Hey guys sorry for the long wait. I got writer's block. Hope you guys aren't too mad about me not updating sooner. I kind of had a hard time writing this chapter so I ended up having to get musical inspiration.
Songs: 'Monster' by Paramore and 'Party Rock Anthem' by LMFAO (It just like perked me up for some reason. IDK why.)
I think I did pretty good on this chapter, but I might be wrong. So here goes chapter fifteen.
I tried to show how Gaara and Matsuri got together in this chapter.
I don't own Naruto or any of the characters that are associated with the show.
Important Notes
* Hinata calls Kurenai: Mom
*Hinata call Kurenai's brother Xavier: Uncle Xavier or Uncle X
*Haveah and Havana call Kurenai: Grandma
* Nicknames: Hinata (Hina) or (Nata) [Only Gaara calls her Nata] Hanabi (Nabi)
- Kurenai Cakes
Chapter 15: The Meeting With Judge Marshall (Gaara and Hinata's Past), Getting to Know Each Other, Brother Bonding (Gaara and Matsuri Hooking Up), and Fatherhood
… Monday…
In Judge Marshall's Office
With Hinata
Hinata was sitting in the chair directly across from Judge Marshall, a very intimidating man. Xavier on her left. Her father on her right. All of the men were dressed in business like attire. A suit, tie and fancy animal skin shoes. Professional.
She on the other hand was dressed like she was going to the beach. She was clad in a strapless white sundress that stopped a couple of inches above the middle of her calves. She had on a of pair white sandals that Hanabi had leant her- well Hanabi was forced to lend her. Hiashi and Xavier had both feared that Hinata wearing heels or sandals that have a lot of straps that wind around her legs would have made her look un- motherly and more like a hooker. The only reason they had allowed her to wear the strapless dress was because it was the only piece of clothing that Kurenai had packed into the suitcase that Jacob had brought over when some of her new family visited Saturday that wasn't too tight and didn't show off too much cleavage or leg.
(Where are the girls, you may ask? They are just outside the office with Hanabi and Neji because Judge Marshall wanted to talk with Hinata first and her father first. Xavier was there for attorney reasons or whatever. )
Although she didn't look like she was dressed for this occasion she had on a poker face. She couldn't allow him to take her children away. He had the power to and she would be damned if she let him make her worst fear a reality.
Judge Marshall was first to speak with a nod as he greeted both Hiashi and Xavier. "Good morning Mr. Hyuga, Mr. Yuhi." he turned his attention to her. "Hello Ms. Hyuga I am Judge Marshall." He held out his hand to shake.
"H-h-hi J-judge M-Marshall." she replied, lightly shaking his hand. She cursed herself for stuttering, but that was how she was when she was uncomfortable. She was sitting in front of the man that could destroy everything- well he could destroy her already disintegrating life. She didn't much left. Nothing but her identically fraternal bundles of joy. And this person. No this man with salt and pepper colored hair and dark brown eyes that almost looked black had the power to destroy her. He had the fatal kryptonite that could kill her. This Judge had the power take them- Haveah and Havana, her reason for living.
He looked down at some papers that were on his desk in front of him. "Apparently you've just come back from a three year long hiatus. This file here says that you ran away. Could you tell reason why you left Konoha?" the dark eyed man looked away from the papers and straight into her eyes.
Hinata bit the inside of her bottom lip as she thought of a reasonable yet vague response. In her peripheral she could see her father and Xavier tense slightly. Their jaw lines became rigid. She had to watch what she said because her uncle and dad were sitting right there. She couldn't upset them. She couldn't bear to hurt them anymore. She wouldn't. She answered simply, "I-I just couldn't stay here anymore."
"And why is that Ms. Hyuga?" he asked.
"What he trying to do here? I already told him that I left because I couldn't stay here anymore. What does he want from me? That answer was good enough." She was searching his face frantically looking for some kind of weakness that she could exploit to make him leave her alone. She saw nothing. Nothing but a cold hard emotionless poker face staring right back at her. "Because."She thought that that would suffice as a clear answer, but he wanted more.
"Because?" Judge Marshall prodded. Her eyes darted away from his. "Ms. Hyuga, I am aware that you are very uncomfortable with discussing this with me; however, you must tell me the truth. Though we are not in the courtroom, you are still expected to tell me the truth. I need you to tell me the whole truth. Why did you leave Konoha?" He was pushing her into a corner.
She couldn't do anything. She had no choice. Hinata had to tell them why she left. All of it. She mentally sighed as tears stung her eyes. "I-I left-left beca-cause I-I was-was" she paused to swallow some of her saliva to moisten her dry mouth. Then she choked out her last word. "P-pregnant."
"That leads into what I wanted to talk about next." he looked down at the file again "Ms. Hyuga, recently I found out that you brought some children back with you. Two little girls. Your daughters, who are the result of that pregnancy, which caused you to flee Konoha; I assume. Is that correct?" Judge Marshall asked.
"Y-yes s-sir." She could feel his piercing eyes penetrating her as he looked at her over his glasses.
