Ch.22 A Perfect World

WARNING: I don't really know what it's like to be in an abortion clinic, I'm just pulling all of this out of my butt…so please don't hate me if I get the descriptions wrong.

"I don't want to leave." He pouted like a little boy, making Hinata laugh as she kissed him.

"Who said you have to leave? She just said we had to be out of sight." Hinata said with a mischievous smile. Sasuke looked at her and smirked, understanding what she wasn't saying. Suddenly, he wrapped his arms about her and stood up, making sure she was still firmly on his hips, unwilling to be parted from her warmth. She squealed with laughter as he ran to her room with her in his arms.

"You forgot our clothes!"

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Hinata closed her eyes, trying to catch her breath, her body exhausted and sated. Opening her eyes once again, watching her hand draw small invisible circles upon Sasuke's chest, she smiled and moved her head, planting a sweet but tired kiss on his chest. Sasuke looked down at her, his hand fingering the midnight blue locks of hers, groaning softly at the feel of her feather light kisses.

"Hinata, love, haven't I tired you out yet?" he groaned tiredly, when they had made up it was in the middle of the day, and now it was well past dinner time. Hinata giggled as she planted one more kiss upon his still sweaty chest, before crawling up higher so her face was right next to his.

"You have…I'm utterly exhausted…but I just can't help it." She said with a slight blush and a small smile, "I can't seem to stop kissing you." Sasuke smirked at her words and moved his head forward to capture well kissed lips.

"In that case, by all means, don't let me stop you." he whispered as he pulled back. She chuckled softly as she gazed lovingly at him, but moments later her soft smile slowly faded. Frowning slightly, Sasuke pulled her closer to him, holding her tightly in his arms.

"What's wrong?" he asked, worried. Hinata looked away for a moment before looking back at him.

"I…I need to tell you something." She said softly, seriously. Sasuke's heart pounded quickly in his chest, the fear of losing her again showing in his black eyes.

"I…I couldn't do it." She whispered, her eyes moving away from his. Sasuke painfully swallowed the lump in his throat.

"Do what?" he said softly, keeping the panic out of his voice. He had no idea what she was talking about, but the way she was acting scared him. Hinata pulled away from him slightly before taking one of his hands in hers, lowering their two hands to rest over her stomach. Leaving them there, she tilted her head back up, a smile tugging at the corner of her lips. Sasuke looked down at their hands upon her stomach, his brows knit together in confusion, but his eyes suddenly widened with realization at her implication. His eyes snapping back up to her pearl ones, he looked at her surprised.

"I'm…still pregnant." She told him quietly, remembering earlier that day when she was in the abortion clinic.

Hinata sat nervously in the waiting room, a blush permanently staining her cheeks at the thought of herself being in such a place. Her heart pounded and her hands were slightly damp. It took her a week to come to this decision, with the encouragement of Ino. If Sasuke didn't care, what would be the point? If she were to keep it, it would just ruin her life.

The door to the clinic chimed, signaling that someone had walked in. Lifting her face up, Hinata's jaw dropped at the woman she saw. The pink haired kunoichi walked over to the front desk, a frustrated and impatient look on her face. The receptionist looked at her and shook her head slightly, a small smile playing on her lips.

"Sakura, why don't you just get surgery so you won't get pregnant and come back here all the time?" the receptionist asked, handing Sakura a clipboard with forms for her to fill out.

"Shut up and just write me down okay?" she demanded angrily,

"Who's is it this time?" the receptionist asked with a sneer.

"None of your damn business, that's who." Sakura growled before walking over to a chair, filling out the forms.

Hinata remained silent, watching and listening the whole time. A bitterness rose to the back of her throat, tasting her major dislike for the woman sitting across from her. But unfortunately, the woman must have felt Hinata's eyes on her, for Sakura suddenly looked up and stared at her with her green eyes. A sneer began to form on her lips as she looked at Hinata.

"Well if it isn't the little Hyuuga princess." Sakura sneered, her eyes showing malicious intent. "What are you doing here?" she asked her in a taunting voice as she leaned back in her seat.

"I would think that would be obvious Sakura." Hinata replied with thinly veiled anger, not bothering to address her politely. Sakura narrowed her eyes in anger at being made to look like a fool.

"Sasuke?" Sakura questioned, "Or Naruto?...I've been in here for both." She said with a smile. Hinata's eyes widened as her heart felt as if it was crushed by her words. So not only did Sasuke sleep with her last week, he's also slept with her before! Hinata clenched her teeth tightly, desperately trying to hold back the tears the threatened to fall. Why did both of the men she had loved in her life wanted this woman!?

