CHAPTER 4 – Festival…

The sun was almost disappeared from the sky. Hinata was in her room, busy dressing up. She had taken a bath, which took her an hour, longer than she used to. Her father could only shake his head, wondering why Hinata took so long preparing herself only to come to a firework festival.

Hinata sat on her bed, she combed her long hair. Slowly, her hands ran the comb through her hair. Then, she arranged her hair into a chignon. She left a few of her hair undid. She wore a blue kimono with cherry blossom motif.

Hinata was going to go to Konoha firework festival. The festival is always hold every year to celebrate New Year. The streets were already full of people. Children were running happily, they just couldn't wait to eat some candies, play games, and of course, the firework! Smile rose on the faces of many parents.

Meanwhile, Hinata was ready to go.

"Hair, good. Kimono, good. I think I'm ready."

She walked towards the door, towards a war………

Naruto, Kiba, Shikamaru, Lee, and Sasuke were already at the festival.

Naruto: "Alright! Let's have some fun!"

Kiba: "Oi, easy."

Sasuke: "Noisy."

Naruto: "Hey, it's a festival! Have some fun would'ya."

Lee:"I wonder where Sakura is…" (looking around)

Shikamaru: "I should've stayed home."

Hinata rose her head, trying to look for Naruto among the crowd.

"Where could Naruto be?"

Suddenly, she bumped into someone. She looked up. It was Sasuke.

Hinata: "Oh, I'm sorry, Sasuke-kun."

Sasuke:"Mmm."

Hinata: "Mm, why are you alone, Sasuke-kun? Where is N-n, where are the others?"

Sasuke: "Don't know."

Hinata: "Oh, okay. Mmm, would you go with me? To find the others?"

Sasuke: "Yeah, whatever."

Not long after that they managed to find Naruto and the others.

Naruto: "Oi, Hinata, Sasuke!"

Hinata: "N-Naruto-kun."

Naruto: "Hey, ready to watch the firework?"

Hinata: "Uun."

Naruto: "Nice kimono. You look cute." (grinning)

Hinata: (blushed) "Uh, uh, t-t-thank you, N-Naruto-kun."

Oh, he said I'm cute!

Naruto: "Are you okay?"

Hinata: "Yes, I'm fine."

Naruto: "Let's find a good spot."

Hinata: "Okay."

They were just started to walk whe a voice called out.

"Hey! Wait for me!"

Sakura came. She was wrapped in a red kimono. She tight her hair on the nape of her neck with a bodkin. Her slender lip filled with reddish hue, very attracting. She was beautiful. Really really beautiful. Naruto's mouth was wide opened (he didn't realize tough). Lee, who was dancing by himself before, stopped in the middle of his moves. One of his feet rose in the middle of air. He became still as a statue. Even Sasuke, Sasuke, was mesmerized.

Sasuke realized that he had been looking at Sakura, quickly shook his head, and walked away. He covered his face, which was blushing.

Sakura:"W-Wait, Sasuke! Wait for me!"

Naruto: "Just leave him and come with me."

Sakura: "No way! I've dressed up like this for Sasuke…"

Naruto: "What?! So you still have a crush on him?!"

Sakura: "LOVE. Nota a crush."

Naruto: "Why don't you forget about him and date me instead?"

Sakura: "You must be joking. Absolutely NO."

She walked away, looking for Sasuke. Naruto pouted. He muttered to himself.

Hinata just realized what happened. Naruto still likes Sakura.

I thought he didn't like her anymore. I thought he had left that feeling back at the days we were at the academy. Naruto…

Tears rolling down from her face. Shikamaru notice that Hinata was crying.

Shikamaru: "Why are you crying?"

Hinata: "Eh? Mmm, no, it's nothing."

Naruto: "Eh, Hinata's crying? Are you okay Hinata? What's wrong?" (looked at Hinata)

Hinata looked away. She couldn't bear to see Naruto's face. It made her cried even harder. She ran as fast as she could.

Naruto: "H-Hinata! Where are you going?"

She ran through the ocean of people. She just wanted to run away. Hoping that her sadness would fade away as she ran.

BOOM!

The sky was filled with fireworks. There were a lot of "Ooohh" and "Aaaah" from the crowd. Everyone was happy, except...

Note: I'm sorry for the long gap between this chapter and the previous chapter. I'm so busy studying for the exam.

Please tell me if my grammar or spelling is wrong. And thank you for reading