Hello everyone! This is my first Kakashi x Hinata fic. I hope you like it. Characters may tend to be OOC most of the time. Please excuse the minor errors you might come across and if you would like to be my beta please tell me. This story is rated M for later chapters. Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and never will.

Surprisingly Different

Chapter 1

Kakashi walked sluggishly on the smooth pavement; he looked up at the sky and momentarily glared at the blazing sun with his exposed eye. The heat was bothering him greatly, but he sighed in relief when he spotted a small ice-cream parlor. He wasn't an avid fan of ice-cream yet on days like these he sure didn't mind some. He crossed the street swiftly and then finally reached his destination. He opened the glass door and heard a bell ring as he entered the small parlor. Kakashi wasn't surprised to see numerous people waiting to be served. He sighed and happily pulled out a small book from the book bag he carried with him always and opened it to the page he had last read up to. He smiled slightly as he continued to read the latest novel in the Icha Icha series.

He quickly became enraptures in the novel that he did not notice that it was finally his turn until he heard a timid, "H-hello, w-what can I g-get you sir?" Kakashi wanted to snap at the person for interrupting his reading in a most interesting part, but he then remembered where he was. He lifted his face away from his book and stared at the young woman before him.

"W-what can I get you sir," the young female repeated again with less stuttering. Kakashi studied her, she looked no older than seventeen, and her hair reached to her waist and it was an indigo color. Those eyes, though, were unmistakably the eyes of a Hyuuga. He stared at her apparel, the uniform fit her well. She looked cute. The Hyuuga blushed lightly under his stare. "S-sir?" Her gaze shifted slightly to his covered left eye, curiosity easily seen on her face.

Kakashi smiled lightly at her. "I would like a vanilla ice-cream cone," he murmured as he continued to study her. She was completely different from what he was used to seeing in a Hyuuga. Hyuugas were mostly cold, confident, and emotionally detached, but this girl was the complete opposite. Her demeanor spoke of innocence, a gentle spirit. He watched as she carefully scooped up the ice cream and placed it on the cone. Kakashi discreetly looked away when she looked up and walked towards him to hand him his ice-cream. "Thank you," Kakashi said kindly while he handed her the money. He then went to sit on an empty table. He slowly ate his ice-cream while continuing to read his Icha Icha book. Kakashi ignored the blatant stares he received for his bandana covered eye.

Once and a while he would glance up to look at the Hyuuga girl. He continued to analyze her to see if she was truly different; he listened to the way she spoke. And watched her body language and expressions. She truly was different and Kakashi liked that she broke the mold in how a Hyuuga was like. He idly wondered what her name was, but he then saw that she was wearing a name tag.

Hinata. Such an opposing name, Kakashi mused, yet he liked it on her.

"Hinata-chan," he heard a gentle voice call out the young Hyuuga. "How is your first day on the job been?" The women looked at Hinata warmly.

"K-konichiwa Kurenai-san. It has g-gone pretty good," Hinata said softly.

"I can see that," she smiled. "Look how much you have made in tips; it seems like the customers really like you. Especially the male customers." Kurenai ruffled the girl's hair and gave her a teasing smile.

Kakashi saw Hinata turn a bright shade of red. Hinata smiled nervously and poked her index fingers together. "R-really?" Her voice was laced with disbelief and for some reason Kakashi found her right now just adorable.

The older woman just chuckled and gave her a motherly look. "Oh, Hinata," Kurenai said as she looked down at her wrist watch. "You only have half and hour left before you can take a break, when it's time I'll take over for that time okay?" Kurenai left Hinata to continue her work.

Kakashi turned his attention back to his ice-cream and realized that it was melting, dripping down his hand. Kakashi murmured a curse thinking no one would here him and licked some of the ice-cream that was on his hands. Kakashi then heard a light giggle. He looked up and saw Hinata blushing brightly and quickly averting her gaze away from him. Kakashi was glad he could stop the blush that threatened to suffuse his cheeks, but instead smiled lightly at her.

He finished his ice-cream and continued to read his book quietly. He once again became immersed in his book only moving when he had to turn the page. He was interrupted though by the same sweet voice again.

"E-excuse m-me, m-may I sit here?" Hinata fidgeted nervously her trembling hands holding her bento box.

