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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto much to my despair.
"I can't believe Kiba was fat! He's so… skinny now. I mean he has muscle, but you would never guess that he was fat!" I said.
Naruto couldn't stop laughing. "I can show you the pictures sometime. They're SOOOO funny. Like, you can tell it's Kiba but he's so…. FAT!" Naruto said and then dissolved into another fit of giggles.
His laughter was contagious and soon I was laughing along with him. His laugh was really nice. I could listen to it all day. Laughing with him felt natural, like we'd been laughing together for ages and it was nothing new.
When our laughter died down I said "So, Naruto. How long are you here for?" When I got to know people I started to get a little more confident in myself, and even though I was still really shy and embarrassed around him, my curiosity got the best of me.
"Actually, I'm going to be a senior here. I live in an apartment not far from Kiba's house. It's awesome." He said.
"You live by yourself?" I asked him, and then cursed myself. It sounded like I was asking him to invite me over or something.
But he didn't seem to think anything of it and just nodded. "Yeah, my parents actually trust me enough to live by myself. They told me they'll be visiting randomly, and I'm sure they'll have Kiba's mom keep an eye on me."
"So, um, why did you move here?" I asked him. He glanced at me and then out the windshield of his car.
"I needed a change of scenery." He said. He was lying. I could tell.
He rested his head against his headrest and then rolled it over to look at me with a lazy grin on his face. "Now it's my turn to ask the questions." He said.
I hesitated and then nodded. It's not like I could say no anyway.
"Ok, well you look a little different from the coffee shop." He said gesturing at my face and clothes.
I had completely forgotten! I reached up to try and wipe off some of the gunk but he caught my hand in his warm one and said "No, don't. It looks nice. I like it."
I blushed. "Uh, thanks. And my friends forced me into it. I couldn't say no."
"I guess that would explain it then." He said.
We were quiet for a moment and then he said "Ok, second question. What was your first impression of me?"
"Uh, next question please?" I said.
He laughed. "Nope. I answered all your questions, now you have to answer mine."
I looked down at my hands which were folded in my lap and said quietly. "Ok well, my first impression was that you…" I sighed and then said quickly "'."
"Um, what?" Naruto said.
Good, he hadn't heard me. "That you would never give me a second glance." I said truthfully.
Naruto was quiet. "Do you want to know my first impression of you?" he asked quietly.
"Ok." I said just as quietly.
"I thought you were the most beautiful girl I had ever seen in my whole life. I had to get you to talk to me. Spilling that frappe on me was the best thing that's ever happened to me… Hinata." He said my name in a low whisper right in my ear.
I turned my head and looked at him. Mistake, very bad mistake. Our faces were now inches from each other. He looked like he was about to kiss me. But wait, did I want him to kiss me? We weren't even dating. What kind of girl did he think I was? What was I gonna do?
I was saved by him getting a text message. He seemed to realize the position we were in and leaned back on his seat as he pulled his phone out of the cupholder.
He read it and then sent a quick message back. "That was Kiba. He wanted to know where we were. We should probably head back. I think the movie is almost over anyways."
"Oh, ok." I said and got out of his car.
We were silent on the walk from the parking lot and back to the theatre. Neither of us mentioned out near kiss, although I could tell he was thinking about it by the way he kept glancing at me.
"Where were you, Hinata? You're not the type to sneak off with a boy." Ino said when we walked into the theatre lobby.
"You know I don't like RoCo's and, apparently, neither does Naruto so we decided to ditch and hang out instead." I said to the people that were now grouped around us.
"Ok, Hinata. You keep your dirty little secrets then." Temari said with a loaded wink.
I rolled my eyes and didn't even bother wasting my breath trying to deny that statement.
I saw Kiba and Naruto share a glance but I didn't comment on it.
"You guys ready to go home?" Kiba asked a second later.
Sakura nodded and then yawned. "Yeah. I'm beat. Can someone give me a ride home?"
"I can take you home." Sasuke said. I could see the obvious delight in her face at the offer.
"Thanks, Sasuke." She said with a big smile on her face.
Everyone kind of disbanded after that getting rides from friends and all that jazz.
"You want a ride, Hinata?" Kiba asked me.
I blushed. "Uh, sure."
That made Kiba blush and gently pushed me "Shut up, Hinata. You know what I mean. Sometimes you have a really dirty mind."
