Hello Readers,

Thank you for the reviews! I have to admit Kiba is also getting on my nerves. =T Woot! Someone caught the BTS reference.

There may be some grammatical or spelling errors. Beware.

Chapter Seven: Wishful

Naruto awoken by the sound of birds chirping out of his bedroom window. He rubbed his eyes as he yawned. Two weeks had passed since the incident about his amnesia. Things were back to normal, just how they were supposed to be. He was ignoring Hinata- completely. Karin had stopped talking to him after he brushed her off with a hurtful comment. Tsunade had become annoyed with him; she just left him alone. She no longer took him to school, she no longer care what he did. He had become disrespectful towards her, that she couldn't take it anymore. She had decided to 'wash her hands.'

He got out of bed and walked to the shower. As he was about to open the door, Tsunade had stepped out with a towel wrapped around her. She was already late- as a principal. She stared up at Naruto and without a word she brushed past him and walked into her room, closing the door quietly behind her.

He entered the foggy bathroom and turned on the water- on hot. Stepping into the shower, he rested his head on the tile and let the hot water ran down his body. He was tempted to- pleasure- himself. Lately he had been waking up with morning wood because of a certain person he was trying to forget! The dreams- the pleasurable dreams- that taunted him. He shivered at the thought of it. He had to control his urges. Who could blame him? He was a teen with raging hormones after all.

After taking a hot steamy shower, he stepped out of the tub and stood in front of the mirror. He wiped off the fog that had covered it. He looked at is smudged self. Were things really going the way he wanted them too? He hadn't mean to be so disrespectful to Tsunade. He couldn't even believe how wrongful and rude he was toward her. He looked down at the faucet. Everything Kiba had said was right.

"You have no manners whatsoever!" he said jabbing his finger into the boy's chest. "You don't care about anyone's feelings! And you're just a stuck-up ass wipe!" Kiba said flicking him off. "Nobody likes you that's why nobody talks to you so do us a favor and just pretend you weren't there like before." Kiba said storming off.

As the days went by he thought about it over and over. He grabbed his toothbrush and squeezed some of the Colgate toothpaste on it. He brushed his teeth. As these days went by- he thought about it. The thoughts of giving up.

He spat the foam mix with saliva in the sink. He shook his head. Each time those thoughts emerged his he shook his head furiously. Things weren't as bad as they seemed- so he told his self. He nearly chuckled.

Naruto threw his bag over his shoulders. He was walking down the street. He had fifteen minutes to get to school, not as if it was far from where he lived. He pushed the white earbuds into his ears and listened to the music- Whalien 52 by Bts.

"Why do you even care!" Naruto snapped at her.

Tsunade glared at him. "Naruto!" she warned. "You are in my house! You will not disrespect me."

"So? Why don't you just take me back to the damn orphanage like you did so many times." He growled. "I don't give a fuck about you and you don't give a fuck about me. You've said it so many times." He spat.

"Naruto." Tsunade said in a low voice. "That's not-

"It's exactly what you meant though." He said as he gripped his hand around the stair rail. "I'm not related to you! We're not blood, you can drop me anytime you would like to." He growled. "I'll be out of your hair soon. So just leave me the fuck alone you old hag!" he screamed. "Get a life." He said as he stomped up the stairs.

Tsunade ran to the stairs. "I'm completely done with you! Do what you want to do from now! I don't give a damn and I certainly don't give a damn about you." She jumped as she heard the door slammed. She sat on the bottom of the stairs and cried. Tears streamed down her cheeks and onto the floor board.

Naruto had opened the door quietly and heard the woman crying rather loudly from downstairs. He closed the door and slide down against it. He felt bad and after hearing the woman cry only made his heart shattered into a million pieces.

"Shizune." Tsunade said rubbing her forehead.

"Hai Tsunade-sama." She said walking into the office. Shizune, the secretary and nurse, stared at her superior in horror.

"Fax out the letters to the head board." She said in a slurred voice.

"Is everything going good at home, Tsunade-sama?" Shizune asked as he took the papers from the woman.

"Yes." She said tiredly.

"You don't look to well." Shizune said taking note of the woman's red nose.

"Just a little cold." She said shooing her away.

"Take some-

"I'm fine." Tsunade reassured her. "Please fax out those letters."

"Hai."

It was break time and Naruto was in the school's bathroom. He was leaning against the counter. He still had little migraines from time to time. He took in a deep breath and let it out. The restroom door opened, he turned his head to see who opened it and it was the prick, Uchiha. He ignored the teen presences. Sasuke had looked into the mirror and was fixing himself up.

"Don't you need a permission slip to take those pills." Sasuke said not bothering to look at Naruto.

Naruto had put the pills bottle away. "Mind your fucking business, Uchiha." Naruto retorted.

Sasuke smirked. "Feisty today, aren't we?"

Naruto ignored the boy, hopefully he would just go away. He was dead wrong.

"I mean you could at least look like you want to enjoy life." Sasuke said leaning against the counter. "You look like Hey I'm going to kill myself any minute." He chuckled.

"And?" Naruto said washing his hands.

"Touchy." Sasuke grinned. "I'm surprise your senses came back after the hard fall you took."

"And I'm surprise your crazy brother didn't kill you nor your mother when he had the chance." Naruto said, a smile noticeable on his face.

Sasuke tightened his fist. "What did you say?"

Naruto stuck his nose into the air. "I didn't stutter." He said folding his arms.

Sasuke growled at him. "You're such a dick."

