December twenty-seventh had finally come. It was Hyuga Hinata's birthday; she was finally twenty-four years old. The day before she had been greatly surprised when Sasuke decided to sing to her, he had the most romantic but yet cute voice when he sang to her. She was left breathless; she took a shower while thinking about it, went to sleep thinking about it and even woke up thinking about his voice. But what she hadn't expected was to wake up to see Sasuke sleeping peacefully next to her.
He looked so vulnerable in his sleep, most of the time his expression is hardened into a stoic stony expression. But whenever he is alone with her, she had to admit he would soften up and smile more. Maybe this showed just how comfortable he is with being around her. His eyes were slowly opening, wincing slowly since he was facing where the sun was shining.
"Good-morning, Sasuke" She said tiredly, smiling softly at him.
"Hn"
With that one grunt, she then knew he wasn't much of a morning person. She cuddled closer towards him, enjoying the warmth of his body. "I didn't expect to wake up to see you lying next to me" She stated while closing her eyes, listening to his heartbeat.
"Your couch isn't very comfortable to sleep on throughout a night. It's okay for a few hours but that's it. I hope you don't mind this…" He trailed off, moving away from her to look at her expression.
Hinata blushed deeply, shaking her head. "Oh no, I-I didn't mind it at all. I was just surprised, that's all" She explained, her blush slowly fading. Her eyes slowly peered up at him, noticing how he was staring lovingly down at her.
"Today is your birthday, anything special that you would want to do?" He asked as his pale hand caressing her cheek softly.
Leaning into his touch she closed her eyes for a few seconds until she opened them once more, "I'm not really sure. With Jugo gone and Suigetsu probably is busy. I know I probably won't be seeing Neji or TenTen and my father and sister…well that's another story" She trailed off. "But, you'll stick around, won't you?" She asked in a pleading tone.
Sasuke smirked, "You know I'm not going anywhere. I have to spend the day with my beautiful girl" He scooted closer towards her, pressing his lips against hers. A moan escaped mouth causing Sasuke to smile against her lips. His eyes widened when he felt her wrap her leg securely around his waist pulling they body closer together. Sasuke knew that she wanted him, mostly as much as he wanted her but he was waiting for the right moment.
"Mm, Hinata, baby, let's stop for right now" He murmured against her lips.
Hinata immediately pulled away from her, her face was beat red. "Y-You're right, I'm sorry" She whispered, feeling as if she were pushing herself onto him too much.
"It's alright. Go take a shower and I'll take one after you, then we can head out for the day"
She eyed him curiously, "Where are we going?"
"Just hanging out" He winked at her causing her to smile. "Come on, it's already nine o'clock" He watched as she nodded her head, slipping out of the bed heading towards the bathroom that was in her bedroom.
Once she was out of sight, his mind began to wonder to the female he loved. For the first time in his life, he finally was happy and in love. He'll admit, in the beginning of his relationship with Sakura he did love her but when he met Hinata and after he had gotten to know her better, Uchiha Sasuke fell hard. He wanted to ask her to marry him, but he just had to pick the right moment.
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"Today is Hinata's birthday, yeah. We have to go buy her something special" The blonde exclaimed, his dark eyes looking around the store. Ever since the moment he caught Hinata and Sasuke sharing a passionate kiss, Deidara decided let it go. He realized that he was too late for her anyways. Besides Sasori convinced him to let go his feelings for Hinata and slowly it was happening. The blonde knew that he had to be happy for Hinata because her happiness means everything in the world to him.
Sasori nodded his head in agreement. "No money this time. You remember what happened last time you gave her money" He smirked while eyeing his good friend.
Deidara stopped walking, turning his body to face his friend. "That was your idea! You're the reason why I got yelled at by her. I must have been stupid for listening to you, giving her money on her birthday. I was better off giving her a hug or a card or something, yeah" He glared harshly at the male.
