Good boy (Hinata)

-14

     After the day of Hinata's parents' fight, a divorce was filed. Days later, children were placed in the custody of their mom, but with their dad's last names and the children could visit their dad over the weekends. Hinata and Natsu were not thrilled or disappointed. They were upset because they blamed themselves for breaking the family.

     Natsu refused to visit Mr. Hinata over the weekend. She couldn't face him because she thinks that she is the main reason for their breakup. However, Shouyou visited because he kept remembering the scenes from the day where his dad held him in the arms and whispered those words into his ears. Hinata thought that he might be able to bring his parents back together, so whenever he visited he would always talk about family.

     Shouyou's words didn't convince Mr. Hinata to get back with his ex-wife. Instead, he got married to increase the chance to completely take away Sho. However, his plans didn't work out due to the court's laws and Sho remained under his mom's custody.

     After some time, it had become common for Sho to come over to stay at his dad alone. Sho was the oblivious one in the family. He didn't know about the dirty secrets laying behind his family. Thus, he continued to sweet talk about his mom and his sister to somehow convince Mr. Hinata to come back to the family.

     However, one time it ended up badly because Mr. Hinata got furious. Once when Sho was staying over at his dad's house, Hw wouldn't stop talking about Natsu and his mom...

     They were in the living room and Sho was studying while Mr. Hinata read the book in his hands. "Dad...Guess what, guess what? Natsu has won the competition in her soccer match and, and...mom's hair is growing and she looks very pretty." He paused for a moment and continued, "Y-you should come v-visit some-t-time." The last sentence barely made it out of Sho's mouth.

     That was the last thing Mr. Hinata wanted to hear. He averted his eyes from the book and stared at Sho. Sho shivered by the stare and looked at Mr. Hinata. Then they made eye contact. Mr. Hinata signaled Sho to come to where he was sitting and Sho did as Mr. Hinata signaled. As he stood there in front of his dad quietly, scared of what's gonna happen next.

     Quiet for a moment and then the sound of a slap was heard. Mr. Hinta slapped Sho hard in the face to the point he fell due to the force. Sho was surprised and held his cheek at where his dad hit him. He then stood up once again not daring to say a word due to the fear.

     "Don't you dare talk about your mom or sister in front of me again, understood?" Mr. Hinata was clear about what he wanted and received a nod from Hinata. "Good now go back to your studying."

      Sho went back to the desk he was sitting and quietly continued to study.

     After dinner, Sho went to the room he always slept in when he started visiting instead of staying. His room was in a different room and everything was different. There were no toys, posters, fun books, or anything else he liked. There were only a huge bed, couches, closet, and tables with flower vases.

     He only had Mr. Bob with him, so he held his toy close to himself because he was always scared of the large size of the room. Then a huge thunder bolted. He got scared and run to the closet. He hid inside and held his ears close to being unable to hear the thunder.

     He endures it every day just for a small hope of getting his family back together. His eyes became teary and started sobbing slowly. He was scared and he wants his family back, but he knows that not possible anymore. However, he is just a kid with hope in his heart that one day his family would be happy again.

     Suddenly the room's door was opened only to reveal Mr. Hinata. He looked around the room to figure out where Sho was. "Shouyou, where are you?" It was quiet because Sho couldn't hear since he was in the closet, holding his ears tight.

     "Shoyou?" Mr. Hinata started looking in the bed, under the bed, beside the couches, and everywhere else as well. Then other huge thunderbolts and a small yelp were heard from the closet. Mr. Hinata walked closer to the closet and opened it and the small Sho was curved up in a small ball while holding his doll.

     Mr. Hinata put his hand on Sho's shoulder and Sho flinched. Sho was surprised that his dad was there because he didn't notice his appearance. Sho was still surprised while tears in his eyes and then suddenly other thunderbolts and he curves up once again due to fear.

     His dad figured out the problem and picks Sho up by the arms. He held him close and carries him. Sho was still scared and the only thing he could think of was hugging his dad tighter. His dad still held him in his arms and slowly walked to the upstairs main room. He arrived and looked at the curved Hinata in his arms and opened the door. He entered the room and slowly closed the door.

     Before his disappearance into the darkness in his room, a small smirk made its way into his face.

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