It was a normal day… except for the fact that Hinata had actually worked up the courage to invite me to the park to get some ice cream with her. She looked like she was about to pass out, so I figured that it would be really, really mean to decline

We walked to the park from Ichiraku's in silence. Hinata kept stealing little glances at me, but whenever I caught her she would turn bright red. Luckily the park wasn't far away or Hinata would have had an aneurism (Hiashi-sama would have killed me).

The old man that owned the ice cream cart smiled as we approached. "Hello, Hinata-sama! What'll it be for you and your friend today?" he asked as he winked at Hinata

"I th-think I'll have ch-chocolate t-today, Kiwa-san," Hinata replied, pulling her coin purse out of her pocket.

Kiwa looked at me expectantly, and I absent-mindedly said, "Yeah, chocolate sounds good." I don't know why but I just could not take my eyes off the back of Hinata's head. It's a god thing that she couldn't see me or else she would have passed out for sure!

Kiwa handed us our ice cream and Hinata gave him the necessary coins. They said good bye to each other and Hinata lead me to the bench that she usually sat on when she was eating ice cream.

After a couple minutes of eating in silence, I couldn't take it any more; I had to say something. "You and the guy at the ice cream stand are on a first name basis; that must mean that you get ice cream from him a lot. Am I right?" I asked cautiously.

"A-Almost every d-day," Hinata answered timidly. She had finished her ice cream and was waiting for me to finish.

"I'm done. Ya wanna go for a walk?" I suggested, looking over at her. I stood up, my gaze never leaving her face. Hinata blushed a little bit and nodded.

I held out my hand, silently offering to help Hinata up. Hinata took my hand, not looking me in the eye and blushing just a little bit redder. She stood up (with my help of course), but it turned out that I had misjudged how far apart we would be when she actually stood up. Our faces were only a few inches apart, and our bodies were nearly touching.

Hinata turned bright red, and I turned almost as red as she was. We just stared at each other for a couple seconds. I don't know what came over me after that.

"N-Na—" Hinata started, but I cut her off by pressing my lips to hers. She stiffened at first and then relaxed into the kiss. I placed my hands on her waist, and her arms wound around my neck.

It was about that time that we heard a sing-song voice say, "Oooohhh…Hinata…I'm telling Father!" Hinata broke the kiss and looked in the direction of the voice.

Hinata paled when she saw who it was that had spoken. "Hanabi! P-Please d-d-don't t-tell Father!" she stuttered, beginning to panic.

"What's in it for me?" Hanabi demanded with a sweet smile as she walked over to us.

"I'll b-buy you an i-ice cream," Hinata offered, some of the color returning to her face.

"Deal!" Hanabi agreed. Hinata looked at me with a little bit of disappointment on her face before she let go of me and went with Hanabi to buy her an ice cream.

When I was sure that Hanabi wasn't paying attention I casually walked into the trees behind the bench we had been sitting on. I made sure that I could see the path so that I would know when Hinata was coming back, and I hoped that I couldn't be seen from the path. After a couple minutes, my mind began to wander, and I was not paying attention to Hanabi and Hinata at the ice cram stand.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I heard Hinata's voice sadly say, "N-Naruto-kun left…. N-Now I d-don't think I'll ever b-b-be able t-to tell him th-that I l-l-like him."

"I'm still here, Hinata," I said gently as I stepped out from behind the tree. I walked over to her, held out my hand, and smiled mischievously. Hinata gasped in surprise and took my hand with a shy smile. She let me lead her into the trees where I had previously been hiding.

I wrapped Hinata in a gentle hug, and with a smile on my face, quietly said, "Now, where were we?"

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