Here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy! Once again, please review and tell me how it is. Muchos gracias! ^^
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Summary: Hinata has gone on her first date with Kiba, and she enjoyed herself very much. Now it's Naruto's turn! Will he do as well as Kiba? Or better? …or not?
Chapter 7: Hinata's Second 1st Date
Naruto's apartment
Naruto ran around the room trying to clean everything up. He wasn't planning for her to stay in his place long, but he figured he'd better make a good first impression for his house skills, of which he had none. He found out soon however how long it had been since he cleaned his apartment. Clothes, ramen cups, bed covers, dirty dishes, dusty counters, ninja gear, the list goes on. And it-was-everywhere!
"Oh man! Whoever invented housecleaning needs to be killed. I hate cleaning!" It's for Hinata. It's for Hinata. He kept telling himself. As he put up the last of the dishes into the cabinet, there was a knock at the door.
Ah! He screamed inside his head. She's early? I'm hardly even ready! And this place still looks like a dump! Damn it! There was another knock at the door. "Naruto?" Wait a minute. That's not Hinata, thought Naruto. "You in there? I got the stuff you asked for." Naruto put down the load of clothes he had in his arms and ran to the door. When he opened it, he saw Ino standing there with a bouquet of flowers in her hands.
Naruto sighed in relief. "Good it's just you." Ino growled. "What do you mean it's just me? I hope you know I went through a lot of trouble putting these together for you. Show me some kindness." "I know I know. Thanks for doing it." He looked down at the bouquet in her hands. "Wow, they look great!" "Of course they do, I put it together." She put the flowers in to his hands and pointed at one of the flowers. "Now listen Naruto, if you're going to show off in front of a girl with flowers you need to know what they mean. These light purple one's here are called Freesia's and their name means spirited. These orange ones are called Gladiolus's and they mean strength of character. And these little flowers that are spread out are called Baby's Breath, which means festivity." "Wait a minute," said Naruto, "I thought I asked you to get Lavender. That's Hinata's favorite color." Ino shook her head. "That's because the Lavender's name means distrust." "Oh." "Anyways, are you and Hinata going out?" Naruto turned his head slightly. "Well, not exactly. I mean, we're going on a date today but, we're… not really boyfriend and girlfriend … yet." Ino tilted her head to the side. "Yet?"
Naruto shook his head and grinned. "Anyway, thanks a lot for this Ino!" "Um, sure." With that he closed the door and put the flowers in the kitchen. "Okay, time to wrap this up quick." He made a few hand signs and then shouted __. In a puff of smoke, three other Naruto's appeared. "All right guys, let's get this crap over with!" With a burst of speed the four Naruto's cleaned up the messy living room, bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen in less than five minutes. All four were left breathless. "Hey!" shouted one of the Naruto's, "Clean up this place more often will ya!" "Shut it! I hate cleaning!" shouted another. "We're only doing this for Hinata, I'm not gonna keep doing this!" "You will if she keeps coming over." They all stopped and stayed quiet. Just then, a knock was heard at the door and this time, a shyer voice came from outside. "Um, Naruto, it's Hinata."
Another puff of smoke and the original was the only one standing in the room. "Coming!" He ran to the door and opened it. Hinata stood there with a nervous look. "Hello." She whispered. "Uh, hey." They stood there for a while not saying anything. Naruto screamed inside his head. Shiiiiit! What the hell am I supposed to do now? The reservations aren't for another hour! "Um would you like to come in?" Hinata looked up with a slightly surprised look. "Oh, uh… sure." Naruto closes the door when she walks in. Hinata looks around.
"What's wrong?" asked Naruto. Hinata jumped and turned to face him. "Oh, I'm sorry! It's just…" "What is it?" "It's just I've never been in your house before." Naruto blushed a little at this. "Ah, well yeah I guess not." He scratched behind his head. "Would you like anything to drink?" "Oh, yes please." Naruto grinned. She's so cute. Being all polite… He thought. "What would you like?" "Oh I'm fine with anything." "Okey dokey I'll be right back. Make yourself comfortable."
