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I personally have always wonder how their lives were after the Last, but before the kids.

Disclamier: I Do Not Own These Characters, for they belong to Masashi Kishimoto!

Chapter 1

It was a nice day in Konaha. It was peaceful and relaxing. Basically, it was just another day. Ever since the end of the Fourth Great Shinobi War, five years ago, the world has literally been at peace. Although everything may be at peace, shinobi are still being sent on mission across the nations for varies of reasons.

One of those ninjas would be Hinata. Noramlly, she would be going on missions for a few weeks and then would return home for a rest. As of right now, she had just returned from a two weeks mission and was taking a well need break on the couch in her home. With the day being so nice, she had open a few windows and let the nice afternoon breeze blow through the house. She was reading a book and just enjoying the quiet afternoon.

Normally during the day, if she wasn't on a mission, she would be in the house by herself. She would either do some training in the backyard or even do some gardening to help past the day. She would sometimes knit or even go out and hangout with Team 8 for a while. Even Ino or Sakura would invite her out for lunch somedays. She would even visit Kurenai and play with Mirai. But today, she just felt the need to enjoy her afternoon alone. So for a while now she had been reading. Reading for so long, that she has finally decided that she would take a break. She was lounged out on the couch, with the book set in her lap. The couch she was laying on was placed right across the windows she had open, so she just sat there and enjoyed the breeze. The wind was blowing through her beautiful midnight colored hair and she had her eyes closed. She was thinking about a certain someone and how she really missed him on day like this.

"Naruto..." she thought to herself. During the mission to save the world from the moon, Naruto had realized his love for Hinata. Once the mission was over, he declared his love for her and how he would wanted to be with her for the rest of his life. From then, the two were together. Going on date and getting to know each other better. After dating for a few months, the two had become inseparable from one another. They were each other's support and comfort. They understood each other like no one ever could. They knew each other from their fears and desires. To their wants and needs. They each knew of the others past with great details and had grown from that together. They grew to love each other greatly. Then soon enough, Naruto had asked Hinata to marry him. She was more than willing become one with the man that she loved. So three years ago, the two had got married. They moved into a beautiful house with each other and had continued their lives together.

Soon after they had got married, Kakashi had given Naruto the news of telling him that he was next in line to become Hokage. So to prepare him, Naruto has been working quite a lot of hours with Kakashi. Sometimes, Hinata doesn't see Naruto until it is late at night and he was tired from a hard day of work. But he always try to tell her about his day before he goes to sleep and the routines starts again the next morning. Hinata was proud of Naruto for getting closer and closer to reaching his dream. She had always wanted that for him. She has always wanted him to be happy. But sometimes she really missed him more than anything. Normally, the house would be a little bit rowdy with him around, but since he was always gone before the break of dawn, the house had grew to grow quiet. Lately, she has started to feel really lonely. Although she did enjoy spending time with her family and friends, she missed Naruto like no other.

She missed his shining blue eyes that always had hope in them. He's beautiful blond hair that she loved to run her fingers through. He's smile that would light up the room. The warmth of his body when he would hold her, and the roughness of his lips when he would kiss her. The amount of strength he would put when he was hugging her. His…smell was something she loved. He always has this smell of sweat but with little hints of ramen, along with his nature smell. She loved it, because it meant that he was around. Although she does miss him dearly, she would never compromise her wants for him and try and stop him from making his dream come true.

She had been thinking about him for so long that, when she finally opened her eyes the sun was setting. She was surprised at how fast the day had went. Hinata sat up and stretched her body, after being in such a position for a long time. She knew she should probably start dinner for when Naruto came home. He always compliments her on her cooking and that always make her happy. Knowing that that is something Naruto loves.

Once up and ready, she heads towards the kitchen and starts preparing dinner. She decided that maybe some ramen will make him feel better when he gets home. She starts taking out the indigents and gets ready to prepare the food. After being with Naruto for so long, she learned that he doesn't really like to eat health foods. Like at all. So when she started cooking dinner for the two, she would throw in vegetables so that he could at least eat better than he was before. After doing this for a while, she started to notice that Naruto didn't know that there was anything different in his food. So because he didn't notice, she didn't say anything either.

