Aburame Shino × Reader

Chapter 3

'I have to live with it a stranger? I have to live with a stranger who's a woman?! I won't be able to do that. I can't do it. I can't do it. I don't want to do it. I don't... I don't even know her, like I would accept a girl who I know as a roommate' I ended on a sarcastic thought but I was still frazzled. I was still worrying about how I will manage. 'I will feel nervous and anxious around her all the time. How am I gonna live in my own house like this?' I thought on.
"Shino-san! Shino-san! SHINO-SAN!" Anko-san yelled and broke my thoughts.
"Huh? Yeah, Anko-san. I will go meet the principal" I said.
"I didn't ask you that. I asked if you would like to talk to me about the thing that is worrying you." She smiled
"It's a mission, from Hokage-sama" I sighed.
"Then what are you concerned about?" She asked me.
"Well, I am nervous and I don't know if I can do it." I told her.
"Well, its a mission. No use thinking about it. Just do it." She told me.
Within an instant, everything became clear to me. It was like the fog was lifted and I realized that I didn't have a choice anyway. I had to do. Plus, it wasn't for my sake, it was for her health concerns. I just needed to do this not considering the fact that I was nervous or anxious, that's because it was a mission and for Shinobi, missions are absolute, even for former Shinobi.
"Yeah." I thanked Anko-san and took her leave. After the classes were over I met with her, Hinoiri. It was her new name which I had given her.
I tried to explain about evening but she cut me off and asked me what Sakura said about her health.
I explained to her that I was given a mission to monitor her at all times and update Sakura with her regular diet and energy consumption and every thing, so that she could come up with a cure.
We laid down our ground rules and she was okay with it. Surprisingly, okay with it. That's probably because she felt lonely. She didn't have anyone, she didn't know anyone, she didn't remember anyone who could be with her, be her friend. That's why she agreed.
I welcomed her to my home as warmly as possible because I didn't want her to feel like an outsider anymore. She wasn't a threat and she deserved a new life. I am going to give her a new life. That's because at this moment I am the only one who can really help her.
I made her some supper and she was delighted. I loved to see that look on her face. 'She looks so beautiful when she's happy. The smile makes me very happy too. Wait. What the hell. I love only bugs.' I shook off my thoughts.
Later, I went off to some grocery shopping and left her home alone. I returned as soon as possible, it was still sunset and she wasn't home. I started panicking.
'Did she get kidnapped? How did she disappear? What happened?' and I saw a note on the table from her.
"Okay, Shino-san. I will meet you at the Great Stone Faces at 7pm. - Hinoiri-san" read the note.
'But I didn't even leave a note.' That's when it hit me. 'Someone told her I wanted to meet her and-Oh my god. I need to hurry. It's almost 7' I made my way towards the faces. I couldn't be late or she might end up dead.
I found her over there and someone was running away. I rushed over to her and she asked me the strangest question.
"Shino-san, do you trust me?" I was completely taken aback by this. 'Suddenly such a serious question, out of nowhere? What had happened?' I thought.
"Ofcourse" I said but I also enquired the reason behind it. She told me someone was trying to create a rift between us. That would make sense if she was the target. With a Shinobi protecting her all the time, they won't be able to get a chance.
Suddenly, I heard her voice. It sounded very painful. She had covered her ears and was asking someone to stop it.
"Stop it! No! Stop saying that!" She whined in such pain that I couldn't bear it. I couldn't help myself. I had to do something. I quickly went to help her but she sat down on the ground saying the same thing. I knelt down in front of her in despair. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what I could possibly do. She laid unconscious in my arms while I could nothing but silently watch her in pain. I called the medics and took her home.
I prepared supper for her, because that's the least I could do.
"You can cook?!" She exclaimed and I knew that she had lost her memories again. Despite losing her memories, she still felt the same, the same feeling of comfort, same warmth, same beauty and the same her. Her memories didn't define her, her personality did.
We both took our supper and left for a stroll.
'Sakura asked me to take care of you no matter want, as a mission. It did start out as a mission. But your attitude, your personality, your beauty everything make me want to take more care of you. I want to take care of you, not as a mission but as something more.' I couldn't help thinking as I looked at her as we strolled on the streets of Konoha. She knew she didn't have any memories. She knew she was with a stranger who looked after her. She knew the situation and still enjoyed herself. 'How much strength does one need to be able to be happy like this' I was so glad that I was wearing a mask, so she didn't see my tears. I really admired her. I really didn't know where she got her strength from, but I still couldn't help but wish to be a little more stronger, for her sake.
We sat down near the grass patch near the river. The sky was clear and lit up with stars and the moon. She gleamed in the moonlight like a star herself. She was wild like the wind, calm like the river, flew like a butterfly and I'm pretty sure she knew how to sting like a bee. Her eyes shown even brightly as she looked up to the sky.
I was sitting up leaning on my arms and she was sitting beside me. 'I want you to get closer to me. I want to hold you in my arms. I want to protect you. I want to love you. You are not a stranger to me, you are my Hinoiri.' I thought not believing myself at that moment.
"Do you mind?" She asked before laying her head in my lap. I was at a loss of words. I liked it. I liked it a lot infact but I also was very nervous. I didn't want to make her mad or feel bad about something.
'Do you feel the same things as I do? Do you feel the fumble in your words too? Do you feel the fire in your heart too?' I thought as I looked at her and with this rosy blush and idiotic smile on my face which she apparently liked.
Suddenly, I felt a vibration in the grass. It was from coming from behind the bushes. I knew instantly that there was someone there.
"Who's there?" I put Hinoiri behind me and focused on the bush. I threw a kunai to check and a person jumped out of the bushes. He had a similar scent to the guy who was near the Great Stone Faces.
He disappeared as if it were a Genjutsu and there was a paper lying in his place. She rushed because she thought it might be a note but I didn't want her to risk it. I checked with another Kunai first.
It turned out to be indeed a note. I asked her to stay put and went over to read it.
"She will only bring despair wherever she goes. If you want to regret it, hand her over. I'll be waiting to make a deal tomorrow near the Great Stone Faces at sunset." It read and I was infuriated. 'Who is this? Why do they hate her so much? Why are they trying to do this to her? Why is she stuck in the middle of all of this?' I thought as my heart looked out for her.
"You should make the deal" she said maintaining her distance from me, and I didn't know what to make of it. 'What is it? Do you not like me? Do you think I'm being too forward? Do you think I'm creepy? Do you not care about me? Are all the feelings only one-sided?' I thought as I tried to clarify but her answer shook me.
'She's worried about getting me despair? She is doesn't want to hurt me. She thinks of me more than her.' I felt both ecstatic because our feelings were mutual but I also felt sad. I didn't want her to take everything alone. 'I am with you now. Don't worry. You don't have to do anything alone anymore' I thought and I asked her to come near me.
She skipped over to me and I felt really empathetic towards her. I know she didn't want to be pitied on, she didn't want any help, she didn't want to be treated as a weakling because she was not. All I could do was hold her close to me, hoping to make some happiness for her. I held her close to me, not being able to look away from her beautiful dark eyes. Her skin that looked even more glistening as it reflected the moonlight. Her scent was enchanting and her body was perfect. I couldn't help it. I can't stay away from her now.