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Release me from pain

Chapter nine: What is this feeling?

Hinata was excited. Actually she was so excited that she almost forgot her shyness. It had been a while since she last time spent a night in the woods. She had always loved nature with passion, ever since her grandfather had taken her to watch fox puppies near his farm. She had only been three years old, but she still clearly remembered that day.

That´s why Hinata was happy when Itachi suggested camping.

She had almost everything packed. She didn´t need much stuff, though. The only things she needed were a camera, binoculars, a water bottle, a flashlight, a small first aid kit, a little bit of food, sleeping bag and warm clothes. And good shoes, of course. Wandering would be impossible with high heels.

Hinata was wearing navy blue jeans and baby blue sweater and her hair was on a ponytail. She putting her shoes when the door bell rang. She thought it was Itachi, but behind the door was her ex-boyfriend, Kabuto.

"K-Kabuto..." She whispered and backed away few steps.

"Shh, don´t be afraid Hinata. I came to apologize." Kabuto said and stepped inside. Hinata was even more shocked when he said that. Hinata just stared at him in disbelief.

"I admit that I acted like a complete bastard towards you. I don´t know what came over me..." Kabuto tried to step closer, but he only scared Hinata even more so she took a step back again. Kabuto sighed and continued.

"I know you must be scared of me right now, but... I´m really sorry. Please forgive me, Hinata! I don´t think I can live with myself if I know that you won´t forgive me!" Kabuto pleaded quietly and reached towards Hinata. This time, she allowed him to touch her cheek, but she kept her eyes on the ground. If she had lifted her eyes to look at him, she would have seen him smirking. He knew Hinata would forgive him and he was right.

"It´s... it´s okay. I f-forgive y-you." Kabuto smirked more as he heard that.

"So... could we give an another try?" He asked and waited for her to say yes. He was so sure that she would come back to him, if he just said he was sorry. He knew Hinata was easy to manipulate. Hinata was quiet for a while. Could she really give him an another chance? He acted so sweetly when they started dating.

Kabuto´s face was priceless when Hinata answered to his question.

"N-No. I-I´m sorry, b-but I c-can´t d-do t-that." Hinata said quietly and wrapped her arms around herself. She didn´t dare to look at Kabuto. Oh boy, Kabuto was pissed. His plan didn´t work like he had waited. He didn´t say a word as he turned around and left. She lifted her head up when she heard the door shut.

Hinata leaned against the wall and slid on the floor. She took a deep breath and tried to calm her heart. She had really thought about giving him another chance but then she remembered all those times when he had hurt her.

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Itachi was about to step out if his car when he saw a familiar silver haired guy exiting Hinata´s apartment complex. And he looked very pissed off.

"What the hell is Kabuto doing here?" Itachi thought suspiciously and then worry filled his mind.

"Oh no... Hinata!" He quickly got out of his car and rushed inside the building.

"That bastard is so dead if he did something to her!" He thought as he ran up the stairs. He knocked on Hinata´s door and waited impatiently her to answer. As she unlocked the door, Itachi swung it open, waiting to see Hinata all beaten up.

"Itachi-san!" Hinata exclaimed happily.

"Hinata, are you okay? What did that bastard want? Did he hurt you?" Itachi asked and grabbed her by her shoulders and examined her, but he didn´t find anything which would have showed something about her getting hurt physically.

"A-Ano, I´m fine. K-Kabuto came here to apologize." Hinata answered and smiled a little bit.

"He came to... apologize?" Itachi asked. Like hell he would believe that Kabuto would apologize.

"Y-Yes. And I accepted his apology." Now Itachi was stunned. But he hid his feelings, and wondered why would Hinata accept Kabuto´s apology? But then again, Hinata was Hinata. She was way too nice to hold any grudges, so Itachi didn´t pry anymore and just nodded and released his grip from Hinata´s shoulders.

"So, are you ready to go?" Itachi asked.

"Yes." Hinata replied and grabbed her backbag, heading towards the door, Itachi close behind her.

"You might have forgiven him, but that doesn´t mean I should trust him. Once a bastard, always a bastard." Itachi thought and put his hand on her shoulder.

