PLEASE READ: I don't have all the time to finish this story but i will finish it eventually. I'll try to make it this week but i can't promise anything. PLEASE IF YOUR A GUEST READING ALWAYS CHECK CHAPTER 27 FOR ANY UPDATES. Thank you!
Naruto waited impatiently outside the school doors. Hinata had promised to see him right after school but she was taking way longer than what he wanted. The anticipation, the worry that she was okay was killing him. Hinata was a very sensitive person and he knew she walked into that classroom feeling terrified. If she came back to him crying, he would never forgive himself for letting her walk in there alone. He waited and waited for her outside the school and still she was nowhere to be found. Maybe the wait wasn't that long; maybe time was just going too slow for him. It wasn't until he heard quiet footsteps and a faint sound of his name that he knew she had made it.
He checked her face to see any tear marks or swollen red eyes but there was nothing. She actually looked even brighter than when she had walked in. There was a smile on her face; a big warm smile. He was so confused on how she changed from having a panic attack to be completely optimistic. The girl he had seen in the art room did not look like she wanted to make amends. Something was just too peculiar about it and he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
"Hey." He said walking up to her. "How'd it go?"
"Great!" She giggled. "I actually didn't think it would go that well."
"What happened?"
Hinata beamed another smile. She took him by the hand and rushed out of Konoha High school territory. She was just so happy, it was so odd.
"At first she was kind of rough on the edges but then she just I don't know, got friendly."
Naruto didn't understand that. How could Tenten just become so nice like that? He remembered her stare; he remembered how cold it was. His guts twisted when he saw it and if he felt that pain, there had to be something wrong about her.
"Was there anything that made her act differently? Like did you say anything that caught her attention?"
Hinata kept quiet for a second. Tenten did start to act a lot more amiable once she had mention who her father was. Sure she thought it was weird at first but after that she didn't think much of it. There wasn't anything bad in Tenten knowing who Hinata's father was, right? They were friends weren't they? She had the right to know.
"Well she did seem to get really interested in knowing more about my dad." She responded.
That rose Naruto's suspicion. Why would Tenten care about knowing her Dad? If she cared so much, it would have to be for something terrible, it had to, he knew it had to. There was something about that girl that he was a hundred percent positive she was up to no good. So what was her objective? What was the purpose in finding out who Hinata's father was? If it was to hurt her, why would she need the name. . .it had to be for something bigger than just to unfriend. But what?
What could it be, what could it fuckin' be? What's so important abo—shit!
His internal cuss word accidently passed his lips. He turned to look at Hinata and just as he expected, his random blurt made her back away. He wanted to tell her what he had discovered but the words weren't coming out of his mouth. So many emotions, so many thoughts were clogging up his sanity that he couldn't manage to reveal anything to her.
Of course Tenten wanted to know Hinata's father's name, because Tenten was a bitch. Hiashi was the only person who didn't know anything about their relationship and he most likely was the one person that hated Naruto the most. Tenten was going to tell him, Tenten was going to fuckin' tell Hiashi about their long kept secret. He could only imagine how much trouble that would cause for the both of them.
"You okay?" Hinata asked patting his shoulder.
Naruto shook his head. He didn't want to scare her; he didn't want her to feel blamed. It was probably best to keep it to himself. Hinata was a great person but she struggled with coping, Naruto felt like he was a shaky version of a great person but always knew how to recuperate and confront problems. It seemed that he was more suitable in knowing about Tenten's cold plans. He would just have to warn her, prepare her, give her hints for what was coming.
"I'm fine." He tried to smile. "It's just—be careful, okay?"
Hinata gave him a confused look. What did he mean by that?
"Why?"
The blonde sighed and nervously scratched the back of his. "You're too kind and innocent to see any bad in people. You don't actually believe anyone would be willing enough to hurt someone else. You don't believe that because you wouldn't do it and you've never been around people who would either. There isn't anything wrong with that, that's actually really good. There aren't many people like you but there's a negative to that as well. You can't see the dark side of others because you don't have any darkness in yourself. That makes it easier for people to use and take advantage of you too."
Hinata still didn't get what he was saying. Where was he going with this? Did this have to do with Tenten? She had seen her angry side and she had also seen her friendly side too, what was the big deal?
"Naruto, I don't understand what your trying to say."
They were almost at the end of the village markets. Hand by hand they walked down the crowded group of people. Naruto was trying to be as calm as possible. He wasn't going to tell her what he really wanted to say but he did want her to know what he felt about Tenten. How could he explain to her without shocking her? How could she get the message without freaking out?
"Tenten is what I'm trying to say. I don't like her, no, I don't feel something right about her. She worries me, Hinata."
"Tenten is a great person, Naruto." She smiled. "You don't have to be scared of her."
Naruto looked down at the beautiful Hyuga. God he didn't want to tell her, god he didn't want her to know. But she had to, she had to be aware of the troubles that might occur.
"Alright, here's what's up. I think Tenten is disguising herself as a good friend. I think she's up to something that will get us both into major trouble. I'm not trying to scare you Hinata but that's just how I feel. "
"I use to feel that way too but from what I saw just awhile ago, I don't think she'll be doing any of that."
Naruto attention was caught by her first six words. She had felt the same eerie feeling as he did, but when?
"You thought she was gonna do something bad too?"
"Yea, when we were walking down the hall this morning, I saw Karin and Tenten together. I felt like they were going to hurt us but I don't know, I think it's was just all in my head."
Naruto's eyes widened. Tenten and Karin were together today!? Well fuck! That just proves that things were going to escalate. His two severe most dramatic ex-girlfriends met and now were the best of buds.
"Why didn't you tell me this?" He asked putting his hands onto her shoulders. "Why?!"
"I just—you looked so happy!" She cooed. "I didn't wanna ruin your day!"
They were already at the gate of her house. It was really surprising how fast they made it. Naruto face was easily losing its cool. He was nervous now. One thing was Tenten but another thing was Tenten and Karin. Tenten was a grudge holding psycho and Karin was a possessive bitch. That red-head was always up on his business. She always wanted to know, where he was, why he didn't call her, who was the girl he was talking, who was that other girl he was talking to, and all kinds of weird stuff. Naruto hated to be alone, loneliness was his arch enemy, but there's a total different feeling when someone constantly is tracking you, it's not comforting at all. Karin with her elite bitchery skills and Tenten with her ice heart would create the master combination of evil. He already knew who the puppet of the duet was, obviously Tenten because obviously Karin was a control freak. She most likely told Tenten to sniff out as much information from Hinata that she could so they could backfire it later. Yup, Karin was the mastermind, no doubt about it.
She wasn't even that good in bed. . .I probably shouldn't be thinking that. . .but she wasn't, she was really really bad.
"Naruto?"
The worst. Obnoxious yelling, practically sounded like sirens. . Kinda like, "look we're having sex!" Jeesh it was disturbing. Hinata was better, Hinata isss better. She's perfection in every—
"Narutoooo?"
"Huh." He said jolting back into reality. He hadn't realized how long Hinata had been poking his forehead. Wow, he most've bee really spaced out and how embarrassing was the reason behind it.
"What happened?" She giggled. "Almost lost you there."
"Sorry about that." He laughed. "We're uh already here so I better head of."
He kissed her forehead and hugged her goodbye. This conversation had led to nowhere but maybe it was better that way. He would be in charge of fixing the problems without Hinata ever knowing. It was easier way.
"Bye." He waved as he walked off.
"Bye."
"Wait up! You're walking too fast!" Naruto yelled behind the navy haired-girl.
"Hurry up then!"
The shy girl sped up her pace as she passed through the crowds of people, not caring who she bumped or almost crashed into. Today was the day; today was the day Hinata would find out if she was pregnant or not. Ino, out of all the days, had called in sick this morning. Hinata nearly screamed when she didn't see her first period. The only way she could find out if the test was still on was by messaging her during one of her classes. Luckly Ino was a blessed soul and she said that even though she was dying, she would gladly allow her friend to pee in her bathroom for a test.
"Okay okay now you're running."Naruto breathed out behind her. "Slow down you might run past time."
"Hey, that was actually really poetic." Hinata complimented with a smirk. "Very deep, Naruto. It was beautiful."
"Yeaa, you like that." He grinned proudly."Clever shit, huh."
Damn. He was so out of shape. He hadn't been practicing his favorite sport lately. Ever since he got kicked off the basketball team, he hadn't cared much to get better. Now he was paying for it, real bad. His body was aching and he could hardly breathe. Hinata was practically almost a mile away. It was so embarrassing how she didn't even play a sport yet she could dash right ahead of him without a sweat. It was so embarrassing that he had to crack jokes in order for her to slow down.
"We're here Naruto. You can take a rest now." Hinata said walking up the stairs to an apartment building.
It was a zigzag of stairs that never ended. It was so dreadful, at least for Naruto it was. His knees and thighs couldn't take anymore. The girl lived on the sixth floor which meant Naruto had to walk up six staircases.
