I'M SO SORRY FOR MAKING YOU GUYS WAIT THIS LATE FOR THIS. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. I'VE JUST BEEN SO BUSY WITH SCHOOL THESE LAST FEW MONTHS (BUT I'M OUT NOW) THAT I NEARLY FORGOT ABOUT THE STORY. AND WHEN I STARTED WRITING AGAIN, IT TOOK FOREVER FOR MY THOUGHTS TO COME TOGETHER. I HOPE I DID YOU GUYS SOME JUSTICE WITH THIS. IF NOT TELL ME AND I'LL REWRITE IT.
I PROMISED MYSELF THAT I'D GIVE YOU GUYS SOMETHING FOR MY BIRTHDAY. TODAY'S MAY 25TH SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND HERE YOU GO. (I HOPE I MADE UP FOR MY ABSENCE FROM THIS STORY)
~ Kurenai Cakes
Chapter 19
With Gaara and Hinata
Staring down at the lone card in her hand, her bottom lip quivered. She was going to lose. The joker in her hand would probably win her his last card, but the game of I Declare War was lost on her part, for he had twice as many pairs of cards sitting to the right of him than she did to the left her.
In addition to her pride being wounded, Hinata knew that she would have to suffer the consequence of losing all the precious chocolate and candy that she had bet during the game. "Dammit." She thought bitterly as she eyed the stakes sitting in the middle of the bed. There was an array of different types of candies and snacks- chocolate candy bars, pretzels, Skittles, Reese's, M&Ms, Sour Patch Kids, Nerds and other things.
She was really cute, especially when she pouted like that. She must've figured it out. There was no way that she was going to win this. She was going to have to give him her stash of candy. He really didn't like sweets, the only thing that he'd probably eat would be the pretzels, but that didn't mean that he wasn't going to mentally torture her in an anyway he could, especially if he got to see that lovely pout of hers.
"Ahem," Taking her eyes off of the bed, Hinata slowly looked, her eyes locking onto his smug ones. She studied him and saw that he had a smirk and was about 3 seconds from bursting into a fit of laughter.
"You know, Nata, stalling won't make this any less painful. I'm still gonna win and I'm still gonna take all of your candy. Get over it, put the card down and accept defeat." Gaara taunted.
He watched as her eyes squinted in anger and her bottom lip quivered. She placed her joker on top of his measly Queen of hearts, picked up the pair of insignificant cards, and added them to her small stack of cards. "There's no-no need to count our cards. You w-won jus-just take the candy." She was sulking now and the little mental game that he'd started before was starting to seem like a very bad idea.
After eyeing the candy in from of him, an idea to wipe that frown off of her face that would be pleasurable for both of them popped into his mind. "You know I don't really want anything but the pretzels." He picked up the bag pf pretzels.
He watched as her eyes widened in elation. SHE WOULDN'T LOSE ANY CANDY. She moved to reclaim her candy when his hand stopped her. "You think that I was going to give my winnings up for free?" Again, she glared daggers at him, her gaze seemingly saying, "What do you want?"
Hinata watched as he licked his lips seductively. He wanted a kiss. She could see it as plain as day. She wanted to, but she felt apprehensive about doing it when she had told him, just the other day actually that they had certain personal boundaries that would need to be held in place if they tried to be in a relationship again. The No Kissing rule was the main topic of discussion. But seeing that sinful tongue running across his lips, inviting her to kiss him, that discussion was a far, distant memory.
"DAMN…Boundaries. They always crumble eventually. I guess that mine are collapsing a little sooner than I hoped. And it's all because of you I'm scared, but I can't say I hate it. I love you Gaara. Just please, please don't hurt me. I wouldn't be able to handle it. Not again." Hinata thought as she hesitantly leaned up to kiss his awaiting lips.
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With Havana, Haveah and Hinata
"Give it back to mommy." Hinata said calmly as she approached her daughters. Havana and Haveah were nothing but giggling masses. The candy that they had in their possession apparently belonged to their mother and they'd taken it as a treasure for themselves.
"A-are y-you gonna s-share, m-mommy?" Haveah asked with rough numerous giggles and stutters.
"No," Hinata replied. "It's mine. I gave you your shares earlier. Now give it back."
"N-no." Haveah retorted with a click of her tongue, her smile growing wider at the obvious irritation written on her mother's face. This was going to be fun.
"You know what this means Rukia and Marie." Hinata used their middle names to give the more serious effect. She wouldn't beg them. If they wouldn't give it back, she'd end up taking it from them. BY. ANY. MEANS. NECESSARY. "Fin-fine, br-bring it-it on Is-Isabelle." Havana remarked smartly, also using her mother's middle name show that she and her sister were ready for the chase that was soon to follow their little banter.
Turning towards each other, Haveah and Havana's eyes locked and they nodded in unified affirmation. They were ready for the chase. This was going to be fun, especially when they ate mommy's candy in the end, right in front of her.
Without warning, the three of them darted across the room, Hinata running behind the twins. She was constantly reaching for the candy bar they threw at each other. Hinata would've caught up, but the twins ran through many doorways that were too narrow for all three of them to fit through together, especially with flailing arms and wiggling bodies.
With Gaara
Laughter echoed from upstairs as well as the sound of the pitter-patter of three sets of feet running around. "They're at it again." the maid said as Gaara, his siblings and his parents walked through the door of the Hyuga home.
"What is it about this time?" Gaara sighed, rubbing his eyes. His girls were always causing a ruckus. Not that he ever cared because he could honestly say that with fatherhood and being with Hinata, he never had a dull moment. But did it have to be when his family came over.
"I believe it's about a chocolate bar this time." the maid smiled as he rolled his eyes.
"Why am I not surprised?" Gaara thought. What was it with them and chocolate- not just chocolate, candy of all sorts?
"I swear that neither of them will have teeth when they get older." They ate candy a lot, which was a bad habit that Hinata didn't outgrow the past three years, and passed down to their daughters.
His thoughts were disrupted by the giggles and feet that descended the stairs at a borderline-dangerously fast pace. (He'd have to talk about that with all of them later.)When they'd made it all of the way down the stairs, Gaara was met with the sight of the dark blue and brick-red hair colors of his daughters with his girlfriend not far behind. "Might as well take the bull by the horns." he mumbled as his daughters ran toward him. They tried to run around him but he was faster and caught one in each arm. Hinata came sliding to a stop, just in time to avoid a painful head-on collision.
"Gaara?" she questioned. "What are you doing here so early?" Yeah he could tell that they hadn't been ready for his arrival. The pajamas were clearly indication of them lounging around the house all day.
"Care to tell me why you three are running around the house in your pjs when I told you that we were having company?" Gaara asked with mock anger. He set the girls onto their feet, but kept them close by.
Hinata blushed when she caught sight of the Sabaku family(they were looking at her in her pjs which only consisted a tank top and fluffy pajama pants; she felt so exposed)and answered him shakily. "O-oh shut up we were about to get ready when these two little thieves took my chocolate." Hinata glared, taking the candy bar from Havana, who'd managed to keep a hold of it even when Gaara caught her. She turned to her daughters and childishly stuck her tongue out mockingly at them.
"Is this true, Veah and Vana? Did you take something from your mommy?" they both nodded reluctantly. "What have I told you guys about taking your mommy's candy? You have to ask for it first."
"U-uncle G-Gaara w-we di-did as-ask fir-first." Havana answered, looking up into Gaara's eyes innocently. "Damn, not the puppy dog eyes."