The red haired male shrugged his shoulders upwards, "So what do you want to get her this time? It's the first time in almost six years that we have celebrated her birthday together" His dark eyes gazed at a small music box. "Hey, Deidara check this out"
The other male walked towards him, looking down at the object. It was beautiful, made of glass, gold and white with a small heart on top of the box. Opening the box out popped a small figurine of a ballet dancer, dancing in circles to a very calming tune. "This almost looks just like the same music box Hinata was describing to us years ago that her mother gave her" Moving his blue eyes from the music box to Sasori, he smiled widely, "Let's get this for her! It can be from the both of us, yeah"
"It would be a great gift, she'll love it" He smiled at the thought of see Hinata's smiling face. Turning his head, he gazed over at Deidara holding the music box with a smile consuming on his face. "Come on; let's buy this for our little doll"
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Both Uchiha and Hyuga walked hand in hand with each other in the Ginza Shopping district. The snow was slowly falling from the sky; it was a beautiful day despite the fact it was cold outside. The couple had been out practically all day shopping, Sasuke had brought Hinata a lot of clothes and jewelry despite her protest. "Sasuke, you didn't have to buy me all of this, really you d-didn't" She blushed deeply. Sasuke had bought her so many items that they had to go back to his car to put the bags back into his car.
He smirked down at her, "I wanted to buy something for my future girlfriend, is that a problem?" Sasuke kissed her temple as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"Sa-Sasuke, people are watching us" She blushed from the public display of affection.
"Who cares, let them watch" He whispered in a soft tone.
"S-Sasuke…"
Both Sasuke and Hinata tensed at the voice that called out to him. Turning around they were face to face with Sakura and Ino. Both females were holding clothing bags in their hands while staring at the couple in front of them. Sasuke attempted to say something but no words would come out; all he could do was stare blankly at the pink haired female. The female Hyuga looked up at Sasuke, noticing that he was staring at her and so was Sakura. Hinata then felt out of place; removing her hand from Sasuke's grip she took a step away from him.
"I should let you two catch up. I'll be waiting over there" She smiled brightly up at the raven haired male.
Sasuke could see the sadness in her eyes; she was afraid, afraid that he would fall for Sakura again. He grabbed onto Hinata's wrist pulling her flush against his body, his coal eyes meeting her pale ones. "I love you" He stated, adding emphasis on the word 'you'. He pressed his lips on hers, just to prove to her that he doesn't intend on ever going back to Sakura, not ever.
Sakura narrowed her eyes, casually looking away from her ex-boyfriend and Hinata. It pained her to see him kissing her, let alone in public. Sasuke had never been very affectionate with her outside their homes. Furthermore, she didn't even know that Sasuke and Hinata were together.
Sensing Sakura's discomfort, Ino frowned as she placed her hands on her hips. "Excuse me, it's very lovely to know that you two are an item now but we'd rather not see a show" She exclaimed.
Sasuke pulled away from Hinata but his eyes were still locked on hers. "We aren't dating, we're just really close" He smiled warmly down at Hinata. He could tell he was embarrassing Hinata so he decided to turn away from her and focus his attention on the two females. "Did you want to talk or is this just a pass-by?" He asked curiously.
"Actually, we've been wanting to speak with Hinata" Noticing Sasuke's expression went from warm to a scowl Ino shook her head, "Nothing bad, just talking I promise you Sasuke" Ino smiled nervously. "Who knew Sasuke would look so scary"
Sakura looked over at Sasuke and Hinata noticing how he whispered something to her before walking off leaving the Hyuga alone with them. She looked very nervous, probably not knowing what would occur with her staying behind. "So, isn't this awkward" The emerald eyed female chuckled nervously.
The blonde nodded her head, her blue eyes locking onto Hinata. "Yeah, it is. Standing here with the woman who basically took away our men"
Hinata frowned, her lips turned into a thin line. "That's not true. I never stole Sasuke away or Deidara for that matter. I care about both males and yes I do love them both but I would never steal someone's boyfriend" She fumed, giving both females a stony glare that would rival's Gaara's harsh glares.