"So when's that rest coming, babe?" He panted.
"Now."
They reached the end of the stairs and entered a small hallway that had three doors on each side. Fortunately, Ino's apartment was the first door on the right so Naruto instantly fell to the floor and rested his hands on his knees. Hinata knocked on the door a couple of times but there was no response.
Is she not home? I could've sworn she-
"Dammmnnn." The blonde whined. "I'm so pooped."
He laid his body on the concrete floor and stretched his arms out to the sides. The cool feeling of the floor felt so good on his back. He could've fallen asleep right then and there if he wanted to.
"Eww Naruto, people spit on there." Hinata said above him.
"I don't care." He said tilting his head up. His face suddenly changed into something very mischievous. "Besides, I can see your underwear from down here."
Hinata immediately blushed by his comment. She closed her legs tightly and pulled her skirt down. "Don't look!"
The whiskered boy laughed at her flustered reaction. "I'm just kidding." She said sitting up. "I'm just really tired. That's all"
He laid back down on the floor and closed his eyes. "And you know what I noticed. The stairs are attached outside the apartment."
"Yea?"
"So like when it rains, the stairs get wet because they aren't covered by the roof. So isn't that like dangerous?"
"Of course." Hinata nodded.
"So then how do they go up and down the floors without getting hurt?"
"It's simple. They use the elevator."
The what?!
Naruto jolted back up to face her. His eyes were wide open and filled with shock.
"There was an elevator." He huffed. "This whole time there was a machine that could bring us up these six floors and we didn't use it!?"
Hinata nodded once again, this time with a big smile.
"Oh my god, You biiiiii—big hearted person who cares but my health."
His face started to burn up and he nervously began to laugh. "Hehehe."
He was so close to cussing at his girlfriend, oh so very close. He had always dropped a couple of bad words around her but never at her, like aiming towards her. It was just too cruel to do that to her. Guiltiness ran throughout his body as he looked at her face. It didn't seem like she noticed anything; it actually looked like she didn't understand what was going on with him. Of course she didn't, she was too innocent to realize it.
"You okay?" She asked.
"Yea I'm fine." He said standing up. "I haven't really been exercising much so I get tired really fast."
"Oh." She nodded in return. She banged on the apartment door once again in hopes that someone would hear it.
Why isn't she coming?!
Before she could knock a third time, Naruto slid himself in front of the door. Grinning, he grabbed her waist and pulled himself closer to her. "Ever since I got kicked of the team I have been so out of shape." He whispered in her ear. "But look I still got it."
He backed away and lifted up his white uniform. Revealing a nice toned six pack, he grinned. "See, they're still there."
Hinata tried her best not to blush at his seductive body. God, why did Naruto have to be so attractive and why did he always have to get horny in the weirdest places.
"Do you wanna touch them?" He said grabbing her wrist. "Just like you did in my bedroom, y'know, when we did it."
Hinata's face turned beat red. She quickly removed her hand away from his grasp and shook her head.
"N-No." She blushed. "Put your shirt down. Ino might open the door and you see you."
Naruto laughed at the classical agitation of her girlfriend. He obediently pulled down his shirt and tucked it back inside. "You need to help me get fit, Sunshine. If I exercise with you in bed, I'm sure I'll be more energized."
Hinata covered her face to hide her heated embarrassment. "Oh my gosh." She said shaking her head. "Calm your urges, Naruto."
She pushed him away from the door and began to bang on it repeatedly, this time a lot harder than before. Her knocks were so loud and echoing that Naruto thought she was going to disturb the entire six floors of the apartment.
"Calm down. Your gonna break the do—"
"I'M COMING!" A voice yelled from the inside of the apartment. The door suddenly flung open and out came a spontaneous Ino. "Jeezus Hinata, I was in the crapper. I had to cut my meditation because of your loud fist sla—"
She hadn't noticed Naruto was outside with Hinata. It wasn't until the blondeness of his hair appeared from the corner of her eye that she knew he was the there. How embarrassing, the way she spoke to Hinata was the way best friends always talked to each other. Sometimes 'TMI' did not exist in their conversations. Ino felt flustered out of her mind that Naruto had heard her say that she basically was taking a shit.
"Sorry Naruto." She laughed nervously. "I had no idea you were here.""Come in." She gestured the couple to enter.
The two walked in and sat on her creamy colored couch. Naruto took a moment to look at the place. It was actually a really nice apartment. It was small but cozy and it had a warm feel to it. The living room was right in front of the kitchen that was divided by an open wall. There was a small hallway on the left that obviously led to the rooms and there also was a small door that was right beside the couch they were sitting on that opened to a balcony. And that was pretty much it, it was pretty small but it was nice.
"I like your place." Naruto smiled to Ino. "I like the vibe."
"Do you?" She teased. "It's pretty small but it's got everything we need. And it's affordable too, so I'm not complaining."
She walked to the kitchen and opened a drawer that rested beside the sink. Hinata could hear her loud scavenger hunt for the pregnancy test. It was quite funny how she could hear her mumbled curse words and her constant 'what the hell's' and 'when did we buy this?'. Ino was so funny and she didn't even know it.
"Ah ha!" She finally said. "Are you ready, Hinataaaaa?"
She scurried her way back to the kitchen and dramatically bent down on knee in front of Hinata. She bowed her head and stretched out her arms to reveal a small pink box. "I give you the gift of baby detecting. Protect it with your life."
Hinata giggled at Ino's exaggerated acting. "Shut up." She said pushing her away. "So how does this work?"
"You pee on it." Both blondes said at the same time. Ino took her to the bathroom and gave her directions on what to. Naruto could hear it all the way from the living room. Girls were so loud, so evidently loud. Ino, a few minutes later came back to talk to Naruto.
"What if I don't have the urge to pee?" Hinata yelled from the bathroom.
"Just focus, girl! Try harder!" Ino yelled back.
Naruto breathily laughed at the comical show he was witnessing. The girls were close, a little too close. It was funny. Hinata lost her shyness when she was around Ino because Ino was just a free going spirit. God, wouldn't it be nice if his friends and Hinata's friends could all just eat together in the same table and be happy about it. That's what they had long been battling for but unfortunately, not all of Hinata's friends were an Ino.
"So, where do you live?" She asked him as she opened the fridge to get a soda bottle. "Close by or what?"
"No." Naruto shook his head. "Not by here. I live by the mafia head quarters. You know where that is? It's that gate that has that welcome sign that someone spray painted to say, 'welcome to hell'."
Ino's eyes shot open by his words. She nearly choked on her cherry soda. "What the fuck?! You live there?! Is that place like dangerous?"
"Yup."
"Then why do you live there?!"
"It's cheap." He shrugged. "It's something I can pay for."
"You mean your parents." She giggled.
He didn't say anything. Ino's suspicion began to rise. Naruto was never a silent person; he always had something to say whether it was a joke or comment, he always talked. . . .and smiled which he wasn't doing right now.
"You said you liked my house, why?" Ino said hopes of opening him up.
"I just do." He simply said. "It's nice."
Ino folded her shoulders in front her chest and titled her head. She knew he was lying, hiding, running away from something. It was so obvious that it hurt.
What are you hiding from?
"You can be honest with me, Naruto." She warmly said. "I'm not like Sakura. I listen, I understand, and I give advice. You can trust me."
Naruto sighed and a half smile attempted to appear on his face. Every time someone mentioned his parents it's like all his happiness gets drained out of him. It doesn't matter if he's with Hinata or his friends, it just happens. He tries to control it but he can't, it's a trigger word, a stabbing word that he can't wash away.
"You really wanna know why." He softly said looking at the floor. "Do you really?"
"Yes." Ino quickly answered. She saw how he slowly lifted his head up. His eyes were sad, dead, out of gleam. It was so odd yet painful to see him like that.
"Because." He sighed. "The smaller the better I guess. When you live in a big house and you don't really need all that space, I guess you get kind of lonely. You don't know what to do with all that empty space, you don't who to share it with. Sure, there's always that ball of happiness that comes to visit every once in awhile but what happens when it leaves? You're alone again; you're sad again, feeling isolated, excluded, unwanted. It hurts, a lot. Sometimes I can't deal with it, sometimes I don't know how. I can take a couple of blows, I can take a couple of insults. Why? Because I can see it, I can hear it, its right in front of me. But how can I possibly fight something I can't see? It causes so much pain but it's not visible, I can only feel it. It eats me up inside and I can't stop it. That's why I like small places because even the walls can become your company. There isn't as much loneliness. It takes up the empty space that's why I love it. "
He kept quiet afterwards. Only a soft exhale escaped his lungs. Ino had no idea he was capable to express such depression in his words. Ino had idea of this side of him, his dark side. Not the dark side that keeps evil inside someone but the darkness of sadness. Naruto was in pain, deep psychological pain. He felt alone, almost constantly. It almost sounded like he lived alone, did he? Not once had he mentioned his parents. Was it that they were always working? Always out?
