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Color Codes - Chapter 2

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Summary: Uchiha Sasuke has never met the neighbor in Room 206 -- until her cat gets into his apartment, that is. The thing is: she hardly knows a word of Japanese. At first, he doesn't care; but after seeing her more and admiring her determination to learn, he starts to help her get used to his country. At the same time, Sasuke starts to become more and more attracted to her.

Gift-Fic for Cat!

Tags: Modern AU | College AU | Romance | Fluff | Sasuke POV | Language Barrier | Gift Fic

Rating: T

Prompts: Day 11 - Lost & Found / Color & Grayscale

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Summary: Sasuke's orderly life at elite Sairiumu Academy is disrupted by the arrival of Hinata, a timid transfer student whose obvious crush on him, a young man dedicated to his craft and his current relationship, stirs unease. (Initial SasuSaku with SasuHina endgame, modern Norse myth AU, high school, angst, romance, photography). Rated T

LIGHTS,

BOWS, and

MISTLETOES

an entry for SasuHina Month 2024, Day 27 : Forget and Remember

(for peachy-hina, since December)

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ffnet: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14369143/1/Lights-Bows-and-Mistletoes

ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57030778

Part 1: Lights

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iv (Warning to my fellow sasuhina fans: sasusaku content ahead)

Their parents weren't well off when he and Itachi were very young; their father, a young but ambitious engineer from a working-class family who lived in public housing, and their mother, a college dropout turned insurance agent who didn’t make big sales but had a knack for getting downtown and central business district professionals to confide even their best-kept secrets to her.

They sent the brothers to public school. Itachi was well-adjusted and didn’t have problems; inevitably, they thought it would go well for Sasuke, too. But when Sasuke entered preschool, his experience was altogether different. There he had a foretaste of the human suffering that dominated his early years for he was a remarkably beautiful but shy boy whose delicate porcelain cheeks flushed crimson like blooming camellias at the squeals of girls in class. Teachers and strangers at the school playground smothered him with unwanted affection, and they thought it cute when he cried and protested no. This went on in grade school and even in middle school. Older girls from other schools who took an interest in him got a hold of his mobile number and sent him lewd texts. When puberty defined his features even more and he grew taller, his legs longer, the harassment worsened. Entertainment agents, pimps, and extreme fangirls–a whole lot of people he didn’t want to associate with–walked up to him on the daily. People took pictures of him without his permission and posted them online, stalked him and found out where he lived, and even stole his unwashed clothing.

Photography was a hobby his father dabbled with from time to time. For Sasuke, it was his only solace: capturing scenes in the world that offered respite from the bulk that only confused and constantly imposed on him with its shallowness.

The worst of what he had to endure eventually stopped when his parents transferred him to Sairiumu in the last year of middle school because of the higher standards of living that their family business afforded them from contracts dealt with Haruno Group. Still, he wasn't completely free from unwanted attention when he entered Sairiumu. 

So, it came as a rescue when Sakura Haruno of the Kyudo Club confessed to him the spring break before they turned high schoolers. Not only did she keep unwanted attention away, but something about Sakura made her irresistible. How she wielded a bow and arrow–the daughter of her brother's boss–would send a tingling, uneasy sensation in his chest. He loved the danger she posed to his mortality. He fantasized about getting hit by one of her arrows in the middle of the day at the Archery Club's dojo, while he watched on the sidelines with his eye in the viewfinder of the Leica R9 mounted with a DMR that the photography club owned, and it always felt too real. The fear was raw, bordering on arousal, and he couldn't get her out of his mind. There was no other way to explain what he felt: it was a fierce sort of attraction.

Lately, more often than not, that attraction bobs unsteadily, like how a bowstring that once so tightly wound, taut and firm with tension, slowly loosens its grip due to sources unfounded: could be the humidity in the air that causes ennui; it could also be the lack of genuine concern that Sasuke found himself reciprocated with.

They stopped for ice lollies on the way home and while on the apartment lift, Sakura stared long and hard at him.

"What is it?" he asked. He hated it when she kept him guessing what he'd done wrong. Already, he was scanning through his mind everything they'd done together throughout the day, the things he’d said and how he spoke to her. “If it’s about the picture: it wasn’t ugly. How could it be? You’ll see it uploaded later. Composition needs adjusting. There were distracting things in the background.”

Sakura took another bit off her green ice lollies. "You were being followed, that's what.” 

His heart skipped a beat. He was never used to telling anyone about his stalker problems. Only Sakura bothered enough to care–but he wouldn’t exactly use the word care.

“Was it so hard to tell me? All the way to the train! The cow was standing right behind you, did you see?" 

Sakura still spoke calmly, but if the edge to her tone was any indication, she wouldn’t let this easily die out. 

"Had she followed us out I would've peeled off her face then and there.” She threw the rest of her lolly on the floor. "She was wearing our uniform, was she not? You got her pale face in that pic. I'll have someone look her up." 

The elevator doors opened and as Sakura strode out, there was a vicious glint in her eyes.

"Wait." Sasuke hurried after her. "I know her. She's the new transfer student in my class."

Sakura slowly turned. "Oh. Is that so? Interesting." Her eyes were wide and devoid of emotion. "You and that girl got something going on?"

"No–"

"Is that why she's trying to tell me by creeping in my pic and coming up to you like that?!"

"Just listen! Every single time"–Sasuke groaned–"I just know because she's in my class, that's all. She must've been trying to explore places and saw us!"

"Okay." Sakura shrugged, flipping her hair. "It only sounded like you were backing up for her, whatever–"

"I'm not!" Sasuke interrupted.

"Don't get too worked up," dismissed Sakura. "I just don't like people thinking they could fantasize having what's mine."

Anyone who's ever been caught by Sakura stalking him had their companies driven to bankruptcy not long after. It's all too easy for the Haruno Group to change people's lives with a few calls. While that proved effective against his stalker problems, he couldn't help but wonder if someday, it would be his turn, too. 

Because, would anyone abandon something that's theirs on the side of the road? 

She didn’t call for weeks after breaking up with him. He took that as a sign that she didn't want to talk with him anymore. After his installment to the presidency of the photography club, she introduced him to her father and asked permission to live together as if nothing ever happened. However, she had already quit the kyudo club and kyudo altogether and ran for vice president of the student council. Kyudo was something she had devoted herself to since she was a kid. Yet, it was thrown out of her life and forgotten so easily like that. 

The next day, she surprised him by visiting his classroom during lunch break when everyone had already returned and was preparing for when the school alarm would go off. 

He went up to her while she scanned around for a face. "Sakura." 

She wasn't there for him, he could see that much. When she found who she was looking for, she smiled, all too pleased to find that person looking back at her, and whispered sensually in Sasuke's ear:

"Just thought I'd..." 

She wrapped her arms around Sasuke’s neck, stood on her tiptoes, and dove into his mouth for a long, deep kiss.

His classmates teased and hooted. Sasuke preferred intimacy in secret but at that moment had also fully immersed himself in the kiss. He understood it was a performance for Hinata Hyuuga. Whether it aligned with his aesthetics or not, such is lost in the hands of the theatre director. 

When their mouths parted, Sakura gently patted his face. 

