Maybe for you - Sasuhina Month 2020 Prompt - Cafune
(This is also the sequel of ‘Not for You’ - a Sasuhina story I had written some time back.)
Rating : T (for language)
There was a rumour going around.
That Uchiha Sasuke liked a Nursing Major student. Some said the student’s name was Hinata. Some speculated that it was the guy with the same name who was, coincidentally, also in the same department. That might better explain why he was always rejecting all kinds of propositions from the female population in the University.
But a few were quite sure that it was the new transferred girl who was trying to be as inconspicuous as possible. These were a minority of the total University population who used the Main library in the same hours as Hinata.
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There was something so calming about the total silence inside the humongous library that Hinata absolutely loved. It was an old building with wood panels and high ceilings, ornate wooden banisters that ran along the stairs leading to the upper floors. Interspersed between the tall shelves were massive tables that provided just enough privacy to concentrate without getting distracted by others, but not enough to encourage uncouth behaviour.
Looking at some of the tables, Hinata felt a stronger desire to work on her assignment to the best of her capability. Everyone had their heads down, and were focusing on their books. It just fueled her determination, which sometimes fell short when she was in her shared apartment with Tenten. She got easily distracted by the television, by the gossip, by the loud music and sometimes even by the presence of Ino - not so much Sakura, nowadays - who was always coaxing them to accompany her to frat and house parties.
Looking down at her wristwatch, she swore to herself that she would spend another hour there before leaving for home. Full of vigour, her mind was completely zeroed in on the textbook when there were few murmurs that erupted in the hall.
Shoot! Not again!!
She panicked and grabbed the big thick hardback book off from her side and opened it midway to make it balance upright on the table, before she slid down a little in her chair to hide behind the book.
She closed her eyes and prayed that her trick worked to avoid the person she was guessing had entered the holy halls of the library.
Few seconds later, crouched in her chair she got a familiar whiff of soap and she closed her eyes hoping that she wasn’t busted.
Something light bounced off her head and landed in front of her. It was a crumpled ball of paper. Curiously, she straightened the paper out and found a neat scribble-
‘Your book is upside down, Hinata.’
Absolutely flustered, she sat upright to see the inverted text of the thick book. She had been caught. Yet again.
Trying to appear cool, she closed the hardback and looked up at the smirking face of Uchiha Sasuke who was now sitting opposite to her.
“Is that one of your skills? Reading upturned books? I think I can come to appreciate it eventually…”, Sasuke commented casually.
“What are you doing here Sasuke?”, she asked flatly.
He shrugged and opened his bag to take out some of his own books. His damp hair meant that he had just got out of basketball practice. Which was exactly why she had not been expecting him today.
As if he had read her mind, he replied, “Practice wrapped up earlier than usual. So I wanted to come see you.”
He was absolutely unbothered by the attention the two of them were getting from everyone. Since the last party at Shikamaru’s, he had non verbally declared some kind of interest in her. Initially she thought his intentions were probably lewd because of their first meeting. But he had never tried anything inappropriate. Tenten and Ino constantly teased her about him, while Sakura was avoiding her.
Now rumours were abound at their University. She tried to lay low most of the time, but it was impossible to completely stop the unwanted gossip. Most of the time she was trying to avoid crossing paths with him, which was somewhat possible only because they had different majors. Other times she just accepted his presence. She would never say it out loud to him, but it had even ended her short lived crush on his best friend Naruto.
He snapped his fingers in front of her to get her out of her reverie. “Finish what you are doing quickly. I’m taking you out for cinnamon rolls after this.”
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It was the middle of October, and incoming low pressure from the west coast was causing some sort of heavy stormy weather. Basketball practice was cancelled, and Sasuke was making his way to the main annexe of the campus hub.
“Yo bastard, we are going over to Kiba’s for some pizza and Fortnite”, the deep scratchy voice of Naruto interrupted his stride. “You in?”
Sasuke turned to him and shook his head. “Count me out. Have fun.”
Without waiting for a response he continued on his way, but he heard the loud barking laugh of his friend as he commented, “You are so whipped, ya pussyass!!”
And Sasuke nonchalantly flipped him off.
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This was new. Out of all the ways Hinata had tried to dissuade or fend him off, he had never come upon her sleeping with her head resting on her forearms on the table. He could only smirk before he bent down to her ear level.
He felt the stare of nearby occupants, but it did not bother him. He wasn’t breaking any rules.
Sticking close to her ears, he whispered, “ This is not going to work, Sleeping beauty.”
She did not flinch even a little.
He looked closely at her face and found her to be in deep sleep. Her breathing was slow and deep, and there was a tiny bit of drool on the side of her slightly parted lips. He reckoned that the all nighters she was pulling for her assessments had taken a toll on her.
Chucking lightly, he pulled out his camera and took a quick picture of her drooling face. It would work well as a collateral.
He sat down in the chair next to her and admired the carefree beauty of Hyuuga Hinata. Her hair was left open today and it fell back on her shoulders and back like strands of pure silk.
An unusual thought occurred to him - Their kids would have beautiful dark tresses.
His instinct was to touch it. It wouldn’t be the first time they had made physical contact, so this should not be labelled as creepy. His left hand lifted to gently touch her head and softly ran down the length of her strands. As if in a trance, he repeated the motion a few times, before his fingers parted to dip through and comb down. It was oddly satisfying and sensual, all at the same time. Mental images of his fingers gripping her hair while kissing her passionately flashed through his mind. From there it turned quickly perverse, imagining other needs for gripping on to her thick soft hair. He had to abruptly take his hand away before his semi turned to a full.
Easy there. They had not even kissed each other. Yet.
He decided to wait for her a little longer before he woke her up. The rain was pelting down hard outside, he would not let her go home by herself. When he turned sideways, he found a young man standing in a slightly damp suit looking suspiciously at him. He looked a little familiar, especially his frowning gray eyes. But right as his brain connected the dots, the man asked him with a cold deep baritone.
I wrote two things for this day simply because the fake dating one felt a little too short so when inspiration hit i let it flow. I hope you enjoy this story as well, love ~Dia
Sasuke Uchiha was a name that made even the worst criminals shiver; the new head of the Uchiha family had a reputation that preceded him to every part of the world, nobody ever wanted to be on his bad side. Sasuke had never any issues of putting people in their place and making an example out of them. On his 14th birthday one of his father’s under bosses had made a comment that was meant to degrade the younger boy compared to his older one. Sasuke looked to Fugaku and his father nodded. Sasuke proceeded to crush that man’s neck with his bare hands in the middle of the party. The party went on with the dead body sitting in the middle of the room. Nobody dared address the matter. After Fugaku was murdered a few years back Sasuke and a few of his best men went to the family that did it and killed them all with no mercy. It was a blood bath.
The devil with red eyes; the cruel leader; emotionless; they all called him many things, but Sasuke achieved what he wanted, people either respected him or feared him. Their world was dark and the slightest hesitation got people killed, he was born into this life, he had had blood on his hands from a young age. This was their normal. To everyone he was just that.
But behind closed doors he was Sasuke, husband and father. The young leader married in secret the daughter of an allied family about 3 years ago. A year and half after the wedding his wife became pregnant and about 8 months later his first child was born.
“Welcome home” Hinata said and came to kiss him. He had been worried. Their marriage was an arranged one. Before he died, his father wanted to strengthen their bond with the Hyugas. When he first saw Hinata he had to admit that the rumors he had hear of her ‘the Hyuga angel’ were true. People were saying that she was the most beautiful Hyuga girl in the past 100 years, and they weren’t wrong. His wife shined brighter than anyone else.
