Hi there again. Sorry for being a butt crack and not writing for a while. I'll try to get the next one up quicker. Life's just retarded. Though the next ones might not be so great cuz I got to do this peace prize poster thing. If I win in my school it gets entered in the world wide division. First prize is 2,500 dollars!!

Disclaimer- If I owned Naruto, trust me, Hinata and him would have been 'accidentally' shoved at each other under a misol toe a long time ago.

"Hinata? Hinata!?" Naruto said, as he saw this very girl. 'What was she doing in the bushes? W-was she watching me?!'

As the thought entered his mind, his cheeks turned a red that could give a tomato a run for its money. Realizing this, he couldn't help but think,

'What? Me blushing?! Just because I thought about a girl? I must be getting sick.' (A/N- sweat drop I feel bad for those people, who's jobs are to fight for equal rights. Got nothing against it, but Naruto just smeared every blonde's name in the mud. Poor innocent people.)

"N-Naruto-Kun?" Naruto looked down in surprise.

"Hinata-Chan? You're finally awake! Good. You okay? Hinata-Chan? HINATA-CHAN!" He yelled, pulling her out of her temporarily stunned state.

'Hinata-Chan? Chan? Could that mean-'

"Oh, s-sorry about that Naruto-Kun. I'm fine, r-really."

"Oh, good. You scared me there for a moment. Speaking of that, why were you I the bushes?" He asked, relief and curiosity in his voice.

Hinata's POV

'Oh, no! Now he probably thinks I'm a stalker! Why was I coming here again? Oh yeah, that's right!'

"O-oh. I was just coming t-to congratulate you. On becoming a Chunin." She replied, managing a small smile.

A huge grin stretched across his face. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but-something about his one girl made him go warm and fuzzy and frizzy all over! His troubles forgotten, he replied,

"Really? Aww thanks, Hinata-Chan. That's really nice of you! Not that your ever mean!" After he said the last part, his eyes squinted shut and he shot her one of his most gorgeous smiles. This smile, friends, could have been her defeat. She almost lost control, right there. She wanted to shout to the heavens and beyond, "I LOVE HIM!"

She was caught off guard when he put his hands on her shoulders and shook her lightly.

"Hinata-Chan? You okay? You're kinda spaced out!"

"What? Oh! Sorry Naruto-Kun."

Um, Hinata-Chan? I have one more question…", he said.

"Shoot."

"Well ya see… I know why you were here- but that doesn't explain why you fainted." He was curious about this. Not because Hinata fainting was unusual, it always happened when he was around. But only when he touched her. What could he have done from 5 feet away?

"W-well…um, you- you see, um…I heard you say my n-name, and i-it surprised me."

'Crap! She heard me! Oh well, at least if she doesn't ask that question-'

"W-why did you s-say my name, Naruto-Kun?"

'OH COME ON! She just had to ask that question, huh? Some one up there really hates me…' He thought, glancing up at the sky.

"Oh, I just- you see- there was- um…, um…., uhhh," Hinata watched as Naruto poked his fingers together turned red, and then scratched the back of his head. He reminded her of someone but she couldn't quite place who….

Now what was he supposed to do?

Yeah, I know I kept you waiting, (If any of you waited, I doubted it) but here it is. It's not my best, but next one'll be better. Life's not that good this week. I swear on my sketch book and writing binder, the next one will be up faster. '