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Chapter 21: Nia's Apology To Naruto and Hinata's Unwelcome Knock

"I-I'm sorry I always act a certain way with you, Uzumaki," Nia apologized as she placed Naruto's shirt over his head in their bedroom.

"Don't worry about it. I said it's fine."

"I know but I keep making you think that I'm this overly jealous, overly protective girlfriend who feels like any woman is just gonna snatch you away. You probably think I'm crazy."

"I don't think that at all," Naruto kissed Nia's forehead. "Listen, I get that you're frustrated about women throwing themselves at me. I would be upset too if guys were just always trying to snag you away from me and mess our relationship up. Trust me, I understand."

Nia lowered her eyes. Naruto cupped her chin and pressed his lips against her softly.

"There's no need to worry of what I think. I know you battle with anxiety. I'll do better to make you feel more at ease. I'll tell these women to back off and that you're my bride-to-be."

Nia smiled.

"Thank you, baby. And to be clear, it's not you who makes me uncomfortable. It's the women. I trust you, honeybun. I know you wouldn't destroy our family."

Naruto beamed.

"I hope you understand that I just don't like the idea of... losing you, honeybun. It bothers me when I think of possibly not having you in my life anymore," Nia admitted.

"I'm... afraid to lose you, too. Trust me, like I said, I understand you're dealing with anxiety but that you're doing your best. I just want you to keep fighting, okay?"

Nia's heart melted.

"I have the best, most understanding boyfriend in the world," she wrapped her arms around the blond's midsection. "You really are my hero."

"And you're the woman I wanna marry soon."

Nia blushed then looked downward, her ears burning at the sight of his exposed package.

Seeing this, Naruto smirked.

"You like what you see down there?" he winked.

"Kya! I... I wasn't looking anywhere."

Naruto only reddened.

"We barely have our clothes on after that bath... maybe we could-"

"Baby, if we do it right now, we're gonna have to get in there again."

"I'm... up to it," Naruto smiled as he bit his bottom lip.

Nia's heart pounded. That look was always irresistible to her.

"I... I don't know, baby. I'm still just... trying to recover from all my stress lately. Not to mention, I'm worried about if I'm ready to have sex after two months of having Naruta and Nisaki. I mean, I'm gonna have to follow up with a doctor to make sure I'm good to make love again after having to get stitches."

"Come on, I thought Sakura healed you, ya know."

"I'm just not ready, Uzumaki. I'm sorry."

Naruto sighed.

"Don't be mad, baby," Nia rested her hands on his upper arms. "We'll get to do it eventually."

"Are... you really that stressed, Nia?" Naruto asked.

Nia paused then nodded.

"I'm just... going through the motions right now. That's all..."

"You're really that upset about the women who keep coming up to me?"

"Naruto, I'm not gonna talk about this right now," Nia threw her pajama shirt on.

"No, cause it's like, do you think I'm up to something?"

"No, I don't think you are. I already told you that."

"Then why're you acting this way, Nia?"

"This is not the time to argue, Uzumaki," Nia walked past the blond.

"Where are you going?" Naruto turned around.

"I'm going to the kitchen to make us dinner."

"But we're talking right now."

"Well, I'm sure you're hungry, so-"

"Guh, this is just like you," Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Excuse me?" Nia was offended.

"You always do this. Everytime I try to have a serious talk with you and try to understand the way you feel, you always try to avoid communicating with me about it."

Nia stayed quiet.

"Seriously Nia, ever since the war happened, you've just been so... like... overly emotional and very on edge. You freak out about Hinata, you freak out about the woman villagers, and you're just so- not like how you used to be. The Nia I knew trusted me. She wasn't easily annoyed nor aggravated quickly. She wanted me to be happy so much even if it meant her and I were never to be together, ya know. Lately, I feel like that Nia has drifted from me."

Nia felt a war wage on in the pit of her stomach.

"Tell me why you just... act so jealous and on edge lately," Naruto pleaded.

"You... really wanna know why, Naruto?" Nia closed the door.

"Please!"

Nia walked up to Naruto's face and stared dead straight in his seemingly perfect blue orbs.

"Because... I'm AFRAID... to LOSE YOU!" she poked his chest. "That's why."

"You're... afraid?"

"Of course I am."

"But why?"

"Don't you get it, Uzumaki? You're the first person to have ever seen past my looks. You're the first guy to have ever given me a chance despite my appearance. You've always been kind to me and sensitive and accepting and incredibly empathetic. You didn't judge me because my face is ugly or that I'm fatter than the average woman. You took the time and energy to get to know the real me and see me for who I am. You embraced my very being and stuck by my side no matter what. You've ALWAYS been there for me no matter how hard I struggle with my mental health and past. You never gave up on me or us no matter how difficult I can be."

"Yes? But-"

"You as a person has made me want to be better... to DO better. Your mind blowing mind set has always given me the courage to try and combat my own demons. You have always been a person I look up to and admired. I loved you from the second I understood what kinda person you are. I loved you from the very beginning, Uzumaki," Nia admitted.

"Nia...." Naruto breathed.