"Y-yeah b-but s-s-she said-said no again. W-we k-kept as-asking b-but s-she still said no-no, so w-we t-took it." Haveah chimed in, he head hanging low in feigned guilt. These kids were good. If he wasn't him, he'd be totally swooning over their big eyes and pouty lips that just begged him to take their side. Man was it hard as hell not to.
"Haven't we talked about this Nata? You have to share with them, even when you don't want to." Gaara said in a disapproving tone. He swore sometimes she acted like she was ten.
"I-I did. I gave them theirs earlier." He turned to Hinata who had the same look as the twins on her face; she wanted him to believe her and take her side too. Torn, that's the word he could use to describe how he felt about the situation that his girls put him in.
He looked at the candy bar, then Haveah and Havana, then Hinata. They weren't going to share with each other, and he really couldn't have them fighting when his family had come over for bonding time. "Guess I have no other choice." he thought before snatching the candy from Hinata's grasp and opening pulling back the wrapper on the candy, slowly. Once he was done unwrapping the milk chocolate hyper creating demon, Gaara shoved the candy bar in his mouth.
Simultaneous squeaks of "Gaara!" and "Uncle Gaara." were heard throughout the living room as he chewed the candy and swallowed. Their faces darkened in anger and Gaara mentally cried "O-oh shit" as the girls let out battle cries. They were pissed- he was so gonna get it.
Then the girls pounced on him, not caring tat they had company and were seriously embarrassing Gaara and themselves in front of his entire family.
With Karura
Karura and her husband watched the incident from the couch, trying to hold in their laughs. They were doing better than their other children. Temari was outright laughing at Gaara's constant, ineffective, because no one was moving from the couch, pleas for help. Kankuro took out his iPhone and was recording the debacle, promising himself aloud to put it on Youtube.
"They're really good together." she said to her husband, her eyes glued the writhing body of her son, who was being tickled mercilessly by Hinata, Haveah, and Havana. Seeing his smile and hearing his laughter nearly brought tears to her eyes. It had been so long- too long since she'd seen her youngest son be happy. And as much as she wanted to give credit solely to her shining granddaughters -she didn't really like Hinata- but she knew the blue haired young lady played a big part of making him smile.
"I know." her husband retorted with a smile. "He's finally growing up."
"He's really becoming a man now isn't he?" Karura asked her husband, already knowing what the answer was going to be. She'd seen when she'd first met her granddaughters.
Flashback
"You are seriously asking me to be nice to her? After all she's done to him, keeping his daughters away. You expect me to be nice?" Karura hissed through her teeth at her husband. They were on their way to the Hyuga Mansion to meet their granddaughters, finally. Her husband was giving her the 'be nice' talk that they used to give to the kids when they were younger and going to an important meeting. Reluctantly, Karura huffed and mumbled, "Fine."
They were out of the car now walking up to the door of the house when Gaara came out and shut the door behind him. "Hey, Mom, Dad."
"Hello, son. Why are did you come out here; we were just about to come inside." Uryu said.
"I know. I was waiting for you, so that we could have a little talk, set up some guidelines."
Looking at her husband, who had the same bewildered look on his, Karura turned back to her son and replied, "Guidelines?"
"Yeah there are a couple of things that you need to know before you meet Havana and Haveah."
"Okay."
"Hinata hasn't told them that I'm their father yet so they don't call me dad. They call me Uncle Gaara."
"And you're okay with that?" Karura wanted to ask but before she could open her mouth Gaara said. "It's okay mom. I know that I'll have to work really hard to earn that title. But we won't get into that. Back to the subject at hand, since they don't know that I'm their dad, they won't be able to understand that you guys are their grandparents. So just bear with the fact that they may not call you anything other than Mr. and Mrs. Sabaku."
"He looks so serious." Swallowing her questions or complaints, Karura and her husband nodded and followed Gaara into the house where they would meet their granddaughters.
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Walking behind their son, Karura and Uryu walked into the house only to hear high-pitched squeals of "Uncle Gaara!" before two little miniature versions of Hinata ran in hugging the boy. Hinata was behind them, a small smile tugging at his lips. At the sight of Hinata, Karura growled internally. But her attention was caught by soft laughter.
They were beautiful. They were nearly identical. Both had round faces, naturally pouty lips, and naturally curled hair hanging slightly off their shoulders. There were only a couple differences. One had pale lavender eyes and brick-red hair. The other had turquoise-sea foam green eyes with dark-blue hair. Both of them were wearing a pair of blue jeans trimmed in light blue and decorated with light blue butterfly designs with light blue shirts that had the same butterfly designs as the pants, only bigger.
"W-we missed you!" The twin with red hair said.
"Haveah, honey, Gaara just went outside." Hinata retorted with a smile.
"We know, but we st-still m-missed him." the blue haired girl spoke. Her sister nodded in agreement as Hinata rolled her eyes. Seeing Hinata, that nuisance that had been invisible, gone but still plaguing her son's mind making him act out rebelliously and recklessly, Karura clenched her hands to keep from walking over to the little witch and smacking the hell out of her.
"Whatever, drama queens. Your Uncle Gaara has some people for you to meet for you to meet." At the sound of Hinata's voice, Karura rolled her eyes. Why couldn't the little witch just leave so they could have some time with Haveah and Havana alone? They owed the twins three years of love that they weren't able to give because the Sabakus didn't know they had familial additions, that their son had children of his own. And it was all because of her.
Karura watched as the little girl's eyes alit with excitement; they were happy to meet some new friends. "Haveah, Havana this is my mommy and daddy." Gaara introduced the girls to them.
"Rea-really?" the little girl that her son had called Havana stuttered.
"Yup, go say hey you guys." Neither of the children moved. Then Gaara grabbed one of each of their little hands in one of his own and led them to his parents. Havana and Haveah were silent at first, but then in Haveah decided to speak. "Hi-hi Uncle Gaara's mommy and daddy."
It took everything within Karura's being not to correct them, to tell them to call them Grandma and Grandpa. She held her tongue and waited for one of them to come to her. As she waited, she realized that they were acting like how Hinata did when she first met the Sabakus. The little girl had been a mess. She stuttered, fidgeted, and squirmed under their softened gazes until Gaara grabbed her hand and told her to be nice to his 'mommy and daddy' because he'd been nice to hers.
Even though Haveah had greeted them, it was Havana who made the first move. She walked up to Karura and held up her for the blonde to shake. Taking the tiny hand of the dark blue haired little girl in her own, Karura shook her granddaughter's hand. Haveah followed her sister's lead and walked up to Uryu, mirroring the previous action of her sister, holding out her hand for the man to shake. When Karura finally to her eyes off of Havana, she looked up to see Gaara holding Hinata's hand, smiling. Her son was actually smiling! Not that half-assed grin he gave when she forced him to take pictures, not that small saddened lift of one corner of his mouth- A REAL SMILE!
End of Flashback
That's when she realized that her son was no longer the bitter, angry teen he used to be. His immaturity was being morphed into to something more stable, complex. Her youngest son, who she'd been forced to watch fall into the deep abyss of sadness was now smiling because of his family, the one that was comprised of him, Haveah, Havana and Hinata. He'd always be her son, her baby boy, but she couldn't call him her baby anymore. He was now a man, a proud father of twins and in love with the mother of his children.
