Here's another chapter, sorry if it took too long. I know last chapter came out of no where, but i liked it and i also like this chapter. I've never written anything like this or a fanfic to begin with. Haha. Well enjoy reading. I do not own Naruto or Water For Elephants. Please enjoy and give me feed back.
I don't know what happened to her, but I know I shouldn't push her to tell me. When she's ready she'll tell me. I looked up at her and could faintly see a bruise on her neck. What is that about? I wonder if someone hurt her. What isn't she telling me? Not that I expect her to tell me anything we have only known each other since school started. That's even if you count the times she passed out when we'd talk or the times we would have to work on a group assignment in class, it wasn't until the party that we had even been so close and alone for that matter. I got up and reached for her hand but she pulled it away and held it close to her.
"Let's just go, okay Naruto?" she began to walk out the door and I followed behind. I watched as she walked down the stairs, I wonder what she's thinking about right now. She looks lost in her thoughts.
We walked out to my car and I opened the door for her, as she got in I noticed the hand I was trying to hold. She was wearing a bracelet, but she wasn't wearing one earlier today. Or did I just not notice it? Whatever, I got into the car and drove off. I didn't know what to say to her, she was looking out the window and it looked like she was going to cry. Maybe I shouldn't have asked her to the movies. I know we can just go to my place and play some games instead of the movies. Maybe it will cheer her up. I took a turn on a random street and we headed to my house.
After a few minutes we arrived at my place. She looked around, "I thought we were going to the movies?" I turned the car off and unbuckled myself.
"I thought we could come here instead and just hang out, the two of us. " I smiled and got off the car before she could protest. I went to the other side and opened the door for her to get out. She sat there as if thinking to herself and looked up at me and sighed. She got off the car and we headed up the stairs. I'm not going to lie I'm kind of glad I get to have her to myself again, even if she's acting very distant and I know she was her only two nights ago, but I really did miss having company.
I opened the door for her to go in, so she took her shoes off and waited. "You can go and sit down while I get us something to drink if you'd like?" I looked at her lips again, the cuts looked extremely painful. How chapped can her lips be? I reached into my pocket and took out my chap stick. "Here, for your lips. They look painful." She looked me in the eyes and reached for it. She uncapped it and rubbed it along her lips; she kept flinching every time she would run the stick along the cuts. She handed it back and said thank you. We stood there by the door and it was getting pretty awkward. I put my hand behind my neck and looked at the floor. I have no idea what to do now. I had come here so I could cheer her up, but I have nothing to do. I started walking to the couch in the middle of the room. I turned back to her and gestured for her to come in and sit. After I went to get her a bottle of water I walked back and saw she was holding her knees. I could slightly see her underwear; they were pink and had small ruffles on the edge. There was also a bruise on her thigh, it was big and a light purple. She had a light skin color so it wasn't hard to miss. I wonder if I did that to her the other night? I couldn't have seen it since she was wearing my sweats but I don't think I had hurt her or done anything to leave a bruise. I ignored my urge to ask her and handed her the water and sat down across from her.
"S-so what are we going to do?" she asked looking at her knees. I looked at her and looked around. I really hadn't put any thought into what we were going to do. I got up and looked at the movies I had, there really wasn't anything good that I could put on. I kept looking then saw her small hand reach one of the movies. I didn't even notice when she had gotten next to me. I looked down at her hands and saw Water for elephants.
"Have you ever seen that movie? I think it's pretty good for a chick flick so I went and bought it. I might be a man but I won't deny I like it."
She looked up at me then back at the case, "there is nothing wrong with liking chick flics, and no I haven't seen it. Is it about elephants?"
