Manga/Anime: Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto/Studio Pierrot
Words: 1 958
Publish: 07/19/2020
Summary: Naruto and Hinata are on the verge of knowing the truth. It's the beginning of the end.

That was too easy.

Why no other cars were following them?

Why only two men?

It didn't match the Secret Services methods.

Was it possible it was someone else?

But who?

They did everything in their power to not be noticed.

What if, right now, people were watching them?

Maybe it was a trape.

And Naruto won't be able to do anything.

What if they were pulled apart.

What if they couldn't see each other anymore.

She was suffering her thoughts once again. They were whirling around her like a snow storm. Each breaths she tried to take didn't bring oxygen to her lungs, to her baby. As if thick snowflakes would travel in her nose, in her throat, suffocating her.

She was hyperventilating, she knew it.

Her heart failed to follow the rhythm.

Her sight was blurred.

If not, there was no light around her.

Where was she?

It's then she felt Naruto's arms around her. As snow would melt under the sun, his warmth bathed her, getting rid of her untamed thoughts.

She blinked a few times her panicked tears away. Against her back, she felt his torso regularly rise and fall. His burning breath caressed her ear.

"Breath with my, Hinata."

His voice. She focused on his voice, on his sweet words. She closed her eyes and tightened her fingers around his protective formarms. She heard his breath her perfume in her hair. She felt his thumb circulating on slow moves on her hand.

A first breath, giving her back her senses.

A second, less painful.

A third, easier.

Focused on his touch and calm breathing rhythm, she lost track of time.

But she didn't care.

Everything's fine.

They're safe.

Relaxing a bit more, she leaned a bit more against his body. She felt his fingers caress her cheek. Truck a lock of hair behind her ear. Slid down her arms. Travel on her belly.

"Do you remember when I promised I'll buy you a nice house by the beach. With a huge garden where we'll put a swing set for children but also for grown ups?"

The memory of her husband, sitting by the fire, telling her that he'll go on the swing as well as their children stretched a smile on her lips. She nodded.

"Do you remember when we talked about which car we'll have to buy?"

Again, she nodded, adrenaline and worry gradually leaving her body. She felt better, beside a light stomach ache. She failed to know what was the cause.

What if...?

Naruto cut her thoughts "And when we agreed that it's better to have first a dog then a cat? That we wanted several kids like that the first one won't be alone. Never mind the fights, the sreams, the restless nights. The budget might explode because of nappies, games, family trips. But, we said we'll do all that together."

Having Naruto as the great father he will be in mind, calmed Hinata. A lonely tear rolled down her cheek.

It's true, they promised to each other all that.

But, before enjoying 'all that', they had to clean up the past they ignored for so long. It's only after that they will have the normal life which they had been dreaming of despite their terrible childhoods.

Suddenly, she felt Naruto's forehead softly touch her shoulder, bringing her attention back to him. It was now his turn to be tensed.

"Hina..."

He pressed his hands on her. Strong enough for her to tremble.

"I need to know. Do you regret?" he whispered. She frowned, not understanding what he was saying. But, when his hand moved again against her belly, she bit her tongue. "Do you regret to have started a family with me?"

His broken voice squeezed her heart. Forgetting her pain, she turned towards him. Her fingers slid on his cheeks, lifting up his face tinted with doubts. Blue nuanced with uncertainty met bright, recomforting lavender.

"Of course not, Naruto."

He deepened a bit more their touch as he pressed his hand on the back of her hand.

"How can you say that?"

Before feeling hurt by his words, she tried to remember if, on day, she had made him understand that she had regrets.

Her face must show her lack of understanding because he quickly apologise.

"It's just that... I feel like all I ever gave you is the origin of you stress even though... You clearly don't need this shit right now. I'm sorry, Hina. So sorry-"

"It's not your fault. It's me. I'm anxious, I worry for anything and everything. But, you help me with so much patience, Naruto. You know how to calm me down." She then added. "I'm the one who feel like I'm the origin of your stress. I should be a reliable support. And I'll make sure to be a reliable support for you again because I love you."

Her thumb caressed his cheeks with kindness, with love.

"I married you. I can't imagine my life without you. But I keep imagine our life together. With the house, the garden, the swing, the car, the dog, the children-"

"Don't forget the cat." He shyly smiled.

"And the cat."

She smiled back but he choiced to hide his face in the crook of her neck.

"I don't want anything to happen to you, Hina." He tightened his arms around her. "I can't imagine my life without you in it. You're so nice, and gentle, and beautiful, and you're the mother of my kid, and I love you and- Fuck, if I'm not able to protect you-"

"I believe in you." she cut him with a voice full of emotions.

When he looked at her with surprise, a light blush on his cheeks, she brushed her lips against his. They lost themselves in each other eyes and when Hinata wanted to pull back to comfort him aloud, Naruto kept her close to him.

