Date Created: September 4, 2014
Date Published: June 23, 2015
Author's Note [1]: Thank you for the review fanofthisfiction! I appreciate the support.
Summary: In which, the younger brother of the First Hokage thinks of his relationship with the cousin of the Ghost of the Uchiha.
Disclaimer: Naruto and characters (c) Masashi Kishimoto
The One Who Was Loved | oo4
Tobirama was not a person to be curious of another's private matters. He did not bother himself with an individual's business. Absolutely, he cannot be involved in a person's mess. In the end, however, he discovered that, yes, he was a curious person to someone's private matters; yes, he bothered himself with her business; and yes, he was involved in Nyorai's mess.
It was not much his fault, but the blame was put on his elder brother. If it were not for him, Tobirama would not have found himself in the problematic situation. It was the First Hokage of Konohagakure that brought this conflict to him because the First requested him to pay a visit to the young and elderly patients in Konohagakure Hospital.
As he, finished with the visit, was about to leave, Tobirama nearly cursed a long list of obscenities in front of the hospital children and elders, and the nurses and doctors. He bit his lip before his reputation of being proper disappeared in a matter of seconds.
The woman, Uchiha Nyorai, his new found interest, was stepping out of the entrance of the hospital. He, at that time, held the door as any individual should. She rubbed her stomach and smiled faintly to him while whispering a soft appreciation of gratitude.
Tobirama glared but immediately schooled his facial expression to his usual stoic and calm appearance. He was hoping to not see her for at least a couple of days as per normal. It was strange for him to meet her three days in a row, but he assumed it was due to the fact that now she was an unmarried woman. However, he also did not want to see her because his elder brother had ordered Tobirama to invite the woman for dinner in the Senju compound. He hoped if he had not seen her, he would not have had to ask. Fate obviously did not work in his favor.
T-Tobirama...
Uchiha-san, you have forgotten the brochure, a male nurse rushed to her, panting.
Nyorai quickly hid the brochure underneath her coat. T-Thank you.
It was too late; Tobirama had read the cover. He held his breath.
The nurse left.
Tobirama stared in disbelief. You... are pregnant, he spoke in a quiet and firm tone.
Nyorai's eyes widened for a brief second before she hurriedly tried to scurry away.
Tobirama grabbed hold of her wrist. Wait.
Slowly but surely she turned and faced him with frightened eyes. She carefully and skillfully slipped her wrist from his grasp, like that of a true ninja.
How long has it been?
Nyorai pulled her overcoat closer to her body. Two months.
Does Shirogane-san have knowledge of this?
No.
Your cousin does not know?
I have only discovered it recently.
I see. He was not one with abilities to comfort. Will you inform Shirogane-san of this?
No, I cannot. We are divorced; he has no responsibilities of this.
You are truly an idiot. He is the father, is he not? The child in you is related to him by blood. He has the right to have knowledge of this at the very least.
Nyorai kept her mouth shut. Her eyes were not of horror now; it was filled with agony, pain, and hurt.
My apologies. I did not mean to go out of line.
There-There is no need for apologies. You are right. Ebisu has a right to know of his growing child in me; however, the time is not right.
Tobirama silently watched her trembling figure. It was only the morning going into the afternoon, and he has already created a horrible day for him and the woman.
Will you come over for dinner? Tobirama murmured.