"Who's the father?" the grey-haired man asked. "From what Mr. Xavier Yuhi told me many people believe that Gaara Sabaku is the father. Is that true? Are there any other possible fathers? Do you know who the father of your daughters is?"
Hinata had been fidgeting with her pointer fingers and looking at the framed diploma that was on the wall behind his head when he had asked this question. As soon as the last word left his mouth her eyes darted to his. He said~ Wait, what in the name of chocolate covered strawberries did he just say? D-did he just say what she thought he did? No he wouldn't be subtly calling her a slut could he. She was- is not promiscuous. Never has been, never will be.
"Ms. Hyuga, did you hear what I just said. Is Mr. Sabaku the father of you children or is there another possible father." Judge Marshall repeated. This time his authority rang through making it hard to have a misunderstanding of what he said. He was basically asking did she leave town because she was a slut who didn't know who the father of her children was.
"Y-yes, G-g-gaara is-is th-the f-father." she whispered, staring at her hands, that were now wringing each other with anxiety.
His next question made her seethe with a rage that she'd never felt run through her veins before. "How do you know? Were you sexually active with anyone else around the time that you got pregnant, Hinata?"
Her nervous hands were replaced by the hands of a person about to engage in a fight, her fists clenching and unclenching impulsively. Hinata spoke, no stutter of an uncomfortable person riddled with nervousness; she was pissed and wasn't trying to hide any of her anger. "I think I would know the person who caused me to go through almost thirty hours of labor, dude. He's the only one that I've ever had sex with."
Her mind flashed back to her first and only sexual experience.
Flashback
Gaara was above her glowing from the moonlight that filtered into the room through the burgundy curtains that covered the windows. He was shirtless, actually he was completely naked and sweaty, his normally unruly brick red hair lying down, slick with sweat. He was looking right into her eyes. Hinata tried to look back at him but couldn't and had to tear her gaze away. His eyes were swirling with love and adoration. And she prayed that her eyes reciprocated what his showed when they weren't clenched closed.
She couldn't believe what was happening, that this was really happening. At first it hurt when he'd claimed her as his but now… right now at this very moment with her eyes involuntarily closed, her legs wrapped around his waist, her left hand intertwined with his right hand above their bodies as he constantly sheathed and unsheathed himself within…well within her, Hinata felt complete. Whole. He'd given her his all and she couldn't force herself to hold back. Not when he told her that he loved her and then proceeded to make love to her, which is what he is doing at the moment.
"Gaa-ah-ah. Ah-a!" Hinata moaned only to be cut off by Gaara's lips smashing against her own. His lips felt good against hers, a passionate lip lock. His lips were muffling, almost drinking in her moans. He was cutting off her mouth-breathing air supply, but she liked him dominating her. Her body arched into his warm body, trying to bring herself closer to him. There was only such much distance that they could close. But she wanted to close it. She had to. He was her everything. The love of her life. The one that she could depend on and never be let down.
With her mouth occupied, Hinata couldn't scream out his name anymore. But she had to let him know how much she loved him. It wasn't rational; this was entirely a carnal need and want. She unclasped their interlaced fingers and brought her left hand, along with her right to his back. Then she unconsciously dug her nails into his back right under his broad shoulders. His response was only to get more forceful with his thrusts and hiss inside her mouth. That excited her even more; making her bring her nails down his back creating waterfall scratches and making her body crave for more friction, more of his skin pressed against hers, more of him. All of a sudden his mouth left hers and went to her neck.
And when he did that he hit something, a place inside her that sent pleasure-filled waves coursing through her body and made her toes curl and her eyes clench closed even more forcefully than before. Her mind screamed "More! More! Oh Gaara! MORE!" as she simultaneously yelled out the exact same thing shamelessly. She couldn't help herself.
He kept angling himself, making sure to hit that spot over and over again until Hinata saw a white, blinding light. A breathless scream erupted from her mouth as a tremor hit her body and made her shake and arch up into his body as hard as she could. A blast of heat swept over her, engulfing her. Although her body was hot and spasms shook her entire frame, Hinata felt like she was flying. Soaring as close to heaven as humanly possible. When the 'flight' was over and Hinata 'fell back to Earth', Hinata felt something warm flow inside of her. It wasn't an unpleasant feeling. She just felt warmer, like whatever he'd 'released' was a conductor of warmth, something that would make her happy one day. The feeling that came after was a different, but not disgusting feeling that she could live with, especially knowing that it was a product of becoming one with Gaara. Speaking of Gaara, she hadn't looked into his eyes in a while now and she missed his peculiar colored orbs.
She looked up at Gaara and saw that he had basically fell on top of her. His sweaty hair was on her forehead. His eyes were clenched shut, his lips pursed in a thin line, his breathing ragged, and his chest was moving up and down faster than normal.
One word came to mind when looking at her spent boyfriend's face. "Beautiful". Granted she knew that most boys don't get called beautiful normally, but he looked like an angel. Her angel. She took her hand and swept the hair that was obscuring view of his tattoo. Then she started to trace it. Hinata was so wrapped in tracing his tattoo that she didn't realize that he had opened his eyes and was now watching her until he said, "You're beautiful too."
