*PAUSED*𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄: Naruhina

𝟗. 𝐍𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫

A.N: if I ever take long to update I usually post why on my page! I was on vacation and then got sickypoo and was too tired to edit this chapter. But here we are 😌

Rage burned inside him like a relentless wild fire.

Someone actually kissed Hinata. Their lips touched hers. Regardless if it was meaningless, and that it lasted two seconds, it didn't matter. The man will be dead. His murderer? Naruto Uzumaki.

He knew he shouldn't have asked the question at the most opportune moment. They were seconds away from fucking, but Naruto couldn't help himself. That was the bad side of being a dom. The need for complete control and ownership. The reassurance and security required. It was frustrating enough that Naruto pondered many times if Hinata had gotten with anyone in their year apart. He hated every man who ever looked at her. It took a lot of convincing from Gaara and literal restraint to not beat the shit out of that guy she fucked last summer. That's how down bad, and obsessed he was and is for her, and they weren't even dating at that point in time.

It didn't matter that for Hinata, the kiss was meaningless. Whoever this guy was, liked her enough to kiss her. And Naruto would bet a million dollars the kiss was not meaningless to him.

"Tell me everything. Start to finish. Now." He demanded the next day. Naruto's leg was shaking as he sat across from Hinata on the opposing couch of her apartment living room. She sighed in frustration, but told him the story. Why his necklace was not around her neck that night, and all the events that transpired. "We barely even see each other. I promise you Naruto it's nothing. He is nothing."

As much as that should've been enough for him. It wasn't. Naruto could handle competition in anything. He lived to get a rise out of people. But this was different from Hinata going on a date, or someone like Toneri fiend-ing after her. And he couldn't shake the odd feeling he got from this. Once Hinata committed to him last summer, she showed she was incredibly loyal. Naruto never questioned it. But it was other men, all the fucking time, who tried getting with her.

It snow balled in his mind. His height, how much money he made, his personality. Hinata could see the obsessive thoughts building in Naruto's brain.

She got in front of him and kneeled before him. Her lavender eyes pleading. "Naruto, he knows I have a boyfriend. He knows I'm with you. He knew about you before you were even back. That's how much I've always been yours. Please can we just drop this?"

The blonde wanted to say yes. Hinata was literally begging him. He knew she was telling the truth. But his stupid masculinity was preventing him from giving her what she wanted. "His name. What is it?"

Her lids dropped in disappointment. "Are you serious?" Naruto gave her those raised, pissed off eyebrows, "I'm dead serious. What's his name Hinata?"

She shook her head, licked her lips making them fold in. Her arms smacked her sides, "Fine! His name is-"

Smiles fought against three female faces. Naruto looked like a pissed off king. His subjects trying not to make fun of him. "Did you seriously just ask us that question?" Sakura asked. Naruto nodded. "I need to know."

Ino, Ten and Sakura all covered their mouths. "Okay for the record," Ino started, "We're not attracted to you. But since you asked I would honestly say you and him are both attractive men."

His eyes squinted, "So I'm not even better looking than him?"

Ten bursted with laughter,  slapping her knee, Sakura joined her, having to wipe tears from her eyes, "Blondie you're ridiculous! My goodness!" She pulled a rollie chair from the desk, "Take a seat and listen carefully."