A Distance Away
Naruto and Iruka were eating ramen at Ichiraku like they always did. And Hinata was secretly spying on Naruto. She had always done this before. She knew it was stalking but couldn't bring herself to approach him. So all she could do was watch him from afar. They did have their moments when Naruto acknowledged her but it was only as a friend. What she wanted was something more than a friendship, she wanted love.
The dark haired girl blushed a dark red when she thought that, Naruto would never do that. After all he likes Sakura and she's so energetic and speaks her mind. Hinata had much insecurity about herself and was too shy to change.
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Naruto slurped up the last bit of ramen when his sensei nugged him. "huh what's up Iruka Sensei" The Chunin looked around but saw no movement. "I don't know, I have a feeling that someone's watching us. Do you think so" Naruto looked at him with confusion, then around. Hinata froze behind the tree, feeling the need to run away. Naruto turned around to face his sensei "nope". There was an odd pause that made Hinata feel uneasy about her presence.
Naruto suddenly broke the awkward silence. "Hey Iruka Sensei can I have some more ramen, if someone's stalking us then there's nothing we can do about it right" Iruka looked at his student then chuckled a little "yeah I suppose so but you really should stop some time your gonna spend all my money" Naruto rubbed the back of his head his head "aww sorry its just they make such damn good ramen here hehe" The two laughed and ordered more ramen.
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Hinata slid down the tree on her back and sighed. "I'm glad I wasn't found out" She whispered to the darkness "Oya sumi-nasai Naruto-kun" She walked back to her house thinking of how she could possibly gather the courage to tell him how she felt. "well there is the up coming festival and I could ask him to be my date…no no what am I thinking he'd probably be with some other girl sigh" Hinata walked the rest of the way with her head hung to the ground.
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Iruka and Naruto walked on the path towards Narutos house. Iruka thought a moment what he could say to break the silence. "uhh Naruto.." "Yeah" "do you have anyone to go with to the festival?" Naruto thought a moment and said "nahh I'll probably just hang out with my friends" Iruka had a concered look on his face "but I thought everyone else had a date to go with" Naruto had a look of disappointment and sighed "ohh yeah I forgot then ill have to find someone to go with soon" Iruka saw the sadness in the blondes expression. "c'mon Naruto you're a nice guy some girl's bound to want to go with you"
"But who" everyone's taken I think.. so umm can I hang around with you that way I won't seem so pathetic showing up alone" Iruka starred at him with a flattered look, "uhh Naruto don't you think it will be more pathetic to hang around a teacher then to be alone?" Naruto looked down at the ground yeah I guess your right" He went in his apartment and stared out the window and looked for a star to wish on.
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Hinata stared at the moon but saw a shooting star passing by.
Hinata: "Kami-Sama please lend me the strength to confess to Naruto-kun"
Naruto: "Kami-Sama please let me be with the one I am destined to be with"
Naruto lay on his bed thinking what to do he really was lonely inside and wanted someone close to him who he could tell his problems to, someone who he loved and loved him back…. "but who"
A/N Im sorry if this story is bad or boring it's just I had a really good one but there was a storm and my computer lost power and the story was deleted so I tired my BEST to recover it from my memory which is horrible
Kami-sama: God
Oya sumi-nasai: Good Night
-Kun: used after a boys name