Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters from this anime. I only own

the plot and the rest belongs to Mr. Kishimoto Masashi.

Note:Just little stories I thought I'd write, but it's my first time writing love stories…

Living a Love Story : Series 1 Shy Love

Why am I always like this? Just standing back and watching from far away. Maybe it wouldn't hurt me to just say 'Hi'… No, I can't do it… I've tried before but I always just embarrass myself… Sigh, why can't I be like other girls and just say what I want to without making a fool out of myself… Hinata sighed heavily and opened her eyes.

It's just another day, with just me and those fluffy looking clouds… Shikamaru was right, looking at clouds are really relaxing… Hinata thought as she began to dose off once more…

The next time she woke up was around noon.

I think I'll go now, he's always walking around town before going for lunch… Hinata left the shade of the tree she was leaning against and began walking towards the town of Konoha.

Looking around the town, she immediately spotted what she was looking for, Naruto. She watched him enter his favorite ramen restaurant, Ichiraku. She began to wonder if she should walk in after him, but decided to just walk by and watch him from a different spot. The Ichiraku chef saw her and smiled, Hinata is walking by again, she may not know it but everyone in town knows of her crush on Naruto. Except for the numbskull himself… His head is probably to thick for anything to enter in on it's own…

It was true, everyone in town knew that Hinata has a huge crush on Naruto except for Naruto. Little did Hinata know that somehow, everyone knew about it.

"Hey Naruto," the Ichiraku chef suddenly said, startling Hinata as she walked by. "It's such a nice day today isn't it?"

"Yea, it sure is," Naruto answered and looked outside the restaurant. Hey isn't that Hinata? Oh I know! I'll ask her if she knows where Sakura-chan is!

"Hey, Hinata!" Naruto called to her. Hinata's heart nearly jumped out of her when she heard Naruto say her name. "Have you seen Sakura-chan today at all?" He asked. Hinata felt as though Neji just hit her with his Hakke of 64-Hands technique.

Oh yes, I forgot that he likes Sakura-san… "No I haven't seen her today," Hinata answered. "But maybe she's with the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade-sama."

"Oh, okay… Thanks Hinata!" Naruto said happily with his usual huge smile.

Oh, you numbskull! Do you still not understand that she likes you! You're more dense than the sand in the Hidden Sand Village! The Ichiraku chef was screaming in his head and mentally slapping himself repeatedly. Then an idea popped into his head, "Hey Naruto," he began, "why don't you invite that pretty girl to eat lunch with you?"

"That's a good idea!" Naruto agreed, although I don't know why it's a good idea but that doesn't matter. "Hey Hinata wait!" Naruto chased after her.

Oh no, now he's chasing after me! Oh, what should I do… The first thing that came to her mind was running like crazy, and that's what she did.

"Wha… Hinata I said wait, not run away! STOP RUNNING" Naruto was yelling and started to run even faster.

Now he's running even faster! I can't run any faster than this even if I used my chakra! Oh, I can't run anymore… Hinata suddenly stopped running.

"WHOA!" CrAsh! Naruto ran straight into her. "Why did you stop so suddenly…" Naruto asked clutching his bloody knee.

"O..oh no, I… I'm sorry N.. Naruto-kun…" Hinata felt awful that she caused him to get hurt.

"It's not your fault," Naruto suddenly felt bad as well. "I'm the one who told you to stop."

"B..But you're knee… I.. it's bleeding…" She looked down at his knee. "Wo… would you let me dr.. dress it?" Yes, this is a perfect opportunity for me to do something useful for him!

"Oh, would you do that?" He asked. I didn't know that she can dress wounds…

About five minutes later…

"T.. There you go," she was blushing and she smiled shyly.

Naruto blushed as well, "Thanks Hinata-chan!" She really is good at this… and she looks really cute when she smiles…

"Umm… N..Naruto-kun?" Hinata began. "W..why were you ch..chasing me anyway?"

"Oh, I was going to ask you if you wanted to eat lunch with me," Naruto said with his goofy grin.

"O..oh, really?" She was almost in shock. Maybe he likes me too…?

"Yea, let's go!" He pointed ahead and started to march.

Hinata giggled, I'm so lucky today! Maybe I will get a chance with him…

Back at Ichiraku…

"I eat here all the time," Naruto said proudly. "Do you like ramen?"

"I… I haven't eaten here be.. before," Hinata said looking around shyly.

"Oh, that's okay," Naruto said. "There's a first time for everything!" And with that, he ordered his food and asked, "so what do you want to eat?"

"I..I don't know," Hinata began to panic, then thought, "I.. I'll have wh.. whatever you have…"

"Okay then," Naruto turned back around and said, "MAKE THAT TWO PLEASE!"

And here ends the first chapter of my first love story ever!

Please R & R and maybe some ideas?