Ino and Sakura were surprised when Hinata defended herself, both female thought she wouldn't have said anything in her own defense but stand there not saying anything. Sakura being the first one to recover spoke in Ino's behalf, "That's not what she meant" She explained, sending Ino a hardened glare. "What she means to say is that the men we were with, Sasuke and Deidara both left us because they were in love with you. We couldn't stop their emotions because they were strong" She paused, looking down at the sheet of snow that was covering the ground.
"When Sasuke for broke up with me, I was hurt and devastated. I didn't want to be without him because when I was with him I was happy and I didn't care about anything else but my happiness. But I was being selfish and ignoring how he was feeling. Sasuke…he wasn't happy with me anymore. When he told me that he loved you, it was another heart break. It took me months to get over it but I can finally say that I've let him go. He seems happy with you, I'm glad to see that" She smiled sadly, lifting her head up to meet Hinata's gaze.
Hinata could tell Sakura words were true and she meant every line. The female had always been very kind towards her even when it showed that she didn't want her to tag along with her and Sasuke. "I am sorry for what happened between you and Sasuke. I never meant to…"
"It's okay; it's not your fault" Sakura waved her hand in the air back and forth.
The Hyuga smiled back at the female. Her vision then focused on the blonde, noticing how she was fidgeting in her spot, most likely itching to say something to her as well. "So how are things with you and Shikamaru?" She was truly disgusted with the blonde for cheating on Deidara. Every single girl that had caused her friend any amount of pain she would never forgive them.
"Actually, Shikamaru and I aren't together anymore. He actually cheated on me…apparently he was only using me. He was in love with Temari" She explained, tears filling within her eyes.
Hinata could feel a smirk consuming her face but she knew that she had to hold it down. "Karma hurts doesn't it?" She spoke, her tone dripping with amusement.
"E-Excuse me, what are you trying to say?" Ino frowned.
"Well, it's quite obvious. You cheated on Deidara and then you get cheated on. Its karma and I know it's wrong of me to say but I'm actually happy that it happened. I'm almost sure that you were in love with that other guy, now you can feel the pain that Deidara was going through" Turning her focus away from the shocked blonde she turned her attention to Sakura, "I must be going now, it was nice seeing you again" She smiled politely at the pink haired female as she turned around and walked away.
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Sasuke stared at the engagement rings on display, his mind began to wander. Thinking to himself how would be to spend every day of his life with Hinata. So lost in thought he hadn't even noticed that Hinata standing beside him.
"I'm back"
At hearing her voice the Uchiha turned around, his eyes were filled with concern. "They weren't saying anything rude to you, were they?"
"No, well…Ino started off being very snippy but Sakura had apologized on her behalf. But in the end I had the last word and then I left" She smiled feeling accomplished with herself.
"That's good, come on it's getting late" He grabbed her hand and began pulling her along with him. The walk back to his car was very silent but it wasn't an uncomfortable silence, in fact it was peaceful and calming. Both male and female were really enjoying each other's company.
Once they made it to the car, he placed his keys into the ignition and drove off. She gazed over at the Uchiha driving the car, on their way back to her apartment, noticing that he was smiling. She bit her bottom lip to keep herself from smiling as well, "You know, you have a very infectious smile"
Sasuke smile turned into a sly smirk, "Is that so?" He asked, quickly gazing at her before looking back at the road.
Hinata nodded her head, "You have been smiling non-stop since we have gotten into the car. What are you thinking about?" She smiled teasingly at the Uchiha as she turned her body in her seat to face him.
"I'm not thinking about anything, stop staring at me" He frowned, trying to hold down the blush that was dying to consume his face any moment now. Finally making it to Hinata's building the two stepped out of the car. The Uchiha grabbed Hinata's entire bags, not allowing her to carry a single bag. "Don't worry about it. All you need to worry about is carrying is your purse and keys to open your door. I am a man, you know" Sasuke winked at her causing her to blush. Although he wouldn't admit it out-loud but the bag were heavy. They had brought a lot of items.
He followed close behind her into her building, he was glad that he building at least had elevators. Sasuke would probably die it he had to walk up fifteen flights of stairs just to get to her door. His eyes watched Hinata in the elevator; she had a very serene and calm expression on her face. "God, I love you"
The female turned her head to face him, "I-I love you too" She blushed deeply, quickly turning away from him to hide her darkened face.
