Summary:
Some people don't ask questions because they want to hear answers; they ask questions because they want to hear questions. What are you? [AU] [Hinted SasuHina] [Non-Chronological Linked Drabbles]
General Disclaimer For The Entire Story:
I don't own Naruto. If I did, I would've done a reprint of Part I with cleaned-up art, and I would've filled in the glaring plot holes evident in some chapters. Oh, and the cover picture isn't mine, either. Should I change it? (Does anybody actually read this disclaimer?)
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(gratitude, shackles, where is the border of affection and love)
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[Age ? ]
Hanabi loves her Nee-chan.
For many reasons.
First and foremost, she is her sister.
Sibling ties are both overrated and underestimated at the same time.
Hanabi does not love Hinata merely because of their shared blood, however.
(Hiashi and Hizashi had shared blood, and they loved each other even when they hated each other.
Hizashi had to have loved his brother just a shade more than he hated him, because in the end, would someone who hated him have died willingly for him?
Who knows; maybe it was actually Hizashi's last act of rebellion against the Cursed Seal of the Caged Bird and all that it stood for, one last effort to proclaim, "I hold power over my own destiny."
But Hiashi will remember Hizashi always as the child who laughed with him, as the boy who fought with him, as the teen who cheered for him, not as the man who glared and refused to look at him.)
Hanabi loves Hinata because she gave her so many opportunities.
If Hinata hadn't been born before her, hadn't been made heiress-apparent, hadn't drawn away Tou-sama's expectations and never-good-enough-disapproval and constant pushing, hadn't left his neutral acknowledgement and so-so-approval and chilly presence to her, then Hanabi would've been heiress.
She's not as silly as she pretends; she knows being heiress isn't a cushy job, she knows that if she was heiress then she'd be unhappy.
This is good for her, this right now.
Hanabi loves Hinata because Hinata lets Hanabi have the freedom to be herself.
As much freedom as there ever is in the Hyuuga Clan, anyway, which is still a fair bit more than the average.
This is good.
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Short, but I finished what I meant to say, I think.
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