The first time they talked Hinata had been shy and would not look at him; he had been worried about what she thought of him due to his reputation. Hiashi had succeeded in instilling fear into his older daughter, so Hinata did not feel as if she could protest the marriage. He had expected the marriage to be a loveless one but 2 months in her presence that had changed that. Hinata discovered a kind of freedom in her life that she had never knew. Despite her being hidden away from the public eye Sasuke gave her rights she had not had before, she was free to say and do as pleased in the safe space of their home.
“I’m home” Sasuke whispered against her lips and pulled her closer to him and deepened the kiss. Work had been a handful in the past few weeks and he couldn’t be home as much as he wanted. He missed Hinata and he missed Nozomi.
“She’s been sleeping almost all day today. She’ll wake up soon enough hungry” Hinata followed her husband to their room where he undressed from his suit and put on a plain t-shirt and sweats on. She had missed him greatly lately. It was hard being isolated and hidden from the world. She knew it was for her own sake and for Nozomi but she couldn’t help feeling lonely when he was away. Naruto, her body guard was fun to be around always but at the end of the day he was still her bodyguard. Then there was Nozomi, she was only a few months old and a lot of work and HInata didn’t always know what to do when she wouldn’t stop crying even after being fed, having her dipper changed and everything else.
Nozomi was daddy’s princess already. She would cry and cry and cry until Sasuke picked her up and she would stop; look at him and laugh. Sasuke too was smitten with his daughter; every night no matter how late he got home he’d go to her room and watch over her; kiss her cheeks gently in order not to wake her up.
Sasuke sat on the bench at the foot of their bed. Hinata walked to him and draped herself in his lap, her legs circling his waist. Sasuke ran his hands up and down her back before burring both of them in her hair and bringing her lips to his. The kiss started out slow and nice but Hinata increased the pressure and opened her mouth. Sasuke took the chance and deepened the kiss. The slow kiss turned into a make-out session that left both of them breathless and hot.
“I’ve missed you” Sasuke whispered against Hinata’s jaw, he placed kisses down her throat and slid his hands under her shirt with the intentions of taking it off but before he could the baby monitor on the nightstand came to life and cries would be heard. Hinata giggled a little and Sasuke sighed. “I’ll go feed her” he said and picked Hinata up from his lap and went to Nozomi’s room. The baby girl was crying and fussing around but upon seeing Sasuke approach her cries stopped and she started wiggling even more asking him to pick her up. Sasuke smiled and did just what she wanted. He held her over his head for a second and kissed her stomach loudly which made her shriek in laughter. After another second, he made his way to the kitchen to prepare her a bottle but Hinata was already there and the bottle was almost done.
Hinata watched as her husband fed their daughter and looked at her with all the love in the world. Sasuke might have been a real monster out in the world but here he was their hero; maybe his hands were covered in blood and sin but with her and Nozomi he was gentle. Parenthood suited him; he had once said he was afraid it would make him weak but it hadn’t. He was tougher because now he had more people to protect. There was not a single doubt in Hinata’s mind that they were safe. She took a few steps and reached his side and kissed his shoulder.
“Hmm? What’s the matter love?” Sasuke asked her; the same love she saw in his eyes for Nozomi she could see for herself as well.
“Nothing, nothing’s wrong. Everything is perfect” Hinata said and hugged his waist doing her best not to disturb Nozomi while she was eating.
I couldn’t choose between the prompts so i wrote two for the first day, i was overly enthusiastic after we go the list and i was carried away xDD please don’t mind me :) I hope you enjoy, love and kisses ~Dia
Prompt: Antique Shop
Mirror, Mirror- Part 1
“Welcome to the city of Lights” was written big on the sign just outside Las Vegas. Hinata took her first step in to the city and it felt…different. She was one of those people that pulled over by the sign so she could cross the border to the city by foot. She took a deep breath in and smiled to herself. After a few moments she returned to the car and continued driving to the center of the city. It was her first time in Las Vegas, it was her first time in the USA really. Hinata came to visit her cousin that had moved here for work a while back. She had heard so many things about Las Vegas, the nicknames alone intrigued her, the city of lights, the city that never sleeps, the city of sin. So, on her final 2 days of her USA escapade she decided to rent a car and drive to the city and see it for herself. It also helped that Neji was quite close to Las Vegas so the drive didn’t take her all that much. There were things she wanted to see and she made a list, she would start in downtown and tick them all off her list one at a time.
The energy of the city itself was addicting, Las Vegas was everything you wanted it to be, a city that fits them all, it had everything one could look for and even more. After a few hours of walking around Hinata decided to take a lunch break before hitting the main thing on her list, Las Vegas Antique Center. Antique shops were the first thing she had googled upon making her plan to visit Las Vegas and she saw there were malls filled with antiques and almost wept with joy.
Hinata was a lover of the old-times; vintage was her aesthetic from clothes to accessories and movies. Today too she was wearing one of her favorite pieces she had bought over the years, a knee length burgundy dress with long sleeves and ivory lace around the cuffs and the neckline with pearl like buttons on the front. It was a bit dressy but the material was so soft and light she adored wearing the dress. She hadn’t put on any jewelry mostly because that’s what she was looking for today, some jewelry, a bag, maybe a cute hat. Sadly, she wouldn’t be able to buy any big clothing items or furniture because she couldn’t take it back to Japan and shipping it overseas was not only extremely expensive but also quite dangerous because it could damage the item.
Hinata made her way into the first antique mall and her senses were overloaded, from the images to the smells and even the soft old music playing in the background; they were all overwhelming her. It was a good kind of overwhelming, she didn’t know where to look because she wanted to see everything. The mall had 3 floors and it was packed with beautiful things everywhere. On the first floor were the furniture and despite knowing she wouldn’t buy anything she still looked around. Everything was so beautiful and in great shape. The second floor was clothing there she spent more time looking thought the beautiful garments. They had flappers’ dresses from the 1920s to the long gowns from the Victorian age to well-worn leather jackets. The Victorian gowns were absolutely stunning, the details on the fabric were in amazing shape, the corset and soft lace were a bit yellow due to the age but they were beautiful. Hinata wanted to own such a garment but again it would not fit in her baggage. The last floor was filled with small accessories and decoration pieces and everything else that couldn’t be displayed on the first two floors. Hinata wanted to look around at everything before deciding to buy something but a beautiful hand mirror caught her eye and once she picked it up she couldn’t put it down. The handle was made out of white gold it appeared and it continued to beautiful roses around the mirror. Each rose had in the middle ruby red precious stones. Hinata turned the mirror around and written small on the back was “うちは サスケ” (Uchiha Sasuke) and next to it was a ruby and underneath it with white was drawn the handle making the symbol look like a fan. The item was so beautiful and it intrigued her that there was hiragana and katakana written on the back. With the mirror still in hand she proceeded to look at everything else but nothing was quite as beautiful or interesting as the mirror. Deciding that would be her purchase from this shop she walked back down to the register. Behind it was an old man with soft kind eyes. Seeing her approach, he closed his book and offered her a smile.
“You found something you liked?” he asked
“I did, everything here is so beautiful I wanted to buy more, but sadly I can’t transport them all back to japan” she said and placed the mirror carefully on the register.
The man looked at the mirror and the light from his eyes darkened a little, he didn’t touch the object just introduced a code in the register. The price surprised Hinata, she hadn’t checked it before but she expected for it to be quite high seeing how beautiful it was, how old it appeared to be and it also had all of those precious stones and was made out of white gold, all of these meaning its worth not only due to age but due to the materials should be quite a number. Looking again at the price shown on the register screen she frowned.
“Are the rubies not real? Is it not made out of white gold?” She asked still looking at the price displayed. It felt wrong to pay so little for something that beautiful.
