"What?" It was all Hinata could get out as she stared at the man. She was starting to guess a brain injury from the capture mission that had caused him to make such a...bold, outrageous statement. This was some weird joke...right? Hinata looked into his eyes and gave a nervous laugh at his straight-forward expression. "What?" OK, maybe she was the one who had hit her head!
"I said, I want you to be my wife." He repeated. He looked away to the window, "Just so know this isn't a proposal. I'm only telling you as a fair warning since your father and I have already drawn up the marriage certificate." He was calm and cold. A chill a ran up Hinata's spine as she thought he seemed eerily like her father in this moment.
"Why...me?" Hinata nearly choked on the lump in her throat.
His eyes turned back on to her looking at her eyes with no emotions being shown back. "You're different."
Hinata jumped from the seat she was in and just ran out the room without any warning. She knocked into a nurse when she entered the hallway. Usually she would have stopped to apologize for the accident, but her mind was far to busy with other issues to even bother. She didn't slow her pace all the way out of the hospital.
She started running. She couldn't go home because from what Sasuke had said her father was agreeing to marrying her off. Hinata could feel the sting of the tears that were forming in her eyes. Her father had been wanting to be rid of her for years now. Of course he couldn't just kick her out since that wouldn't look good for appearances. But marrying her off was just fine, even if it was to the man who betrayed the village and needed to be brought back by force.
Hinata didn't know why she went to Sakura's. It wasn't till after she already knocked against the door that she was regretting the discussion. The door swung open not long after. Sakura had a piece of toast clutched in her teeth and was pulling her pink hair back into a pony-tail. Sakura fixed her hair and took the toast away from her mouth, "Hinata? What are you doing up so early?"
"Can we talk?" Hinata bit her lip as her gut tightened.
Sakura seemed confused, but held no protest as she let Hinata inside her apartment that she technically shared with Ino. Except the blond was out on a mission and wouldn't be back for sometime. "I never did than you about Sasuke did I. If it weren't for you then that mission would have failed. I mean I can hardly believe he's back. I'm gonna see if I can sneak into his room for a visit before my shift starts." Sakura rambled.
"Sakura, stop." Hinata urged. She turned to the woman with tears now fall down her cheeks and taking in deep breaths so she could actually get through the conversation and not end up in hysterics.
"Hinata, did something happen?" Sakura asked sitting down one of the dining table chairs. She gestured for Hinata to take one of the other chairs.
She was still too stressed though. Pacing in small circles was the only comfort she had at the moment. "Umm...something happened...something really weird..." She started.
"What?" Sakura questioned moving to the edge of her seat with rising interest in whatever had Hinata so freaked out.
"Well...Sasuke wanted to see me." Hinata glanced at Sakura's face for a reaction. She didn't even look fazed while she waited for the next bit of information, so Hinata continued. "I thought he was just going to yell at me or something for bringing him back. But something else happened..." Hinata bit down against her lip.
"Hmmm,...so what? What did he want?" Sakura urged.
Hinata stared into Sakura's jade green eyes. They looked excited and eager for whatever she was going to say next. Hinata could still hardly believe what had happen and now she was going to say the words...to the woman who was in all probability still very much in love with the man...A man who had sorta kinda proposed to her.
"He thanked me" Hinata blurted the lie out before she could think. She watched the large smile spread over Sakura's lips, it only made her feel even more sick about what was going on. She took in a large breath as tears started to fall without warning. "Do you think I could stay for awhile?...I had a thing with my dad..."
"Oh..." Sakura's smile faded away. The concern Sakura was showing her made Hinata want to cry even harder. "Of course you can. Go ahead and take my room for now, if you need to Ino will be gone for a few more days you could stay for awhile." She suggested.
"No, no. I just need to rest for a few hours and...I can't go home...at least not right now." Hinata hugged herself to create a false sense of secruity. She rubbed at her arms creating false warmth.
"Well then, I'm off to work. I shall see you later." Sakura flashed a quick smile before trudging out the door.
Hinata shuffled her way back into Sakura's bedroom. She focused her eyes to a picture on the nightstand, Team 7, back from the time they were genin. Sakura, Naruto, Kakashi, and Sasuke all together in one image. This had been the only photo they had of all of them together...Her eyes fixed on Sasuke's young face. She stretched out her hand and let her fingers brush over his image.
She remember the cold, stern expression he had held not long ago. Hinata began to sob without control...for herself, for Sakura, and for Sasuke.
A/N: Yeah...The chapter is short, BUT longer than the past two of this story...I think. Anyway I have no idea what sparked this...someone did a favorite and review then next thing I know I'm writing the next chapter. I do kinda hate the quality of the first two, but I can't edit those much at all at this point. Maybe after I get to the end I'll start worrying more about the beginning.