Walking out of Itchiraku's with bento boxes full of ramen for her team mates Hinata Hyuuga made her way to the training grounds. It was her turn that week to pick up lunch and although it was always a hassel she secretly enjoyed the errand. It gave her a chance to reflect on things as well as observe the people around her. It also gave her time to think and muse about everything and nothing at all.
"HEY WATCH OU-oof"
Being crashed into by a giant orange blob knocked Hinata out of her musing making her realized she was sprawled out on her back covered in ramen. Unable to move she looked up dazedly at the orange blob that attacked her only to realize that it was her friend Naruto Uzumaki.
"Umm… Hinata-san? Are you alright? Hinata-san! Oohh I think I broke her, oh my god what am I gunna do what am I gunna do …'
As Naruto sat on top of Hinata still rambling on about how he broke her and he was sorry and he would figure a way to fix this and blah blah blah all Hinata could do was stare at him. Usually by now because of their current… position… Hinata would have already turned cherry red and fainted but this time she didn't. She found it rather peculiar that she didn't have the strong urge to run from him like she used to when she was twelve. Now at nineteen she found it easier to control her reactions around other people but still she was shocked she was able to last this long with him on top of her, being between his legs without freaking out, or at least throwing him off.
" Um Naruto… you can get off of me now im ok"
Not hearing her Naruto was still rambling, but he had progressed from repeating "what am I gunna do" to "what will Hiashi-san do if he finds out I broke his daughter…
"Um N-naruto?…Naruto!..."
Still not listening to Hinata Naruto just kept going on and on so she did something completely out of character for the usually devastatingly timid girl, She sat up and kissed him.
Ever since she had started at the academy with him when they were little she had always wanted to know what it would be like to kiss him. She had such a big crush on him back then and she still did. Or so she thought.
The kiss was slow and soft just a meeting of lips against lips. Hinata, becoming bolder by the second angled her head a little to the left and pressed her lips more firmly against the Uzumaki's taking the time to enjoy the taste of him. Pulling back slowly she gave a small lick to his bottom lip.
Unprepared for such a brazen action from the shy girl Naruto was only able to sit there stunned as Hinata fully pulled back from their kiss. Eyes down cast a small smile touched the Hyuuga's lips as her gaze slowly met Naruto's who was stilled stunned silent looking down at her with wide eyes full of confusion but more so shock.
"U-um Naruto? A-a-are y-you ok?...U c-can get off me now. Truly I-im ok…. Naruto?"
Still unable to comprehend what just happened between himself and the midnight haired girl under him Naruto began suffering sensory overload. His thought process was completely shattered leaving him with a mind blank and devoid of any activity. It had completely shut down and as a result he blacked out.
Pacing outside of the hospital room Hinata's thoughts kept going back to the kiss between her and Naruto. She couldn't understand for the life of her why he fainted like he did afterwards. She didn't think she was that bad a kisser, hell she had practice! Sort of… being ambushed in the forest during her training by a drunken Kiba who couldn't tell the difference between her and the tree he made out with after the surprised kiss he laid on her probably didn't count.
"Shit!"
Kicking the wall next to her Hinata cursed her bad luck. On top of freaking out the guy she had a major crush on since before she could remember, when she kissed him she felt absolutely… Nothing. No spark, no explosion of the senses, nothing. In all honesty she felt the same way kissing Naruto on the lips like she did kissing her father on the cheek before bed. Absolutely nothing.
She found this extremely weird since she had been waiting to kiss him for a long time. All that expectation and nothing… All it did was frustrate her more.
Coming out of the room Naruto inhabited Shizune stopped in the doorway to look at the frustrated teen in front of her. She could tell Hinata was worried but she thought it was about the boy currently knocked out on hospital bed behind her. And she was only partially correct.
Turning to Hinata she tried easing her nerves by telling her everything would alright and she could go if she wanted to. He'd be a wake in a couple of hours.
Thanking Shizune Hinata turned to leave when Shizune stopped her,
"You might want to take a shower before you go back to training"
It was then Hinata realized that she was still covered with the ramen Naruto made her spill when he crashed into her. Thanking Shizune, and hastily making her way home to clean up Hinata contemplated the day she had and determined it a lost cause. She decided she needed to talk to someone to help her decide whether she should ask naruto to forget the whole thing or explore to see if it could turn into anything despite the current outcome of her first attempt.
" YOU KISSED HIM!"
Cringing at the obvious disdain but excruciatingly loud complaint Hinata could do nothing but drop her head forward in embarrassment as well as defeat. she couldn't help but think that she had came to the wrong person to ask advise but she didn't know who else to turn to. Sitting across the dining room table from her long time friend and teammate Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata couldnt help but feel utterly at loss. She had thought that since while being close to her, He was close to Naruto also and could help her understand why Naruto acted as he did after she kissed him. apparently that wasnt the case because he looked to be ready to faint at as well... she hadn't even kissed him yet
'yet? where the hell did that come from?'
Did Hinata want to kiss Kiba? she didn't know. As he went rambling on about asking how could she kiss Naruto, he was his best friend she doesn't, even know if he feels the same way about her she doesn't even know how she feels about him and such Hinata couldn't help but observe and ponder over every detail of her teammate and Hinata had to admit he was a pretty good catch. he was well built not overly muscular, lean and strong with smooth sun kissed skin. his mop of wild chocolate brown hair framed a face of simplistic but fascinating features, a strong set jaw, straight nose, full kissable lips, and Inuzuka trademark 2 red slashes across each cheek that brought it all together perfectly even if said featured were turned into a frown directed directly at her at this very moment.
" YOU AREN'T EVEN LISTENING TO ME!"
Kiba was threw yelling at his obviously preoccupied teammate. He was tempted to try and shake some sense into her but doubted she would take kindly to such treatment. He couldn't, even after all these years, understand her infatuation with the Uzumaki kid. He was loud, out of control control had no sense of boundaries and was incredibly dim... OK maybe he was being a little harsh but he couldn't help it. The only girl he truly likes maybe even loves was pining after another man. And then, she comes to him for advise about why she didn't feel anything when she kissed him. Realistically he should be happy she felt nothing because that meant he had a chance right? but he couldn't get past the simple fact that SHE kissed HIM. She initiated the kiss and that tore at his heart more than if she had been kissed and enjoyed it.
But maybe just maybe if he worked at it he could show Hinata just how much he cared about her, as well as how much he wanted her.
Turning to her so he could try to explain his feelings to her he was surprised to find her directly behind him, he hadn't even seen her move from her chair.
Slowly gazing up the Inuzuka's body Hinata couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She wanted him and she knew he wanted her but was this the right time to go for it? was this the right way to go about it? she really couldnt answer those questions.
