This is another one-shot I came up with. It's naruhina, and funny as heck! Enjoy, and to WinterVines… that's so weird! I've only met, like, two people with the same spelling of my name! Isn't that cool?! And Naruto is an awesome anime. You should really start watching the anime or reading the manga. And there are a bunch of great stories of Naruto here on fanfiction. Believe me!

Anyways, Naruto and the others are like 18, Hinata is still only 17, Neji, Tenten, and Lee are 19 and yada yada.

Naruto: Hinata is so awesome.

Hinata: -tosses hair- I know! I'm just so hot!

KisaLycorsis-san: -sweatdrops- What self-confidence problem? There's a lot of confidence there.

Hinata: You know it! KisaLycorsis-san does not own Naruto…I do.

Naruto: Nani?!

This was no ordinary day in Konoha. It was a sad day for most villagers, but one shinobi was celebrating….kinda.

"Naruto….what are you doing?" Kiba asked as he peered into the log at his blonde friend.

Said blonde sighed. "Well, I was chasing a cat, and it ran in here. It must've gotten mad that I was poking it so much, but it was really fat, and I didn't think it could run so fast. Then I started thinking about my birthday and feeling so sad and all and--"

Akamaru lifted a paw and, using a nail, split the log in half and picked up a shocked Naruto by his shirt collar and set him up on his feet. "Eh….arigato, Akamaru." Naruto thanked him with a melancholy grin.

Kiba shook his head. "Dude, you really need to cheer up. And I got the perfect thing. I got you the ultimately best gift ever!"

A wary look came into his eyes as Naruto asked, "What kind of gift? Does it involve ramen?!"

Kiba nodded, then whipped a card from his pocket and held it out to him. Naruto took it and stared at it. "'Coupon For Free Ramen.'" he read aloud. "'Just give this card to Hyuga Hinata and she will cook for you all the ramen that you can eat! Expires October 10th at midnight. Enjoy!' Are you serious?!" he shouted.

"Yup. Think of it as a chance to eat Hinata's wonderful ramen!" Kiba grinned at the blonde's excitement. "I've had it before. I swear it's better than Ichiraku's."

A glazed look came over Naruto's eyes. "Best….ramen…."

Kiba instantly regretted his gift when he saw this, but before he could speak, the blonde had taken off. He slapped his forehead. "I've created a monster. Gomen, Hinata."

"Achoo!" Hinata sneezed violently, then sniffled, rubbing her nose. "That's strange. I was fine just a second ago--"

"HINATA!" An orange tornado knocked into her from behind, sending her tumbling to the ground. She gasped in pain as she hit the hard earth and groaned. "N-n-naruto-kun?!" she asked rhetorically. Who else would do such a thing?!

"Gomen, Hinata!" He apologized sheepishly, then got up off of her. She got to her feet gracefully and said, "Th-that's okay, Naruto-kun. Did you want something?" while dusting off her front.

"Eh…" His eyes were on her hands, tracking the movement, and she paused to stare at him in confusion. "Ano…Naruto-kun?"

"Wha--" He snapped out of his reverie and flushed. "Gomen, I was just thinking about…something. But hey! Kiba gave me this!" He smiled and pulled out the card.

She took it curiously, then blanched. "Free…ramen..?" Her eye twitched.

"C'mon, Hinata-chan! Will you cook it for me, please?!" He gave her the classic puppy-dog look, and her will crumbled. "A-alright, Naruto-kun. T-tonight?"

He grinned triumphantly. "Yeah! Where do you wanna do it?"

"Ano… your apartment. If my father discovered us…" She left the rest to his imagination.

The image of Hiashi eating ramen before him as he sat bound to a chair scared him so that he visibly paled. "Alright. Do you need to get the stuff?"

"You don't have any?"

"Well, I've never done this before. This'll be my first time."

"Okay, I'll get the stuff and be at your a-apartment by seven."

"How many times have you done it?" Naruto asked.

She thought for a second. "Well, I've done it twice with Kiba, once with Shino, though he didn't seem to like it much, and once with Sakura, Ino, Tenten, and Temari. It's really fun!"

"You won't regret this, Hinata! And don't worry, I'll help you! You won't have to do all the work!" He beamed. "Well, I have to go. See you at seven, Hinata!"

Lee was walking to the training grounds to meet with Gai-sensei for their hourly training session on the importance of youth when he heard Naruto's voice scream Hinata's name. Curious, he ran in the direction of the sound, slightly concerned for his teammate's cousin. When they came into view, they were talking.

"A-alright, Naruto-kun. T-tonight?" Hinata's words intrigued him, so he listened in, though he knew eavesdropping was wrong.

"Yeah! Where do you wanna do it?"