"See ya later," she said sweetly.

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Color Codes - Chapter 1

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Summary: Uchiha Sasuke has never met the neighbor in Room 206 -- until her cat gets into his apartment, that is. The thing is: she hardly knows a word of Japanese. At first, he doesn't care; but after seeing her more and admiring her determination to learn, he starts to help her get used to his country. At the same time, Sasuke starts to become more and more attracted to her.

Gift-Fic for Cat!

Tags: Modern AU | College AU | Romance | Fluff | Sasuke POV | Language Barrier | Gift Fic

Rating: T

Prompts: Day 11 - Lost & Found / Color & Grayscale

FFNet | AO3

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Summary: Sasuke's orderly life at elite Sairiumu Academy is disrupted by the arrival of Hinata, a timid transfer student whose obvious crush on him, a young man dedicated to his craft and his current relationship, stirs unease. (Modern Norse myth AU, high school, angst, romance, photography). Rated T

Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. NKJV — Revelation 2:4

LIGHTS,

BOWS, and

MISTLETOES

an entry for SasuHina Month 2024, Day 27 : Forget and Remember

(for @peachy-hina, since December) @sasu-hina

ffnet: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14369143/1/Lights-Bows-and-Mistletoes

ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57030778

Part 1: Lights go to Chapter List>

I heard a voice, that cried, "Balder the Beautiful Is dead, is dead!" And through the misty air Passed like the mournful cry Of sunward sailing cranes. 

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tegner’s Drapa

i

What does one make of stalkers? Female ones.

Sasuke stood close to five foot eleven, fairly active and athletic, with a lean, muscled build typical of a teenager who cared for his health and traveled frequently for photography. Not quite pugilist material, but capable of defending himself if necessary. With his quick wit and a taekwondo brown belt, he was well-prepared for self-defense—should, as previously mentioned, the situation call for it.

Sairiumu Academy lay reposed among lush, well-preserved forests at the base of a prominent mountain carved with the visages of heroes past. At one glance, it seemed a serene and fortified paradise for the children of the elite and sickeningly wealthy. But there loomed a sense of threat in its seemingly endless marbled corridors for Sasuke that particular busy noon when she came: the new transfer student, Hinata Hyuuga. The crown of her head couldn't even reach his neck; she showed no vile display of possession of arms or rambunctious attitude; she couldn't seem to stop twiddling her thumbs, and judging from her body language, didn't feel confident enough in herself to speak way out of a difficult situation. And yet, she dared strike him up with a greeting, asked him for general guidance about the photography club’s applications, and timidly signed her name on the form.

It didn't escape Sasuke how she stole glances at him. With only the reception table between them, she must've imagined he kept looking at her because he was checking her out. A sense of dread came over him, and he looked away. He had taken on the reception duties and sent the other photography club members on a lunch break. To Hinata Hyuuga, who has an apparent crush on him, it was the perfect opportunity to engage him in small talk and get familiar. But he would not let her have it.

As though held at gunpoint, he glanced to the right and then to the left, checking out the hallway while she continued filling out the form in small, neat handwriting. His heartbeat quickened, each thump echoing in his ears, a drumbeat of unease. At a corner several blocks away, the Japanese classic painting club was bustling and this brought Sasuke a sense of shallow relief. Should anything happen, they could be his neighborly witnesses.

“Orientation on the 7th,” he said, handing her an envelope with pamphlets and orientation details inside. His voice was kept monotonous like the hum of a fan, his face blank and stone cold, though he maintained eye contact because he wasn't one to cower in the face of intimidation.

With a deer caught in headlights impression, Hinata Hyuuga's eyes caught the light in an almost prismatic quality. They were like amethysts, clear with streaks of light jumping through a million tiny mirror surfaces, shooting back at him with the rush of a bullet train. It was uncanny and inhuman, sending jolts along his spine. She made the hairs on his forearms rise in goose flesh.

“O-okay…” she replied. And then not another word.

As she walked away, he noticed a faint scent of rain in the air, a memory of an evening on Hashirama’s bridge flashing briefly in his mind, her crazy eyes wide with recognition as she gripped his sleeve. This was not the first time he’d seen her. Her transfer to Sairiumu and even ending up in the same class as him—they weren't mere coincidences, Sasuke was certain. She had come after him.

She disappeared down the hallway after taking a turn, and a sense of foreboding still lingered. An unsettling heaviness whirred in the pit of his stomach that he couldn't quite shake. go to Chapter List>

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LIGHTS,

BOWS, and

MISTLETOES

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Summary: Sasuke's orderly life at elite Sairiumu Academy is disrupted by the arrival of Hinata, a timid transfer student whose obvious crush on him, a young man dedicated to his craft and his current relationship, stirs unease. (Modern Norse myth AU, high school, angst, romance, photography). Rated T @sasuhinamonth

🟢 Part 1: Lights

i ii 🟢 Part 2: Bows 🟢 Part 3: Mistletoes

ffnet: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14369143/1/Lights-Bows-and-Mistletoes

ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57030778

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Summary: Sasuke's orderly life at elite Sairiumu Academy is disrupted by the arrival of Hinata, a timid transfer student whose obvious crush on him, a young man dedicated to his craft and his current relationship, stirs unease. (Modern Norse myth AU, high school, angst, romance, photography). Rated T

Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. NKJV — Revelation 2:4

LIGHTS,

BOWS, and

MISTLETOES

an entry for SasuHina Month 2024, Day 27 : Forget and Remember

(for @peachy-hina, since December) @sasuhinamonth

ffnet: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14369143/1/Lights-Bows-and-Mistletoes

ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57030778

Part 1: Lights go to Chapter List>

I heard a voice, that cried, "Balder the Beautiful Is dead, is dead!" And through the misty air Passed like the mournful cry Of sunward sailing cranes. 

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tegner’s Drapa

ii

“Do you… know her?” 

Sasuke pointed at Hinata Hyuuga’s name and bit the inside of his cheek, stopping himself just before asking, “Is she your sister or something like that?”.

Neji Hyuuga now listened exclusively to lectures for his university exam preps instead of podcasts of his favorite foreign photographers. He pulled the kuukipods off his ears as his amethyst eyes lazily scanned the list of potential new club members, his lips in a slight, critical frown, fully ignoring Sasuke’s question.

Despite his better judgment not to bother Neji Hyuuga with any club affairs, Sasuke was determined to know. They have the same family name, and they do look too similar to be unrelated; if they happened to be related and Sasuke ended up offending her by rejecting her advances, he wanted to ensure things remained cool and cordial between him and Neji.

After all, were it not for Neji, he wouldn’t easily be club president. To sum it up in a phrase, Sairiumu Academy is a dog-eat-dog world. A capitalist's dream-come-true to pool the children of the elite to forge quality networks and keep the hierarchical levels established. Leadership roles especially in its clubs always held substantial stakes: prestige, discretionary authority, access to funds valued at millions of ryo, and popularity. So when spring came, and the senior upperclassman would enter university the year after, no one expected Neji Hyuuga, former president of the Photography Club, to instate Sasuke Uchiha as his replacement.