Her eyes darted to his. "Y-y-you he-heard me?"
He smiled getting up onto his elbows. "Yeah." he looked down between their bodies; he was still in her. He sighed sadly, and then shifted to her side. She didn't feel whole anymore. They weren't connected; he'd pulled out. A whine escaped from her. "Shh, I'm right here, Nata. I'm not going anywhere. I love you." Gaara pulled her close, wrapped an arm around her.
"I-I l-love you to-too." she moved to lay on his chest, to snuggle into his warmth. Now she'd finally had what she wanted from him. His undying love.
Love. She never thought that she would truly be able to use it in a romantic sense when it came to her and Gaara, but he'd proved her wrong. He'd told her that he loved her. Is in love with her and then proceeded to show it. He'd taken her virginity and she'd taken his. They truly had become one. One entity. One being. One everlasting, non evanescent, reality that would never fade, constant. He'd be there when her dad missed more birthdays, when Hiashi would promise to come home, only to never show up, he'd be there. Her Gaara would protect her from her from everything and love her unconditionally for all of her faults and insecurities.
"So this is love." Hinata thought mentally.
End of Flashback
Love. Thinking of the word in a romantic sense made Hinata remember how stupid she was three years prior. She thought that being loved by Gaara could solve all of the problems that would arise. She was wrong and now she was guarded. No one could win her heart. Of course she loves her kids, her old family, and her new family, but what she thought she had with Gaara was something totally different in a sense. It was supposed to be the kind of love that you find when you unite with your other half. At least she thought that she and Gaara had that before she found out how naïve she'd been.
You know now that she thought about it, Hinata realized that she never questioned his ability. There were plenty of her virgin friends from Kingakure that decided to lose their virginities to virgin partners. They always said that their first time was horrible. When she and Gaara did it, she was under the false impression that he was losing his virginity to her as well, but he knew what he was doing, a little too well. And she never noticed or doubted his faithfulness. But she was young and so in love. And thought that he'd never hurt her.
"I used to be so fucking stupid and naïve and when I was younger." Hinata came out of her thoughts when Judge Marshall asked his next questions. "Why haven't you allowed Mr. Sabaku to see his children? Better yet, does Mr. Sabaku know that he is the father?"
"He believes so, but he doesn't know for sure." Hinata struggled out her answer. The memory that she'd just replayed in her mind caused the anger that erupted about three questions prior to now turn into something more. Furiousness. It was about to overflow and she really didn't want to explode on the judge. He was pushing his luck and one more wrong move, one slip of his tongue and she might have to result to violence. Yes, she was that angry. Judge Marshall was getting on her last nerve. He was getting a little too personal with his questioning. What the hell was this meeting about anyway? Gaara from the looks of it. She doesn't care about Gaara or his problems so why was this judge keep bringing him up. She and the girls are fine.
"Will you allow him to be a part of his children's lives?"
"No because I don't want him in their lives. We are fine on our own." she said. "Why does it matter to you anyway?" Hiashi's hand grabbed her right fist, uncurling it and interlacing it with his. A calming gesture. The same one he used to do when she was younger. It worked just as it did then.
Outside Judge Marshall's Office
Havana and Haveah were sharing a white leather arm chair that was sitting between two identical black leather arm chairs that were occupied by Hanabi and Neji. No one was talking. Blushes adorned the red haired and blue haired children's faces. It was probably because of the two pairs of Hyuga eyes that were staring at them.
With Hanabi
Hanabi knew that she was making them uncomfortable but her little nieces were beautiful. But they didn't know her. They didn't know Neji or her father Hiashi. They didn't trust her or her family. And they were the children's family. Biologically! Hanabi resented her older sister for doing this to them, for making things this way. Hinata had shut them, the whole entire family, out. She'd run away and didn't stay in touch. Then she comes back with kids. These beautiful little angels. She'd never even learned their names. Hinata never cared to tell her.
A little tug on her left shirt sleeve had brought her out of her musings. Hanabi turned her head, only to meet a pair of pale lavender eyes and red hair (Haveah). "U-um mi-miss ca-can you-you pl-please st-top st-sta-staring at us-us."
"Oh uh sorry." Hanabi replied. She was awarded a small smile from both of the little girls. A smile faltered. It was the blue headed little girl (Havana). "What's wrong?"
"M-mommy n-never to-told us you-your names." 'Hinata never cared to introduce them to us.'
Neji was the first to speak. He held his hand out to the redheaded little girl. "My name is Neji Hyuga. I'm your mother's cousin." he shook her hand and shook her sister's hand.
"My name is Hanabi Hyuga. And I'm your mom's little sister." Hanabi chimed in. "What are your names?"
The red head piped up first. "M-my n-name is-is Haveah Rukia Inoue."
"My-my n-n-name is Havana Marie Inoue." the turquoise-sea foam green eyed child said.
"Nice to meet you Havana and Haveah." Neji spoke. "We hope to get to know you and your mom better while you are staying with us."
"Where's our mommy?" the twin girls asked in unison.
