Hinata's POV

Morning.
Usually this would be a pleasant time, I'd get ready and go hang out or train with my Team mates. This morning, however, was different... Today, as I had promised to my Kunoichi friends, I was to confess to Naruto...And, lets just say, I had never felt more nervous in my entire life, not even during the Chunin exams when I had to face Neji. This was Indeed going to be a long day. But there was no point in moping about it...I had a life to get on with, and I needed to get this over with as soon as possible.
I put on my usual outfit, brushed my hair, washed up a bit, grabbed some toast and headed out the door. "I really don't think I'm ready for this, wh..what if he rejects me? I mean, he's so dense if he still hasn't noticed I like him even after all this time. Even worse, what if I totally pass out in front of him! Gah, what am I gonna do? And, and..." I ranted to myself, walking down the street in search of Naruto...

"HINATA!"

"Eh!" I snapped out of my trance, "Oh, Sakura-chan, I'm so sorry I wasn't paying attention!" I realized that, apparently, she'd been following me trying to get my attention for quite some time now.

"It's fine, don't worry." She smiled, "You know, you don't have to do this if you're not ready."

I wish it was that simple... "N-no! I..I promised in front of you, Ino, and Tenten that I'd confess today. and that is what I plan on doing. I...I need to do this! I'm tired of being so useless and shy...I can't just back down after what I said yesterday..." Wow. had I really just said that? I noticed Sakura had a rather shocked look on her face and. Well, I was pretty shocked too... "So...Anyway, Sakura, Do you know where Naruto-kun is?" I decided to ask, I really didn't wanna waste time, the longer I held it off, the harder it would be to confess. And I knew it was already gonna be hard...

"I think I saw him headed toward the training field a little bit ago, try checking there." She pointed in the general direction of the field.

"Ah, Th-thank you Sakura-chan. I'll be going on my way now." I walked away, headed to the training field. I guess I should consider it lucky that I didn't run into Tenten on my way, I really don't think I could have handled her teasing right then. As I walked, the training field came into view, I could see the three stumps, I remember Naruto saying how he was tied up there back when he was training with Kakashi. And a whole bunch of stuff on how unfair Kakashi's training was, Naruto had grown up so much since then. "N-Naruto-kun?" I looked around, wondering where he could be. Was he really here? Maybe he went somewhere else. An how am I gonna find him if he's hiding? Wait. Duh. I have Byakugan, how stupid can I get. "Byakugan!" I activated my eye Jutsu, then scanned the area, looking for his Chakra signature, aha, there he was...and now the real fun begins. I deactivated my Byakugan, and approached him. getting increasingly nervous. "N-naruto...kun."

"Oh, Hi there Hinata, Watcha doing? here to train?" He jumped down from the tree he was in, we were now standing face to face.

I was getting light headed, but determined not to pass out, I decided to just say it. This, was far easier said then done... "I, uh, I-I came here...to see you...and, I-..I ha-have so-something i-i-import...ant t-to s-s-say to you." I stuttered pathetically.

"Just to see me? What is it that's so important?" he looked very curiously at me, I almost passed out. But hung in there by sheer willpower.

"I ..uh...you see. um...I promised...I'd say this...so.. Uh yeah. I...uh...um...err...I...uh...I...L...li...-"

"C'mon, spit it out already. What is it?" He interruppted, seeming to think I had some kind of huge surprise for him or something by the odd expression on his face.

This was it. I had to say it now. Or I'd never get the chance. I inhaled, thought happy things, opened me mouth and. "N-Naruto-kun! I..I love you!" I blurted out. Now for perhaps the worst part. Will he A, accept me, B, reject me, or C, just be an idiot and not even realize I just confessed? I waited, fearing that the answer would be B: rejected.
It was worse then that tho...

"Eh? C'mon don't joke around, you can't be serious. Beside...you know...I like Sakura." he said, apparently really thinking I was joking, "Sooo...is that all you had to say?"

"...Y..yeah..of course it was just...a...a joke...Oh...I-I'm sorry, I guess I forgot what I was gonna say." I looked up, faking a smile. then ran off.

Wow...not only did he think I was joking, he pretty much flat out said he likes Sakura and not me... This day...could not get worse. I had no idea where I was running, but I just wanted to get away, certainly no way I was going back to Konoha like this, I had broken out in tears soon after leaving Naruto, Last thing I wanted was to be teased by Tenten. So I ran away, down a path that lead to the forest...

