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Chapter sixteen: Half serious, serious or serious-serious?

Six months passed quickly and during that time Itachi´s and Hinata´s feelings towards each other grew stronger and stronger. Itachi had thought about proposing to Hinata.

"So how serious is your relationship with Hinata?" Sasori asked as they were drinking beer in their favorite bar.

"Yeah, is it half serious, serious, or serious-serious?" Deidara added and ordered some more beer.

"Explain what do you mean by half serious, serious and serious-serious, you idiot." Sasori said before Itachi had a chance to open his mouth.

"Half serious means that you are keeping the woman close until you find a better one, serious is serious and serious-serious is that you are going to have kids with that woman and going to get married with her and stuff like that, yeah!" Deidara explained loudly.

"And what about the time before half serious? How do you call that?" Sasori continued to ask.

"I have no idea, yeah." Deidara muttered and gulped down the rest of his beer. "So Itachi, which one is it?"

"I think it´s serious-serious, as you´d like to say that." Itachi replied and thought about his relationship with Hinata. Deidara spat his beer out and Sasori almost choke to his drink.

"WHAT?!" They both yelled at the same time.

"A-Are you going to propose to her? Do you want to have kids with her?" Sasori asked and looked at Itachi like he was alien or something.

"Well why not? Couple of little Itachis running around..." Deidara said out loud and made ab eye contact with Sasori. They were quiet for a moment before they said in unison.

"Maybe not." Itachi shot a death glare to them.

"Yes, now when you asked I am going to propose to her. My father always said that when you find a good woman, it´s better to engage her as soon as possible. And I don´t think I´ll ever find a better woman than Hinata."

"Is she good in bed?" Deidara asked and smirked mischievously.

"I have no idea." Itachi replied shortly, not bothering to hit Deidara again.

"Are you saying that you have been dating over six months and you haven´t even had sex with her yet, yeah?!" said shocked Deidara. Itachi looked at him like he was an idiot.

"If you have to know, I don´t want to push Hinata into anything. Unlike you Deidara, I appreciate many other things in relationship than just sex." There was a short silence before both Sasori and Deidara asked:

"Can I be your bestman?" They both blurted out.

"Dream on Sasori, I´ll be his bestman, yeah!"

"You wish Deidara!"

"I have been his friend longer than you, yeah!"

"If I remember correctly we met him at the same time, idiot!"

"Yeah, but I saw him first!" Deidara and Sasori were about to start a fight so Itachi decided to stop them before they´d break something.

"Shut up you both, you are acting like two teenage girls who has a crush on the same boy." Itachi interrupted. "You both can be my bestmen, I really don´t care."

"When are you going to propose to her?" Sasori asked.

"I´m not sure. When the time is right." Itachi shrugged.

"Well, I hope your children will look like Hinata, yeah..." Deidara muttered and got a hard punch on his head.

"What did I do, yeah!?"

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Itachi and Hinata were sitting on the couch in Itachi´s apartment watching tv. Hinata rested her head on Itachi´s shoulder and he had his arm wrapped around Hinata´s waist. Itachi stared at tv, not really concentrating. He was thinking about how he should ask Hinata to marry him. He was pulled out of his thoughts when Hinata ligthly kissed his cheek. Itachi turned to look at her with questioning look.

"You were spacing out." Hinata said and giggled.

"Oh really?" Itachi replied and pulled Hinata into a kiss, using his hand to get her mouth open. He felt Hinata place her hands shyly on his shoulders. Even though they had been together a long time she still was a bit shy around him, but she had lost her stuttering. That was a good thing because now Itachi knew that she trusted him. They pulled away when they needed air.

Itachi pulled Hinata´s head back on to his shoulder and she sighed happily. Then she remembered that she had something to tell to him.

"Itachi?" She started shyly.

"Yeah?"

"Is it okay if I go to visit my niisan at the next weekend? He called me yestereday and said he´d want to see me soon." Hinata said and turned her head to look at Itachi.

"Sure. I can take you to the railway station. Will you be gone the whole weekend?" Itachi said and smiled a bit. Now when Hinata would be gone he´d have some time to plan how he would propose to her. He decided to do it right after she had returned from Kyoto.

"Yes, I´ll come back at Sunday evening." Hinata replied and Itachi gave her a small kiss on her lips. He knew that there was a chance that she would say no to his proposal. If that happened, Itachi wasn´s sure how he´d react.

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Itachi kissed Hinata and said good bye as she disappered into a crowd.

"Now, let´s find a perfect ring for my little vixen." Itachi thought and left the railway station. He already knew that he wanted to buy a silver ring to Hinata, because silver matched with her eyes.

Itachi headed to the nearest jewelry store.

"Good afternoon Sir, how can I help you?" The jeweler asked as Itachi stepped inside of the small store.

"I´m looking for an engament ring." Itachi said with a rather cold tone.

"Ah, I see! Do you have something special in your mind?" The jeweler asked and smiled a stupid smile which annoyed Itachi.

"I would like to see silver rings." Itachi answered. The jeweler nodded and led Itachi to the back of the store.

"There are the most beautiful silver rings that we have." He started talking, but Itachi wasn´t listening. His eyes had caught something. Slowly he reached to grab the ring which had caught his eyes. It was small silver ring with one purple amethyst in the middle of it. It was perfect for Hinata.

"I´ll take this one." Itachi said. The jeweler stopped talking and looked the ring in Itachi´s hand.

"Ah, a very good choice, indeed!" The jeweler cheered and Itachi paid the ring. He left the store and drove back to his apartment.

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Hinata sighed and put her cell phone back to her pocket. Neji had just called her and said that he had something important to do at work and he had been sent to Hiroshima to a business meeting. So her weekend in Kyoto was canceled.

"I guess I´ll go to Itachi´s apartment. He will be suprised." Hinata thought and giggled a bit. She couldn´t wait to see his face when she´d appear behind his door. And so Hinata took a taxi and gave the driver Itachi´s addres.

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Hinata paid the taxi and walked towards Itachi´s apartment complex, but she soon found herself on the ground.

"Move, you bitch." Snarled some woman with long dark hair. She was holding a sleeping baby in her arms. Hinata stared at her in stunned way. She could have just asked her to move, there was no need to push her!

Hinata watched as the woman disappeared inside the building. Hinata stood up and dusted her clothes. Frowning she followed the dark haired woman inside the building. She was shocked when she was the same woman standing behind Itachi´s door. She was craddling the baby in her arms.

Hinata hid herself behind the corner, where she could hear what the woman might say. She heard the door open and then the woman talked. What she said crushed Hinata´s heart.

"Itachi dear, say hello to your daughter."

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AN: Har har har! Sorry, I was born to be a bastard!