October
At the Hyuga Mansion
With Hinata
She'd been up the whole night; mostly due to Gaara's lips being pressed to hers with their tongues dancing (the twins had been put to bed way earlier). When she managed to pry him away from her and talked him into going to sleep so he'd at least try to be ready for his test the following morning, Hinata received a text. It was one that left her utterly overjoyed and vanquished any drowsiness that had invaded her body after watching the love of her life as well as her daughters snooze peacefully. She'd been completely awake when Gaara left for school, something that he wasn't happy about because they hadn't cuddled all night. She'd been too busy squirming and shinning the bright light in his face when she would read.
She had been excited just as she was now. Hinata was lying in bed with the now wide-awake twins. Her phone vibrated for the like millionth time this morning, but she eagerly flipped it open and read the text that she'd received.
"Dude, we're here." After reading that, Hinata, Haveah and Havana ran out of their bedroom, down the stairs as fast as their feet would take them. They a gained curious glance from the maid as they beat her to the door, just a few seconds after the doorbell rang. Opening the door, Hinata was graced the sight of two of her best friends. The light blue eyed-&-black-haired boy and strawberry blonde-&-light brown-eyed girl were a sight for sore eyes.
"Uncle Jakey!" Havana and Haveah screamed jumping into the boy's open arms while Hinata pulled the girl into a hug. "Hey Gabriella!" squealed uncharacteristically, closing her eyes to try to keep the tears of joy at bay.
"Ahem, what am I, invisible?" a familiar voice caught her attention causing Hinata to open her eyes. That curly black hair, crimson eyes and that purple eye shadow… those characteristics, they only belonged to one very important person. Stepping away from the strawberry blonde, Hinata ran into the other woman and pulled her into a bone-crushing bear hug, this time not keeping tears from falling from her eyes.
"Mom," she sighed. Closing her eyes, she breathed in the familiar scent of her mom's shampoo, one of the many scents of …well, home.
With Gaara
Gaara yawned behind the cover of his helmet. He wanted nothing more than to go home crawl into bed with Hinata and the twins and take a nap. She'd kept him up almost all night… okay most of it was his fault, but her lips-those lovely, plump pink doorways to heaven were always on his mind. How could they not be when all they ever did was kiss? But after he'd dozed off her annoying phone kept singing and vibrating though the night, effectively cutting out their cuddle time.
Driving up to the Hyuga Mansion, he was surprised to see that there was another vehicle in the driveway besides the Hyuga Escalades. Apprehensively turning off his motorcycle and grabbing his black messenger bag, Gaara went to the door, knocked, and waited on the Haveah and Havana to get the door. When he wasn't greeted with the happy smiles of his daughters or a small kiss from Hinata, but instead the maid, his heart felt heavy and he got a gut feeling of dread.
He took off his jacket and put it on the coat hanger that stood beside the door. "Where are they?" he asked himself aloud, not really remembering that the maid was standing beside him.
"They're upstairs in Hinata's bedroom, Mr. Sabaku." the woman smiled. He nodded in acknowledgment and walked upstairs toward their family bedroom-yes their bedroom. He'd stayed there long enough to stake a claim to the room as well as the lovely girls that he shared the room with, his family. When he made it to the room…"Why in the hell are they back?" he growled in his mind.
This was not what he expected to see when he'd come from school. Why in the hell were they here? He thought that they had gone back to Kingakure or wherever the hell they came from. He thought they were out of Hinata's and the twins' lives. He doesn't know them by their names, and he doesn't want to either. But he knew that they were a part of Hinata's and the twins' other family. In fact these were some of the people he'd seen with her when she'd first come back to Konoha.
At first glance, he saw that the computer chair was occupied by a sleeping woman with black curly hair and purple-shadowed eyelids. Hinata was in their bed asleep, but she wasn't in bed alone. A black haired boy, the one he'd seen her with earlier in the summer, was lying right next to her. Curled in between them were Havana and Haveah. On the boy's right was a strawberry blonde girl, fast asleep also. Though there were five of them in the bed, he couldn't take his eyes off of his children, Hinata and the guy. They… they looked so peaceful... Jealousy and fury. They're both emotions that he's felt before. But they had never surged through his veins so violently in these dangerous levels. He couldn't help but want to punch something as he watched them together. They were like a small family, one that he wasn't a part of. He couldn't help but see how they fit together. Not feeling welcomed (in his own room), Gaara walked back into the hallway, down the stairs, and out the door. He was fuming.
Later That Evening: With Hinata and Jacob
"That nap was nice." Hinata thought as she wiped the remnants of sleep from her eyes. Looking to her right she saw that Jacob was awake and staring at the girls, stroking their hair. He had a pout on his lips as he watched them slumber.
His eyes light blue eyes darted from the twins' faces to hers. A small smile came unto his face. "Sup, sleeping beauty. What did you do to my girls? They've been asleep forever. How can I play with them if they're sleeping?" He whined playfully.
"Oh, stop whining you big baby." Hinata smiled, loving the fact that she and her best friend were bantering like nothing had drastically changed in their lives the past few months. "It's all your fault. You're the one who kept us awake with your constant text messages. And besides, I should be asking you the same question." Hinata said moving her eyes to the sleeping woman in the computer chair and the other girl in the bed. "What did you do to my Mom and Gabriella?"
"It's all your fault." he used air quotation marks to mock her. "You're the one who kept Gabriella up with you're constant replies to all of my constant text messages. And your mom drove most of the time so she's just catching up on some z's."
She stared into his blue eyes for a few moments before turning away to look at her still sleeping mom. "How long can she stay?" Hinata wasn't a fool; she knew that Kurenai couldn't stay in Konoha indefinitely. She had a life as well as a business in Kingakure and couldn't give up all of that just to be a permanent part in Hinata's and the twins' Konoha life. Not that Hinata would ever ask the Yuhi to do that anyway. The woman had already sacrificed too much for her 'daughter and granddaughters.'
Jacob sighed sadly. He knew that she was going to ask that question, which would dampen her high spirits about seeing some of her family again "She can stay for about a week before she has to go back. But on the plus side Gabriella and I are gonna be here for a while since we're going to Konoha University." Jacob watched as she smiled lightly at his last comment but her pale lavender eyes had glossed over with tears that wanted to be shed at the statement before that. Thinking quickly, he brought up another, more exciting type of conversation. "Guess what?"
"What?"
"I told you to guess, dummy. But I can't keep my excitement in any longer! " He paused for effect. When he opened his mouth again to speak someone else beat him to it.
"Oh my gosh, Jake. Stop being so suspenseful." It was Kurenai. Hinata shot her mom a smile. The lady always knew Hinata's thoughts before the girl said them.
"Yeah just tell her already, Jakey!" Gabriella added as she wiped the traces of sleep from her eyes and sat up in the bed. She pushed his shoulder a little, egging him on to finish with the news.
"Alright, alright. Danny and Victoria picked out baby names. Hailey if it's a girl and Harley if it's a boy." he paused again for effect. "Ryan asked Avery to marry him! And she said yes! " Jacob finally said. Hinata squealed in a girlish delight and that let him know mission accomplished. Just like that her sadness was forgotten as her family members told her about what was going on in their lives back in Kingakure. Once she got caught up her family decided that they wanted to find out more about Hinata, Haveah and Havana's life in Konoha.
That Night: With Gaara
He'd just got in the door to find a red-headed little girl beaming waiting for him. He wasn't really expecting her greeting since she wasn't there earlier in the day. "Um hey, Haveah."
