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Chapter 8

"I hope you don't mind me as your company." Hinata said as she sat down on one of Sasuke's sofa with Haruto in her arms, Sasuke had walked back from his room to put the baby's bag back there.

"Not at all. It's way better than that moron, I mean his father." Sasuke cocked his head to the baby and when Haruto saw that he giggled.

"Was you planning to go somewhere before I came?" Hinata blinked in confusion.

Sasuke sighed in embarrassment, "Actually, I don't know how to handle that little monkey so I opted to send him to my mother's house."

"Oh, how clueless of me! I shall go home, I think. I'm sorry, I didn't know.. Your mother will be delighted to meet him." Hinata stood suddenly and readied to hand Haruto back to Sasuke.

Sasuke stood to stop her, "I discarded that idea since you are here, there's always next time for her. Besides, you must be missing him, I suppose." He ended with a shrug.

Knowing Sasuke was saying the truth Hinata smiled shyly, "That's very nice of you. I promise I won't disturb you today "

Sasuke nodded, "Your presence never been a disturbance for me." There was a long silence between them after that because Hinata didn't know how to reply that.

The black haired male then disappeared to his room and back with Haruto's baby bed set; the blue baby bed, a dark blue blanket, a cute blue pillow from the big bag Obito left that morning when he saw the baby yawned.

"Sorry, I need to take this call." He handed out Haruto's items to Hinata when his phone suddenly rang.

Hinata nodded knowingly then arranged Haruto's sleeping instruments on the sofa.

"I sent it last night, didn't you read it already?" Sasuke replied someone on the phone, he scratched his head in frustration and sighed. "It's not my fault if you lost them.. I have told you times.." His voice disappeared together with him to his office room.

Hinata shifted her attention to the baby who was laying on his back on the comfy makeshift bed. "My sweet angel is sleepy, huh?"

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Sasuke emerged from his room half hour later. He then went to his kitchen, "I'm sorry about the delay, the dobe lose his file and apparently he just misplaced it." He came back with a pitcher of cold lemonade and two empty glass, he informed honestly.

Hinata looked up from her papers on the table, she had moved and sat on the floor with papers scattered around the table and floor. She smiled sheepishly, "I'm sorry, too. I use your table without your permission."

"You are free to use anything you want here." He sat on the floor across of her with the table filled with papers between them, the tray was placed on the floor next to him, "Are they the famous students' test paper?", Sasuke took one paper. He frowned when he saw messy scribble and unreadable words on the paper.

"Yes, although it's more likely mock test paper. I find it's easier for them to work on small tests before the real one."

"I am impressed that you can read whatever written here." He placed the paper back. "And I don't remember any teacher who did the same at my time. All they did were throwing tons of notes and long hours working on their homework." He commented as he poured the drink for his guest and himself.

"Not all teachers are same. There's a teacher at my school who loves to tell the students to move their body more so their brain work better." she murmured her gratitude to Sasuke when he stretched his hand to give her the drink.

Sasuke tsk-ed, "Such a hassle method."

Hinata giggled after a sip of her drink, "But it works."

"Are they annoying?" He asked to the paper, indicating the students.

Hinata shook her head, she placed her glass on the tray gracefully, "No, they are not. They are the sweetest things I have ever met."

Sasuke snorted, "I can't imagine how come a bunch of snotty brats being sweet. I bet most of teachers will have a bad headache at the very end of day, every single day." He commented while placing his chin on his hand on the table.

"Well, they would if you were their student." Hinata murmured teasingly.

Sasuke raised his brows, "What do you say? You might not believe it, but I was the most brilliant student at that time. The dobe is the live evidence."

That, picked Hinata's interest, "Why is that?"

Sasuke smirked, "Do you think a dobe like him could graduate with that small pea of brain?"

"He couldn't be that bad.." Hinata replied softly.

"Trust me, he was, is that bad. The only thing that keep him works is his love for his job."

"And your help?"

"Hn.. There's nothing left of him except his loud and boisterous nature. Although, Sakura helps too sometimes but having her and the dobe together never ended well." He snorted again, "I remember one time we were at a cafe near our school, there should be a final test on the next week so we were studying or I was dragged with them since Sakura tried to coax the dobe to study to be exact, but in the middle of study session, they fought about the most unimportant thing I had ever heard. In the end, we are banned to enter the cafe after that."