"Says the one who wouldn't leave me alone." Naruto shot back.

"You're such a bad friend…" Sasuke said shoving his hands into his school pocket. He walked out of the bathroom.

"So are you." Naruto whispered. He sighed.

"Hyuga-san! Pay attention." Kurenai said as she slammed the ruler on the table.

Hinata jumped as she heard the ruler slammed on the table. "Sorry sensei." She mumbled.

Kurenai pushed her hair behind her ear. "Please don't do it again or you'll be outside." She warned.

"Hai sensei." Hinata whispered.

Hinata tried to concentrate on what Kurenai was talking about, but her mind wandered. Naruto was ignoring her and he never once texted her. She tried texting him several times, but she gave up after he didn't respond. Everything was going downhill. Hanabi was in the hospital for three days because of food poisoning, and dad was stressed out because of that.

"Hinata!" Kurenai shouted. "Out! Out!" she told the girl.

Hinata eyes widened. She had never been kicked out of class before. She heard some students giggling. She looked at Kiba, who mouthed, "What's the matter?"

Hinata poked her fingers together as she walked out of the classroom. She leaned against the wall and sighed. She was about to cry. She had been a bad noodle. Never before had Kurenai had to yell at her, in fact she always praised Hinata and how she wished other students could be quiet and attentive like the her.

She decided to walk the hallways, hopefully she wouldn't get caught. She played with her long hair and walked down the hall. She heard the teachers speaking to the other classes and heard how some of the other classes were being disruptive. At one point she even heard one class chanting, Fight! Fight! Fight!

Hinata walked to an abandon room. She looked into it. You could tell that it had not been used for a while due to all the cobwebs and dusty particles flying in the air. She turned on the light, which flickered. The windows were boarded and only a little light seeped through the peep hole. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard somebody groaning. Was somebody hurt? She listened to the noise once more and discovered it was coming from under the teacher's desk.

"Are you okay?" She asked. She bended down and stared at the blond boy. "Naruto…" she said blushing.

Naruto got up from the teacher's desk and shook his head. He decided to take a light nap since he had fifteen more minutes of break, but had fallen asleep instead. He stood up staggered a bit, but he regained his balance.

"Are you okay?" he heard somebody said. He nodded mentally to himself. "Naruto…"

He opened his eyes. "Hinata?" he questioned.

"Um…" she said looking down. "Did you skip classes?"

The last person he wanted to see was not Hinata, in fact he didn't want to see anyone. He grumbled. "How are you?" she asked.

Somehow she didn't care that Naruto was ignoring her. But the fact that he was standing in front of her made her very happy. Things haven't been going good at all. Hanabi was in the hospital for almost a week. Her father had been stressed out with work and Hanabi and Neji was doing his to best assist father with work.

He grabbed his backpack and was going to walk away when he felt Hinata tugged onto him. "Because- he brushed her off. "Everything is going well." She said as she wiped her eyes. She was crying. Naruto was taken back. What was he supposed to do?

"Um…" he said awkwardly. The stay far away from Hinata plan was not going as he hoped it would. He chewed his bottom lip as the car tried to hide her face, the tears seeping through her fingers. Even when she cried- she looked beautiful to him. He dropped his bag to the floor and did they one thing he knew what to do. He hugged her. Hinata wrapped her arms around as she buried her head into his chest. His shirt was getting soggy with the crying she was doing. He wrapped his arms around her and remained quiet. After several minutes of nonstop crying she finally settled down. She sniffled a little before finally glancing up at Naruto with her red and puffy eyes.

"I'm sorry." She whispered.

His mouth was dry. He didn't know what to say to her. He was taken back at the crying out of nowhere. "Hanabi has been in the hospital and dad his getting stressed out with work and Hanabi." She said rubbing her eyes.

"Don't do that!" Naruto said. She looked at him. "Don't rub your eyes like that…" he said looking away. "I'm sorry about your sister. I'm sure she'll get better soon." He said picking up his bag.

Hinata lowered her head.

"See ya." He said walking towards the door.

"Wait!" she called out.

Naruto groaned mentally. "Hmmm…" he said turning around.

"You haven't responded to my text." She said softly.

Naruto placed his hand on the door. "Hinata…" he breathed in.

She looked up at him hopefully. He cringed. "Just buy her a big bear and some candy and she'll be just fine." Naruto told her before he left.

He laid on his bed and scrolled up at the messages he and Hinata had been sending to one another. This was his twentieth time doing so. He placed the phone down on his stomach and stared up at the ceiling. This was his hobby now. Come to school, find something to eat, lay down, read Hinata messages, stare at the ceiling, and then fall asleep, only to repeat it tomorrow.

Naruto felt his eyes going heavy. He had drifted off into a deep slumber as she embraced his mind.

"Hey, Hanabi-chan." Hinata said as she rested a vase of flowers on the table.

"Hinata-chan!" Hanabi brightened. "Is that for me?" she asked as her eyes lingered on the big brown bear.

Hinata smiled as she rested the bear next to Hanabi. "Ne, isn't it kawaii?" she asked.

Hanabi smiled. "It sure is." She said as she hugged the bears.

Hinata sat down on the hospital bed next to her sister. "Get better." Hinata told her. "The house is lonely without you there."

Hanabi grinned. "I know you miss me." She said letting go of the bear and latching onto Hinata. "I missed you so much." She whimpered. "I don't like being in here."

She cried on Hinata's chest. Hinata stroked Hanabi head. "Don't cry." She said in a hush tone. "You're going to be just fine."

