Reviving Hatake
Summary: Young, fragile, and confused, Hinata finds herself arranged to marry not a Hyuga but a certain Hatake.
Author: BubbleWarrior32
Pairing: Kakashi H. X Hinata H.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. (Even if I want to)
PLEASE READ MY AUTHOR'S NOTE AND THE 'ABOUT THIS CHAPTER' NOTE AT THE END OF THE PAGE. THANK YOU!
Chapter Seven : Alcohol, Alarms, and Quarrels
Hinata chewed on her lower lip badly as she started to taste the rusty and metallic taste of the blood that now refused to leave her mouth. Just then again, she sucked it out and mentally would slap herself from such stupid behavior. Her gaze was still blurry as he tears ignored her attempts from not letting it flow yet again on her already tear stained cheeks. Slowly, her thin arm stretched to grab the white rolled tissue on the table next to the bed and covered herself in the thick blanket that made her feel invisible from the stare the blonde woman was giving her.
Ino stood by the edge of the bed, still not knowing what to do next. She was supposed to know how to cheer women up, but Hinata was very unlike the females of her circle. She is too sensitive, and at the same time fragile.
"Hinata-chan, you still have to eat lunch. Kakashi-sensei bought you porridge" The pale blonde haired woman said, approaching now the table next to the bed, laying down the bowl of the said porridge. Hinata cringed at the mention of his name. Her red rimmed and glassy eyes looked over the room as she slightly peeked over the blankets.
"If you're looking for him, he's outside to buy some groceries" Ino smiled and sat down on the bed beside the ex-heiress.
"Hinata, cheer up. It's not your fault you were carried away of their expectations and it's still toop early for babies. You should not give up!" Ino flashed her an infamous grin, swaying her long tightly held in a ponytail of a hair.
Hinata gave her a small smile, her eyes though was saying somewhat of the opposite. She was a med nin, a trained one, and she should have known better. The tears threatened to escape her eyes again when Ino pulled her in a tight hug, jerking her up from her position. She could feel their heart beats both heavily thumping on their chests, almost escaping their ribs when finally Hinata gathered her courage and patted Ino's back and mumbled. "Ino-san, gomene. I was not thinking, I had to bother you"
.."Hinata, just call me if you need anything, I'd gladly come to check up on you" With this, Ino gave the Hyuga a nod and an assured smile.
For awhile now, Kakashi has been waiting for the bathroom to open; though it was not as if he needed to use it...he just had to talk to her. Slowly and unconsciously, he found himself growing weary and worried - passive. He wanted to talk to her and all she was doing for the whole day was to avoid him.
It has been three hours and twenty minutes and a couple of seconds exactly since he's been trying to pierce a hole on the door as he stared at it. She has not even walked out of the bathroom. Something must have had happened. Something had.
His white knuckles rapped up on the wooden door of the bathroom, and he swore he heard her gasp a little, and sob a little bit more. "Hinata-chan, I'll open the door" He softly asked, his palm reaching on to the cold bass knob. Kakashi knew she would protest, so before she could, his sadist brain took over, pushing the door open.
Hinata bit her swollen lip as she sunk a little bit more into the tub where she soaked in luke warm waters, bubbled covering her entirely and her hair pinned up by two chopsticks into a messy bun. Her eyes were still red and in her hand was a bottle of whiskey. Her cheeks were flushed too, but the red tip of her nose stood out.
Never in her wildest dreams would she imagine herself marrying her sesnei at the age of 17, or even losing her purity to a man 9 years senior her age; also she never wanted to even press her lips on a man that was not Naruto Uzumaki - but she had to expect the unexpected. At the moment, Hinata was gripping tightly on a half wasted whiskey that Ino had brought her when she came by.
"You're drinking" Kakashi stating the obvious, shifted his eyes on the green glassed bottle and instinctively wanted to grab it and throw it where she could not see it anymore. But he held his stance, his eyes now sinking onto her pale lavender ones.
"Y-Yes I am. I-Ino-san said it could l-lessen my-" Hinata was cut off again by a new batch of tears that approached her eyes and slowly travelled down to her cheeks then to the nape of her neck.
"Drowning problems" Kakashi continued her sentence as a simple remark and not of a question like he supposed it should be. He sat on the dry tiles next to the bath tub where Hinata soaked, his masks was pulled down and he was on his usual house clothes: a sleeveless black form fitting top and a pyjama bottom.
"You shouldn't be as disappointed as you are now" He stated, his fingers finding a misplaced lock on her neck and twirled it with his fingers, slowly leaning on the white tub.
"I failed again. I-I failed you, I failed my clan...I had to bother Ino-san, and you had to stop your missions to..to..for reviving you clan, also the council has been rough on you" Hinata sobbed quietly, not facing the stoned shocked Kakashi. His eyes diverted back to its senses. Of course, Hinata would have known everything.
So, she finally knew. He thought.
"We'll talk about this when you're ready. You'll catch a cold if you don't rinse off"
Kakashi watched her climb on to the bed, slowly and embarrassed with a flush painted on her face. For a moment he caught her staring at him, hair dripping on her small back and her eyes steamy from tears.
"It's nothing to be sad about, it has only been a week, a week and a half. we still have a lot of time ahead of us" Kakashi said, reaching out his hand to her as she crawled nearer to his side.
"I disappointed you again, didn't I?" Hinata asked, her stuttering gone for a moment until she bit her tongue from stopping the tears from falling. Damn she hated it when it happens. It has been a false alarm, true...and it affected her more than it should.
"I was disappointed, but not of you" He replied, his eyes bored into her.
"If you're worried about that, we can always try until we get to have a child. Plus, you're still too young for that"
Hinata's eyes shot him a look, "Y-Y-You're not getting missions because of it"
"Are you sending me away?" He teased, rubbing circled on the back of her hand as he fixed another sitting position on the bed, his back now leaning the bed frame. He knew she has always been that type of woman, a shy, fragile and motherly woman...unlike her colleagues, let him say like Sakura- not that he didn't like his student but Hinata was more of a motherly type than Sakura may ever be.
He frowned at the thought, Hinata was currently sitting across him, her legs were crossed in the similar way his were.
"Sorry, I was too disappointed. I-I-I r-really wanted to make you happy. Bear you a child. Make my father proud, make you happy, serve the council...I-I was too stupid to think that it may have been a-a false al-alarm"
"Things will work out well in the near future, plus Ino-san told you your fertile days? We can start from there" His smile was boyish but not too scary - boyish, handsome, soothing.
Slowly, her hands reached for his face, leaning incredibly close to him. Their mouths were inches apart and he could tell what whiskey and tooth paste she used. She was already toxicating to begin with. He inhaled her scent, her eyelids covering her huge eyes, resting gently.
"I'll make you happy, one of these days...Kakashi, I'll make you happy"
AUTHOR'S NOTE: HI GUYS! I had this worst kind of Writer's block. :( I hope I could update next week (next week is our Final exams for the semester so wish me all the luck I could have!) I am not promising though but i think i just think...i could update as soon. :)
ABOUT THIS CHAPTER: this chapter was one of the most difficult to write on. It sounded and seemed as if it was a simple drabble but it was difficult, really. And to those readers who want to know when they'll have a baby, I tell you it's soon. :) and the next chapter will be a good one (better than this one i hope) plus, this chapter (hopefully told you::) portrays them as a simple husband and wife more than anything their society tells/dictates them to be. and i hope it sent my message just as good as i want it to be. tihee. please review!