Moving
'This is the third time.' she complained silently.
She sighed.
Of course it wasn't going to last;
Nothing does.
But it's definite this time.
Although she couldn't complain, I mean, she's not dead at least..
'Well not yet.' she thought.
She stared out the window of the back seat of the car; sightseeing the new environment she would become used to.
She was angry, and upset. She was in this same situation again.
"Father. Where are we going?", she asked boredly, still staring out the window.
"To your Uncle's."
The car was silent once again. The two siblings in the back didn't dare to speak.
Their father contemplated angrily about the mess they were currently in.
After all, he did get them all into this predicament. Everything was gone; they had to sell all of their house decor and furnishing just to make a decent living. Not even a single chair was left.
Then he had to sell the house, and now look at where they are.
Yup, they were homeless. He put them in this shitty situation, on the road with nothing, but a few boxes of personal items in the truck.
Now, it was time for him to finally be a man and stick up for his actions.
So he spoke up, "I realized that I haven't been the best father.." he paused to clear the lump in his throat. "s-since your mother died two years ago. I know that we were all in pain, but I have never been there for you girls when you needed it the most. Not only did I loose a wife, but my daughters also lost a mother. I am a selfish bastard."
The car was silent. The youngest of the two sisters held her head low, while the eldest continued to stare out the window.
"I know I have a gambling problem, and this time.. I guess this is karma taking its toll on me." he chuckled dryly. "Our money is gone..again, but it's worse this time ... I need to make it up to you both, and also to your mother. I'm sorry, Hanabi and Hinata."
"It's okay." Hanabi spoke quietly, but Hinata remained silent.
"I understand Hinata, it may be harder to receive your forgiveness-"
"You're right..you did get us in this situation."she spat. "You've left us with nothing! Me and Hanabi starved for days at a time, but I bet you were having the time of your life at the casino every night!"
Her father flinched slightly.
"Karma you say..oh please, if you didn't loose any of the money we had left, you would have still been busting your ass to go gamble. You've only realized how broke you are, not what's right."
The air grew cold. It was almost frightening.
"You have every right to be angry with me right now."
The car came to a red light and he stared at his eldest daughter through the rear-view mirror ashamed with himself.
After a few minutes, Hinata sighed, the only thing that had remained audible for a quick second. "But.." she spoke, still glancing out the window.
"I've forgiven you a long time ago, no matter how badly you messed up." she finished as she finally took her eyes off the window and stared back at the mirror, giving him a half smile, as he returned it.
"I promise that this time, I will make it up to you two. I will get two jobs if I have to."
"I can work at Uncle's diner." Hinata chimed in lowly.
"Me too." Hanabi said through the not-so thick atmosphere.
Hinata glanced at her little sister and smiled. "Of course."
Hiashi glanced back and smiled at his two daughters.
Hinata stared out the window again, only to be locked in a trance. A beautiful mansion stood proudly on her left.It seemed to be something you would only see in the movies, but no; she was staring at it with her own eyes as it passed by in slow motion.
'We must be really broke if I'm are drooling over a house.'
After that, the block varied with beautiful homes that were amazingly built; everything seemed so classy; way out of their price range.
Their father made a quick turn to the right and stopped at the end of the block; not too far from the mansion.
A tall man that looked very similar to Hiashi, walked out the front door and towards the car.
"I've set the guest rooms up, so all you guys need to do is put your belongings where they need to be." he smiled warmly.
Hiashi opened the trunk, and grabbed a few boxes.
"Thank you brother."
He said as he was walking by, but his brother stopped him with his hand.
"I would like to have a word with you while the girls put everything away." he smiled warmly, but it was far from real.
Hiashi handed Hinata the two boxes he had and Hanabi grabbed one from the trunk.
The two walked by, and as they made it towards the porch Hinata heard a bit of their conversation.
"Hiashi, you fucked up bad this time. The only reason why I'm letting you stay is because you have two children that actually needs someone to take care of them. If it was just you, I would have said no in an instant!" he whispered/shouted as if they didn't hear.
They made it through the front door and stared in awe. The nice, polished wooden floors complimenting the clean walls.
(A/N:Im sorry, i really do suck at describing things so here is a picture.)
"Here, I'll help you get the rest." a deep voice said from behind them.
"Thanks Neji." Hinata said genuinely, while Hanabi silently nodded her thanks.
They watched as he disappeared out the front door and they focused on the task that was at hand.
"Hinata."
"Hm." she hummed, while the two walked up the stairs.
"I call the biggest room." Hanabi said through a smirk.
"Well.. It looks like it's whoever gets there first."
Hinata said, also smirking as she sped up the stairs.
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Hinata was busy putting all her clothes in the drawers, but it's not like she had much anyway.
"Damnit." she cursed to herself.
It turned out that she didn't get the biggest room, but even so the room was pretty big.
She was so used to sharing a cramped room with her sister that anything would have actually been acceptable.
She sighed, looking up she glanced out the gorgeous bay window that she didn't even payed any attention to before.
She walked towards it and sat carefully on the white cushion.
"Yup. Way out of our price range.'
There in view you could see that the mansion really wasn't that far from where they were.
"Beautiful." she mumbled.
"The mansion?"
She spun around quickly, but ended up falling off the cushions in the process.
The intruder stifled a laugh, but quickly composed himself as she got up.
"Yes, if you must know. And what are you doing here?"
"I live here actually."
She rolled her eyes playfully, but then noticed how his mood changed to all seriousness.
"Don't even think about going there." he warned.
This perked her interest greatly, so she lifted an eyebrow.
"Oh, and what if I do?" she asked, teasingly.
"I'm one-hundred percent serious Hinata. Don't go near that house, under any circumstances."
"Why, is there some sort of beast living there." she giggled mockingly.
"You could say that." he mumbled.
"What?"
"Nothing. Just listen to me for once." he sighed as he made it towards the door.
"Whatever." she grumbled, still curiously looking out the window.
'What's so bad about it?'
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