still young and in your prime time. It's just silly and stupid, Kakashi."
"Mm.. You might right..whoa—" He back away from Haruto's small hand on his mask, ready to peel it off. "Definitely Obito's." He said while shaking his head in disbelief while Rin smiled, her eyes were filled with pride, though.
Kakashi tried to keep the conversation light between them. When the small woman opened the door for him just now, he saw the depressed and wary face which he never saw before. For Kakashi, Rin always been the brightest, spiritful and happy woman but the woman in front of him wasn't the Rin he knew. She was still Nohara Rin everyone knew but she wasn't the one who he spent his childhood and adolescents time with.
Deep down in his heart, he felt guilty for keeping his distance to both of her and Obito. At that time he thought it was the best option when he heard they got together. The truth was, he was jealous of them, to their close and strong connection. Although they were always spent the time together but he felt he was the one who always left behind, and he thought he would only a hindrance for the new couple, therefore he slowly retreated from them.
To give them some space and also for himself, more importantly.
And now his hasty decision left a big discontentment and grievances in his heart. If only he didn't leave them and stay next to them.. Could it be better?
He didn't know but at least he wouldn't be so distress and frustrated. He sighed, such selfish reasoning. Perhaps, he mused, it was better this way, to grieve so he could pay for what he did for them, even only for a bit.
"Obito looks so pitiful." He said suddenly.
Rin who had got Haruto back from Kakashi raised her brows, "Is that so?"
Kakashi placed his chin on his palm, elbow propped on his knee. "Well, if you can find the exact word for the man who spends his long night drunk and crying like a big baby -wailing about certain brunette- I would like to know." Rin shifted her gaze to the table, not wven try to look at him.
"I even have to change my pillow for the fourth time in one week because of him." He added nonchalantly. Both of them knew how bad Obito's wailing everytime he stressed about something since it was one of them who he would visit and got comfort from. Since Rin wouldn't give any comfort he was seeking then Kakashi was his only choice now.
"He is fine. It's impossible for him to suffers. It was him who left."
"Perhaps you can talk."
"We did it and I am tired of this stupid thing. I'm tired, really." Rin whispered and hugged Haruto.
Kakashi leaned back to the sofa, he read her dark and sad face. He was sure Rin knew what she did and he believed she had got many people to tell her to talk to the Uchiha and it might hurt her more that they thought. Pushing her wasn't a good option.
"He always comes uninvited and it annoys so me."
"If there's something I can help with.."
"No, I need nothing."
"Even that means you suffers more?"
"I'm not. I do not. He won't influence me even after this long. If only.." she looked at her baby, so pure and innocent. "Perhaps I'm a fool but I can't forget his act that night. Everytime I see him, it will remind me about that night. I can't erase it from my mind. I don't think I can forgive him, Kakashi."
"You can't or you don't want to?"
She looked at him, but what she saw was not a judgmental expression but purely concern and understanding. "I..I want to but I don't think I have the bravery. He takes too big part of my heart. I'm afraid he will repeat what he did that day and when that happen, I will no longer have enough to keep me protected."
Kakashi slapped his knee, "It's good. Admitting it is a big step but I agree with you. It's impossible to forgive and forget this soon. You might, perhaps in thirty or forty-five years ahead. It will be very interesting to see you forgiving him in his shaking on his feet and dancing on his weak limbs." He said jokingly.
Rin laughed while hugging her baby. "Do you think he will wait that long?" she asked warily after her laugh died down.
Kakashi shrugged, "Who knows, he is a weirdo."
"He is." Rin agreed solemnly. "Do you remember at that time when he.."
They spent the rest of the day talking and laughing out loud about Obito's stupidity and reminiscing their childhood time. It had been long time since last she laughed that loud.
Haruto who was sleeping in her arms didn't even disturbed by their laughs. It must be because he loves his mother's laugh, he mused.
Kakashi decided to go home after having a dinner at her house since he still had to work early at the next day. Rin looked better than when he saw her in the morning. It meant something for him.
"Thank you for coming and making a dinner for me."
"It's my pleasure. Next time I will bring beer, too."
She frowned, "You know I can't drink, right?"
"Ah.. But I can."
She laughed then she hugged him warmly, "Thank you for coming, though. I have no one to talk to."
Kakashi patted her head softly, "Anytime. With this single status, I'm a free soul."
Rin separated herself from him and narrowed her eyes, "You say that but get a hot date everyday."
He smiled, "You are right but too bad they can't reach my standards.."
"No one can. No, when you use those books as your standards." she cradled his face, "Stop reading those books, it's not good for you."
Kakashi scratched his neck awkwardly, "Hmm.. It's difficult since they have been part of my life for long time."
Rin chuckled and shook her head, "I can't believe it."
She thanked him for coming once again, "Also, thanks for listening to me without judging me and my actions."
Kakashi stretched his hands on his side, "I'm not a judge, I don't even interested to cosplay to be one so I can't do that. It's too tiresome, as one of Sasuke's friends said."
She giggled.
"Obito is a weirdo but he will hail the way you walk on when you give him chance. We both know it since long ago." He said after a while.
Rin bit her lips and lowered her gaze, "Why are you saying that? Is it because you are pitying me?"