"Um… Hanabi-chan."

Hanabi shifted uncomfortably as she tried to wipe her tears away.

"Hello." Hinata said as she gazed at the young boy. He was probably taller than her and he had brown spiky hair.

"Hi." He said nervously rubbing the back of his head. "I am Konohamaru, Hanabi classmate." He bowed.

"I'm Hanabi's sister." Hinata said.

Konohamaru blushed as his eyes averted contact with eldest sister.

"What are you doing here?" Hanabi shouted.

"Hanabi!" Hinata said shockingly. "That's not how you speak to your classmate." She scolded her.

Hanabi crossed his arms. "I don't care."

"I'm sorry!" Konohamaru said gripping onto his school shirt. Hanabi peeped through one of her eyes and seen that the boy was crying, snot running down his nose. Hinata rushed off of the bed and comfort the boy.

"What's the matter?" she asked worriedly.

Konohamaru wiped the tears and snot on his arms. "I was afraid to see you!" he admitted. "I thought you would still be upset with me for not telling you." He said.

Hinata glared at her sister. "Hanabi."

Hanabi frowned. "I'm sorry." She mumbled.

Hinata left the two teens alone to talk their relationship out. She didn't want to be the third wheel. It felt awkward with your little sister and her best friend speaking to one another. She was growing up so fast. She would have to give her the talk.

"Crepes!" Ino sang. "I love Crepes." She said as she lifted up a strawberry crepe to the air.

Sakura giggled. "Really Ino?"

"I just love these things." She said stuffing it into her mouth.

"If it's anything that gets you eating is crepes." Sakura said pushing her hair back. "I hate those things."

"You've never lived." Ino glared at her.

"I'm sure I haven't." Sakura replied.

"How is your sister, Hinata-chan?" Kiba asked.

"She's doing well. She should be home tomorrow." Hinata replied.

"That's good to hear." Kiba smiled. "Mind if I come by you tomorrow. I would like to see her and we can hang out."

Hinata smiled. "Sure thing. She'd love all the attention." She drank some grape juice she had. "Where is Shino?"

Kiba looked around the classroom. "He didn't come back yet?" he said scratching his head. "You know he has been busy with his girlfriend." Kiba chuckled. "He still haven't introduced us to her, yet."

"I'm pretty sure he will." Hinata reassured him.

Naruto got up off of his seat and walked to the restroom. He needed to find a part time job to get some money, he wouldn't be depending on Tsunade. If he made money, the quicker he would be able to leave her house and find himself an apartment. He had been thinking about this for almost three years, however, he was a procrastinator. He entered the boy's restroom and went into the bathroom stall. He sat on the toilet No he was not taking a shit, he just wanted sometime away from the noisy classmates. He stared at the wall and let his mind wandered, to the beauty the plagued his dreams- Hinata. As he was daydreaming, a faint sob, disrupted his thoughts.

He shrugged his shoulders and went back to his mind, but then the sob became a little louder. He gritted his teeth. Who was this person to come to one of his happy place and disturb him? The sob became a wail. Naruto turned his head to the left of him and noticed the sound was right next to him. Had this person been in the restroom all this time?

Naruto got out of the restroom stall. He hesitated at first before he decided to knock on the door. The person quiet down. "Hello?"

"Go away." He heard the person say.

Naruto tilted his head to the side. "Are you okay?"

"What do you care?" the person snapped. "Leave!" he growled.

Naruto bit down his lips. He wanted to tell this person off. "Tch. Whatever." He grumbled.

As he was about to walk towards the door, he heard the sobbing again. He cracked his neck. For some reason it was really getting to him. He recognized those sobs from anywhere. It was a sign of a person who wanted to end it all. He opened the restroom door to walk out, but he noticed the person had stopped sobbing. He felt sick to his stomach for some reason. He stomach was doing knots. He turned closed the door and walked to the stall. He knocked on it once more. "Are you okay?" There was complete silence. Naruto stood there, hoping this person would respond back with a, "Hey! I'm taking a hard shit- can you leave." But that was not the case. He chewed on his bottom lip- something he had been doing lately.

He turned his heels to walk away, but that knot came back in his stomach. He knocked on the bathroom stall once more. There wasn't an answer. "Hey!" he shouted. He started banging on the door loudly. "Excuse me." He said once more. Without a second to think he slammed his body against the door, hopefully to slam it down. He heard a clicking sound. He stopped what he was doing and stood there. The door creaked open. Naruto eyes widened as he saw the scène before him.

"Why don't you just leave me alone?" the boy said sobbing. His hand trembled as he held the knife blade toward his wrist.

"Cho- Choji." Naruto choked.

"Leave!" He demanded.

Naruto hands fell to his side. "What are you doing?" he asked baffled.

Choji chuckled. "Are you that stupid?"

Naruto was baffled.

"Go." Choji growled. Everything was going in slow motion, Choji raised his hand and was about to slash his wrist when Naruto intervened. "What are you doing?" Choji cried. Naruto fell on his knees as his hand was extended. The blood fell on Choji school pants.

"Don't do this." Naruto said taking his hand back. He held the wound Choji had given him, by accident.

Choji stared at the boy. He threw his head back and started crying. Naruto grabbed the knife from Choji. Choji got up and panic. He needed to call for help. "I'll get help." Choji said. Naruto gripped him by his shirt to stop him. "No… we don't need this spreading around the school." He said.

"But you're hurt." Choji said.