"How about we watch it and then you can tell me what you think about it?" I smiled and took the movie from her hand. She walked back to the couch and I put the movie in and sat next to her. Somehow we still ended up watching movies. As the movie went on we watched in silence, except for the occasional questions she asked about. I wanted to get closer to her but I kept my distance. I didn't want to make her feel weird and then the way she had jumped when I touched her shoulder and pulled her hand away when I was going to grab it. I don't think she even wants me to touch her. She must feel weird now; maybe I shouldn't have asked her out. Maybe she just doesn't know how to tell me she doesn't like me. I wish she would just tell me, instead of letting me continue guessing.
Once the movie finished she was whipping tears from her eyes. I didn't even watch my eyes were on her the entire time. I couldn't take them off of her even if I tried. "Did you like the movie?"
"Yes I did, it was very cute. Would you like me to make you something to eat Naruto?" I tilted my head a bit and looked at her, thinking she was joking but she was completely serious.
"No all I have is ramen and that's easy to make, if you'd like I can make us some to eat?"
"I'm not hungry at the moment, thank you."
"Well I'll eat whenever you want to eat as well." I smiled and she returned it. We put another movie on and sat in silence. She wasn't looking at the screen; she was looking at the floor. "Hinata, are you alright?"
I automatically regretted asking, she looked at me with a "are you serious" face. I didn't know what to say so I just looked away. "I'm sorry, I know you don't want to tell me, I just had to ask." I got up and started walking to the kitchen. I don't know what happened but it seems like it was something, there has to be something that had happened. I looked in the fridge, even though I came here for nothing. Just to break the tension that was building up. I looked back at the couch and she was still looking at me. We were looking into each other's eyes. I closed the fridge and just stood there looking at her. How can I make things less awkward and make her smile? Like really smile.
She got up and started walking towards me. She had stopped right in front of me and looked up at me, she put her arms around my neck and went on her tiptoes and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her in closer to me. Her kiss felt so passionate and deep, I could feel the cuts on her lips and tried kissing her back softly. She ran her hand through my hair and I leaned in more so she didn't have to be on her tiptoes. I started feeling tears falling from her eyes. I opened my eyes and she was crying. Her breathing had become more jagged, I pulled away from the kiss and wrapped her as close as possible to my chest. She was crying even more now. My heart hurt, I didn't want to let her go. I held her as close and as tight as I possibly could. I picked her up and carried her to the couch. I sat down holding her in my arms as she continued to cry. I kissed her head with every weep she let out between breaths. I don't know what else to do but to cradle her. I began to rub her back and continued kissing her head.
A few hours passed and she fell asleep in my arms. I leaned back against the back of the couch and moved the hair from her face. Her eyes were puffy and her nose was red. I started wiping the tears that were left on her face; some had run down her face and to her neck so I wiped those away as well. I noticed a dark color on her neck so I pushed the rest of her hair out the way and inspected closer. Bruises? Where could she have gotten these from? I tried wiping her neck some more and the bruises began to show more clearly. It looks like someone tried choking her or like they were going to rip her skin off. They were almost black. I rubbed my finger over her neck; they were swollen and felt hard. These were fresh bruises. As if they happened not too long ago. How am I supposed to tell her I saw them? I started getting mad. How could she hide something like this? If someone hurt her, I want to know who did it. I won't stand for this. I'll just ask her when she wakes up. I'm not going to let her push me away or push this conversation away either.
Does that mean that bruise on her thigh could have been from whoever did this to her neck? Her lips are they really even chapped or did someone sock her? I rubbed her face to see if she had tried covering anything up, but there was nothing. I don't know what she had gone through, but I won't let her continue to hide it. I felt myself getting angrier and angrier by the second so I decided to think about something else for the time being. Getting mad over it isn't going to fix anything. I looked at her as she slept, she looked sad. I rested my head on hers and held her as close as possible.
It feels like a dream that I could care about someone so much. I cared for Sasuke but like a brother, and I did have a crush on Sakura but I knew I couldn't be with her after a while since she likes Sasuke and now they're together. Ever since Ero sennin had passed away, I didn't think I could care for someone so deeply again. I knew I needed to push forward but it all seemed pointless. Then I saw Hinata. Life was boring, everything was the same, and I really had gotten tired of everything. But something about her automatically drew me to her. It was perfect timing.