Sakura? Ah, that pretty lady with her pink hair. Hinata ignored the small stabs in her heart when she heard about the woman from Sasuke.

"I still have the dobe's pictures from that time." Sasuke said with a chuckle when he ended his story about Naruto's clumsiness at their last school festival. To prove his point he crawled to the cabinet under the big smart TV on the wall on his right and placed a mini photos album on the table, "Here. You see, he was all red thanks to the paint poured on him accidentally when he tried to prove that the paint we use was washable, which totally wrong." He pointed to a photo on the upper side, there was indeed a very red boy in his teen which Hinata identified as the same person she met with the pink haired lady that day.

On the photo was the literally red boy; from head to his torso at least, with Sasuke on his left who looked unamused and their girl friend on the blonde right who looked tired or was too used to such ridiculous situation and didn't want to be involved in them. The blonde himself was looked happy and proud despite his condition.

Such high spirited young boy.

Another thing she noticed as she looked at the pictures was the number of girls who was glancing, openly staring or touching the raven haired male in each picture. There was no doubt about Sasuke's popularity in that time, there was something special about Sasuke; his eyes, his pointed nose and his stubborn stoic face. All of them were merging into a great visual which one wouldn't have ever tired of.

She wondered what kind of high school he had, what kind of subjects he loved that time and who was he interested to at that time. Was it one of his friends? The red haired one who wore some classic glasses? The girly blond on one of the pictures? Or was it Sakura?

They were all in the past and it shouldn't bother her but she couldn't help it. Although Sasuke openly said he was interested in Hinata but with that many pretty girls around him made she became doubtful. For him and for herself.

"It's quite boring when we talk about my life." Sasuke took Hinata's quietness as boredom. "How about yours? Was there someone to compare with the dobe?"

Hinata smiled, "I don't think my school life is as interesting as yours." she took out her wallet and pulled out several pictures from it. "I used to live on a small village with my family until I graduated from my high school." she pointed to the picture on the top of the stack, "This is my father, my mother and my sister." Hinata was standing in the middle with her white kimono which similar to her parents and short blue hair, she stood between her father and mother. Her father was a man with stern gaze, her mother was soft and fragile looked woman with the familiar blue hair, and there was a baby in her arms.

She brought the first picture aside and pointed to her sister at the second picture, "It's my sister on her fifth birthday." she smiled solemnly.

"There were only three of you." He commented.

Hinata nodded, she swallowed nervously, "My mother passed away two months after the first picture was taken."

"Ah.. I see. I'm sorry to hear that." He replied in soft tone.

"Me, too. I miss her sometimes. She was the most perfect mother I could ever wished for. My mom was a teacher before she married my father. She had like thousands of books at our house and she loved to read them for me."

"Is that why you become a teacher?"

Hinata blushed, "Yeah, it's kinda my reason. I like children, too. I think with working as a teacher I can continue her dream. It's silly, isn't it?"

Sasuke then whispered, "Can you keep a secret?" He continued when he saw Hinata blinked innocently, "I wanted to be a football player until I was in high school." He smirked when Hinata blinked again in confusion.

"Huh?" she clearly didn't see why he wanted to keep it as a secret. It was a cute dream.

"At first I joined because of the dobe but I found it interesting. My school was the best in town, we had nice teamwork and all. However, after my second interhigh match, I found it unappealing. I played because I liked it but the crowd was killing me. I hate the crowd and somewhat developed a crazy anxiety disorder. I turned into someone who was bitter and distance. Apparently, my love to the sport was defeated by my hate of it. I turned to hate that sport and decided to leave."

"Uh.. I'm sorry to hear that. I bet you were really great at it." When he said about crowd she believed it was the girls, his fan-girls. From her experience with her cousin, it wasn't a pleasant experience. Even her ever so cold cousin had a severe headache every valentine time had come. Sasuke must have to experience the same if not worse.

"Therefore, Hinata, it was so damn awesome for you to be able to stick with your dream. You don't know how much it meant to for the kids." Sasuke commented in his serious and certain tone.

"Thank you." she bit her lips before reckoning, "Don't you miss playing football?"

"Hn?" He hummed lowly then shrugged, "Sometimes." He didn't want to admit it but he did, sometimes.

