Naruto wasn't sure how long he had been working on the statue for. All he knew, was that he had never felt so alive before. It was as if he was creating some kind of life, it wasn't just something to see perfection, but it was something that could perfect perfection. This was going to be his best work in his entire life, and he would be the only thing that could really appreciate this kind of work. Looking up at the statue, the young man was rather curious as to how far he had gotten with the statue…
Hinata… so far he had only gotten the shoulders done and part of her head… To be honest, he had hoped that he had gotten more done on her… Though, he didn't think that it had been very long… Shrugging, he reached out and gently cupped Hinata's face in his palm as he gave her a soft and caring smile. "Hinata, you shall be perfect when you're done. You shall be the perfect woman, someone that any man would die for…"
Closing his eyes for a brief moment, the young man moved away from the statue and made his way over to the bathroom so he could have a shower. He needed a good wash, not to mention he needed to unwind a bit. It just felt like this was something that made him feel so much better. Though, after the statue was done, what would he end up doing with it? Maybe place it in his room though… could he even lift something that heavy on his own? Inhaling deeply, the young man turned on the water before he started to strip down and walk into the shower.
There was something else that he was forgetting about. He was sure of it though he just wasn't sure what it was that he was forgetting. 'Hm, what the hell am I forgetting? There is just something that I am forgetting, though I just cannot be sure. Maybe I wrote it on my calendar…'
Shaking his head, the young man knew that he would have to get himself to relax about the whole thing. He had to be careful, after all, he had better things that he had to do, and that statue was one of them. There would be nothing that would stop him from getting that statue finished, not even what it was that was causing him to believe that he was forgetting something. Shrugging to himself, the young man started to wash his hair of all the dust that had been created from a few days' worth of chipping away at the block of ivory…
Yawning against the back of his hand, Naruto wondered how long it would take him to finish the statue, to be honest, he hoped that it would be soon. He wanted to see the perfection of his work of art soon, and just the waiting itself was driving him nuts. Pressing his hands against the walls of the shower, Naruto took a deep breath as he said "I hope that it will be finished soon, I don't want to wait anymore…" He chuckled softly to himself before he managed to wash all of the shampoo out of his hair and made his way to shut off the water and wrapped a towel around his waist.
Staring at his reflection, the young man noticed that his eyes had slight dark circles under it due to lack of sleep. He hadn't been able to sleep very well due to trying to plan the statue perfectly, he wanted to make sure that he had every curve planned out, he didn't want one thing out of place or nothing that would cause the statue to be flawed. Closing his eyes for a brief moment, the young man could picture it himself already, the statue being finished, him gazing upon Hinata's perfect form as it had finished and remained with him forever…
Opening his eyes once again, Naruto could swear that he could still picture the statue… Shaking his head, the young man started to walk away, hoping that he would be able to enjoy himself once again. The only thing that he really wanted to do though was to keep working on the statue, it just made him feel like he was compelled to complete the statue… How was it that no matter what, he just couldn't get the idea to finish it out of his mind? It just didn't make sense to him… Oh well, he could always just have a nap then go back to the statue, then after that he would try to think on what it was that he would have to do to make up for what it was that he had forgotten.
Maybe it was just the idea of finally being able to do what he had never thought was possible. To 'create' a perfect woman. Even though he knew that there was really no such thing as a perfect woman, it made him feel better that he himself, with his own two hands could create something like that. Letting out a soft sigh, the young man figured that a nap would maybe clear up his thoughts right now.
Making his way to his bedroom, he changed into a muscle shirt and some flannel pants hoping that it would give him some kind of comfort while he went to sleep. Though, sadly for him even in his own dreams, he was only seeing Hinata in all of her perfect glory… Her body full of curves that anyone would dream of having, long flowing hair that would blow in the smallest of breezes. Skin smooth as the finest silk… how was it that he could see all of this just from a dream, and yet believe it to be real at the same time? He had no idea, though he hoped that one day, that it could become a reality…
Naruto… I can be real… you just have to believe in her… said a voice in his dream, causing Naruto to stare in shock and confusion… what was this? Who was speaking to him in the first place? Just believe Naruto… believe in her and your wish shall be granted…
Groaning, Naruto heard someone banging on his door. Blinking slowly, the young man slowly pushed himself off of the couch before making his way toward the front door. Whatever it was, it had better be damn important for them to dare to wake him up. They were going to get a good yelling at if they dared to disturb him at this time in the morning. There was no way that anyone would dare to… oh wait, they would or else no one would even be knocking at his damn door!