“They are.” The man said, his voice was harsher and he looked impatient at her.
“If you don’t mind me asking than, why is it so cheap…?” she was aware it was a weird question. Usually when it came to antiques some of them were overpriced, she had never thought something to be underpriced before.
The older man sighed in defeat. “We just want it gone. The stories it comes with…” he didn’t continue.
“I noticed it has writing in Japanese on the back, what can you tell me about that?” She always loved knowing the back story of every item she bought. The dress she was wearing had been owned but a young lady of high social rank when she met her true love, the dress was preserved and displayed during her life in their bedroom and then after they both passed the dress found itself in a small antique corner store in Holland. Much like the mirror when Hinata saw it she couldn’t let it go.
“It is said it belonged to a Japanese family that have been erased from the face of the earth in a hell like fire. Nothing survived but the mirror. The name on the back is the name of the youngest son of the family and the fan was their family symbol.”
The tale was extremely sad but it still didn’t make sense to her why it would be so cheap. Being the only legacy of a family, it should be far more expensive. But the man appeared to be done talking, he was more on the edge by the second so, Hinata took out her wallet and paid the 5-dollar price.
“Be careful with it miss. It is known to bring bad luck.” The old man told her in an ominous way. “There is no way to get rid of it, Lord knows people have tried to destroy it.”
Hinata never much cared about curses attached to objects, they were usually stories that were exaggerated in order to up the price, after all when buying antiques part of the money you pay for the story behind it. Hinata smiled and thanked the man, took the mirror and put it in her purse carefully. Despite the man’s story about the mirror being indestructible in her hands it felt fragile. She was just about to exit the mall when the man spoke up again.
“The Uchiha curse shall not die miss, make sure you don’t either”
The man’s last words were ringing in Hinata’s ears thought the rest of the day, the following day and the plane ride back home. She was not one to be scared from such things; half of the items she owned were ‘cursed’ but the man seemed scared and his performance was very truthful. He believed what he had said, or he was a very good actor.
Upon getting home Hinata did her process of cleaning the objects she had bought with her home-made solution that does not damage the items and still disinfects them. Besides the mirror she had bought a hat, two pairs of earrings and a small pocket watch, from other various antique shops she had visited.
The earrings were places in her beautiful hardwood jewelry box that was on top of her vanity. The pocket watch was put in one of her display cases next to a teacup and a large broach. The hat found its place in her closet neatly put next to the other ones she owns and finally the mirror she placed on her nightstand.
The man’s words were still fresh in her mind, she wanted to dismiss them like she did with every other threat but it was more difficult. Even so looking at the mirror she couldn’t help but feel defensive over it, what could a mirror do? It was beautiful and fragile and it felt right having it in her hand. The handle felt as if she had held it before, as if the mirror was made for her only.
After putting everything she bought in place she started unpacking her other things, the clothes went in the basket of dirty clothes and such. Finally, with everything unpacked Hinata decided to take a shower, eat and sleep. The plane ride had been long and exhausting and she had arrived home at 7 pm, so quite late in the evening.
Hinata went to sleep around 10 after eating and watching a black and white movie. The trip to USA had been amazing and she loved seeing Neji, but it was very tiring so it took her no time at all to fall asleep.
She was peacefully swaying in an olden wood swing, wearing a white summer dress and no shoes; the grass was wet from the light shower that morning, the wind was blowing her hair away from her face, the sun was shining and warming up her face. Besides her was a man, not any man, her lover. He was running his hands up and down her arms in a loving motion. The world felt to finally be in place. Her lover leaned towards her and kissed her ear which made Hinata laugh lightly. He didn’t move after the kiss but rather started whispering her name in her ear “Hinata”.
They’d sway once and he’d say her name, each time a bit louder. The weather started to turn for the worse, the sun was covered by clouds, it was pouring rain, I started to thunder and lightning too. Hinata wanted to leave and go inside but another was holding her in place still saying her name but it now had turned into screams. “Hinata HINATA HINATA!”
Then it was quiet. The rain stopped, she was free and could walk. The first step she took forward hurt, she was still barefoot and there was broken glass on the floor, not only that but the ground itself felt as if it was burning, there was fire all around, the smoke was dark and heavy and making it hard to breath. From the quiet her name was screamed again. “Hinata HINATA HINATA!” She tried to go towards the voice but she glass was making it difficult for her to move, each step made her feet bleed more until finally she fell down and the glass cut her all around.
The next second she was alone in a dark room with voices all around her, calling her name. The voice of her lover, children voices. She wanted to go to them and took a step forward not realizing she had been standing on a stool, heavy rope around her neck. That is when Hinata woke up, still in her bed. She was sweating and breathing hard. A nightmare. It had only been a nightmare.
Hinata decided not to go back to bed right away. She turned around towards her nightstand to turn on the lamp. Her eyes fell to the mirror. The rubies had turned black and the mirror itself was cracked. Through the broken pieces she could make out the image of the man from her dream, her lover. A gasp escaped Hinata’s lips. She blinked a couple of times and rubbed the sleep away from her eyes. Upon opening them again the mirror was intact, not even a small scratch could be seen.
Sitting in the 3th row dead center he had the best seat in the hall, he was close enough to see the sweat run down the dancer’s forehead, but he wasn’t that close that he’d have to crack his neck to look at the stage. There were a few fanatics a few rows behind him that kept talking and he was sure they’d kill for his seat, he didn’t particularly want to be there, nor did he want to escape, in one word he was…indifferent. The only thing that bothered him was the suit his mother forced him to wear, it was a few years old and a bit tight over the chest and shoulders but she insisted the military green was the color for the night, he knew better than to fight her, he saved both of them time and just put it on. He was at a dance recital…maybe? He wasn’t sure what it was actually, it wasn’t ballet, it seemed to be contemporary dance with some ballet and some gymnastics, Sasuke wasn’t a dance expert, besides the tango and waltz lessons he attended in middle school, you could say he was quite clueless. Whatever was going on on the stage it was quite artful, the dance wasn’t all, the way the person was dressed how his expression changed was all part of the show. Him being there wasn’t uncommon. Saturday was family day, which meant dressing up fancy going to cultural things with Itachi, his parents and whatever “business” partners they invited to tag along. They were accompanied by the Hyuuga family, which strangely they had no deals with, apparently his parents were old friends with Hiashi and Hikari Hyuuga. The two of them had their daughter Hanabi tag along, the girl couldn’t be older than 14 maybe 15, but unlike any other teen that was forced to spend time with her family she looked like her seat was right where she wanted to be. She was leaning so far in front she was almost standing up, her eyes never left the stage for the 1 hour they’d been there. Another hour and the show would be over and they’d go eat dinner and maybe return home with the Hyuugas to ‘catch up’ as his parents called talking business. Maybe they were interested to tie some official ties with Hyuuga INC.
The curtain dropped for the second time, so far 2 dancers were up on the stage for 30 minutes each, the third one was up. Hanabi squealed and she seemed to be ready to jump on stage any moment now. A soft tune filled the room and a bright light from the other side of the curtain appeared, the curtain was still there, a wall between the audience and the dancer but you could see the silhouette behind, it was a girl, the first of the night. She started dancing softly, her dress spinning around making the shadows oddly deformed, a couple of minutes later after the girl fell on the ground as the song made a sudden loud noise the light went out and seconds later when the main lights on the stage were on the curtain disappeared and the girl was in full view. Her skin was pale, her hair a dark blue, her eyes closed. She moved around like he imagined gypsies did when trying to seduce the prince in fairy tales and their body movements would get them the desired reaction. Her dress was light purple and cut up all the way to her pelvis, during spins it would ride up and her underwear was in full view, but it was the same color so he supposed it was part of the outfit. He hadn’t realized he was so into the performance until in ended 30 minutes later and he barely felt a couple of seconds passing by. He noticed how everyone in the audience had been quiet for the girl’s dance; something about her movements just caught people’s attention and breath.