When Naruto disappeared into the kitchen, Hinata sat down on the dark blue sofa in front of the TV. Soon, he came out with two glasses of water and handed it to Hinata. He sat down beside her and held his cup in his hands tightly. Hinata sipped on her water in silence. Naruto started sweating. Damn it! What do I do now? Here I am with the girl I love and I'm just sitting here! The reservations aren't for a while. Oh man, oh man, oh man!
"Um, Naruto?" "Y-yeah?" "Well, uh, I'm really sorry but I was kind of in a rush to get out of my house and I was never able to get changed. But I brought my clothes with me." She lifted up a bag that Naruto hadn't noticed before. He also realized that she was in her usual mission clothes. "Oh, why were you in a rush?" he asked. Hinata blushed at this. "Well, you see, my father isn't aware of my going out with you and Kiba, so…" Naruto stared at Hinata for a moment, and then he grinned. "Wow Hinata, I never thought you were the type to go behind someone's back." Hinata look at him. "Don't say it like that! Oh, now I feel even more horrible." She bowed her head in shame. Naruto choked. "No, no, no, no! Hinata don't be like that! I-I didn't mean for that to sound so… I mean, I…" Craaaaaaap! He screamed inside.
Hinata sighed and shook the thought the thought out of her head. I'll deal with that later. She thought. "Anyway Naruto," he looked back up at her. "Yeah?" "Since I couldn't change there, I was wondering if I could use your bathroom for a moment." Naruto nearly had a stroke. The bathroom. The only place he didn't clean, and was probably the worst of all the rooms.
"It's alright if you don't want me to." Hinata said, seeing Naruto's expression. "I will just change at when we get to… well, wherever it is you planned on going." Naruto wanted to surprise Hinata with this date so he didn't tell her where they were going. He only told her to wear something a little formal.
Realizing what Hinata was saying, he raised his hands up and frantically said, "No! That's not what I meant. You see, uh…" Stupid don't tell her you forgot to clean up! Make something up! Think! Naruto scratched his head while wracking his brain for an excuse. Hinata just sat there confused. "Well, um, there's kind of a slight… problem." "In the bathroom?" she asked. "Y-yeah, in the bathroom." "What kind of problem?" Naruto screamed inside his head. He wasn't a very good liar. "I-I'm not sure. But you probably shouldn't change in there. Why don't you go change in my room?" Hinata stared at him for a moment and then blushed. "Oh, okay."
They got up and Naruto led the way down the hall and into his room, which was now pretty tidy. "Well I'll leave you to it." said Naruto. Hinata nodded to him before he closed the door. She looked around the room, somehow feeling very surprised at how tidy his room was. His bed was a little wrinkled and his closet was jumbled, but all in all, it wasn't too bad. She smiled to herself and began to undress.
Walking back down the hall, something suddenly hit Naruto. "Wait a minute, how could I have forgotten to get the bathroom and not my room? Was I expecting her to use my room more than the bathroom? Bathrooms are one of the first places you should clean right? Well, that's what Sakura told me. What was I thinking?" Naruto's mind immediately wandered to the gutter. Hinata + Naruto + Naruto's room = ….
Slam! Naruto banged his head on the wall, making it crack. Naruto's face was bright red with embarrassment. "Damn these hormones!" he whispered to himself. Hinata's voice called from his room. "Naruto, is everything all right? I heard a loud noise." Naruto rubbed his head. "It's nothing Hinata. Everything's alright." There was a short pause, and then the sound of a door closing. "That was strange." said Hinata. As she put on her outfit, she noticed some clothes that were on Naruto's bed. It consisted of a black suit, a white long sleeve button up shirt, a pair of black slacks, and a black tie. On the floor were some black dress shoes with black socks.