"Tell me you're okay." he asked against her lips.

"I'm okay, thanks to you."

"You're sure?"

"Uh-huh" she kissed him again.

"And the baby?"

This time, she stopped. Her attention was back on her stomach ache.

"I don't want to sound scary but, with everything we did, you could be hurt or worse."

Hinata blinked a few times as she listened to her husband. He gave her so many medical terms that she stayed speechless for a while before feeling a knot growing in her throat. Her mind was flashing horrible, bloody pictures. Her lips started to quake.

"I-I'm such a terrible mother-"

Naruto exclaimed "What? No, baby, no. That's not why I told you that. Well, yes. But no. Don't cry. I just wanted to impress you with my knowledge. I'm sorry."

Yes, he failed to impress her. But, he succeed to moved her. Her heart flutter and her love for him deepened before his disappointed little pout.

"Sorry."

"Nah, don't say 'sorry'. I know you're strong. You can protect our child. I just wanted to, to make you aware, or something. I know you're so often reckless when it comes to me. I know I'm super hot and all but- ouch!"

His cheek was now stuck between her thumb and her forefinger.

"Hinata? Did you just pinch me?" he pretended to be hurt.

"Stop teasing me."

"Yes, mrs.Uzumaki."

His silly smile, reaching to his eyes, reddened the blush on her cheeks. She looked down but he came closer and kissed her. Again and again.

"Naruto."

He begged with a hoarse voice "One more..."

A kiss became several.

First slow and tender, they quickly grow wet, hot and passionate. They frowned because of pleasure. Her hands brought him closer, as if he was too far for her taste. His slid on her lower back, squeezed.

Little by little, she melt between his arms.

To such an extent that nothing existed around them.

Eyes still closed, their lips pulled back. Their noses rubbed against each other. Naruto breathed loudly and sharply before tilting his head. Wanting to stay in the peaceful moment a bit longer, they met again. Hinata's tongue brushed against his lower lip then, against her twin.

The ballet then started. Swirling, tasting, caressing, playing, teasing. Her fingers gripped on his golden hair. His hands, loving to her and deadly to others, gently cupped her face, as if he was afraid to break her.

His carefulness made her heart beat painfully against her ribcage.

As well as the smackes of their lips, their pleased sights poured in the car. A moan when a bite was given. A grunt when a hand rubbed against an erogenous place. A sharp gasp as soon as they moved away, lacking of air. A lot of 'I love you' whispered, sang. A few meeting of gazes, much more eloquent than words. Happy tears wiped away by kisses.

Their hair mixed when he pressed his burning lips against the skin of her neck. Her hand slid on his broad shoulders, landed between his shoulder blades, hold on his t-shirt. The other one was put on top of his heart. It was beating fast under her palm.

And it was beating like this only for her, he would always say.

She blushed at that thought and because of his breath against her pulse which sped up.

She loved him so much. Too much.

Suddenly, Naruto jumped and Hinata got cold without his hands on her. She tried to be as quick as him to get back to her senses but she was still on cloud nine.

Until she saw his gun in his hand.

"I heard something." he whispered.

Hinata's heart dropped when she felt him move under her.

So, someone was indeed watching them?

She turned her eyes towards him but his blue gaze was travelling on the other side of the window. Once he was sure no one was near the car, he took the handle.

"Wait." she hold him back.

"I'll have a look outside. Please, stay here. I won't be long."

She opened her mouth, ready to protest, but his gaze fell on her belly. She pinched her lips together, nodded and locked herself up in the car. She watched him walk away.

She believed in him.

Hinata sat back on the seat and tried to think about nothing, to relax. Controlling her breathing, she waited. She wanted to hear a noise, something. At each exhales, she looked at the time on the dashboard.

After exactly five minutes of tranquility, she heard a gunshot. Then two. And three. Finally silence fell again.

She forced herself to stay still. She must not fall in their trap if it was one.

But... What if Naruto was hurt?

She shook her head. No. That's impossible. He will be back.

Yet, minutes passed and no sign of her husband. She pinched the bridge of her nose, squeezing the seat with her other hand.

She had to wait.

She had to-

Never mind!

When she was about to open the door, she was him. She jumped out of the car and walked towards him.

"Are you hurt?"

"No, I'm ok." he took her hand in his. "You have to see this."

They went back where the shooting took place and Hinata saw a body on the floor.

Dead, she knew when they approached it to have a better view.

A few locks of ginger hair hid his bloodless face but, it was mostly the hole made by the bullet among his piercings that was the clue.

Not knowing what she had to see, she looked up at Naruto who had his jaw clenched.

He was angry.

He finally looked at her. "Hinata, that man, I think I know him. I think he's one of Yahiko's clones."

I haven't link the clip because the video quality is just terrible to watch! Long story short, in the movie, they kiss in a hotel bathroom.