Though Sasuke's works have been featured in various magazines and he had won multiple awards since childhood, he was no major company's son. His elder brother works as the right hand to the CEO of Haruno Industries, but that was about as economically significant as their family was going to get. A fair share of their family business depends on serving as one of Haruno Industries' subcontractors. This might be impressive in lower-tier social circles, but it was unremarkable within Sairiumu Academy's ivory halls. However, Sasuke's reputation at school skyrocketed when Neji announced his succession during his Stepping Down Ceremony:

"I have faith in Mr. Uchiha's eye for beauty. It's not far-fetched to say he will become our generation's legendary lens. He doesn't find the light; the light finds him. And it was all nurtured here. I want everyone to be reminded that this club, in its 150-year history, will publish its greatest issue of the Inuwashi under Sasuke Uchiha's capable hands. And that is what I leave you with."

Then he raised his champagne glass. There were oohs and ahhs as though a sweep of magic. Sasuke felt his cheeks burn. But, of course, he had been more than prepared to take on the role. Neji Hyuuga had scouted him to spearhead the club as early as middle school and convinced him of a worthy pursuit that tugged at one's artistic ideals and the boiling of a young man's blood: Neji Hyuuga dreams of global recognition for Sairiumu's Photography Club, one for Hinokuni's history books—the prestigious Kage Jinkoutekina Radiance Capture Merit Prize Competition for Photography, a competition so highly esteemed and sought after by major exclusive schools worldwide. 

In all its long history, Sairiumu had only made it until the finals but never won. Why that is, no one could genuinely point out. Neji is convinced that no one truly cared until he did. He may not have the innate gift that he believed would propel the club to world recognition, but he has found the perfect arsenal in Sasuke. Even Sasuke understood this early on. This was why they were friends.

"Looks good to me,” said Neji. Before Sasuke could reiterate what he had intended to know, he added: “Nobody of note. You either have your hands full or find a few diamonds in the rough here and there to help you with your goal. So choose wisely.”

Sasuke didn’t press the matter any further. 

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In love with Mew - Sasuhina Month Day 24

So technically I'm late, but I have been working on this for ages. I don't know what it was about this month, but there were so many WIPs for this that I ended up hating, including Day 8 which was originally going to be my TMM au. It's a bit of a deeper dive into the relationship of Sasuke and Hinata from last years fic. I only did, 2, 3 fics this year, but I hope you like it. I do want to post a full fic of the AU eventually but maybe I'll just do a massive text dump with the idea, who knows. @sasuhinamonth

Flowers & Weapons | Flores y Armas

Oblivious & Observant | Inadvertido y Observador

Sasuke and hinata’s evolving relationship as Hinata is a mew, from when Sasuke gave her the lavender and sunflowers and confessed and she was given the mew powers, to her first transformation when she was given the roses, to Sasuke comforting her when neji won’t attend her performance, checking in on her when temari starts, taking her call while Sakura goes to find Naruto when the moth attacks, calming her down at the tea party

Hinata walked around the park, listening to the sounds of the area around her. Rehearsal had let out and Sasuke disappeared quickly, only leaving a text for her to meet him here. she thought they’d be doing their normal tradition of getting food by together on the first night of performances but Sasuke had been weird all morning. She started down the stairs taking her lower down into the park when finally, she spotted him. She’d recognise his hair anywhere, spikes and all.

“Sasuke!” he stood up off the bench he’d been sitting on, with his hands behind his back. “I thought we were getting lunch.”

“We will.” He promised, shifting a little. “I just, I needed to give you something.” Sasuke pulled a bouquet of flowers from behind his back, sunflowers and lavender.

Hinata let out a small laugh as she took them. “I thought I get flowers after the performance.” She reminded, sniffing the lavender.

It had been a tradition, since their first performance in Juniors Symphony. They’d done separate performances - Strings, Winds, Percussion – and after her Wind performance, Sasuke have her a massive bouquet of flowers, promising to always give her some after every performance. It became after every first night due to how many she brought home after the first few months. She hadn’t told him, but she’d dry the flowers out and put them in shadowboxes, hanging them up labelled with the orchestra piece they performed that day. They were, to her, the physical representation of how he felt. Of how she felt about him.

“You do, but this is more than just keeping a promise. I want to tell you something, maybe you already know but…we’ve known each other since we were kids. I didn’t want a practise partner for auditions but mom insisted and it turned out to be you. you were shy, but you didn’t give up. Your grandparents were poking at you for not being a prodigy but I remember watching you play through your piece without any mistakes for the first time. I thought it was beautiful. I wanted to be your friend then.”

She did remember that. Sasuke was still his usual closed off self, but he talked to her more. actually, smiled at her. By the time he gave her her first flowers, he was nearly different around her compared to strangers.

“as we got older, wanting to make you smile with the flowers was my main goal and as our families started picking on each other more, I was worried I wasn’t going to be around you anymore. I mean, we were supposed to attend the same school. When I thought I was going to lose you, it occurred to me that it was more than just losing my best friend. I’d be losing someone I loved.”

Hinata felt her breath still. “You, what?”

Sasuke took a breath and stepped closer. “Hinata, I love you. have loved you for as long as I can remember. One of my best friends confessed to me and I had to turn her down, and I realised while I didn’t like hurting her, keeping quiet about how I felt about you was going to hurt us if you decided to move on with someone else.”

“Why would I do that? I have you.” she said, not thinking fully. At the surprised look on his face, she looked at her flowers. “It’s, it’s always been you. I just, didn’t know how to put it in words. But every bouquet you’ve given me, felt like you telling me how you felt.”

“So, will you be mine?” he asked, hesitantly like she’d even say no.

So, she took his hand and looked up at him. “of course I will. Though, our parents…”

There had been some disagreement between their fathers, one that nearly stole Hinata from Sasuke completely like he feared and now the men almost always refused to speak to each other, let alone look kindly to their families interacting. They knew their mothers would be on their side, but they both knew their fathers would want something from the other before they let their kids date each other.

Sasuke sighed, knowing this. “we don’t have to tell them.”

“Kō would know.” she said, reminding him that her caretaker picked on things in seconds. “If we let them know now, they can get their peacocking out of the way and then we can date.”

“Or I can say screw getting their permission and just kiss you anyway?” Hinata was red but she still glared at Sasuke. “Or we can wait.”

“Besides, it’ll make the kiss that much sweeter.” She pointed out, giving him a mischievous smile.

She let out a squeak when Sasuke snuck one onto her cheek, smirking down at her. He laced their fingers together and tugged her down the path.

“Come on. I think I heard something about a café opening here.”

The café was actually a flower shop, though the castle like exterior made Sasuke give a comment about love hotels Hinata hit him for.

“They’re not open yet. ‘Mew Bouquets’, that’s an interesting name.” Hinata said, looking at the sign.

“Hey, they have an ice cream stand over there.” Sasuke spotted. “wanna cone?”

“Before lunch?”

“Like that’s stopped you before.” he teased.