Where exactly is he taking me? She thought to herself. She looked at her dress that she had brought with her and blushed. "I hope I won't look too overdressed." And with that she slipped on the dress.
Naruto sat on the couch fumbling with his hands. He was starting to sweat and he began to bite his lip. Oh maaaaan! How am I gonna do this? I've never really been on a date before. What do you do on dates?" He scratched his head roughly. "What was it that Tenten said?"
Yesterday at Tenten's house…
"You mean you don't know what to do?" she asked. "Yeeeeah. See, I've never been on a date and I haven't been around for a long time so I don't know what Hinata likes so…" "And you want my help?" He nodded.
"Not that I mind helping you out, but why didn't you ask Sakura? I figured you ask her first." Naruto scratched his head. "Well actually I did head over there first, but, uh, she and Kakashi… well um, let's just say they were kinda busy." "Busy?" Naruto blushed. "Yeah, um, I kinda went through the door without knocking and sorta… caught them at a bad time." Tenten's eyes widened a bit. "Oh, I see."
"P-plus I think you know Hinata a little bit more than Sakura." said Naruto, trying to change the subject. "How so?" "Well Neji's your boyfriend and I figured since he's Hinata's cousin you'd see her more often."
"Well yeah I kinda do. Alright then, I'll help you out." Naruto sighed with relief. "Thanks Tenten." "Sure." She took out a piece of paper from her back pocket and handed it to him. Naruto tilted his head. "What's this?" "I actually figured you'd come by here and ask for help so I was already prepared. The only difference is I actually thought you'd ask Neji instead of me. But, whatever. Just read over this and it should help you out." "Um, thanks."
"The only problem is that I can't find the paper anymore." He hissed to himself. "I think it got lost while I was cleaning. I only got as far as step three!" He held up his fingers and counted what the note said. "One, clean up the house thoroughly before she gets to the house. Two, buy her some nice flowers. And three, make reservations for a fancy restaurant (which require fancy clothes). "I'm sure there were at least seven steps on there. Man, this is really tough."
"What's really tough." asked a voice behind him. Naruto turned towards Hinata's voice. "Oh, Hinata, are you dressed alre-." He stopped when he saw Hinata. He couldn't believe what he saw. She was absolutely gorgeous. The black dress was very form fitting and it covered her feet. The straps were split so that one set wrapped behind her neck and the other set went down to the back of her dress. On the top edge of the dress was lined with black fancy lace. Her long hair draped over her slim shoulders and toned back.
Hinata blushed when Naruto started drooling. "Um Naruto, your…" she pointed to her own mouth. "Huh?" Naruto gasped and quickly wiped his slobber away. Great! Now she's gonna think I'm a total perv! "Y-You look great Hinata." She turned away. "You don't think I'm too over dressed?" Naruto scratched his head and smiled. "Not at all! You look perfect!"
Hinata blushed all the way to her ears. She had always wanted Naruto to say words like that to her ever since she first met him. And only when she was over him did he started saying them. So how do I feel now? What am I supposed to feel? Am I making this too difficult?
"Uh, anyways, I'm gonna go ahead and change into my clothes. Just make yourself at home." "Okay." Naruto walked into his room and sighed. "Man this awkward." He removed his black T-shirt and grabbed his dress shirt. As he was slipping it on, he noticed something on the top of his dresser that he wasn't familiar with. Walking over he realized that they were clothes. Hinata's clothes. And on the top of the neatly folded clothes, were her white undergarments. Naruto nearly had a nose bleed. His eyes wandered to the tag on her bra. On the label, it read in big bold text, '34 C'. This time, he really did get a nosebleed.
