Author: hi guys! This is my first fic! Please be gentle….
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Only the oc's.okay?
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"Hokage-sama, may I come in?"
"Yes, Yes! slurp. Come in!" the Hokage answered with a mouthful of ramen. (a/n:guess what)
"hokage-sama, I had just received a letter from my mailing bird" said the ANBU while handling the letter to the Hokage.
After awhile of reading it….
"hmm….. so that bastard will be back two days from now huh?" the blonde hokage put down the instant ramen and sat properly still holding the letter. "you can go now" he waved a hand to the ANBU.
"arigato, hokage-sama" and with that, the ANBU disappeared with a puff of smoke.
Naruto stood up, going to the terrace where you can see the whole village of Konoha.
"Its been six years…. Since you left this village including her…." He said, while holding tightly the bars of the terrace. So tight that it can be broken any moment now.
"Naruto-kun, you seem distracted are there any bad news?" a soft voice of a girl could be heard behind him. Good thing she arrived right on time so the bars did not break.
"oh! Hinata-chan, there is nothing terrible going on….. certainly not! In fact, it is a good news…" he said facing Hinata with a wide grin that only him possesses.
"Hontoni? Then, what is it?" she said looking curious rather excited.
"that bastard is going back two days from now…." He said, looking directly at his pearl-eyed wife and putted his arm on her shoulder lightly.
"I see…. Should we inform the village?" she asked him in a pleased way.
"definitely, but you go ahead to Sakura-chan, inform her with the good or should I say bad news for her…. I'll tell the villagers myself… I was planning to hold a welcoming party for him. I'm sure his fan girls will be REALLY glad." He said still with that foxy grin on his face.
With that, Hinata immediately go down and is headed to Sakura's place.
At Sakura's place…
"Sosuke…. Here's your lunch! Go ahead now…."the 24- year old medic- nin said handling a lunch box and giving it to a six-year old little boy.
"arigato, see you later!" thanked the boy while giving Sakura a peck on the cheek as his thanksgiving, and ran away with a smile on his innocent face.
"Sakura-chan? Are you at home?" Hinata said in front of her door partially opening it.
"oh yes! Hinata, I'm here at the kitchen! Please come in! Feel at home!" she answered back while washing the dishes.
"hey Sakura, where's Sosuke?" she asked sitting at the dining table near at the sink.
"oh,… he just go to school a couple of minutes before you came in. why'd you ask?" she uttered turning to her side to face her best friend.
"because… I have news for you…. About him…." Hinata muttered the last word under her breath.
"about him? Okay, lets hear it…" she said, rinsing the plate covered with bubbles. Her eyes emotionless rather excited.
They both new to whom the word him pertains to because for years, they've been using it to substitute for his name.
"well…. Naruto-kun said that…. That…. Um… he will be back two days from now" Hinata said with all her might, afraid that Sakura will do something unexpected. And it happened.
Hinata stood up and walked towards Sakura. Sakura, still, couldn't believe at what Hinata just said dropped the plate and is now broken in pieces on the floor.
"Daijoubu? Sakura-chan? I should have told you in a nicer way." Her tone was apologetic. She knew that when they talk about him, Sakura becomes sensitive and fragile.
"I'm okay. Its not your fault. It just slipped on my hands, that's all…." She exclaimed getting the broom and the dust pan to clean the mess.
"c'mon, let's go to the couch, so we can talk well" Hinata invited her and she obediently followed her.
at the couch….
"do the others know about it?" Sakura said facing the sky without a sign of excite or happiness in her face. All that could be seen is marks of awareness and a pinch of sadness.
"Naruto informed the whole villagers already and he is planning to hold a welcoming party for him…" Hinata chose the right words to say so nothing unexpected will happen again.
"I'm sure his fan girls will be the first to arrive at the gate… I can imagine their happy faces now.." she said a fake smile crossed her pale face.
"but the question is, are you prepared? Glad? To see him again? Asked Hinata while walking towards her best friend and steadying beside her.
"I don't know….. I can't really tell it this time especially with Sosuke around" Sakura looked down. Inside, she and inner Sakura are both confused if they will be happy or not to see that bastard again.