He blinked at her and then nodded his head wondering why she picked to sit here. He looked around and then noticed all the tables were filled except his. Of course, he thought, they're just intimidated by me because of my covered eye. All he did was nod. The girl before him sat down silently and started to nibble on her food. Kakashi was trying to think in what to say to her, but it seemed his mind didn't want to cooperate with him at that moment.

It surprised him when she was the one to start the conversation. "T-that b-book must be r-really interesting." Her face seemed to always be in a permanent shade of pink.

"Yes it is," he responded not really wanting to talk about the book. "I've come here before and I've never seen you before, is it your first day working here," he asked even though he knew the answer.

"H-hai," she said quietly, poking at her meal.

"My name is Kakashi, by the way, pleasure to meet you Hinata-san," he said amiably

Hinata looked at him in surprise. "H-how do you know m-my n-name?"

Chuckling he pointed at her name tag. He tried to contain his laughter when he heard her mutter "How did I-I forget about that?" She was truly a very shy female, a rarity, Kakashi thought. He shook his head and gave her an amused look. "Hinata," he whispered her name and smirked slightly as he saw her blush and give him a timid smile. "What a beautiful name for a beautiful person," murmuring the comment as he put away his book away.

His mind was scolding at him for trying to flirt with her; she was too young and innocent for a twenty-seven year old man, yet he couldn't help but let that comment out. He just found her easy to play around with, but a small part of him was saying that he meant it. Kakashi inwardly frowned and pushed that small part away into a dark corner.

He got up swiftly. "It was a pleasure meeting you Hinata-san," a small smile curving his lips as he spoke. "See you another time." Before leaving he casually put some money on the table. When he saw Hinata giving him a confused look, he then he said "It's your tip for such a nice conversation and for being cute," he teased her before casually waving her goodbye as he walked out of the ice-cream parlor.

Once he was outside he chuckled while he shook his head. His mind was once again berating him for flirting with the young woman. He walked back to his apartment slowly, listening to the chatter around him. When he reached his apartment he threw the keys on the coffee table and plopped himself casually on the sofa.

He stared at the ceiling as he tried to sort out his thoughts. He reached out for his book bag to pull out a sketch book and a pencil. He started to draw a pair of eyes and then cursed at himself when he realized he drew the young Hyuuga's eyes.

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Hinata started to run as she looked at her watch. Oh no, she thought, If I don't hurry up I'll be late for my first day at work.

She had applied for the job because she was tired of being held inside the Hyuuga household, and she wanted to grow as person. She disliked how she became shy around other people and how her self esteem was so low. Her goal was to change that, so applying for the job was the first step to accomplishing this. She just hoped that it worked. She sighed in relief when she saw the ice-cream parlor's sign came to view. You can do it Hinata, she chanted to herself before entering the parlor. Taking a deep breath and opened the door; she was greeted by Kurenai who gave her an encouraging smile. "Good morning Kurenai-san."

"Good morning Hinata-chan. How many times do I have to tell you to call me Kurenai only," she motioned her to come behind the counter. "You're right on time." Kurenai then handed her a knee length skirt with a form fitting v-neck shirt and a matching cap, all baring the parlor's logo. "Here is your uniform. Put these on quickly we have an hour and a half before we open."

Hinata nodded and took the uniform. "Thank you Kurenai." Hinata quickly left to the small changing room at the back of the parlor. She slipped out of her normal clothes and quickly put on the uniform. She tugged on the form fitting shirt and frowned lightly. Hinata was not used to this type of clothing. She normally wore jeans and loose t-shirts.

Slowly she came out and walked back to the counter.

"Oh you look cute in the uniform Hinata." Kurenai chuckled at the blush that stained Hinata's cheeks. Kurenai then started to explain where everything was, and how much of each item they had in stock for the day. "Remember," Kurenai said sternly. "For the customers to like you, you have to be patient, respectful, and cheery. A little flirting would be good to," Kurenai joked at the end.

Hinata's eyes widened. "W-what did you s-say?"

"No, don't worry Hinata, I was just joking."

Hinata sighed in relief. "Okay, g-good."

"Alright its time to open up the store good luck Hinata." Kurenai placed the open sign on the door and with one last encouraging look to Hinata she went to go to her office.

