A cold breeze whirled Hinata's hair making her shiver. She hugged the warm pillow even tighter until she noticed it was breathing! She opened her eyes and found Naruto's face only centimetres away form hers. He was sleeping calmly, breathing in and out. He had his arms around her waist and one leg between hers. I can't believe this is really happening! She had always dreamt of waking up next to him and now she was! She lifted one arm and wanted to touch his face, feel his warm skin. She was about to touch him when he murmured something like
"…love you".
She froze and felt her heart beating faster. Did he just say "I love you"? No, I must be dreaming! But then he pulled her even closer to his body, making her blush. She knew he was still deeply asleep, so she took the chance and moved slowly towards his face. She kissed him softly, her blood boiling. She pulled her lips away from his and saw he had a small smile on his lips. Carefully she lifted his arms and stood up and tried not to wake him up. She looked around. The sun was shinning and birds were chirping. Oh no! Is it so late? My father's going to kill me! She didn't want to leave Naruto, but she had no choice. She ran through the woods and five minutes later saw her house. She looked around to see if there was somebody guarding the main entrance. As she was sure no one could see her, she opened the door and without making a noise she ran to her room. She was half way there when she heard her cousin.
"Hinata, is that you?"
Shit! She couldn't hide now. And she was still wearing Naruto's jacket!
"There you are! Where were you last night? I thought we wanted to train together!"
Then he noticed the black/orange jacket, her red face and messed hair.
"I see…So, you had a good time?"
Hinata knew what he was thinking about.
"It's not what you think. We fell asleep while talking"
She could see he didn't believe her.
"Oh, while talking! Ok…If you say so!"
He gave her an evil smile.
"Neji, please don't tell my father. I beg you!" She was desperate.
Neji's smile became even bigger.
"Ok" Huh? Why is he so nice?
"But only if you help me"
She knew it had been to easy.
"Help you with what?"
"Well…you're not the only one who "talks!"
What? He has a girlfriend?
"I'll cover you , if you cover me!"
Hinata didn't have to think twice to answer. Leaving a smiling Neji, she walked to her room. Carefully she opened her room's door, went in and locked it. She didn't want her father to come in and see her like that. She unzipped the jacket and could smell the scent of Naruto's body. She closed her eyes and thought about the last night. Suddenly she heard someone knocking on her door.
"Hinata, we'll have breakfast in 20 minutes".
Thank god it's Neji! Hinata sighed. She threw all her wrinkled clothes in a pile and had a long shower. After drying her hair, she got dressed and ran downstairs to the dinning room. Everybody was there and Hiashi didn't look happy at all. I hope Neji didn't say anything! With an innocent smile she walked towards her father. He observed her as she sat in front of her cousin.
"Hinata!"
"Yes, father?" She tried not to sound to guilty.
"Where were you last night? You didn't have dinner with us".
He fixed his eyes on her. What am I supposed to say? She was starting to panic, but Neji had noticed it.
" We trained until late at night. We were hungry and had something to eat" Said Neji. Her father turned his head towards him, but Neji stayed calmed.
"Well, next time tell someone. It would be good to know where you are" Hiashi didn't sound to hard. Hinata gave Neji a thanking smile. Then they continued having breakfast. After this she went back to her room and lay down in her bed using Naruto's jacket as a pillow. I wonder if he's already awake? And with this thoughts she , again, fell asleep.
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Naruto followed the butterflies through the woods until he reached a waterfall. A figure was making the water move in all directions. My god, she's beautiful! Naruto couldn't help but staring at the curvy body of the girl. She turned around and he saw her lavender eyes. "Hinata", he whispered. She giggled and walked towards him. She touched his hands and pulled him to the water. With a soft voice she said "Do you love me, Naruto?". It was then that he her near him and said "I love you". She smiled and kissed him. He grinned but then he couldn't feel her body next to him. She was disappearing like a ghost, leaving the air cold and empty. Naruto called her name, but she was gone. He searched, but couldn't find her. Suddenly he woke up. Where am I ? Naruto looked around and remembered the last night. But Hinata was gone. He stood up and felt the cold breeze on his back. He was freezing. He had just a T-shirt on, Hinata had his jacket. He started walking direction Konoha, thinking about the wonderful night sleeping next to her. After a while he was perky (feeling happy) and started running and bouncing.
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He passed the main gates and went to his apartment, where he changed.
Someone was knocking at his door. He went and opened it to find an angry Sakura.
"Are you ill?". She said trying to stay calm.
"No"
"Have you been seriously injured?"
"…No…". Huh? What's wrong with her?
"So you are healthy and in one piece"
"Yes…?"
"Then why, in Hokage's name, didn't you come to training today?" She was screaming at him. He had forgotten about training.
"I…"
"You better have a good excuse!"
"Well, you see…last night I had a walk through the woods"
"And…?"
"I sat down looking at the stars…and fell asleep!"
"Do you actually want me to believe that?"
"I can prove it!"
"And how?"
Shit! He shouldn't had said that. He didn't want anyone to know about Hinata. She noticed him blush.
"Who was with you?"
His head turned dark red.
"Oh! I see, you were with a girl!".
She started laughing and before he could say something, she gave him a small punch in the shoulder and walked away.
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Naruto wasn't used to having so much free time, so after one hour of sitting in his kitchen, he decided to go for a walk. He went through Konoha, watching the people work. Then he stared at the Hokages' monument for a while, thinking how good his face would look up there!
He crawled back to his apartment and begged for a mission. He didn't mind sleeping on the ground for two weeks, at least he would have something to do!
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Hinata rang the bell and waited. She heard him unlocking the door and opened it just enough to see his head. His hair was a bit messy.
"Oh, hi Hinata!". He sounded nervous.
"Hello". She said staring at the floor.
"Are you coming now?". Called a female voice from the apartment.
"I'm kind of busy right now!". He blushed.
"Oh! I just wanted to thank you"
"For what?"
"For helping me with my father!"
"Oh, that! No problem. Sorry, but I have to go!". He kept looking inside.
She didn't want to disturb.
"Ok, then I'll see you at dinner". Neji nodded and with that she left.
Naruto stood up and realized it was three o'clock. Man, I'm hungry again! He walked through his apartment and then went and opened a window. In that moment he saw Hinata staring at him. He waved.
"Hi there! Want to come up?". Even from the 3rd floor he could see her blushing. Without a word she started walking towards the main entrance and after two minutes she knocked at his door. He opened it and couldn't help but have a big smile on his face.
"Hi". She said shy.
Oh, she's so cute when she does that! He grabbed her hand and led her to the living room. There he sat next to her still holding her hand. After a moment of silence, he asked her if she'd like something to drink. She nodded, so he stood up and disappeared behind a door
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Hinata took the chance to look a bit around while he was gone. His place was really nice! It was quite tidy for a guy. She had been to Kiba's place once and it was a mess! This apartment looked much better!
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Naruto came back with some juice. Hinata was about to drink hers, but Naruto started moving his hands nervously.
"Is there something wrong?".
"Well...why were you gone? I mean today".
She blushed.
"It was already late. My father was angry with me, because I wasn't there for dinner!"
"You're not in trouble, are you?". He was really worried. Hiashi could be an awful person.
"No, Neji covered me!". She smiled and Naruto was relieved.
"So…want to go for another walk?". He gave her his biggest smile. She nodded.
They walked next to each other, slowly getting closer until Naruto grabbed her hand. And so they walked hand in hand.