"Naruto, are your parents always working? Is that way you feel alone?"
Nothing. Not a word.
"Naruto, do you have parents?"
He shook his head. Finally he had the guts to reveal his personal secret. Ino's eyes widened and a billion thoughts ran through her mind but not her lips. She didn't say anything after his answer. She kept calm and still.
"Have you. . .have you told her?" She whispered.
He shook his head.
"Naruto, you have to tell her. This is not the time to keep secrets."
"I know." He said massaging his face stressfully. "I just don't know how to tell her. She's been so stressed out about the pregnancy that I can't find an opening."
"I won't tell her, Naruto. I promise I won't. But you'll have to tell her eventually, like as soon as possible."
"Ino!" Hinata's voice echoed down the hall.
The blonde started to make her way to the sound but just before she left, she turned her head to face Naruto. "And a word of advice." She softly said." You're not alone. You have us and your friends. That loneliness is all in your head but don't worry that's okay. Everyone has it, it hits everyone. It hit me, it hit Hinata, it hit Sakura, it's a little demon that always comes to attack. But hey, you'll only feel alone if you make yourself alone. Does that make sense? Like when you're with the people you love just enjoy the moment and when you come back home to that empty apartment, just remember the people you cherish, that you'll see them tomorrow. We're not going anywhere. We're here with you."
Naruto was completely speechless. He couldn't think of anything to say. It wasn't that it had hurt him but that it left him shocked. Again, it left him speechless, speechless because it was so beautiful.
"Ino, I-" Hinata said walking in. she stopped her sentence once she saw It was awfully quite in the room, way too quiet. Naruto looked like he was completely frozen and Ino just silently stood next to Hinata smiling. "What happened?" She asked with a taint of confusion in her soft voice.
Ino went back to the kitchen to put her soda back into the fridge. "Nothing!" She said closing the door. "I was just tryin' to get more details on your lessons but he wouldn't budge. He's really awkward about it. Sad isn't it?"
Hinata instantly turned a strawberry red. Of course Ino wanted to know more about the lessons because Ino was a major perv and fangirl. "Don't tell her, Naruto. She'll drool all over it."
"Yea." Naruto nodded slowly. His voice sounded a little droopy, almost like he was lost. He got up with from the couch and walked to Hinata. "What's up." He said grabbing her waist with one arm. "Did you pee?"
"Yes." She said pulling out a small stick from her skirt's pocket. "I waited a little bit and then I saw a symbol on the thing. I don't what it means but maybe you can tell me."
She walked towards the kitchen and gave the stick thing to Ino, right in her hands. Her urine was right in her hands. "Hinata!" She squeaked flinging the pregnancy test onto the floor. "Your pee was all over the thing! Ewwww!" She turned on the sink and covered her hands with gallons of soap. "Gross Hinata gross."
The dark-haired girl rolled her eyes exaggeratedly and continued on with her life. "Just read it to me when you're done." She said running back to Naruto.
"Naruto, hold me!" She said jumping into a dramatic trust fall into his arms. "I can't look."
Her petite body rested on his chest so delicately that it gave him butterflies. She was just so adorable; it had to be a natural trait. He poked her ribs in her prized tickles spots causing her to jerk and giggle.
"Kiss." He said tilting his head down to her. Hinata went up on her tippy toes in effort to kiss him but it was useless. The way she struggled to reach his lips was just the cutest thing. His girlfriend was literally one and only. Eventually, with no such luck she gave up. "I can't." She giggled. "You're too tall."
Naruto lowered himself a few inches to her face and slightly pressed his lips onto hers. Ino saw the whole damn thing and just about died in by her overwhelming happiness.
"Alrignt you two cuties, don't let me drown in my feels."
The blonde haired girl took the stick and the pink box and laid them next to each other. "Are you ready!" She yelled through the kitchens window.
"Yes." The two answered back.
"I said are you ready!" She said stretching her arms out in excitement.
"Yes, Ino." Hinata said a little less content then the first.
"I can't hear you! Are you rea-"
"Ino. Yes, we're ready. I promise." Hinata said with an annoyed stare.
"Okay okay sorry." She giggled. She read the box attentively, mumbling a few words from time to time. She stared at the stick for a couple of seconds and then back at the box again. Her eyes suddenly shot open and the smile she currently had faded with her last breath. She let go of the stick and backed away. Cupping her mouth, she kept repeating 'oh my god'. Her face stared back at the couple in horrifying shock. Hinata and Naruto gulped at same time. They both felt their stomachs drop to the floor painfully. Hinata was pregnant? Was she really?
"Ino, what is it?" Naruto bravely asked hiding his nerves.
"Guys I—oh my gosh. . . "She clamped her hands onto her head and shook it slowly. ". . .I completely forgot to call in sick this morning!"
What. . .
"Ino, that's not funny. You scared us for a second, big time." Hinata scolded with a bright red face. A part of her was extremely relieved that she wasn't shocked because she was pregnant but the other side of her was not in the mood for childish games. This was serious, really serious. Ino was just too much of a natural jokester to see it.
"I wasn't trying to be funny! Do you see this face laughing?" She said pointing to her mouth. "No. I'm being so freakin' serious!"
Hinata sighed in mild annoyance. "Ino, you did call in sick, remember? You said it in our chat."
"Yea I called in sick for school! Not for my job! They have no idea why I'm not there right now! The only reason why I remembered just now was because I saw the flower on the box! And I was like 'Oh shit! The flower shop!'."
"I'm sorry, Ino. You'll be fine. Now, can you tell us if I'm pregnant."
"No."
Both Naruto and Hinata were startled by her response. "Why not?" Hinata said a little hurt. "Why don't you wanna tell us?"
"What? No, I mean like you're not pregnant. There's no baby."
Hinata was so happy, so relieved, that she couldn't even speak. Her days of terror and worry were finally over. It felt like this one thing had been crossed out of her stress list and it just brought great ease to her. Her boyfriend scooped her up in his arms and twirled her around. "Yes! I told you! I told you I had lazy sperm! Yes!"
Hinata cupped his face with great joy and kissed him repeatedly. This had to be the greatest news of the century. The Hyuga wasn't pregnant; she wasn't pregnant at seventeen. She didn't have to tell her father about any upcoming family member and she probably didn't have to tell him anything about her intimacy with Naruto. This was great, absolutely great. She now could tell everyone who was worried that there was no need at all. It was perfect just perfect. She learned her lesson to never open her legs at such a young age especially without protection. She learned that as long as she stayed with Naruto or really with any guy, she wouldn't be having sex until it was the right time.
"You guys seem happy, good." Ino smiled. "But make this a warning. Promise yourselves that there won't be a next time until you're actually ready."
The two lovers released themselves from their hug and turned to Ino. Hinata gave an assertive nod while Naruto pretended like he didn't hear anything. He put his hands in his pocket and leaned back as he slowly moved around boyishly. His weird behavior wasn't ignored by neither of the girls in the room, in fact, they couldn't keep their mouths shut.
"Naruto, you didn't nod." Hinata said grabbing his sleeve. "Say yes or something."
Still, he didn't say or do anything in response. "Naruto, I'm not gonna take of my clothes for you anymore so you might as well say yes."
The lavender-eyed girl pulled his face to her direction and seriously looked back at him, or at least, tried to. "Say yes." She kept repeating as Naruto kept pulling away laughing. "Narutooo-"
"Hinataaa" He mimicked smiling. "I didn't say anything because I—"
"Because Naruto loves that cherry. Hinata, Hinata, Hinata, what do you have under there?"
Ino with her outgoing words, burst the room with an awkward vibe. Both Hinata and Naruto turned beat red by her lovely comment. It was already blush intoxicating when Naruto teased Hinata in the randomest of places, now that Ino was doing it too and in front of Naruto, it was enough to make the Hyuga drop dead. Naruto could say same thing except he wasn't flustered by his own comments but Ino's unexpected ones.
"T-that's not what I was gonna say." Naruto mumbled with a strong inevitable blush on his face.
Ino from that point wanted a cape and crown along with a nice staff and throne. She had so much power over them. She just knew how to burn their faces red. It was adorable and the funniest thing to watch. Whoever said Naruto was a heartless fuckboy was a downright idiot. He was quite the sentimental person with a very chill character. Hinata was basically the same type of person. Of course they connected so strongly, they had so much to relate to.
"Awww." Ino cooed. "You stuttered. I've never heard you stutter before."
She walked on over to Naruto and wrapped her arm around his neck as if she was one of the guys. "If balls could blush yours would be apple red."