He had never talked about this to anyone, not Naruto, his mother or even Itachi. All they knew was he was dragged by Naruto and stayed just because the blond begged him to. Nobody knew that he actually enjoyed playing that sport. He didn't know why he told her but he was sure she wasn't someone who would laugh about his dream and he was right.

"Then you shall play it again, not as professional but as your hobby, perhaps. It's such a sad thing to leave something you love."

"Ah.. Then what do you suggest?" He leaned over.

Hinata blushed under his gaze, "Um..there..there is a club in my school. I can introduce you..and you can come and teach or play together with them."

"Hm? But I am not a teacher let alone a professional player, Hinata. I doubt your school will allow it."

Hinata lowered her gaze and looked like a kicked puppy. "You are right."

Sasuke cleared his throat, "Well..Don't worry about it. I occasionally play with Obito and the dobe in my spare times. If it can ease your worry, perhaps we should arrange some informal session on next summer break?" who could say no to such puppy eyes.

Hinata blushed again, "That would be nice but promise me that we will have one, only when you have time."

Sasuke nodded, satisfied.

Sasuke asked Hinata to continue her story about her pictures. He was so eager to know about her; her life, her school, her family, her hobby, however trivial it was, he wanted to know.

On the third picture was Hinata, her sister and a new boy who looked slightly older than Hinata. He was her older cousin who lost his parents in an accident when Hinata was ten years old. Hinata's father decided to adopt him to his family and he became Hinata and her sister's older brother. Hinata smiled when she told Sasuke how protective her cousin was. Sasuke wondered how her cousin took Sasuke's approaching his beautiful cousin. He hoped the man took it well, which he doubted it wholeheartedly.

The next picture made him frown. It was a picture of Hinata between two teenage boys, one was the one who brought Rin to Hinata's apartment that day and the other one was unfamiliar to him.

"This is Kiba-kun," She pointed to a teenage boy who had the red triangle on his cheek, "you have met him." she told him and Sasuke nodded. "This is Shino-kun." she pointed to a stoic looking boy with dark round glasses. "They are my childhood friends and best friends. They helped me greatly since I was a small awkward girl. They always there to help me and keep me move on."

Great, after a protective cousin and now protective childhood friends.

Still, Sasuke was relieved that Hinata was surrounded by family and friends who loved her and protected her. God knows how cruel the world could be and Hinata was the last who had to experience it.

"Kiba-kun works as a policeman, I think you know about it already, right? Shino-kun works at his family dojo. They are very talented, one time they caught a pervert near our school and got an award for that. They are willing to do everything to help other."

"Hn.. They must be good friends." Sasuke said and even himself could taste the bitter taste of jealousy in it.

Hinata clearly felt it and she blushed furiously. "Y..yes, they are. Kiba-kun was the one who encouraged me to move here and Shino-kun was the one who introduced me to my colleague from my workplace."

Sasuke nodded, "It's nice of them."

Hinata stammered her agreement. After that they fell into silence; Hinata went back to her scoring while Sasuke went to refill his pitcher. The weather outside was getting hotter with the clear blue sky, cicada singing and humid air, although they didn't feel it to the slightest all thanks to Sasuke's great and almighty air conditioner.

Sasuke put another glass on the now clear of papers table in front of her, "So..how can you know about Haruto's visitation today?" He asked finally after hours.

"It's..well.."

One week prior she got a surprise call from Nohara Rin.

"I had planned to invite you but didn't have your number, fortunately Mikoto-san has it. I'm sorry to invite you this sudden." Rin grimaced a little.

Hinata shook her head, "It's okay. I'm free in weekend, anyway. Thank you for inviting me, Nohara-san."

"Maa.. Just call me Rin, or perhaps Disappointment Mother as I left my boy alone." she smiled sadly.

Hinata pulled the empty chair across of her. Their meeting point, a cozy cafe was not that loud since it had passed the lunch time. "You are awesome, Rin-san. Haruto can be such sweet boy since he has an awesome mother so nobody can say you are a disappointment." her gaze filled with determination as she placed her hand on the older woman's.

Rin laughed, "You are a nice girl, Hinata."

They ordered foods then fell to a comfortable discussion, "Where is Haruto-kun?"

"With Obito's grandmother. She misses the baby so much so I leave him there. She is still Haruto's great-grandmother and I can't possibly let the kind woman down." she sipped her tea and sighed.

