The One That Got Away

Where we stand

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 👀

𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳.

𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰 .. 𝘐 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘈 𝘓𝘖𝘛 .. 𝘈𝘎𝘈𝘐𝘕! 😒

𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 😅 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘵! 🙃

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Naruto leaned against the door of his office, mug in one hand while the other held a folder, his eyes encapsulating the scene unraveling before him. You were sitting in his seat, arms casually resting around Himawari, one hand holding a pen while the other was pointing at various sentences in a book. His daughter sat on your lap, big and curious eyes following your explanations with such attention it was impossible to not smile. Her tiny hands were playing with the heavy material of your blouse around your arm, lips moving without sound as she memorized whatever subject you were working on today. It became quite an often occurrence, Himawari absolutely adoring your presence in her life, capable of guiding her while in his care. Much to Naruto's pleasure, seeing you in the Hokage's chair was something he deeply enjoyed as you emanated a power he had never witnessed before, as if the role fitted you better. You laughed and snapped him out of his daze, lips colliding with Himawari's cheek as she also laughed. After you left that night, the two of you were apart for an entire, excruciating month in which you stayed in the Sand Village while Naruto sorted out his life. When that came to a close, you returned and hoped.

"You're brilliant!" you cheered, wrapping your arms around her and hugging the child tightly.

"Thank you." Himawari smiled widely.

"Are you hungry?" you asked, starting to gather her stuff and she nodded. "Come on then."

"Dad!" Himawari cheered as her feet touched the ground, running into his arms, wrapping hers around his waist.

"Hey, baby." Naruto cooed while crouching to place a kiss on her forehead. "Did you manage?"

"Yes!" Himawari nodded with excitement. "Y/N is great!"

"She is, isn't she?" Naruto asked with a soft smile as a blush pinched your cheeks.

"Want to come with us?" you asked, placing his daughter's things in your bag.

"I have to sign some .. papers." Naruto said, giving you a knowing look.

"They're here?" you asked with a bit too much excitement than intended.

"Yes." he grinned knowing that the biggest step has been taken in order to be able to make you his for life.

Giving him a small nod, you took Himawari's hand and left the office for lunch before dropping her off to Shizune while you finished your work. Naruto's gaze trailed off after the two of you thinking how this could have been your lives from the beginning. Sitting at his desk, he opened the folder in which the divorce papers stared back at him and a smile tugged at his lips. Without even blinking, he grabbed a pen and signed them immediately before leaning into the chair, a deep breath leaving his body while a memory flashed before his eyes.

"It's Y/N." Hinata said quietly as they both sat at the table with tea in front of them, her fingers gripping tightly the mug. "I had a feeling."