Neji looked at Hanabi. She could tell that he was at a loss as to what to do. She was too. "Haveah and Havana, your mom had something to take care of with my dad and Xavier. When she's done you'll be the first ones that she wants to see." Hanabi explained with a hopeful smile. She got two small nods of understanding. "Maybe we can get to know each other while your mom is in the meeting? How old are you?"
"T-two" Havana stuttered hesitantly.
"When's you birthday?" Neji said
"Ap- April twe-twenty-fifth" Haveah answered.
They kept this little banter of question s and stuttered out answers until there was nothing else to learn.
In Judge Marshall's Office
With Hiashi
"This is not going so well. He's pushing her buttons. She'd going to go after him.
Why is he doing this to her? It's almost like he's trying to provoke her. At this rate I'm going to have to come up with her bail out money."
"Ms. Hyuga what is your history with Mr. Gaara Sabaku?" Judge Marshall asked. Hinata squeezed Hiashi's hand painfully tight. The elder Hyuga held in a grimace.
"What does that have to do with this?" Hinata asked. "Why are we even here?"
"Ms. Hyuga, you are withholding a man from his children. Not only is that completely immoral, but it is against the law. There is a possibility that you children can be taken from you. It's not because you are a bad mother or anything, but you just can't keep him away from them." Hinata paled when the note that she could lose custody of her children had been spoken. Hiashi kept holding her hand. His heart started breaking when he saw her bottom lip trembling. Judge Marshall was breaking her already low spirits.
The heartless judge continued and with each word that left his lips Hiashi felt his eldest daughter squeeze his hand tighter. "He has the right to see his children, whether you want him to or not. Konoha tries to keep children in a stable mother and father home, teenage parents or not. Granted there are a lot of exceptions to this rule. Most teenage parents don't stay together; however if both of them are able to stay in the child's life and provide, they are obligated to do so. It doesn't matter if the parents hate each other or not. The fact that their child is both of theirs has sealed their fate to come up with a way to be civil towards each other for the benefit of the child."
Marshall took brief pause and continued. "With you being young you might not understand the severity of this but this isn't all about what you want anymore. Your children's benefit should be the one and only thing that you concern yourself with. And Mr. Sabaku is alive and well and pretty soon he's going to want to meet his children. They are his children as well as yours. I'm trying to help you, but I can't unless you tell me everything that I would like to know."
With Hinata
Hinata started to speak. "After Sabaku Industries moved to Konoha from Suna when I was three, my mom took me and Hanabi to up with her old friend Karura Sabaku. She had brought him with her. He was my first friend outside of the family…." She was talking as fast as she could and cutting the whole young love thing down to a minimum. She just wanted to get this stupid walking down memory lane shit out of the way. She couldn't take it anymore. She just told him the most important stuff.
Age 3: She and Gaara met when her mom Rukia too her to meet her old friend Karura Sabaku.
Age 4: Gaara asked her to be his girlfriend. She said yeah.
Age 5: Gaara was the first person that Hinata talked to after her mom died. After Rukia's funeral, Hinata had locked herself in her room for day without eating. When he came and begged her to come out she refused and only allowed him to come in. She only let him see her grieve.
Age 7: She and Gaara shared their first kiss.
Age 8: She and he started taking turns sneaking over to each other's houses. No one ever knew because Hiashi was always at work and Hanabi and Neji were always occupied or too busy to notice.
Age 10: She bought him a red ipod for his eleventh birthday with the money she'd saved up from her allowances.
Age 13…
When she reached the age of thirteen and started talking about what happened, painful memories replayed for her, causing her heart to start hurting. She tried to rush through this, but she couldn't. Judge Marshall wanted to know. He wanted to know everything. So she had no choice... "When I turned th-thirteen, Gaara gave me a locket. A few months later we had un-unprotected s-s-sex. And about a week and a half later when my p-period didn't come on, I thought that I could be p-pregnant. I got some tests and I f-found th-that I-I was-was. I went to go tell him. He was with some-someone else. Then I found out that he had been che-cheating on me. W-we got into an argument and I ran back home. I left about a w-week later." She clutched Hiashi's hand desperately for some form of comfort.
With Hiashi
As Hiashi listened to his daughter tell of her and Gaara's relationship, he realized just how much he'd missed when she was younger. He'd missed how wrapped up she was in Gaara. "He was with some-someone else. Then I found out that he had been che-cheating on me. W-we got into an argument and I ran back to his home. I left about a w-week later." Hinata's soft voice said.
'So this… This is the reason why she left Konoha. Gaara broke her heart.' Right now as she finishing, Hiashi realized that her stutter had returned and her bottom lip was quivering. Judge Marshall was making her relive what she'd run away from. 'This must be very hard for her. To be reliving this. I know that this is must excruciating especially telling this to a complete stranger no less. I'm so sorry honey.'
"Are-are w-we done now?" Hinata's voice spoke up again, waking Hiashi out of his mind ramblings. She was clinging desperately to his hand that was still intertwined with hers. She'd been holding his hand for so long that sweat started to form.
"I just have a few more questions, but I'd like to have your children, Ms Hyuga. As well as your youngest daughter and your nephew present, Mr. Hyuga."