Hinata was sitting on the couch looking at a picture of Team 7 by the time Naruto came out. When she saw him, she was shocked. She had never seen or imagined Naruto in a suit and tie before. It didn't suit him very much, but he still looked nice. "Naruto your face is really red. Are you feeling okay?" "Yeah, I'm good. I'm just happy that's all." Hinata tilted her head to the side. "Don't worry about it. So, are you ready to go?" Hinata smiled. "Well I don't really know where we are going, but yes, I am." "Alright, well then," Naruto stood in front of Hinata and he held out his hand. "Let us be off on our date, Ms. Hyuuga."
Somewhere in the middle of Konoha…
"Here we are Hinata." said Naruto. They stood in front of a two story white restaurant with a sign on the top of the front doors that read 'White Lotus'. There were round windows spaced out around the bottom floor, while a small balcony was on the top floor.
Hinata's eyes widened with surprise. She had been to this restaurant a couple times with her clan, but it was a very fancy restaurant despite its small size. "Naruto, how in the world did you afford this?" Naruto grinned proudly to himself. He had been working on getting money for this date for long while. But in order to get that much money, he had to work many hours of grubby D and C-rank missions. All those crappy missions are going to be so worth it. He thought.
Naruto turned to Hinata and held out his arm. "Shall we?" Hinata blushed and slowly hooked her arm into his. When he opened the door, a rush of cool air met them. Inside, it was dimly lit, and there was a pleasant buzz of ongoing conversation. A waiter dressed in black approached them and bowed. "Welcome to White Lotus. Will it be just the two of you tonight?" Hinata blushed at the waiters words. It still hadn't sunk in that she and Naruto were on a date with no one around to bother them. Why am I blushing? She thought to herself, feeling a little frustrated. I thought I was over Naruto. "Actually, we have a reservation." said Naruto. "I see." The waiter pulled out a clipboard from the pedestal beside him. "What is your name?" "Uzumaki." He wrote something down then put the clipboard back on the pedestal. "Right this way please." He led them to a flight of stairs to the second floor and out onto the balcony. There was only one table that was seated for two with candles already lit up on the table.
Naruto led Hinata to her chair and held it out to her. When they were seated, the waiter placed a menu in front of them. "And what would you two like to drink tonight? We have a wide variety of wines on the back of the menu if you would like." Naruto scratched the back of his head. I never really ordered anything but regular beer before but that's not really a kind of drink for a dinner like this. Naruto looked at the different alcoholic drinks and sweat dropped. What the heck is all this? "Just water for me." said Naruto. "So will I." nodded Hinata. The waiter turned and went back inside, leaving the couple alone.
Hinata and Naruto sat there in an awkward silence, not really saying anything. Oh crap!, thought Naruto. I didn't plan this far ahead! What am I supposed to say? Naruto began to sweat as the silence lingered. Hinata started fidgeting, feeling uncomfortable. Ah man! This date is supposed to determine who Hinata decides to be with and mine is becoming a disaster! "Um, Naruto?" Naruto jumped and squeaked. "Y-yeah?" Hinata looked to the side and then back at him. "Uh, what are you going to order?" "Huh? Oh, right food! I forgot. Let's see, um, I think I'll have the… uh," Naruto stared at the list of foods on the menu and sweat dropped. He looked up at Hinata and pointed to the menu. "Hey Hinata, what the heck is with this list?" "Hinata tilted her head. "Pardon?" "Well they got something called 'White Asparagus Soup'. Why'd the put that when asparagus is green? It doesn't make any sense." Hinata just stared at him without blinking. "Here's another weird one," Naruto continued, "I can't even pronounce what this thing is. Foo-ee-eh-grass-two-or-ch-on?" "Foie Gras Torchon?" asked Hinata. Naruto squinted at the name. "Is that how you say it?" Naruto scratched his head. "Man, that's complicated."
Suddenly Hinata burst into a laughing fit. Naruto jumped at her sudden reaction and stared. She continued to laugh for a good minute before she calmed down. "I-I'm so sorry Naruto." She said, wiping the tears from her eyes. It's just that, I didn't expect you to do that. Your face was so focused on trying to spell it. It was so funny!" She giggled a little bit more. Naruto grinned and blushed. "Yeah, I'm not really used to this kinda thing." Hinata smiled. "It's alright. Here, I'll help you pick something.
