Chapter 3

Hinata's POV

After Tenshi went to her room, I called TenTen and told her I was going to go see her. So I washed the morning dishes and then left without telling Tenshi.

On my way there, the radio almost killed me. The song that started to play was "Think of You" by A Fine Frenzy. My chest tightened at the sound of it. So with my shaky hand, I turned it off. I didn't want to think about him. It was hard enough hearing it. Especially what had happened earlier that morning, it didn't help hearing that song.

I changed the station quickly, then when I got to Tenten's, I walked up to the door and knocked. She came to the door almost instantly. She let me go inside. We both sat in the living room while we were drinking tea.

"How was your day?" I asked her.

"It's alright, now do you mind telling me why your here?"

"I finally told her," that's all I said and she gave me a shocked look. I nodded and then took a sip of my tea.

"And?"

"I gave her the letters and she's reading them now. It was so hard."

"I bet," we both went silent.

"If I could erase one emotion, I wonder if erasing how much I love him will make things better," I finally said. After saying so, TenTen got up and gave me a hug. While she hugged me, tears started to well up in my eyes. I forced myself to hold them back, but she held me tighter and the tears just started to fall on its own. I pushed her away.

"I've been thinking Hinata," I nodded my head. TenTen took another sip of her tea and then let out a breath. "Well I know it's been a long time since you've been with someone, I was just thinking that a whole bunch of us go-"

"Wait, what!" I gave her a shocking tone. To tell you the truth, I didn't want to be with someone new. I just wanted it to be my daughter and I. That's all I wanted, but I did want to take on the offer of going out. Its been so long since all of us went out.

"Yeah, you could find someone new. Well you don't necessary have to find someone, but we could all go out."

"Well who's all gonna go out?" I asked.

"There's going to be Neji and I of course. I can call Ino and the others. The usual." I nodded. By the usual, she meant Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Ino. The idea of going out didn't appeal to me that much, but I thought 'Hey, when's the next time I get to go out?' I worked all week and I finally had the weekend off in about a month.

"So that's a yes?"

"Heck, why not? What time should we meet up?"

"Hmmm, how about you and I go to your apartment and get ready there?" She had a big smile while saying this. I didn't know how to say no, so I nodded. She practically screamed in my ear. In the other room you could hear her son Keiji walk into the house.

"Mom, what are you screaming about? Geez," I giggled at him.

"Oh nothing, your dad and I going out tonight. So we won't be back till later."

"Yeah yeah," he waved goodbye and then left the room. You could hear him go upstairs and then blast the music. I put my attention back to TenTen and she was already calling the others. I went and sat down.

After TenTen was done making the calls, she said that we should get going and go to my place and start figuring out what to wear. I tried to reason with her because it was still early. It was only three in the afternoon. But TenTen didn't listen and now we were on our way back to my apartment. My apartment was only a two bedroom. It was no big deal because there was only Tenshi and I. I decided to sell the house I lived in before when Tenshi was about seven years old. Before we left, I told TenTen that we'll go in my car. So when I parked my car, we both walked up to the third floor of my apartment building.

When we walked inside, I told TenTen to go to my room. After I told her to do so, I went to go check up on Tenshi. I knocked on her door and she yelled over her music for me to come in. I walked in and I saw her laying in the bed, by the looks of it, it looked like she was crying.

"What's wrong?" I asked very concerned.

"Nothing, it's just that I've been thinking," I nodded. She then got up and sat with her legs crisscrossed.

"Yeah?"

"Nothing, where'd you go?" I looked at her with concern, but just ignored it.

"I went to TenTen's, a couple of us are gonna go out tonight. So I'm gonna be back late. You okay with that?"

"Of course, go. You need it mom," she shooed me out of her room and then I went to my room. When I walked in, TenTen was in front of the mirror with a green top. She saw me and then turned around.

"Is this too much?"

"I think so. Here how about this one?" I threw her a silver colored tank top. She put it front of the mirror and then turned her attention back to me.

"Should I wear it with jeans?"

"Yeah, that'll look nice," I stood beside her and then started to think on what I should wear.

"What about you?" I shrugged my shoulders and then walked over to my closet.

"What should I wear?" I asked her. Then TenTen stood beside me and stared into my closet with me. TenTen walked towards the closet. She pulled out a purple top. It hung loose in the front. I grabbed it from her and then put it on. I also put on some leggings. When I came back, TenTen had a wow look on her face.

"So?" I asked her.

"Wear it!" She walked towards the dresser and grabbed a pair of feather earrings. "And with these."

"Okay, okay. Hey,"

"Yeah?" She looked up at me.

"I don't know if I want to go out," I told her.

"I don't care, your going out even if I have to drag you out of the apartment. You haven't came out with us in forever. If you don't come out now, I don't think you'll leave your house again." She yelled at me.

"Calm down. I'll go out if it means that you stop yelling," TenTen let out a little chuckle and then she left to the bathroom to put on the clothes for the evening.

...

After TenTen put those clothes on, she got a call from Ino. She wanted us to go meet her at her place. TenTen agreed and now we were making our way there. By the time we left my apartment it was about six-thirty in the evening. We were both silent when we were on our way to her apartment. Even when we were walking up the stairs we were still silent. TenTen knocked when we reached the door. Before Ino came to the door I asked TenTen, "What's wrong? You're awfully quiet."

"Huh, nothing you need to worry about," she smiled and I nodded. I didn't believe her because her eyes looked so sad. When I was going to ask her again, Ino opened the door.

