Beyond the fame /My personal teacher: The sequel/

Congrats for surviving (pt.2) /Finale/

*don't play the song right away*

Naruto's POV

Hinata was left too stunned to speak and with Morgana's fingerprints on her left cheek. Yeah, her manager slapped her. 

And that officially was the stupidest thing Morgana could do. Now Hinata can sue her for assault and battery. And since all of the people backstage saw it she won't get away with it easily. 

I hurried over to where Hinata is to check how she is. Maybe I'm not the person she wants to see there right now but if me performing for her show tonight was all set up by Morgana then I ought to do only one thing.

"Hinata, are you okay?" Yadachi said first from behind me. 

"Y-yeah." She said massaging her cheek. "I just didn't really expect it."

"So..." I started. "you didn't know I was doing the opening act, did you?"

"No one cared to inform me, yes." She looked over to Morgana who angrily turned on her heel and walked away. 

My hands started to sweat. Don't know why I'm nervous to ask this, I'm actually scared, that's all. Scared of the answer I'm gonna receive. I put my hands in the pockets of my pants hoping I can hide my nervousness.

"Hinata, would you still like for me to perform tonight?" I questioned uttering every word slowly. 

"No." She answered straight out.

It was foolish of me to expect her to say otherwise in the first place. After all the only apology Hinata was given was when she was asleep.

She got on stage despite having at least 5 more minutes. Everyone started cheering and clapping. Then she put on the brightest beam and started speaking. A ray of sunshine she is. 

"Hi, guys. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart that you came to see me perform tonight even if it was on such short notice. I guess you were expecting someone else to be on stage first..." She paused in order to hear the audience's response. "I regret to inform you that I was unpleasantly surprised by my manager who one-sidedly decided who that artist would be. I on the other hand decided that I would take up the time that was defined for the opening act and sing a song I wrote recently alongside Mr. Norimara Yadachi, my music producer and a great friend of mine. I was told I need to come up with a badass song about how strong and happy I feel. But I'm tired of being strong and I think it's okay. Thank you Yadachi for letting me do my thing." Hinata turned her head to us and smiled softly. "I remember my mom once saying to me when I was a little child that everything happens for a reason. So..."

*play the song*

Hinata started singing.

"Listen carefully, kiddo." Yadachi patted me on the back. 

She started singing and oh... I don't think words can describe this great pain I felt in my chest. I felt dizzy, the oxygen didn't reach my lungs. Was I even breathing? I can't say. All I know is that I was too stunned to think, to speak, to feel, to do anything at all. I was just there listening and starring. 

The more I listen the more I realize how much of a coward I am. How can I face her after I hurt her so much? If I really loved her the way I so stubbornly claim I do then why did she cry so much because of me? Why do I have to destroy everything I have? 

These questions were quickly replaced by another one. One that appeared in my mind written in red. At first the letters where small but then they enlarged and pushed every other thought aside.