"I have this feeling he might try something. I´m sure he expected Hinata to come back to him, that´s why he looked so pissed when Hinata said no. And I don´t believe he would give up that easily."

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Hinata smiled happily as she got out of Itachi´s car. They were far away from cities and other people. Everything was so calm and peaceful. There was few clouds on the sky and it looked like it would rain later, but Hinata didn´t care. Rain was good thing. After the rain, everything felt so clean. Hinata breathed deeply the fresh air surrounding her. She turned around to look at Itachi.

"Thanks f-for bringing m-me here." She said and smiled at him.

"Anything for you." Itachi said and watched how happy Hinata was. She truly loved the nature. Her eyes were shining and she had a gentle smile on her lips. He put his backpack on his back and gave Hinata her own bag. Then they started walking towards the forest, following a small path.

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They had been walking for three and half hours already and Hinata didn´t seem tired at all. Itachi watched her back as she walked in front of him. They were climbing on a quite steep and rocky hill.

"We should find a good place to stay night." Itachi thought, but was interrupted when he heard Hinata gasp. His head shot up and he saw Hinata falling backwards. Her leg had slipped when she stepped on a small rock. Quickly Itachi caught her in his arms. He had to use all his strength to stay in balance and not to fall down himself.

"Are you alright?" He asked and looked the blushing girl in his arms.

"Y-Yeah. Thank y-you." She said and Itachi helped her back to her feet.

"We should try to find a proper place to put our tent." Itachi stated and looked around. Hinata nodded and they kept walking for half an hour before they found nice clearing in the woods.

"Let´s stay here the night." Itachi said and put his bag on the ground.

"I´ll go to get some firewood, could you put up the tent?"

"Ah, y-yeah." They both went to do their jobs and when Itachi came back, Hinata was already done and was now examinating their surroundings. Itachi made a fire. It was already quite dark.

They sat around the fire and talked about random things. But for some reason, Hinata was confused. When she was with Itachi, she had a strange feeling. She didn´t know was that feeling good or bad, but she was sure she had felt it before. It was something she had felt when she was still with Kabuto.

She shivered when she thought about him and Itachi noticed this.

"Are you cold?" He asked and looked at her.

"A little b-bit." Hinata answered and rubbed her arms. She jumped when Itachi moved to sit behind her and wrapped his arms around her. Hinata blushed madly, but started soon relaxing and she leaned against his warm chest.

"Better?" He whispered in to her ear. Hinata didn´t trust her voice so she only nodded.

"I could get used to this." Itachi thought as he held her in his protective embrace. He breathed deeply, enjoying her unique scent. They both looked up to the night sky, seeing few stars watching them. Hinata sighed and closed her eyes. It felt good to be in someones arms, especially Itachi´s, but she still couldn´t help but feel that strange feeling. She decided to ignore it and think about it later.

Itachi wasn´t sure why he felt so attracted to Hinata. Something in her made Itachi feel complete. And Itachi liked that feeling.

"Hinata is so much different than other girls. And she is compelete opposite of Kin. She was selfish and was only interested in money and what she could get with that. I don´t even remember what I saw in her. But it doesn´t matter anymore." Itachi was pulled out of his thoughts when he felt Hinata leaning her head against his shoulder. He glanced at her and noticed she was almost asleep.

"Hinata?" He asked, but she didn´t respond, only snuggled closer to him. He smiled at her and placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Sweet dreams, my little angel." He whispered and lifted her up in his arms and carried her to the tent. Carefully he removed her shoes and put her on her sleeping bag. He was about to go to sleep too, but then he noticed that Hinata shivered again. He scooted closer and pulled her to his chest, wrapping his arm around her waist.

"I hope we will sleep like this after this night, too." Itachi thought and closed his eyes.

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AN: I would go camping too if it weren´t so damn cold outside. Oh, nature... One of the most important things in my life. Besides music. Like one extremely smart guy said, music saves lives, you know. It saved mine.

"Nothing´s what it seems to be

I´m a replica, I´m a replica

Empty shell inside of me

I´m not myself, I´m a replica of me..."

Three hoorays for Sonata Arctica, one of my saviors!