"To answer your question, I'm jealous because I can't STAND the idea of losing you forever to another person — male or ESPECIALLY female. The very thought of you choosing someone else over me just because they're better looking or better than me in general makes me SICK to my stomach. I have given my ALL for us to work out. I gave my blood, sweat and tears for you... even my LIFE, Naruto. MY LIFE! And to think another person can just RUIN all my effort and ruin us even though I've tried my damndest to win you over and keep you... it literally makes me feel like I can just die again or get stomped all over. I can't STAND the thought of you not loving me or choosing to be with another woman."

Naruto's eyes filled with sorrow.

"I grew up... thinking I was this HIDEOUS MONSTER!" Nia yelled. "That I don't deserve shit in my life... especially NOT love. I've been told constantly that someone possibly coming to love me was just a mere fantasy... a fucking daydream and that I need to embrace the fact that no one would ever love me. Do you understand how fucking depressed that can make one feel?! Especially a vulnerable, sensitive young woman who's always been a hopeless romantic since she could remember?!"

"Sweetheart, I-"

"I'm tired of just fighting so hard for love. For the chance to be with someone and have my own, romantic happily ever after. I'm sick and TIRED of other women always stealing the man I love or finding out the person I'm interested in likes or is dating another woman! I'm tired of just not having my own special guy who's made JUST FOR ME!"

"..."

"Naruto, I understand that you feel the way you do, but I just want you to understand I only freak out about you because I'm fucking madly in love with you. You are the EPITOME of EVERYTHING I want in a man. You are PERFECT! FLAWS AND ALL! You are the FIRST AND ONLY man to have EVER made me feel SO STRONGLY about him. I have NEVER loved anyone as much as I love you."

"Sweetheart..." Naruto felt his face burn.

"Listen, I GET that I can come across as crazy or jealous or insecure or ridiculous or whatever have you, BUT that's the THING. A woman who TRULY loves her man is GONNA be absolutely OBSESSED with him. She's gonna get upset seeing other girls flirt with him, she's gonna get upset over the thought of losing him, she's gonna throw a fit if she feels as though something is wrong in her relationship with the man she loves. Women who act like they don't give a fuck AREN'T THE ONES! A woman who loves her man is GOING to be UPSET about women trying to steal her man, I don't give a damn whether she admits it or not, whether she claims to not be jealous or whatever! She is LYING! EVERY woman doesn't want certain women around her man! That's a REALITY you as a man have to accept! WOMEN ARE FEISTY OVER THE MAN THEY TRULY LOVE!"

Naruto only listened.

Nia took a deep breath.

"That's all I'm gonna say. I LOVE YOU, NARUTO. I'm sorry if- MMPH!"

Nia stumbled backwards as Naruto grabbed her face and crashed his lips onto her's. His force was so strong, she slammed into the door behind her as the blond eagerly went away at her.

"N-Naruto!" steam blew out of her extremely red face.

"I love you," he said in between their kissing. "I LOVE YOU, NIA! I LOVE YOU SO DAMN MUCH, YA KNOW!"

"Kya! B-baby!"

"Little Nia! Little Nia! LITTLE NIA!"

"B-baby, wait," Nia gently pushed against her boyfriend's chest.

Naruto took a break from smooching her face.

"W-what is it, beautiful?"

"I... I feel bad..."

"About what?"

"About what I said... I shouldn't have blabbered my mouth like that. I... I don't like... when we argue, honeybun. I don't like losing our cool at one another," Nia looked like she wanted to cry as she gazed at Naruto.

Naruto sighed.

"Don't worry about it."

"But Uzumaki, it wasn't okay for me to talk to you like that."

"I know you didn't mean to come across as rude or overly emotional. I know you're just hurt and stressing, gorgeous."

"No. There's no excuse for my words. I deserve to have my hero angry with me."

"Your hero is a bit angry... and frustrated, but..." Naruto kissed Nia's forehead. "He understands you're very emotional and sensitive and that you went through something that traumatized you. Even though sometimes I get really frustrated with the way you act and that I don't like when you suddenly get so cynical and negative, it... doesn't change the way I feel about you, ya know..."

"I know, baby, but... when I lash out on you... it makes me realize just how imperfect I am and undeserving of you... I feel so unattractive. Inside and out."

Naruto sighed and hugged the girl.

"Nia... why do you always act like I'm gonna get up and leave you suddenly?"

"Because I act a mess a lot. And my problems are too much for any person to handle," tears surfaced into Nia's eyes. "You probably do think I'm not worth being with and that I'm crazy and unstable and annoying and-"

"Cut that out. I don't think that at all."

"But-"

"But nothing," Naruto interrupted. "Nia, a person who truly loves you wouldn't give up on you or the relationship you have with them so easily. They would understand that no one is perfect and we ALL have issues. Just because you're struggling with your inner demons, especially when it was a result of others treating you like garbage, it doesn't mean you don't deserve a good person to love... That's what I don't get about you. You act like just cause all these dudes make fun of you and call you ugly or fat or whatever, that you don't deserve true love. You act like you're just grotesque and like no one on this planet will see beyond your exterior. You act like EVERYONE thinks you're ugly which is NOT true. Anyone who puts you down is trash. They don't deserve you. You need to wake up and just FINALLY tell yourself you're-"

"I do, Uzumaki. I do... it's just..."

