1: Holding hands
A/N: I decided to take on the 30 days of OTP challenge as a side project and to get myself back into the habit of writing. I appreciate any reviews whether or not they are positive, but I do ask that you refrain from swearing in your reviews in consideration of others. Thanks for reading and please enjoy.
Hinata looked around the market, trying to find Ko. Somehow they had gotten separated and now she was all by herself and scared. She had never been lost before and Hinata had no clue what to do. So she quickly ran to the nearest bench and sat down, waiting for Ko to find her. (A/N: You would think that with the Byakugan that wouldn't be too hard.) However it was steadily growing darker and Hinata found herself getting more and more scared as the sun disappeared along the horizon.
Eventually the sun disappeared completely. Hinata pulled her knees up to her chest and buried her face in them, trying to stop her tears. She didn't know how long she sat like that before she felt someone tapping her shoulder. Shakily, she looked up into a pair of bright blue eyes. Hinata felt herself freeze. It was the boy who had saved her from those bullies.
He was frowning and looking at her with concern.
"Hey you ok?" She remained silent but shook her head, "Well what's wrong? Don't worry I'll help, believe it!" Hinata looked at him in shock. He was offering to help her a second time?
"I-I'm lost…" she quietly muttered. The boy grinned at her, grabbed her hand and pulled her off the bench.
"Where do you live?"
"T-the H-Hyuuga compound." The boy nodded and started dragging her to the left.
"I know where that is, come on! I'll help you get home safe and sound! No one wants to mess with me believe it!" Not saying a word Hinata let herself be dragged along the road and (hopefully) towards her home. All the while she was trying to not focus on the fact that the boy was holding her hand. It's not that it wasn't nice but it made her feel weird. Like she had butterflies in her stomach. She remembered her mother telling her about something like this before.
"Mother how did you and Father know you were in love?" Hinata watched her mother turn around after placing Hanabi into her crib. She thought for a moment before scooping Hinata up and tickling her stomach.
"Well love makes your tummy feel like this," She said between the girl's giggles, "And it makes you feel happy for no reason other than the fact that you're with the person."
Could this have been what her mother was talking about?
"My name's Naruto Uzumaki, future Hokage," His voice startled her out of her thoughts, "What's your name?"
"H-Hinata." They reached the front gate of the compound and stopped.
"Well then Hinata here you go. See told you I'd get you home safe and sound and I never go back on my word," He let go of her hand and she felt sad for some reason. "See you around. Maybe I can walk you home another time!" With that he turned and ran back in the direction they had come. As Hinata watched the b- Naruto disappear all she could think about was how warm and comforting his hand had been as she was holding onto it.