The redness on Naruto's face increased immensely. The heat from his blushes were so strong that he started to sweat. It was official Ino had no boundaries; she had no idea what was the difference between personal and public. As much as Naruto wanted to be the one laughing along with her, he couldn't. When it came to sharing memories of their intimacy, Naruto found it to be so agitating and uncomfortable. Those were his memories and his only. He just felt that if he shared it to anyone, they would immediately imagine it in their head and that was just too weird for him to handle. He couldn't believe he was like that before, how he had so much confidence in spilling out his moments in action so easily to just about everyone. He wouldn't dare to say anything about his precious gem now.
"Alright Ino, the personification in your sentence made me feel violated." Naruto said shrugging her arm off of him. He made his way behind Hinata and hid himself behind her hair. The way he nuzzled himself on her neck made him look so puppyish. He needed Hinata, he was so dependent on her. He acted like a little boy who ran to his mother when he was scared. Hinata was the ease and awes to his life and Ino could see it by only being in the same room with them for less than five minutes.
"I think I scared him, Hina." Ino giggled. Hinata chuckled in return. She caressed the blonde spikes that rested on her shoulder and kissed his head. "No." She shook her head. "You just made him feel a bit too uncomfortable."
"Is that why he has to run to you like a child?" The blonde girl grinned. Naruto looked back at her not saying a word. His piercing blue eyes only held onto her for a few minutes then calmly returned to Hinata's neck. Closing his eyes, he rubbed his cheeks on her skin and tightened his grip around her small body. Despite Ino's playful teasing, Naruto didn't bother to incorporate his jokes. At first he was feeling a bit edgy but then, the moment he touched Hinata, he didn't care anymore. Hinata really was the eraser to all his mild problems.
"He's like attached to you. Like a magnet or something."
Ino exhaled in admiration. They were so beautiful. Her long term fantasy, now canon couple was so beautiful. She wished her relationship was like that but unfortunately, her boyfriend was more of the slow learning type.
"I wish I had what you guys had." Ino said stretching out her arms. "My boyfriend isn't like that."
"You don't like Sai anymore?" Hinata asked.
"No no no I do. I love Sai and I wouldn't break up with him any time soon. It's just that he has trouble talking to people. So I'm kind of the Naruto in the relationship."
"Yeaaaa." Naruto breathily laughed in Hinata's ear. "You hear that Hinata? She's the Naruto in the relationship. I'm a word that means dominant."
The two began to talk to each other back and forth until Hinata was too flustered to continue. Most of their conservation was too inaudible to understand. It was a mixture of whispers and mumbles that Ino couldn't really make up. Naruto must've been quite the bad boy to make Hinata turn red so quickly. She always wondered what it was that they did and said behind closed doors. Were they sweet gentle lovers or an aggressive yet passionate couple? Was Naruto a hitter in bed? Did Hinata let him or even more shocking, did she like it?
Ino quickly shook those dirty thoughts out of her head. Why was she thinking so naughtily about her friends? Jeez, she needed help. Jeez, she was a major pervert.
"Guys I hate to let you go but I kinda gotta get to work." Ino shyly interrupted their talk. "I really can't afford getting fired. Money is key to living in this world so I guess I just have to go work sick even if I enter late."
Hinata and Naruto comprehensibly made their way to the door and opened it. Naruto gentlemanly held the door for Hinata to walk out first.
"Thanks Ino." Hinata waved at her as she walked to the steps.
"Yea thanks." The whiskered boy repeated as he followed her out. Just before he closed the door, he turned to look at Ino one last time and smiled. "And thanks. . . .For everything else."
And with that he shut the door and rushed on over to Hinata. Ino stood there motionless. She had no idea what to feel. She was shocked, happy, proud, incredibly touched, so many emotions ran through her that she couldn't just pick one. She couldn't believe Naruto actually had listened to her; she couldn't believe she actually had helped in some way. Ino had never been incredibly gifted with words but she was always there to help anyone who needed it. She, without any care in the world, started to dance. She dance her happiness out with great pride. Ino was the leader, founder, captain, and counselor of the NaruHina fanclub. After this there was no denying.
"If I don't win the best friend award, then nobody can. I deserve it!"
"Naruto, why didn't you say anything when Ino said no more sex?" Hinata asked as they walked down the empty path to her house. They were only a few feet away from her house and she couldn't keep herself from not asking him that question. They never really got an answer at Ino's house and honestly, she didn't want a next time, not after what she experienced. She wanted to avoid sex as much as possible in order to keep the baby trauma away.
"Because. I didn't want to." Naruto said as he put his arms behind his head. "I like—"
"What?! Why not?!"
Hinata was even more than blushed face shocked, she was completely tongue-tied. How could someone be so addicted to intercourse? Why was Naruto unable to stop his urges? After this, she would've thought he never take out his member for anything but to pee.
"Why can't you stop being so horny?"
"It's not like that." He corrected. "Forget about the sex, okay. We're not doing it anymore. After this, I know you wouldn't want a penis inserted in you until you're like forty."
"Naruto. . ." Hinata said giving him an eerily look. "That's so. . .specific."
"Whatever. What I mean is, I like you; I like you a lot. I like your personality, your talents, your face, your body and sometimes I wanna cherish it in a way that nobody else can. It makes me feel so damn special. I mean don't get me wrong, I love talking to you; I love cuddling with you and being our own stupid selves but I also y'know, I also like touching you."
"No I don't know." Hinata said shaking her head. "I love you and I don't ask for sexual favors."
Naruto breathed out laugh. He pulled her waist closer to him and tilted his head to look at her eyes. "That's because you're too shy to ask for it, babe." He whispered sexily on her lips before kissing her. "But every time I do you the pleasure you always end up moaning in pure bliss."
"I-I only do that to make you happy." Hinata stuttered. She pushed his face away and sped up ahead. She was trying to keep a distance from her teasing boyfriend but it was useless. He came running next to her within a heartbeat.
"Really? Are you sure about that?" He said looking straight at her side view. "Because-"
"Yesss I'm sure. " Hinata responded as confident as she could. She was sure she sounded more believable than the first time. She was absolutely certain it was enough to make him leave her alone. But unfortunately Naruto wasn't a quitter when it came to proving he was good at the art of sexual desire.
"Hinata, I've seen your body twitch. I've felt your muscle tighten and your juices spill all over the place. How are you going to tell me you don't like it? I know your body and I know how it works."
Hinata once again pushed his face away but this time he managed to grab her wrist. "Why are you so in denial, Sunshine?" He seductively said as he ran his nose down her arm.
"Why do you care so much?" She said trying to let go of his grasp.
"Because as a guy, we don't like to be told we suck in bed. We actually like to think we're good at it. After all, we do the giving more like, pounding. It's a lot work to be told we're not good at it. And I know that I'm good at."
"It's not that hard." Hinata disagreed. She yanked her arm out his grasp, almost slapping him, and jogged ahead.
"Oh no you don't." Naruto said barging in front. "It's totally hard. Have you ever been in a plank position and tried thrusting at the same time without getting exhausted or falling over? No, you haven't. Guys have to find a way to thrust their hips in whatever position their in without their buddy slipping out; Guys have to make sure that if there on top that they don't slam their bodies onto the girl because then the girl complains that there too heavy on them, and guys have to increase the speed of their pounding as much as the girl wants it to. Hinata, when we had sex for the first time you kept begging me to go faster. I went as fast as my body could go because I knew from the very beginning of our lessons that you liked it fast and I couldn't leave you unsatisfied. You think I wasn't tired after that?"
"Ugh! Naruto, I don't know where you're going with this!" Hinata whined as she clamped her hands on her head then ran them down stressfully. "I asked you a simple question and long behold it came to this!"
Yes, Hinata was normally a nice shy girl but boy did Naruto know how to drain that out of her. He always managed to annoy her in the moments where she least wanted to be. He was such a child; a child who just loved making someone pull their hairs out, then right after the fit would ask for forgiveness. If Hinata had to name him after anything else in this world, he would probably be a sour patch kid. First he was sour then he was sweet. Naruto was very romantic when he wanted to be but he could also be such a pain.
"Don't get mad, Sunshine. You're the one who started it."
Hinata gaped at his reasoning. In no way did she want it to end like this. What she wanted was an, 'okay Hinata'. She wanted him to simply agree with her, do what she whatever she tells him to. Maybe that sounded a little bit to controlling but that's really what she wanted. She just wanted to be, for once, like Ino, the dominant one in the relationship.
"Whatever Naruto, I honestly don't even care anymore."
Just before she could walk herself away from him again, Naruto pulled her into a hug. Her back rested against his chest as he kissed her repeatedly in all the areas he could find.
"I'm sorry. " He playfully said. "Don't be mad at me. I don't like it when you get mad at me. I'm actually kind of afraid of it. "
"Yea right." Hinata said removing herself away from him. "If you were so scared of it then you wouldn't do it so much."
"I don't try to make you mad. I like to tease you, mess around with you. My objective is to make my rose sprout her blushes not to get her into a terrifying transformation."
