I stared at the two cups of tea that adorned the little floor-mat before me. They were both filled to the brim; ready to be sipped at, but-...More like there for a distraction rather than a treat. Like a coward, I kept starting down at my own cup, twiddling my fingers in my white-clad lap, avoiding any questioning stares from the man before me.
How was I supposed to tell him? He'd be the first to know, but-...How would I give him the knowledge?
I came here prepared for all hell to break loose, yet I couldn't even mutter a single word. I came ready to be disowned by my clan, even beaten to a pulp, yet I couldn't even look my own father in the eyes. I felt like I'd betrayed him. I knew I had. I'd betrayed all of the Hyuga clan by following my heart. Somehow, I'd-...I'd just forgotten that my duties as an heir were supposed to be more important than my happiness.
What had I been thinking? That I could please myselfand the rest of my family at the same time? What a fool I'd been!
Yet...Deep down, I couldn't say that I regretted a single moment spent as Kiba Inuzuka's eternal mate. I did the right thing no matter how horribly wrong it was to the rest of the world...
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"Hinata..."
A cold chill ran down my spine as my name was uttered; so aloofly, words of care being spoken so emotionlessly with nothing but selfish interest.
"Is something wrong?"
Typical of my father. He never gave a damn about me; perhaps before my younger sister, Hanabi, was born he might have, but after she grew and began to surpass me in our abilities, he and the rest of the Hyugas somewhat abandoned me and lost faith in me.
I lifted my gaze to the two tan hands resting on my father's robed knees. I couldn't say they looked quite comfortable, the way they were stiff at the knuckles, as if my father already knew something was far more than just heavy in the air between us.
"You seem perturbed by something." He followed.
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"Yes?"
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"...I did wrong..."
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How was I to explain all of this to him? All my life, the plan had been to wed me to another Hyuga of the main family for me to give birth to more heirs and pass down my honor as royalty. Now, the ideal Hyuga dream would become I nightmare. I, the heir, was claimed as a mate to an Inuzuka. An Inuzuka; the very kind of being the people of my clan would sneer at and call a filthy, savage animal.
But was it wrong to put love before duty? Even if my love was for someone my blood looked down upon?
My father's tone changed, then; not for my concern, but for his own. Again, it was typical. "...And what exactly did you do?"
I held off my breath and forced my eyes to meet his. I swallowed. I swallowed hard with determination. This had to be made known to him, even if I'd have to rip it right out of my gut. "...I dishonored our clan, not just as an heir, but as any Hyuga. I put not only myself, but the rest of you to shame."