The last act of the night was about to start when the seat to his left, that had been empty all along, was occupied. From the corner of his eye he saw the girl that took it, she was the dancer from before, her bangs were flat against her forehead with sweat, she still had on her dancing get-up. She turned towards him and smiled a little.
“I love Kurenai’s dancing so I wanted to watch it from here not from the backstage” she said to him to which he only nodded. Her cheeks were flushed from the dance and her eye make-up was smudged, she had gotten very much into her performance and cried for a couple of moments after her routine ended. It was a weird feeling seeing her this close after watching her dance that way. Her performance was very intimate; he couldn’t really wrap his head around the fact that she was real and not just for show. He couldn’t really pay attention to the last dance because he watched her. The way she would make small gestures with her hands and her expressions would change with the song as if she was the one on stage. It was in itself a performance as well. 5 minutes before the dance ended, she got up thought, smiled at him and made her way to the backstage. He watched the remaining of the dance not really seeing it, he was lost in his own thoughts.
After the last curtain fall, his family and the Hyuugas got up and Sasuke was ready to leave; but instead of going towards the exit, they made their way to a small hallway and waited outside of a door that had ‘Acts’ written on it. After 2 or 3 minutes of waiting the third dancer of the night, the girl that caught his attention, exited the room. Hanabi ran to her and hugged her telling her how amazing she was. After the young girl finished her speech Hiashi and Hikari each hugged her. Seeing all of them together made Sasuke realize that they were family. His thoughts were confirmed when Hiashi introduced her as Hinata, his eldest daughter. Hinata smiled at them. She had changed; she was wearing a formal black jumper with dark green accents around the neck, waist and bell sleeves and pant legs. She had put her hair in a bun and re-done her make-up.
The two families walked outside together and parted ways to get to their cars promising to meet each other in front of the restaurant. Upon getting into the car Mikoto started talking. “Hinata just returned from a tour around Europe. She went together with a dance team and performed in over 20 countries over the course of 6 months.”
Sasuke pretended not to listen what his mother was saying, but he was storing all and every piece of information about the older Hyuuga girl. Mikot told them how she just accepted a job at the local Theater to put on performances every other week and that she was hired as a teacher for small children. Conveniently enough the building she would be working in was across the street from his office. The two of them would be seeing more of each other is Sasuke could help it.
Day 8 -Funeral/Sleep is the Cousin of Death- Forever, for Eternity
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Mirror, Mirror -Part 4
Sasuke was looking at her with a weird expression, she in turn was stuck in place. Kiba opened the door to his house looking bored but he after noticing her he started smiling wide, he took a step forward and opened his arms like he was about to hug her. Before he could think about it Sasuke moved so he was between him and Hinata. He tried playing it cool like it was a simple mistake by nodding to Kiba and walking inside his house.
Hinata didn’t know why Sasuke did what he did but she was grateful; she was feeling weird after receiving all that information and wouldn’t have liked it if Kiba hugged her. Instead she smiled at him and followed Sasuke inside. Looking at the back of his neck made her want to cry, he was so close yet so far away; how was she even going to try to get closer to him?
“Let’s play some games guys” said Naruto as he and Kiba walked inside as well. Sasuke took a seat on the sofa and Hinata sat herself next to him as close as she could without it looking weird. The room was dimly lit by the tv on which the three boys were playing. They weren’t really talking so the only sounds were the shooting in the game which weren’t very loud. The sofa was comfortable, she was exhausted and the heath coming off of Sasuke in waves only made her feel drowsier. On instinct she moved even closer to him and laid her head on his shoulder. She didn’t even think about the action until he stiffened for a second. But he didn’t tell her to move so she didn’t.
She felt tense now, her heart was beating out of her chest. She almost regretted coming to Kiba’s house. Hinata wanted her other two friends to disappear she wanted to talk to Sasuke, hold his face in her hands and kiss him. To whisper her love against his lips. Hinata in her current life has never felt that way about anybody so the feeling was foreign but familiar at the same time. The memories felt like they were an old tale she heard rather than things she witnessed. The only thing that did feel real was Sasuke and her love.
“She fell asleep” Kiba whispered. Her eyes were indeed closed but she wasn’t sleeping; she was thinking and drifting in between sleep and awake.
“We should wake her up and take her home” Said Naruto; Hinata could sense the blond getting up; she half expected him to pick her up and move her to the car which is why Hinata opened her eyes. Naruto was indeed moving from his spot on the armchair towards her. She did not want him to touch her; she feared that touching someone else might make her memories go away. They came back when she touched Sasuke for the first time so they might go away.
“You’re up” Naruto smiled at her “It’s late and you’re tired obviously. Let us drive you home Hina” The Uzumaki had always been nice to her; he was one of the genuinely good people that exited in the world.
Hinata blinked her eyes a few more times pretending to rub the sleep away from her eyes but in reality, she just wanted to stay in that position next to Sasuke a few moments longer. She looked up at him and he was looking down at her. His black eyes looked red and his jaw was clenched. She had seen that look before; her husband’s eyes would flash red whenever she looked at him and took off her kimono.
Hinata from the past would pull the pins in her hair out as well and let her hair flow down her back; she’d walk towards where Sasuke was standing at the foot of the bed take his hands in hers and place them over her breasts. Her smile would be knowing and yet sweet. Sasuke refused to look at her naked body despite the heath in his gaze. They were yet to be married and Sasuke refused to break the traditions; the fact that he was in her room during the night was bad enough.
Sasuke looked at her in that moment, in Kiba’s living room; just as he did that time. He was holding himself back despite wanting to break free. Hinata almost moved to touch his face but Naruto talked and interrupted her thoughts.
“I’m sorry; I coerced you into coming not thinking about how tired you must be after work” The spell broke and Sasuke got up. “Let’s go” the Uchiha managed to squeeze those words thought his still clenched teeth.
The three waved to Kiba and walked out to the car. Naruto opened the door for her and she thanked her. She told Sasuke the way to her house; the drive wasn’t long since it was still in that neighborhood.
“Good night Hinata” Naruto said as she got out of the car; she smiled and waved at them but the car didn’t leave until she made it inside her apartment building. Once inside Hinata took the steps three at a time. Reaching her apartment, she ran to her room and picked up the mirror, mirror that now had much more value to her. After admiring it for a few moments longer she placed it on her nightstand just as gentle as she always did. The action made her smile. She used to do that a lot in her past life; Sasuke always laughed at her whenever he noticed how gentle she was with the mirror. With thoughts of her lover Hinata went to take a long shower before changing into her night gear.
Her thoughts kept circling back to Sasuke, to their children…she hadn’t thought about the two little angels before, it made her heart break. Would she ever see them again? The memory of their funeral, their tiny coffins filled her brain. Whenever she imagined them in the coffins, she never thought of them dead but rather sleeping. If she and Sasuke were to have children in this life would they be Hikari and Daisuke? Could she even name them that? Would it be like she was trying to replace the ones she lost? How did any of this work? Gosh the funeral was absolutely one of her worst memories. How she wanted to follow the people carrying their coffins; how she wanted to crawl into Sasuke’s so they could sleep forever together. Had she been buried next to them? Would she be able to find the cemetery they were buried in? Could she visit her children and pray for their peace and rest? Her beautiful babies were sleeping; that was all. They were sleeping.
