She'd never be alone
Have someone to hold
And when nights were cold"
Hinata held on to her toddler as his eyes became heavy, he poorly attempts to keeps them awake while he rest in his mother's arm, the sound of her humming vibrating against his side, his blanket bundled around him as if it were a shield protecting him from the outside world, hinata rocks back and forth in a slow pace playing with his hair and squeezing him ever so slightly every once in a while.
The only thing keeping him from drifting away are the droplets falling on his face here and there.
Boruto stares up at his mother as the slow vibrations start to become shaky, the sounds of her held back whimperes and sobs are nothing new to him, she occasionally does this every so often though he could never understand why
" you have his eyes, his hair, goodness even the little whiskers. I'm sure he would've been crazy about you... " hinata whispers as softly as she can, a broken laugh escapes her lips as she continues trying to hold back her tears and re focuses her mind on putting her baby back to sleep, she noticed he finally closes his eyes and his breathing slows down, she plants kisses on his forehead continuing to rock him whispering
"I will be your mother, and I'll hold your hand
You should know I'll be there for you"
With a final kiss she places him into his bed leaving the rocket ship night light on. Before leaving his room she looks over her shoulder one last time just to see him on his back, his small hands spread out as his chest goes up and down and his light breaths fill the room. A small smile plaster's itself on her face as she shuts the door before heading to her room. She starts to get ready for her night shift at club 8, although all she does is serve the drinks she finds herself enjoying the job, though she wish she could always remain home with her son unfortunately life wasn't nice enough to grant her that wish.
She stares in the mirror for a minute before smacking both hands on the side her face to remain awake, she's been home with Boruto all day then takes her night shifts til early in the morning, it's daunting to say in the least and leaves little to no room for sleep besides the three hour naps she gets with her toddler, but she couldn't complainin, this was the life she choose and she would damn well make the best of it for him. She grabs purse and exchanges a few words to the babysitter and as always calling her sister to inform her about Boruto always to end up hearing the same thing
" you should let me babysit him! "
" Hanabi I appreciate at it but that's quite alright.. "
" C'monn please!! It's been forever since I've last seen him, He'll forget Me! Besides who a better babysitter than me? "
Hinata chuckles at her sisters confidence
" yes yes you're the greatest and he loves you, you can come over this weekend he'll be happy to see you. "
" yes! How about we all go to the beach? "
" that sounds lovely hanabi"
" it's a date, I'll see you guys then, I couldn't babysit today, father... "
" ... I understand "
A long silence haunts the air before hanabi attempts to cover up the awkwardness with a lame joke that neither thought was funny, but that's okay. Hinata finally makes her way to work as she steps in she's greeted with familiar faces, all usually pretty friendly and with enough energy for both her and them. Sakura, Ino, and Tenten are the three closest friends she has, they helps her a lot especially during her pregnancy and stood by her like no one else.
" hey Hinata! " the pink hair woman waves her hand in the air, sometimes you could swear you actually saw cherry blossoms surrounding her with how mystical she seemed, always radiating with confidence and joy, even hell itself couldn't drag her down, not without a fight at least. One hell of a fight.
" hello Sakura, Ino, Tenten " Hinata bows respectfully as she heads to the back putting on her apron and black gloves, she prefered to wear them, made it easier to handle Drinks without risking touchint the rims, though all she really does is bring over the drinks and collect the glasses from the customers, it pays well surprisingly and despite being a club it's fairly safe, security are in every corner and for the most part the customers and staff here are usually pretty friendly." how are you all this evening? "
" tried. " Sakura stretches out her arms
" hah you think you're tired? Try working both a morning and a night shift" ino whips her hair back a with hand on her hips
" and who's fault is that miss ' yea I can totally do a double? ' Sakura barks back at ino her Emerlald eyes pouring into her's
" now now ladies, let's just get to work" tenten steps in between them stretching her arms out with a annoyed look, honestly ready to punch them both. They stare each other down for a momment before deciding to move to their positions, a pretty stupid idea to get fired over a petty argument afterall. Hinata giggled at her friends antics before getting ready herself, finally she steps into the floor serving drinks throughout the night. Now there was just one itty bitty thing her pink haired friended forgot to mention
As Hinata carried a tray of alcohol to the large party table she couldn't help but stop in hr tracks as she heard a familiar laughter, almost like deja vu. The laughter fillies the room, loud and boisterous and in that minute her heart almost stopped. She couldn't believe it, she scanned the table from a distance only to catch blue eyes peering right into her own, his expression must've matched her's, a second of disbelief forms into confusion and recognition as he continued staring her down. Now she's inching closer because of course she has a job to do and she was going to do it! No matter how much she wanted to run.
The two of them seemed to hold their breath for what seemed like forever and she couldn't help but be stuck in her thoughts "
no... . He wasn't suppose to be here, he was never suppose to come back. " Her Soft lavender eyes stare into those joyful blue ones, he's talking. She know he is, she needs to pay attention, So why can't she hear anything? Her hands clamp up and her throat goes dry, her thoughts running 50 miles per hour, the loudest thought running in her mind " hide, run, hide, RUN!
Finally after what seemee like an Eternity, she was able to pull herself out of her thoughts and hear his words. she never thought she'd hear the day Uzumaki Naruto would nervously say her name.
" hey.. Hinata? " he rubbed the back of his neck his eyes never leaving her's, and instantly at the sound of his voice it seemed her body retracted back to the old days, she let out a soft sigh before gently placing the bottles of alcohol down taking a bow and in her most professional voice saying " I hope the drinks are Satisfactory to you all", and making her escape never once looking back, she just wanted to hide so why in the world was she keep getting called back to that darn table!? Seems like Naruto had other things in mind.