"Hi U-uncle G-Gaara," Haveah greeted him as she took his hand; he cringed at the name that his daughters gave him. "You should be calling me Daddy." He wanted to correct her, but he knew he had no choice in the matter. That was Hinata's decision. She led him to where her beaming sister was standing with the three people who he'd seen in his room earlier and Hinata.
"Why aren't they gone yet!" His thoughts roared in the same anger that he'd tried to calm hours earlier. When he was right in front of Hinata, his anger formed itself into harsh words. "Nata, who the fuck are they and what the hell are they doing here?" He bit out, not minding his language or the fact that Hinata looked confused and really shocked. Or the fact that his daughter's grip on his hand faltered a little and her turquoise-sea foam green eyes stared at him in confusion. Of course he knew that they were a part of her other family, he just needed to know the name of the people that he was going to hate for keeping Hinata away from him for three years.
Silence permeated the room at his boldness, but Gaara didn't care. He just wanted to get this fucking meet and greet shit over with so he could tell Hinata a piece of his mind about having these people around his children. The guy was the one who stepped up first. "Hey dude, I'm Jacob. You must be Gaara?" He had his hand outstretched for a handshake, "Hinata and the girls have told me a lot about you." Gaara didn't reply; he just looked at Jacob's hand disdainfully. Gaara watched Hinata out the corner of his eyes and saw how she stared at him with hurt in her expression. Retracting his hand, the Jacob-guy just faked a lighthearted laugh and said in a high pitched sing-song voice, "Awkward."
Tension stirred in the room as everyone was silent. The next person to speak was the woman with curly black hair. "Hi, I'm Hina's mom, Kurenai." The red-eyed lady must've learned from the boy's failure and didn't bother to hold out her hand for Gaara to shake. She just regarded him with an angry glare. He just nodded his head, figuring that she already knew is name and wanted to skip the unpleasant formalities as much as he did.
The strawberry blonde was the last to speak with a simple, yet awkward "I'm Gabriella."
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With Hinata
Hinata stormed up the stairs with Havana and Haveah right beside her. The heavy steps behind her let her know that Gaara was following them. She was pissed- no she was way more than pissed off. Words couldn't explain the level of anger that she felt when he'd not only disrespected her two best friends, but her mom as well in front of their daughters. Her family, both of them, meant everything to her and the way that he'd treated them was unacceptable. When they made it to the room, Hinata sent the twins inside and closed the door behind them, to at least muffle some of the arguing that would ensue. She turned around to find Gaara leaning on the wall opposite of her bedroom door with a nonchalant expression as if he'd done nothing wrong.
She glared at him, waiting for him to speak, but all he did was stare back at her blankly. Tired of waiting for him to break the tense silence, Hinata spoke first. "What the hell was that, Gaara?" Hinata growled. She crossed her arms on her chest and waited for him to give his lame excuse as to why he acted like an ass earlier and try to kiss it better. But him being Gaara, he did the exact opposite of what she predicted he'd do.
He used his right foot to push himself off the wall and stood up straight. "What are you talking about, Nata?" he retorted feigning ignorance.
"Don't play that shit with me Gaara! Why in the hell did you treat them like that? They were trying to be nice to you and you treated them like dirt. In front of the girls! They are the girls' family, my family. How could you do that?"
"Those people aren't my daughters' family!" He hissed back at her. "You think I'm to going to play nice with the people who helped keep you away from for the past three years?"
She flinched at his tone, but stood her ground. He didn't scare her. He had no right to treat her family like that. Not when his anger at them for 'keeping the girls and her from him' was completely irrational. She'd left on her own and stayed gone her own. "Don't blame that on them. I was the one who left because of what you did. You cheated on me Gaara! That didn't give me much reason to stay…Have you ever thought that maybe if you hadn't done that that I wouldn't have met my mom or Jakey, Gabriella or the rest of my family; that you would've been in the twins' lives from the get go? "
The hurtful words left her mouth, before she could realize what she'd been saying. A look of hurt that flashed across his face before it morphed into pure rage. And in that moment, she'd actually felt fear. In all of her years of knowing him and being around when the volcano of his temper erupted, she'd never seen that look on his face or been more terrified that he'd actually hurt her. Right now she was freaking terrified. Within a fraction of a second, Gaara was in front of her and she back was against the wall. He didn't pin her by touching her, his proximity did. He'd enclosed on her personal space and the anger on his face forced her to back up to try and keep some distance between them until she ran into the wall, effectively pinning her under his gaze. He slammed his hands on the wall on both sides of her head bracing himself- making her flinch because she really thought that he' was going to hit her- and that only made her feel more caged in. His breathing was erratic and his eyes were wild with anger so much so that it felt as if she could feel them burning her skin as they glared at her.
He was screaming at her. "So it always end up coming to this? Why can't you accept that I love you; that I'm sorry for everything? What the hell can I do to make you understand that I'm fucking sorry!" he paused for a second, and when he spoke again, his voice had lost some of its volume. Now it barely above a furious whisper. "Fine, I cheated. It was three years ago. Can't you get over it? But you can't can you? That's why you had himin our bed with our children- to get back at me? And then you have the nerve to want me to be nice to your fuck-buddy." He growled through clenched teeth as he stared her right in the eyes. He'd touched his forehead to hers so she had no choice but to look at him, his hurt, and his rage.
"Fuck-buddy?" She questioned herself in her mind. His words were confusing, and she wanted so badly to ask him what the hell he was talking about, but her mouth wouldn't work. He was scaring her into silence. When Gaara pulled away from her and walked away, she fell to the floor and started sobbing in relief that the source of her fright was gone. Then the hurt that flashed across his face when she told him it was his fault that she left pushed its way to the forefront of her mind. She started to cry harder. But the crying got out of control and she found herself heaving for air.
What had she done?
With Neji (P.O.V)
Things had been going good. Hinata was becoming a part of our family again and the girls had joined our family flawlessly. I could've done without Gaara part of the equation, but I guess it had to be done. Then her family came back and everything shot to hell. They're not my favorite people but the one thing that I do know is that they love Hinata, Haveah, and Havana; and because of that, I've made peace with the fact that they helped Hinata with her pregnancy and helped her raise the girls so far. At least she wasn't alone. And for that reason I could and would tolerate them when they were in my presence. In this line of thinking, I wasn't alone. My uncle and my little cousin Hanabi agreed on this aspect. Gaara, apparently, not so much.
Flashback (With Neji: Not his P.O.V)
Neji had just come back from a date with Tenten. When he walked inside of the house all that he could hear was screaming. It was Hinata and Gaara. To say that he was surprised to hear them fighting was an understatement. They'd been all lovey-dovey for months now and there weren't any problems between the two or at least that's what Neji thought.
"Don't blame that on them. I was the one who left because of what you did. You cheated on me Gaara! …Have you ever thought that maybe if you hadn't done that that I wouldn't have met my mom or Jakey, Gabriella or the rest of my family; that you would've been in the twins' lives from the get go? " Hinata's voice was loud, but the next one was booming.
"So it always end up coming to this? Why can't you accept that I love you; that I'm sorry for everything? What the hell can I do to make you understand that I'm fucking sorry?" It was Gaara. After a few more choice words that Neji couldn't make out because his volume went down, Gaara came rushing down the stairs. He didn't say anything, not even when he'd shoved past Neji to get his jacket off of the coat hooks. The screeching of tires outside were the only sound that Gaara left with.
After he was gone, Neji heard the telltale signs of Hinata crying and the loud ragged breaths of her on the verge of an asthma attack. Neji's only thought was 'What the hell did he do?' as he rushed up stairs to help his cousin.
