"Naruto Uzumaki."

The blonde stood up suddenly from his seat, rushing towards the teacher's desk and almost tripping in the process. He was excited to see his test score since he had felt pretty confident taking it. The teacher, who didn't even bother to look at her student, slid the piece of paper across her desk. He took it and as he turned around to walk back he froze, his eyes set on the big fat F that was written on the paper with bright red ink. Didn't the size of it make it visible enough?

"What?" What. Had. Gone. Wrong?

Well, maybe the whole night he'd spent before the test trying to read, study, memorize… hadn't quite worked. Shaking his head, feeling like an idiot (apparently he was one already), Naruto continued his trip back to his seat. Sitting in his seat, he softly slammed his forehead on the desk.

"What'd you get?" Sasuke had also been called on and had taken his seat as well.

"F." He said as he handed his test to Sasuke who looked at it and raised his eyebrows.

"That's pretty bad… Forget pretty, it's bad.

"Yeah…I know." Naruto said putting his face in his hands. He didn't really care about the grade in general, but he was on the football team. To be on the football team he needed good grades and to put it simply, football was practically his life. He had to improve… and fast.

But how?

"What did you get?" He couldn't help asking. Sasuke smirked, not bothering to say anything as he waved the paper in front of Naruto's face.

A+

"Smart ass."

"Of course."

Then the bell rang and everyone was leaving their seats. Naruto sighed, crumbling his exam and throwing it in his backpack. He was following Sasuke to the exit when the teacher called after him. He stopped, taking a few steps back towards her desk.

"Your grades are getting worse." She said looking at a list, searching for something.

"Yeah." I'm not exactly thrilled about it either he thought.

"I know you need a better grade to play football, and, frankly, you are our best running back…" This perked his interest. Was she going to change it like a few other teachers had? His hopes suddenly rose. "…but, I can't just change your grade and make it easy for you, now can I?" Damn it! So much for that A. "So, I decided to arrange a tutor for you." She pointed at a name in her list, finally finding what she was looking for. A tutor? What was this?

"Who?" He asked trying to read the name.

"Hinata Hyuuga. She's got the highest grade in this class. I'm going to have a word with her, I'm sure she'll agree but you'll have to arrange the sessions and such with her." Hinata… sounded familiar. Wasn't she that one quiet girl that sat in the front? He didn't really talk to the girl… would this really work?

"Are you sure this will help me?" He just had to keep on playing football.

"Of course, she's done it before and she's patient enough to deal with the likes of you."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean…?" He said pouting. She looked up at him.

"Well, that's it for now. You can take your leave."

Hinata walked out of her last period, trying not to crash into anybody in the halls, making her way to her math class. She was supposed to go home now but her teacher had wanted to talk to her. She wondered why, she had gotten a perfect score in her exam earlier…

Finding the classroom, she went to open the door.

"Hinata." She heard her teacher call her as she walked in.

"Yes? You wanted to t-talk to me?"

"Yes, come in." She said as she stopped grading papers. "I wanted to talk to you about tutoring." Tutoring… so that was it… "You know Naruto Uzumaki, right? He's in your math class." Hinata's body suddenly tensed. How could she not? She was almost infatuated with the boy. She nodded trying not to blush. "Well I'm sure you have no problem in tutoring him, right? He's a bit noisy but he's not that hard to deal with." Tutor him? As in spend hours after school with him? Together? Alone? Could she handle that? It wasn't that she didn't want to… of course she wanted to but… she did have a habit of fainting near the boy.

"W-well…" She hesitated.

"He wants to keep on playing football and he can't do this himself. I think your perfect for the job." She couldn't say no. She knew how important football was to Naruto… and this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

"O-okay, I'll do it."

"Tutoring?"

"Yeah." Naruto and Sasuke walked out the school main doors.

"Who's it gonna be?"

"Hinata Hyuuga."

"Hmm… yeah I'm lost."

"She's in our math class."

"…"

"The short one with dark hair that sits in the front."

"…"

"With the white eyes?"

"Oh… I feel bad for her already."

"Why?" Naruto asked, puzzled.

"You're an idiot. That's why."

"Hey!"

"Well I'm leaving. I wish her luck." Sasuke said as he walked away.

"You're supposed to wish me luck!"

Hinata was feeling anxious in math class the next day. As she had taken her seat and watched Naruto walk by to sit in the back, she started to panic. How was she going to talk to him? What if she babbled? What if she failed to make any sense? What if she fainted? She was hopeless! She couldn't do this!

What are you thinking about Hinata! Get a grip! Y-you can do this! For Naruto's sake…

All of a sudden the bell rang. She started to pack her things to go to lunch .

"Hey, Hinata?" She froze. That voice! She didn't have to look up to find out who it was. She knew that voice anywhere. She slowly looked up.

"Y-yeah?" She began to blush furiously, trying not to make eye contact. He stood there, scratching the back of his head.

"Uh… you are going to tutor me, right?" She nodded. "Just wanted to make sure. Um, so, how are we going to do this?"

"D-do what?" Her mind wasn't working properly.

"How are we gonna meet and stuff…"

"O-oh." Of course. "Um, well…" She looked at her bag, trying to concentrate. "Usually I tutor in the library."

"That's good."

"O-okay. What d-days are you free in the w-week?"

"Hmm…" She looked up at him. He was looking at the ground, frowning. She couldn't help but stare, he was simply gorgeous. Then he looked at her, catching her of guard.

"Well, I'm usually free on Tuesdays, which means I'm free today, and on weekends, if that's okay."

He was free today? So soon? She needed to prepare herself…

"Is a-after school o-okay?" She said as she finished packing.

"Sure." He said grinning. She blushed even more.

She got up from her seat. "T-then I'll s-see you in the library after s-school." She had to escape before she collapsed.

Hinata tried to walk as fast as she could through the hallways. She was running a bit late for the tutor session because in her last teacher took a while explaining the homework. She ran up the stairs to the library. Finding the doors, she came to a halt and took a deep breath. Stop worrying so much she told herself. She glanced through the little window on the door and saw that Naruto wasn't in the tables near the entrance so she pushed the heavy door open. She walked past book shelves to find other tables. Had he left?

As she got near some she heard a humming noise and slowed down. She stood near the end of the shelf and glanced through books to notice that Naruto was sitting on the first table that came in to view, looking pretty bored. He had his face in his hands and was humming. He held a pencil between his nose and his upper lip, forming a pout.

"Pfff…" She couldn't help but laugh at this image and caught Naruto's attention who suddenly noticed her presence, dropping the pencil instantly.
"H-hinata! Didn't see you there." He grinned, hiding the fact that she had surprised him.

"I-I'm so sorry for coming late!" She suddenly remembered he had been waiting for her. He shook his head.

"Don't worry about it. You're the one doing me the favor. Come on, sit down."

"R-right." She took a seat, placing her backpack in front of her to find her math book. She found it and flipped it open, finding the table of contents. She looked up at him.

"You can s-start by t-telling me what you d-don't understand." He looked puzzled, his eyebrows knotting together.

"Everything?"