"..."

"I can't talk about this..." Nia lowered her eyes.

"Sweetheart, you're doing it again. You're avoiding communication."

"I'm not trying to. It's just... my heart's hurting, honeybun."

"I... need you to tell me what to do," Naruto breathed. "What can I do to help you combat this? To make you feel better..."

"I... I don't know," Nia answered. "You always try your best to help me but it's just like... I'm a sad case. I want to do better for you and the babies, but I just..."

"..."

"I always thought... love would solve all my problems, but now that I have it, I realized... they haven't gone away and it's because... I lack... love for myself. I try... everyday to tell myself good things... to be strong... but it's just like... at the end of the day... I feel like I'm lying to myself."

"The compliments you give yourself in the mirror... aren't a lie, sweetheart. They're the truth. You are beautiful. You are kind. You are worthy of true love. You aren't worthless."

"I... don't know what to do, Uzumaki," Nia gripped Naruto's shirt.

Naruto kissed the top of her head and squeezed her tighter.

"I... don't have the answers for you, but even though I don't, I'm right here for you. This condition... I refuse to let you give into it. Even if it takes forever... I'll stay by your side as you fight it. I'll do it because... I love you, Nia. I love you, I love the babies, I love this family we're having together. I still plan to marry you and impregnating you."

"I just..." Nia pulled away, tears streaming down her face as she grasped the blond's hands. "I don't wanna burden you with my problems. You deserve a much happier and stress free life than this."

"A happier and stress free life starts with having you apart of my world, Nia," Naruto croaked. "I can't imagine my life without you, ya know."

"..."

"The last time... you were killed... along with the babies... I promised myself... that if you were to be brought back to life... that if you and the babies were to be apart of my world again... I'd do a much better job at being your boyfriend, that I'd be a great father, that... if it came down to it... I'd even give my life for you or stop chasing my dream of becoming hokage if it came down between choosing to pursue that or have you in my arms again. I was willing to give up any and EVERYTHING to have you and the babies by my side again," tears brimmed Naruto's eyelashes. "I'd give it all up because... you're my everything, Nia. You and the babies. I love you all so much, ya know."

"Oh Naruto..." Nia started crying.

She cupped his face in her hands and laid a kiss on his lips before hugging him around his neck.

"Please don't cry, baby... You know I hate it when my hero cries. He deserves to be happy, not me making him miserable. I can't stand that."

Naruto's tears fell down his face as Nia felt her heart being thrown into a blender and torn apart.

"I love my hero and want to make him happy so much..." Nia pulled away and grasped his hands and gazed at him with a very red face. "That even though I'd rather wait till we're married, I'm willing to... let you cum inside me today... just so... he can show me his undying love and mine to him."

"Gya! F-foreal, little Nia?!" Naruto's eyes popped open as he blushed. "You're willing to let me cream in you?"

"M-Mhm... I want my hero to be happy."

"Even if... it gets you pregnant?"

"I'm willing to... risk it. I just don't want my hero to hate me for the way I act. I want him to understand that I act the way I do because I love him."

"Your hero could never hate you."

Nia kissed Naruto's cheek and smiled at him.

"I wanna show him just how much I love him through making love..."

"N-Nia, I wanted to ask you... can we use some things to help you become as wet as possible?"

"Use what things?"

"U-Um... hold on..." Naruto quickly captured Nia's lips in his before leading her to the bed and lying her down, throwing her shirt off.

Once he did, he took the time to lick her down until he was at her princess part. He rose up and went to a bag in a closet and brought it over next to him.

"I bought these not too long ago," he took out a sex toy.

"Uzumaki? What's that?" Nia looked at him.

"It's some kind of vibrator for your clit or whatever it's called."

"Kya! You bought sex toys?!" steam blew out of Nia's face.

"Of course. Damn, I'm gonna use it right now. I can't wait to see you squirm."

With that, Naruto turned it on and gently placed it where it needed to be. Immediately, Nia became sensitive to the toy and moaned.

"Ah~ oh baby~ I... I can feel it, Uzumaki~"

"Mmm~ and I'm sure this will make it feel even better for you," he gave a heavy lick to Nia's private area.

"Haaah~"

Unfortunately for the couple, the front door was being knocked on. For a minute, they ignored it but when Nisaki started to cry from her crib, they no longer could do that.

"UGGGGH!" Naruto groaned as he stood up. "Who the hell is knocking on the door and making Nisaki cry?! Damn it! Can't a man just make love to his girlfriend for freaking ONCE?!"

"Baby, just go see who it is and what they want then come back here," Nia suggested. "I'll get Nisaki to quit crying."

"I hate this so much, ya know," Naruto spat as he found his boxers and pants and slipped them on before heading toward the door.

I swear I'm gonna give whoever is there a piece of my mind...

"Could you have any worse timing than thi- eh?" He opened the door to see someone completely unexpected. "H-Hinata?"

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