That's My Boy

Chapter 3

Chapter Three

Haru was five. He was not an idiot. He knew the fact that his parents were going to sleep in separate rooms was not a good sign. He would very much like to be born. Therefore he hatched a "clever" plan.

He waits until the middle of the night and goes to Hinata's room. Haru knocks on the door. Hinata answers almost immediately.

"Haru, what's wrong?" She asks, concerned at his tearful expression.

"I h-ad a bad dream." He sniffles.

"Oh. It was just a dream. It'll be okay." She says with a kind smile and pulls him in for a hug.

"A-re you and father fighting?" He asks as he turns up the waterworks.

"No. Why would you ask that?" Hinata replies and seems surprised.

"Y-ou aren't sleeping in the s-ame room. My friends say wh-en their parents don't sleep in the same room that they are mad at each other." The blue haired boy says, sniffling.

"We aren't mad at each other. I was just...um getting something I forgot in this room. I was on my way over to our room right now." Hinata lies.

"Oh good." Haru says and puts on a "brave smile," with his lip quivering slightly.

"Are you going to be alright now?" She asks him softly.

"I think so." He mumbles and Hinata takes him back to his room, tucking him in.

"There all better." She says with a smile and kisses his forehead.

"I love you, mother." He says.

"I love you too." She says with a smile and then heads off.

What had she gotten herself into? If she didn't go to Sasuke's room now, she was a liar. That and Haru would think that she and Sasuke were fighting. She bites her lower lip and knocks on Sasuke's door.

Sasuke had been asleep, when a knock on his door woke him up. Cursing, he wraps a blanket around his naked form and goes to open the door. He blinks when he sees it was Hinata. He had expected it to be Haru.

"Hinata? What is it? It's 2 in the morning." Sasuke says.

"It's Haru. He had a nightmare." She says.

"Oh. I'll go talk to him." Sasuke says.

"No, I already did that. He thinks we are fighting." The bluenette continues.

"Why would he think that?" The dark haired man asks and raises an eyebrow.

"Because we aren't sleeping in the same room." The Hyuga Heiress replies.

"Ohhh. Wait, he's old enough to realize that means something is going on?" The elder Uchiha questions.

"He's smart." Hinata says.

"Yeah. So if we don't share a room, he'll be upset." The other ninja states.

"Yes. So I was wondering..." She trails off and looks at her feet.