Ino 💙: so ur going somewhere for the remainder of the year?
Me: Yh sorry I can't come I didn't know until yesterday as well 😔
Ino 💙: it's fine tell Hanabi I said hi 👋
Me: 👌🏻
Hinata turned her phone off and turned to Momona who was packing the rest of her clothes into her box. "Are you done?" The brunette nodded and Hinata stood up, "I'll help you get your things downstairs."
"Thank you." The bluenette shook her head with a smile, grabbing one of the boxes that contained Momona's belongings and swinging a backpack over her shoulder,
"Oh, is my father coming as well?" The brunette shook her head as a fake regretful sigh left her lip and she placed a hand over her chest,
"I'm afraid not Hinata-sama, I'm truly sorry," she hummed, a laugh threatening to roll out as one of the maids walked past them. Hinata shook her head also, a sad sigh leaving her lips,
"Oh I would have loved to spend the Christmas with my dearest father," she sniffed, wiping the fake tears that rolled out from the corner of her eyes. Momona stared at her in awe,
"Ehhh? You're really good at this Hinata-sama! You just cried," she chuckled, dragging the box very unladylike down the spiral stairs. Hinata's sorrowful face quickly turned into a proud one as they finally reached the bottom stairs,
"It's a skill I learnt throughout my lifetime Momo-san, and I'm convinced it will help me in the future," she grinned, proudness literally evaporating from her.
"You're funny Hinata-san, and cute," Momona giggled, causing the bluenette to flush in embarrassment. They got outside where Naruto stood waiting, along with Neji and Tenten with the chauffeur that was meant to drive them to Kyoto, only there was no readied van to put their suitcase in. "We're here- hmm? Where's the car?" The stoic man in dark sunglasses even though it was the middle of December gave the brunette a small bow,
"It seems that we would be taking the private jet for the safety of Hinata-sama and Neji-sama as we might face paparazzi and news reporters on the way. Please follow me, Kai will get your things to the jet." Naruto let out a surprised hum, falling in line beside the bluenette who glared at her shoes as she walked,
"Hmm, do you get this kind of special treatment every year when you go to Kyoto?" He asked with a knowing smile, nudging the girl's shoulder. She let out a low scoff, rolling her eyes,
"Don't misunderstand," she said in a low voice so as not to be heard by the servants that were helping move their belongings, "He's hiding his face after that minor incident that went down in the conference a month ago. Something so little and he results to this," she laughed, "Seems my job is going to be easy," she muttered, walking ahead to talk with Momona who was with Tenten.
Naruto watched the back of her woollen jumper as her dark face quickly morphed into a happy one and she laughed at TenTen's joke. How does it feel like living a fake life like hers, always smiling at things even though she didn't find them amusing or shedding tears for someone even though her pain was far greater? How does it feel?
They boarded the jet that was quite massive for five people who were only travelling for an hour plus. Hinata took a seat by the window and Momona sat next to her. "What are you thinking about?" She asked, getting her earpiece out and putting one in Hinata's ear. The bluenette hummed, glancing out of the window,
"Just thinking of how fresh Hiashi's wounds are. I never thought something as little as that would take time to heal." Momona hummed in response, then let out a yawn, resting her head on the bluenette's shoulder,
"Let's hope the wound is still fresh by the time we get back from Kyoto or the impact of Plan B would not be as significant. Wake me up in an hour." Hinata chucked at the brunette, resting her hand on her shoulder and her head on hers.
"Good night." Hinata watched as the brunette slowly drifted off to sleep and the calm melody from her phone reverberated through her ears. It was calm and soothing but her heart and mind were clashing as memories of what happed the nights before the Christmas Party.
Hinata gritted her teeth as the grip on her phone tightened. "Who are you?" She questioned for the umpteenth time and once more the muffled deep voice let out a sigh.
"You think I'm gonna reveal myself to you? Idiot. Sometimes I wonder if you are dumb or just born stupid."
"What do you want from me?" Hinata asked again, ignoring the anonymous person's comment. There was an irritated groan from the other side of the phone,
"Ne, are you actually that dumb or are you just playing with me, cuz if you are I don't find you funny. All you have to do is break the engagement off with Uzumaki Naruto and I'll leave your precious little life alone, it's not that hard y'know? Or do you want the past to repeat itself?" Hinata sucked a sharp breath and held it for a while, her hand clenched and her chest tight.
"Just leave me alone."
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"Hinata! Wake up, we're here!" Her eyes slowly fluttered open and in her line of vision was the smiling and overly optimistic face of Tenten. She let out a soft chuckle as she removed her head from the windowsill of the jet. "Hinata's up! Let's gooo!" The brunette sang, jumping up from her crouched position. Hinata followed along with Momona behind the boys as they walked out of the garage where the jet was and towards the front of the traditional Japanese house.
"Woah," came from Naruto as they gushed over how massive the building looked, "Does the Hyūga's have a mansion everywhere?"