End of Flashback (With Neji: Not his P.O.V)
He gave her the medicine to stop her asthma attack and was now sitting on the floor beside her with his back against the wall. "I d-id s-s-something so b-ad N-Neji. I-I m-made him so-so mad. He was so mad." Hinata stuttered through her tears. Then she went through everything, stuttering through her tears and hiccups, that was said- how Gaara was rude to her family, how they both provoked each other with their words (but Neji couldn't really see her fault in this, she was only defending her family; something that he too would do in a heartbeat.), how he backed her up against the wall telling her that he was sorry repeatedly, asking why she let Jacob in their bed. The only thing that he got from the whole encounter was that Gaara was jealous of Hinata's friend; jealous that she and the twins were comfortable with Jacob.
"Hinata, you didn't do anything wrong okay. It was all him. He offended your family and you simply defended them. Anyone would do that. But the stuff that you told him about you leaving him was true, right." he watched as she nodded reluctantly. "So as hurtful as the words were, you still did nothing wrong. Gaara, on the other hand, overstepped too many lines, especially pushing you back into that wall. I don't care how jealous he got; he should've never did that."
He looked at her out of the corner of his eyes. Her eyes were as wide as saucers one minute then the next her face was scrunched in concentration. "J-jealous?"
It never ceased to amaze him how highly Hinata saw Gaara, how much confidence and faith that she put into him and his abilities. In Hinata's eyes, the boy was invincible. Just like when they were younger. So it was hard for her to grasp the thought of him being jealous, but Neji knew better. All humans were flawed. And Gaara was very much a human being, so he had insecurities just like she, Neji and all other humans did. He just hid them a little better.
"Yeah, that's the only logical conclusion that I could make. He thinks that your friend Jacob and you have something going on."
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One week later
At the Sabaku Mansion
With Temari
'Gaara's at home again.' Temari thought as she walked downstairs into the living room only to be met with the sight of her youngest brother sitting on the couch in front of the family's flat screen watching Saturday morning cartoons while eating a bowl of cereal. He was shirtless, only wearing a pair of basketball shorts.
"Hey Gaara." He didn't say anything back. All he did was nod his head in notice of her presence and began drinking the leftover milk in his bowl. When he was done, he put his bowl down on the table, going back to watching t.v. Sitting beside him, Temari picked up the remote and turned off the television. He opened his mouth to protest but Temari cut him off. "What's going on with you Gaara? And don't say nothing 'cause I know that something is up with you." Gaara had been acting really weird. He hadn't been spending as much time with Hinata as he'd done a couple months before. He'd been at home for the last few days and had been moping around.
"Some of her family came back from Kingakure." Temari didn't need to know the name of this 'her' he was speaking of because it always was Hinata, who plagued his mind.
"Is that all that happened?" She knew that he was holding out some vital details as to what he had done to make him not spend time with his children.
"When I went home," Temari mentally cringed at the fact that her referred to the Hyuga Mansion as his home. 'This is your home little bro. You live here.' "The girls and Nata weren't at the door like they always are, but the maid told me they were upstairs. I went to our bedroom and I saw Hinata, Veah, and Vana in the bed with some guy and girl. Then there was this woman sitting in the computer chair. I know there were other people in the room, but I got stuck on the fact that Hinata let another man into our bed with our children. I know that they weren't doing anything. For one thing Hinata's not like that and for another, the twins were right there, but they just looked so comfortable with each other. And I was so fucking jeal… let me just say that I see how Hinata felt when she'd caught me with Matsuri. It hurts like a bitch."
"What did you do?"
"Nothing." was his simple answer. But Temari knew Gaara better than that. She knew that her little brother probably did something stupid and hurt him and Hinata's reforming relationship in the process. Temari had started to forgive Hinata for leaving and they'd already started to become friends again. Hinata even had enough courage to confide in Temari a little about her fears of not being good enough to make her rekindling relationship with Gaara last and not being strong enough to stay if it didn't work out.
"Tell me the truth. How did you handle that situation?"
"Seriously, I just left. When I came back they were still there, I got a little rude. And after they left, me and Nata got into a fight. We said some shit to each other that we shouldn't have."
"That's normally what happens during a fight. You say some things that you don't mean and then you apologize to each other once you both cool off and realize how stupid the reason you were fighting was in the first place." Temari retorted with a smirk; however her playfulness was extinguished by the exasperated sigh that her brother gave.
"She brought up me cheating on her with Matsuri being the reason that she left, being the reason that she'd met that stupid bastard and the rest of her and my daughters 'so-called family. And when she did, it felt like she was undermining everything that I've been doing, trying to prove to her that I was hers and hers only. Before I knew it, I'd had her back against the wall. " 'You pushed her up against the wall?' he must've read the shocked expression on her face because he continued to talk. "I know that I crossed a line, but she'd made me so mad that I couldn't think logically. I just lashed out and pushed her up against the wall."
"Please tell me that you didn't hit her Gaara."
"Of course not. I-I'd never hit her. But I think that she kinda got that idea. She looked at me like I was a monster."
They sat in silence for a few minutes. Temari replaying what he said happened in her head. Then the thought of the wellbeing of her nieces pushed if was to the front of her mind. What would happen if this thing continued between Hinata and Gaara, the battle of who could hurt the other worse? The twins would be caught in the crossfire if they kept hurting each other. 'I know that what I'm about to say is going to hurt you Gaara, but it has to be said. Someone has to be the voice of reason in this muddled mess that you and Hinata are getting yourselves into or stop it before it starts. Someone has to make you do the right thing, even if you don't see it at first, even if I trick you into doing it. Forgive me.'
"Gaara, have you ever thought that maybe that you guys shouldn't be trying this again."
He glared at her. "Shut up Temari I don't need this right now okay. Me and Hinata… we we're fine okay?"
"Then why does it sound like your asking me. You know that I'm right…" his glare seemed to intensify, but Temari kept looking him straight in the eye, trying to drive her message home. "Or at least I might be. Look Gaara, I understand that you love her, and she loves you, but sometimes that isn't enough, even when you want it to be. Sometimes you love selfishly and hold on to something that only hurts you both. But you and Hinata have children Gaara. It's not all about your happiness anymore; Haveah and Havana are apart of this. And if you don't stop this emotional rollercoaster that you and Hina keep getting on, the girls are going to be dragged along with you and suffer too."
When she was done talking she looked at Gaara, only to have him avoid her gaze and looked down at his hands. "How can you say that, you were so happy about us getting back together? Now you're telling me that I shouldn't try to be with Hinata."
"Gaara, you aren't happy. Any permanent romantic relationship that you want has to make you happy in some way. Hell, a permanent relationship has to make you happy in every way possible. The good has to outweigh the bad, but with you guys… there's more bad than good. And it's not healthy the way you guys keep fighting. I only want what's best for you and the twins as well as Hinata. And I'm sorry to say that I don't think that Hinata's the one for you."
With that, Temari rose from the couch and went to the kitchen. She hoped her underhanded trick of reverse psychology worked. She was telling him to give up Hinata, only to make him fight for the dark blue haired teen harder. "Come on Gaara. Maybe that scared some sense into you. You and Hina are soul mates. Just don't lose it when you guys have worked so hard to get back to each other, back to where you are. Don't fucking screw this up. Don't screw this up. You're so close to your happy ending."