"Ano…your apartment. If my father discovered us…" Lee's eyes widened.

"Alright. Do you need to get the stuff?"

"You don't have any?"

"Well, I've never done this before. This will be my first time."

"Okay, I'll get the stuff and be at your a-apartment by seven."

"How many times have you done it?"

"Well, I've done it twice with Kiba, once with Shino, though he didn't seem to like it too much, and once with Sakura, Ino, Tenten, and Temari. It's really fun!"

"You won't regret this, Hinata! And don't worry, I'll help you! You won't have to do all the work! Well, I have to go. See you at seven, Hinata!"

Lee hurriedly jumped aside as Naruto happily ran past him, oblivious to his presence. When the blonde had faded into the forest, Lee poked his head from behind the tree he'd hidden behind. Hinata was still standing there, staring off in the direction Naruto had run, though she didn't notice him, either. As he watched, she buried her face in her hands.

"Okay, okay, calm down, Hinata. This'll be fine. Just get it over with. Oh, I'm not ready for this!" She flopped backwards onto the grass and sighed. "What if I do it wrong and he doesn't like it?! What should I do?!"

Lee had heard enough. As he ran back into the village, he tried to digest what he'd heard. Naruto had somehow talked Hinata into doing something….sexual? So, in a sense, he was planning on taking her against her will! He must protect Hinata, as a friend of her cousin and a nice guy! Yosh!

Hinata stared at Naruto's door with an insane sense of surrealism. She'd been into his old apartment once to rouse him for a mission, but not the one he'd received for his seventeenth birthday. It was bigger, and hopefully cleaner. (She'd never forget when she'd opened his door when they were sixteen and a raccoon had tried to bite her leg….)

She bit her lip and shifted the bags in her hands so that she could knock on the door. Just before her knuckles met the wood, it swung open. "Hey!" Naruto said warmly, with a big grin.

She flushed. "Uh, were you, uh, waiting for me?" It was exactly seven o'clock.

His cheeks flushed, too. "Uh…no. I just, uh, I have a peephole, and I had nothing better to do, so, uh, I was, uh….waiting for you." he finished lamely.

Hinata smiled at the confession, and some of the nervous tension dissipated. "Well, you ready?"

Naruto's eyes lit up. "I've been waiting my whole life!" He yelled, and she giggled at his exaggeration. He held the door open wide, and watched as she walked past him, shivering when her arm made contact with his chest. This new-found attraction was getting old… He couldn't even see her without wanting to love her. Kami must truly hate him to give him such feelings for someone who could never love him.

As she walked past him, her heart thumped a wild tattoo against her breast as her arm only slightly rubbed against his chest. Being in such close proximity with him for the night would be pure torture. Kami must truly hate her to give her such feelings for someone who could never love her.

She was pleased to see that he'd kept this apartment cleaner than the other. "This is nice…" She commented as she stared around at her new surroundings. It suited him. Simple…and yet breathtaking.

He grinned at the compliment and steered her towards the kitchen. It was bedecked with ramen. Seriously. Ramen tile, ramen cabinets, ramen counters, a table and four chairs, each with bowls of ramen painted on them. She sweatdropped. "Er, nice, er…decor."

"Thanks! Baa-chan hooked me up! For free!" He grinned, and she made a mental note to hug Tsunade-sama when next she saw her. If it made Naruto happy, then she'd deal with ramen-topped kitchen appliances, too. Of course, she still sweatdropped when she saw his ramen-topped toaster.

She set the bags down onto his table. "I got a bunch of stuff to make ramen with. Could you help me?"

"Sure." He started forward--and slipped on some unseen object. "Gyaah!" He threw his arms out to balance himself, and knocked into her--for the second time in one day--and sent her toppling to the ground.

This time, she'd been facing him, and so landed on her back. Her head came up to avoid contact with the hard tile, and Naruto's came down and--

"G-g-g-gomen, Hinata!" He sputtered as he stood, a deep blush on his face. She touched her tingling lips and flushed as she thought of his lips on hers….Kami….

"I d-d-didn't mean to--I mean--you know I don't--er, what I meant is--" He babbled on for several minutes before she interrupted with, "Naruto-kun, it's fine, really. It was a m-mistake, and it's okay."

His look was both relieved and oddly disappointed. "Right. Well, uh, so, the stuff--let me help you up--" He reached for her outstretched hand when a boom sounded outside his apartment.

"What the--?!" he began, but another boom sounded, this one at his door. Seconds later, about ten people ran into his kitchen. "There he is! Grab 'im!" Neji, at the front, shouted, and two ANBU ran forward and grabbed Naruto by the arms.

"N-nii-san, what--" Hinata stammered thickly in shock, and, before she knew it, she too was being grabbed by ANBU and dragged from the apartment.