"I see." Hinata was a bit sad that she couldn't meet the baby.

"I'm sorry for not bringing him today but Obito's grandmother has been asking me but I never visit her on weekdays and I think our conversation will last a bit too long for his liking. I'll bring him in the future, I promise." Rin assured after seeing the gloomy face of her guest. Hinata smiled and nodded, "Yes, thank you, Rin-san."

Rin waved her hand, "No. No. It's my gratitude and also my apologize to you. I heard it, you know." she touched the rim of her glass softly, "I heard from Mikoto-san that you didn't give up and protect Haruto although he is not your family, not even a relative, and although it was difficult. Comparing myself to you...I am such a failure." she sighed, her shoulders slumped.

"Rin-san , it's okay to make a mistake.."

"You are wrong, Hinata. I make mistakes. I fall in love with someone who can't keep his promises, I let him did whatever he wished without thinking about the consequences and now I have a baby that I have come to love so much."

"Haruto-kun is not a mistake." Hinata said firmly in her soft voice.

Rin blinked at her then laughed, "You are right. He definitely is not a mistake. Rather, he is a miracle happens to me."

Hinata nodded.

"I'm sure you have things you wanted to tell me or scold me, perhaps."

"I don't have a right to scold but...I want to know why did you leave Haruto-kun there that day?"

Rin lowered her gaze, "It's because I was desperate. He kept reminding me about Obito. Sometimes, when you love someone, this feeling turns into a curse. It weighs so much. Before Haruto born, I constantly changing my decision, to tell Obito or not to tell him. In the end, my pride won over me. I was too proud to let him know that I love him. But I messed up by putting him on your door, ne.." She smiled sadly.

Hinata kept her silence.

"When Haruto was born, I was there alone. I fought for the baby and myself. It didn't hit me that time but when we were left alone at my home, some dark ugly thinking kept coming back. The image of his happy shining life to my dark and failing life. It's kinda unfair. Why does he have to be that happy whereas I suffer alone?"

Rin sighed slowly, "I'm the worst. I left my baby alone without caring his safety. I didn't even check it first whether I put him at the right place, as long as I can get rid of the burden." she sniffed, "I'm the worst mother. I even thought my own baby as a burden."

Hinata grabbed Rin's slightly darker hands in her and held it tightly. "You got to do what you've got to do. Although, I..perhaps, it's more unfair for Haruto-kun. He needs his parents, his family and we, as adults, failed him."

"I'm so sorry, Hinata. I have put you in the spotlight and turned your world upside-down." Hinata shook her head, "No. It's quite opposite, I love having Haruto-kun with me. He is the sweetest thing I have ever found so far." and that made the young mother smiled proudly.

"So? How can that be related with my question?" Sasuke's voice brought her back to the present time.

Hinata giggled, "We had long nice chat that day and I promise her to help her with Haruto-kun whenever she needs it when we exchange numbers."

Sasuke looked at her skeptically, "Doesn't mean it have to be this soon, does it?"

"I'm glad it's this soon since I believe Rin-san still loves Obito-san even after all happened. Besides, I can meet Haruto-kun with this, ne?" she glanced at the sleeping baby and rearranged the still intact fluffy blanket.

Sasuke leaned back, "They unquestionably are the most annoying and irritating couple. I can still hear Obito's stupid nagging about that woman at this moment, I won't be surprised if she does the same." He snorted.

Hinata bit her lips, her conversation with Haruto's mother wasn't solely about Obito and the baby. There was also time when the older woman asked Hinata about her and Sasuke's relationship or at least their acquaintanceship so far.

"We haven't seen each other recently actually." Hinata shook her head and smiled politely when Rin asked about her and Sasuke.

"Eh? Is that so? I thought you guys have a thing or two now."

"We are.. Actually, Rin-san, I want to ask something or perhaps I need a suggestion, I think."

Rin nodded, "Sure. Go ahead."

Hinata inhaled and exhaled, "Actually there is a friend of mine."

"A friend. Alright." Rin snickered.

Hinata grabbed her cup tighter, "She is umm..getting close to someone recently. He is a fine man.."

"Is he handsome?"

Hinata blushed, "Y..yes..totally."

"Well, tell your friend to be careful around handsome man since they tend to be a player. Especially the dark haired one." she replied with her chin propped on her bent arm.

