Beneath The Konoha 👀 💦

Ino Pov: Ch-35

We all made it home after returning from the hotel to pick up the belongings that we left.

"We were so in a rush to leave that we forgot about our things at the suite and of course, they charged us even more for holding on to it for the past 2 weeks."

It's a good thing that I work at the flower shop for most of my time because there's no way I could pay for certain things with these ridiculously high prices.

"But forget that girls! Did you see how Neji reacted?" I asked them for reassurance even though they were there I had to make sure that they saw what I saw...

"I just don't understand how she knew that he was still living, I mean there's just no way, she could've known, we were too damn careful," Sakura said to me as she went inside her room to put her things up.

I dropped my things in the dirty clothes basket and I picked up the letter that Hinata wrote me before I came back out into the living room. "And she had the nerve to write us some damn letter," I said angrily...

Ten Ten was still in her room and Sakura came back out. "I mean if we're her 'friends' like she says we are then she should've been woman enough to tell us to our faces about her wanting to run away like a scared coward." I was more than angry I was furious as hell.

I ripped open her letter to see what she had written to me not caring about being delicate with the stupid envelope she had the letter placed inside of...

"Dear Ino." I scoffed at that. "I know that you will be most disappointed in me for writing you this because you're straightforward." Psh. Damn right I am!
I thought to myself as I continued to read the words.

"But I just wanna let you know that I've tried many, many times to tell you this but you never made any time for me outside of our girl group." BULLSHIT!

No way I would just blow her off and not make any time for her. "Truth be told is if it weren't for Sakura and Ten Ten that we had as a friendship in common that me and you probably wouldn't even be friends."

My shoulders began to stiff as I continued reading.

"But I am glad that I've got to experience you as one because people don't know you behind close doors."
My voice began to soften. "I love your 'take no shit' attitude because you don't let people walk all over you. Believe it or not you taught me to have the same attitude as a way to stick up for myself as a person..."

"Your will of fire and direction has inspired me a lot to be like you. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the way you talk or with the way you decide what to wear. You're true to yourself and you know who you are so that's all that matters. The people who judge you don't even know about the sweet bitch you are under your 'hard exterior' and they have no right to judge you when they themselves are horrible peeps."

My voice began to break up while I read the sweetest words she wrote not even my parents or hell even my best friend Sakura said such things to me like ever...

"You are a fierce woman Ino Yamanaka and you're gonna go far in life proving all the naysayers wrong."

My eyes began to water. "I hope you're not too mad at me for writing you this and I also hope that you've enjoyed my presence just as much as I've enjoyed..."

My voice cracked up. "Yours..." I was fighting tears at this point hoping that they wouldn't come out...

"Your true friend... Hinata."

That was it I couldn't hold them any longer.

I began to sob quietly as I looked down at the paper to reread the words over and over. Who would've thought that I would ever cry like this again after so many years? You're really something Hinata.

Sakura came from the balcony to see if I was okay. "Ino are y- are you crying?" She asked in disbelief...

"Y-ye...ah I um, I read Hinata's letter,"
I told her as I began to wipe my face from the pool of tears that I just cried. "Never knew she felt this way."

While sniffling and clearing my throat I folded the paper back up and took it into my room placing it in my drawer. Sakura followed me in total anticipation.

"Wow, she must've really touched you for you to cry considering the fact that the last you cried like that was when..." She stopped. "Yeah I know... Sakura."

Now I regret blowing her off all of those times!

I blame myself for not getting to know who she truly is outside of Ten Ten and Sakura and I blame myself for going along with this stupid plan regarding Neji...