With Hinata
5 Minutes Later
Hanabi, Haveah, Havana and Neji joined Hinata, Hiashi, and Xavier in their meeting with Judge Marshall. After the introduction's Judge Marshall asked Haveah and Havana questions like 'When were you born?' 'How old are you?' 'Where are you from?' 'Are you happy?' All of these questions the girls answered happily and positively.
The next question kind of threw Hinata of guard. 'Do you have a dad?' She'd never told them who their biological father was. She never felt the need to because Ryan, Danny, and Jacob stepped in to play the fatherly role in the twins' lives. She thought that Judge Marshall would tell them who their real father was and confuse them when their world was changing too fast for them.
"Y-yeah sill-silly. Ever- every- b-body g-gots a d-dad. Our d-dads are ou-our uncles." Haveah smiled as she answered the man's question.
"W-we go-got three d-dads. M-more da-dan any-anyone. It's awe-awes-some." Havana added excitedly.
Then Judge Marshall asked a question that Hinata had been dreading. "Do you know a man named Gaara Sabaku?" The girls shared a confused glance with each other, turned back to the judge, and shook their heads 'no'. Judge Marshall's questions for the twins stopped there. He must've got all the information that he'd needed because he didn't even ask Hanabi and Neji questions. He just sent Hinata, Havana, Haveah, Hanabi, and Neji out of the office to talk to Hiashi and Xavier alone.
With Hiashi
"Mr. Hyuga, you do understand that you are Hinata's parent and until Hinata is the age of eighteen that you are still the one who makes decisions for her. They may not be what she wants, but you have to make the best decisions for her. This also goes for your grandchildren. You have custody of all of them and their wellbeing. Yes she may be their mother but under the Konoha law you are the only one that decides something of this magnitude. I can't justify what she is doing and neither can you because we both know that it is wrong to keep a child away from their father. You have to allow Gaara Sabaku into the lives of your grandchildren. This may not be what Hinata wants as I have said before, but they need to know their father. Whether he stays a permanent part of Haveah and Havana's lives is up to him, but he deserves a chance." The salt and pepper haired man explained.
Hiashi knew that the judge was right. Although he'd harbored resentment for Gaara's part in Hinata's running away, which was only amplified by Hinata's telling of what happened before she left, Hiashi knew that Judge Marshall was right. He couldn't think of not being allowed to see his kids… Hinata ran away, but he didn't know where she was and that was torture, but not being able to see your child when you know where they are and know where live is something totally different, an unimaginable pain that he was sure that youngest Sabaku was facing.
"I understand." he had no other choice. He didn't want to see Hinata lose her children. He saw how much they loved each other. The way her eyes brightened when they smiled. The way a mother loves a child. Hinata looked at Haveah and Havana like Rukia used to look her and Hinata.
"Very well. I can't delay this process but I can allow you a week. If he has not been allowed to see his children, drastic measures can be enforced. The most drastic being the children being taken away from your daughter. I know that you as well as Xavier as well as myself don't want to see that happen."
"We understand." Xavier chimed in for the first time since the meeting began.
As they left the office to join Hinata and the others, Hiashi replayed Hinata's confessions from about twenty minutes prior. Something was out of wrong. She spoke like she these events had just happened the day before. She was about to cry like she was still struggling with the emotional pain that caused her to leave Konoha. He didn't quite understand why she was still so upset. Then it hit him like a ton of bricks. "Hinata's still in love with Gaara!" His inner voice screamed loudly.
When he and Xavier met back up with his children, nephew, and grandchildren, Hiashi looked at his eldest daughter and saw her in a new light. She'd grown up over the past three years that was plain to see, but she was still a child, his child. Maybe not the same one who wore her heart on her sleeves, apparently she'd grown out of that. However she was someone that let her emotions cloud up her decisions. And that would hurt her in the long especially when she and Gaara's kids were involved.
At the Sabaku Mansion
Gaara was in the guest bathroom cleaning out the tub. It was part of his punishment for getting a drunk. But Gaara believed the real reason he was being punished was because he'd stolen his dad's private booze that reserved for special occasions. As he cleaned, Gaara realized that he hated cleaning up other people's messes. He was on his knees with a pair of yellow cleaning gloves that were blindingly bright and hurt to look at them. The floor was hard and cold. And the damn tub was so dirty. No one had used this guest room in ages. So why was he cleaning up a deserted place in the house that was covered in spiders and cobwebs.
"Why the hell am I doing this shit anyway? No one ever comes up here." Gaara questioned himself aloud as he scrubbed the tub with a sponge that was soaked in cleaner.
"You deserve it." a voice spoke out.
"Shut up! What the hell do you know about anything?" Gaara retorted, not turning around to look at the intruder. He didn't want to lose his only source of entertainment while he was cleaning.
"Aw little bro, I'd like to understand. But you won't let me in that hard skull of yours. So why did you get hammered? What was so hard about your life that you went into dad's booze stash and took his vodka and gin?" Gaara turned to face his older sibling.