"No. It's rather, I pity my pillow which receives Obito's target of frustration every night." He walked and waved at her without looking back.
That night long after Haruto had gone to sleep, Rin sat on her bed alone, looking at nothing in particular. The image of Obito's betrayed and confused expression haunted her although she did what she thought was right but the pain in her chest wouldn't disappear. Why would he feel betrayed if he was the one who betrayed her?
"Obito is a weirdo but he will hail the way you walk when you gove him chance. We both know it since long ago."
"I love you. I love you, Rin."
Then, it dawned to her. She didn't want Obito, she needed him.
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"Sasuke."
Sasuke brushed a small hand which patting his cheek awkwardly.
"Sasuke." again the calling and patting.
Sasuke grumbled and blinked away his sleepiness to found a mini Obito on his bed next to him, smiling brightly. "What the hell?", he groaned. "Serve you right for putting strange things in your mouth." He chuckled half asleep, then covered his head with a pillow.
"Ah..uh..uh.."
"Leave me alone. I've got my peace back this last week and now you want to disturb my peacefulness again, huh?" His voice was muffled by his sift pillow.
"Da! Da!" The small yet strong palms slapped right to his naked stomach.
Sasuke yelped and sat right away, "What the fuck!" He blinked at the small baby next to him in confusion.
"Ah..ah.." The small baby stretched out his hands, a small letter attached to his right leg.
Then he heard a burst of laughing from the floor, "Don't tell me.." Sasuke stared at Obito who laughing his shit off on the floor. "Oh! Hell! Even Sasuke can talk on his sleep! Hilarious!"
"Damn. Shut it, Obito!" He threw a pillot to his cousin. "What are you doing here? And what about this baby?"
"Haruto-kun tells me he wants to meet you." The stupid new father grinned.
"Enough with your shit and I know it's not." Sasuke yawned and messed the baby's hair casually.
Obito stuck out his tongue and knocked his knuckles on his head while sitting on the floor, "You got me, tee-hee." Haruto laughed at his silly pose, but Sasuke was not impressed.
Obito cleared his throat, "Actually I have a very urgent business but I can't bring Haruto-kun with me so we decided to bring him here and ask for your help."
"No."
"What? Why Sasuke-kyun.. Help me this one time, nee?" He pouted.
"I have helped you enough. Bring him with you and get lost."
Obito sticking up his lips and mumbled, "But I can't, though. The environment won't be good to him."
"I believe your house is sufficient enough for handling both your business and this little boy." He picked Haruto up at the back his thick collar -the baby dangling and kicking happily- to be handled back to his father.
"But you see.. I'm not talking about doing my job here.." He inched little by little out of Sasuke's bedroom.
"What do you mean?" The younger male felt uneasy.
"It's a date! I have a date with Rin today so I can't bring Haruto-kun with me. I'm sorry, I'll be back before midnight, bye!" He explained quickly and disappeared through his door even quicker.
"What the— come back here you bastard!" Sasuke tried to stop him but fruitless since the older man was swift and Sasuke couldn't possibly catch him only on his boxers and little baby in his arms.
"Damn it." Sasuke ran back to his room with Haruto in his arms obviously.
He moved around his room to collect shirt, trousers and his sock then donned it as fast as he could, "Damn it. Damn you, Obito.", He muttered while moving around. Inside his head was filled with many methods of revenge which the older man deserve and Sasuke would be gladly to fulfill. Haruto laughed when he saw the older Uchiha antics.
Sasuke stopped his track, "You think it's funny, huh?" He poked the baby's forehead softly. "Let's see if you can still laugh when you are in my position in the future."
Sasuke took Haruto and tried to call the baby's father but was switched to mailbox. "Damn it."
"What should I do now?" He looked at the baby and Haruto stared him back innocently.
Sasuke contemplated his option; Naruto and Sakura perhaps were busy so no, his brother was busy too and although Sasuke himself was free at that time, he wasn't sure he could handle a baby. There was still Hinata—
"I'll bring you to my mother. She will be delighted." He murmured and went to grab his wallet before stepped out of his apartment.
However, when he opened the door he saw an angel.
No. No. No. He must be dreaming since it was so unreal.
"Um..Sasuke?" she asked softly when he didn't move or talk for a whole minute even though Haruto was moving vigorously in his arms to reach for her.
"Hinata.." He breathed.
She giggled, "Rin-san called me just now and asked me to help you guys, is that okay?" Sasuke just nodded dumbfoundedly.
"That's great. I miss Haruto-kun so much.." she stretched her hand to take Haruto and Sasuke let her had the baby. Her soft fingers brushed on his lower arms and Sasuke felt his heart skipped a beat.
He wanted to asked her whether she missed him, too.
"Sasuke? Yours or mine?" Hinata called him again.
"Huh?" What was she talking about?
"I want to stay with Haruto-kun.." she added softly with a blush, "With you, too."
She looked at him, "So I wondered where do—"
Sasuke opened his door wider, "Come in."
Hinata nodded shyly and allowed herself to his house.
Obito's execution would be in halt for a moment. Besides, sending his new time consuming project seemed to be too easy for the bastard.
There. End of chapter. What do you think?
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