"Sakura-chan, I know the sacrifices and hardships you've gone to, and I'm really proud that you endured it all by yourself and with the little help from us, your friends…" she said sympathy in her voice.
"yeah… I know…. The loneliness I felt for six years… until now….. that he'd caused. And now he's going back? That bastard…" she said now looking up again, tears are forming in her eyes. Hinata expected that she will cry and it came this happens every time when they tackle that certain Uchiha issue. She hugged her and soothes her back with her small hands. For six years, Hinata and the others are the ones who helped Sakura in her problems: emotionally, physically, and even financially.
After three minutes of sobbing…..
"hey Hinata-chan, can you do me a favor?" she said cleaning her face with a towel now they are sitting in the sofa.
"sure, Sakura-chan, what is it?" she answered gladness on her voice.
"Please don't tell Sasuke about Sosuke and all the hardships I have gone to when he left." She cupped the hands of Hinata of her smooth hands and held it tightly.
"but why, I'm sure Sasuke will see Sosuke around the village…. After all, Konoha is not that big." She reasoned. Not in a way of contradicting her fragile best friend.
"I know but, let him know by himself. And please… leave to me the explanation because I want to tell him myself all the loneliness I had undergone. Please understand me, Hinata-chan." Still holding her best friend's hand and looking directly in the pearl eyes of the girl beside her.
"okay, I understand. Don't worry, I'll tell Naruto-kun to shut his loud mouth." She answered back with a kind smile while remembering the hyper mouth of her husband.
"thanks, hina-chan, for everything." She let go of Hinata's hands and she looks more comfortable now.
"but you know, Sasuke is resembled to Sosuke . With the hair, skin, except for Sosuke's emerald eyes: like yours….." she pointed in a matter-of-factly tone.
"yeah, I know that, after six long years, Sosuke is the reason that I'm not giving up, he is the only one who reminds me of him….that's why I named him Sosuke… because I still want to remember Sasuke-kun…." She muttered and remembered the memories six years ago.
Silence……..
Hinata, not liking the awkward silence, decided to speak first.
"So, do you still love Sasuke?" she crossed her arm on her midriff.
"….. um…. Yeah….. deep down in my heart, I still do…. He is my first love after all… it never dies…. Is this secret safe with you?" she asked her dear friend with puppy eyes.
"I know that secret long time ago and will forever be safe with me…. so do you plan giving your unfinished relationship a second chance?" a hopeful smile can be seen on her face and Sakura noticed it.
"I think not, it's better this way… me and Sosuke… alone so don't hope for the better okay?" her voice was convincing.
"okay, whatever you say, are you coming in the welcoming party?" she changed the subject but still, inside her she knows that it will be the best if Sasuke and Sakura will be together again.
"definitely, not…. I have a lot of things to do in the hospital….. are you coming?" She answered with confidence hoping that she will not regret her decision inner Sakura is murmuring words like: 'stop pretending! We know that you wanna see him! You're longing for him! And you always dream of Sasuke entering this village!'
"yes, I am going to that welcoming party. Naruto planned it and I'm going to support him all the way, and since you're the head medic-nin, I'm telling you now my absence." She said smiling. For years, they both trained to be a medic-nin and Sakura was promoted of being the head and Hinata was her assistant and substitute. "okay, I guess I'll be leaving now, bye Sakura-chan"
"bye, hinata-chan… thanks for dropping by…. And don't forget to come at the hospital when the party is finished okay? Many patients are struggling and we need your Byakugan to see the damaged chakra spots on their body. " she said, standing up leading Hinata to the doorway.
"I know that….. don't worry, I'll come as soon as possible and I'll tell you every detail that will happen during the party." She said while exiting Sakura's front door and Sakura is still in deep thought of the news her friend just said.
"So, he really is coming back… I have to do something to prevent Sosuke in meeting his father… I don't want my son to feel what I felt when Sasuke-kun left this village…" she said facing the blue sky with the birds chirping.
ok guys... what do you think? pls review it so that i may know if i had to make a second chapter. ja! ne