"Matsuri give you a rash down there?" the voice of the older man became a whisper. Gaara watched as a dramatic hand pointed to the crotch of his brother's pants. Gaara rolled his eyes at his brother's antics, but the older boy insisted on continuing his comedy bit. "You know that there are doctors that can take a look at that and fix you right up. There's no need to drink away an std" Kankuro cracked up with laughter at his brother's anger-filled face.
"Shut the fuck up Kankuro. I DO NOT have a sexually transmitted disease. I'm always careful." Gaara yelled only to be met by his brother's laughter. The older dark-haired male was practically crying from the fit of giggles that racked his body. When Gaara couldn't take anymore of his brother's rambling, he took off one of his gloves and threw it at his brother, who only caught it.
"Okay, okay. If Matsuri didn't give you something, did she break up with you?" Kankuro was actually trying to be serious, but this caused laughter from Gaara. It was very unusual sound, but Kankuro was kind of happy to see his little brother laughing even if it confused him. "So she didn't break up with you?" Gaara shook his head no.
"If that's not why you liquored yourself up then tell me why you got hammered." he moved to sit by his younger brother, who turned away. "Come on Gaara. What happened that mad you were to get boozed up? I'm not playing anymore. I'm serious."
"I saw her." Gaara answered vaguely.
"Saw who. There are a lot of hers in Konoha. Can you give me a specific her. " Kankuro said. He looked down at his little brother. The younger boy's eyes are glazed in an emotion that Kankuro hadn't seen on his little brother since Hinata left him. "Hinata." Realization dawned on him. "You saw Hinata." a nod from his redheaded brother confirmed his suspicion. "What happened?"
"Where do you want to start? There's a lot to tell." Gaara said.
"Start from the beginning." Gaara then went on to tell his older brother everything that happened between him and Hinata. How bad she talked to him. How mean she was. And how she wouldn't let him see his kids. Then he explained how he felt which led to him getting drunk. As he retold his story he felt like he was a wimp. Like all that control she used to have on him never went away. "You realize that you are still in love with Hinata, right?" Kankuro said after listening to his little brother pour his broken heart out to him.
"I know. I love her. And she hates me. I guess she has every reason to, but doesn't make what she says hurt any less." Gaara explained.
"You brought this on yourself little bro. I'm sorry to say it but you did. You had everything and you gave it up to cheat on the Hinata. How the hell did you and Matsuri hook up three years ago anyway?"
"You know I really don't know really…I guess... Now that I think about it what how me and M hooked up was stupid. I just wanted to I just wanted to try something new. "
Flashback
Gaara was in a really uncomfortable place right now. He was standing with his back against a wall in the living room, taking in all of his surroundings. The music was blearing from the speakers. Teenagers were everywhere, most of them were older teens that he'd never met before. They were doing everything. Grinding, dancing, making out, and drinking. Why was he here? His mother had forced him to go out with his brother for some brother-bonding time. And his brother had plans to go out to a party with his girlfriend Kaylie. So naturally Gaara was forced to come with him because he wasn't changing his plans.
His phone vibrated and he looked at it. Hinata had sent him a text message. 'Hey Gaara. I wish that we didn't have to be apart. I mean, Dad never felt the need to take us on business trips B4. I guess its makeup B-day presents. I miss U. We're going swimming and I don't wanna mess up by phone. So I'm leaving in the hotel room. I won't be able to talk to you for a while. TTYL. I miss u. ***Gaara's Girl***'
He texted her 'Don't go drownin' on me Beautiful. Miss u 2. Txt me when out of pool. C ya when ya get back from California. L8R Nata. $$12-27-94*$$ '
After texting Hinata, Gaara decided to go upstairs to find a quiet place to wait for his brother to call him, so he could leave this hellhole. The first couple of rooms that he looked in had people lying of the bed asleep on the beds or making out on the beds or had people making erotic noises from beneath the bed covers or he heard retching sounds from the bathroom. After many tries and fails of finding a quiet place Gaara settled for the empty master bedroom. He lay on the bed and tried to close both his eyes and ears to the noise that came from down stairs.
Soon after Gaara closed his eyes, the bedroom door opened and in came a girl with short light brown hair in a messy updo and fair skin. Her dark eyes looked even darker with the thick jet-black eyeliner that surrounded her eyes. She had on a light pink tinted lip-gloss. Her outfit consisted of a black dress that stopped right under her butt. She looked like a whore, but he'd seen her before. Her name was Matsuri Evans. She was a year older and everyone he knew, except Hinata, called her a slut. When she noticed Gaara in the room she smiled.
"Hi, handsome. I didn't realize that anyone was in this room. But all the others are occupied, so can I sit up here with you?" she sounded sickeningly seductive as she batted her mascara-coated eyelashes.
Gaara thought nothing of her actions and said. "Sure, I don't mind." He looked at the older girl who leaned against the wall with a pair of black high heels in her hands. then he took in the sight of the rest of her outfit. "Man she really looks like a slut. Nata would never wear something so revealing. Though it wouldn't hurt my girl to spice things up a bit." Gaara thought as he eyed the older girl. "She looks kinda hot according to my lower standards. "
"Gaara, right?" she questioned. He nodded telling her that that was indeed his name. "Where's your girlfriend? Hinara or Hinaya. Whatever. What's her name?" the older girl slurred slightly. He could tell that she'd been drinking.