She got up from her seat and leaned in over his shoulder, pointing and explaining the menu's choices. All the while he kept trying to pronounce some of the difficult names, and Hinata laughed each time. "Now this one here is really good." she leaned over more to point at a choice. Her hair fell more over Naruto's shoulder and some touched his face. Her neck was next to his cheek slightly exposed through her hair. He hardly heard what she was saying now. He could smell her light lavender perfume and her hair was so soft against his face. He turned his head slightly to reach her neck.
"Excuse me." Naruto jumped and quickly faced forward, blushing. "Are you ready to order now?" The waiter had come back up and had their waters. "I am." replied Hinata. "Are you ready to order, Naruto?" "U-uh s-s-sure." Hinata sat back down and placed her order. "And you sir?" "I-I'll have whatever she's having." "But Naruto, I ordered a vegetarian dish. Are you sure you wouldn't want something else?" I'd like to have you. Naruto blushed brighter listening to his male thoughts. Shut up! Now is really not the time! "Uh, I'll have the closest thing to ramen you got." The waiter arched his eye brows and thought. "Then, you'll have the Orecchiette Pasta?" Naruto sweat dropped. "Yeah, sure." The waiter left with the menu's and left the two alone and silent again.
Hinata took a sip from her glass and glanced at Naruto. His face was red and he seemed to be sweating. His eyes were toward the sky, but he wasn't really looking at the clouds. "Naruto?" He turned quickly to look at her. "Y-yeah?" "Are you feeling alright? You look like you have a fever." Naruto gulped and shook his head. "Nope. I'm doing just fine over here." "Well, if you say so." They were silent again for about three minutes. Aaaah! I can't take much more of this! This is the worst date I've ever been on! Naruto stopped his thought process. Wait a minute… this is the ONLY date I've been on! Naruto mentally slammed his head against the table. I bet Kiba's date was way better than this. Big anime tears streamed down Naruto's face as he continued to mentally bang his head. Hinata finally broke the silence. "So, Naruto, how have your missions been coming along?" "Oh, just fine. I've getting a lot of A and B rank missions so I'm always pretty busy." Hinata grinned at Naruto's smile. "It seems like your enjoying life to the fullest. That's good." Naruto glanced at her and then turned away from her slightly. "Well, apart from becoming the Hokage, there's only one thing that could complete my life now." "Oh? What's that?" He blushed and glanced at her from the side. "You."
Hinata's heart skipped a beat and she turned her head away, blushing. Naruto leaned in over the table and took her hand. "Hinata." Hinata's eyes went wide for a moment. "Let's have a fun time tonight, ok?" There was a slight pause, and then Hinata smiled and nodded.
The rest of the night went by very pleasantly. They talked about missions and training, embarrassing moments on E-rank assignments, preferences, and other entertaining subjects. When their dinner came out, both Naruto and Hinata joked about if Naruto could actually eat something other than ramen.
Around eleven o'clock, Naruto started walking Hinata home with their arms interlocked. They were silent, but it wasn't unpleasant. When they reached the entrance to the Hyuuga clan, Naruto didn't stop. He kept walking, going past the entrance. "Wait Naruto, don't go in there!" Hinata pulled him back, stopping him and causing him to turn around. "But, I'm walking you home." Hinata shook her head. "No, this is fine. I'll go alone from here." "What? Why?" Hinata looked down with a sad look on her face. "Well, you see… my father doesn't exactly know that I'm doing this and if I told him, he would be very against it." Naruto stared at her in a mix of confusion and slight irritation. "What do you mean he'd be against it? What's wrong with you going on dates?" Hinata turned away from him and didn't reply for a few moments. "Well he… you see… he, wants me to, get married, since I'll be eighteen soon. And I think he's going to try making an arranged marriage for me."