With Gaara
'Gaara, you aren't happy…relationship that you want has to make you happy in some way but with you guys… there's more bad than good. … I'm sorry to say that I don't think that Hinata's the one for you.' His sister's words kept playing in his head repeatedly. She wanted him to give up, what he's been waiting for three years for, Hinata. During that three years he was miserable and now with Hinata back he is a little happier, but that didn't mean that their love was perfect. They still had major trust issues- mostly her not trusting his faithfulness…presently the situation was vice versa.
Now his sister was telling him that he should just give up on the love of his life, the mother of his children, in order to be happy. That didn't make any sense… Ugh His head hurt.
"Ding!" The bell rang obnoxiously, signaling that school was over. Almost robotically, Gaara got up and headed for the door to leave the classroom.
"Hey, Gaara. Do you wanna come over my house to shoot some hoops with me and the guys?" Naruto asked. The guys; his friends. Choji. Naruto. Shikamaru. Shino. Kiba. Rock Lee. All of them. He'd been really neglecting their friendship to spend time with Hinata and the twins. And in retrospect, he felt kind bad cause it taken them awhile to accept him back into their group of friends after somewhat getting over the fact of him being the reason for Hinata leaving.
He mulled over the idea of not going to see Haveah and Havana, like he planned to do earlier. But he hadn't seen them in a few days, what was a few more. "Yeah, I'll go."
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Gaara was sitting on the concrete sidelines of Naruto's outdoor basketball court. The coolness of fall's air, drying the sweat off his shirtless body. The shirts vs. skins game had been rigorous and everyone was taking a much needed breather. His phone rang in a pocket that was on his backpack…again. He didn't need to look at it to see who was calling. She'd been calling for the past hour non-stop.
"Hey dude, you gonna answer that?" Choji questioned, the crinkling of the potato chip bag in his hand muffled his voice a bit.
"It keeps ringing so maybe it important." Kiba added.
"Na, it's not really important." Finally, getting tired of the annoyance caused by his obnoxious ringing phone, Gaara picked up the phone and turned it off.
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There was a truck in his family's driveway. It looked familiar, but he paid it no mind; it was probably one of his father's business associates. Those guys always played with big boy trucks. After parking and getting off of his motorcycle, the truck door opened and out stepped the boy he'd come to know as Jacob, Hinata's friend, fuck buddy(at least that's what he believed after seeing the guy in her bed).
"What do you want?" Gaara growled.
"We need to have a little talk Sabaku." the black- haired boy replied. "Since you wouldn't answer my calls, it seems that we have to settle for a little face to face thing."
"So that was you calling on Nata's cell phone. Good thing I didn't answer."
"Funny. Very funny. Lay off the sarcasm and just listen to what I have to say."
"What makes you think that I want to talk to you or want to listen to anything that you have to say to me?"
"Because you love Hinata and your daughters- or at least she believes you love them, so I'm going to go on that premise whether it's false or not. Let's get to the point shall we." Gaara didn't say anything back; he just stood there. Jacob must've took that as his cue to keep on talking because he did. "You know, I never liked you. Even before I met you. You were the reason that she was all alone and pregnant with twins… and now that I've met you, I still don't like you."
"Good to know; the feeling's mutual. Now if that's all you wanted to say, get off my family's property. I've got homework to do." Gaara pushed past the boy and walked toward the front door of his home.
"Whatever you think is going on between us is nonexistent. She'd never cheat on you. And from what I know, that's more of your forte." What was with this guy talking to him as if he knew him? He knew nothing about what Gaara had been through to get Hinata back or have a place in their daughters' lives.
"Don't talk to me like you know me." Gaara sneered. "You don't know me."
"You're right. I don't know you. All I have to go on is what I've heard about you and what I've seen. But I do know her. I know her like the back of my hand. She loves you, ya know. It's always been you, even when she tried to move on with me when she was pregnant." Jacob had a small smirk on his face. Gaara assumed it was at his anger.
Gaara could feel a visible tick in his forehead due to this new information. "You tried to get with her while she was pregnant with my kids. Do you know how sick-"
Jacob cut off his rampant rage filled thoughts. "Don't blow a gasket. It was three years ago… And now she's back here with you. Dude she wants to be with you and you have the nerve to walk away. If you keep walking away, she will too eventually. She won't fight forever. You know that better than anyone don't you? She's left you once and stayed gone for three years. She could damn well leave you again. But this time, she may never come back. And then some guy is gonna fix what you've broken, become what she needs in her and the twins' life. He's gonna be a dependable husband and father. " Jacob paused again, his eyes growing colder than they had been before.
This guy hated Gaara. The redhead could feel it. And the redhead could honestly say that the feeling was mutual. As much as he wanted to leave Gaara couldn't his feet were rooted to the concrete walkway that led to the front door of his family's home. "She could find someone else… better than me. To be with her, the girls, and have a real family. No." Gaara shook his head against the ridiculous thought. No man would ever be allowed to be in his children's live besides him. "She wouldn't. Hinata wasn't that vindictive." As soon as he thought that, his mind flashed back to when his father had told him that Hinata was pregnant when she left. His exact words were "No. That can't be true. I… she wouldn't have left. If she knew that she was pr-pregnant. I mean that if she knew… She wouldn't. H- Hinata would never be that vindictive." He'd described her as not being vindictive. But he was lying to himself then just as he was lying to himself now. The definition of vindictive is looking for revenge or done through a desire for revenge. When he'd hurt her by cheating she left out of revenge because she didn't want to be with him and raise her babies with a cheater. Now he was hurting her again and that could definitely bring out the angrier side of her, the side that lashed out at everyone who'd ever loved her, especially him. She could- would leave with Haveah and Havana if he didn't give her a reason to stay, a reason to be with him. And find someone better.
"So tell me, will you be the guy to fix what I've broken?" Gaara questioned.
"No. I'll help her, if that's what you mean. But not romantically. The guy she'll find will be her Prince Charming, way better than either of us."
"Whatever, the only man that will ever be in their life that way will always be me."
"Oh really?" Jacob asked, a small smirk on his face. Was that a smirk of accomplishment?
"Yes really," Gaara hissed back.
"You've already destroyed her once. Have the decency to make her happy this time. And that goes for the twins too. If you don't I'll personally come here, no matter what time of day and beat the living hell out of you. And before you do that 'Is that a threat?' bullshit- it's a threat, a fact and a promise."
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Sabaku Mansion
Gaara's Room
"Who the hell does that stupid fucking idiot think he is. Who gave him the right to talk to me like he fucking knows me or Nata… he does know her-better that I apparently do." Gaara mumbled to himself while lying on his back in the center of his bed. The mostly one-sided conversation that he and Jacob had really hit home with him. Gaara could feel his face lose it's anger and worried features replaced it. She couldn't, wouldn't leave him, not again. She wasn't going anywhere right? A small part of his mind registered what Jacob had said as the truth. Hinata would leave if she felt that Gaara wanted to end it. That's what scared the hell out of him. She couldn't leave. Not now. Not when he's found her and his daughters.
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That Night
Hyuga Mansion
With Hinata
Hinata had just finished putting the children to bed and was about to join them, when the bedroom door opened abruptly, and in walked Gaara. Before she could question why he was here, he was in her face, bending down and kissing her. They kissed for a long while, ignoring that the girls could wake up at any moment and catch them.
When the kiss had cut off their air supply for too long, they pulled apart. There was so much she wanted to say, things she wanted to ask. She hadn't seen him in two weeks. Every call, every text, every email went unanswered. He had ignored her and her guilt for infuriating him in the first place, increased tenfold on the nights when his arms weren't wrapped around her or the girls, protecting them in their sleep.