"Hey guys, come in," we both walked in. Ino left for the other room and TenTen and I sat on the couch. We waited for her and all TenTen did was sit there with sadness in her eyes. She saw that I was staring at her and then gave me a smile. Then Ino walked back into the room. She was wearing a leopard print dress with leather boots and a dark brown leather jacket. Her hair had soft curls and was put onto one side. She looked real good.

"Well? What do you think?" Ino asked us while she spun around in a circle.

"Someone wants to get laid," TenTen said. We all laughed at this.

"So what kind of guy are you looking for tonight?" I asked her. She always had a thing for looking for the perfect guy when we went out. Which never really worked out for her because she was always single.

"I don't know. I'm thinking someone strong." Ino had a wide smile while she said this. Ino grabbed a few things and we all left her apartment.

When we reached the club, we all walked in and I saw Naruto and Sasuke sitting at a table. They saw me and waved. As we were walking towards the table, the music was blaring and my heart was beating in excitement. We reached the table and I sat beside Naruto.

"Hey, is Sakura here yet?" I asked Naruto. He just shook his head. Then Sasuke pulled him in and started to whisper into his ear. Naruto started to blush. I looked away and then put my attention to TenTen and Ino. They were both talking about something that dealt with some guy they were looking at. I was curious and decided to join the conversation.

"That guy over there, do you think he came alone?" Ino pointed to a guy dressed in all black. He had brown hair and had a good build.

"Why don't you go and find out?" TenTen told her with a wide grin on her face.

"First," I said. "We need a drink." Everyone agreed and then I voted myself to go and get us all shots of tequila. No one was arguing. While I waited for the bartender to come back with shots, I stood there and stared throughout the whole club. The place was cramped. I looked around once more and heard the bartender say that my shots were ready. I then grabbed the plate that held the drinks when someone spoke to me. Slowly I turned around and saw someone with dark hair.

"Hey"

"How are you?" the strange man asked. This man awfully looked like Sasuke.

"Doing great. Actually I was about to go back to my friends over there," I pointed to the table everyone sat at and saw that Neji and Sakura were sitting there now.

"Hey you wanna dance with me?"

"Well, I don't know," I was really unsure.

"Its okay and by the way the names Itachi. Well see you around," in an instant he was gone. I shrugged my shoulders and just decided that he got lost in the big crowd. I walked back to the table and everyone cheered when I came back. I grabbed a shot and on the count of three we all took it. The burning going down my throat felt soothing. It sent electricity through my body.

"Hey, who were you talking to?" Ino asked me.

"I don't know, but he seemed nice."

"And you didn't ask for his number?" I shook my head.

"Well I wasn't thinking and besides I didn't have my phone," I just said.

"Who cares, I'm gonna go and get me a man," she pulled TenTen out of her seat, "and you're coming with me." Then Ino dragged the two of us to the dance floor. There was some upbeat song playing and Ino pulled me in to dance with her. I blushed when she started to grind against me. I pulled a fast move and told her I was going to go and get another drink. She didn't try and stop me, so that was a relief.

When I went to the bar, I ordered myself a mojito*. While I was waiting, I looked around the club to see if I could find the man Itachi. While I stood there, the name started to sound very familiar to me. My thoughts were interrupted by the bartender. I grabbed the cup and quickly took a drink. When I turned around, I was making my way back to the table. As I was walking, I saw him.

As quick as I could, I took another drink and started to make my way to him. I didn't actually know what I was going to say, but I really wanted to talk to him. As I was getting closer, I could hear Ino and TenTen calling "You get 'em tiger." I ignored their comment and continued walking. Itachi saw me and started to make his way towards me as well. My heart started to beat faster as we were both getting closer. The movement around us, slowly started to slow down with every step we took. When we reached each other, I let out a sigh and then took another drink.

"You look lovely," I smiled at his comment.

"Thanks," he leaned in to whisper in my ear. "You wanna get out of here?" I blushed and then shook my head. Instead of listening to me, he started to drag me away from the group of people. When we were closer to the door, I finally stopped him.

"Wait!" he then looked at me and let out a sigh.

"For what?"

"Let's go to your place," I finally said. I didn't know what I was thinking, but at that moment, I wanted to wake up next to someone. We both left the club without telling my friends that I was leaving. Frankly, I didn't really care. Something about Itachi, made me really happy inside.

When we reached outside, Itachi grabbed my hand and then waved a cab down. We both went into the car and Itachi gave the cab driver the address to his place. When the vehicle started to go, Itachi and I never said anything. After awhile though, Itachi finally spoke.

"I don't think you've told me your name."

"Oh, sorry about that. My names Hinata," I gave him a soft smile and then looked out the window.

"You have a beautiful name Hinata." The way he spoke my name made me so happy. His stern voice was amazing. I gave him a wide smile and continued to look out the window. While I was in a daze, I felt something warm wrap around my fingers. Confused, I looked. I smiled when I saw Itachi had grabbed a hold of my fingers. I tightened my hand and looked up at him. He then leaned in, my breathing was shortened when I felt something warm on my lips. I opened my eyes and saw him kissing me.

I pulled away and looked away. I could feel my face heat up.

"You okay?" I nodded and then leaned in and kissed him, I didn't know why, but I did it anyway. When we reached his apartment, he led me up in the elevator and into the apartment. Almost instantly, our lips were locked and then slowly, he led me onto his bed.