Sticking her tongue out at him, she asked him for vanilla and waited by the building. Across the flower shop, was a slight hill were a girl with pink hair was rolling on the grass. She heard oriental music playing in the distance, no doubt from street performers. A girl in a trench coat and glasses passed her by and she heard someone yelling at someone for eating all the food somewhere. The world felt normal and it made her feel more confident in what she confessed. She was in love with Sasuke, it was a fact that was correct with the world. She took another sniff of the flowers, wondering what their orchestra mates would think seeing her with flowers early. Some of them were so superstitious, she wondered if they’d panic at the sight.

All of a sudden, the birds went quiet and dogs started barking and the ground started to shake.

“An earthquake?” Hinata dropped to the ground, trying not to panic, wondering where Sasuke was and if he was ok. Then there was a light, so bright it was like it was coming from under her. It enveloped her, leaving her standing in a hazy scene. She heard the bellowing sounds of a whale and looked around. Something nudge at her head and she turned. There it was, the whale, floating in front of her calmly. She didn’t know why, but she reached her hand out and touched it, feeling warm when it started to glow. “What are you?”

‘A friend. I’ll help protect you.’

The next thing she knew, she heard her name being called. She opened her eyes to see Sasuke’s worried face looking down at her. Kō was also there, sighing when she turned her head to him.

“Thank goodness. Quick, get her up. We’re taking her to the hospital.” Kō held on to her flowers as he stood up. Wasn’t she just holding those? And why was he getting up?

Sasuke moved as well, Hinata moving with him. He was carrying her. Why?

“What happened?” she asked, wrapping her arms around Sasuke’s neck as he followed her caretaker.

“You passed out. the earthquake came out of nowhere and when it stopped and I got back to you, you were unconscious. You weren’t waking up, I had to call Kō.”

“The concert.” She started.

“Who cares?” Sasuke said, looking scared. “You’re getting checked out first, everything else can wait.”

She had more questions, but she felt exhausted. She’d been fine after rehearsal and even after the walk to the park but now, all she wanted was a nap. So, she rested her head on Sasuke’s shoulder and let the motion of his walking lull her to sleep.

______________________

“They’re dating?” Hinata asked, lacing her hand through Sasuke’s arm. He’d been updating her on his friends’ apparently ‘busy’ weekend. It had been busy for them, getting cleared by the doctor before rushing back to the auditorium to perform. Plus, there was Hinata noticing the odd mark by her right eye. it was a spiral with something that reminded her of a tail. She didn’t know where it came from, just that she’d kept having dreams of what she saw during the earthquake, with the whale. A bowhead whale. It got to the point where she looked up what the animal was.

“Yep. Naruto’s had a crush on her forever and I guess my rejecting her got her to decide to say yes to going out with him. She came to thank me weirdly enough. I’m just happy she’s happy now.”

“People will never believe me when I tell them Uchiha Sasuke is a softy.”

“Shut up.” He said, causing Hinata to giggle into her roses. It was their first performance after the earthquake, after he told her how he felt. Sasuke decided that he didn’t want to waste time tip toeing around, but like Hinata pointed out, their fathers wanted something from the other and it was now a waiting game for Sasuke to get permission to date Hinata, or if she knew her best friend as well as she thought, for Sasuke to get annoyed with waiting and just date her anyway.

“It was a little worrying though. Turns out she was at the park during that earthquake and also passed out. she was out for hours but she’s been acting a little strange since. More, wild I guess. I don’t know.”

Hinata squeezed his arm. “I’m sure she’s ok. Naruto’s aunt is a doctor right? So, he knew what to look for. And maybe being with him makes her a bit more free. Animals have been doing strange things too. Did I tell you what Cinna did?” She asked, talking about her Shiba Inu.

“No, what?”

“So, you know how sometimes, we’ll let him stick his head out the window in the town car? He jumped out this time, ended up jumping on a girl coming from work. We were passing the park actually.”

So many things seemed to happen around that park that Hinata was wondering if it would be best to avoid it completely.

“That dog has all the energy you don’t show off, I swear.”

“Hey!”

They reached the stage door, just managing to miss the patrons who wanted to pass out flowers to their favourite members. Kō was waiting for Hinata, talking with Sasuke’s cousin who was in charge of his pickup.

“I’ll call you later. Tell Cinna to stop jumping out of moving cars.” Sasuke said, pressing a kiss to her cheek, cut short by Kō’s cough for attention. “Bye.”

“Bye.” Hinata said, shooting Kō a look as their car pulled up. “I thought you were on my side.” She stated, handing him her flute case as she climbed in.

“I’m also on the side of the man who signs my checks. Don’t worry, everyone knows where this relationship was going, they’ll settle their differences and get what they want or they’ll have Sasuke’s mother to deal with.

Uchiha Mikoto was a terrifying person. To Hinata, she was the scariest thing that ever existed, not counting an annoyed conductor and a bad rehearsal. At least until the same girl Cinna had jumped on randomly appeared wanting to return the handkerchief Hinata had given her. Kō was thrown off by her sudden urge to show off her phone charm to every corner of the foyer but Sakura kindly left, at least until Cinna wandered back inside from saying goodbye, growling and grew into a large monster. After watching Sakura turn into a cat eared hero, things were explained to her. The earthquake at the park, a machine revving up to change the DNA of 5 girls, all who were compatible with endangered animal DNA. The whale she saw, that was her animal. The one that allowed her to change into a Mew.

“The flower shop.” Hinata asked, after the battle she couldn’t explain to Kō as the reason the whole foyer was destroyed. “That’s…”

“Home base. Sasori is gonna want you to work there, that way we’ll be nearby in case they need us and so we’re actually paid for being turned into heroes. You can totally yell at him after if you want, that’s what I did when I started looking for answers.”

She wanted to complain but it felt like she didn’t have much of a choice. Her best friend, her constant when everyone else was busy, Cinna, had been turned into a monster. Who was to say what would happen if she hadn’t done anything?

“And don’t worry about rehearsals at the Symphony. I have a friend who’s part of the Orchestra, so I know when your rehearsals and performances are. I’ll help you talk sense into him.”

Hinata couldn’t really think of what else to say, so she took Sakura’s number and promised to be at Mew Bouquets after school. She sent Sakura in a car, while Kō tried to figure out what to do. Hinata’s side of the mansion was really only accessible by the front staircase, since it was closer to the living room she preferred to practise in. she was still trying to wrap her head around what had happened when another car pulled into the gates and letting Sasuke out.

“Hinata! What happened? are you ok?” he asked, pulling her into her arms, Cinna struggling slightly as he was pressed between them.

“I’m ok, just…. I don’t even know if I believe what happened. what are you doing here?” she asked, pulling away to look at him.

Sasuke looked at her like the question was stupid. “Kō called me. You’re staying the night at home. He said you were down here when it happened? who just left?”

Hinata dropped Cinna to the floor and wrapped her arms around Sasuke’s waist, Sasuke hugging her back automatically. It was starting to hit her, one fight in and with details still left unexplained. She go thrown around a bit, but she wasn’t majorly hurt. the aches from the fight had dulled in the span on minutes. If she was attacked with Sasuke close by, he could get hurt.

“Hinata, what’s wrong?” he asked softly, like he was trying to talk her down from an anxiety attack.

“Just, can you just hold me and save the questions for later?”

He held her tighter and pressed a kiss into her hair and didn’t speak.

