Hinata sat near the door, her luggage laying next to her. "Why are you still here?" She commented, not even looking at the man standing directly behind her. "You don't care about me." She almost jumped when he placed a hand on her shoulder.

"No, I don't care about you." Akio replied. "I do, however, want to see a certain blonde."

"Why?"

Akio sat beside her and wrapped an arm around her waist to pull her closer. Hinata leaned away, uncomfortable. "I won't tell him anything." She looked towards the door again, trying to ignore him like she tried on the plane. "Hinata." He began playing with her hair, twirling the long strands. "Please, I'm bored-"

Hinata shoved him away from her and stood, unable to stand him any longer, demanding, "Leave me alone." Where was Naruto? He was supposed to be here by now. "You don't love me, don't care about me, so why are you here? Why are touching me? I-"

"You're the only one I haven't fucked."

"What?" Just the way Akio said it repulsed her.

"Out of all the women I've seen, you're the only one I haven't had sex with."

She felt her face heat up in anger. "So you touch me and play with my hair? Go home and fuck your-"

"People are staring." Akio noted, getting her to go quiet and sit down. "No, I figure I'd tease you."

Hinata snatched her jacket from off the seat; he grabbed it and refused to let go. "What's your problem? That did nothing but annoy me."

He stared up at her with dark eyes. "I want to hear you say it."

"Say what?"

"Tell me you wanted to have sex with me."

The young woman scoffed. "You're joking."

The businessman shrugged and pulled her closer using the coat as a rope. "I know what happened wasn't soley my doing."

Hinata yanked the clothing out of his hands. "If you hadn't kissed me, I- Naruto!" She smiled, almost forgetting everything at the sight of the blonde. She dropped the article of clothing and ran into his arms, noticing he was a bit tense, worrying her. "I missed you so much."

Naruto buried his face into her hair as he returned the hug. He didn't say anything, making her more anxious. He ended the hug, focusing on Akio and approaching him with a forced smile. "Thank you for-"

"There's no need for a façade. I know she told you." Akio interrupted before bending down and picking up Hinata's things. He handed them to Naruto. "That's what best friends do, isn't it? Share secrets." He shrugged as he watched the blonde pass them onto Hinata. "You're shaking." He smiled. "Are you angry with me? What do you have to say to me that Hinata hasn't already-"

Naruto punched him in the face, Akio falling back onto the bench. Ignoring the cry of protest from his father, the young man continued to hit the boss several more times and grabbed him by his shirt threateningly. "Don't you ever fucking come near her again."

Hinata followed Naruto and Minato out quickly, reaching for Naruto's hand. He pulled away, disheartening her. When he pulled out his phone, she stopped in a panic. "I forgot my phone." It was back where they left Akio.

Naruto spun around on his heels at that but his father held him back. "I think it's better if Hinata goes alone." The young blonde looked at said woman with soft, worry-filled eyes.

"I'll be back in a couple minutes. It's just Akio." Just Akio. A heartless, conniving liar. But he was probably- hopefully- already gone. Naruto opened his mouth, deciding to close it with his father there. Hinata put on a smile and walked back across the icy street to the exit of the airport. She entered through the doors and headed over to the bench she and Akio had been waiting at. Her phone was laying underneath and as she picked it up, someone pulled her onto her feet. It was him. "Akio-" He cut her off with a kiss, his hands on her waist. He tasted like blood, the result of Naruto punching him in the face. The anger Hinata felt gave her the energy to shove him away. "Why won't you stop?"

Akio grabbed her again, painfully this time, and dragged her towards a pole where he shoved her against it; he pressed himself against her to keep her from leaving. "That wasn't my fault."

The plane. He was still going on about the incident on the plane. Hinata narrowed her eyes. "Maybe it wasn't and maybe I wanted to have sex with you like you said." Akio smiled as if he had won something. "But none of that matters anymore. It's never going happen. I just want to go home." The Hyuga tried pushing him away again but it didn't work. "You got your answer now let me go."

"Can I have one last kiss?" Hinata sharply turned her head away. "As a goodbye." She could see, out of the corner of her eye, his eyes shining with expectation.

She faced him again, this time with a smile. Leaning forward, her lips parted as if to kiss him. "Goodbye." The word threw him off like she wanted; it gave her the chance to get away. He didn't follow.

Hinata sat across from Naruto, a cup of hot, green tea in her hands. "I know you're upset with me, Naruto."

His eyes shot up from the bowl of untouched ramen in surprise. "Why would you say that? I'm upset with parents, not you."

She brought the mug to her lips, nervous now. "You need to let them be adults. What they do is none of your business."

Naruto frowned and stabbed his ramen. "All they do is lie."

"Because you can't accept the truth. You get so angry with them because they aren't together-"

"You wouldn't understand." He clampled his mouth shut, gritting his teeth as he stirred his noodles around.

Hinata shook her head. "Instead of yelling at your parents, talk to them like any normal person would. I think you've yelled enough." She knew it was probably rude to say but she wanted him to say something to trigger a conversation that would lead to her explaining what happened between her and Akio.

The blonde smiled from his place at the table. "Probably. I mean, I always start fights with you because of the dumbest things. I could accuse you of cheating, start-"

"We almost had sex," She blurted quietly so the people in the next booth over didn't hear her. Naruto froze, his chopsticks stopping in the noodles. "The first time, he and I were together." He relaxed, the disgust and anger in his eyes lessening much. "But the second and last time was on the way back here." He opened his mouth to speak and Hinata knew there were going to some pretty colorful words coming from his mouth. "If you hadn't called me when you did, I-"

Uzumaki threw his chopsticks onto the table and fell back, unable to look at her. They sat in silence a couple seconds before he leaned forward, the fury and pain in his eyes making her cringe. "I get it." Hinata was confused. What did he get? "We're not together. You love Akio and were ready to give it up no matter how shitty he treated you! He was there and one thing led to another and if it hadn't been for me calling at that precise moment, you'd have been fucked- literally and figuratively." He had controlled himself on the language.

All that was true. "I didn't mean-"

"We're not together, remember?" The blonde reminded rather sorrowfully.

They lapsed into silence again, this time longer. Naruto was gripping the table, his eyes unfocused and angry. "I love you, Naruto." At that, he relaxed and looked at her, listening. "I've never stopped. What happened between me and Akio... I understand if you don't want to get back together." No, she didn't, not really. Yes, Akio had lied to her about everything but she loved him and didn't cheat on him. She could never cheat. On anyone. "When that happened on the plane, the terrible things he had done ran through my head, you know." She admitted. "I just didn't care. He made me feel some type of way and I loved it. He told me something afterwards, when I didn't want to anymore. He said, me leaving you alone for two months...has shown how much I love you." She wanted to cry. Telling him all of this was difficult. She was scared. "But I just wanted to get over you. I wanted to try."

Naruto closed his eyes and stood before looking down at her, pain still there. "My parents went through the same thing you just did, Hinata." He stated slowly. "You see the outcome of their relationships."

"What are you saying?" Hinata needed to know what his point was or else she could leave. TenTen was getting off now, just about ready to go and would be more than happy to give her a ride home.

Carefully, the blonde slid onto her bench, making her inch away in surprise. He took her hand. "You didn't cheat on me and I know you never would." He gripped her hand tighter and pulled her into his arms, hugging her tight. "Don't ever leave me again."