p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"strongNaruto and Hinata had just finished off their picnic lunch of Ichiraku's ramen-to-go, home-made oshiraku and cinnamon rolls./strong/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: Gosh Hinata you really know how to cook!/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/strong: N-Naruto-kun...Th-Thank you!/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"(She blushes)/span/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"strongemspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/em/strong: emI've thought of what you said.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"em.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/strong:.. Wh-Wha-What do you mean../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emAs they both sit on the checkered blanket, on the soft green grass, they peer into each others eyes.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: All this time.. I've been thinking../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/strong: About what..? Naruto-kun?/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: I've weighed my options... you have always been there for me... I never even gave you the time of day.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/strong: Wh- What, no i- it's fi-/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"(Naruto gingerly puts his finger over her lips..)/spanbr /span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongemNaruto/em/strong/span: em-No. It's not... And what's worse is that I never thought of you that way.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emHinata quickly goes from blushing a beet red to flushed pale../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"strongemspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/em/strong:em O-Oh../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: Until now.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emHinata's face brightens up immediately, as she looks into Naruto's eyes, he smiles at her.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: What a damn fool I have been Hinata.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/strong: No. Na-/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emNaruto stands up over the picnic blanket, grabs Hinata's hand, standing her up as well, stares into her eyes and grabs her chin.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: All this time I've chased after acknowledgement... and love... a-/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata:/span/strong And it's been right here../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: waiting for me... I love you so much... I feel like I don't deserve you, like I've just been in front of you and I never turned around/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emto see who was watching. I'm such a moron, and I know yo-/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emHinata places her finger on his lips../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"strongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"emShe whispers: I will always be by your side./em/span/strong/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emGingerly their lips meet, softly their thoughts and feeling coalesce.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"strongemSometimes to find love, you must turn around./em/strong/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: Gosh Hinata you really know how to cook!/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/strong: N-Naruto-kun...Th-Thank you!/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"(She blushes)/span/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"strongemspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/em/strong: emI've thought of what you said.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"em.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/strong:.. Wh-Wha-What do you mean../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emAs they both sit on the checkered blanket, on the soft green grass, they peer into each others eyes.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: All this time.. I've been thinking../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/strong: About what..? Naruto-kun?/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: I've weighed my options... you have always been there for me... I never even gave you the time of day.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/strong: Wh- What, no i- it's fi-/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"(Naruto gingerly puts his finger over her lips..)/spanbr /span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongemNaruto/em/strong/span: em-No. It's not... And what's worse is that I never thought of you that way.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emHinata quickly goes from blushing a beet red to flushed pale../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"strongemspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/em/strong:em O-Oh../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: Until now.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emHinata's face brightens up immediately, as she looks into Naruto's eyes, he smiles at her.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: What a damn fool I have been Hinata.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata/span/strong: No. Na-/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emNaruto stands up over the picnic blanket, grabs Hinata's hand, standing her up as well, stares into her eyes and grabs her chin.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: All this time I've chased after acknowledgement... and love... a-/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Hinata:/span/strong And it's been right here../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"emstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Naruto/span/strong: waiting for me... I love you so much... I feel like I don't deserve you, like I've just been in front of you and I never turned around/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emto see who was watching. I'm such a moron, and I know yo-/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emHinata places her finger on his lips../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"strongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"emShe whispers: I will always be by your side./em/span/strong/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"emGingerly their lips meet, softly their thoughts and feeling coalesce.../em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"strongemSometimes to find love, you must turn around./em/strong/p