What morbid and strange things to be wondering about; where you were buried in your last life. Had that been her only past life? Or were there others she couldn’t remember? By the way her brain kept spinning Hinata came to the conclusion that she might not be able to sleep at all that night so she went to her kitchen to eat some ice-cream and watch a movie, maybe try to push her thoughts to the side. Her bare feet made a pitter-patter sound on the hardwood floor of the living room. She did not reach the kitchen before there was a knock on her door.
Her eyes flew to the clock; it was past one in the morning already. She walked to the door and peeked through to see who was at her door. Her heart started beading faster; her feet were cold and her hands were shaking. Sasuke was on the other side. She hurried to open the door.
“We need to talk” Sasuke said and pushed his way into the apartment and closed the door.
They were alone, which was what she had wished for before, but she understood that Naruto and Kiba’s presence before had been a blessing in disguise. There was nobody there to stop her when her brain confused the present with the past; she was scared of what she was going to do.
Sasuke appeared to be in pain and that made her heart hurt in turn. He looked just like he did that summer day when they got married; his voice was the same, his skin was just as soft. The impulse to run to him and kiss him while tears ran down her face was too much for her to hold back so on shaky legs, she walked closer to him.
“Why did you come here?” she was in front of him when she asked that, his eyes weren’t harsh or pained anymore they looked tired.
“As I’ve said before we need to talk. I don’t know how to say this…” he looked over his shoulder to her couch. “Maybe we should sit down and talk?”
Seeing him shaken up made her feel brave. She smiled at him and took one of his hands and lead him thought the apartment but instead of going to the sofa she took him to her room.
“I think the living room would be better” His eyes were red again.
“I want to show you something before that” She said and let go of his hand. Sasuke was standing awkwardly in the middle of her room and she went to her nightstand to get the mirror. Would he know what it was? If he didn’t come here to tell her he remembered their life together she could simply say she bought the mirror and it had his name on it, what a weird coincidence right?
“The love of my life gave this to me a long time ago” Hinata told him and showed him the mirror. His expression was devastated.
“You remember” Sasuke whispered as he traced one rose with his finger.
“I do” She confirmed and took the mirror and put it back.
“I had hoped you wouldn’t.” He said coming behind her and hugging her. His lips were next to her ear “I had wished you didn’t” he kissed her temple.
“Why?” Hinata asked and turned around in his arms to look at him. Sasuke caressed her cheek with her thump and then ran it over her lower lip. He was slowly closing the gap between their lips when he started talking again.
“I didn’t want you to remember my death, our kids’ death. It’s not fair Hina” their lips were brushing over each other’s as he spoke “I can hear them screaming Hina, asking me to help them because their little bodies were burning and the buildings were falling around them. I remember the feeling of burning alive and only thinking ‘I hope she never sees us’” Both of her cheeks were wet by tears.
“You were all sleeping; never dead just resting your eyes for a moment” She whispered.
“Tell me love” his voice was lower.
“Tell you what?”
“Tell me how you cried for us for a while and then moved on with your life and lived happily ever after” Sasuke was looking at her face but her eyes were closed. He placed a soft kiss on each of her eyelids. Hinata opened her eyes and shook her head, the smile on her face was a sad one.
“I cried for you for 2 weeks” Sasuke nodded “And then I killed myself” her confession was raw. Their whole conversation felt like it should not be happening; they should not be able to remember the horrors of their own deaths. Sasuke was right; it would have been better had they not remembered.
Sasuke made a pained noise in the back of his throat after hearing what she said. They were hugging and crying, mourning each other in their past life, mourning their life that was cut way too short, mourning their children.
“I’m sorry for the pain caused. But I’m here now, we’re both here now and we’ll be together forever. We’ll always find each other and end up together. We’ll spend the rest of eternity together or looking for each other.” Hinata nodded. They would, they could not live without each other; her suicide was proof of that, the fact that in her actual life she had never been interested in anybody before laying her eyes on Sasuke was proof of that, the mirror finding her and trying to force her to remember was proof of that. Their love would never die. It would only sleep from time to time before they’d meet again and it would be woken up, only to be more intense than ever before.
“Sasuke-sama…there has been an issue” one of his servants said. He did not enjoy when there were issues because that usually meant his snakes were getting killed by the nobles around the forest, but truthfully, he had been bored for a while now, so some trouble was welcomed.
“What is it?” Sasuke asked, not raising his head from the scroll he was reading.
“Over 20 snakes have gone missing in the past 3 days around the castle walls, every snake that I sent to retrieve the bodies did not return either”
20 snakes in only 3 days was more than ever before. Was the Royal family using his children for something? Were they simply killing them with no mercy?
“Thank you for informing me” Sasuke said and he got up “I shall go there right this moment to retrieve them”
It had been a really long time since he last left their lair and went to interact with other people than his servants, the castle wall wasn’t very far away from their lair but the gate was on the other side and the wall was too big to climb. Upon inspecting it carefully he found the small hole his snakes probably used to go inside the walls. Sasuke closed his eyes and turned himself into a snake and wet inside the wall. The surroundings were quiet, he would not turn back to his human self unless it was absolutely necessary, which he hoped wouldn’t. it would be far easier to go around the castle as a snake and not be noticed by the guards.
He started heading towards the garden, most of his children loved flowers and would go that way. After looking around for a short while Sasuke saw the end tail of a snake. He recognized the scale patter as being one of his own but the snake was very much alive.
He crawled closer and took the turn after a rose bush and saw all 20 of his children surrounding a girl, said girl was singing and making a flower crown. She appeared not to be bothered by the snakes that rested their heads on her legs, or the one that was draped over her shoulders sleeping.
Sasuke was very confused about what was happening. He looked at the scenar before him a moment longer before hissing and gaining the attention of all his children, who hurried to his side, but also the attention of the girl.
The girl looked at him, compared to his children he was a big and long snake, venomous as well. Most of the snaked around her were small children. If the girl got scared and tried to harm him or the children or if she called for a guard Sasuke was ready to transform into a human and fight to protect his snakes. But that was not the case. The girl simply looked at him, watched as the small snaked moved behind him.
“You are very beautiful. I’ve never seen you around before” The girl said and smiled at him. She slowly extended her arm and with her index finger toughed him on the head. “Did you come looking for the smaller snakes? I’m sorry. I saw the first two and thought they were lost s I fed and kept them and after that more showed up. I didn’t think someone was looking for them, I did not mean to make you worry” the girl said as she continued patting his head softly.
She stopped and placed both of her hands on her lap. “You can come here I won’t hurt you. You have nothing to fear” Her actions were confusing to him. Never in his life did anyone leave themselves as open as she did around him no matter if he was in his human form or his snake form. He was a big and venomous snake, if he wanted to he could bite her, he could strangle her, he could kill her in many ways yet she did not seem to be scared at all. A couple of the children looked from him to her and seeing that he did not attack the girl they returned to her side but the girl did not move to pet them or to continue her flower crown, her gave was on him.
“I won’t hurt them either, you can come closer” for unknown reasons Sasuke listened to her and moved closer, as if in a daze her laid his head onto her leg and curled himself around her. The smaller snakes that were behind him followed his lead and happily returned to the girl. She petted Sasuke’s head for a couple moments before continuing to make her flower crown and singing the song. Her voice was soft and warm, the sun shone on him and he started feeling drowsy. Before knowing it he fell asleep with his head on her lap.
He was awoken by something strange touching his head. He looked up to the girl. Her flower crown was ready and she had it on. “Oh, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to wake you” she said as the righted the thing on his head “the small snakes are too small for me to make them flower crowns but I somehow managed to make one your size. It looks lovely on you” The strange feeling onto his head was the flower crown she just put on him. Without thinking about it Sasuke turned himself into his human form. He was laying on his stomach, head still in her lap, the flower crown sitting awkwardly around one of his ears.