Opening the door, the young man glared at two people who were knocking at his door. It was two people who he didn't think that he would ever see again. To be honest, after what he pulled last time he didn't think he would see them because of the stunt that they had pulled and of course him beating the shit outta him. "Sasuke… Sakura… what do you two want this early in the morning?" Naruto demanded of them. To be honest, he didn't know why they would be bothering him this early, right now he just wanted to go back to sleep and work on Hinata again in a few hours or so. What could be so important that they would bother to bother him at this time of day?
Sasuke didn't look to bad since he had beaten the shit out of him or was it just a simple punch? He didn't remember anymore. The only thing he knew was that he had been really mad when they set him up with that ugly woman. "Have you forgotten Naruto? You have the Festival of Aphrodite next week." Huh? What did they… oh right… That was something that he had forgotten, he was supposed to have started to set up for the festival a while ago but he hadn't even started getting it set up…
Inhaling softly, the young man rubbed his face as he tried to get himself to calm down. So they did have a good reason to wake him up even though he didn't want to have been woken up this early in the morning and of course this prevented him from working on Hinata longer… Rubbing his face, he looked over at the two as he said "give me a minute to get dressed. Meet me by the shrine." With that, Naruto walked into the house and went to go get himself dressed for the day.
Though sadly, Naruto didn't want any of this… he didn't want to be bothered but sadly, he also didn't like to let any of the love birds down either. So many people depended on this because it gave them all hope for their love lives. Sadly, it never did that for himself since so far he hadn't had a chance to get his own love life. Just thinking that he would never have the kind of love that Sasuke and Sakura would have, it almost made him jealous but… sadly he knew that he could never find the kind of love that they had. But, he could easily make a love like that…
Smirking to himself, Naruto knew that his friends would think him to be mad, but at the moment he didn't care. Breathing deeply, he changed into some shorts and a t-shirt. He was ready for the day and he was going to make his way over to the shrine to help Sasuke and Sakura set up the shrine.
"So Naruto, what do you plan to have this time?" asked Sakura.
"The same as usual… The offerings to Aphrodite, the prayer shrine to her some games here and there to show the strength of someone's love for the other. Then the paper fortunes of how much luck or love they would have for their lives." Naruto said with a slight shrug. It would be rather interesting just how much people had seemed to love the shrine after all these years. If they needed something new then he would add it. Maybe some food that would be rather romantic for everyone as well.
Nodding to himself, the young man started to get to work on the shrine. Of course, there was also a lot of cleaning since he had forgotten to do that for the last few days or so. It was difficult for him to clean everything but so long as everything was done before the festival then everything should work out in the end. Inhaling softly, the young man went to the shed and grabbed the broom and dustpan. He would have to get a lot of things done before he completed to set things up. At least, eh hoped that with Sasuke and Sakura helping him that they would get it done in time, at least he hoped that would be the case.
Breathing softly, Naruto started to sweep, his mind going into deep thought about the statue… About Hinata… He still had so much work to do but at the same time, he wasn't sure if he would even get it done in the first place. Should he still add in a dress or should he just keep her naked? Oh, maybe a nice one sleeved dress would work, he couldn't really be sure of it yet, though he still had some planning to do about the whole thing before the statue was done. There was no way that he was going to restart the entire statue…
Letting out a soft smile, the young man knew that it would be rather odd for him to be in love with a statue but… he couldn't help it. He just felt something and it just felt like this was the right thing to do. It was as if something was telling him to have the statue done by the festival… Closing his eyes, Naruto knew, that this had to be fate, destiny… whatever it was, he was just happy at this moment, he was happy to know that he was doing something that for once, just felt so right to him.