She had finally finished dinner as the sun had set and sky had turned black. She walked off from the kitchen and went to go close the windows she had opened up earlier. While doing that she caught sight of the moon shining as bright as the stars that surrounded it. When she looked at the moon, it had reminded her of her first kiss with Naruto. That moment in front of the moon had changed her life is a way that she couldn't describe. She smiled, thinking about the person who had changed it. While she was looking at the moon, so lost in thought, she didn't hear her love as he opened the door to their home.

"I'm home..." he called out. To his surprised, Naruto didn't hear any answer towards him being home. "Where's Hinata?" He thought. He was able to come home earlier than he normally could today, because Kakashi decided that he needed a break for a few days. He was excited to see his wife. He felt like it has been a long time since he has spent time with her and he really missed her. Whenever he was at work with Kakashi, he would end up thinking about Hinata and how he hasn't been able to see her. A mere conversation about his day wasn't enough for him. He felt bad that he couldn't say up and talk to her and he hoped she wasn't too mad at him for not being home enough. As he kicked off his shoes and hung his jacket up, he walked down the hall of his dark house.

"This is weird…Hinata is normally home around this time." He continued walking down the hallway and then turned the corner. He was getting ready to call out for her, until something stopped him in his tracks. Hinata. The sight before him was something he wished he could look at forever. The room was so dark, but the shine of the moon had casted a light into the living room.

In the middle of that light was something indescribable. The light was shining upon her beautiful pale skin making her the brightest thing within the dark room. Her hair had some purple tint and was moving a little from the window she was standing by. Her eyes were looking towards the sky and they seem to glow from the light of the moon. Her lavender eyes had seem to look lost as though she was thinking about something. Then he noticed the smile on her face. Something he hasn't seen an in while. She was always beautiful, but at that moment Naruto felt his breath being taking away by her beauty. She was just so damn… beautiful.

Naruto stood there and looked at her. Engrossed in this scene before his eyes. He had only been home for about five minutes, but not having really seen her for a while, all he could do was stare. He was so lost that he didn't see Hinata turn around and look at him. Hinata had turned her head slighlyt and could see Naruto standing by the corner of the living room. She was starting to wonder how long he was standing there, but when she noticed him not moving, she became a little worried. She turned her head a little more and called out to him. "Naruto."

Naruto had come to his sense when he heard his angel say his name with him such a quiet voice. When Naruto looked into her eyes, the scene before him became even more intense. With her head slightly turned and the wind blowing her hair, she looked like a goddess. Her lovely eyes were staring at him. He knew he should answer her but he couldn't. She had made him silent. So he moved, to let her know that he heard her. He moved towards her.

Hinata watched him move slowly towards her. "Maybe he had a tough day." She thought. As Naruto was within arm reach of her, he grabbed her waist and pulled her close to him. He place both his arms around her waist and put his head into the crook of her neck. Hinata was surprised by his sudden grasp, but had grown comfort to his touch really quick. She placed her hands on his arms that were around her waist and started to rub them. They were silent for a little. Just enjoying the comfort of each other that they had missed so dearly. "Welcome home, Naruto."

Hinata had said barely over a whisper. Naruto pulled her closer to him so that there was no space between the two. He held Hinata like his life depended on it and it did. She was his solitude. The second he touched her, he felt as though all of his problems and stress would just melt away. She made him feel as though there was no world outside, but only him and her at this very time. With his head deep into the crook of her neck, he could smell her. "She smells wonderful." He though as he sniff her scent as if he had never smelled it before. "Where have you been, my love?" He really just missed her.

Naruto kisses her neck to let her know that he had heard her greeting. Hinata loved when he did that, but she was a little worried. He hadn't said anything since he came home. "Did something happen?" She wondered. It was unlike him to be as quiet as he was. "Naruto…" She said his name with that angel voice again. He was stuck in this trance of Hinata and he didn't know how to get out of it. "Damn it, Kakashi! Why did you make me work so much. If I knew I would miss her this much, I would have cut back or never even not worked at all." He though getting a little angry.

He tighten his hold on Hinata. Never wanting to let go. They both stood there and listened to the wind as it was starting to pick up. Hinata knew that Naruto wouldn't tell her his problems because he didn't want to worry her. But with him not speaking, it was honestly starting to freak her out. She turned her head a little and looked at him. But all she could she was ruffled blond locks. She took one of her hands and put it in his hair and started rubbing it. "God, I love that…" Naruto thought as he felt her hand in his hair. She knew that whatever was bothering him, he would tell her in due time.