The girl only gasped, she did not scream or call for any guards. That made him question her sense of danger even more. Seeing that their kind was in his human form all the small snaked crawled around his neck and shoulders.
Sasuke got up slowly and took the small flower crown from around his ear. He inspected it for a moment before looking at the girl. “Thank you for taking care of them and not killing them.” The girl was still starting at him with her mouth half open. He turned around to leave and only then did she get up and talk.
“Wait, no! where are you going?” She asked, took the skirt of her dress in her hands and started running after him.
“I’m going home. I only came to retrieve them and now I must return” He said and looked over his shoulder at the girl running after him, her hair was long and straight and dark, in the sunlight it had a blue hue to it. When he was a snake, she looked large and bigger than life but being in his human form now he realized that she was quite small.
“Will you return?” her voice was shaking a little, was she scared of him now? For some reasons he did not like the idea that she was scared so he stopped and turned around to face her and, in that moment, she ran straight into his chest. Instead of taking a step back the girl tightened her fists around his shirt and looked up at him. “Please don’t leave”
Sasuke was confused as what to do. Was she not scared? Why did her voice tremble then? Why did she not want him to leave? After looking at each other without a word she took a step back, drew a breath in and confidently said.
“I, Hinata Hyuuga, the first princess of the Leaf, order you not to leave”
Hello everyone a bit of a “Mature Warning” I guess, it is a bit of a smut. This is the first time I’ve ever written something like this and I feel a bit weird about it. Tbh I don’t even know how I got to this story in the first place, I started writing for the ‘horror’ prompt but here we are. Either way I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think about this way of writing…Love and kisses ~Dia
“What do you say my love?” Sasuke asked her as he poured himself and her a glass of wine. It was late into the night, but that was their favorite hour.
“Hmm I’m not sure. It doesn’t sound all that entertaining” Hinata replied as she gracefully accepted the glass from her husband. She took a sip and licked her lips. The wine was getting better and better every night, Sasuke had been right it was indeed an acquired taste, just like their life.
Sasuke smirked at her and took his own sip. “We can always make it more fun love. Nowhere in the rules does it say we can’t intervene.” He said
Hinata frowned. “Rules?” were there rules? She hadn’t heard of such thing.
“We make the rules my love. Whatever you want to do, you can.” He smiled darkly at her and got up from the armchair that he was sitting on across the coffee table from her and sat himself onto the sofa right next to her. “Plus, I’d like to see anyone try and tell you that you can’t do something.” He took her glass and placed it and his on the table. With sure hands he pulled her into his lap. “I’m curios how my little dove would react if someone tried to cage her” He whispered against her lips.
His suit was soft and velvety under her fingers and naked legs. She was only wearing a short silk white night gown. Sasuke’s hands were under the material and on her sensitive skin of her back. His eyes ruby red just like the wine. “What would you do little one?”
She wasn’t sure what he wanted her to say. Sasuke was trying to teach her the ways of his world without actually giving her any answers; he only asked her questions like this and she’d have to guess until she got the right answer. For every right answer there was a reward, how she wanted a reward. Sasuke was an expert in using his body to make her feel ecstasy. He was addicting and she was already too deep into it to ever give him up. His warm hands were caressing her stomach and up to her breasts. She couldn’t remember what the question was, she just wanted him to move up and touch her but he didn’t. “Answer the question Hinata” his voice was soft but still commanding.
She had to blink a few times in order to focus, Sasuke smirked at her, he knew what he was doing, how he was affecting her. “I’d ignore them and do as I please. Then I’d come to you and point my finger at them, you’d do the rest for me, wouldn’t you?” His smirk turned int a smile, his teeth were white and perfect.
“You are correct little dove. I shall eliminate anyone that looks at you wrong, anyone that hinders your pleasure. When I’m done with this world it will belong to you” Sasuke would promise her things like this; she had been promised many things by other men before him but they never followed through, but Sasuke…he did. There was no doubt in her mind that she would indeed own everything. He promised her a life of luxury and he delivered, he promised her more love than she would know what to do with and his eyes proved that she had that, he promised her that he would harm anyone that harmed her only to burn down the house that she grew up in with everyone inside.
She ran her nails over his nape. “I answered correctly. Do I get a reward?” She could barely keep her eyes open just imagining the things Sasuke could do.
“Of course, you do, you get whatever you want. We just established that” He smiled at her and took his hands out of her silk dress and instead pulled it over her head. They were in the living room but it was the middle of the night and nobody would dare interrupt them. “Get up love” She did as he asked and got up from his lap and he too got up. He turned her around and set her on the sofa and kneeled before her. He didn’t even touch her and her eyes rolled to the back of her head. The anticipation was making everything more intense.
Sasuke’s skillful fingers pulled down her lace underwear leaving her completely naked. He took one of her feet on his hand and placed a kiss on her ankle and moved up slowly. When he reached her inner tight the kisses turned from soft to rougher, he sucked and bit her softly before running his tongue over the spot. He left hundreds of hickies on her tight before moving to the other one and paying just as much attention to it before slowly going don her leg to her ankle. Once he got there instead of finally moving to where Hinata wanted wanted him to go, he got up and set himself on the sofa next to her once again. He took their glasses and gave Hinata hers. The girl was still necked and turned on more than ever before.
Sasuke was playing with her and she new that. He was pushing her to see just what she would do. They drank in silence their wine; Sasuke filled his glass twice and hers once before the bottle emptied. She had only one more sip from the red liquid; Sasuke’s eyes had been on her all along. She smiled nicely and as innocently as she could batted her eyelashed before putting the glass to her lips and tilting the glass but her mouth was only half open, half of the wine ran down her lips and skin and staining them. The wine ran down her chin onto her breasts and even further down. She put the empty glass on the table and started wiping the liquid from her stomach.
“This wine must have been stronger than I expected. I made a mess.” She told Sasuke and licked the wine from her lips and fingers.
“Indeed, you’ve been careless. You still have some over here” He said and pointed with his glass to her collarbone, a few drops from his own glass spilled onto her skin but Sasuke moved closer and licked them away. The Uchiha looked at his clock and drained the rest of his glass.
“Enough playing. Let’s go to our room Hinata” He said getting up and extending his hand to her. Hinata had no objections and followed him through the whole mansion naked. Their room was dark but Sasuke didn’t bother turn on the lights. He started taking off his suit as Hinata moved to the bed and laid herself onto the black sheets, legs wide open waiting for Sasuke. After finally finishing undressing himself, Sasuke looked up at her and smirked upon seeing her obediently waiting for him.
He climbed over her and kissed her neck, some patches of skin were still covered in wine and tasted like it but then the others tasted just like Hinata, it was an intoxicating combination. “How about I give you that reward now?” Sasuke said and rolled onto his back; his hands folded under his head. “Why don’t you take the initiative and do whatever you please Hinata?”
She didn’t waste any time; it didn’t matter what or how they did it, it always felt amazing because it was him. Being with someone you loved just made everything so much better. Of course, Sasuke knew exactly how and what to do, he learned everything about her body from her reactions and could play her like a violin; even when she was on top, she was never really in charge; it was always him that controlled everything and everything he did was perfect. In the beginning he would tease her by making her walk him thought whatever she wanted done. He would only move when she told him to and how she told him to. Now Hinata didn’t even have to say a word and he knew exactly how to make her fly high.
She moved over him and straddled his lap. Before doing anything, she lowered her head to kiss him. “You taste like wine” he whispered against her lips. He did too, but he tasted better than the wine. “Move love.” He urged her and she did just as he told her. His strong hands were under her butt allowing her to move however she wanted but yet somehow still guiding and being in charged. Her tights were a bit tender from all the hickies he left before but the twinge of pain only made everything better. She finally lowered herself fully over him.