Hinata rolled her eyes at his attempted coos. "I am not that scary."
"You are not that scary?" Naruto repeated with a very sarcastic tone. He slightly laughed at her comment. He knew clear as a day that wasn't true. He of all people had seen her in her angriest form and he, from that day, was very careful not trigger her again. "Babe, you're pretty damn scary when you're mad. Your skin turns green and then you're all like RARRRR! "He added while he lifted to his arms up and tried to mimic a monster. Hinata couldn't help but let a smile which later turned into a giggle escaped her lips. The way her boyfriend described her anger was hilarious yet secretly true.
They walked in amends all the way to Hinata's house. Hand by hand they stopped in front of the house's gate and kissed. Naruto loved the feeling of her moist plump lips and sometimes it was very difficult for him to let go. Their kisses lasted for so long because Naruto didn't want to ever stop. Hinata didn't complain because, well, Naruto was a good kisser. But right now unfortunately she had to stop it. She was right in front of her house with the boy she wasn't suppose to be with. She didn't want to risk her father finding them out like this, not the same way Hanabi found out.
"Naruto, we have to stop." She whispered as he still touched her lips. She tried lightly pushing him back but she failed once he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Why?" He sexily whined on her lips. "No one's here."
"My Dad's probably inside."
"So? he can't—"
"Yo Montague! You gotta go! "
Lovely. Lovely Hanabi came in running to the gate and whipped it open, almost slamming the two the ground. Yea, that's how hard she pushed it open, so hard that Naruto jumped back. The brown-haired girl scurried to her sister and grabbed her wrist. "Juliet here has to come with me. Dad's home."
She pulled her sister into the houses territory and closed the gate. She gave a quick glance at Naruto who turned out to be flushed red. He must've been embarrassed that she caught them making out again. He felt sorry for the girl. She just had the bad luck of seeing them kissing all the time. Hanabi knew from the look on his face that he was nervous and she really didn't care about the reason behind it.
"Naruto, I'm okay with you sticking your tongue down my sister throat. It's natural since you guys are dating. What I'm not okay with is sticking anything else inside of her."
Hanabi's way of comforting him only seemed to make his nerves worse. Hanabi and Ino were probably the only girls who could make him blush so strongly without arousing him. Hinata had that gift, turning him to the point where blushed in awe. But these two girls didn't, they just know how to make him feel awkward.
"Alright I uh will keep that in mind. Umm I guess I'll be going now."
He waved his goodbye to the two Hyugas and dashed away from the household.
"That Naruto can't keep his hands off of you." Hanabi said as she walked with her sister inside the house.
"I know but I'm trying to get him to control it." Hinata shly responded as she locked the door.
The sisters walked to the kitchen and as usual started to prepare dinner for their father. As Hinata chopped the vegetables that lied on her wooden cutting board, Hanabi out of nowhere brought up a discussion she had with their Father. What immediately caught Hinata's attention was that it was subjected about Naruto. Apparently Hanabi had asked her father if he truly found Naruto as a bad person. She wanted to see if there was any hope in Hiashi for Naruto; she wanted to see if Hiashi had at least a soft side for the boy but unfortunately he didn't. She tried telling him that she recently had spoke to him and he turned out to be a very nice guy but Hiashi was too angry to bother listening.
"So in the end I didn't get anything out of him, nothing in or nothing out. Don't ask him anything about Naruto today. I don't think he'll take it well."
Hinata stressfully ran her fingers through her and sighed. Now how was she suppose to tell him she was dating the blonde? How she going to bring up his name before causing a fire of anger out of her father? It seemed almost impossible to make his father like the Uzumaki more than he hated him. She had to find away, she had no choice but to.
"I'll bring it up next week." She finally said. She poured the chopped vegetables into the boiling pot and began to stir it.
"Bring what up?" Her sister asked. She grabbed a handful of dry noodles and lightly dipped it into the hot water.
"The truth, the whole truth." Hinata answered. "That Naruto and I are dating—that we've been dating and we don't want to break up."
"Yea and you kind of don't have a choice, y'know, if you have a baby."
A small smirk curled from the corner of Hinata's mouth. She turned to look at her sister with a huge smile. "I'm not pregnant. We took the test today."
Hanabi slowly dropped her mouth open. Her eyes stretched open as well. She was so shocked yet so relieved that she didn't know what to say. The only thing her body allowed her to do was hug her sister and cry. She wasn't crying because she was upset but because she was so damn glad it turned out to be a negative result. Thank God, Thank god she wasn't pregnant. That just lowered the risk of anything in her sister's future. Thank goodness.
For the next three days everything went somewhat fine for the couple as well for the week after that. They were fully and proudly public every single day at school and most of the students and teachers were already use to it. The biggest change they had was that Naruto's friends began to eat lunch with Ino and Hinata. Sakura stopped talking to them ever since her fight with Ino. But both Ino and Hinata knew that she was just spacing herself out to think about the whole situation. They both knew that eventually she would come back even if it meant that that day would come in two years. Sakura had too much of a life story with these two girls to just let them go like useless items. She would come back when she most needed them, when she most missed them.
Naruto was beginning to feel that his fear of Karin and Tenten attacking was all just a big old hoax. They were having too much of good time with very few problems for such a long time that it seemed that Tenten and Karin just disappeared out of their story. It was great. Naruto joined the math team which everyone in their lunch table struggled to understand why. When they asked him what was the ridiculous reason behind it, he just simply said, "Because I like math."
Asuma-sensei gave the blonde a second chance to play basketball over the fact of good behavior. He managed to join the team and play some games. There wasn't anything bad going on in their life. Everything was perfect, too perfect. It wasn't until the week after that that things started to go unexpectedly downhill. Hanabi had forgotten her lunch money and couldn't find her sister around the school to lend her some pennies. With great uneager she went to her father's office. She never liked taking his money because there always a small lecture that came along with it. But today she had no choice, she was hungry. Just before she was going to open the door to his room, she saw through the small window of the door two girls talking to her father. One had the brightest red hair ever and the other looked oddly familiar. She took a quick moment to remember who this one girl was and immediately recognized her. She also had the luck of finding out who the other girl was a few second afterwards. The bun-head girl was from Hinata's art class and was also a close friend of hers. The redhead was an annoying cheerleader who use to come to her soccer games and flirt with any guy she could get her hands on. Why we're these girls talking to her father? Why the hell did they need to talk to the school administrator? The principal and counselor dealt with kids not the fuckin' administrator. Being more curious than ever, Hanabi placed her ear gently on the door. She could only hear incoherent mumbles but she tried her best to create some words out of it.
"We saw—weren't sure—Hinata. . ."
What the hell were they saying?!
We weren't sure we saw Hinata? Is that what they were saying? Did Hinata not come to school today? That didn't sound anything like her and on top of that she was totally fine yesterday. Hanabi didn't have a damn clue but something in her guts kept warning her something wasn't right. She tried one more time to listen.
That was coming from the voice of the bun-head, the so called friend of Hinata.
"Hinata has been with Naruto. . ."
Oh shit!
Hanabi heard that very clearly and it made her heart stop. Naruto and Hinata in the same sentence being told to her father was not a good sign. This was screaming trouble; this was screaming 'got caught'. Shortly after the girl finished Hanabi could see her Dad shoot up from his seat. He was mad, like extremely mad.
"I had no idea of this!" He raised his voice. "Absolutely no idea! I hope you're not lying."
The two girls shook their heads. He sat back down stiffly on his chair and folded his arms across his chest. He looked so shocked with anger, like he had been betrayed. It was a scary sight to Hanabi but for the girls in the room it was exactly what they wanted to see.
"Thank you." He said sternly. "I'll deal with them later."
Hanabi quickly ran out of the staff's offices hall and hid behind a wall outside the entrance. She didn't want to talk to the girls right in front of her Dad's office in fear he would hear her voice. The moment the two girls walked out giggling, Hanabi burst out in front of them, her eyes furrowed and piercing back at both of them.
"What the hell is your problem?!" She harshly whispered. "Do you have any idea what you've done?!"
The redhead laughed and flipped her hair away from her face. "Of course we do. It's about time someone told the old man. The safest thing to do was to tell him."
"We were gonna tell him!" Hanabi slightly yelled. "Eventually we were! Right now wasn't the right time."
The red-head simply rolled her eyes in return and walked away with the bun-headed girl. Hanabi was infuriated especially at Tenten. Wasn't that girl her sister's friend? What kind of friend plans to ruin someone's life like that?
"What kind of friend are you, Tenten?!" Hanabi yelled. The girl turned around and glared back at her. Hanabi had no right to judge her. After all, she was the one who was doing right.
"I'm not your sisters friend." She answered coldly. "I haven't been her friend ever since she told me she was dating Naruto. I warned your sister to get away from him because I told her something very private in my life in order to protect her. She didn't listen to me and I felt truly betrayed."
"So that just gives you the reason to ruin her life!?"