Hinata continued to rub his hair. Naruto had to pull himself from this trance. So he moved one arm that was around her waist and grabbed her hand that was in his hair. Hinata was shocked at the sudden movement. Naruto had pulled her arm up and turned her around so that she was facing him. His other arm was still around her waist, pulling her back towards his body. He rested his forehead on hers and then closed his eyes. He could never get enough of Hinata. She was his muse.

Hinata smiled a little and closed her eyes and put her hand that he was holding on his cheek. She missed him so much. Oh so much, that at this very moment, she was the happiest person. He was in her arms and she could feel his warmth. She wanted this for a while. For him to be with her. That's all she wanted. "I missed you so much." Hinata said as a whisper. She gently ran her thumb across his whisker marks. She loved this about him. They were like his special trademark. "I missed you too Hinata…so much. You have no idea." He's voice sounded a little deeper than normal.

As he said this, he kissed her on her forehead. God, he missed her. Hinata had looked up at him and Naruto had opened his eyes. They were both just staring at each other. Thinking, "Please never let this end." Hinata had looked into his eyes, searching for whatever was bothering him. But she couldn't tell what it was. "Please don't be mad at me, Hina." She had pulled back a little, surprised at what he said. "Mad? Why would I be mad?" She didn't have a reason to be mad. Is this what he was worried about?

"Why would I be mad?" She asked him with a hint of surprised in her tone. It had taken him a while to answer, but he finally did. "I know that I haven't been home a lot lately, and I'm just leaving you in the house sometime by yourself and I feel really bad about it. I mean, I know that you go out sometimes, but that doesn't compare to me leaving you all the time. I know that we haven't been able to spend time together lately and I know you might be a little sad… I just…I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Hina."

While he was say all of this, Hinata could see the hurt in his eyes. She rubbed her thumb across his cheek again and smiled. She had made him worry. "Naruto…you're dream has always been to be Hokage and there is no reason that anything should stop you from that. I knew that when Kakashi told you the news, that this would be a great opportunity for you. I so happy for you, because this is what you've worked for. This is what you went through some much for and I would never want to do anything to stop you from achieving this dream. I knew that we weren't going to be seeing each other often. I do miss you, I always miss you when you're not around. But I can wait, because I love you and I will always be home waiting for you to return." She smiled and ran her thumb across his lips. "So please, don't worry about me love. Okay?"

Naruto was speechless. He was expecting her to say something completely different about the issue, but then again. It was Hinata. He knew that she would always be there for him, but he hated HATED having her wait for him. She waited so long from him and waiting was something that he would not let her do.

"I promise to try and come home earlier, but please don't say you'll wait for me. All you've done was wait for me. So this time, I'll wait for you." Hinata just looked at him. She stopped moving completely. "He'll wait for me?" Naruto chuckled at how confused she looked. "Hinata, I'll wait for the days to end to see you. To hold you. To kiss you. To make you laugh. To love you. So every day from now on, will you let me wait for you?" Hinata was speechless. She couldn't answer him, so she did the best thing she could do to answer him. Hinata lend in and softly pushed her lips onto his. She truly loved this man. They kissed for a few minutes, until Hinata backed up a little and broke the kiss.

Leaving only a little gap in between the two. She opened her eyes and looked him in the eye. He was looking back at her. He understood her answer and he just smiled at her and kissed her again. This time the kiss was passionate. They expressed so much to one another through that one kiss. They had finally broken apart, needing air. Leaving the little gap between them, they both smiled at each other and then laughed. Naruto thought to himself, "Why is she so perfect?"

Naruto was now kissing Hinata on the forehead, while her arms were around his waist hugging him. Naruto had noticed that the window was still open and then remember the scene that he had walked in too. He smiled against her forehead.

"You wanna leave the window open for a little, just until we decide to go to sleep?" Hinata nodded a little. Even after all these years, Naruto still had the ability to make her blush and shy. She only did it around him and he would always laugh and call her cute. Naruto noticed that she was blushing and started laughing. He kissed her forehead on more time before pulling away. Hinata looked at him and he was doing his infamous smile. The one that melted her heart every time. "He's so handsome."

"Hey Nata, I smell ramen. Did you make some for dinner?" Hinata was so caught up that she forgot about dinner. "Oh yea, I did. I thought you might like some after you came home." Naruto just smiled and kissed her on the lips before whispering a thank you towards her. Hinata blushed and looked away. Naruto laughed again and went into the kitchen with a red faced Hinata behind him.