"Her name is Hinata." Gaara was pissed that Matsuri wasn't getting Hinata's name right. "It's not that hard to remember." "And she's not here. What's it to you anyway?"
"Oh nothing. It's just that you follow her around like a lovesick puppy, practically glued to her side. It's actually surprising to see her right next to you. You two must be really enamored with each other." Matsuri flirted. She walked slowly toward him while she talked.
"Maybe we are? Maybe we aren't?" He retaliated. She moved closer to him and bent down so that she was eye level with him. He continued to speak. "As I said before, what's it to you?"
She pushed him back on the bed so that he was looking up at her. Then she climbed onto his lap and straddled him. "I don't mess with attached boys. Situations are always bound to get messy. So are you attached or not, Gaara?" she whispered into his ear before she licked his earlobe.
He shuddered as he thought of the two ways that this could play out. He could tell Matsuri that he was with Hinata and that nothing was gonna change that, not even this little seduction thing that she was performing right now. Or he could tell her that he and Hinata weren't as intense as she thought and let the flow of events take place after that happened.
The devoted boyfriend part of him wanted to tell her that him and Hinata were forever and walk away from the older girl; however the rebel part, the bigger, of him wanted to do something risqué, something that made him more than Hinata doting BF. A true internal conflict, whether to be faithful or unfaithful ensued. In the end unfaithfulness won out because his words next were, "Nah, me and Hinata aren't attached. We're barely dating. She was just a one time thing." he was lying through his teeth and it gave him a rush. A rush of pleasure that'd never been achieved with Hinata. He couldn't lie to Hinata, not when she was so trusting, so doing this, lying to a stranger, was exhilarating. Pure ecstasy.
"Good. Cause I think if you would've told me otherwise, I sill probably would've done this." she leaned down kissed him, shoving her tongue into his mouth. He could taste the beer that she'd drunk earlier and the strawberry flavored lip-gloss that she had been wearing, surprisingly a good combo for her. That taste intoxicated him as their tongues battled for dominance.
His heart screamed. "Stop it! Stop Gaara. Stop. Nata means more to us than this. She is our everything. Don't do this. Don't risk everything! Stop you idiot. STOP! You Still have a chance to be faithful. STOP! Find Kankuro and Kaylie and leave."
Gaara ignored his heart, pleading for him to do the right thing. He knew that this wrong, but Hinata wasn't here. She wouldn't find out. He'd be careful. He'd devote himself to her and her only when she came back. He'd finally tell her that he loved her, but he'd use this experience to find out what else was out there, who else was out there. So when Matsuri took off her little black dress, he didn't think twice to lean up and take one of her braless nipples into his mouth or to slip down her little black thong or to put on the Trojan condom that she handed sometime later. He didn't think twice about letting Matsuri take his virginity, something that he was sure that he'd experience with his girlfriend when the were older. But that wasn't the case. He was losing his virginity at the age of fourteen to someone that he'd barley even knew. Yet he felt free.
End of Flashback
Kankuro interrupted his younger brother's painful walk down flashback lane by hitting the younger boy in the back of his head. "What the hell was that for, Kankuro?" Gaara hissed, rubbing the back of his head in pain.
"Stop sulking and go change into some swimming trunks."
Confused Gaara asked, "Why am I doing that?"
"Cause your joining me, Temari and our friends at the beach, so come on. Go put on your damn swimming trunks and let's go to the damn beach."
"Don't you realize that I'm grounded right as in I can't leave the house. I don't need to get into more trouble. Mom and dad are kind of pissed as it is. I don't need more punishment" Gaara tried to reason with the older brown-haired male.
"Being grounded has never stopped you from sneaking out before. So come on, you. Let's go." With justification like that, Gaara couldn't refuse.
In The Master Bedroom
With Karura
She was arguing with her husband. She wanted to go after Hinata, to make the teenaged girl suffer, but he was hell-bent on telling her that it was wrong and that Gaara could take care of himself. How could he tell her that? Did he not see how distraught their son was? He son needed her. And he just wanted her to sit around and let the little witch destroy her baby. What was wrong with her husband?
"I can't believe you are gonna let her get away with something like that. She totally humiliated him. And all you can say is that he can handle this on his own. Obviously he could do that. Did you not see how drunk he got?" Karura yelled at her husband. She was in the bathroom getting ready for a bath.
"Honey, we can't coddle him through this. Our son is seventeen years old. In a year he'll be off to college. He is a man. Just face it the day he became a father was the day that all our parenting should have stopped but it didn't because we never knew about the children. Now that we do know, it's out of our hands. He has to find a way to make amends with Hinata for the sake of their children. They are the parents. We can't intervene unless it is completely necessary. And its not." Uryu Sabaku scolded his wife from their bedroom.