The elevator doors finally opened revealing her floor; they both stepped out of the elevator walking down the empty hallways until they made it in front of her door. Hinata placed her key into the lock twisting it until it opened. "I forgot to turn on the light, it's so dark in here" She frowned to herself. She turned on her light as her eyes widened at the sight.
"Happy birthday Hinata"
Hinata let out a scream of shock, her purse and keys dropped to the floor. There stood inside her apartment was mainly everyone. Naruto and his band, Jugo and Suigetsu even Neji and TenTen, Gaara and Sasori and Deidara. She could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. She felt a warm embrace come from TenTen, "W-What are you all doing here?" She cried happily, eyeing everyone in the room.
"We'll we are here to celebrate your birthday, of course" The bun haired female smiled brightly down at Hinata. "This whole thing was actually set up by Sasuke and Deidara" She leaned forward, "Together" She whispered, causing Hinata's eyes to widen.
From what she could remember both males were on the fence with each other so for them to come together and do something like this for her…
She never thought that she would ever have a chance to spend her birthday all of her family and friends. Her eyes then locked onto Deidara's, he was smiling warmly at her from across the room.
"Good job on keeping her out for most of the day, Sasuke, yeah" Deidara grinned at the raven haired male.
Hinata looked over at Sasuke, who was currently setting the bags down on the floor as he turned around to close the front door. "So that's why we were out almost all day" She smiled shyly at him.
He smirked nodding his head; "Well I had to get you out of the house somehow" He smiled softly at her.
Shinichi grinned, running towards Hinata as he embraced her tightly, "Sunshine, happy birthday! You didn't think we were going to let you be all alone for this special did you? Sasuke was the one who called Naruto and he told us. Then Deidara informed everyone else. You must look at the present I bought for you"
"Shin, calm down a little bit. She just came in and hasn't even taken off her coat yet" Kakashi groaned, shaking his head at how hyper the male can be whenever Hinata was around.
The teenager pouted, folding his arms across his chest sticking his tongue out at the masked male. Gaara and Sasori shook their heads at the childlike male. Both siblings tried to get Temari and Kankurou to come along but Temari was going out on a date with Shikamaru while Kankurou wasn't in town but told Gaara to send his regards to Hinata.
Gaara's green eyes watched as Hinata was being surrounded by her friends and family, "She looked happy" He commented, his eyes never leaving hers.
Sasori nodded his head, "Yeah, she does. I haven't spent time with her for her birthday in such a long time now. It feels good to be in town to celebrate it with her and to see her happy face" His eyes then left Hinata's body and over towards Deidara. He was standing off to the side watching Hinata as well, most likely waiting for the moment to be alone with her so he can talk with her.
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Hours passed by, everyone was still having a great time. Laughing and eating cake while Shinichi got mostly everyone to play the game Pictionary. The only ones who weren't playing were Deidara and Hinata. The blonde asked the Uchiha for a moment alone with Hinata. He looked skeptical about it but then he nodded his head and watched the two head into the kitchen alone.
The female shifted in her seat while staring into his blue eyes, she didn't really know what he could possibly want to speak with her about. She hadn't seen him in quite some time now and didn't really know what to expect from him.
"So you and Sasuke, yeah?" He smirked teasingly at her.
"N-No, we aren't dating or anything" She squeaked out from embarrassment. Hinata gazed away from him, trying to compose her heart at just the thought of dating Sasuke.
"I didn't want to talk to you just about Sasuke, yeah. I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for everything. I realized my love for you too late, I wish that I would have noticed it earlier but I'm too late. But that doesn't mean I'm going to gloat around like some jealous guy. I'm happy that you found someone who you love. He better not hurt you though, because if he does he'll have to worry about Sasori and me, yeah" He declared with a determined facial expression.