Deidara's POV.
Sigh, another day of this crappy mission. And, to add to the fun, I had slept in. It was already 11am, and I was just headed out of my little run down house, toward Konoha. This was probably a sign that today would be a bad day...I was just about to exit the forest, it was really quite a nice day again though, no harm in enjoying the scenery for a few moments, It's not like Leader is gonna know. So I stood there for awhile, staring up at the canopy.
Bam. I was knocked over by something running into me.
I took a moment to get up and get my bearings, then I realized. 'Wait just a second, this is on of those Kunoichi, uhh.. Hinata! what the hell is she doing here?' I wondered about this for a moment. Realizing I really shouldn't make direct contact with a Konoha ninja, I got up to turn away when...wait ...what the hell? She's crying. But why? I looked, dumbfounded as to why I had to be placed in such an awkward situation. And so the inner fight began between my curiosity about why a shy antisocial girl like this one would be running into the forest crying, verses my common sense telling me that it's not my mission and I shouldn't care.
This is when I realized that she'd been apologizing profusely, even bowing to me. "Ok, girl, what's with you, I was enjoying the peace and you just come outta nowhere and knock me over, un? And crying to? The hell gives, un?" Crap, I said something to her. Way to go. This just isn't my day.

Hinata's POV Oh dear god, this day COULD get worse, now I had run into a stranger who, wait, this is the guy who was staring at me the other day at the Dango shop! But that's irrelevant, I just knocked him down, and he looked like he was rather mad at me...and...ah! he asked me something didn't he. It would be rude not to answer. "I...I was uh...going for a walk?" Fail. Now he's gonna think I take him for a moron. No one could possible be stupid enough to buy that.

"Yeah, sure you were, un" Ge gave a sarcastic glance, "Try again. I'm not stupid, un."

I guess I had to just answer, I mean, he's an outsider, he's not gonna know what I'm talking about anyway right? "I...it...its Naru-...his...fault...dense...jerk...rejection...Tenten...Promise...t-th-THAT IDIOT IS SO DENSE!" I stopped when I realized I'd just shouted. And the blond man was just staring, looking somewhat amused at my failure. I wanted to just crawl in a hole right then and be forgotten...

"Ok, so from that gibberish you spouted, I deduce that you were rejected by a dense blockhead. That, however, does not explain why you're running away so far from your village, un. Cause you kinda ruined the peaceful moment I was trying to enjoy, un" He looked a bit annoyed, but the tone in his voice begged to differ, he sounded like he was quite enjoying interrogating me.

"Oh, I...I made a promise...that I'd...tell...Na...ruto...and...I-I don't want to be teased...by my friend..." I stuttered. "Besides...N-Naruto didn't even notice I was confessing...he ...he took it as a joke..." I swear he looked even more amused after I'd said Naruto. What was with this man? Wasn't it annoying to hear my ranting on being rejected?

Deidara's POV

I was...Highly amused, to say the least, this girl has apparently come form being rejected by that Kyuubi kid, who was apparently so dense he didn't even realize he'd been confessed to, haha, I always knew he didn't have much of a brain, now I can add super denseness to his shortcomings. Maybe next time I fight him I can tell him Sakura loves him and he'll freak out. Or better yet, tell him that Sakura will marry him if he lets us catch him...I started laughing aloud at the thought of this. Which, apparently, freaked out Hinata, as she was staring worriedly at me, which in turn, made me laugh harder.

"A-Are you ok?"

"Yeah, yeah, I just imagined something funny. No need to overreact, un" This kid, was funny, she seemed to think the world was ending 'cause I laughed? Seriously, the hell? But I was enjoying this, I mean, really, I was on a mission, I should be killing myself for talking to her, but, this was just to fun.
And somehow...I'd ended up following her back into town.

"S-so mister, What's your name?" She looked at me nervously.

"De-" Wait a sec! The hell am I thinking! I can't tell her my name. I mentally kicked myself so hard right then.. I'd already said part of it. Now I had to scramble to think of something.

"De?"

"D-Dei?"
Smooth, real smooth, just tell her half my name. I guess it's not totally impossible as far as names go, but seriously. If she tells Sakura she met a blond man named 'Dei' she's totally gonna be after me in a matter of minutes.

"D-Dei-kun then?"

"Eh?" Wow, this was...awkward, hardly anyone ever put any honorifics on my name. I was quite unused to it. And -kun of all things? Does she think we're friends or something?

"Oh, I-I'm so sorry! D-Dei-san maybe?" She stuttered, acting as tho I was going to hit her or something.

"Whatever, It's not like we're gonna meet again, un" At least, not in person we won't. I added mentally. I could now see the Konoha gates tho, and as much as I was enjoying having a normal conversation with someone (What, do you know how hard it is to have a NORMAL convo with the other phsyco's in the Akatsuki?) It was time to go back to being a spy, and this meant separating from Hinata and checking out what the other Kunoichi were doing. I was starting to head off to the nearest ally way, only to be stopped by Hinata, who had suddenly grabbed my arm. Ok.. The hell?

"Um...D-dei-san, I'm really sorry about earlier, I feel like I owe you something, can't you at least let me buy you lunch or something? Maybe tomorrow?"

