Disclaimer: do not own Naruto and its characters. This is just a product of my imagination.

145 days before the incident..

I was surprised to see my father's car in the garage; it is rare for him to visit us without an announcement. I wonder what happened.

"Father's mad."Hanabi said when I saw her on my way up the stairs.

"What have you done?"

"Wow! You've already jumped to the conclusion that I was the reason for his anger?"

"I do not have time for this Hanabi."I said as patiently as ever.

"Well father has no time for this too." She said with a smirk.

"What do you mean by that?"

"If you really want to know, why don't you just go there and ask him?" she said, pausing before giving me a smirk.

Her attitude sometimes gets on my nerves. But I really want to know why he came without warning.

Lady Hinata, glad that you're here; your father has been asking for you," our maid said to me, and I could sense that she was afraid of him.

"Did he ask why?"

"He didn't. But he is furious."

This made me scared; I wondered what I had done to make him mad.

I took a deep breath before knocking on his door. I heard no answer, so I dared to open it.

My father is sitting with his back against the door.

"Father, are you calling for me?" I asked silently as I walked over to his table.

"Sit." He said sharply without looking at me.

I noticed the papers on his table. It got my name on it.

"Explain to me what have you been doing these past few weeks?"

"I'm studying and cram school." I managed to speak with stuttering.

"Then explain to me why your grades are like that?"

I took the envelope on top of his table. My grades is barely passable.

"Hinata, do you really think you can enter Konoha School of Medicine with that grades?"

"I'm sorry father."

I have always heard that. But you haven't done anything to improve. For goodness sake, Hanabi might be a troublemaker, but she has more potential to be accepted than you are. When Neji was your age, he was already studying medicine. Out of all my children, I don't know what happened to you.

"I'm sorry." I repeated as tears building up my eyes.

Are you crying again? How pathetic can you be, Hinata? You can't even get a decent grade and now you're crying. You're embarrassing the Hyuga clan!

I could not speak and I quickly wiped away my tears. In the eyes of my father, I was such an embarrassment. I am not as intelligent as my siblings; I am always shy, and I have no interest in medicine. I have no plans on following their footsteps. I just want to be me and be free. But I dared not tell him that. I am a coward.

"I don't know what to do to you. Just remember this; you're a Hyuga because you are my daughter, but I can take that away from you."

I was stunned. I couldn't look at him; I just heard his footsteps walking away from me. A few moments later, I heard his car driving away.

My father will easily dismiss me, and suddenly I feel as if I can't breathe. I want to run away from this place; it's suffocating me.

I needed to run, so I did.

I ran out. I saw Hanabi standing behind the door of her room. I did not look back at her; she could tell my father about this, and I did not care. I did not want to be here.

I kept on running until my feet gave out. Until I felt tired and there was nowhere left to run.

That's when I punched in his number.

"Hello." Came his deep voice and I could hear the loud noise in the background.

I said, "Pick me up," and my voice cracked. I could hear myself crying again.

"Where are you?" He asked.

I said, "I don't know." And I broke down. "I don't know and I don't want to be here."

Okay. Go somewhere safe and pin me your location," he said. Then I heard someone on his side say, "Sasuke, where are you going?" I heard him reply, "None of your business." The call then ended.

Then just a few moments later, he walked toward me.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

"I do not know." I said and fresh tears fall down my eyes.

"Do you want to go home?"

"No."

"Where do you want to go?"

"Anywhere."

He then took my hand and guided me into his car. I could finally breathe again.

As always, he doesn't speak. That's one of the good things about him. He will never pressure you to talk.

I did not have any idea where we were going. After a few minutes, we entered one of the buildings where he had parked his car.

I asked, "Is this a condominium building?" as we entered the elevator.

"Yup."

"You're living alone?"

"No, my brother gave me this place," he said as the elevator went up.

When we stepped out, he led the way until we stopped in front of one of the doors. He opened it.

The place is almost empty, despite being quite large. It contains a bed, a small table, a cabinet, a refrigerator, a sofa, and a television set.

"This is yours?" I asked as I stepped inside.

"Yup, I usually went here when I need time to be alone."

I followed him inside and sat down on the sofa. There was a nice view of the city from his window.

"Thank you." I told him.

"Are you hungry?" He suddenly asked.

"Yes."

"What food do you want?"

"Anything."

Then there was silence again. Until our food came. He prepared table and seeing the foods I suddenly feel how hungry I am.

"Thank you." I repeated again.

"You've been saying that." He said as he sat down a beer on his hand.

"I'm sorry."

He shook his head and take a sip of his beer.

"Does it take good?"

"You want to try?"

I nodded slowly.

"You sure?"

"Yes."

He then opened another can and handed it to me. I took it and immediately drank it. The taste was gross; I almost wanted to spit it out when I saw him smiling.

He said, "You can spit it out." But I didn't. "Well, it will taste better later."

I slowly nodded and took another sip was again, and another one. Until I feel the alcohol taking over me.

"If my father sees me like this, he will probably disinherit me," I said, suddenly bursting into tears. "But I think it would be better for him to do that. I mean, I don't have the right to be a Hyuga. I never inherited their genes! They're smart, they're proud, while I am stupid and I stutter."

I look at him and he shows no reaction so I continue.

"I don't want to be a doctor! I know it is a noble profession. But I think it's not for me. Why was I born like this? Why I can't be like my genius brother? What happened to me?"

"Fuck all the parents who want us to be somebody we are not." He suddenly said.

"Yes, fuck them all." I repeated.

And the sound of his laughters is the last thing I heard before I passed out.