"I'm fine… I'll just go to the hospital." Naruto said as he wrapped the wound with his school shirt. The bell had just rung. Choji slicked his honey color hair back.

"I'm sorry." He said. "I didn't mean to! Why did you put yourself in danger?" he snapped at the blond. "Oh man! Oh man!"

The wound was pretty deep. Naruto bended down and started to wipe the blood up with his black blazer. "We have to get rid of this first." Naruto said.

Choji bended down and started wiping the blood, some of it smearing on the floor. "Shit." Choji cursed. He glanced at Naruto who was sweating. He gripped Naruto. "Let's go!" Choji said.

"But the blood-

"You're bleeding heavily." Choji said opening the restroom door. "I have an electric bike." The two walked down the halls of the school, hiding from random teachers they might have encountered. The two ran down the stairs of the school. They walked towards the student parking. Naruto felt his legs trembled. So many blood from this one wound. Just how hard did Choji swing down the knife?

He started his electric bike and gave Naruto the helmet. As the two drove- Choji felt something hit him on his back. "Naruto?" he called out.

"I'm just tired." Naruto said resting his head on Choji's back.

'Just what exactly happened to you Naruto.' Choji thought.

"Don't worry your friend will be just fine." Doctor Mira told the young lad. "So tell me again, how did this happen?" she said taking out a clipboard.

"You know the saying boys will be boys." Choji laughed nervously. The doctor eyed him suspiciously.

Choji entered the room and saw Naruto sitting on the side of the bed. He looked over his shoulders to signal the nurse that he wanted the two to be alone. She bowed and left the two teens.

"How are you feeling?" Choji asked. He stepped in front of Naruto who was staring outside.

"I'm great, they gave me stitches and wrapped some bandage around it." Naruto said showing him. "I mean if you're going to kill yourself why don't you just do that home?" he said not once looking at Choji.

Choji was taken back. "I… I was- and" he was lost.

"If you wanted people to feel sorry for you if you did at school, trust me it wouldn't work. They won't care and they'll just mock you why you're turning in and out of your grave." Naruto said swinging his feet.

Choji balled his fist. "You're a real ass."

"Says the one that inflicted a wound on me." Naruto smirked.

"You should have just leave when I told you too!" Choji shouted.

Naruto stopped swinging his feet and finally looked up at Choji. "Gomen." He apologized. "Just don't- whatever that is going on, don't kill yourself." He said scratching the back of his head. "I mean it'll be pretty messy and I'm sure your family is going to miss you or something like that."

Choji whimpered.

"Please, please stop crying." Naruto said annoyed. "Tell me why were you trying to kill yourself?"

Choji sat down on the chair. "I'm just tired of this shameful life." He said bowing his head. "I'm tired of being overweight and I'm tired of people making fun of me. I'm just tired of it all."

"That's it?"

Choji looked at the boy. "Man, I thought you were going to be like I only have two months to live or I get abuse at home or something beyond that line." He said fanning him off.

"You really are an-

"Ass-wipe?" He grinned. "I know. But don't kill yourself over that. I mean regardless or not people are still going to tease you whether you're big or small." He laughed. "Yeah being overweight isn't good, but don't get it to the point where you are stuck in bed and can't get up."

Choji sighed. "It isn't easy as it looks. I'm 230 pounds. You think it's easy, huh?"

"Well Choji." Naruto sighed. "What are you going to do about it? Because killing yourself is so unnecessary." He said in a bored tone.

"I want to lose weight." Choji jumped from the seat.

"Well there you go, Kiddo." Naruto replied.

"Will you help me?"

"Um… why don't you ask your 'friend."

Choji slouched. "He's too lazy…"

Naruto groaned. "Well why don't you start out with smaller portions!"

Choji nearly fainted, which made Naruto chuckled. "And just do some walking in the morning, like 30 minutes, until you feel like you want to run-something like that." Naruto said laying on the bed.

"I'll try my best!" Choji said ecstatic.

"Mhm."

"Do you want me to drop you home?" he asked.

"Nah, I'll just chill out here for a bit." Naruto said staring up at the ceiling.

Choji bowed. "Thank you, Naruto."

He remained silent.

"You're not going to tell anyone…?"

"No."

Choji smiled. "I owe you my life. I'll see you at school Monday!" Choji said running out of the hospital.

Naruto shuddered. Was there no end to this? How did he find himself in these unpredictable situations! After an hour of lying there, Naruto got up. He walked out the room and down the halls. Nurses and doctor scattered through the hallways, patients coming and going. He kept his eyes ahead of him, not focusing on anything.

"Ow!"

He looked down and noticed he- will someone had bucked into him. He looked down and saw the brown hair girl on the floor.

"Watch where you are going next time!" she barked at him.

Naruto raised his eyebrow. "Sorry?" he said unsurely.

"That's right's right. You better apologize." The youngster said.

Naruto was quite amused. "And if I wasn't."

She jumped up and extended his fist. She finally looked up at the young man and an instant blush spread on her cheeks. "Wow." Was what she said. She smiled. "Gomen. I didn't meant to be so rude." She said.

"Mhm." Naruto said.

"I've been in this hospital for four days now!" she shouted. "I can't wait to get out of here."

Naruto finally took noticed of the girl. 'You've got to be shitting me.'

"I'm Hyuga Hanabi." She said bowing. Naruto grumbled. "What's your name?" she bothered the man. "Ahhh! What happened to your hand?" she questioned. "Oh, what school do you go too?"