“I love you” she said and braced herself onto his chest. Sitting like that, over him, with him inside her, his strong heartbeat under her hand, everything was perfect. She stood still and just enjoyed the sensation but Sasuke only allowed her a few moments like that before raising her up and lowering back down fast. The sudden movement hit all the best places. She let herself go and placed herself into his hands to do as he pleased. He promised to always take care of her and just like everything else, he delivered on that promise as well.
Initially I wanted to do this in the same universe as the fake dating one. It’s based on pretty much the same idea I guess. I wrote this a few years ago and I wanted to use it; hope yall don’t mind. Love ~Dia
<<Their break-up was the kind of thing that filled front pages for days, it was the talk of the internet, much like their first hook-up was, much like their first meet-up was. Despite working on the same set for a few months, their schedules never matched, they never had a scene together, they were never even in the same building, yet once the movie hit the screens, the unlikely couple picked up fans and speed like a snowball rolling down a hill.
It didn’t matter to the fans that the two raven-haired young adults were never on screen at the same time, the only thing that picked their interest was one of Sasuke’s character line which mentioned something that had an indirect reference to Hinata’s character. That was all it took for the ‘SasuHina’ fan base to blow up out of proportions.
The ‘sasuhina’ tag grew bigger each day on all social media platforms, until it received the attention of a few small magazines, then bigger ones which led to several questions asked to both celebrities about the other.
On a red-carpet interview, a reporter from ‘KonohaNow!’ Asked Hinata what was her first impression when she met the Uchiha heartthrob, after a small laugh caused by the subject of the said question, Hinata stated “No, but really, I never even met Sasuke. Once the trailer launched, I noticed a few posts about me and him, but I honestly never expected it get this big. You’d be surprised how many rumors I heard about the two of us, despite us never actually being in the same room”
The said declaration set the fans on fire, making it their top priority to get the two of them to formally meet, of course in a public way. So, a few months later, both of them stood on a chair across from each other live on ‘The Akatsuki’, while Deidara couldn’t help but grin at the two. Once the show was live it was ranked as one of the most viewed talk-shows in the past years.
After Deidara finished his usual introduction, the two of them got up and officially shook hands and introduced each other. The gesture was a bit awkward which did not escape the public eye, making them come up with reasons such as they were shy to meet, or nervous. If the fandom was big before, after their ‘meet cute’ it had tripled, making both of them rise on the popularity ladder quite a bit.
Even so, the moment that it was certain that SasuHina was real, was a year after their meet, when without any promoting, a trailer for a movie was launched, with the two of them as the main characters that made a deal to help each other commit suicide. The movie was the most expected one of that year, despite no one knowing anything about it but those 50 seconds showing both of them in front of their laptops writing mails to the other. The title was vague “50 Days” and there were no promoting methods, from posters of the movie, to short interviews about it, none of those existed.
Every talk show host that asked to make an interview about the said movie was shut down, critics were confused by the secrecy, since directors tend to do as much advertising as they can, but it turned out that doing nothing, was the perfect method to make everyone talk about the movie. Once it hit the screens a few months later, the fans that expected it purely based on the actors playing were pleasantly surprised with a well written plot, and marvelous filming and editing. The ending of the movie, was one that left its mark on the YA movie industry, making everyone wish that the heroine would have found her partners in crime affection enough to make her wish to live, but sadly it didn’t. The ending broke the world’s heart, but no one seemed to mind at all, since the film featured a couple of shared intimacies between the Hyuuga girl and Uchiha boy. From kisses to, warm hugs and even the dramatic final scene, of Sasuke’s character walking away crying after Hinata’s character funeral, all the tragedy was forgiven.
After finally all the secrets of the movie being spilled, the two actors had the freedom to share everything about the making of the film, from the easiness of working together, to their fast friendship. Pictures of them together on and off set started filling the internet and newspapers for a period of time, only to die down for a couple of months.
Their radio silence was picked up as a sign of their relationship, which was in the ‘hiding’ at that moment. As crazy as it seemed at the time, the theories were proven somewhat right when a picture of them kissing was featured on the front page of a magazine, followed by a video posted on Hinata’s Instagram with her and Sasuke doing a silly dance which ended with the pair hugging and sharing a small kiss.
The fandom could not hold their excitement back, their relationship was labeled as ‘goals’ for the duration of 3 years, the length of it. But a couple of weeks after Sasuke’s 25th birthday their relations suddenly ended.
The media and fans were confused, since they never once made any statement of not getting along, their last picture together was barely a week before the break-up and they seemed content. Everyone was expecting a marriage, not a break-up!>>
It came hard for him to read about his failed love life on every magazine and news site in the world, but whenever he saw anything with her name, he couldn’t help but read, because maybe one of these writers would say something remotely close to the possibility of their break-up being fake, or them getting back together, yet none did that.
“You’re sulking again”
Gaara, his friend and bodyguard told him. The redheaded man was sitting on his sofa as well, switching between Tv channels, to anyone he would have looked like a friend only, not like the man in charge of the safety of his life. Sasuke sighed and put his pad on the coffee table.
“She’ll be back.”
The Sabaku man reassured him, he had been saying that every day since the break-up, and each day it seemed more of a lie. At the beginning he was certain Hinata would turn around and run back to his side, but as weeks passed, he was starting to doubt the possibility.
“You put too much faith in her”
The black-eyed man said while walking into the hallway leading to his bedroom, he was tired and needed sleep. His bed was the only comfort he still had. It was their bed for 3 years. The bedsheets still smelled like her even after being washed a number of times, the mattress still held her body shape.
The last phrase from the article he just read sat heavy on his brain. << Everyone was expecting a marriage, not a break-up!>> He sure had too. He had asked Hinata to marry him, and she dead-pan rejected him, not only did she say no, but she had actually got up and left him.
He knew that she must have had a good reason to leave, he just couldn’t figure out what. Before the said incident, she had been dropping hints here and there about getting married. Subtle hints from sighing happily at the end of rom-cons when the couple got married, to straight up forward questions such as whether he would be alright with a western-type wedding rather than a Japanese one.
He was so fucking certain they were on the same page. Every time she asked anything regarding marriage, he sat a little straighter since the ring sad untouched hidden in their bedroom for a little over 2 weeks, before the hints started. He just needed the time to be right, and when he thought it was; apparently, she didn’t.
He took out his phone and looked at his messages, he had plenty of those but none from Hinata. When she left, she only asked for time and space and he was hell bound to give her whatever she wanted, but the more time passed his hope of her returning with an explanation grew smaller. Being a person in the public eye, he learnt a few important lessons such as not to read the comments to Drama-articles, but he caved this time. Every comment was full of speculations or just straight-up angry for the way things ended between the two of them.
Finally, he put his phone on the nightstand and sighed. Since they started dating 3 years ago, he was so used to her being at his side almost every day. Sure, they were busy with filming their own movies or tv series, with photo shoots, interviews, talk-shows and everything else their agent scheduled. But everyone liked to take advantage of their relationship and of their common fanbase so most of the times they played in the same series, they were called for shows at the same time, there was not a day to go by when they weren’t together for at least a couple of minutes.
Sasuke moved onto her side of the bed and buried his head in her pillow. He kept wondering if she missed him as much as she did him. Her smell still filled their bathroom and there were still days when he’d wake up confused over the empty space in his bed.
He knew Hinata loved him, their love life was full, he would catch her staring at him with a smile on her face, without even realizing it they were always touching, holding hands, their shoulders pressed together, her hand on his knee, his arm around her waist, so without her there he felt somehow incomplete.
