Waiting and Feeling (Naruto X Hinata)
Chapter 11: The Deep Love

"Naruto-kun, gomenasai."

The word kept flowing on Hinata's lips. I don't know what he means, Konohamaru doesn't fully understand. But from what he saw, Hinata did not seem to be drunk.

"One bottle of sake doesn't seem like anything to a man who comes from the family of the largest wine producer in Hi Country." How thought.

"Sake alone won't get you drunk!!" Suddenly, the voice of Naruto who once said it entered his brain.

Siaaalll...!!! He recalled the fact that sake was not a high-alcohol drink but he was always drunk with just a glass of sake!!!.

Konohamaru hit his own head, between annoyance and embarrassment who knows who.

Hinata rubbed her face with the sleeves of the coat she was wearing. His right hand held an orange-colored handkerchief.

"May it belong to Naruto-nii? Did they fight?"

Nah! Enough...!!!

Konohamaru did not deserve to be too curious about what happened between them.

His relationship with Hanabi was already difficult. He does not want to worry about other people's relationships.

"Sorry, I can no longer keep my promise to keep you company".

Konohamaru squinted his eyes. Though just determined not to interfere, but in the heart still ask - ask, what problem is being faced by Hinata.

Without him asking, that memory came back 2 years ago.

At that time, the night was not too late. Naruto got drunk after finishing 3 bottles of sake.

Oh no, plus some bottles of Shochu.

Late autumn was quite cold, Naruto lying and delirious. Calling - calling Hinata's name.

Yeah, in this place. On the same bench. It's just that this place used to be a little dark and the bench was only weathered wood in makeshift nails.

Konohamaru was unable to stop Naruto.In the end he went to Hyuga's residence to summon Hinata.

After telling Naruto the situation, the two of them went to the hill.

Hinata knelt in front of the bench, aligning her face with Naruto.

"Naruto-kun, can you still hear me?" he said while shaking Naruto's arm slowly.

"Hinata.., Okinawa..." With great difficulty the man got up to sit down. Konohamaru even had to help him because his body has been looking everywhere.

Grebe...

The man suddenly hugged Hinata.

Konohamaru really did not expect, Naruto did that in front of him. But Konohamaru's surprise only increased when Naruto sobbed small and called Sakura's name.

"What should I tell him? I love him so much, but I want him to be happy too."

Hinata gulped, she could not even hide her sad look in front of Konohamaru.

Konohamaru feels so outrageous, talking about another woman you love in front of the woman who loves you so much. He was trembling when he wasn't the culprit.

"Nii-chan, you're too drunk. You better shut up. Let's go home, me and Hinata-nee will help you."

Naruto moved his shoulders, rejecting Konohamaru's hand perched there.

"Guil-kun." Hinata gently stroked Naruto's back "I don't understand what you're saying. Can you tell me a little bit about what happened?"

"Sakura asked me, is he allowed to marry the Teme?"

Hinata breathed in her breath. They all know, Sasuke has been proposing to Sakura for a long time. But the spring girl did not answer his proposal either.

Of course his friends were astonished. Sakura likes Sasuke. Being his wife isn't it clearly Sakura's dream?.

"So yes, so..." Hinata glass - glass.

So all this time Sakura-nee felt guilty for you huh, Naruto-nii. That is the conclusion drawn by Konohamaru.

"Naruto-kun himself how? Can Sakura-san be with Sasuke-san?"

"He loved Sasuke very much. Her happiness is with Sasuke. But I'm afraid of losing him. I'm really bad, I'm just a hindrance to them."

"Then let them be happy. Then let Naruto-kun carve out a new happiness as well. Don't be afraid, Naruto-kun has Hyuga Hinata. Hyuga Hinata has always loved you very much. In the past, today and in the future, I will always love you. I'm the one who'll always be by your side, supporting you and protecting you."

Konohamaru. He didn't even know what was right and what was wrong. A deep feeling of love, can it really make a person endure such great pain?.

"Can I trust him?" Naruto's voice sounded hoarse, typical of someone who had just cried.

"Of course, that's my promise to you."

Naruto tightened his embrace. Hinata replied to him with a more soothing smile and caress.

Their shoulders are the same - equally shaking, the same water falling.

They were both injured, but for different reasons.

Naruto was unconscious. Because they were so anxious, Konohamaru and Hinata decided to take him back to Sarutobi's residence.

At that time Konohamaru thought that it was all certainly not as complicated as he imagined. Naruto was just drunk and Hinata did everything to calm him down.

But he changed his mind when with his own eyes he saw Naruto smiling at Sakura while saying "Go away, don't worry. I will always be happy with Hinata beside me."

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Naruto got up from his bed. It was past midnight and his eyes had not been closed.

He stepped onto the balcony. That night the sky was very bright, the moon was not visible but the stars were still scattered beautifully.

Naruto wastes his rough breathing. He held his chest which was painful.

"Klan Hyuga determines his leader through the bloodline."

That sentence somehow bothered him a lot. Although without needing to be clarified, Naruto is already very aware of that fact.

"I'm putting this matter to Otou-sama. As long as Otou-sama agrees to it, I will follow it."

"Hinata.." so shrewdly Naruto called his name.

I don't know why he felt something bad about them.

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Konichii... Good night sunday minna-san. Thank you for waiting faithfully for the continuation of this fanfic. I'm still looking forward to the suggestions, the criticism as well as the support for this work.

Onegaishimasu..... 😉