Naruto tried to walk around the girl, but she was like a leech. She latched onto him. "Hey why don't you come to my room?" She asked or more like dragging the boy into the room by force. "I need some company." She said as she jumped on her bed. "Sit-sit." She told him pointing to the bed.

"No thank you. I must be leaving." He said walking towards the door.

"Please!" she begged. "My onee-chan and best friend won't be here until the next hour and I'm so bored."

Believe it or not, Naruto was too nice for his own good. He sat down on the chair and stared at her. "So what's your name?"

"Haven't your parents ever teach you not to speak to strangers?"

"Well my mom died a long time ago and my father doesn't necessarily correct me, he leaves that up to my sister."

Naruto remained quiet.

"So your name?"

"I'm Naruto." He said.

She giggled. "Are you in high school, Onii."

"Yes." He said staring at the girl. Her eyes were pretty, but not as pretty as Hinata. He figured the two were related.

"Onii!" she said throwing the teddy bear at him. "Stop staring at me like that."

Naruto caught the teddy bear. He looked at it.

"Isn't it cute, Onee gave it to me."

"How old are you, Onii?"

"I'm seventeen." Naruto said resting the bear onto the white tile floor.

"I'm fourteen." She said.

"Oh."

"What school do you go too?" she asked. She was a curious person and quite friendly.

"I go to Konoha High School." [Like geez, do I not know any other names to give a school. Haha.]

Hanabi eyes sparkled. "My sister goes there. Her name is Hinata Hyuga."

Naruto pretty much blocked out everything she said after that. Life must probably hate him. I mean he knew the two had to be related by their eyes, but not sisters. Did he really have to meet the sister of the girl who he has been dreaming about non top?

"Are you and her friends?"

Naruto came back to reality. "Um… yes?" he said not realizing what he had asked her.

"Awe!" Hanabi exclaimed. She laughed.

"What's so funny?" he questioned.

She muffled her giggles. "I'm glad to meet one of my sister friends. You know she isn't a social butterfly, but I'm so glad and she has a hot one too." Hanabi beamed with joy.

"You're officially on my friends list." She said.

Naruto smirked. "Who says we are friends?"

Hanabi smiled. "I said so."

He smiled. Hinata and Hanabi were total opposites. (I just had a mind attack! Hinata Hyuga, Hiashi Hyuga, Hanabi Hyuga! All HH! Neji why you ruin family HH!) Hanabi was loud and friendly, whereas Hinata was shy and conservative. Somehow, he was attractive to the shy ones. He blushed. There he went again, his mind wandering on Hinata.

"You know she has a crush on somebody, but she wouldn't tell me!" she complained. "But I let her meet my crush, even though I didn't say that he was, but you know what I mean."

Naruto rested his arm on the arm rest. "Mhm. Mhm." He said pretending to listen.

"Onii, are you a bad boy? I mean because you look like one and bad boys are awesome." She grinned. "The guy I like he's a little bit of a bad boy, but he's also a goof ball." She said dreamily.

The two spend nearly an hour talking to one another, Hanabi doing the most talking. He felt relaxed around her, as long as she didn't suddenly turn into Hinata, he would be just fine. He glanced at the clock every 5 minutes. He wanted to get out of here, just in case life decided to squeeze lemon in his eyes- again.

"I hope your hand gets better, but you never told me how you got it."

Naruto looked over his hand. "Just a little incident with a knife."

"Ahhh! A knife down?" (You know like Showdown? Ha)

Naruto looked at her and exploded into laughter. "A knife down?"

She smiled. "Hey I got you laugh!"

Naruto smiled at her. "I guess you did." He said with a surprise look.

The two laughed and chuckled some more- until the door opened.

"Hanabi-chan, I bought you some wasanbon (multi sugar-coated candy)."

Hanabi and Naruto looked at the young teen standing at the door with a brown box in his hand.

"Hinata-chan!" Hanabi said. "I met one of your friends."

Hinata nearly dropped the box of candy on the floor when she spotted Naruto sitting on the chair.

"Naruto-kun."

Naruto cursed himself ten folds for not leaving sooner. He wanted to say something, but he turned his head. He heard a gasp from Hanabi. "Onii!"

"Onii?" Hinata questioned.

"That's not nice." She scolded Naruto. "Say hello."

Naruto glared at her before sticking his nose in the air. "Naruto!" Hanabi warned. "Don't be so rude. That's your friend."

He sighed. "Hi Hinata-chan."

"Did you guys get into an argument?" Hanabi asked. "Come on you two have to make up." Hanabi said jumping off of the bed. She walked over to Hinata and took the box of candy and placed it on the bed. She grabbed Hinata arm and pulled her towards Naruto, who was stilling sitting down. "I think we should all hang out tomorrow since I'm going to be release." Hanabi suggested.

"I rather not."

"Yes Hanabi-chan, you just can't invite Naruto-kun, who you just met, out." Hinata scolded her. "And you shouldn't talk to strangers. I have told you this a million time."

Hanabi groaned. "Well he isn't a stranger anymore and besides he's your friend. I want him to hang out with us!" she said stomping her foot.

Naruto watched as the two girls bickered with one another.

"Hanabi-chan!" Hinata said.

"He's cool. He's your friend. It's no problem."

Hinata face reddened. "We're not fr-

"Hinata-chan, I'm sorry." Naruto said standing up.

Hinata and Hanabi stared up at the tall boy. Hanabi wagged her imaginary hair. Hinata stared at him confused. "What?"

"I said I'm sorry." Naruto said. He didn't like the two sister bickering with one another, especially over him.

