Nightmares and Hope

Chapter 5: Lunch!

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She walked over to the boy and his fox and smiled lightly. "Naru? Lunch is ready," she said quietly. She waited a second. "Naru? The ramen's done," she repeated, placing a hand on his unpinned shoulder (A/N: he's on his side you remember.) Naruto's eyes shot open and they were feral, wild, and he grabbed her wrist. "It's me, Naru. Only me," Hinata soothed as he slowly let go of her wrist.

"Sorry, Hina…" he looked away, "bad memories…" He shuttered and said nothing more so she didn't press.

"Come get your lunch, Naru," she said gently. That was it. And they walked into the kitchen.

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"What are you going to name him?"Hinata asked quietly, her smile sweetly innocent.

Naruto swallowed his mouthful of ramen. He looked almost nervous of the sweet little thing. "Kyubi," he replied quickly as if to hide his unease. He went back to eating; only he ate a little faster. He actually was nervous, she realized.

"Naru, why don't you go take a nap… your last one didn't seem all that rest full…" Hinata suggested after lunch. He looked uneasy for a quick second but it was gone just as quickly.

"I don't know," he said, "that wouldn't be fair to you… after all you did come all the way across town just to see me…" He was stalling and they both knew it.

"Don't worry I'll just clean quietly or something," she replied brightly. Panic skittered across his face for a moment. What was going on?! Naru… panicked? "Here," she said making the couch actually comfortable, "Just rest your eyes then. You look really tired, Naru."

He finally gave in and rested on the couch while she got cleaning supplies from under the sink. After a few seconds he was asleep.

That's when the problem began…


Arigato for reading! I hope you enjoyed it even if it was short... gomen! Please review!!

Saki