"Well, he perhaps one of that but because of one circumstance my friend and that man gotten closer. And they.." she remembered the kiss they shared that day. "They..kissed?"

"They kissed?" Rin-san asked back.

"Y..yeah.. Somewhat." she didn't really remember the exact situation since she was too overwhelmed by his touch, his smell and his smile. It was the most handsome face he ever showed her.

"So, did they kiss or did they not kiss?"

"Kiss. They kissed that day." she said nervously and Rin's whistle added another pound of nervousness to her heart. "She can feel it from his touch and his tone. But..but my friend is scared."

"Because he is a player?"

Hinata shook her head, "No. Because it's too fast, don't you think they need a space and time to think? What if his intention was purely because of curiosity? What if the vibe was because of the unavoidable circumstances? What if he gets bored when he knows her further?"

"You are scared that it is only a fling for Sasuke therefore you run away, aren't you?"

Hinata gasped at her bullseye. "Yes.." she finally answered. There was no need to cover her speech if both of them knew exactly what or who they were talking about.

Rin sighed, "Man.. What a pure love.. I can see it written clearly on your face. It's totally pure. Pure love!" she whistled again. Hinata couldn't help but to cover her blushing face with her hands.

"Rin-san!" she whined.

"Alright. Alright. It's a wonder that he keeps his distance to you, a point for him actually, since if it was Obito, he would have barged into your room, consumed all of your time and your foods, hogged all your things and the last thing you realize was how bad and far you are involved with him already."

Hinata couldn't help but to giggle at Rin's explanation. Rin insisted that it was true, though. "Nevertheless, Sasuke is different from Obito. He knows what he wants like Obito but he is a conscientious man. He knows what he really wants and respects your needs, too. Otherwise you'll be in a foreign country with new surname already, I bet."

"Still.."

"I get what you mean completely. As a rational woman who used to do everything based on your rational mind, it's kinda difficult to equalize and match our head to our heart.. Only, when it comes to heart, any rationality is thrown out of the windows." Rin grinned, "Believe in me, I have this problem, too, only mine has produced a new life."

"Hinata.." Rin said continued softly, "Sasuke is not a good talker nor a extrovert man like Obito. Sasuke never does anything he thinks worthless to his time." Hinata stammered her agreement.

"Sasuke is a nice guy with a handsome face, you have to admit that. He also hates to play with people's heart like someone we know, or so I thought." she added when she saw Hinata's disturbed expression, "Don't worry. I am not interested in that totem pole."

"No! I don't—"

"Geez.. It's written clearly on your face, you know." Rin snickered again. "I know Sasuke quite well because I spent all my childhood time with his cousin, Obito, the one and only man who has ever barged into my life, my heart unconsciously." she ended her words solemnly.

Rin ordered another slice of cheesecake then kept talking, "Sasuke is a brat who likes to enjoy at Obito's stupidity and uses sarcasm to bring Obito's mental down although it doesn't work at all. Obito is just too dense."

"That young Uchiha used to be a sarcastic boy with cold demeanor, that in the past, though. He is a bit different when last I met him. Thanks to someone, perhaps." she grinned.

"But.. What if—"

"Well, what you guys have might because of the situation, the atmosphere or only because of his needs of responsibility. You can assume however you like but remember this, Hinata..Obito and I ended in such situation because we assume, especially the bad things for too much."

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"This boy is really Obito's son." Sasuke commented lightly at the kitchen with Haruto in his arms. The baby was crying and wriggling in his arms while Hinata was preparing his food.

"Rin-san told me he was teething, it's understandable that the baby being fussy." she shook the lukewarm bottle and readied to take over the baby.

Sasuke took the bottle, "I can do it." and went back to the livingroom while the baby was busy sucking his milk. Hinata smiled at Sasuke's back. He looked so natural in handing the baby.

The Hyuuga continued her works washing the dishes after their lunch. Sasuke told her to leave them alone but she insisted to help, Sasuke relented in the end. She knew Sasuke missed little Haruto as she did, too.

Hinata always had a thing for a man who loved baby, kid or children in general. Was it because of her occupation or her big family where the patriarch always involved in raising their children? She didn't know. What she knew that Sasuke, behind his cold and pricky demeanor, he was a great man.

Why did that particular Uchiha had a high value in her eyes? Was she blinded by her feeling?