"Um…"

"Just play along." He whispered.

She sighed. "I'm sorry too, Naruto-kun."

Hanabi smiled. "Yay!" she said all bubbly.

"That means I can introduce you to my bestie-

"Hanabi-chan!"

She turned around. "Konohamaru-baka!" she shouted. She ran up to the boy and hugged him tightly.

Naruto glanced at the door. "I met somebody new today. This is Naruto-kun."

Konohamaru stared at the tall boy. "Um… hello." He said a little frightened.

"Hi?"

"Onii! You can't stare at people like that." Hanabi said.

"I didn't even do anything." He sighed. "Well I'm leaving." He said.

"Wait! I need your phone number so I can text you the address." Hanabi said raising her phone in the air.

"Hinata has my-

"But I want it, so I know you will defiantly show up." Hanabi smiled.

Naruto sighed inwardly. He gave the girl his number and left.

"Hinata-chan, aren't you going to see him out?" Hanabi asked.

"No…" she said sadly. She grabbed a wasanbon and went into the corner to sulk.

Hanabi and Konohamaru stared at the teen awkwardly. It finally struck Hanabi. "Hinata-chan, Naruto-kun is your crush!"

Hinata nearly fainted.

Hinata walked down the stairs as she grabbed the plate of rice balls. Hanabi ran downstairs. "Hinata-chan, I picked out your outfit."

"Oh you did?"

"Yes! We'll get Onii to notice you." Hanabi said. "I texted him the time and address."

"Okay."

"Hinata-chan, what's the matter? Aren't you excited? This is your crush!"

Hinata sighed. "Hanabi-chan, Naruto-kun isn't into me. In fact, he isn't even my friend. It's just a one sided friendship." She said. Not long, she told her sister everything, from start to finish. Hanabi was surprise at her first, her sister was finally opening up to her, and surprise Naruto was so disconnected from society. "Well love works in strange way. So let's make today is good day."

"Fine."

"He's here!" Hanabi said running down the stairs.

"Hanabi! Be more careful, you just got out of the hospital." Hinata scolded. "Really Konohamaru, I don't know how deal with her." Hinata said opening the door.

Konohamaru threw his arms on the couch. "I need 15 hours of sleep and three shots just for me to survive three hours with her."

"Hey!" Hanabi said throwing her body over the beige couch.

"Hi." Konohamaru said smoothly.

Hinata opened the door. She never made eye contact with the blond. She just let him in.

"Hi." He mumbled.

"Hey." Hinata grunted. She closed the door behind her.

"Hello Onii!" Hanabi chimed.

"Hi…" he said.

"Let's go bike riding today." Hanabi suggested. It's going to be fun."

"Easy for you to say. Like do you hear yourself sometimes?" Konohamaru questioned.

Hanabi punched him on the top of his head. "Baka."

Konohamaru held his head in pain.

"Please! Please! Please!" Hanabi begged.

"Sounds fine to me." Naruto shrugged. He had hair into a half a pony tail and the rest hanging down. He wore a short baggy khaki's and a white fitted t-shirt with all red vans.

"Okay." Hinata said. She wore a short white dress, with brown sandals. Her wore her hair in two pony tails.

"But we don't have any bikes." Konohamaru complained.

"I wonder if men will be easier." Konohamaru mumbled to Naruto.

"You're not the only one."

"But you can't do this. I want to go here!" a guy with white hair complained.

"No."

"But you can't do this." The white hair male stomped his feet.

"Ugh!" his lover groaned.

"Please!" he pleaded.

"I'm really thinking females will be easier." The lover said.

"WHAT!" the white hair man screamed.

The love raised his head and saw Naruto and Konohamaru who shook their heads. The lover cried. "There's no winning." He said running away.

Both Naruto and Konohamaru had an anime style sweat drop on the back of their head.

"I take that as a no." Konohamaru said shoving his hands into his pocket. He wore a jeans bucket hat, with a white t-shirt and short jeans.

"Look what we have!" Hanabi grinned. She and Hinata each had a bike.

"There's only two." Konohamaru said. "Hanabi-chan, I knew you weren't smart, but I thought you would at least know how to count to four."

Hinata giggled. Hanabi fumed out the mouth. Naruto couldn't help but grin at the comment.

"I'm going to ignore that comment." She said. "We are going to ride together down the trail." She said pointing at the pathway. "We'll sit in the back and you guys will ride."

"Eh!" Naruto and Konohamaru mumbled.

Hanabi latched onto Konohamaru's waist as she chattered away. Konohamaru smiled. Yes, the girl was talkative, but he loved that about her. She was sweet and easy to anger. He loved teasing her. The sun was out and the wind was blowing just a little. The two seemed to enjoy their time, that is.

Hinata was having a hard time. She was nervous and jittery. She'd never sat on the back of the bike while she had a boy lead the way. They hit a few rocks which made her jumped a little. Sometimes she gripped onto Naruto's shirt, but she'd move her hands quickly. Naruto on the other hand was having a hard time with his feelings. He felt as if his heart was about to literally jumped out of his chest each time she gripped onto his shirt. He would've thought he would be out with Hinata- after he swear he'll stay as far away from her as possible- and here he was, riding a bike with her and her sister. He tried to swallow the lump in his throat.

"Hinata." He spoke.

"Yes…" she said meekly.

He finally swallowed the lump in his throat. "You can hold onto me, so you won't fall." He quickly added.