Hinata's hand started to shake lightly, but she tried to calm herself. A couple of minutes later customers started to come in and all she did was chant in her mind 'I can do this.' over and over again. With the first customers she messed up numerous times when she spoke, but made it up when she smiled cheerily and got their order quickly and efficiently. Quickly she started to get used to it, Hinata stilled stuttered but it wasn't as often. By noon the small ice-cream parlor was filled with people. She sighed inwardly but she smiled at each customer that went by.

She looked up to serve the next customer and froze slightly. The man before her had his face buried in a book. His left eye was covered in a navy blue bandana and his hair was a silver color. " H-hello, w-what can I g-get you sir?"

For some reason his exposed eye had an annoyed expression before quickly masking it with a cheerful attitude though to her it was obvious he was analyzing her. "W-what can I get you sir?" Hinata was proud that she barely stuttered that time, but she became uncomfortable with his blatant staring. "S-sir?" Hinata felt the damnable blush spread against her cheeks.

He smiled and murmured. "I'll like a plain vanilla ice cream cone."

Without a word she left; as she scooped the ice-cream onto the cone with the corner of her eye she looked at the silver haired man. Once she was done she silently handed him the ice-cream cone.

"Thank you," he said kindly as he handed her the money.

Hinata watched as he went to sit at a table and continue to read the book. A couple of minutes later Kurenai came by to see how she was doing. Hinata felt embarrassed and incredulous when Kurenai said that the male customers really liked her. Come on, her mind said, you're suppose to gain confidence here. Once Kurenai left she heard somebody mutter a curse.

Automatically she turned to look at the source of the noise and giggled when she saw that the silver haired man lick some of melted ice-cream off his hand before he decided to just wipe it off with a napkin. When he looked up she quickly averted her gaze but felt that treacherous blush creep up again. Dang it!

Finally it was time for her break and she looked around to see if there was a table empty, but all of them where completely filled except for the one where the strange man sat. Hinata's heart beat accelerated slightly. Slowly she walked over to him. "E-excuse m-me, m-may I sit here?"

He looked up and the nodded.

Hinata sat down and opened up her bento box. She nibbled lightly on her food; the awkward silence was bothering her, so she decided to start the conversation. "T-that b-book must be r-really interesting."

"Yes it is," he responded. "I've come here before and I've never seen you before, is it your first day working here," he asked her.

"H-hai," she said.

"My name is Kakashi, by the way, pleasure to meet you Hinata-san," he said amiably

Hinata felt surprised that he knew her name. "H-how do you know m-my n-name?"

Kakashi just chuckled at her and pointed at to her name tag.

Oh no, Hinata thought. She mentally face palmed herself. "How did I-I forget about that," she muttered to herself desperately trying to not faint from embarrassment.

"Hinata," he whispered her name.

Hinata was trying to clam herself desperately. No don't faint, she kept saying to herself, yet the way he whispered her name didn't make it easier. It took all her self control to not faint. She was able to give him a timid smile.

"What a beautiful name for a beautiful person," he murmured as he put away his book.

H-he's flirting? The question rang quickly through her mind. Come on Hinata, her mind kept telling her. Hinata just looked at him with a blushing face.

Suddenly he got up swiftly from his chair. "It was a pleasure meeting you Hinata-san," a small smile curving his lips as he spoke. "See you another time." Before he left Hinata saw him place some money on the table. She stared at him with a confused look. "It's your tip for such a nice conversation and for being cute."

Hinata felt all the blood rush to her head. It suddenly became unbearably hot. She couldn't believe that he just said she was cute. She fanned herself with a napkin even though it was not helping at all. Hinata then heard footsteps coming towards her.

"It seems somebody took a liking towards you, Hinata." Kurenai just smiled at the blushing girl. " He was handsome wasn't he."

"K-Kurenai-san," Hinata muttered. "S-stop i-it."

Kurenai just giggled. "Hinata-chan how many times to I have to tell you to just call me Kurenai?"

"I don't know, a thousand times more," she muttered as she buries her face in her hands to hide her blushing face.

It seemed so far that the first day on the job went pretty well.

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Well how did my first chapter seem. I'm sorry if I made the character extremely OOC, I'll try to make them more in character. Hoped you enjoyed reading it. Please review! I'll update as soon possible. Bye!