"Hinata."

The long haired woman was startled, she was much to deep in her mind. "Hai?!"

"Your phone. It's ringing." Sasuke stretched his hand out showing her ringing phone, another one was cradling the baby and using his own perfect chin to hold the bottle for the baby. Hinata wanted to squeal at the cute view. Haruto was busy drinking his milk with Sasuke trying to hold the bottle under his chin and Hinata's phone at his hand.

"Hinata?" He asked again with a frown on his face.

"Oh, hai." She dried her hands and took her phone. "It's my cousin." she informed after a quick glance at the phone.

"Hn." And Sasuke left her for her privacy.

"Good afternoon, Neji-niisan." after a short slide on her phone.

"Actually, it's me, TenTen. Neji is driving at the moment so I am delegated with this important task." a woman said happily.

"TenTen-san. It's nice to hear from you." she replied.

"Yeah, I know. Nobody can break free from my charm." TenTen laughed and then Hinata heard a lot deeper voice saying something she couldn't catch.

"I know. I know. Geez.." she heard TenTen replied from the phone. "Actually, Neji and I are on our date." another long sentence from the person next to the brunette, "Watch out! Oh.. Drive safely, please. Well, Hinata already knows about it, anyway." TenTen rebutted.

"Anyway, since we are free today, we are planning to visit your place, Hinata. Neji never says it but I know he misses you, just like me." TenTen added happily.

Then a warning, "TenTen!" Hinata giggled when she heard a clearer and annoyed tone of her cousin.

"So, what do you say?" TenTen asked again.

Hinata glanced toward the livingroom, Sasuke was facing the window with the baby in his arms. "That's nice. But, today is a bit.."

"O.. You have a date too, don't you?" The older female teased. Suddenly, her cousin was talking in louder tone, Hinata caught only part of them; meet, not good, talking. TenTen then cut him, "Oh, for god's sake. Hinata is an adult now. She can decide who to date."

It's so embarrassing to talk about that at someone else's house. "I am not dating anyone." Hinata replied softly but the older woman didn't hear.

"Anyway, we are available till this evening before going back to our hometown. Call me if you change your mind or you have finish your business there.", she said with a scandalous tone. "Perhaps we can have a double date then."

Neji decided to add, "Hinata-sama, don't—" But unfortunately, the call was cut by TenTen immediately.

Hinata sighed.

"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked when Hinata appeared at the livingroom.

"My cousin and his girlfriend are in town at this moment. She asked me to join them."

"Perhaps you should go."

Hinata shook her head, "No. I already promised Rin-san to watch over Haruto-kun."

"It's fine. I can do it. If I need something, I can call the dobe or my mother." Sasuke replied.

Hinata ducked down, wringing her hands, "Umm..no. I.. I mean..my cousin and TenTen, his girlfriend, are always busy. It's a rare chance for them to meet. Besides, I prefer here. With Haruto-kun and..and..you." she murmured lowly, face as red as tomato.

"Hn.." Sasuke smirked but said nothing.

They went to the couch, Sasuke turned on the tv, to fill the silence. Hinata didn't know where to stare; it would be embarrassing to look at the handsome man, she was too distracted to watch the tv so she decided to look at the baby instead.

However, the quiet session didn't stay long. Soon after the bottle left his small mouth, the dark haired baby started to cry. Hinata took the baby from Sasuke and tried to calm him down. The wailing didn't stop despite the calm soft voice.

"Is it his diaper?" Sasuke asked.

Hinata smelled nothing from the baby. "Perhaps an upset stomach or something." she replied while bringing the baby around the room slowly.

It was the longest two hours in their life; they carried, cradled, changed the diaper and fed the baby to no avail. "It's strange." Sasuke explained through the phone to his fellow friend, Sakura. "We tried everything but he keeps crying."

Hinata took out the ear thermometer from the baby. "It's 37.5 degrees." she announced and Sasuke told his friend immediately. "Hn.. Alright. Okay." and he disconnected the phone.

"It's perhaps his teeth. Sakura says that sometimes it can cause an irritation or pain to the baby. His temperature might be caused of his long wailing." Sasuke explained with a sigh.

"What should we do?" Hinata asked, she wiped away sweats and tears from the baby's face.

"Let's bring him to Sakura. She should know what to do." Sasuke went to his room.