"Hyuuga Hinata?" a nurse called, opening the door to the back. Hinata got up quickly to follow her, and once the door was closed, did she allow the tears to fall. The nurse looked at her sadly.

"Is this your first time hun?" she asked her softly, lightly putting her hand on Hinata's shoulder. Hinata nodded as she tried to quickly dry her tears.

"Don't worry dear, everything will be okay." The nurse said soothingly. Leading Hinata to a room where she was to get undressed and put on a paper gown. Minutes later, she was lying back on the cold table. Her legs were propped up and parted, as she started at the ceiling above her, her stomach quivering with fear and nervousness.

"Okay, let's get started." The doctor said as she approached Hinata, but as soon as her gloved hand touched her, Hinata flinched and shot up.

"I…I'm sorry….but I can't. I just can't do this!" she cried as she grabbed her clothes and ran to the bathroom, changing as quickly as she could. Walking out of the bathroom, the nurse was there waiting for her. Hinata ducked her head and tried to scurry around her, but the nurse stopped her, placing her hands on her shoulders.

"It's okay…not everyone is meant to kill their child…I know I wouldn't be able do it." The nurse said softly, giving her a motherly smile. Hinata smiled softly back at her, thankful of the words she told her. Nodding her head, Hinata walked back into the waiting room, thankful that Sakura was no longer in there before leaving and going back to Ino's apartment, getting ready to pack and go back home.

"I just couldn't do it." Hinata said softly to him, "I…would have rather been sent away…in disgrace…than lose the only part of you…I had left." Sasuke looked at her with a pained expression. He had hurt her so much, and he never even realized it. Cupping her face, he brushed his thumb against her smooth soft cheek before leaning down and touching his forehead with hers.

"I'm so sorry Hinata, to make you go through such a thing…to make you even think of doing that." He whispered to her, his heart crying out for her.

"Is it true?" she whispered back, Sakura's words haunting her. Sasuke sighed deeply and closed his eyes as he pulled away, knowing what she was asking.

"There was a point in time that I was attracted to her. I guess you can say I was even infatuated with her. She was always there for me, always willing to do anything for me, always listening to me and trying to be understanding." The sting of tears pricked her eyes, but she blinked them away, listening to him. "And as much as I found it annoying at the time, I missed it when I left. I missed her."

Sasuke could feel Hinata stiffen in his arms, and he looked back down at her. Bringing her closer to him, he kissed her forehead softly.

"But she was different then. Back then she was a good woman…I never loved her though. And when she started to act more like she does now, that attraction and infatuation I held for her died a quick death." He told her quietly, but he could already see the tears fill in her eyes.

"S-so i-if she w-would have remained that g-good woman…y-you would have l-loved her…instead of me." Hinata said, more of a statement than a question. Sasuke wiped her tears away with his hand.

"Well if she would have remained a good woman, you would have been married to Naruto right now." He reminded her softly. Hinata shifted her gaze away from him. "But no, to answer you question." Hinata turned back at him surprised.

"Her change in personality wasn't the only thing that changed how I felt about her…It was you." He said kissing her softly on her quivering lips. "I would watch you with him, noting the differences in you, already half in love with you." Hinata slowly started to smile, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him close to her.

"I love you Sasuke." She whispered in his ear, squeezing him to her, "And…I'm glad that…I kept our baby." Sasuke closed his eyes and inhaled her sweet scent as his lips trailed across her neck.

"You have no idea how happy that makes me feel." He said softly as his lips began to tug at her skin, sucking slightly before rolling over on top of her. Desire once again flowing through his veins, will he ever have enough of this amazing woman?

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A few weeks later, when she was working in the hospital, helping the nurses with their paper work, a patient alarm went off in one of the rooms. Looking at the nurse next to her, the woman sighed with frustration and sent a look of anger at the room. Hinata frowned, wondering why the nurse would look so angry.

"Hinata-chan, do you think you can get that patient for me? She pisses me off and we unfortunately have a bad recent history together." The nurse asked her, looking at her desperately. Hinata smiled and nodded her head as she got up and walked to the room. Walking through the doorway, Hinata stopped in her tracks at what she saw. Sakura was lying in the bed, looking angry and impatient, but when she saw Hinata she cursed aloud.

"Damnit! Why the hell did they have to send you?!" she cried. Hinata looked at her impassively and crossed her arms.

"Well apparently the nurse that's assigned to this area doesn't like you. What did you do this time Sakura? Sleep with her boyfriend too?" Hinata taunted.