Hinata blushed by the offer. "It's ok- He had went over a small pothole. She quickly wrapped her arms around her and buried her head into his chest. Her hair flew with the wind. The smell of his cologne hugged her nose. She'd felt and heard Naruto's heartbeat.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Y-yes." She stuttered.

Naruto smiled. "It's been a long time since I heard you stutter."

"It has." She spoke in a soft voice.

Hanabi looked back at Naruto and Hinata. She smiled. The two seemed as if they were having a good time. All this time, Hinata felt as if she was forgetting about something. She decided to shrug it off. She tightened her grip on Naruto as she giggled at the joke he had told her. She even heard him chuckling.

The bike ride had finally come to a stop, much to Hinata's disappointment. She was enjoying her time with Naruto. She prayed silently that the blond teen would stop ignoring her now and actually be nicer to her. Naruto was bipolar in her opinion. One minute he was a complete jerk and the next he was kind and sweet. Hopefully she would be able to get through him and once and for all declare her love for him.

"Ice-cream!" Hanabi said latching onto Naruto and Hinata arm.

"Don't you ever get tired." Naruto said.

"Nope." Hanabi grinned.

The four teens held their ice creams and walked over to a round table. "Today has been a great day." Hanabi said.

Hinata nodded her head as she licked her ice cream.

"A long and tiring day." Konohamaru said.

"Did you enjoy your time, Onii?"

"Yes today was nice." He said licking his cookie and cream ice cream.

"I can't wait to do this again." Hanabi smiled. "What about you, Onii?"

Everyone stared at Naruto who was licking away. He stopped and glance at them. "Hai."

Hanabi smiled. "Onii, you have something on your nose. Hinata-chan get it." Hanabi said.

Hinata face reddened. "Um… I don't…"

Hanabi glared at Hinata. Naruto went to wipe his nose when Hanabi shouted, "No! Let Hinata do it for you."

Hinata grabbed a piece of napkin and tried to wipe Naruto's nose. Not once did she look at him. She was to embarrassed.

"Hinata, if you're going to wipe my nose can you at least look at me." Naruto said. "You're wiping my eyebrows."

Hinata face turned blue. She was holding in breath. She looked at Naruto and the creamy substance off of his nose.

"Arigato." He thanked her.

"No problem." She mumbled.

"Awe." Hanabi and Konohamaru grinned.

Naruto glared at them. Konohamaru turned his head and whistled.

"That's a pretty sun." he said.

Hanabi giggled at his antics. "Konohamaru." She said dreamily.

"Hinata-chan, you've been licking that ice-cream forever!" Hanabi whined.

"It's like she has magic ice powers." Konohamaru said wiggling his fingers at the ice cream.

"Well I don't shove things down my throat so quickly." She retorted.

Naruto nearly choked on air when he heard Hinata say those words. She sounded so cute, yet so naughty. He nearly had a nose bleed when he imagined her. No not now, he couldn't, not in front of everyone. Probably when he was home- alone.

"Are you okay Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.

"Um… yeah." He rubbed the back of his head.

The four teens walked up the bridge. The sun was settling and gave the sky a pinky orangey color. Hanabi had chased Konohamaru down the bridge after seeing him eye a busty chest lady. Naruto and Hinata stopped midway on the short bridge and stared at the setting sun.

"Today was nice." She said leaning over. She looked at her reflection in the water.

Naruto nodded his head in agreement. He also looked at his reflection. He hadn't like what he saw. He had become a black sheep that lashed out at people. But this was who he was. After figuring things out, this is what it had shaped him into. Uncaring, selfish, a jackass, but deep down inside he knew he could be caring, sweet, kind and loving. He didn't like to see people get hurt, especially if it had to do with him. He couldn't hold in the anger that had been building in him for so long though. He had to let it out.

"Are you okay, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked him, worriedly. She faced him, the ice cream she had in one hand. Naruto smiled. He leaned over and licked the chocolate ice cream she had. Hinata was taken back at this.

"Hmm… maybe next time I'll order ice cream." He smirked.

Hinata turned back around. She wanted to bounce up and down with joy, but she played it cool. "You should." She laughed.

"Maybe tomorrow if you come along." He mumbled.

"What was that?" Hinata asked.

"Ne! Nothing." He said.

Hinata smiled. "Hopefully we can go together and get some."

Naruto hid his face from her. "I'll like that."

Hanabi ran up to Naruto and hugged him. "I'll text you late, Onii." She said squeezing the boy. Naruto returned the hug.

"I'll be waiting for it." He told her.

Konohamaru shook Naruto's hand. "Maybe next time we can hang out." He said. Naruto shook his hand. Konohamaru leaned in. "Hopefully without the girls, just bro time." He whispered.

Naruto grinned. "Sounds like a deal." He whispered back.

"Konohamaru!" Hanabi shrieked. "What did you tell him?" she said jumping on the boy's back.

"Nothing!" Konohamaru said trying to defend himself.

Hinata went up to Naruto. "Um… I guess I'll see you around school." She said. S

he was about to walk away when Naruto grabbed her by her arm and wrapped his arms around her. "I'll see you around." He said.

Hanabi was doing back flips in the air, after witnessing the scene. Konohamaru was shock. The time he spent with Naruto, he figured he was a cold hearted bastard. He nearly cooed at the scene. It was so cute. Naruto let go of Hinata and shoved his hands into his pocket.

"B… bye." He stuttered. He turned on his heels and left Hinata to be consumed by her own thoughts.