"Does the Uzumaki's have a mansions everywhere?" Neji questioned back, an irritated look on his face as if he was done with the Uzumaki, "Stupid. When you have family members that are not in the same place as you and your name is widely known, you tend to have more than one Hyūga Mansion," he explained plainly so the blonde could understand. Naruto hummed in response, nodding his head as if he understood.
"Ahhhh makes sense, makes sense." It doesn't make sense.
At the front of the building, two Hyūga maids stood, their heads hung low in a bow as they chorused "Welcome back Hinata-sama, Neji-sama." Naruto glanced at Hinata with a raised eyebrow,
"And this isn't special treatment," he whispered to her making her roll her eyes. They were led into the building by more maids that seemed to spawn out of nowhere, guiding them to where they would be staying for the remaining two weeks before they went back to Tokyo. "Ne, we're gonna be going to festivals right? Half of my bag is packed with yukatas and kimono cuz I had festivals in mind."
"And what's the other half packed with?" Tenten asked,
"Ramen." Hinata answered quickly making everyone look at her, "Why are you looking at me?" Her face flushed pink due to the eyes on her, "Everyone knows Naruto is made of 99.9999999% ramen."
"And watch's the other 0.0000001%?" The blonde questioned and Hinata shrugged,
"I don't know, you tell me." He groaned and the group laughed at him. They finally reached the part of the building where they would be staying which consisted of two enormous rooms. Hinata hooked hands around the elbow with Momona, "I'm sharing a room with Momo-san. Do you wanna come with us or are you staying with Neji?" There was smugness in her voice as she spoke to the brunette who's cheeks were dusted with bright pink. She pursed her lips, the grip on the strap of her bag tightening,
"Only cuz you asked me to," she pouted, walking quickly into one of the rooms, slamming the door. Seconds later she popped her head out, "Oh but I'm not sleeping in one room with two boys, one of you have to go, or both of you actually, I don't care." Her head disappeared and she slammed the door once more. Hinata giggle, turning to the boys,
"You can spend the two weeks with your arranged fiancée and Naruto can stay with us," she smiled a mischievous smile to her cousin, pulling Momona into the opposite room with her. There was a faint blush on the Hyūga's face as he watched his cousin skip into their room, giggling with her maid.
"She needs to stop hanging out with Ino." He muttered, turning round towards his own room. He let out a breath, readying himself to be able to face two weeks with the brunette. He opened the door and Tenten jumped, her head whipping round to glare at who had startled her. "Hey."
"Oh gosh, I thought someone was coming to kidnap me for a sec," she breathed, placed a hand on her chest, "You scared me."
"Why would you think someone is coming to kidnap you?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow as he lowered his bag at a corner of the room.
"Well you see," she started, "Most people don't like the idea of a kid still in school running such a business as mine, and 'higher ups' that I pay don't like the idea that a small girl is running the business. Y'know it's just jealousy because I'm doing a brilliant job and they know it, just have such a high ego to admit that a girl can do what they can, if not better." She shrugged, dismissing the fact that she had been a victim of attempted and actual kidnapping in the past. Neji frowned.
"Okay...wait what?"
"What do you mean what? I mean haven't you been kidnapped before or almost been? If not you have it good." She chuckled, getting up from her crouched position as maids walked in with their suitcases on a trolly.
"I mean there was a time when Hinata-sama was kidnapped but isn't security tight for you?"
"I just told you, guys I hire aren't a huge fan of a little girl bossing them around. If I could I would fire all of them but you know, I need money." The maids rolled back out after arranging their boxes in an orderly fashion at the corners of the room. "I'm gonna ask Hinata to show me to the bathroom I need to wash off," she sighed, hanging a turquoise towel around her neck.
"Oh I can show you the way- if you don't mind,"
"Really? Thanks."
Hinata watched from the back, her head poking out of the corner as she watched both brunette walk the opposite direction towards the bathroom. She silently giggled. Momona who was behind her, pulled the bluenette back, an exhausted sigh leaving her lips as she shook her head. "You need to stop hanging out with Ino," she repeated for the umpteenth time that day and Hinata shrugged, walking back to their room. "Are you gonna go to the bathhouse now or later? I think everyone knows about...you know..." she was hesitant as she rubbed her arms, gesturing for the scars that marked her body.
"Hmm, I don't think Tenten knows about it...it's fine, I'll wash off later." Momona pursued her lips, nodding slowly as they entered their room. Naruto was hanging his clothes in one of the empty wardrobes but turned round upon hearing their voices.
"Are you guys going to the bathhouse now or later?" He asked, a towel draped over his shoulders. Hinata shook her head.
"I'm going later."
"Oh...yeah, sorry. I'm gonna go now."
"Don't soak too long." Hinata called as she watched the blonde and brunette leave the room. A sigh left her lips. Waiting is hard.