She opened her mouth to yell at him, to tell him how sorry she felt, but as soon as her lips parted, he started to speak. "I'm sorry. Babe I'm so sorry. Just please don't leave me-please don't leave me. Not again. Not when I have you back in my life." He pulled her close for another kiss.
Leave? Why would she leave? What was he talking about? That's when her phone rang, Jacob's message tone. Pulling away from Gaara, who'd went to sit on the bed with the girls, Hinata went to the computer chair where her phone was. Unlocking her phone and checking her message, Hinata was met with the words, 'You're welcome.'
At first she was stumped, 'You're welcome? What the hell to I have to be welcome for? What did he do that was so awesome?' what had he done for her that she didn't even know about. Then it hit her "Jacob talked to Gaara!" That's the reason Gaara had come so abruptly to apologize. Jacob, must've talked him. She was about ask Gaara what Jacob said that had him so rattled, but when she'd turned to ask him, she found him fast asleep next to the twins, his arm around both of them. Promising herself to ask Jacob and Gaara what happened between them, Hinata texted Jacob the words 'Thanks Jakey, for whatever you did and whatever you said.' before flipping the light switch and joining her family in bed.
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October 31st
Dear Diary,
It's nearly midnight. Today was the last day of the month(Hey, I've been here for Temari's, Shikamaru's, Ino's, Naruto's birthdays. But I missed Avery's and Danny's birthdays). Halloween. Or Candy Day as I like to call it.
The twins dressed up like robots- Bumblebee and Optimus Prime to be exact . I know, weird right. You'd think that two year old girls would want to be fairies or princesses or witches, but not my girls. When we went to pick out the costumes, the girls saw the Autobot costumes and went nuts. Me and Gaara didn't have the heart to tell them that the costumes were for little boys so we bought them the costumes. Haveah, since she was the oldest, chose to be Optimus because he was the commander of the Autobots. And Havana chose to be Bumblebee because she didn't want to be old like Optimus(she did want an Optimus costume, but Veah got the last one so she settled on being the younger Autobot.)
I went as a witch. Stereotypical teenaged girl Halloween costume. I know right? I was feeling magical. Tonight was my first Halloween back in Konoha with my daughters, my little sister (she was a witch) and her boyfriend Konohamaru (he dressed as Superman) my friends(only Naruto, Sakura, Rock Lee, Elea, Kiba, Ino, Choji, and Sami were able to come with us; Temari and Shikamaru had 'better' things to do; Kankuro and Kaylie had to work; Neji and Tenten had 'grown up' up things to do; Natalie and Shino went on a date to this freaky haunted house thing ) , and my Gaara. Okay most of us were too old to be trick-or-treating but who cares.
Okay, back to my costume. It was a black and dark corset dress that came down to my knees. Apparently for Gaara, even though we picked the longest length witch costume we saw, my dress was still too short, so he made me wear some stupid leggings under the dress to hide my exposed legs.
Gaara was… well Gaara didn't dress up(Come to think of it. He didn't dress up when we were younger. Only I did). He just threw on a pair of black jeans and a white hoodie.
We trick-or-treated from about 5:30 to 11:00. Every house-okay every mansion- we went to was a goldmine. They didn't give out measly miniature pieces of candy. They gave out full-sized and king-sized candy bars and pre-bagged candy(loads of candy in each). Hell some houses had free-for-alls(they left the candy in a big bowl sitting on their porches with a note that said take as much as you want). It was an all you want candy fest. Snickers, Twix, SweeTarts, Hershey's; every candy you could think of. It was awesome.
Well it was awesome until we came home(we'd dropped Konohamaru off at home). My father confiscated Hanabi, Haveah, Havana, and my candy. He said that he'd be in charge of our candy intake. And when I asked Gaara to help me get it, find it and steal it from my dad, back, he said that agreed with Dad for taking the candy because we ate entirely too many sweets. What a load of crap!
HOW MESSED UP IS THAT! THE ONE THING THEY AGREE ON IS TAKING IMPORTANT, LIFE CHANGING THINGS AWAY FROM ME AND MY DAUGHTERS AND MY SISTER. THINGS WE NEED TO FUCTION; THING THAT MAKE US HAPPY; SUGARY SWEET THINGS.
TTYL Diary,
Hinata
November
With Hinata
They were watching a movie together. It was a little after noon. And Hinata and Gaara had time alone. The kids were with their grandfather. He said that he was taking them to see Minato and Kushina Namikaze, using the pretense of a business meeting as his excuse for leaving. But Hinata knew the truth; her father was going to show off his adorable granddaughters and brag to his friends.
The characters in the move laughed, but Hinata wasn't really paying attention to the movie. Her mind was a whirlpool of thought. "How am I going to bring this up I can't just outright tell him, can I? I don't want him to get passed." She caught herself after that though. "Wait it's Gaara, of course he gonna get pissed. He hates them. But I at least have to try right?"
Hinata was about to bring up an idea that she had been wanting to ask Gaara about. She wanted to spend Thanksgiving with the Hyugas and the Sabakus, but wanted to spend Christmas in Kingakure. She was just about talk when his hand touched hers, breaking her thoughts of how to approach the conversation. What's wrong, babe " Gaara was looking at her.
"N-nothing's wrong. I just have a lot on my mind."
"About?"
"Nothing much. I was just thing how I'm gonna get my Dad to say yes to us going to Kingakure for the holidays." Hinata replied, peaking up through her lashes to look up at Gaara. As predicted. He was pissed, if that clenched jaw and cold stare were anything to go by.
"No." was the curt reply that she received from Gaara.
"Why not Gaara?"
"Hinata, come on be rational. I'm not letting you and my daughters leave to spend Christmas in Kingakure." What the hell was wrong with her? Did she actually think that he'd agree.
As expected, even though she'd tried to slowly introduce the idea to Gaara, he said no.
"W-w-why not, G-Gaara?" Hinata asked gently. She poked her bottom lip out and stared at him innocently.
"This is their first Christmas here. And I have a lot of Christmases to make up for. And I want them to be able to get everything that they missed out on." Gaara explained. Not feeling up for the movie anymore, Hinata just got up and left Gaara alone. She went to her bedroom and laid in her bed. He didn't follow her.
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"What do you mean we can't go?" Hinata whined to her father. "We'll be here in Konoha for Thanksgiving, and go back to Kingakure for Christmas and New Years. It's a compromise." The idea made perfect sense to her. Both of her families would see her. Her Konoha would get to see Havana and Haveah and her on Thanksgiving, Turkey Day. They could eat to their hearts content together and then on December 25, Haveah, Havana, and her could be with their Kingakure family. It was a fair compromise. Mostly. Of course, since Christmas and New Years were so close together, Hinata would bring in the New Year with her Kingakure family.
"You can try to compromise all you want, Hinata. My answer will still be no. You as well as granddaughters are going to spend the holidays, ALL OF THEM, in Konoha with your family. I understand that you have family in Kingakure but they have spent three Thanksgivings and Christmases and bringing in the New Year with you. Each occasion occurred during the three years that we have been unable to spend with you."
"But Dad-"
"The answer is no Hinata. I understand that you have made attachments since you've been gone. But we are your real family and we have a right to make up for lost times with you as well as my granddaughters. Not to mention that this will be their first holiday season with the Sabakus as well. So I forbid you from going to Kingakure during the holiday seasons." Hiashi said. His white eyes were piercing her, daring her to talk back. Hinata knew that she'd lost this battle. Trying to get through to him when his resolve was so strong was like trying to push a brick wall with nothing but your bare hands; Pointless.