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Being a Kunoichi Mew was, well…there weren’t proper words to explain it. sometimes it felt like she was a normal girl. She had a part time job at a flower shop, she’d listen to Sakura argue with Saori while watching Ino and Diedara fight about flower arrangements and how they shouldn’t look like they just exploded. TenTen had to be talked out of hitting picky costumers with flowers used as shuriken, impressive as it was when she nailed the hit.

Most nights, they’d change out of their colour coded uniforms, back into their school uniform and continue gossiping or complaining about school while waiting for Kō to come pick her up. Other days, the shop would either close unexpectedly or not open at all as they donned their Mew transformations to go stop creatures created by Pein. Sasori was still compiling information so they didn’t know why the alien was so insistent on fighting them or what he wanted. Just that it was their job to stop him. The human souls part was new which made it harder to stop him but they hadn’t failed yet.

So yes, trying to explain what a Mew was felt impossible, but Hinata could be happy for the few joys it brought. It however, did not stop the everyday life troubles she’d deal with. Like Neji.

Sakura needed an outfit to go to a party with Naruto and their school’s soccer team, so Hinata offered she could borrow one. It turned into a field trip with the others to her house. They’d been thrown by all the staff greeting her as she came in but even more when Neji came down the stairs, nose in his book and followed by his guard. He didn’t say much, even when Hinata introduced her friends. Just told them to move out of his way.

It was easy to keep distracted by talking about her wall of dried flowers from Sasuke. Ino and TenTen were quizzing her about Sasuke and their feelings for each other, Sakura oddly not joining in when Cinna ran out from the closet and to the door to her room. He whimpered, scratching at the door that slowly opened. The minute a leg was through the door, Cinna tried jumping up that.

“I saw you two days ago.” Sasuke said, lifting Cinna in his arms, moving his mouth away as Cinna covered him in kisses. He was still dressed in his school uniform and he had his violin case on his back. “Hey Hinata, Kō said you had people over so I – uh, hi?” he said when he realised he was being stared at by the girls.

“Is that him? Hinata, he’s gorgeous.” Ino said, checking Sasuke out.

TenTen circled him, stopping in front of him and stared, eyes slightly narrowed but Sasuke didn’t back down either.

“I hear you and Hinata might be dating.”

“TenTen!” Hinata cried from the doorway of the closet, blind to Sakura trying to keep from laughing.

“I’d like to.” Sasuke said, blunt as ever. “But it’s her choice. That and our stupid parents.”

TenTen hummed before punching Sasuke on the shoulder. “You’ll do. But if you do hurt her, you’ll have us to answer to.” She said, gesturing to the others.

Sasuke rolled his eyes but stopped when he saw Sakura standing next to Hinata.

“Sakura?”

“Hi. We’ve been friends since middle school.” Sakura explained at the confused looks.

“Ah! You’re his Sakura. How did I not realise you were the same person?”

“Hey, I didn’t realise Sasuke’s crush was you. I think the only time we would have figured it out was when Yukie Fujikaze came. He and Naruto helped me translate but you and Ino didn’t come out until after they left. Honestly, I don’t think you even know where Hinata works.” Sakura scolded, Sasuke refusing to look at her.

“Do you want me to come back tomorrow?” he asked Hinata, hoping to distract her.

“Oh, no. you’re not getting away that easily.” Ino said, taking him by the arm and dragging him out of the room. “You two have so much to tell us!”

Hinata hid her face in her hands, only pulling them out when Sakura bumped her shoulder with hers. “Come on, let’s go save him. At least now I know who’s he’s always texting during breaks.”

It should have been fine, watching Ino and TenTen pull information from Sasuke about the two of them growing up when Kō suggested they come to their next performance.

“The Symphony Orchestra is playing with the Konoha Ballet Company on their first leg of their Romeo and Juliet tour. You must come to opening night. Hinata’s father and sister won’t be able to attend so she has 2 extra tickets. I suppose Sasuke might have another if your father is busy.”

Sasuke nodded while Hinata felt confused. “I have 3. We get 4 and you’re the only one who will be here.”

“Well, since Neji is home, I thought to invite him as well.”

Neji was her cousin but the closest thing to a brother she had. They’d grown up and after his father passed, her own father practically adopted him. If it wasn’t for succession rules, Hinata knew Neji would be the one to become the new head of the family. He’d been the first person she played for, the first person who gave her flowers before Sasuke. As they got older though, Neji was expected to be perfect like the Hyuuga family was and the warm and kind brother she’d grown up with turned into the cold person who’d greeted her friends. She’d never pull him from making his family happy, no matter how much she wanted her brother back.

“Nii-san has a conference the same day. He won’t be attending.”

“I’m sure he’ll change his mind. This is the first time you both are doing this. did you know Neji used to be Hinata’s biggest supporter, always wanting to listen to her practise?” Kō started, stopped when the sound of her chopsticks hit the table.

“He’s not coming. I’m tired, please show the girls out when they’re done.” She said, pushing her chair back and leaving the dining room.

Sasuke would find her cuddling Cinna in her room later. He didn’t say much, pulling off his blazer before dropping into Hinata’s bed, waiting for her to speak. She stayed silent and he decided to at least turn his violin while he waited. That’s when she moved to stop hiding in Cinna’s fur.

“I shouldn’t want him there. He can’t, he’s got obligations. But…”

“We’re allowed to want family to support us, even if they’re really bad at it.”

She continue wishing for it, as they got ready for opening night. she got suspicious when Ino was invited backstage by Kō with TenTen and Sakura no where to be seen. Sakura gave up going to the party with Naruto to come support her so her absences was even more noticeable. When Neji appeared outside the dressing room, she figured it out.

“What are you doing here? You have a conference you’re going to be late for.” She said, refusing to look at Neji, her hands no doubt leaving a mess on her flute.

“I was invited.”

Hinata looked over to the girls who looked hopeful. They didn’t have to go through so much, which made doing what she did next make her feel worse. “You should go. I didn’t want family here.”

They both ignored for the moment that Kō was related to them both.

“Hinata, come on. he came – ” Sakura started.

“But I didn’t want him here. I’m sorry you wasted your time talking to him but Neji, you should just go. I have to go; we’re supposed to be getting there for tuning.” She didn’t wait for an answer, grabbing Sasuke’s arm and dragged him towards the stage door.

“Hinata, slow down.” he said.

“No! I can’t believe they did that.”

“They didn’t. I told him to come.” Sasuke said, making her stumble to a stop and turn to him.

She didn’t get to question him when the whole hallway was filled with terrified screams as a creature with a mask spun in pirouettes while brandishing a sword in place of an arm.

“The fuck?!”

Zetsu, the name for the creatures created with animals, or human souls now, and a parasite controlled by Pein.

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“Your lucky that your violin wasn’t destroyed.” She was lucky her flute made it out unscathed, using it as a distraction against the Zetsu.

Before they could transform, the ballet Zetsu had attacked on Pein’s orders, hitting Neji and Kō and Sasuke standing in front of her to keep her protected, even if it left him flung across the room.

