Soulmates {MadaSaku and OCxOC}

Chapter 34: "Emotional"

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO.

Tobirama was eating at the Merchant district, which was almost ready. However, the only place that served food was still Ryuuichi's stand, because the other ones planned to do some sort of an opening festival the next Sunday, in a week. He was pretty absorted on his plate, still going through his conversations with Sakura so he didn't realize Hikari approaching until Ryuutaro's son greeted her.

"Oh, hi again Tobirama-san" she said politely. The man stiffened a little

"Hn." He grunted munching his meal 'Great, now she might think I'm angry at her or something' his mind didn't give him a break. He swallowed his food and cleared his throat "you can sit down if you want to" he invited. The kunoichi complied and in a minute she was served with a big plate of sweet dumplings and tea. She had already eaten but thanked anyway and started to drink in silence. 'Her demeanor is weird, she might feel awkward around me' he thought.

"You're awfully silent" the albino said as he kept eating. He heard her sigh. "You know, I am sorry for today. Seems I've over reacted unconsciously because of some issues could never get over through." Hikari was taken aback with his declaration.

"You don't need to apologize about anything" she finally said cryptically.

"I think I must" the man answered "I invited you to spar and end up almost killing you" He saw her nod absentmindly. "You have all rights to be angry at me". That last sentence startled her.

"I'm not angry at you!" the kunoichi said surprised and he blinked, eyes wide open.

"Then what's wrong with you?" he went straight to the point. He felt better she was not angry at him, and he better stopped talking about the issue.

"It seems you're not the only one that needs therapy" Hikari sighed.

"Didn't you have therapy while growing up?" Tobirama enquired knowingly.

"You seem to know me better than I thought" she rose an eyebrow and made a pause. Her expression fell a little and continued "What would you think if someone told you that you always had a demeanor you cannot remember, and they confess that's because someone made you forget about it?"

"What?" He asked confused.

"It seems that my reaction to your attack, that was also a killing intent if you think about it..." She stopped because of his look "Ok, in self-defense, but still..." he rolled his eyes "anyway, I used to react that way when I was a teenager. Every time I got particularly angry and hurt, or felt in danger, I automatically acted that way. I even attacked my cousin and my godfather some times."

The albino kept quiet during her pause, he was lost in his musings.

"Why do you think is that?" He asked simply.

"I don't remember very well..." she said "I recall some images in my mind, of the beast attacking me, but I assume that's when I lost it because everybody goes dark."

"And Sakura-san told you this now" Tobirama concluded and. Hikari was extremely surprised about how bright this man was, and she nodded sadly. After a small pause he added "And she had always knew all this time" Her eyes went wide, and went out of words.

"I-I... can't believe she kept this from me" she answered, and heard him sigh.

"Don't be so harsh. She was probably protecting you, or maybe she had orders for not to tell you. Your village seemed to work in that way, keeping a lot of secrets." He said sympathetically. "She is a good person and cares a lot about you and wouldn't do anything on purpose". Hikari's face lightened up with his words, like she had understood something with that and stood up abruptly surprising the Albino. Ryuiichi approached with a "to go" bag, and a knowing look. Tobirama noticed that and also that he looked past them to greet someone entering the post.