"I never said anything." I replied. Kiba just rolled his eyes.
"Let's go." he said pushing me out the door.
We walked to his car.
"Yo, Kiba!" We heard Naruto call out from behind us.
Kiba stopped and half-turned. "What Naruto? I gotta get Hinata home." He said exasperatedly.
"I'm sleeping over at your house this weekend right?" he asked.
Kiba rolled his eyes. "Yes, Naruto. Come on, Hinata. Let's go. It's almost 10:30. You're dad's gonna kill me." Kiba ushered me to his car and we got in.
"Naruto's such an idiot." Kiba muttered to himself as he started up the car.
I turned on the heat since it was starting to get a little cold outside. I looked out the window and thought about how Naruto was about to kiss me. But…. what if it had all been in my imagination? Could I just be imagining this whole thing because I… liked Naruto? No! Of course not! But….
"So what do you think of Naruto?" Kiba broke my train of thoughts. I jumped a little. I had forgotten that I was in the car with him, I was so lost in my thoughts.
"He's really confident in himself. And he's funny, too. He told me about when you guys were little." I covered my mouth with my hand as I giggled. "You never told me you were fat, Kiba."
In the dim light of the car it looked like Kiba blushed. "Why didn't you tell me Kiba? I wouldn't have judged." I said trying to stop myself from laughing too hard.
"I can't believe he told you that. Well you know what? Naruto used to be…" Kiba paused trying to think of something about Naruto. "Aha! He used to be really, really annoying!"
That only made me laugh harder. Kiba just rolled his eyes.
When my laughter died down, we sat in silence for a moment then Kiba said "So, do you like Naruto? Like, like like?"
I blushed a dark red. "K-Kiba it's t-t-too soon t-to tell. How am I supposed to know if I like him like t-that?" I asked him.
Kiba grinned lazily at me. "So you do like him. Excellent."
"I never said anything, Kiba." I said defiantly. Who did he think he was, telling me who I liked? Even if I did like him a little… but that's beside the point!
"Whatever, Hinata. We'll just see who's dating who in a month." Kiba said knowingly.
I rolled my eyes. Guys are such idiots. Even I knew that and I'm pretty much a social outcast. Ok, I had friends but I wasn't exactly confident in myself.
"We're here." Kiba said, breaking into my thoughts once again. I looked out the windshield to see we were indeed at my house. It looked like Neji had beat us home from the movie, even though he had probably stopped to make out with Tenten on the way home. Everyone knew they were together, even though they tried to keep it a secret.
"Thanks for the ride, Kiba." I said as I got out of the car with my bookbag in tow.
"That's what best friends do, Hinata, duh!" he said. He laughed and then drove off. What a weird guy.
I went into my house and walked up the stairs to my room. The house was dark so everyone else must be in bed or getting ready for it.
As soon as I got into my room I stripped out of those ridiculous clothes. They were so tight! I could hardly breathe.
I put on some much more comfortable pajamas and sat on my bed. I pulled my sketchbook out of my bookbag. I opened it to a clean page and closed my eyes, picturing what it was I wanted to draw.
When I had the image firmly in my mind I started to draw. I drew with a pencil so I could get it just right. It had to be perfect.
When I was done it was almost two in the morning. I looked down at what I had drawn and smiled. It was a perfect replica.
It was a picture of Naruto. The spiky hair, the big, wide eyes, the wide smile… all of it was in my picture.
I sighed and shut my sketchbook and put it on the floor beside my bed. I leaned over and turned off the light, and then got settled in bed.
As I started to drift off to sleep, all I could think of were wonderful blue eyes. Then I thought of nothing at all.
So, there's the second chapter. I was originally going to call this story Out of My Shell, but when I was writing my summary I got a great epiphany that is now the title of my story.
Also I'd like to say that not only is Hinata an artist she is also a music junkie, so there will probably be quotes of songs that I do not own obviously.
Also, I'd like to ask you guys… does anyone ever think about some of the more personal things about these people. For instance, what do the girls do about their periods on missions? I'm curious to know. Do they where like a tampon and a pad or something like that? I don't really know what I'd do about it…
AND do the guys masturbate? I'd like to know. Like do they EVEN know what that is. I'm pretty sure Kakashi and Jiraiya know what that is but…. what about everyone else?
Well, just some food for thought there. Sorry if it's inappropriate. Just somw questions I had.