“A snapped string isn’t any better.” He said, fiddling with a loaner one he’d been able to get in the theatre, from the original orchestra that performed at the venue. He let Hinata lift his head to dab at the cut on his brow. “I’m surprised they didn’t just cancel this completely.”

“Donors sitting in the audience. They can wait, but if no one’s broken a bone, we go on. that, and they think it’s a sign perseverance with the creatures’ sudden appearance.” Hinata said, reciting what their conductor and orchestra leader had told them. “What did you mean before? About telling Neji to come?”

After the fight was over and Hinata found her brother and caretaker both ok, she tried one more time to get Neji to go to his conference. He pulled out a small bouquet of daisies from his blazer pocket, just like the same first one he gave ever.

“I thought that if I took head of the family, it would mean your father wouldn’t put so much pressure on you, that you could still be happy and play without having to worry about making your father happy. I know your,” at that time, Neji looked over at the doorway where the others were peaking around, including Neji’s guard. Sasuke was leaning against the doorway, the girls watching around them, looking bored. But she knew he was listening intently, “Current situation is leaving you with difficult decisions. I just didn’t want you to have to make you weren’t happy with. I’m sorry doing so made you think I didn’t care.”

Sasuke pulled away from the cloth, looking at the mirror they were seated next to in the dressing room. “I called him and told if he cared about you at all, to get his ass down here or I’d beat him with my violin.” He said so nonchalantly, pushing his bangs back to see how bad the cut was.

“What?”

“What? You wanted him there, even if you were protesting the whole time. Your family, except for Kō almost never comes. Be nice if someone you know cared was also in the audience.”

“So, you threatened him?”

Sasuke shrugged. “he was making you sad.”

“into the pit everyone!” the stage hand called.

“I think this will – what?” Sasuke asked, picking up his bow, loaner violin in hand.

Hinata pressed a kiss onto his cheek as she took her flute in hand. “Thank you.”

“yeah, yeah. Come on. we wait any longer, the ballerinas might be the ones to hurt us, not whatever that thing was.” Sasuke said, his ears red.

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Hinata tried to ignore the looks. She wasn’t supposed to be at practise, she’d already called out. but she couldn’t be at the flower shop. Not with the nightmares and the arguments right on her mind.

“Hey.” Sasuke appeared in front of her, startling her. He looked worried. “Sakura just texted me. Aren’t you supposed to be at work?”

“I don’t want to talk about her. I’ve missed enough practises, so I’m here.”

“Yeah, but,” one of the obo players said, “you’re like always perfect and on point so everyone’s fine if you miss a few practises.”

Because people at the flower shop thought the sounds of her practising during work hours was enough of an excuse to come inside.

“I just don’t want to fail or mess up.”

That was as far as she was going to go on the subject and thankfully people dropped it. any questions were instead replaced with gossip being shared or teasing her about what bouquet she’d get next from Sasuke. It was their biggest performance since their summer concert. After the concert, the whole shop team had gone out to the beach and they experienced Mew Aqua. Mew Aqua had…

“Alright, shall we get started? Oh, Hyuuga, welcome back? Work cancelled?” the conductor asked.

“I quit.” She saw Sasuke looking at her over the heads of those sitting in the second violin section. “I want to focus on my music.”

“Oh, well. we’re happy to have you back. Let’s start with the first piece shall we? Hyuuga, keep up if you can.”

It was easy to lose herself in the music, thoughts of what her life had become after the earthquake, after she’d been combined with animal DNA, pushed as far as they went. People were fine to not ask questions as she easily kept pace, did her solos perfectly and easily corrected any mistakes. Sasuke was not people.

“Hey! hey, wait a second.” He called, following her when they were let out and yanking her to a stop. “You quit? You love working at the flower shop.”

“And now I don’t, can we let it go?”

Sasuke pulled her back, letting go when she pulled her arm away. “Sakura said you snapped at her for clocking out for a while to be with Naruto. You, who’s always gossiping with me about those two.”

Sakura was off being in love, wondering if she should tell Naruto about her pink cat secret while they were tasked with saving the world. Saving the world from aliens, who created creatures for them to stop. Some of them, stronger than they could handle. They wanted to wipe out humans and now they were finding out it was all for one thing. Mew Aqua, a mineral so pure, it interacted with the animal DNA they held. It gave her a tail. If she continued this, there was a chance full exposure would fully turn her into a mermaid, pull her away from Sasuke or fall right into the aliens’ hands and it would all be for nothing. She didn’t want to do it anymore. Neji put up with their family so she could do what she wanted. She didn’t want to be a hero anymore. What was the point?

“What is going on? will you just talk to me? You’ve been acting weird ever since you got back from that beach trip.”

“Just drop it! honestly at this point, I’m wondering why you even care. You haven’t done anything about us, so clearly I’m just something to sooth your ego. I’m tired of having to be at everyone’s beck and call, so just leave me the hell alone!”

She didn’t have to yell at Sasuke, not when he kept texting her apologizing for something that wasn’t his fault. She was fine that their relationship hadn’t moved forward, much as she wanted it to. Sasuke had been hurt by a Zetsu before, she wasn’t about to make him a massive target.

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“So, he’s not worth fighting for? As scared as you are to do this, you don’t think Sakura has the right idea, focusing on Naruto as her reason to fight?”

“First an earthquake and then a mini flood? All with another monster?”

Hinata looked at Sasuke who came into the spare bedroom with the first aid kit. Screams and cries from another bedroom with the girls spilled into the room, cut when Sasuke closed the door behind him. When Hinata first transformed, Sasuke rushed over the minute he was told. This time he didn’t have to wait for a call. He’d come over, hoping to try one more time to talk to Hinata when he spotted the attack Temari caused to her room. Her shadowboxes were fine, if only a bit bent and mixed up. As much as she wanted to yell at the older girl for attack her home like that, she made a fair point.

Sasuke was her reason to fight. The fighting and what would happen scared her, but the aliens winning and losing Sasuke hurt more.

“Do they still hurt?”

Another one of Temari’s attacks had left her with scraps and bruises, plus a cut or two. She’d been about to attack Cinna, who followed Sasuke around like he was also his owner. The bird Mew really knew how to get her where it hurt.

“No.” she hadn’t said much to Sasuke when she got back to the mansion, her friends in tow. All he’d done was squeeze her tight and question why she and the others were soaking wet, listening to Sakura complain about getting caught in the flood. He didn’t even ask why Hinata was in her pyjamas and the others were in their work uniforms. She kept thinking of what she said after practise.

Sasuke grabbed her legs, turning her so they rested on his lap. Cinna, who’d been snuggled in her arms since coming in from outside with TenTen, wriggled for Hinata to let him go. He stuck his head under Sasuke’s hand, begging for pets.

“Spoiled.” He says, giving in before focusing on the first aid kit. He cleaned off the scratches on Hinata’s knees, before focusing on a cut near her ankle.

“I’m sorry.” She said, twisting the skirt of her nightdress in her hands without Cinna in them to keep her occupied. “I, what I said.”

“You’re not wrong.” Sasuke interrupted, tying off the gauze with a piece of medical tape. “I don’t normally wait around to do what I’m told. We’ve had plenty of instances were I should have just done it, regardless, but I didn’t. Hinata, I meant what I said at the park, I love you. that hasn’t changed and I’m sorry if I made you feel like it has.”

