He Thinks... By: Violettachan

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and its related characters.

Summary: He thinks about her. Can you figure out who? One-shot.

Well, this is more or less a stream-of-consciousness piece. So, yes, I know the grammar is completely wrong, but people don't think in proper English. Or at least it would be really creepy if someone actually did... Anyhow, this is my second Naruto fic and I hope you all enjoy.

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He Thinks...

She wasn't what people expected of him. He supposed it was because he was loud and flashy and she definitely was not. But why would you want to date yourself? I mean he liked himself well enough, but constantly being around someone just like himself?? Bleah!

If there was someone just like him, he'd kill them. Well, more like mortally injure, but still...something that would get them out of the picture. There can't really be two centers of attention. Yeah, so was an attention hog...at least he could admit to it unlike others. Whereas she was...she was someone most people wouldn't notice...until they did. Then, they wouldn't be able to get their mind off of her even if they tried. Or at least that was the way it was for him.

One day...POOF! It was like she had permeated his thoughts. All the little disjointed occurrences of her in his mind became like a crazy connect-the- dot picture where each dot connected to at least five other dots and thus completely encased his brain in an intricate web of her presence. It sounds insane; but, he was never one for sanity anyhow.

But at the same time, she was what kept him sane. Not that he was that close to the brink; well, at least not most of the time... but when he did look over the edge of sanity into the depth of darkness within himself, knowing that she loved him somehow made the entire chasm below seem to diminish.

Even if he was to plummet down into the crazy things in life that he had never had the guts to meet head-on before, with her by him, he knew he could crawl back up. And maybe if he actually dealt with his problems instead of ignoring them like he tended to, he would actually overcome them instead of just pushing it back further into the recesses of his mind. Besides, that extra brain-space could be put to better use...like storing memories of the times they spend together.

She was such a god-send. He couldn't even imagine life without her anymore...not that he tried very hard to do such a depressing thing. He would protect her in every way he could. From careless words that he may say to others who would dare to harm his girl.

And it really sucked, but there just seemed to be a whole slew of people that thought nothing of harming her. The damn Hyuugas and their twisted sense of morality. He would never understand how ignoring or hurting someone's feelings in pursuit of strength could ever be justified. But for now, he had the Hokage on his side and she was someone that they HAD to at least pretend to listen to. Between the two of them, she would be okay for now. And then, one day, when he finally made his dream come true and became Hokage himself...things would change.

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Well, I tried to keep the identities of the two a little veiled until the latter part. Reading back it seems SOOO obvious. I tried. Hopefully I was able to keep you guessing for at least the first couple of paragraphs... er, maybe sentences??

Naruto and Hinata are really cute together. Though, I have my doubts as to whether they will actually get together...I mean a super shy girl and the village number one clueless boy is a difficult combo, especially for a first romance. Will Naruto EVER realize that Hinata is a girl?? (and no, I don't mean that literally. I know even a slow boy like Naruto can tell the sexes apart). And if he does, will he get it that she has a HUGE crush on him? And even after overcoming those two obstacles, would he actually know what the hell to do with a girl that actually likes him?? Ah, the endless confusions they will have to endure in growing up.

Good karma available for those who review ( Yes, even for criticisms. After all, constructive criticism is what allows me to better my writing style. I really appreciate everyone who takes the time to read and review my work.

Cheers,

Violettachan