Hinata went to prepare Haruto's belonging. She worried about the baby since it's unusual for the little one to cry that long. It might be something wrong and she hopes they weren't too late.

"Let's go, then." Sasuke held Haruto's bag while Hinata followed behind with the now sniffling baby.

"Obito." Sasuke blurted his cousin's name when he saw the man with gloomy face, in the front of his door.

"Rin-san." Hinata murmured softly to the woman behind Obito.

Unlike Obito, Rin could maintain her expression well. "Hi, Hinata-chan." Rin smiled.

It was unusual for them to be so silent.

"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked straightforwardly.

"Well, can we get in first?"

"Come in, then." Sasuke gestured for them to enter his apartment.

They moved to the living room. Rin took Haruto from Hinata and she snuggled with the now calm baby. She inhaled the baby's calming smell and smiled at Hinata.

"Is there something wrong, Rin-san?" Hinata asked when she lost his patience, she wasn't someone who enjoyed suspense or mystery so much.

"Well, we.." Rin glanced at Obito who sat on the sofa with Sasuke stood three feet away from the older man.

"We decided to get married." Obito informed kindly.

Hinata gasped lowly while Sasuke only raised his brows, that definitely was a surprise. "That's a good news. Congratulations for both of you." Hinata said and smiled happily.

Sasuke nodded but asked in his flat tone, "But what about these gloomy face?"

"I want to hold it in this autumn but Rin prefers spring next year. Why do we have to wait for that long?" He asked no ro no one in particular.

Rin sighed, "I told you, times. My works can't accommodate your plan. I have packed schedule until winter and have more free time after Christmas."

"You can resign." Obito replied as it was the most reasonable thing to do.

"And what? You expect me to eat shit?"

Hinata frowned at her word.

"I can provide you and Haruto. I have my own place and stable job, just move in with me. We are practically a family now." He straightened while explaining to her. Obito's words came quickly as if he had said it over and over to Rin.

"I can provide myself well, Obito. Why can't we wait? It's better in spring, we can have the ceremony outside and at that time Haruto would be older and easier to handle." Rin sighed.

"But I want it sooner. People will talk about it if we delay it longer."

"They will talk no matter what the circumstances. Why so hurried?" Rin narrowed her eyes, "Ah, don't tell me you worried that you'll lose your player image to irresponsible guy had your other women know, hm?"

"Rin!" Obito roared, he lost his patience to the woman.

"What? I'm right, aren't I? If you're not then why so hurried?!"

Haruto cried in her mother's arms.

"Don't yell, please.. Haruto-kun is scared." Hinata was upset, worrying about the baby and confused altogether. Why did the two always ended fighting everytime they tried to talk? It was beyond her imagination. Still, she needed to do something. She wanted to do something but the situation didn't allow her to.

Sasuke took over the baby swiftly. He pushed the stubborn parents to his home office. "Sasuke?" Obito asked in confusion.

"Finish the shit between you guys whatever it is before you start yelling in front of the baby or I'll disjoint any limbs of yours, chop it to pieces and throw it away like a good garbage you are." He then added darkly, "You may not leave this house unless you have resolved your stupid shit. Yelling, cursing, kill each other, I don't give a shit." he slammed the door shut in front of their face and locked it immediately.

"S..Sasuke?" Hinata stammered when she saw Sasuke took Haruto's belonging, her bag and his wallet and pulled her out of his apartment.

"Let's go, I can't stand their shit. We'll come back later hopefully they have reflected their actions." He led them to the elevator, Haruto now was snuggling to Hinata but didn't cry.

"Where are we going?" she asked as the elevator descending smoothly.

"Hn.. Cafe or restaurant nearby. As long as it's cool and safe for the baby." He shrugged.

Hinata nodded in satisfaction, at least Sasuke wasn't unreasonable and lost his thinking after his outburst. He cared about Haruto and Hinata felt her heart flutter, melt and squeezed all at the same time.

They arrived at the first floor with a low ding from the elevator.

They stepped out of it and heard a woman gasp and a low baritone of, "Hinata-sama."

Hinata was surprised by his cousin and his girlfriend appearance. "Neji-niisan? What are you doing here?"

"I have the same question for you, Hinata-sama. What are you doing here with a man and a baby?"

I'm sorry for the long update. Is this chapter good enough for you? See you later! *winkwink*