I looked at Hinata as she moaned and squirmed a bit in my arms. She stretched and looked at me. We stared at each other and I smiled at her as she yawned. I could see the bruises more vividly now. They were almost all over her neck. How did she even hide them so good?
She looked me in the eyes and kissed my cheek, "I'm sorry Naruto, and I didn't mean to break down like that or fall asleep on you either. I just... don't know what came over me." I kissed her chin, then nose and then her lips. I leaned back against the couch again and looked her over, she covered her neck with her hair, but I could still see the dark marks.
"Hinata, who did that to you?" a shocked expression came over her face and she put her hand on her neck, that's when I saw the mark on her wrist, I grabbed it and pulled the bracelet off, she didn't protest. It was a very dark circle around her wrist, it was swollen as well. I lightly touched it and she pulled her hand to her chest, she was crying again. "Did something happen to you, you didn't have these marks during school. Who did this to you?" I put my hands on her arms and she pushed them away and got off me. She turned away from me and walked across the room. I just sat there and put my hands on my knees. I started at her and waited. She turned to face me, she was crying still, I made her cry this time, I don't like seeing her cry, but I can't let this be. She ran her hand through her hair and looked around the room, as if trying to think of an excuse. I rose to my feet and stood in front of her. "Hinata, whatever happened I want you to tell me the truth." Her eyes locked onto mine, we stared at each other for a long time. I tried staying as calm as possible, I knew if I got mad, she wouldn't tell me anything.
"There's nothing to tell Naruto." She said as she walked around me towards the door. I sprinted in front of her and stood in between her and the door. I wasn't going to let her leave. I looked at her and made it clear without saying anything that I wasn't going to let it go. She tried going around me but I just kept blocking her. "Naruto please move. There is nothing to tell and I want to leave now." I could tell by the expression she was making that she was trying to hold her tears back; she was trying to put a strong front on. "You have no reason to know anyways, it is none if your business." She tried pushing her way through but I stopped her and held her in front of me.
"What do you mean I have no reason to know? I care about you. Isn't that reason enough? I want to protect you. I want to be with you Hinata." She looked at me and more tears began to fall but she continued wiping them away. "I want to know how and who did this to you, I want to know now."
"It's not important anymore. It happened and I don't want to tell you. Why can't you just leave it at that?"
"Because you tried hiding these bruises, you broke down crying not too long ago. How can I leave it alone if it's hurting you this bad!" She looked to the floor and put her hand on her mouth trying but failing to hide her whimpers. "I need you to tell me who did this Hinata. I won't do anything I just want you to get it out."
"It wasn't even that bad, other girls have gone through worse. I have no right to feel sorry for myself or to talk about it. I stopped it and that's that okay. It isn't important anymore!"
"What do you mean? What did they do to you?" I started getting confused and looked her over, that's when I saw even more bruises along her arms. How did I miss that earlier? I snapped back to her "right now it doesn't matter what other girls or women have gone through. This is about you and the pain you have experienced. I want to know what they did to you, I don't need details just what and who did this."
She looked around and I waited for her to say something. We stood there for a while in silence. I wasn't going to let her leave like this. She reached into her skirt pocket and pulled her phone out. It's from Neji; He's asking where I am." She started texting him back and I continued to wait. "It's already 10 and we have school tomorrow. I need to go home. Can you just leave this topic alone and act like you saw nothing." she covered her neck and reached for her shoes. I kicked them towards the door and took her phone. I threw it to the couch and looked at her.