Hanabi couldn't stop chattering when Naruto left. She was so excited. She claimed Hinata was one step closer to getting Naruto's heart. Hanabi ran to her room and closed the door. She promised Konohamaru that she would video chat with him tonight and probably write some fanfiction about Naruto and Hinata.

Hinata sat on the edge of the bed. She was in a trance. She threw herself on the bed and laughed. The warmth of Naruto held her made her quiver. It was so enjoyable! She couldn't help but smile, she felt as if her jaws were going to fall off.

Hinata finally got up and took of the clothes she had been wearing today. She was left in her bra and undies. She would take a nice long bath, much to her dismay. She wanted to keep Naruto touch on her, but she knew she needed it. She started humming. She grabbed her phone off of the desk.

"Ah, I did forget something. My phone." She laughed. She wrapped the towel around her and went into the bathroom. She filled the tub up with hot water. After it was filled, Hinata threw some Sakura bubble bath into the tub. She entered the tub and rested her head on the tub. Today was just amazing and she was still smiling. She needed to play some nice music.

As she started her phone, she saw that she had three miss calls, and five text messages. Tilting her head to the side she decided to check it. Her eyes widened.

"Kiba-kun!" she shouted.

She scrolled through the messages.

Kiba: Hey there Hinata-chan! :^) Don't forget me, you and your sissy 2day. 12:00p.m.

Kiba: Hey Hinata-chan! I should be there any 15 minutes. 1:00p.m.

Kiba: Hey I'm here! I've been knocking on ur door for nearly 30 mins. R u sleep? 1:22p.m.

Kiba: I saw your ur dad. He told me u went out with ur sis and her friends. 1:35p.m.

Kiba: Wow Hinata, you could at least tell me you didn't want 2 hang out 2day. I saw u at the ice cream shop with him. It's whatever. I'll see u at school Monday. 5:30p.m.

Hinata tried calling Kiba to apologize, but he kept rejecting her call. She knew she had forgotten something.

Naruto sat on the sofa in the living room. He was sitting in the dark. The only light that was visible was the one from Naruto's phone. Hanabi was texting him, asking him so boldly how he felt about her sister. He would ignore her questions with a smiley face or no comment.

He finally rested the phone down and soaked up the cool air. He heard the door opened up. Tsunade came into the house and turned on the light to the switch. She jumped when she saw a figure sitting on the couch. She held her chest.

"You scared the living shit out of me." She said.

Naruto turned his head and looked at her. "Sorry." He mumbled.

She rested a bag of groceries she was carrying onto the marble counter. There was an awkward silence amongst the two, neither had spoken a word. Tsunade was itching to say something. The fact that he had skipped classes yesterday and how he just up and left the house without saying a word this morning. She couldn't keep it in any longer.

"Naruto!" she said standing from behind the corner.

"Hmm…"

"Why did you skip class yesterday? Where did you go and why didn't you tell me where you were going this morning?" she questioned.

Naruto remained silent.

"I'm speaking to you!" she said. "Are you trying to kill me?"

"Ugh!" he groaned loudly.

"I don't care! As long as you are living in my house you will abide by my rules!" Tsunade shouted.

"So why don't you just take me back to the orphanage?" he said as he picked up his phone. He scrolled through the messages Konohamaru was sending. He wanted to hang out tomorrow. "I mean," he scoffed. "it wouldn't be your first time."

He really did not feel like going through this. He didn't want to say anything hurtful to her again. He didn't want to hear her cry again. But she kept on pushing him with her constant bickering.

"I told you I was sorry and I was afraid." She said taking out a bottle of sake.

"Is that why you always drink down some alcoholic beverages to drink your problems away?" he said getting up from his seat. He sighed.

Tsunade put the bottle down. "I'm sorry." She mumbled.

Naruto stood at the bottom of the stairs. If he kept shut now, maybe he didn't have to hear her cry-again. "I'm sorry too."

Tsunade heard him. Her heart skipped a beat when she heard him say those words. She heard him walking upstairs and the door closing. Tsunade had to stop and think. Was he apologizing because of his behavior or was he apologizing for another cost?

Naruto rested his head on the pillow. He stared out the window and saw the stars twinkling. Today was nice, he enjoyed his time with Konohamaru, Hanabi and… Hinata. He blushed. She looked so pretty today. He almost smiled. How could he possibly stay away from her? Everything he did always led back to her! Yes, he knew in his heart he had falling for her, however, he needed to stay away from her. But for what! What reason did he have to stay away from the sweet Hyuga? I guess he was questioning whether or not Hinata had like him. I mean the signs were right, but he was oblivious to the whole thing- of course.

If he had ever decided to confess, he had to change. The poor girl would probably get tired with his ass. He groaned. Was it really necessary? She was too sweet for him, but he wanted her all for himself. But yet again he held onto the past, how could he possibly let that go?

Naruto knew he had a choice to make and he knew Hinata WAS NOT going to wait on him forever. Probably she would understand Kiba's feeling (he knew, it was obvious the boy had feelings for the Hyuga) and stop her feelings towards him and he couldn't have that. It was either, let go of the past and forgive or lose Hinata and fall to his own despair.

It took him an hour to decide. He got off of the bed and walked out of his room. He stood in front of the white door and took a deep breath. He exhaled.

"Baa-chan, we need to talk."

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Suicide is not the answer. Please talk to someone or call a hotline for suicide prevention (Or even me, I am all ears) if you are having any suicidal thoughts, suicidal tendencies, or already cutting. Your life is worth more than you think.