Tenten didn't say anything. She carelessly turned around and walked with her new friend down the hall. They were the most heartless people Hanabi had ever met.
"Bitch." She mumbled lowly.
Fuck lunch, Hanabi had to go find Hinata and tell her the chaos they were in. She had no idea where she would be right now but she had to find her. She didn't know whether her sister ate in the cafeteria or in one of her favorite classes. Where they ate during lunch wasn't something they ever shared but it didn't matter. She was going to find her one way or another.
By the end of the school day Hanabi still hadn't found Hinata. How hard was it to find her sister? Very hard. The school was big and Hinata was very shy hidden girl. Most of the people she asked didn't even know she had a sister. Strangers and upperclassmen didn't even know her that well to know where she would be. The majority knew she was good at art so they kept telling Hanabi to go to the art room. Hanabi wasn't stupid, she knew Hinata was a pro at drawing, the art room was the first room she went to.
She rushed out the school doors once the dismissal bell rang and prayed she would make it home before Hinata or her father did.
"Please don't make it before me!" She whispered. "Please."
"Naruto, look at this." Hinata grabbed a book excitedly. She shoved it in front of his face as she giggled. "It's a, How to Draw a Chibi book."
She turned around and placed it on the shelf to open it. Naruto rested his head on her shoulder to look at the book with her. "What is it?" He asked as rubbed her hips with his hands.
"They're little drawings of people and animals." She said as she flipped through the pages. "Aren't they cute!"
"I guess." Naruto answered with not too much care. Hinata could hear his careless tone and she pouted in disappointment.
"Well I think that they're cute." She softly answered. "I know you probably don't care but whatever."
Naruto sighed at Hinata's passive aggressive attitude. She always wanted to hear what she wanted hear and when Naruto didn't do that, she would get disappointed. "Well nobody looks like that, Babe." He lazily said. "And I think you're cuter."
A grin sneakily hid behind Hinata's neck. "And I think you're pretty damn sexy too when you want to be." He ran his fingers up and down her waist slowly and incredibly seductively. "I mean look at them sexy curves." He whispered in her ear. He nibbled her earlobe and all the way down her neck. He smirked when he felt the goose bumps rise on her skin. "You got beautiful boobs and nice round ass. Now that I think of it, I haven't been able to see them for awhile."
He could literally feel the heat rising from her face as he kept teasing her. He knew she was blushing ferociously in front of him and he also knew that she was about to get too flustered to let him touch her anymore.
Three. . .two . . .one. . .
"Naruto stop it." She pushed him away. "We're in public store."
Naruto laughed at her exactly predicted reaction. "Babe, I know you so well that I can literally count the seconds of your every move."
"That's amazing, Naruto." She said sarcastically.
He let the small girl walk passed him and he followed her wherever she went. "Anyways, what are we doing here?" He asked seeing that they still hadn't left the store.
"I need to buy some copic markers to draw. I only need a couple of colors."
She went to a small rack and took six thick makers out of the small cubbies. Once she was done scanning around the art shop for anything that interested her, she walked to the cashier and placed her items onto the table and just before she took out her wallet to pay, Naruto gave the worker the total amount of money.
"Naruto, you don't have to pay fo-"
"Don't worry Babe. I got it." He said taking the receipt and her bag. She grabbed her by the hand and took her out of the store.
"Thanks." She said hugging his arm. She rubbed her cheek on his sleeve so cutely he blushed. "You didn't have to do that."
"It's okay. Kiss?" He said tilting his head down to her lips. She gave him a small peck and smiled.
"Let's go, Naruto. I want get home before my Dad."
They walked all the way to her house with their hands glued together. They were right in front of the gate of Hyuga house when they suddenly heard a very fearful voice. A voice they had been trying to hide from for so long. Yes, Hiashi Hyuga was right behind them and very very angry.
"Let go of her hand, boy!" He yelled. "You two got a lot of explaining to do."
Naruto obediently with an immense amount of nervousness followed the father to the entrance of their house. He had never been inside Hinata's house but right now wasn't the time to examine the place. He walked along with Hiashi and Hinata to the kitchen and stood next to his girlfriend while the infuriated looking father stood in front of the island.
"So." He said folding his arms. "Who's doing the explaining first?"
The couple looked at each other for one small glance of decision. Just by the shape of Naruto's eyes Hinata could tell he didn't want to go first and she wasn't going to put it so hard on him either.
"I am." Hinata sheepishly answered as she raised her hand.
"Alright." The older man nodded. "What was this? What did I just see? Was it a date, a meeting, an experiment-"
"He was just dropping me off." Hinata weakly said.
"From where? His house?"
"No. From school."
The room filled up with silence right after she spoke. The trio just wasn't connecting. One was too angry to sit down and listen and the other two were just too scared to even move their lips.
"Was this the first time you two did this?"
Hiashi knew the answer to that. He knew the answer to pretty much everything, almost everything. After those two girls came to visit him over some concern of his eldest daughter, he had a very broad idea of their secret dating.
"No. He's my boyfriend."
The moment her father laughed she felt so powerless. He wasn't laughing because he found it funny but because he found it to be ridiculous. How could my daughter possibly hide this from me? How could I be the last one to know? She knew that's what he was thinking and she couldn't prevent him from seeing it that way.
"Ohh he's your boyfriend huh. Wow, how come I did not know about this?"
Neither of the two said anything.
"Let me tell you something, Hinata. You know that I'm angry right now; you know why I'm angry right now. You know what I feel about this boy; you know that I don't like him and yet you still went out with him. You knew what was going to happen if I found out, you knew the consequence, that's why you hid it from me. And now that I found out about your secret, you don't have anything to say because you got caught. What makes me so mad about this Is that I'm the laughing stock, I have stupid written all over my face because all this was happening behind my back."
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry isn't enough!" He raised his voice. "You don't know a goddamn thing about the boy! I know much more than you! You probably don't even know who he really is!"
"I kno—never mind. "
Hinata wanted to talk back to her father, she really did. His behavior was beyond inappropriate especially for his age. The way he ordered them to explain yet he never once let them even start. He created his own ideas; he finished his own sentences and was as narrow-minded as Tenten. She wanted to yell at him, say cruel words to him but she couldn't, Naruto wouldn't let her. He lightly tugged on her shirt motioning her to stop and so she forcefully did. Pausing in the middle of her mumbled attack, she stopped.
"Change the face, Hinata. I'm older and I know more. "He said leaning against the island. "I've been where you've been already and I can tell you right now, boys like that mean nothing but trouble. He probably doesn't even—"
"Why do you keep doing that?!" Hinata burst out in anger. Naruto wasn't expecting her to yell but when she did he tried to calm her down. He knew the reason behind her rage, her father had ignored him. He had ignored Naruto's presence in the room from the moment they walked in. He pretended he wasn't there but still had the audacity to talk bad about him. Any normal person would get mad by his ill-mannered behavior but not Naruto. Unfortunately the man was right, partially right. Hinata didn't know everything about him, not about the secrets he's been avoiding to share. He also was no saint, in the beginning he really was nothing but trouble. Any father of a young girl would be terrified to find her daughter in the arms of a boy like him. It made sense.
"Hinata stop." He tried to whisper to her but she shrugged him off and continued yelling.
"Why do you keep acting like he's not there! He's right here! With us!"
She reached for her lovers hand and shot it up in the air along with hers. "His name's Naruto." She finished as she placed their hands back to their sides.
"I know what his name is. I just don't want to say it." Hiashi told his daughter in best efforts not to tick off.
"Why not?"
"Because he doesn't deserve to be acknowledged."
Doesn't deserve to be acknowledged?
"You have no right to say who can and can't be noticed." Hinata bravely stood up to her father. She wasn't use to talking back to her father but this was probably one of the most excused moments to do so. She had always respected her parents even if they had the most unusual views in life and people but today, right now, she just couldn't.
"Hinata, I'm not liking that tone of yours." Hiashi warned. "Please don't set me off, young lady."
"I'm not trying to, Dad." She said lowering the rage in her tone. She wasn't trying to make her father angry. What would she ever get out of two people yelling at the top of their lungs? It would only lead to a competition of, who can yell the loudest. All she wanted was to get his approval, to let him see what he refused to. "I just want you to see the good in him."
"There is no good in him."
"Yes there is." She corrected him. Her hands grasp on Naruto's tightened as she spoke and her thumb rubbed against his skin. Her romantic move didn't escape neither her father's eyes nor mouth. He was absolutely disgusted by the touchiness within the two. He just had to stop it.
"Let go of her hand, Naruto."