"Hinata, I'm not going to let you leave without explaining to me what happened. At least tell me who did this to you." She licked her lips and crossed her arms. I looked her over again and tried to think of what could have happened. I didn't really get what she meant by "other girls have gone through worse", maybe she got into a fight or something? Why would they try to strangle her though? I looked at the marks on her neck to inspect them again, I didn't realize how close to her I was getting, she cleared her throat but I didn't move. I noticed on one of the marks you could see teeth marks, they were still red and looked like they were deep. That's when it clicked. "Did someone try to r-"SLAP! I looked at the ground and slowly raised my hand to my face and put it on my cheek where it stung really badly. I snapped back into reality and looked at Hinata who had collapsed onto the floor and was wailing in her hands. I felt my heart stop for a second then start back up again. Was that really it? Was she going to get raped? At school? But where, I can't even think of a place or a person that would do something like that? I fell to the floor in front of her. "Did they actually do it?" I put my hand on her shoulder and squeezed a bit. My voice was barely hearable but she shook her head no. thank goodness, I can't imagine her going through something like that.
She continued crying, kind of hyperventilating, I was rubbing her back to try and calm her down. I shouldn't have pushed so hard. I'm such an asshole. Fuck man, what am I supposed to say now? There's still the problem of who did this. I don't want to keep pushing her any more than I already have but I need to know. I can't let them get away with this. I grabbed Hinatas face in my hand and looked her in the eyes, and I wiped away the tears that were falling from her face. "I know this is hard for you, and I'm sorry I was pushing so hard without even knowing how hard it was for you. But I need to know who did this."
"What good will it do? I don't want to get him into trouble. I know I shouldn't be worried about him especially after what he tried to do, but I don't want to say anything. So please just drop it?" she was still crying but trying to catch her breath so she's able to speak.
So it was a he, but whom? Did she have anyone that wanted to hurt her at school? I couldn't think of anyone. "I won't tell anyone, I just want to know what sick bastard could have done this to you when you have done nothing to deserve it." How can she think of this bastard when she's the one in pain right now? Not that other guy.
"I just don't see why telling will fix anything."
"What if he tries to do it to you again? I want to know who did it so I'm able to protect you from him. I don't know what he did, but I will never let him touch you again." I grabbed her hand and held it tight in mine. She looked at our hands and looked up at me with red eyes.
"I-it was Kiba." She began to cry again, but had control of her breathing now. "Please Naruto, I'm begging you. Do not say a thing about this or do anything to him." she grabbed my hand with both of hers and looked at me with the saddest eyes. I didn't know what to say to her. I wanted to go and beat the shit out of Kiba. Was this because she didn't kiss him at the party? Was he planning on doing this since the start? What a dick! I got off the floor and walked towards the kitchen. I started pacing; I could feel myself getting mad. I punched the wall and cursed between my teeth. I couldn't believe this, Kiba was a good guy wasn't he? Why did he go psycho? Especially over Hinata! I continued punching the wall to get my anger and the urge to kill Kiba out.
I continued punching when I felt small arms warp around me "Please stop Naruto, you're hurting yourself!" I looked at the wall and there was blood. I looked at my knuckles. They were extremely red and bleeding. I grabbed Hinatas arms and pulled her lightly in front of me and hugged her. She hugged me back, she was crying and I was rubbing her head.
"I won't do anything to him okay, only because your feelings are more important to me than my own." She hugged me tighter, I don't know if I can keep that promise but I have to try for her. "You know you can tell me anything right? Why didn't you tell me what happened?" she looked up at me and opened her mouth as if she was going to speak but stopped herself. "If you say that you thought I would have been grossed out, you can't be anymore wrong. I still like you and that isn't going to change into anything else but love Hinata." I kissed her nose and she giggled. I was happy to hear her laugh, even if it was a slight one.