After a few hours, Naruto didn't really get much work finished, but at least the cleaning was done. The only thing they mostly got done was setting up the booth for the fortunes. That was pretty much it… but at least they had a good deal of stuff done. At the rate they were going, they would have everything done by the time of the festival. Smiling happily, the young man made his way to his studio before making his way over to the statue of the woman that he wanted to complete her… he wanted everything to be done and over with.
Breathing softly, he looked at Hinata, thinking it over as to what more he could add to the plans. Hm… yeah, maybe he will go for the one shouldered dress. Smiling happily to himself, he grabbed his chisel and started to get to work. He started to work on her face a little more, wanting to add her eyes, the curves of her cheeks, her lips… Everything, everything about her will and shall be perfect.
Her lips even looked perfect to him already, something that made him want to kiss her already and she wasn't even done yet. Giving a soft smile, he placed his head on her forehead as he whispered "oh Hinata… I wish you could be real. You're not even done yet and yet, I'm starting to hope and pray that you were a real woman." Closing his eyes for a moment, the young man went back to work.
Her shoulders were coming along as well, he added the small bump for the sleeve of her dress. Now all he had to do was think if it should be a flowing dress or just a short one… Oh so many choices that he wasn't sure if it would work yet. Shaking his head, the young man thought that maybe it would be best to just focus on what he was working on now. Right now, he just wanted to work around her shoulders and a bit below her chest. So long as that was done, then he would feel better, he may even have this statue completed by the festival.
Carefully, he started to work around the bust line. He didn't want her to be too small, but at the same time he also didn't want her to be too big either. Oh man, if his master was still around he would have loved this statue as well, though maybe not as much as himself that would be a bit of an understatement.
He had a good idea of how big to make them… He would start out with a bigger size and slowly, make them smaller until he found a size that would work for him. It would take a big longer to think about it but at the very least, it would work for him in the long run. Smiling to himself, he carefully started to get to work once again. The only thing that mattered to him, was to make sure that no one bothered him again. He also hoped that within this week that he would be able to get a full amount of sleep that was one thing that he wanted right now. Nothing bothered him more than when people would wake him up from his sleep.
Moving away for a moment, Naruto took a look at her chest… she was fairly big though at the same time she wasn't small either. Smiling happily, he stuck with that size for her and started to get to work around her torso. He hummed softly to himself, pouring his love and devotion into this statue. He almost swore that he could feel something coming from the statue of Hinata, though he just couldn't really be sure if that was really something he could feel, or if it was all in his thoughts.
Breathing deeply, Naruto looked up as he wondered… if Hinata was alive… if she could be a real person what she would think about him in the first place. It just didn't make sense to him but then again, nothing made senses. After all, he was someone that could not love or accept the flaws of people that would come around him. It was rather amazing that Sasuke and Sakura dealt with him all day long.
Maybe he'll pull an all-nighter so he could get this done a bit further. Letting out a soft sigh of content, Naruto made his way over to his desk as he started to look over at the pose… He wanted to make sure that nothing was out of place… Yes, she would have her arms that way… Making his way back to the statue, he noticed that he could still make it work for him. Getting back to work on the statue, he started to have Hinata's one arm holding onto the cloth that clung to her chest. He would have the other hand hanging down at her side.
Smiling all the more, Naruto never knew that it would already look this good already. To be honest, he never thought that Hinata would already look this good. She was already becoming so beautiful… Letting out a soft sigh, the young man stretched his arms above his head as he turned and looked over at the clock. It was getting a little late though it was morning already. Man, he must have been tired from working on Hinata this far into the night. Maybe some good coffee would work for him then he would get back to work for the festival then work on Hinata once again then bed. At least with the work that he had done on Hinata, she would be done by the festival.
Smiling to himself, the young man started to make his way upstairs and to his kitchen to make some coffee. Yeah, some nice strong coffee was calling his name and he would make sure that he got some of that wonderful morning goodness.