“I got scared.” She confessed. “everything that’s happening, I don’t know how Sakura can be so happy with Naruto with all the attacks. I got scared, that it’s all going to be ripped away.”

She hadn’t been looking at Sasuke, so she didn’t see him lean closer, just felt his fingers move her head up. Sasuke’s lips pressed against hers, leaving her breath shuttering.

“I’m not going anywhere. Ok, not unless you tell me to.” Sasuke promised.

Hinata closed her eyes and kissed Sasuke, pulling him closer by his jacket. She let out a startled squeak when Sasuke pulled her onto his lap by her legs, Cinna barking in annoyance from all the moving, but neither listened to him as Sasuke put his hand on her cheek and pulled her down for another kiss.

“Hey, what’s all the – oh!” Sakura yelled, causing the two musicians to pull away, Hinata red and Sasuke glaring.

“Do you knock?”

“Ignore me, we were never here. just drop her off when you’re done.” Sakura called, the other girls giggling as the door shut behind them.

Hinata couldn’t help but laugh as she hid her face in Sasuke neck when he groaned. “she’s not gonna let me live that down.”

“Payback, for whenever you find her and Naruto.” Hinata said, moving so she could look at Sasuke. “Was that…?”

“Me tired of waiting. Sorry I didn’t do it earlier.”

Things would be harder now. There would be times that saving the world would have to trump Sasuke, where lying to him would be the best way to keep him safe.

“You left me waiting a while.” She said, deciding to ignore that for now.

“Well, I’ve got you until Sakura gets bored of waiting.” Sasuke said, kissing her again.

Being a Mew was hard to put in words beyond scary and more pressure inducing than her family. But she gained new friends, new skills and realised sometimes waiting wasn’t worth it. she didn’t know how this fight would end, she just knew she’d have Sasuke when the final battle approached, even if she permanently gained a tail.

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SasuHina Month

Day #30 Before & after

the distance between them gets closer & their expressions softens with each passing time spent together 💜💙

to finish off this year's SasuHina month, here's a little montage of how the pair met, fell in love & where they stand now as the leaders of Konoha's strongest clan thus far.

didn't get to do much bcs of my busy schedule but happy to join this event for another year 😭😭🥺

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🌸 Attack & Protect 🌸

Spoilers for Lavender Clouds | Chapter 48 | Rated T

With Shukaku no longer protecting them, Tobi moved Hinata to fight on her own, controlling from afar while he recovered. The few that made it to her did not last. One firm touch and a heart exploded, one more and a brain rupture. This was all of her nightmares.

Hinata was too busy trying not to focus on the life she was putting out to notice that the group Gaara and Sasuke made began to move. Hinata couldn’t do much more to fight against Tobi than tense her muscles to miss vital organs, hopefully giving the medical-nin time to get to them, not just making their deaths more painful.

“Turn around!” Tobi yelled from a distance.

Hinata’s body obeyed, finding Sasuke and Gaara approaching her from her widened blind spot. She moved to defend herself. Sand tried to imprison her, but in their previous fight, it crumbled at her touch, rendering it temporarily unusable.

Sasuke was skilled in avoiding her hands, but they weren’t training. She tried to tense, but it was getting harder to fight Tobi’s control, and he was paying more attention.

Hinata missed him by a hair, and Sasuke slammed his hand flat to her back. With crushing strength, she slammed into the sand that wrapped around her upper arms and chest Sasuke closed the distance and hit her in the stomach, and she screamed as one of the nine chakras was ripped out.

🌸 SasuHina Month 2024 - Day 29 🌸

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🌸 Before & After 🌸

Spoilers for Why Is It Always You? | Chapter 1 | Rated T

The class ranking pinned to the bulletin board mocked her. Hinata didn’t even need to look at the first spot to know who it was. Disappointment was her base emotion at this point. It didn’t even feel like anything anymore. She took a picture anyway. Her father would want the evidence of what to scold her with when she got home.

“Second best again.”

Hinata closed her eyes to conceal her annoyance. Sasuke Uchiha was leaning against the wall with a smug smile. She didn’t need to see him to know it. She could feel it burning against the back of her head.

Spoiled brat.

Spoilers for Why Is It Always You? | Chapter 19 | Rated T

Hinata’s heart completely stopped, or at least that’s what it felt like. Her name was at the top. She had the top marks on the last test. That wasn’t possible. Sasuke explained most of the concepts to her.

“I can’t call you second place anymore, can I?” She could hear the smug smile in Sasuke's voice.

Hinata turned her glare to him, and he flinched, not expecting her rage. “You got answers wrong on purpose!” She accused.

Sasuke turned his head to avoid looking her in the eye. “Maybe I am just a good tutor.”

Hinata huffed. He was going to admit it even if it was obvious. “Don’t do that again.”

🌸 SasuHina Month 2024 - Day 30 🌸

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🌸 Before & After 🌸

Spoilers for I Will Love You | Chapter 1 | Rated T

“If only…” Sasuke lost all his energy again. “We could just take the best of both of us and make one person.”

“Sounds like marriage,” Hinata let out a sad half-laugh. “Sorry, that sounded bad.”

“No, it doesn’t.” Sasuke’s face shifted from rage to astonishment, like he was putting puzzle pieces together.

“What?” Hinata asked.

“That’s what we could do. Get married.” Sasuke said.

“What?” Hinata asked again in disbelief.

“Not really, but that would be part of it,” Sasuke mumbled at her horrified face.

“We can’t just get married.” Hinata waved her hands.

Spoilers for I Will Love You | Chapter 21 | Rated T

After more pictures than she wanted, Hinata was actually happy to be pulled to the floor for their first dance. It was slow and quiet, and she was tired already. They were up so early. “My offer to ditch is still on the table,” Sasuke whispered.

“Stop it.” Hinata laughed, but honestly, if she could, she would leave for a nap.

“We did it.” Sasuke hummed.

Hinata laid her head down on his shoulder. He was right. This was it. They were married. This was all that they had been working toward. New problems were around the corner, but this was the biggest checkmark on their to-do list.

Maybe it would feel more special if Hinata put more weight on weddings, but it was just a party for what people already knew. It was a promise that they already made when they got engaged. This was just putting it in writing.

🌸 SasuHina Month 2024 - Day 30 🌸

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Day 30

I’m so sorry to have to say it’s the last day of SasuHina Month. We had a wonderful time. But don’t forget we’re still liking and reblogging until July 19th!

Today’s prompts:

• Departure and Arrival | Partida y Llegada

• Before & After | Antes y Después

Mod: El Reino

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Here is a list of all the original works I posted for SasuHina Month 2024 for reading convenience.