Dear Diary,
This totally sucks. We can't go Kingakure for Christmas. Not only did Gaara say no, but Dad forbad it. How is that fair? The second thing they agree on is not allowing the girls and me going back to spend Christmas with mom, Jacob, Gabriella, Avery, Hayden, Ryan, Danny and Victoria. Hayden's birthday is Christmas day. Our party is always the day after Christmas.
This isn't fair. I know that this is our first Konoha Christmas since the girls have been born, but what about our traditions in Kingakure. We have traditions, unbreakable traditions that are being broken. That's freaking bad luck. You never break family traditions like that. The girls are used to certain things happening- like Hayden's and my party, decorating the tree, making cards, and waking up to their grandma's chocolate chip Christmas pancakes and hot cocoa. How can I tell my mom that we aren't coming back? Jacob? Hayden? Avery? Ryan? Gabriella? Danny? Victoria? Uncle Xavier? Ugh!
This is so not fucking fair.
TTYL Diary,
Hinata
P.S On a good note I was here for Rock Lee's and Natalie's B-days.
December
With Hinata
Ring! Ring! Ring! During the period of time the phone rang, Hinata held her breathe, hoping that her mom wasn't home, that the information of the family not being able to come together on Christmas, after these hectic, life changing months, that she had to relay to the crimson-eyed woman could be delayed another day, another phone call. One where she wouldn't be hurting the people she'd come to call her family.
The call was answered. "Hello?" a childish voice answered. Hinata's heart stopped. It was Hayden. She'd prayed that anyone but Hayden would answer the phone. That she wouldn't have to be the one to break his heart. She'd rather he'd heard it from his parents than from her.
"H-hey Hayden." Hinata stuttered.
"Hey Hina!" he squeaked happily. She could almost hear the smile on his face. "I missed you."
A small smile emerged on her face. "I missed you too buddy. Wh-where's my m-mom?"
"She's in the kitchen making us lunch. Mommy and daddy are at the diner. Where are Veah and Vana?"
"Um, they're downstairs eating lunch with my boyfrie- my friend Gaara, my sister and Dad."
"O-oh." his voice lost some of his chirpiness. He was disappointed.
"But I'll let them call and talk to you later."
"Okay." Hayden went silent, and for a moment Hinata wondered if the green-eyed little boy had hung the phone up on her. She'd been wrapped in her thought process, trying to figure out how she was going to tell him that she wasn't going to be able to come home for Christmas.
"Um- Hayden, we have to-" she never got to finish because he cut her off.
"When are you guys coming home?"
"He doesn't beat around the bush does he?" Hinata thought as he throat suddenly ran dry. Swallowing thick a lungful of air Hinata tried to explain. "Hayden, buddy, we won't be home for a little while."
"But I miss you. Mommy and daddy miss you guys. Aunty Kurenai misses you. And Uncle Danny and Aunty Victoria miss you too."
"I-I kn-know Hayden. We miss all of you too. But we won't be able to come home as we had planned at first. "
"But your gonna be here for Christmas right, Hina?" Hinata's eyes welled up with tears at his innocent misunderstanding of what she was trying to tell him and the familiar sting of upcoming waterfalls irritated her tear ducts. Why was he the one that had to answer the phone? It wouldn't be so hard if it was someone else. Someone older, who could understand that she'd had no choice in the matter.
"No Hady, we can't come home for Christmas."
His sobs were so loud and heart wrenching that she had to pull the phone away from her ear. "W-why not?"
Unable to hold in her tears anymore, Hinata started to cry. "Do-don't cry Hady." She whispered, hoping to soothe him, knowing that it do no good. How could she ask him not to stop when her own tears flowed like a river. "I'm s-so sorry. I'm s-so sorry."
On the other end of the phone line, Hinata heard her mother's voice. She asked Hayden what was wrong. the phone sounded like it hit the floor and Hinata heard the rustling of Hayden's feet as he undoubtedly ran into her mother's open arms. After a few moments, the phone was picked up and Hinata heard her mom's, Kurenai's voice on the phone. "You're not gonna come home for Christmas?" Hinata flinched at the sad tone that her mom was using.
"N-no." Hinata hiccupped. "I-I'm so-sorry." she didn't wait for her mother's reply. She just hung up in the woman's face. Rolling back into the covers, Hinata pulled Gaara's pillow close to her chest and inhaled his natural scent to calm her down. It helped her calm herself, but the tears kept falling.
With Gaara
Outside Hinata's Bedroom Door
"No Hady, we can't come home for Christmas."- he heard her stammer.
"Do-don't cry Hady." he heard her cry. "I-I'm so-sorry." Spending Christmas with her adoptive family meant a lot to her. And he also knew that it meant a lot to the girls. He heard them happily chat about their 'Grandma's chocolate chip pancakes' and going to this party for their 'brother' Hayden and Hinata the day after Christmas.
Listening to Hinata sob I'm sorry constantly, Gaara realized what he had to do. Even though it went against his first decision as well as every selfish fiber in his being Gaara didn't care. He couldn't stand to hear her cry. So he walked into their bedroom only to find Hinata fast asleep. She was holding his pillow. Walking over to her, he saw her cell phone in right beside her in the bed. He picked it up and searched her contacts and found a number. Taking out his phone, Gaara dialed the number and put it up to his ear.
Ring- "Hello."
"Hello, is this Jacob?"
"Who is this?" Jacob asked, his voice deep and manly.
"Gaara."
"How did you get my number?" Jacob questioned.
"It doesn't matter. I need you to do me a favor."
"Why should I help you Sabaku?"
"Because it's for Nata and the twins." Gaara knew that any resistance that Jacob would have melted away with that incentive. The guy would do anything for Hinata, Havana and Haveah.
"What do you need me to do?"
"I'll tell you. Just meet me at McDonalds. The one by the university."
"I'll be there in ten."
:
At McDonald's With Gaara, Jacob and Gabriella
The three of them were sitting in one of the famous food chain's restaurant. Gabriella had tagged along with Jacob. Whether it was to keep the peace or eat, Gaara didn't know. Gaara had just finished telling them the plane for his Christmas surprise for not only Hinata but Haveah and Havana as well.
"Maybe this kid isn't so bad after all." she thought after she finished listening to his plan. What he was doing not only called for a considerable amount of restraint but motivation as well. But when she looked at him as he spoke about how he wanted to see their smiles on Christmas morning, she realized that he wasn't acting for himself but for his family.
"That's so beautiful" Gabriella said. Her light brown eyes held a misty shine to them. "Isn't it just beautiful, Jacob. I mean to go to this length to for them is just wow."
"Yeah, babe, it's all romantic n' stuff, but I got a question. Why are you doing this? You hate our family just about as much as we hate you. So why go to such great links to bring us, the rest of the family, here?" Jacob questioned. His eyes looking right into Gaara's. this kid wasn't just doing this out of the kindness of his heart he'd had to have an angle.
"Simple. It'll make them happy." was Gaara answer. A small smile on his face.
I know it took forever and this was a cliff hanger (I'd planned on chapter 19 being my last chapter, but I had too many loose ends to tie up and the chapter got kinda long so I cut it short), but I hope I at least did a good job for you guys. Tell me if this chapter doesn't flow with the rest of the story. I haven't really read my previous chapters in like forever.
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