"Shut your fucking mouth and help me up!" Sakura yelled as she continued laying in bed. Hinata just mainly looked at her, a brow quirked up.

"What's the matter Sakura? Can't get up on your own?" Hinata sneered lightly, unable to help feeling that bit of happiness for the condition that Sakura was in.

"I'm fucking paralyzed, stupid. I need help moving on my own." Sakura said with thinly veil anger.

"Well I'm afraid I have lots of important paperwork to finish. I'm sure you'll manage on your own." Hinata said before walking out of the room, hearing Sakura curse more profanities into the air. Hinata found the nurse from earlier and questioned her about Sakura.

"No, she wasn't with my boyfriend." The nurse answered, "She was with my sister's husband. My sister caught them in bed together. She was so pissed she attacked her, and ended up severing the spinal cord. Sakura is permanently paralyzed from her neck down." The nurse said, a little smile on her face. "Needless to say, she won't be fucking anyone's boyfriends or husbands anymore." She said before walking away.

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Two months later, Hinata was standing in front of a full length mirror, admiring her beautiful white dress. A bright smile was on her face and a light glow seemed to be surrounding her. Looking down at her left hand, she gazed at the beautiful ring on her finger. She could almost see it as if it were real, she could almost see their future together. The two of the, soon to be the three of them, living together happily. Things couldn't be any more perfect. She had moved back home, and though it was still a bit awkward between her and her cousin, things were on the mend. Especially since this time, she wasn't the one to help him heal his pain, it was her sister. There was a slight argument within her family when they found out that Hinata was engaged to Sasuke. Was she still to be the heir of the family?

Hinata looked at her father and suggested what everyone else was thinking.

"Make Hanabi the heir, I give my birthright to her. Allow her to lead the family." Everyone knew that that subject was always a sticky one, but they were surprised that she was giving all she had worked for to her sister so easily.

"You would have made a good leader too Hinata." Her father said, a rare compliment. Hinata smiled happily at him, her heart basking in the warmth he now gave her.

"Thank you Tou-san, but I'll be a co-leader with my own family." She said to him lightly.

Other than that almost non-existent argument, everything else was perfect. She was once again good friends with Naruto, no longer in pain with the past and her former love. Sakura was hit hard with bad karma for all the hurtful thing she had done to others. Ino and Choji had just gotten back from their honeymoon in time to be at her wedding. She was four months pregnant with her and Sasuke's child, and she was very much in love with the man she was about to get married to.

Her world was simply perfect. Hinata looked at herself in the mirror, but noticed that the smile on her face was slowly fading away as a sense of déjà vu began to take over her mind. She could remember a time, almost a year ago, when she stood in front of a full length mirror, thinking about her perfect life. The last time, she had discovered that that perfect life she had envisioned was just an illusion, was just a dream. Panic started to rise in the back of her throat, as her heart began to pound painfully in her chest. With every passing second, it seemed more and more difficult to breath. It was more and more difficult to brush away her fear…her fear of realizing that this was only a dream that would never come true.

Unable to stay away from him any longer, Hinata picked up her dress and turned around, ready to run over to his dressing room, needing to know if this was real or not. If this was going to be a repeat of the nightmare she had lived almost a year ago. But as soon as she turned around, her door was being silently opened, Sasuke slowly sticking his head into her dressing room. Seeing the look of fear and panic on her face, he immediately walked in and closed the door behind him. Quickly gathering her in his arms, he held her close.

"I had a feeling you'd be like this." He said to her softly, kissing her temple.

"Oh Sasuke…I was so scared. So scared that I would…that it would be like…" she couldn't finish her sentence. She shut her eyes tightly.

"I'm so sorry I didn't trust you." she whispered as her arms wrapped around him tightly.

"Ssshhh it's okay, you were scared, it's alright." He soothed her, gently rocking her back and forth. "I told you I was different from him." He whispered softly in her ear. "I'm smarter and had sex with all my other girlfriends last night." Hinata pulled away only to hit in him on his chest, her face in a pout. He was with her last night…all night. He chuckled as he pulled her back to him so he could kiss her lovingly.

"We seriously need to work on your humor." She said once the kiss was over.

"What are you talking about? My humor is fine." He teased, kissing her once again. Wrapping her arms around him, Hinata sighed softly into the kiss, feeling the love the radiated off of him.

"You are the only one for me, you'll always be the only one for me." He whispered against her lips before pulling away to look down at her. "You give me life Hinata and make me feel in a way I never imagined myself to feel. You make my dark life bright. You make my world perfect." Sasuke softly chucked to himself, never before had he ever imagined himself saying such things, but with her it was different. With her he wanted to say the romantic things, he wanted to tell her what was in his heart, he wanted her to know.