Day 1 | Beginnings & Ends 🌸 Better Late

Day 4 | Summer & Winter 🌸Festival Confessions

Day 5 | Create & Destroy 🌸Charms

Day 8 | Hidden & Seen 🌸Gullible

Day 9 | Kind & Cruel 🌸Skipped

Day 10 | Rain & Shine 🌸Shelter

Day 11 | Lost & Found | What He Left Behind - Bonus Chapter

Day 13 | Glass & Stone 🌸Candy Hearts

Day 14 | Far & Near 🌸I Miss You

Day 15 | Bright & Dim 🌸Afraid of the Dark

Day 18 | Freeze & Melt 🌸 It’s Cold Out

Day 22 | Yes & No 🌸 Mine and Your’s

Day 24 | Oblivious & Observant 🌸 Bun in the Oven

Day 24 | Flower & Weapons

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SasuHina Month

Day #28 Absence & present

Hinata always gets anxious whenever her husband or one of her children goes away on missions. it distracts her from work as she often finds herself spacing out.

so, what happens when they're both away on a mission together?

her anxiety peaks.

one fine day, Sasuke & his oldest daughter, Chiyuki - a fresh Genin were dispatched to the Land of Snow for a mission. Hinata was restless and she was fanning herself in the teahouse.

"Sasuke hasn't wrote a letter back.."

she lamented as she stared off to space.

"are they alright? did they run into trouble??"

she was questioning herself as she frantically fanned herself faster and faster. Shoichi, her oldest son watched worriedly from the sidelines.

"mother.."

he called out nervously.

"i'm sure father and Chiyuki are just busy! or maybe the letter is already heading this way!!"

he tried to alleviate her worries with some words of encouragement. sure enough, a letter arrived that evening and Hinata was relieved temporarily.

her daughter wrote about her adventures in the snow covered land and how Sasuke protected her from harm. a week later, she returned home with her father.

Sasuke was expecting a warm hug from Hinata the moment he stepped in the village but his wife went straight for their daughter instead.

neverthless, after they all settled down back home, Hinata went straight for her husband. now that they're both home again, she had less worries indeed.

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🌸 Absence & Present 🌸

Spoilers for What He Left Behind | Chapter 3 | Rated T

“...I don’t know what to name it.” Hinata looked up from her phone after a few minutes.

Sasuke paused from deciding which movie to watch tonight. “Did you have a name before?”

“Naruto always wanted to be the one to name it.” Hinata whispered. “So I never thought about it.”

Damn, he was so ingrained in her idea of life it was hard for her to even make decisions without him.

“Well...” How did people name their kids? “What do you like? Flowers, right? People name their kids after flowers.”

Hinata tilted her head. “Maybe.”

“My brother’s name means weasel.” Sasuke got a laugh out of her for that.

“I don’t think I will name it something like that.” Hinata giggled.

“Do you even know the gender?” Sasuke's face dropped.

“I have been avoiding it since they have been able to tell...” Hinata mumbled. “I don’t know if I want to know.”

“What do you want?” It was the question people asked.

“A girl,” Hinata said too quickly.

Sasuke was expecting the ‘as long as it’s healthy’ answer.

Hinata blushed, noticing her hasty answer. “Naruto always wanted a son first. He didn’t even act like a girl was a possibility. He always said ‘he’.”

Sasuke sucked in a breath and rubbed his forehead. “Do… you need me there?”

Hinata blinked at him and looked down to fiddle with her phone even though the screen was blank. “That… would be nice.”

“Right. I’ll be there.” Sasuke decided firmly.

Spoilers for What He Left Behind | Chapter 3 | Rated T

“Hinata. Welcome back. Let’s get you gelled up.” The nurse told her as Hinata climbed onto the table and pulled up her shirt.

Sasuke tried not to make a face at the belly, he hadn’t seen it exposed, but the weird goo spread on it was not a good start.

“And who’s this?” The nurse wondered, looking at him. Sasuke felt there must have been an awkward conversation where Hinata had to say that the father was not in the picture if she didn’t assume it was him.

“A friend.” Hinata answered.

“Good, someone’s with you.” The nurse commented. “So, no gender this week?”

“Uhm, no, I want to know this time.” Sasuke could see her pulse go up.

“You’re sure?” The nurse assured, looking at him. Sasuke set his hand on her shoulder as the only support she could think to give. Hinata’s hand came up to meet his, and her fingers tightened around it. “Alright, let's see. Just to be sure.” She moved the device a few times. “Looks like... we got a little girl.”

Hinata let out a huffed breath and closed her eyes. It felt like the biggest jab to the dad. It wasn’t what he wanted. Sasuke was sure she would have ended up being fine with a boy, but it did seem to make her feel better that it was a girl.

“There, you can name it after flowers,” Sasuke told her.

Hinata looked up, offering him a smile.

Spoilers for What He Left Behind | Chapter 11 | Rated T

Within minutes, Sasuke was holding an infant with a tuft of wild dark hair and Hyuga eyes with a blue hue. The doctor handed her off to him as soon as they were done cleaning her up, telling him that the birth went smoothly, but Hinata wasn’t quite awake yet.

She was tiny, big for a newborn, but tiny. Sasuke instinctively rocked her, an instinct he didn’t know he had.

Once Hinata woke up, he passed the baby to her, and she held the baby tight to her chest and cooed at her. Silent tears ran down her face as she pushed the pink blanket away from the tiny sleeping face.

Sasuke leaned on her bed with his elbows. “She was so quiet. I was expecting more screaming.”

“She’ll grow into her voice, I’m sure.” Hinata had looked better, but for some reason, he found the tired, post-birth mess she was currently cute. “Or maybe she never will, like me.”

“Did you decide on a name? Something flowers?” Sasuke rubbed a single finger of the tiny hand clenched by Hinata’s collarbone. “Ayame, Ume?”

“Not sure if ‘good news’ or ‘faithful’ is a good idea.”

Sasuke realized the implication. “Maybe if you want to be ironic.”

Hinata giggled a little. “No...”

“English then? Lily.” Sasuke suggested.

“You really like flower names.” Hinata giggled.

“I thought you were going with flowers?” Sasuke wondered.

“No, if you remember, you suggested flowers.” Hinata reminded him.

🌸 SasuHina Month 2024 - Day 28 🌸

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Day #27 Forget & remember

Hinata remembers. she always does. but as matriach and businesswoman, her schedule can get hectic and she overlooks certain matters.

that's when she enlists the help of her trusted husband, Uchiha Sasuke!

he knows how important these events are to Hinata and he knows exactly why to never enrage her..

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one fine day, Himawari refused to have her mother attend yet another parent-teacher meeting with Shino at the Academy. she quickly begged her father to not remind Hinata about this meeting on the big day.

although he was hesitant at first, how could Sasuke refuse a request from his daughter?

on the day itself, Sasuke was nervous! he avoided eye contact at all costs till Hinata called him out.

"darling, do i hve any other matters to attend today?"

he could visualise Hinata's rage as he told a white lie.

"not at all, love! that's all."

the short silence was suffocating.

"oh alright then!"

he could finally breathe again as Hinata walked out the door.

"you're the best, dad! i knew i could count on you!"

Himawari grinned as she celebrated their victory together. Sasuke sighed heavily.

"let's not do this again please.."

and he never will as this victory was simply temporary ~

the moment Hinata got home, Sasuke knew it was the end. we all know the man had prepared his whole life to execute revenge on his older brother

but it seems nothing in life has prepared him for his own wife's wrath

no matter what.