The blonde with no fuss shook her hand away, not too harshly but enough for her fingers to slip off. At this point all Naruto could was sit quietly and not get involved. If they asked him to do something, more like if Hiashi asked him to do something, he would do it. The main reason why the two Hyuga's were fighting was because of him, none of this would've happened if it wasn't for him. All of this was his fault. He should've never laid eyes on Hinata; he should've never approached Hinata when he was a problematic teen. What was funny about that was even though he believed all this was his wrong doing because he talked to Hinata first, he didn't regret it and he would've done it again if he could. Of course, he would never tell her father that but he did secretly feel that way. Hinata had changed him, had changed his life, his entire view of basically everything. Without her he would've been a useless teen that everyone looked down upon. He had so much to thank her and if this was the last time he would ever be allowed to see her, he would say those thank you's until the sun came up the next the day.
"You can't boss him around like that."
"Hinata, I'm older and the father. I can do what I want." Hiashi responded. His patience was slowly slipping, just by hearing his voice the two teens could tell. The way he kept ruffling his hair and tapping his fingers on the island were also other signs.
"That's a very childish thing to say for a father." Hinata rudely responded back. She didn't care if her Dad would throw a tantrum soon. If he was being disrespectful, she would be disrespectful back. As wrong as that was, she would only do it this once and never again.
"Hinata." He raised his voice again. "I warned you once. There won't be a next time if you do it again."
"I don't care if you get mad at me or not. I just want—"
"Hinata." He sternly said her name. "Enough."
"But I just want you to hear my side of the story—our side." She said waving her hand to Naruto." He's not a bad person, I swear. If you would just let me explain how I—"
"I don't want to hear any of it." He quickly interrupted.
"Why not, Dad? It'll really help you-"
"I told you I don't want to hear it. "
"But Dad-´
"Hinata!" He yelled as he slammed his hand onto the marble table. "Stop talking back!"
He was angry, so evidently angry. The lavender-eyed girl nearly jumped back at his strong burst. She had never seen him this infuriated, probably because she had never tempted him this far. It was scary she had to admit but maybe once he released all his rage he would then be more willing to listen.
"Dad. . ." She meekly called to him.
"No, don't Dad me! You think you know this boy so much; you think you love him so much that it gives you the damn right to disrespect your father! See what that boy does! He manipulates you into doing things that I would never permit."
"I chose to do it myself! Naruto, was actually trying to prevent me from doing it!"
"Do not talk back to me, young lady!"
It was a continuous string of yelling, mostly from her father. Exactly what she didn't want to do was happening right in front of her, pointless yelling back and forth. Hiashi just kept ranting the same thing over and over again, things she had heard from times before she knew Naruto. It was the regular father/daughter lecturing only with a much harsher tone. Throughout the entire time of his long rebuking no one expected the door from the main entrance to fling up. Hanabi came running in throw her stuff onto the ground carelessly not even bothering to fix it afterwards. She was panting, practically sweating a marathon out of her pores. Her face was blushed red and overall her expression was straight up worried. Did she know what was going to happen? Was she trying to make it here first? The moment she walked herself to the kitchen and saw the trio standing in front the marble island, her face dropped into utter disappointment.
Shit. . .
She hadn't made it first. She had asked her coach to let her off today just to get here, she even ran as fast as she normally would during a game and yet she still hadn't made it.
"Shit. . ." she whispered.
It was then when her sister immediately knew she was trying to come home first all along once she saw her lips cuss below her breath. Something happened that made her want to rush over here before everyone else did and that something had to be so grave that she felt Hinata needed a partner, a back-up to help her. What had she heard or seen that made her want to run here?
"Hey Dad." She weakly smiled. "What's happening?"
Even though she knew what was going on, she pretended like it was any other casual day despite the fact that Naruto was in the room. If anything could help the tension in the room ease, it would probably be pretending like it wasn't there or that it wasn't such a big deal, right? She walked towards her sister and stood right next to her.
"Hanabi." Her father greeted her with a nod. "Care to tell me if you knew about this." He said motioning towards Naruto and Hinata.
"About what?" Hanabi calmly answered back. Yea, her response was pretty stupid and it sounded pretty damn stupid too but she had to act as laid back as possible to not show any signs of weakness. If she acted like this wasn't something to freak out about maybe, just maybe her father would fall for it.
The older man sighed and repeated himself again, this time a little more specific. "Did you know that Hinata was secretly seeing this boy?"
This boy?
Naruto was standing right next to Hinata, why couldn't he say his name. Not only that but why couldn't her father even look at the blonde. He wasn't fuckin' Medusa; he wasn't going to turn him to stone. Naruto wasn't even a bad guy, he was actually a hero. He helped Hanabi see things differently, open up to things she never wanted to, and prevent her from doing things that wasn't worth the time. Naruto was her hero; he deserved to be recognized.
"By this boy you mean Naruto?" she said emphasizing his name.
"Yes yes Naruto." Hiashi rolled his eyes. "Did you know your sister was roaming around with him?"
"Well first of all she wasn't roaming around anywhere, she was dating him for weeks and second of all, he got my approval before they could go public."
For some reason those words pained Hiashi. Even his younger daughter was aware of this relationship and didn't care to tell him. He could've drowned in disappointment right then and there but something prevented him to, that something was Hanabi's last words, "my approval before they could go public." What did she mean by that? Were they hiding it from the world even before Hanabi knew? Were they just playing before they decided to go out? Something sounded fishy about this and he wasn't going to let it slide.
"So you knew that they were dating?"
"Yes." She nodded.
"Okay."He said rubbing his chin. "Now can you tell what you meant by, 'before they could go public'. What does that mean? Were they hiding before that? Hiding from everyone even you?"
Shit. . .
She probably shouldn't have said that. How was she going to top that? She wasn't going to tell him they were having lessons that later turned into love which she shockingly discovered through a window in a hallway. She wasn't going to tell him they had sex, twice, and one of those times were in his house. She wasn't going to tell him that the girls who had spoken to him during lunch were exes of Naruto who were planning to ruin Hinata's life. She wasn't going to tell him any of that because she couldn't, it would create such a chaos. The majority of it didn't even matter but she couldn't think of a plan to avoid spilling.
"Hanabi answer me. What did you mean by that?"
Hiashi seemed a little bit more intrigued once Hanabi paused without knowing what to say. He was sure now things would go smooth and just how he wanted. All the children in the room would obediently do as he said from this point on.
"I uh—what I meant was. . ."
Hanabi slowly turned her head to her sister for help but all she received was somewhat of a nod. Hinata was basically giving her permission to tell him everything that happened before their official dating. She didn't want to but what good would making up an entire different story than what actually happened do? If her Dad asked Hinata any questions about the fantasy tale, she wouldn't know what to say because it wasn't even true. She would make up her own story then mix it up with Hanabi's eventually leading into confusing storylines that wouldn't connect. The only thing they could do was tell the truth.
"I uh I didn't know they were dating in the beginning, I found out later on. They were just hiding it from everyone before that because they didn't think everyone would be so happy about it."
"Oh did they? And why is that so?" He said in tone that sounded slightly satisfied.
"Because people wouldn't understand, you wouldn't understand." Hinata answered confidently. "People are too stubborn to believe that the troubled can change. Naruto isn't a bad person he just had his flaws that over time really did disappear."
"Hinata, you keep telling me the same thing but your proving the opposite." He said waving his hand at her in disinterest. "You don't tell me that you've been talking to this boy, you hide not only from me but from everyone in the school that you're seeing him, and throughout all the time you were hiding you aren't even a couple. What were you even doing the whole time. . ." He paused. What were they doing the whole time? Where were they even meeting if they were hiding away from the entire community? Hiashi was a quick thinker and seeing all these scattered pieces coming together, his biggest fear started to form. This Uzumaki boy was one of the biggest most troublesome students in Konoha High he had ever met. He always had to face the school officials to file a new report. One of the things he was most known for was his over obsessive liking for girls, specifically to sleep with them. If this boy was seeing his daughter for so long the one thing they must've done was. . . .have sex.
My daughter isn't pure anymore. . .
His first and oldest daughter, Hinata; the one daughter who took the role as mother after the death of her own; the calm sweet gentle minded girl with many talents; the one who was to serve as good example for her younger sister was no longer a virgin. All those constant talks of keeping her legs close, keeping them close real tight until she reached the altar was all for nothing. He took hours of his time to explain it to her, he wasted gallons of saliva to tell her the importance of it, he tried look as comfortable as possible when he spoke to her about such a topic and it was all for nothing. He swallowed all his disappointment and forced himself to speak again. He needed to hear if this was all just over thinking assumptions or the reality.
"Now what I want to know. . ." He said clearing his throat. ". . . Is if he touched you."
The question was obviously directed towards Hinata yet the lavender-eyed girl turned to look at her sister. She bit her lip nervously debating on whether to say the truth or not, Hanabi did the same. Their silent communication made Hiashi anxiousness rise.
"Why did you look at her when I said that? The question was directed to you not her."
His voice was getting a little shaky. Hinata couldn't distinguish whether it was because he wanted to cry or burst into anger. Either one of the two was terrible.