I stood in shock for a moment. Ok...if I didn't know better I'd say I was just invited to a date or something...What. The. Hell? I was about to decline too, but...I had been living off instant ramen and bread for the past few days, if I could get a proper meal out of this, and free, why not?
"Hmm, Depends, where are you gonna take me, un? and it better not be related to ramen, I've had enough of that lately...un"

"Oh..um...th-theres a small restaurant that sells a variaty of dishes, it has ramen but...there are also other kinds of food...m-maybe there?" She held her hands near her face, nervously.

Was she ever not nervous? But whatever, I just got offered a free meal, I'm taking it. "Hmm...I guess that's ok, if you insist. What time should we meet and where, un?" I was really starting to wonder if my sanity had been lost by spending to much time with Tobi. I was seriously agreeing to meet one of my targets, sure she's interesting and its kinda nice hanging around normal people, but, I was on a mission, and this was hardly the time to be assossiating with the enemy.

"Um, well, M-maybe meet around 11? I...I should be ...free then. or...is that inconvenient? And, Meet at the main Konoha gate."

"It's fine, un, long as I get free lu-er I mean, whatever time works for you" She laughed at me when I said this, I guess I slipped up, oh well, she didn't seem to care even knowing my greedy reasons for coming. I was still getting free, non-ramen food and that's all that mattered at that point.

"O-ok, I have to go now...I have to tell my friends what happened..." She ran off after bowing to me.

What. Have. I. Just. Done. I wondered if maybe I was coming down with a mental illness at this point. deciding that thinking is just gonna make it worse, I left to go find the other Kunoichi to spy on.

Hinata's POV

What on earth had I just done, I practically asked out a total stranger! Was this some kind of whacked out way my inner mind came up with to get over Naruto? Ah, but I have no time to think about that even. I still had to go explain all of my horrible day, to my three friends...this was not gonna be fun.
That said, I had to find them first, Sakura is easy enough, she'd be in the hospital healing patients, so I decided to go there first.
Sure enough, she was there, I sat in the waiting room for a few minutes till she was able to come out.

"What's up Hinata? Did your confession go well?" She had sat down next time me, she had a concerned look on her face, which grew more so when I slumped my head down at her question. "Ah, I'm sorry, I take it that's a no?" she reached her hand around my back and gave me a little hug. "I'm sure it will be ok, there are other guys out there, you know?"

"Y-yeah...I know, but. He didn't even reject me right...he...he took it as a joke.." I fought hard to hold back my tears, and was surprised when I actually managed to succeed.

"That jerk, I'll give him a good pounding and-" I interrupted her.

"N-no, it's...it's ok. I guess... I'm just not his type... hurting him won't make any difference. I don't even think he realized he hurt me. I don't wanna cause him trouble." I sat up, leaning onto Sakura a bit, It was no mistake coming to her first, she knew how rejection felt...and when she wasn't mad and trying to kill someone, she was a really wonderful caring friend. Now I had to go find Ino and tell her. So After thanking Sakura for taking time from work to talk to me, I headed towards the Yamanaka flower shop. And to my slight dismay, both Ino and Tenten were there...

"Oh hey Hinata!" Tenten shouted energetically, "How'd it go? I bet you chickened out, but that's ok to!" She had no idea.

I dropped my head down, suddenly finding the floor very interesting, as I tried to think of how to explain my utter rejection in terms that woudn't get me teased.

"C'mon tell us wha-OWW" I heard a slight thud, and looked up to see Ino with her fists clenched, and Tenten rubbing a lump on her head. Once again, Thank god for Ino.

"Hinata, don't worry about her, just take your time. We all know that Tenten can be quite nosy."

"Ah, i-its ok...I, I didn't chicken out tho!" I said in self defense, "...but...he...tha...That Dense knucklehead took it as a joke!" I blurted out, shocking both myself and my friends at the level of anger behind those words. I had actually said something about Naruto in anger, wow, that was definitely new. And now my friends seemed to be taking in the fact that I'd actually confessed. I guess neither of them beleived me after all huh? I guess I can count this as a milestone of sorts, I had done alot of Un-Hinata-like things today. Things I could have only dreamed of yesterday. Maybe it was time I changed my attitude a bit, and tried to be more open and outgoing?

"H..Hinata, I'm so sorry!" Tenten suddenly shouted, "I, I had no idea it would end this way, really, I'm sorry." She bowed her head to me in apology.

Something I wasn't gonna stand by and allow.
"No, It's ok. Actually...th-thank you, thanks to you making me make that promise...I was able to go out and do something daring for once, I'd have never been able to confess otherwise, and...even if I had later I...I'd Probably have gotten the same response." I said that, then turned around and headed home, leaving my two now in shock friends staring at each other like the world was ending. I had to plan for the date I'd set tomorrow. "Wait. N-no! it. it's not a date! Just a little lunch I owe Dei-san for knocking him over then ranting to him!" I said to myself while running home. Thus ending my long day.