spring time in Konoha

by: sir brinkley of eastlake

A.N. I don't usually like romance fics, and I vowed to never write one. but for some awkward reason i can't get this idea out of my head. so this is my first and last romance fanfic ( i hope ), also this is my first naruto fic so i hope I'm not starting out on the wrong foot. I'm blaming any weird moments on the stress of becoming an adult ( I'm 17 now and I've felt strange ever since my birthday ).

well here we go, we begin our story in Konoha village ( before the time skip ) on a sleepy spring morning...

ch 1: I wonder

It was spring, and everybody in the hidden leaf village was just getting used to the warming temperatures, being friendly and catching up after the harsh winter. Lee was running all over town doing odd chores, trying to run faster than he ever did before, though he knocked over several things as he did so. Ino was opening up the flower shop when he came rushing by with a rickshaw of frightened passengers. Iruka was welcoming students to school, many were glad not to have to wear their heavy coats. But Naruto was at his home, sitting on his head upside down, his face turning red with blood, eventually he lost his balance and fell to the floor screaming "AAhhhh, I am so bored, Lee is doing chores, Shikamaru is locked up in the library probably sleeping, and sakura can't stand to be near me for more than five minutes though I can't imagine why? SO WHAT IS THERE TO DO.?"

He sat for a while longer gritting his teeth, till he got a strange idea. "You know… I wonder how Hinata is doing?" he thought to himself. Why would he want to see Hinata all of a sudden, was it boredom. He decided to get a snack from his fridge, but as he opened it he noticed it was almost empty, "Aw man, shopping day again," he looked into his frog wallet, "I'm almost broke, this aint good."

He got on his things and went out to get some food, he went to the market and browsed around, the more he walked the more he began to think of Hinata. He got his bag and went home, thinking of Hinata all the way, he remembered all the times Hinata was around him and all the times she would offer him help, it was a lot, more then he relized. He wasn't paying attention to where he was going and Lee came rushing down the street with a cart of bricks.

"LOOK OUT NARUTO, THESE BRICKS ARE TOO HEAVY, I CANNOT STOP!"

Naruto just barely managed to jump to the side before Lee came rushing by. All of his food went flying into the air, he scrambled and managed to catch every last thing before it hit the ground, except for a bag of tomatoes that fell on his head.

"AHHHH, those were expensive, great now I have to was my hair."

When Naruto got home he put the groceries away and went to take a shower, he got out and got dressed, and all of a sudden he started to feel really lonely. "That's it, I'm going to see how Hinata is doing." He declared.

He was at the gates of the Hyuuga community when he saw Neji walking down the street, he panicked slightly 'the last time I was around this part of town I painted mustaches on the statues of the founders of the Hyuuga clan, I better not let him catch me'. Naruto saw a row of stacked barrels, he used replacement with the one in the center of the pillar, leaving the one outside the pile. As Neji walked by he saw the misplaced barrel and saw the charka residue on it, he looked at the pile and noticed Naruto's charka in side it. "Naruto, I know your in there, what are you planning, get out of there now!"

Naruto leaped out and ran down the street, toppling the barrels on top of Neji. Naruto had gotten far away before a soft hand helped Neji out of the barrels, Neji looked up, it was TenTen. "You look like you could use some help there."

"Who asked you." He snarled.

"Oh come on, I came to see how you were doing, you want to hang out together today."

"No, I don't"

"Why not, its not like you have anything else better to do today."

"I have to train."

"Well then i'll train with you."

Neji wanted to say she'd get in the way, but he knew that would make her mad. She didn't put up as good a fight as Lee but he didn't want to get all bruised up before his training, so he sighed out an "alright" and began towards the training grounds.

"YA, your training won't be boring today, hey, wait for me." she stomped off after him.

Hinata was in her room with her window wide open letting in the crisp spring air. She just pressed a flower into the last page of a book and put it on a stack with other finished books. She was admiring all her preserved and pressed flowers lining her walls when she grew cilly. She went to close her window when she paused, she was feeling lonelyand her mind drifted to Naruto, as it often did, when all of a sudden Naruto's head jumped from below the window and she was face to face with him. He let out a loud "Hows it going Hinata, you want to do something today?"

"N-Naruto, I... I..."

"Oh, sorry, did i startle you, i probably should have knocked first."

"No, its OK, I wasn't doing anything important, I-I-I'd love to do something with you today!" she said with a sudden outburst, shrinking back with embaresment when she realized what she did.

Naruto was enthusiastic about her reasponse and gave a thumbs up "Alright then, its just you and me today Hinata! You know you're nothing like your cousin Neji, hes cold hearted and mean, not at all like you, your kind and gentle, thats why i like you Hinata."

'Naruto likes me' she thaught to herself, his kind words were making her blush, she just stood there for a moment, soaking in the moment.

"Whats wrong Hinata, we can't stand here and do nothing all day, i'll meet you by the gates, we'll have a lot of fun today, i can feel it, believe it!"

Hinata ran to get her things and and meet Naruto, she wondered what they would do she panicked to get her stuff and ran out the door.

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OK so its a short chapter i know, but thats how i do it (if you read anymore of my stories, wich few have cries), but i hoped you like it. if you couldn't guess by the name there are going to be a lot more pairings than this, if i get a lot of reviews i'll do a realy unexpected one (ABSOLUTLY NO YAOI, NONE, ZERO). i'm going crazy with the pairings in a hope to get this out of my system, but i pray you all enjoy it.

also i don't have spell check so i appologise if i spelled anything wronge. please review.

have a nice day.