"Can't you see that he's broken? He's beyond broken and you're trying to be all neutral about it. Face it, our little boy is broken and you expect me not to go after the person who did that. What the hell kind of sense does that even make? She's keeping our grandchildren away from their father, our son, and us. And you want me to sit here and do nothing? " She asked her husband incredulously. " We both know that I can't do that. I won't. What kind of mother would that make me?"
"That would make you a good mother. Gaara is not a little boy. He isn't a baby anymore. You can't clean up his messes anymore. As much as we both want to, we can't he has his own children. We can't meddle into his life. I forbid it. He has to right the wrongs that he made. We can't. This is between him and Hinata. They have to resolve this on their own. And if their relationship progresses, that won't be any of our business. This is between them. So please just back off for now. He can handle this." he made his way to the bathroom where she was looking at her reflection in the filling bathtub. In her watery reflection he could see colorless liquid pooling in her tear ducts. Her shoulders were sagging as she hung her head down. She'd given into defeat and was about to cry.
She knew that he was right, but that didn't make what he was asking easier to do. Uryu was asking her to let their son fight out his problems. That may seem easy, but he wasn't fighting a bully from the playground. His heart was at stake. And she knew that no matter how much she wanted to protect him from heartbreak, she couldn't. So she had no other choice other surrendering to what her husband wanted her to do. Backing off.
The tears rolled from frustration of not being able perform her duty as a mother. "Fine." she conceded. Striping herself and sitting herself in the warm water and turning off the faucet. She paid no mind to her husband who watched her every move. She couldn't care less. Her only thoughts were. "I hope this works out for Gaara and his children. He deserves some kind of happiness. The past three years have been hell for him. Just let him get through this."
At the Hyuga Mansion
With Neji
They'd come back from Judge Marshall's office. Now they were eating early lunch which consisted of homemade pizza. The cook had made mini-pizzas for everyone. Pepperoni for Hinata and Hanabi, pepperoni and olives for Havana and Haveah, cheese for Hiashi, Xavier, and Neji.
"Hey, Hina." she along with the twins looked up from their pizzas to his pale blue eyes. He could tell that he had their attention. "Do you want to go to the beach with me, Nabi and some of our friends?"
"Um… um, I-I don't want to intrude." Hinata replied softly.
"You wouldn't be intruding. They were your friends too ya know." Hanabi retorted. "Besides they would love to see you."
"So do you want to go?" Neji asked again. "You could even bring the girls. I bet everyone would love them."
"Uh o-okay. B-but c-can I b-borrow y-your b-biggest p-pair of j-jogging p-pants and a large T-shirt." Hinata asked. A blush adorning her face.
"You don't have a swimming suit?" Hanabi asked.
"Yeah, bu-but. I-I ne-need s-something to c-cover my s-swimming s-suit u-up."
"It should be fine. I've seen the swimming suit that your mom bought before you, Hinata. It's not as bad as you think. Besides my sister is gonna kill you if you cover up that expensive swimming suit." Xavier said, causing Hinata's eyes to dart to his.
"What's mom got to do with th-this, Uncle X?" growled, her stutter only interrupting her once.
"She and the rest of the family are going to the beach today." Xavier answered with a smirk. "And she would want to see her only daughter and grandchildren in the swimsuits that she worked so hard to find."
Both Neji and Hanabi tensed. But before any of them could change their plans so they wouldn't come in contact with Hinata's other family, Hiashi voiced his opinion. "You should really go. I'm sure everyone will enjoy seeing you again Hinata as well as meeting Haveah and Havana. You guys should really go." Hiashi urged.
"Alright." Neji and Hanabi said, frowns on their faces.
"O-okay," Hinata stuttered.
"Wh-where're we g-going?" Havana asked. Her wide turquoise-sea foam green eyes staring at her mother.
"We're going to the beach. You wanna go with mommy?" Hinata replied. The girls shared a glance with each other, and then happily nodded.
In Hiashi's Home Office
With Hiashi
Xavier had left already. Everyone else was upstairs getting ready to go to the beach. Hiashi was sitting in his office staring at his cell phone. It lay perfectly still on his chocolate colored desk. He knew what he had to do. He had to hurt his daughter in order to help her to keep her own children, his grandchildren.
"Great. Since they are going to leave soon, I'm going to be able to call and talk to Uryu and talk to him about this fiasco. I know she'll hate me for this but Judge Marshall is right. Keeping a father away from their children isn't right." Hiashi thought. He knew that his would crush any hopes of mending him and Hinata's relationship. He was going to use his father/grandfather- custody rights or whatever to allow Gaara to see Haveah and Havana.
"I have to do this." with that he picked up his phone and called his contact Uryu Sabaku.
"Hello, Hiashi. To what do I owe this pleasure?" Uryu's voice said over the phone.
Skipping the formalities Hiashi cut right to the matter at hand. "I know that you know about Hinata coming back."
"Yeah, and I know that she brought back kids with her. My grandkids." Uryu shot back.
"I'm glad that you are well informed. Since we got that out of the way, do me a favor. Meet me my house, forty-five minutes. We need to talk. It's about or kids and our grandchildren." without waiting for a reply Hiashi hung up the phone. He knew that the other man would come. They both were doing the job that came with fatherhood…
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