"Hinata, answer. Did he or did he-"
"Yes." A voice responded. "Yes I did."
Naruto looked at him with an ashamed yet confident glare. Confidence, as in he was brave enough to speak to him without stuttering. Ashamed, for the simple fact of having sex with her daughter.
"I did touch your daughter and I'm sorry. I was the one who created this whole problem and I'm sorry."
Hinata tried to make him stop talking but he wouldn't. He kept apologizing for everything. In his head he thought his apologetic tone would convince Hinata's father that he was harmless now and felt something strong for his daughter but in Hinata's head and in reality, he was only creating an intense fire out of Hiashi. His face was getting red and stiffening. In only a few heart beats he was going to explode, the two Hyuga girls knew it.
"Your apologizes are not accepted!" he yelled. "You have managed to destroy every moral I have built upon these girls and I cannot just let that pass by with a simple sorry."
"I understand that, Sir. I'm willing to do anything for you to-"
"I don't need anything from you! The only thing I need is for you get out of my house and to get out of my daughters lives!"
That stung Naruto, it hurt him harshly to be told to completely vanish out of the life of the one person he loved the most. He didn't want to do it; he didn't want to leave but that's what the man wanted and there was no point of being reluctant with him. He took a few steps back to head out but Hinata quickly grabbed him by the arm.
"Dad please!" She begged. "It was my fault! I-"
"Stop it!" He yelled louder. He started to walk around the kitchen stressfully in hopes that he wouldn't say or do anything stupid. Back and forth he moved while he shook his head, back and forth his thoughts and headaches kept running through him. "You think you know everything about this boy! Well you don't, Hinata! You don't."
"Yes I do!" She defended. "Of course I do."
"No you don't." He breathily laughed. "Did you know he had for sixty reports filed in his record? Did you know the detailed story behind them all? Did you he had quite the liking for seducing girls? "
Yes. She knew that all, most of it. He was the one who told her these things during dinner. Sure, since that day she never came around to talking to it with Naruto personally, she actually forgot all about it. Now that her father mentioned it, it began to rattle up her curiosity. Naruto had never brought up the topic to her; he never even hinted it once. Why was that? It wasn't something she feared anymore now that he was a different person but still, she couldn't help to wonder why.
Naruto couldn't help to feel incredibly guilty. He had no idea that Hinata was aware of what Hiashi was saying and for that he felt like a terrible person. All the things he had been trying to hide was slowly unrolling.
"Dad I—"
"Oh no no no I'm not finished." He laughed coldly.
He wasn't finished? What else was there to know?
Naruto nervously swallowed as he prepared himself for what was coming. This was the end; the end of everything.
"Did you know that your boyfriend Naruto had criminal record?"
Yes but she didn't know what it was about.
"After a few months of investigation I found it that this boy was causing a lot of ruckus in the middle of the night. He was having some kind of tantrum and was throwing things around his house, breaking things, yelling, and punching. The noise was so loud that a neighbor came into his apartment to see what was wrong and do you know what he did? He hit the guy, repeatedly. He was so out of his damn mind that he starting beating the life of a poor stranger. When the cops came he was trying to fight them off. In the end the boy was charged for resisting arrest, excessive, unnecessary and unreasonable levels of noise, and some other things I can't remember. The reason behind that crazy incident was basically a mental breakdown. Apparently his parents had died three weeks before the day it happened. The reason behind their deaths is unknown. They let him go easy because he was a parentless child but I don't think he deserved it. Morals are morals and every parent teaches it. His parents didn't die when he was a baby, they died when he was grown teen. He should've known how to agonize differently."
The whole room went silent. Hinata and Hanabi stood completely speechless. Their eyes were wide in shock. Naruto hit an innocent person just because he wanted to, he resisted authority, he had no parents. Was any of this true? It couldn't be. He wasn't like that, was he? He was troubled when Hinata meant him but not that troubled.
She slowly turned her head to the blonde, her hair sliding down her shoulders. Her eyes looked confused, sad, disappointed. He couldn't bear to look at them. "Naruto. . ." Hinata whispered to him. She stared at him for a response but all he did was put his head down.
"You see." Hiashi pointed. "He has nothing to say. He has always been a bad kid even before his parents died. He just-"
"Dad cut it out. You're being disrespectful." Hinata said wrapping her arm around Naruto.
Hiashi gave her a proud hmp and turned around. "I'm gonna be nice and let you take him outside." He said walking towards the sink. "Say your goodbyes because you won't be seeing him again."
Hinata and Hanabi took no time to get him out of the hell house. They walked all the way outside of the front gate and closed it. Hanabi rested her back on the fence while Naruto and Hinata stood behind a tall tree. Naruto looked completely drained out, dead almost. His eyes were incredibly sad, completely soulless.
"Well I guess this is goodbye." He said shakily. "Goodbye."
"No don't say that!" Hinata pushed his chest. "Don't say that."
She cupped his face and lowered his head. Their foreheads were touching as they stared at each other. Hinata softly planted a kiss on his lips but he didn't return it, he was too sad to.
"You're not leaving me." She softly said. She looked at her boyfriend only to see him completely depressed and lifeless. She rubbed her nose onto to his in effort of raising his spirits but it wouldn't work. "Naruto. . ." She cooed at him warmly.
Say something.
"Why?" Naruto merely whispered. "Why aren't you mad at me?"
"Because I know you're not cold hearted person. I know that you regret what you did and that you wish you could change it. If you didn't, you wouldn't be acting this way. What you did was wrong, yes. But there's a reason behind it, you lost your parents. You just didn't know how to release that pain and that's why you did what you did. "
Naruto didn't say anything. He gently removed her hands away from his face and took a few steps back. "I love you but I don't want to make your father mad." He said sadly. "I'm only causing problems everywhere I go. I need to get away from you so I won't hurt you anymore."
"But Naruto this isn't-"
"Wait wait wait, hold up." Hanabi interrupted. She walked her way towards the couple and waved her hands between them to break their space. She got the part that he was upset, but the part that he needed to get away from her sister straight up confused her. Was this guy finishing it with her sister for the sake of love? That's crazy. They went through the hazard of hiding it, revealing it, then confessing it only for it to end right afterwards? "Are you breaking up with her?" she said in a mixed tone of voice. Thankfully her confusion surpassed her anger making it sound less harsh.
"N-No." Naruto stuttered. "Well. . ."
He paused as if he was changing his mind. Was breaking up with Hinata the right thing to do? Her father wouldn't be disappointed in her anymore and all her friends would return to their normal selves. He stared at Hinata one last time before making a decision. She was so beautiful, yet she looked hurt. Her eyebrows were trying not to furrow in her pain, but still it curled a little. She bit her lip in the same dreadful feeling, it was something Naruto hated to watch. He knew he was the one making her look this way. In the same anxiousness and fear that he would leave her, made her appear the way she was.
"Naruto, do you want to?" Hinata barely managed to say.
"I uh . . .I-"
"Do you or do you not!" Hanabi yelled impatiently. This was ridiculous. If he didn't want to be with her sister because he was coward, then he might as well call it quits right here. Why the hell was he wasting their time for?
"Naruto!" She yelled a second time. "Say something!"
"I don't know!" He said turning around form the two girls. "I don't know. . ."
He messed around with his hair nervously and made circles on the dirt path. "I don't want to." He admitted. "To hell I don't want to but. . .I think, I think-"
"You think it's for the best." Hinata finished for him. She walked her way towards him and without another word he turned around. 'It's not." She said caressing his cheek. The softness of her hands on his face gave him such a warm feeling. The sensation was so good he had to close his eyes a little. "Naruto, you need me just as much as I need you. We'll do this together. We'll fix this together."
Naruto deeply felt the same way. He wanted to be by her side always, but they had to fight for it to happen, not physically but with great patience and persuasion.
Even though Naruto was none of her business, Hanabi didn't want him to leave either. He was a good guy, stupid for words when he was nervous, but overall he was a good guy. The only reason why he didn't have the angel like appearance back then was because he was lost. There was no another way to explain it. He's been through so much, he was just a hurt, confused boy walpking around alone with no tell him what was right and wrong. He didn't want pity; he just wanted someone by his side, someone to heal his wounds. Perhaps, that's why he slept with so many girls. He was just looking for the comfort of somebody else loving him; he was just looking in the wrong places.
"You two will still meet up." Hanabi said walking to the house.
"But how?" Naruto asked moving his direction to Hanabi. "After this, Hiashi is gonna separate us."
"Don't worry about that. I'll distract him." She opened the gate of the house and waved at Hinata to follow her. Hinata before she left with her sister, she kissed Naruto softly again, this time with his returning lips.
"You have my word," was the last thing Hanabi said before the sisters disappeared back into the house.
I PROMISE YOU THIS DOES HAVE A HAPPY ENDING! I'M A TERRIBLE PERSON FOR NOT FINISHING THIS STORY YET!
