Putting The Deep In Thought

NaruNia Oneshot

Dedicated to @JanaeH for not only helping me through my first one-shot ever but for creating an amazing Fanfiction with these two characters.

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 Awaking to the sounds of crying and puking, Naruto hastily got up from his bed and jogged to his bathroom door where the sounds were coming from.

"Nia sweetie are you alright," He called out in alarm as he tried to open the bathroom door only to realize it was locked from the other side. Giving the doorknob a jiggle, Naruto leaned his head on the door and spoke out in a soft voice.

"Nia, baby your hero's here, and I'm worried about you, I need you to unlock this door, so I can make sure you're okay, ya know."

All was quiet as Naruto waited on a response from Nia, but all he got was the muffled sounds of sobbing. He opened his mouth to say more, but suddenly Nia spoke up. " I'm okay Naruto," She said in a rough voice, "I was just... she trailed off, "I mean, I'll- I'll be out in a minute," Nia ended, resting her head gently against her arm on top of the toilet seat, she was kneeling in front of, with her other hand holding the bottom of her pregnant belly. Nia was tired, and all she wanted to do was crawl into her hero's arms and forget about everything, but she couldn't because she felt like a mess.

Her breath was most likely stinky with the smell of acidity bile left on her tongue, and her face was all wet and itchy, her eyes were puffy, and her nose was full of snot. She couldn't go into her hero's arms like that. It would make Naruto worry about her, and he didn't need any more burdens on his shoulders right now.

Especially since that close encounter with pain, the village had needed Naruto now more than ever, so she needed to be strong for Naruto, now more than ever, so he didn't have to worry too much about her or their babies, and he could focus on being the man the world needed him to be, but although Nia tried not to be she still felt alone and hurt, and she couldn't pinpoint why. Without noticing it, Nia had begun to cry again, whimpering softly into the silent bathroom.

On the other side of the bathroom door, Naruto felt his heart squeeze at the sounds of Nia's soft cries.

"Nia, please open the door Sweetie, I can hear you crying. I know you want to be held, just come to me, Sweetie. I'll take all that pain, and whatever's bothering you away, and I'll deal with it, I promise."

"No, Naruto!" I'm okay honey, really I'll be out in just a second, and we can talk about how your day was yesterday. I know you got in late last night, you know, with rebuilding the village and everything." Nia said as she let out a broken chuckle.

Naruto stood quiet leaning on the bathroom door, he didn't understand why she wouldn't let him in. Nia always lets him in, she always lets him hold her, it didn't matter what was happening, be it, him being a jerk or the two of them talking to their friends or even when she's feeling a bit insecure, especially when she's feeling insecure. 'Nia loves being held by me, I'm her hero, so why won't she let me hold her now.' Naruto thought his hand suddenly closed tightly on the doorknob as a thought he had never consider before crossed his mind. ' Did she not want him to be her hero anymore.'

"Nia!" Naruto called out his voice a little more desperate as his mind began to race with different reasons as to why Nia didn't want him to hold her.

"Why won't you let me hold you, why won't you let me take away your pain, I know your hurting, but I can't be your hero if you won't let me in to comfort you, ya know."

"It's okay Naruto, you don't have to be my hero," Nia said, not realizing what she had done to the boy. "Your everybody's hero now Naruto so you have a lot of responsibilities. Don't worry about me, Naruto, focus on being the best and becoming Hokage and bringing peace to the world remember-"