Taming The Wild Fox

Chapter 34

[Naruto's POV]

The room is filled with nothing but anger and literal darkness because she didn't even bother to open the lights to see me.

I sighed for the nth time, saying what I had to say so she will give up and tell me what she knows.

"Please, tell me where she is... I need to tell her the truth!" I pleaded but she won't be swayed by my plea.

"Has anyone ever told you not to shout on a pregnant woman?" She finally spoke and pulled herself up to sit and there she goes, glaring at me.

"Tenten, right? I'm sure you understand what it feels when you can't do what you want, when you want to say things to the person you care for, right? I need to tell her what I feel, I need to tell her that I need her... and that I want her in my life. I'm so stupid in the past and I know that, I suffer a lot too, you know? And she's the one who made me see differently. She made me feel alive and I feel like I'd die if I let her go. She is a once in a lifetime, Hinata... she..." I stopped myself when I heard my own voice broke.

I feel very pathetic, what am I about to do? Cry?

I shake away that scary feeling of ever shedding a tear just because I am on the brink of losing a woman.

A woman that you have learned to love.

My inner self corrected me, complicating things more than it already is.

"You still screamed at my face, there's no way I'm going to be swayed by you." Tenten said, I swear pregnant women and their stubbornness. She's like a replica of Sakura for fuck's sake.

Oh, wait... there's this Sasuke's wedding and I can tell her that and...

"For a fellow pregnant lady... our friend, Sakura, is also going to be married in two weeks. Hinata is an important friend and also included in the ceremony..." I paused and waited for my words to sink in.

"A pregnant woman getting married? In the middle of a pregnancy while her tummy is bloated and all?!" She shrieked and I fight the urge to hold my ears so she won't throw a fit again.

"Yes and yes. Aside from what I had to tell her, that's also an important chapter of our friend's life and I also care for my bestfriend's soon-to-be wife, you know? I don't want her to be stressed while she's pregnant and to top it all, on her wedding day..." that should do the trick.

I bite the inside of my mouth waiting for Tenten to say something and when she opened her mouth, she closed it again without saying anything.

I want to take a class on having a longer patience so next time I will be more equipped in this kind of situation.

"W-well..." she stammered, looking away. Is it too hard to say a lie? It's for a good cause anyway.

"Well?" I said, encouraging her to spill it out already.

"Are you a gentle driver? Take me with you and I'll take you there." She announced, her face still stoic and I wanted to say a joke about her putting on a poker face while her walls crumbles anyway, but I decided to drop it instead.

She's doing me a favor. I reminded myself so I will be more considerate.

"I can do that." I smiled at her, "I'll be waiting in my car, Tenten."

And so we were seating side by side as I drive past the borders of our city. Unlike in Konoha, I never really liked the cold weather and I seldom come here especially with my trauma, I couldn't stand it.

But I will try to hold still for Hinata.

"Have you been here? I know I said gentle but you're driving too slow, the snow's not even deep yet." Tenten said after a while, I must have been driving real slow as I am spacing out again.