He must have fallen asleep at some point because he was jerked awake by a loud crash in the living room. He could hear Gaara talking to someone, not sure who could have caused all this chaos he got up and went to see what was happening. Getting closer to the ruffle he recognized the man talking.
“I don’t give a shit that he decided to give her space. Just because that’s what she wants doesn’t mean it’s what she needs”
His breath sped up. Neji, he was talking about Hinata. He never expected her cousin to come seek him out. The older Hyuuga saw him and started moving towards him, Gaara made a move to get in front of Sasuke before Neji could reach him.
“Out of my way Sabaku. He has to come with me”
“Do you know where she is?” Sasuke asked and he moved around Gaara.
“I do, and she really needs you right now”
That was all he had to hear. If Neji thought it was a good idea for him to go to Hinata it had to be, he would never do anything to harm his little cousin. Sasuke only nodded at his red-headed friend and they were on the move.
They took Neji’s car, the plan was to get Hinata and if all went well Neji would drive them both to their home if not…he’d still drive Sasuke. He only hoped things would turn out good.
“Do you know what happened?”
The Hyuuga clenched his hands around the wheel tighter. “I do” Sasuke opened him mouth to ask what but couldn’t get the words out before Neji talked again. “I really don’t think you should hear this from me. Granted you were supposed to be the first to find out after her but we all make mistakes, don’t be mad at her, she tried her best”
They parked the car across the street from a hotel, Sasuke followed Neji and Gaara was just a step behind him. They didn’t stop in the lobby to ask for the hotel room, Neji walked straight to the elevator and pressed the button for the 12th floor. They didn’t talk, the people that got into the elevator on the 4th floor kept staring at Sasuke but they didn’t say anything either. Finally, when they reached their destination, they marched down the corridor to room 127. The Hyuuga male sighed before softly knocking on the door.
“Hina..it’s me open up” when nothing happened he knocked again but no movements could be heard from the other side of the room. Being fed up with the wait he got his wallet out and took a key card and opened the door.
The room was dark but Sasuke recognized her scent, he noticed her clothes on the floor and finally his eyes rested on her sleeping form on the bed. He took a few steps forward and felt his mouth dry when he realized she was wearing one of his shirts and clenching another one in her hands.
He heard Neji sigh again and he whispered something to Gaara, the two made their way to the hallway but not before telling Sasuke to call for them if anything happened. He nodded without really registering what they were saying, nothing mattered but Hinata at that moment.
He walked up to the bed and sat next to her caressing her check and then her hair, she stirred in her sleep but didn’t wake up. The need to touch her was immense, it physically hurt him not to bend down and kiss every inch of her skin.
He didn’t stop caressing her face and hair for another 30 minutes until finally her eyes opened, she looked up at him and her smile was so wide he felt his heart bust. She was still sleepy and he wasn’t sure if she thought he was real or just a dream but when she sat up and hugged him, he didn’t stop her, nor did he stop her when she started kissing him or when she sat herself in his lap.
He knew they should talk but he missed her so fucking much his brain wasn’t working right. He forgot just how perfect she fit in his arms.
She was the one who stopped the kiss, her breath was shallow, and her eyes were dazed with lust. That look alone would have been enough to make him hard, but her weight on him and the feel of soft curves in his hands only made his pants feel even tighter.
Hinata looked at him for a moment before kissing her way from his jaw down his neck. Her hands wondered all over his chest and back, she started rocking her hips and he couldn’t help the deep throaty groan that escaped his lips. She seemed pleased with the effect she had over him and only started moving faster.
“Hinata…o fuck”
Hearing his voice everything in her stiffened. She stopped moving, stopped kissing and looked up at him like a deer caught in head lights. She was about to get up and flee but Sasuke reached back for her and pulled her into his lap and held her close.
“Y-you’re real” her voice was only a whisper. He wanted to kick himself for allowing things to go that far when she obviously thought she was dreaming. Her shoulders stared shaking and soft sobs filled the room.
“Shh, it’s okay. Everything’s going to be fine”
After a few minutes she stopped crying and moved her head to look up at him. “Why are you here?”
He only smiled at her and kissed her tears away. She didn’t push him away which was a good thing. “I asked for time, for space…” her voice was soft.
“I know, I’m sorry I thought I could give it to you, but…”
After looking at him once again she rested her head on his chest and finally returned his hug, her hands fisted the back of his shirt and her legs wrapped around his middle it felt like she was trying to bring herself closer to him, as close as it was physically possible.
“I’m sorry”
“It’s fine love” He said into her hair. He didn’t know why she apologized, but he didn’t care at that moment, all it mattered was that she was in his arms now. Her soft sobs broke his hear and he couldn’t help tightening his grip, bringing her as close as possible.
It took her a couple minutes to calm down, her face was on the crook of his neck, his hands buried into her hair, they were both breathing in the other, almost like their need of the other was what fueled their lives and the past weeks they’ve been working on empty tanks.
Hinata was the first to push away and look up at him, her hands were trembling as she reached out for his face. She cupped his cheeks and ran her thumbs under his eyes taking in the bags, Hinata leaned towards him and kissed his lips softly, just a few pecks nothing more.
“I’m so sorry baby” Her voice broke and he wished he knew what was wrong, so he could fix it.
“What’s wrong Hina? You have to tell me so I know how to fix it.”
Her eyes filled with tears and she kissed him once more “What if you can’t fix it? If we can’t fix it?” her voice was barely above a whisper.
She bit her lip and got off of him and walked to the far end of the room. Pacing back and forth, she did it a couple of times before suddenly stopping. “A few weeks ago, I thought I was pregnant”
Sasuke was stunned, her being pregnant never crossed his mind, but it would have been the best news ever, but the past tense filled him with anxiety.
“I didn’t want to tell you until I was certain. So, I took a few pregnancy tests 2 of them came off negative but one was positive so I was confused. I scheduled an appointment to check. I-I never had issues with my cycle or infections so I didn’t visit my gynecology doctor quite as often as it is recommended” She stopped pacing in front of him and took his hands into hers. “I told her I wanted a pregnancy test and when that came out negative, she suggested we do a few more tests and I said sure…” She was crying again. Sasuke freed his hands from hers and instead placed them on her waist and pulled her next to him. The silence overtook the room.
“I’m infertile” she finally confessed “the chances of me getting pregnant are very slow, I can’t give you the family you deserve. How could I do that to you? The day you asked me to marry you was the day I just got the results back” Sasuke silently cursed himself for not noticing the fact that she was upset, he had planned it and was so nervous about it, he did not pay attention to her.
“Hinata, it’s fine, everything is ok” He whispered against her hair and placed kissed on her temple. Of course, he wanted to have kids with her, and he would later mourn the loss of that idea but only after he was certain that she would be in his arms. “We’re already a family Hianta. we could also always adopt later on, but all I want now is you.”
Her eyes were watery and red, her expression was so broken. “You don’t hate me? You don’t think I’m broken?”
“I love you, you know that, there’s nothing that could change that, plus you’re not broken love. There is absolutely nothing wrong with you” Sasuke assured her. He couldn’t imagine how Hinata felt. “Let’s go home ok?” He asked to which Hinata only nodded. He picked her up and walked to the door, opened it and looked at Gaara and Neji who were on the hall away from the door; probably to give them privacy. Neji looked relieved to see them together while Gaara’s eyes fell to Hinata and his composure changed from his normal expressionless to sadness. Gaara walked in front of him and Neji was behind him. The walk from the lobby to the car was done in a rush just in case there were paparazzi around.
Neji started driving. “I’ll come back and pack all her things tomorrow” Sasuke nodded. They were together, that’s what mattered. Everything else would fall in place later.
