Hiashi sighed as he walked the halls of the Hyuga compound, his eyes still heavy from last nights excursion. While the man himself didn't take too many assignments these days, he would still act when called upon. It was his duty as the clan head.
Speaking of duties, in about an hour, Hinata would have to get to hers and meet with her team for training. Ko was already in the kitchen making breakfast for the main branch, so it fell to him to wake his daughters. Hanabi was first given her room was the closest. Then there was Hinata's...
Hiashi felt himself pause at her door as he so often did when he had to wake her. It wasn't that he was nervous to get her up in the morning as he was more so intimidated. He never let that show of course given his role in the family, but he couldn't help but feel that way.
He took a deep breath and knocked on the clan heiress's door.
-Knock-
-Knock-
-Knock-
"Hinata!? It's time to wake up!" Hiashi called. The first thing he heard were grumbles followed by movement which he could only assume was Hinata getting out of bed. "Wake up!"
"Eeep!" was the other sound that greeted him as the movement on the other side of the door became more frantic. Yep, he'd definitely woken her up now.
The rapid movement eventually ceased and a shadow soon approached the door. Hiashi ruthlessly squashed that uneasy feeling in his chest and stood his ground as the door slid open.
What should've been a typical father/daughter interaction was anything but. Instead of him looking down to greet her as per the natural order of the world, he was thrown a curveball. He had to crane his neck upward lest he hold a conversation with his daughter's still developing chest. This is where that unnatural feeling of intimidation came from.
He was 5'9", one of the taller members of the Hyuga clan to be sure, yet Hinata's height left his in the dust. She'd always been a tall girl for as long as he could remember, taller than all her classmates when starting the academy. At first he and his wife didn't see anything wrong, but overtime they began to notice how... unnatural her growth really was.
They'd even taken her to a doctor when her height became on par with an instructor. From what they were all told there was no problem that they could see. It was strange and unheard of, but there daughter's growth with all natural. No outside or inside interference.
Well that was four years ago and now she was twelve going on thirteen and still growing. Every year it seemed to accelerate as she grew older. How big would she get? Would it ever stop? How will her size affect her future? All of these were things that added to the man's stress levels. At least Hanabi wasn't growing like a weed.
"G-Good morning f-father." Hinata stuttered, breaking the man from his thoughts. She was dressed in a white robe and slippers with her clothes neatly folded in her hands.
"Good morning Hinata." Hiashi began, putting up his stern façade. "You have an hour before you need to meet with your team. Ko had already started breakfast so you'll need to wash up quickly."
"U-understood." she nodded. The older man instantly backed away so Hinata could enter the hall. She gave him a nervous bow before heading off to the bathroom. Once she was out of sight the clan head sighed once more. He needed coffee.
"Why is this so difficult?" he said to himself as he began his trek towards the kitchen. Hinata was just so damned intimating to talk to. Having to look up to meet her gaze wasn't right. It would never be right.
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