The next few hours were a blur. She was carried, protesting, to a strange gray room and locked inside. She'd sat down on one of the chairs drawn up to the white table and worried for Naruto's safety, and fumed. What the hell was Neji's problem?! Why had he stormed in like that?!

Finally, she heard a key scrape in the lock before it opened, admitting Neji, Lee, and, Tenten, Gai-sensei, Tsunade, and a chained Naruto. Her eyes widened and she jumped up. "What's going on? Why's Naruto-kun chained up? Why did you guys bring us here?! What happened?!" The words all came out in a rush.

Tsunade held up a hand, and she immediately quieted. The Hokage leveled a glare at her that would have frozen fire. "Hinata, just what were you doing in Naruto's apartment so late at night?"

Hinata's eyebrow raised at this as she said, dryly, "It was only seven. And I was there--well, his birthday present--"

"His birthday present?! What kind of present was that?! So giving yourself to him was your idea of a birthday present?!" Neji yelled.

"What are you--" she began, but was cut off by Tenten, who ran towards her with a murderous expression on her face. "Are you okay Did he hurt you Did we get there in time You weren't undressed yet so I guess we did Did he touch you anywhere inappropriate Where does it hurt?"

Hinata blinked at the odd jumble of words pouring from Tenten's mouth as she searched her as if scanning for wounds. "Tenten, I'm fine. But what are you guys talking about? Kiba gave Naruto a coupon for his birthday--"

"A coupon?! A coupon for what?! What would he need a coupon for?!" Neji yelled, interrupting her once again.

"For ramen!!" Hinata screamed.

The room turned deathly silent. Everyone was staring at her as if she'd sprouted horns and a tail. She looked from one shocked face to the other and, not for the first time, wondered what the hell was going on.

Finally, Lee said, "R-ramen? Then what were you talking about earlier in the clearing--"

"In the clearing?" She swelled with anger. "You were eavesdropping on Naruto-kun and I?!"

"And it's a good thing he did! Otherwise we would have never known of your liaison with Naruto!" Tenten said defiantly.

Hinata hit herself in the forehead. "Listen, guys, Kiba gave Naruto a coupon for his birthday--Here--" She dug into her pocket and pulled out the card, handing it to Tsunade. "It's a coupon for free ramen. Naruto found me in the clearing and asked me to cook it for him. I agreed to meet him at his apartment at seven, and--"

"But when Naruto left, you started talking to yourself!" Lee rushed to explain. "You said you weren't 'ready' for this and that you didn't want to 'do it' wrong!"

She sighed. "Yes, I did say that. I didn't want to disappoint Naruto-kun by doing everything wrong, because I wanted to impress him."

Naruto, who'd been tugging on his chains, froze in the act and looked up at her. "Why did you want to impress me, Hinata-chan?" he asked confusedly.

"Because…." She took a deep breath. "Because I like you a lot, Naruto-kun, and I didn't want to look stupid in front of you."

He smiled gently. "Hinata-chan, you could never look stupid in front of me. And if you did, you'd look stupidly cute."

Against her will, Tenten sighed romantically. Hinata threw her a rueful glare, then smiled back at Naruto. "Can we go now? I have a feeling that Naruto-kun and I have a lot to talk about."

Tsunade glanced up from the card and sighed. "Well, this looks legitimate….so I guess so. Just….if you're going to talk 'privately', then please do it far, far away, away from….eavesdroppers." Her glance became a glare as it landed on Lee.

He gulped, then turned to Gai-sensei. "Gai-sensei, my power of youth has gotten me in trouble again…"

A wave of tears began to pour from both of their faces as Gai-sensei said, "Alas, that is the fate of those with superior powers of youth! But it is a burden that we proudly bare, Lee….never lose your power of youth!!"

"Gai-sensei!" Lee sniffled.

"Lee!" They embraced.

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!!"

"Lllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!"

The others edged out of the room nervously, careful not to touch the two sobbing shinobi, then locked them inside. Tsunade released Naruto from the chains and led Tenten and Neji away, both looking slightly ashamed of themselves.

Naruto turned to Hinata an smiled. "So, you wanna go back to my apartment and--" He checked his watch and groaned. "It's almost midnight! The coupon expires at midnight!"

Hinata grasped his hand in hers and smiled. "That's okay. I'll still cook you ramen, Naruto-kun. Let's go."

They began to walk away, hand in hand, and had already gone several steps when they stopped and looked at each other, each voicing the question the other had been thinking:

"Where are we?"

Phew! That was….long. To me, at least. Does it sound a little rushed? Well, I hope you guys like it. This will be a series of one-shots. I already have another idea for a one-shot, but if anyone has any other ideas, I will take them and run! Well, I will give you credit………