"I'm sorry; truthfully I just wanted to be alone. I wanted to shut everyone out. I know other girls have actually had it happen, but it still feels so wrong and I feel so nasty being touched that way. I didn't expect it to happen from him. I really thought he was a cool guy. I still do truthfully but I can't speak to him ever again after that. I also don't think it's worth reporting. I'll just avoid him for now on." She trailed off and I stood quiet. "When I came from Japan I never expected to feel this way, I never expected to want someone like I want you Naruto. Why is it that I know I shouldn't be with anyone but you make me want to be with you? I didn't come here to like someone I came to be with my cousin and uncle. Yet here I am with you." Wait did she just say she liked me? Or she doesn't like me? How confusing! What do I do, I don't want to seem like an idiot!
"Maybe it's my hair that made you want me" I laughed. I wanted Hinata to slap me again after saying that stupid comment! Instead she laughed and ran her hand through my hair.
"Maybe it is the hair, it reminds me of sunflowers" she smiled and continued to rub her hand in my hair. "I should probably be heading home soon Naruto." I looked at the clock on my wall and realized it was 11:30 already, Neji and her Uncle must be pissed.
"Has Neji said anything?"
"I don't know you kind of took my phone from me. It should be fine I told him I'm helping you with homework." She looked at the couch where her phone was laying. I didn't want her to go home honestly; I wonder if I asked her to stay again tonight if she would. But then again I don't want her thinking I was going to try anything with her, especially after what happened. Well I will never know if I don't ask right?
"Hey, do you want to spend the night again?" she looked at me and smiled "I mean you don't have to, it's totally cool if I just take you home." I looked to the floor and was waiting to hear the rejection.
A few seconds went by, which felt like hours. "I'm okay with staying tonight, but I don't have any clothes for tomorrow or to sleep in tonight Naruto."
I unwrapped my arms from around her and looked her up and down, "you can just borrow my clothes again and tomorrow we can just go to your place early." She smiled and nodded. We both went to my room and I got her clothes, but then I realized I didn't have any clean sweats for her to wear. I knew I should have washed! "Um Hinata, I have some bad news. I don't have any more clean sweats for you to wear." I bit my lip and walked back out to the bedroom. She had no skirt or shirt on, just her bra and underwear. I stopped in my tracks and started at her. She looked at me and her face turned a very bright red, she quickly grabbed the shirt I gave her and put it on.
She cleared her throat and grabbed her clothes. "That's alright, your shirt uhum fits me like a dress anyways" she turned away from me and I came back to earth from Heaven. Her body was so amazing, I wanted her. I wanted to touch her everywhere. I slapped myself, how could I be thinking of something like that at a time like this! What kind of pervert was I? I looked away and started doing who knows what to clear my mind of dirty thoughts. It was a true battle, all I could think of the way her bra cupped her boobs perfectly and her underwear were just the right amount of sexy, I'm totally losing this battle right now. "Naruto?"
I looked back and Hinata was standing at the closet door, her cheeks were still a partial pinkish red color. "Yeah, what's up Hinata?"
She yawned and rubbed her eyes, "are you ready to go to sleep?" I felt my heart skip a beat; god was that so lack of better words, cute! I went to her and picked her up.
I laid her on the bed and laid beside her with her head resting on my shoulder. I took my phone out and started texting Neji. "I almost forgot to tell Neji you're still here, I'll just tell him you fell asleep and I'll take you to school tomorrow." She nodded her head and started rubbing circles on my chest. I kissed her head and we just listened to the sound of our breathing and the nightlife. I never felt better than now. I want this, for a very long time.
Neither of us had spoken, so I guess Hinata was asleep. I had done nothing but think for a while, which I've been doing a lot lately. A few more minutes had passed and I was about to knock out, I felt Hinata sit on top of me, I opened my eyes and she was looking at me. "Is everything alright Hinata?" she leaned in and kissed me. She kissed hard but not too hard, she took little nibbles of my lip and I ran my tongue against her lip she opened her mouth and our tongues met. I put my hands on her lower back and pushed her closer on top of me. I could feel myself getting hard, she rubbed against my shaft and I let out a slight gripe. I was going to lose control of myself soon.