Hinata giggled causing Deidara to smile, "You know, this time around I won't abandon our friendship" He explained, placing his hand on top of hers. "Oh, I almost forgot. Stay right here, yeah" Deidara quickly got up from his seat and disappeared into the living room. She waited patiently until Deidara appeared once again but with Sasori by his side, holding a small box wrapped up in a white wrapping with a red bow tied around it.
"Deidara and I have a gift you"
"It's from the both of us, yeah!" The blonde spoke excitedly, "Here, hurry and open it" He urged the midnight blue haired female.
The Hyuga took the box from Sasori's hands, "It's so prettily wrapped that I don't want to open it" Her lavender-grey eyes gazed up at Sasori with a soft smile, "I'm guessing you wrapped this, Sasori" She giggled when he blushed faintly. The male always liked everything to perfect, art was his perfection. The same with Deidara, both males were fascinated by anything having to do with art. Slowly untying the bow, she unwrapped the paper, once her eyes hit the present they widened instantly. "D-Dei-kun…Sasori" She looked up at the two as tears welled up within her eyes. "It's the exact replica of the music box that my mother gave me as a child. I haven't seen one like it ever since" The old music box that was given to her by her mother was broken by her father during one of his rages. She'll never forget how much she cried, it was the other thing she had left of her mother and it was gone.
"Do you like it?" Deidara asked in a hopeful tone.
She set the box down on the table, running towards both males throwing her arms around their waist. "I love it, thank you so much. Where did you even find this?" She asked, lifting up her head, eyeing both males.
"Well Sasori spotted it while we were out. We both decided to buy it for you" The blonde grinned blushing lightly from being so close to the Hyuga. Removing himself from her grasp, he took a step back still wearing the bright grin on his face.
Sasori looked back at his friend; he knew he was probably feeling nervous from being so close to Hinata. He had to resist the urge to laugh; Deidara was behaving like a shy child. Returning his focus on the girl in his arms, he parted his lips, "I'm glad you like the gift. We better hurry back in there with the others. They'll wonder where the birthday girl is" He smirked down at her.
"A-Ah, you're right" She leaned forward giving the red haired a small peck on his cheek, "Thank you again" Her gaze then turned over to Deidara, her feelings for him were vanished but she still loved him but as her best friend. Walking over towards the blonde she gave him a peck on his cheek causing him to blush deeply. "And thank you, Dei-kun"
He nervously rubbing the back of his neck, "It's nothing Hinata, I'm just happy that you're happy" Deidara chuckled with a blush covering his cheeks.
She smiled brightly at the two as she walked out of the kitchen, leaving them alone in the kitchen together. "She's really growing up, isn't she?"
"She is, yeah. I'm glad that we have all kept close contact with each other. You two are my best friends. I don't know what I would ever do without you. Both of you have always gotten me through the hard times with my father, he;; we even beat the old man up for calling Hinata a whore, remember that?"
Sasori chuckled, closing his eyes reminiscing about the past. "Heh, you're mother had gotten us both arrested that night. But at least we had the pleasure of beating the shit out of him. I would never allow anyone talk down on her, not in my presences"
"Damn straight, yeah" He smirked widely.
"Dei-kun, Sasori, come on we're waiting for you in here" Hinata's voice stated from the living room.
"We better head back" Sasori said, stuffing his hands into his black jeans as Deidara followed him out of the kitchen back into the living room. Once going back in there, the blonde couldn't help but smile at how happy she looked sitting next to Sasuke. It was almost heartbreaking to see them so close next to each other. His arm was draped around her shoulder while she was leaning against him with her head resting on his shoulder. They honesty looked like a cute couple, almost as if they were made for each other.
Kiba laughed loudly as Naruto and Shinichi both tripped at the same time while getting up to go into the kitchen. "Shut-up Kiba" Naruto snapped, becoming embarrassed since everyone was looking at him more so than Shinichi.
"I'm sorry but you have to admit, that was funny. Wasn't it sunshine?" He asked, his dark black eyes gazing over at Hinata.
"U-Um…I—are you okay Naruto?" She asked, trying not to laugh as well at her friend.
"Not you too, sunshine" Naruto whined, causing everyone else to laugh in unison even Sasuke, Sasori, Neji and Gaara cracked a smile.
