"Oh Hanabi-chan, how are you?" Alex touched her nose with his hands as he asked.
"Hmph, I'm not talking to you. You didn't come to train with me yesterday". Hana pouted and turned her head away from Alex as she was looking forward to train with Alex.
"I'm sorry but I got busy with one of your nee-chans". Alex apologised as he smiled and poked her pouting cheek.
"Hmph okay but you have to buy me a chocolate". Hanabi agreed as she hugged his neck but not before stating her demand.
"Hahabi-chan, don't trouble Alex-kun like that". A gentle voice was heard in front oh him as he looked over to an older looking mixture of Hinata and Hanabi.
"Oh, it's okay Hitomi-san, Hanabi-chan is no trouble at all". Alex denied with a smile as he looked at her. Hanabi just stuck her tongue at Hitomi in Alex's embrace.
Alex had gotten acquainted with them on several occasions when he visited Hinata. Hanabi had taken a liking to her Sister's sweetheart and would always ask him for a spar.
She was usually very serious with others but would act spoilt in front of Hinata and Alex whenever he visited their Dojo.
——Flashback no Jutsu——
Hinata's mom, Hitomi was cooking lunch with Hinata in the kitchen. While the rest of them were sitting in the dining room.
Alex was just visiting Hinata for a while but they insist on him having lunch. So he relented and decided to have lunch there.
"Alex-nii shan, will you pway wid me latel". Hanabi asked him in her cute voice. She was just 2 years old and looked really cute as she came and hugged him.
"Of course, we'll play after lunch but you have to be obedient". Alex patted her little head as he said.
"Mmhmm". Hanabi nodded as she just sat down in his lap and started to play with him while making faces.
"So young man, what are your aspirations". Hiashi took his face out of the materials that he was reading and asked.
"I just want to be powerful and rich enough to provide and protect my family". Alex replied with a serious look.
"Hmm, it's a good goal in this era. In the previous era it might not have worked but now, the society speaks with strength". Hiashi nodded in appreciation and lectured a little as well.
Just then Hinata barged into the room full of tears. She immediately leapt into Alex's embrace and started talking while crying.
"Mo-Mother something happened to mother". Hinata said in between sobs as she pointed towards the kitchen.
Hiashi and Alex immediately stood up as he put Hanabi down and ran towards the kitchen quickly in a flash.
Inside Hiashi was holding Hitomi up as he looked worried and flustered. Alex quickly came close to them and infused his hands with Hamon.
"What are you doing!" Hiashi couldn't help raising his voice several decibels and looked at Alex vigilantly. He wasn't going to toy around with his wife's life.
"This is my ability. I can heal or sustain for long enough. So that you can call a healer or something". Alex said as he touched Hitomi's hand and started to infuse his Haki into her.
At first, there wasn't a change at all but with time. Her situation slowly started to stabilise and her breathing also calmed down but she still wasn't opening her eyes.
"What are you waiting for?! Call someone, I can't keep this up for too long!" Alex shouted at Hiashi, who was looking at him in a daze.
Listening to Alex's words, he quickly got up and took his communicator to call someone. After finishing his call, he came back and saw both Hanabi and Hinata sitting around Hitomi while Alex was sweating buckets trying to keep Hitomi stable.
"How long?" Alex asked calmly while slowly fusing Hamon into Hitomi to keep her stable.
"My friend should be here in 10 minutes". Hitashi answered gratefully as he knew that his might not have five minutes if Alex hadn't started to stabilise her.
"That is stretching it but I'll manage". Alex said with a strained voice as he was feeling pressure of using the Hamon in a big quantity.
This was his first time using Hamon like this and he wasn't accustomed to it. He could fine tune the flow with his Haki according to situation but he will be straining himself a lot to last 10 minutes.
In about 10 minutes, Hiashi's friend arrived and quickly started to use his abilities to heal Hitomi while Alex just sprawled on his back and fell asleep from fatigue.
Hinata sat down beside him like a dutiful wife and wiped the sweat on his face with a wet towel in her hand.
All the while Alex was snoring away in his dream. He was in a deep sleep without even twitching a muscle of his body.
Hinata just sat beside him as she moved his head to her lap and started to caress his head with a deep blush.
'Girls can't be kept at home'. Hiashi looked at all this and sighed in his mind but he didn't stop her.
Alex was their benefactor. If he wasn't here today then he would've lost his wife without even knowing the cause.
He was grateful and just decided to excuse himself and went out of the room as they had moved Hitomi to another room for treatment.
Hanabi was currently sitting close to her mother with tears in her eyes as she felt sad from seeing her lying down on the bed without moving an inch.
Hiashi took Hanabi in his arms as he just hugged her without saying anything. Sure he was strict with their training but he wasn't heartless. He could still feel pain and sadness from his family's pain.
He just looked at the treatment in silence. All the while keeping Hanabi in his arms. Hanabi soon fell asleep from the crying and just slept in his arms with tear marks on her face.
"She has a weak life force. This will be very hard to cure, even for those advanced medical machines. She won't have too long to live". His healer friend broke the news to him as Hiashi nodded with a stoic face but inside he was grieving and crying.
"Thank you". Hiashi bowed to his friend as he took his leave.
"No need". The guy waved his hand as he went away.
Hiashi just returned back to Hitomi's side and accompanied her while sitting next to her. He had already laid down Hanabi in a futon.