CCNote: Sorry for the frequent updates lol! This daily challenge has been great practice and now the end of the story is in sight. There will NOT be a sequel to this story and IDK how many chapters it will take to get to the end but we are entering the home stretch. Please enjoy and don't forget to REVIEW!
Empty
"Nothing happened Hina-chan I swear."
"I know."
Of course, nothing happened since they lacked the capacity to do anything. She and Sasuke had put them in the bed in the first place. They were lucky that neither one had thrown up in the middle of the night.
"I'm sorry for drinking so much too."
She knew that he was. She could tell by the bags under his eyes that he regretted every single one of the sake chugging rematches. The bruise on his forehead, a courtesy from Sakura, likely aided in a headache. He looked so miserable that her own disgruntment with the previous day seemed petty.
So she nodded again and her fiancé let out a sigh of relief. The corners of his blue eyes crinkled the way she always admired. He grinned boyishly and adjusted himself on their couch to lay his head on her lap.
"You're so understanding Hina-chan. Thank you."
Was she though? Was she being understanding or just avoiding conflict?
She could never yell at Naruto the way Sakura had yelled at him. If Naruto yelled at her in kind…she wasn't quite sure how she'd react. Until that morning she'd never heard him yell in anger. It unsettled her a little but Sakura had been unbothered. By the time they left the Uchiha's apartment they were back to teasing each other and bickering like nothing had happened.
The relationship between them was one she could never understand.
'Just accept it if you want to stay sane.'
Perhaps Sasuke was right. He didn't seem bothered by their dynamic so why was she? Sighing she absently ran her fingers through Naruto's hair and he groaned in response.
"I love you." He mumbled.
Normally when he said that she'd become flustered but the butterflies never emerged. She wasn't angry either. She just felt…empty.
"I love you too."