"Ah, Hinata I almost forgot to tell you. Uncle Hiashi and Hanabi told me to wish you a happy birthday. They wanted to come, trust me they did but Uncle had a business meeting today and Hanabi is currently sick" Neji exclaimed with a saddened smile.
Hinata's eyes widened, she had thought in all honesty that he father had forgotten about her. After being in the Tea Country for nearly six years now, she hasn't heard a word from him or Hanabi. But it felt good to know that she hasn't been forgotten by her father or sister. "Thank you for telling me, Neji"
Suigetsu smiled brightly at Hinata, "You know, I have to admit I'm a little jealous seeing you with Sasuke. First Deidara and now him, I probably never had a chance to begin with"
"Suigetsu…"
He waved his hand in the air, "But don't worry about it, Sasuke deserves a sweet girl like you" He grins widely at both Hinata and Sasuke.
"Thanks Suigetsu" Sasuke mumbled, he could tell Suigetsu was slightly tipsy and began motioning his eyes over towards Jugo. The taller male understood and stood up grabbing the light haired male by his arm, "Time to take you back to your hotel. I'll be back later Hinata"
"Talk to you later, Suigetsu" She waved, watching him trying to hardest to lift his hand up to wave.
"Bye—hic—Hinata" He grinned lazily.
"Thanks Neji, Suigetsu"
"Really, but he looks so much like a girl from right here"
Gaara and Sasori had to hold the angry Hyuga male back as Suigetsu was escorted out of the apartment. Soon one by one everyone left leaving only Hinata and Sasuke alone. The raven haired male helped Hinata clean up her apartment even offered to wash her dishes. After all was done, both Uchiha and Hyuga were tired. "Thank you for today, it really meant a lot to me"
"It was nothing, I know you haven't really spent your birthdays with anyone but me so I decided it would be a good idea to bring everyone together. Deidara and Neji were the ones who were trying to get in contact with your father and when they did, well you know…" He trailed off.
"Yeah, I know" She snuggled closer towards Sasuke but was surprised she he moved suddenly moved from the spot causing her to lose her balance. "Sa-Sasuke?" Her eyes widened when she realized he was kneeling down in front of her on one knee.
"Hinata, you're my best friend and have been for a couple of years now. I'll admit in the beginning, I was a complete asshole to you, I treated you really badly. Jugo had actually took me to the side and really handed it to me. After that I tried my hardest to befriend you and I did. Next thing I know I'm falling in love. I couldn't get you out of my head; I was becoming attached to you. I didn't like the idea of anyone getting close to you; I was even apprehensive of you getting close with Naruto and his friends" He chuckled, "That is how possessive I was becoming over you. But it took me some time to finally grasp my feelings for you, for me to acknowledge them and I finally did. I was falling more and more for you"
Sasuke took a deep breath, his hand reached into his pocket, "Hyuga Hinata, I love you deeply and I want to spend the rest of my life with you" He pulled out a black velvet box opening it revealing a silver ring with diamonds surrounding the ring with a big diamond right on top, "Will you marry me?"
Hinata's mouth dropped as well as her heart. She couldn't believe Sasuke had just asked her to marry him. A million thoughts were running through her mind, "Y-You want to marry me?" She asked, watching him nod his head. He looked utterly nervous at the moment. They hadn't even started dating yet and he just skipped everything and went straight for the question. Hinata knew that she loved him and has known him long enough for her to be able to except the proposal, it wasn't has if she just met him two months ago.
Blushing deeply she nodded her head vigorously, "Yes! I'll marry you" She smiled happily, as tears escaped her eyes.
Sasuke smiled, wrapping his arms around her. "I love you, Hinata" He smiled happily, leaned away from her they both gazed at each other lovingly as they lips grazed against each other's in a passionate loving kiss.
The woman he has loved for nearly six years will soon be his wife and hopefully the mother of his children. Uchiha Sasuke was finally happy.
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The next chapter will be the last chapter everyone. Also there will be a lemon in the next chapter; I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. The next one will be up soon.
