First shot at writing a fan fiction, hope you all like it! Read and Review!

Post war, Naruto confronts Hinata about her confession.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, otherwise I would be incredibly rich and Naruto and Hinata would have been together by now.

Chapter 1

"Hinata, can I talk to you for a second?" Naruto asked, the war had ended and everything had calmed down, so Naruto decided that it was time he confront Hinata about what she confessed to him during his fight with Pain – Nagato.

"Y-yes Naruto-kun, what is it?" Hinata Hyuuga, Naruto used to know her as 'the girl that hid behind trees' but now he respected her, she was considered one of his precious people.

"I've been meaning to ask you Hinata, about what you said when I fought Pain. Is it true, do you love me?" Naruto inquired.

"H-hai, I've always had a crush on you N-naruto-kun, you were the one that made me strong, and you made me stand up on my own. I l-love you. How do you feel towards me? " Hinata said blushing intensely; she had never felt more vulnerable than at that very moment.

Naruto thought about Hinata, how she had always stood by him, willing to sacrifice herself for him, adopting his nindo. She had blossomed into a beautiful young woman, the more he thought about her the more he realised that he did like her. Unlike Sakura, Hinata was gentle, and wouldn't bash him upside the head all the time; she would be great for him.

"Hinata I don't know if what I feel is love, but I do know that I have feelings for you. I want to get closer to you, to always stand by you as you've done for me, to be your boyfriend. But I don't really know how relationships work Hinata, so I need you to be patient with me and tell me when and what to do when you feel it necessary. Can you do that for me Hinata?" Now it was Naruto's turn to blush he had never really put his feelings out in the open in such a way before.

"O-of course Naruto-kun! I'd love to be your girlfriend!" Hinata exclaimed, she couldn't believe that this was happening, Naruto actually liked her back, and he wanted to be with her not Ino, not Sakura, her.

"So Hinata, now that we're together would you like to have dinner with me tonight? Say around 8?" Naruto asked, he knew that he'd probably need to take her somewhere much nicer than Ichiraku's, he knew exactly where too, a diner that he heard Shikamaru usually took Temari.

"Hai! I'll be ready at around 7:30 so you can come to the Hyuuga compound around them and we can tell my father together?" Hinata knew her father was a feared figure of authority in the village but he wouldn't possibly keep her from going with Naruto, could he?

"O-okay Hinata I'll see you then." Naruto said a little nervous, he was quite afraid of Hinata's father but he could handle it right? I mean he had faced more intimidating foes than a girl's father, he'd be fine.