That Night…

The rain hammered on Naruto's window pane as he sat down with his steaming instant ramen, he picked up his T.V remote and flicked through the channels, he rolled his eyes at the shopping channels and thought about how much air time they wasted, not like the other channels. He continued to scan through the channels until he found one he liked, a comedy, an old one but a comedy nonetheless,

"Well a Friday can't get much better then this, so…lets chow down"

He took a good whiff of his ramen and tucked in.

Someone stumbled through the rain outside; the young girl was small and had something inside her overcoat, her head was down and her hair was soaked straight. The girl ran up to a door and hammered on the knocker, no one answered, she managed to force the small bundle underneath her overcoat through the letterbox and carried on through the rain. The girl came to a part of the village she didn't know too well, the only shelter that was offered was in the form of a small porch of an apartment block, the girl sighed and sat down beneath it taking a brief look at the apartment numbers (with the surnames first for some bizarre reason),

1-Kishimoto Mashashi

2-Nishio Tetsuya

3-Uzamaki Naruto

That last one caught her eye, this was where Naruto lived, at first the girl thought maybe it was best to stay out here and not cause an inconvenience but the large flash of lightning and the clap of thunder convinced her otherwise.

Inside Naruto had finished his ramen and fallen asleep, the T.V was still on and the viewer was snoring loudly, there was then a knock at the door, Naruto stirred, another knock louder this time but still Naruto slept, whoever was outside really then gave his door a pounding and Naruto woke with a start, he sat bolt upright and picked up his nearest kunai,

"STAY AWAY…you…"

He looked around and saw only his apartment and heard only the T.V and whoever was knocking at his door. He looked at the clock on the mantle piece; it was ten to ten at night and there was someone at the door,

"All right, all right god you'll break my door down if you carry on"

He went to the door, undid the latch and opened it, what he saw was not what he expected, Hinata Hyuuga stood soaked to the bone outside his apartment door, her hair was soaked down to her shoulders and her cheeks were redder then Sakura's at Christmastime,

"Well…this is unexpected…oh what am I saying get in here"

Naruto pulled Hinata inside and closed the door,

"I'm sorry to bother you like this Naruto but I was under the porch and had nowhere else to go"

"There's nothing to apologise for, come on through to my room and I'll get you a spare shirt"

Hinata followed Naruto with her arms wrapped round herself into the bedroom, she was dripping wet and freezing cold from the rain but it was good to be inside now,

"Here put these on…I'll leave so you can change"

Naruto had pulled a shirt that looked two sizes too big for Hinata and the jeans were pretty much the same, he was just about to leave the room when Hinata's hand took hold of his shirt,

"You can stay…I don't mind"

Her cheeks were red enough by this point but you could still detect a slight increase in the colour,

"Errm…won't you get embarrassed?" Naruto raised his eyebrows quizzically,

"No really…I like some company" Hinata smiled slightly

"Well ok…if that's what you want"

He sat down on his bed and rubbed his eyes as his guest began to get changed, she was in the middle of sliding off her soggy underclothes when Naruto got too hot under the collar,

"Errr…I'll go make you some ramen, do you like ramen? Of course you like ramen everyone likes ramen"

He hurried out of the room and into the kitchen to make her the ramen and to take a breather. She came out with her new baggy attire on and wet hair still, Naruto's hand then began to shake as he poured the boiling water into the ramen cup,

"Oh your hair…I'll get you a towel for that"

He hurried out again to the airing cupboard and scrambled to find a small towel for her hair, Hinata then joined him, picked the towel that was right under his nose and draped it round her shoulders. Naruto then found himself unable to tear himself away from her eyes…she then gently put her arms around Naruto and drew him into a hug,

"Thank you Naruto-Kun…for letting me stay"

She smiled again, drew away from him and stood on the spot with her hands together,

"What were you doing out in the rain anyway?"

"Kiba called me, Akamaru was sick and he needed me to get the medicine from Tsunade"

"Why didn't he get it himself?"

"He had to look after Akamaru, I managed to get the medicine to him but I lost my way home"

"How did you find my apartment?"

"I was sitting under your porch when I saw your name next to your apartment num…your apartment num…num…AACHOO"

Naruto jumped at this he had expected sneezing but not on this scale,

"How long were you out there"

Hinata wiped her nose of the sleeve of the shirt,

"About…an…hou…AACHOO"

"Well I'd do the same for Kiba I guess, come on while your ramens hot "

Naruto lead Hinata into the living room, sat her down on the sofa and fetched her ramen cup for her, she had always liked the scent of ramen but had never tried it for some reason, Hinata took the cup in her hands and let the smell tickle her nose, she giggled slightly and began to eat, it tasted good, maybe she could get a bite to eat with Naruto at the ramen bar some day,

"How about some T.V"

Naruto held up the remote, Hinata nodded politely and her host flicked through numerous channels again until settling on some old movie, Hinata then did something neither of the two ninja were expecting her to, she gently laid against Naruto (essentially using him as a pillow), he didn't seem to mind, he then placed his arm around her.

Later in the night at about half past eleven the movie was drawing to a close, Hinata was fast asleep on Naruto and Naruto was still awake but tired, he looked at the sleeping girl beside him and smiled, he took her in his arms and carried her to the spare room where he had prepared a bed for her earlier on, he laid her down and pulled the covers over her, smiling, he left her to sleep.

Naruto was awoken at about two in the morning by his bedroom door opening, still half asleep he lifted his head off the pillow and tried to look at who the person was, it was too dark however to see, Naruto then detected an increase in weight on his bed and the sound of someone's breath,

"Hinata-Chan…is that you?"

"Naruto-Kun…" breathed the girl,

Her hair brushed against his face and Hinata stroked his cheek affectionately,

"Hinata-Chan… I always thought…that Kiba…"

She pressed a finger to his lips and spoke again,

"Sshh…Kiba does like me…but…I never felt the same way about him…Naruto-Kun…please take me"

Naruto was shaking; he had never had a girl on his bed before,

"I don't wanna touch you too much baby"

Hinata was shaking as well,

"Why not?"

"'Cos makin' love to you might drive me crazy"

Hinata leaned in more and gently pressed her lips against Naruto's, Naruto moved his arms and wrapped them around Hinata, despite for how long he had had a crush on Sakura, Naruto this was felt right.