Hinata's lips trembled at his beautiful words and she blinked back the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes. Tears of happiness. Laughing, she pulled away from him as she carefully wiped her face.

"Look at what you did…my mascara's going to run and I'll look like a mess." She said with an embarrassed smile. Following her, Sasuke wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, looking at them in the mirror.

"Hinata I would marry you if you were in sweats and your hair sticking up on end." He said to her, kissing her neck softly. She smiled brightly as a light blush colored her cheeks. Then moving his hands so that they were covering her stomach, he kissed her cheek.

"How's my baby doing?" he asked her.

"As happy as ever…just like me." She replied, turning in his arms to kiss him softly, her lips clinging to his. He pulled away with difficulty, wanting to stay here with her, but the ceremony was about to start and he needed to make his way over there.

"So, you're feeling better?" he asked her in a concerned voice, looking at her intently. But she just smiled brightly as she gently cupped his cheek with her hand.

"Yes, thank you." she whispered, as Sasuke held her hand to his face, before moving it to his lips, planting a soft kiss in her palm. Leaving as quietly as he entered. Hinata sighed happily as she held her hand to her heart, feeling it flutter with excitement. Moments later, she heard a knock on her door. Opening it to reveal her father, he looked down on her intently.

"Now are you sure everything is alright? You still want to marry him?" he asked her, remembering the last time he came to get her. But this time she smiled and leaned up on her toes, placing a small light kiss on his cheek.

"Yes…everything is perfect." She said as she placed her hand on top of her father's. He slowly smiled down at her, the love she had always wanted from him showing in his eyes.

"I'm proud of you." he said as they started to walk together, "Not because you're marrying an Uchiha, but because you are my daughter." He said softly to her as they started to walk down the aisle. If Hinata's smile could brighten anymore, it did.

This time, Sasuke looked up proudly, watching Hinata and Hiashi walked down the aisle. This time, his hands weren't clenched into fists. This time, the vision of her walking towards him, wanting to get married to him, wasn't a dream…but a reality, a reality that stole his breath away. She was lovely and her smile was beautiful, he could hardly believe that this was happening. He had dreamed of this day so many times, never once believing that it was actually going to come true.

Hinata and Sasuke stood there together, gazing in each other's eyes, having difficulty paying attention to anything or anyone else. They couldn't remember the ceremony or all the words that the priest said, but Sasuke could remember the way she looked and the feeling of holding her hands in his, and Hinata could remember how different he seemed from their childhood and how her heart pounded in her chest at the thought that she was getting married to him. They were both pulled from their thoughts as the priest gently tapped their shoulders, getting their attention.

"Uchiha Sasuke, do you take Hyuuga Hinata to be…" he started, "…now and forever?" Sasuke turned his head to look at Hinata's captivating ivory eyes.

"Yes." He said without hesitation, squeezing her hands in his as a smile graced his face. Hinata's lips trembled as she looked at the man before her.

"And do you Hyuuga Hinata, take Uchiha Sasuke to be…" the priest repeated, "…now and forever?" Hinata smiled widely as her eyes were captured by his loving onyx gaze.

"I do." She whispered, feeling tears gathering in her eyes.

"Then I now pronounce you husband and wife…you may kiss the bride." Hinata laughed softly as tears slowly began to fall from her eyes, she could hardly believe that she was married. Sasuke pulled her forward, his arms wrapping around her, pressing her close to him as his lips claimed hers in a deep loving kiss. Hinata wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing herself close to him, as she kissed him back with all the love in her heart. Sasuke smiled into their kiss as he leaned over, dipping her. He smirked in his mind, feeling her surprise as she tightened her arms around him, scared to fall. But he had her safely in his arms, never letting her go.

Now for many, it was a fairytale come true. A perfect happy ending. But for them, it was the start of their life together, a start of a life of love that neither of them ever imagined, a start of a wonderfully happy future. For them, this wasn't a prefect happy ending…for them, it was a perfect happy beginning.

The End

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AN: And it is finished! Thank you all SO much for your love and support, I never would have made it this far without you guys. Thank you for those who have been with me since the beginning of this story and sticking with me, and to those who joined along the way, thank you for support. I hope everyone enjoyed the story and loved the fluffy ending. I'm thinking about doing a sequel, I've already started it, but it will still be a while till I upload it. Thank you again for all of your guys's love and support, till my next story…sayonara!