When Naruto didn't say anything, Hinata looked at him. His eyes were to the floor and his eyes were scrunched up. "Naruto?" "I can't believe, your dad is making you forcefully marrying someone." His eyes softened a little and he looked up at her. "Hinata, if your father does go through with this, are you going to resist?" Hinata's face became solemn. "How can I? Even if I do resist, he will force me to do it. There, probably really isn't anything I can do about it." "Then, why are you doing this dating thing with me and Kiba?" Hinata's eyes widened at Naruto's words. Why did she agree to this when she already knew that her father would never allow? If that truly is the case, just what in the world was she doing?
Hinata's eyes began to water and overflow. "I-I'm sorry Naruto. I should have realized what I was doing sooner. I am very sorry." Naruto reached out and slowly wrapped his arms around her, hugging her gently. Hinata was frozen for a minute, but then she relaxed a little and closed her eyes.
They stood there for a while before breaking apart. Naruto looked at her and grinned his goofy grin. "Don't worry Hinata, we'll figure something out. I'll help you out no matter what, believe it." Hinata stared at him and smiled. "Thank you Naruto." Naruto grin widened at her thanks. "Well, I guess I better go. I had fun tonight Hinata." "I did too." Naruto's face suddenly turned shy and he started to say something. "Is something wrong Naruto?" "W-well, I was wondering, could I hug you again?"
Hinata blushed and looked at the floor. "I-I guess that's alright." Again, Naruto slowly wrapped his arms around Hinata and held her there, but this time, he took a moment to breath in her scent. He turned his head and put his face right up to her neck and softly inhaled. She smells so good. Thought Naruto. She smells good, but I feel like such a pervert right now. I better cut it out. At that, Naruto exhaled and was about to pull away, but all of a sudden, Hinata let out a moan and her body shivered. Both Hinata and Naruto's eyes widened. "Uh…" "N-N-Naruto?"
There was a short pause and then Hinata screamed and roughly pushed him away holding her neck. Naruto was dumbfounded for a second. "H-Hinata? What just happened?" "What do you mean what happened? You blew on my neck!" "Huh? No I didn't." "Yes you did!" Naruto thought for a moment. And then it hit him. Gaaah! She must have thought I was trying to get fresh with her when I sighed! I must have been breathed out too hard. Oh crap, now she thinks I'm a dog! Wait a minute, if she reacted like that, that must mean… Naruto stared at her. "Hinata, could it be that, your neck is your weakness?" Hinata's face turned to a glowing red. "N-Naruto!" "Ah! I'm sorry, I mean, actually I don't know what I mean please forget everything that I just said!"
"Um, I think I better get home now." "Huh? Wait, Hinata I'm really sorry!" "It-it's alright. I'll talk to you tomorrow Naruto." And with that she darted towards her house. Naruto had anime tears coming out of his eyes. "Ooooooh Hinata." He whimpered. But then he saw Hinata stop in front of her house and turn around. "I-I had a good time, Naruto!" she shouted from across the yard. And then she ran inside.
Naruto stood there for a moment to process what she had said. Then he grinned from ear to ear and jumped in the air. "Yes! Woo Hoo! Beat that Kiba!" He kept hooting and hollering the entire walk back to his house. When he reached his apartment, he jumped into his bed and thought about the date. "Man Hinata, you've really got me hung up on you." Still thinking about Hinata, he closed his eyes to sleep.
Back at the Hyuuga household, Hinata sits before her father, telling him that the reason she has been coming home late was because she has been doing late night training for the past two nights. "Is that so?" replied her father. "Then you should have informed me of this earlier Hinata. Please do so in the future." "Yes father." "Well anyways, I need to inform you of something of great importance. The Hokage has informed me that you will be going on an important mission the day after next and that you must report to her tomorrow morning." "Yes father." "And another thing, your team for the mission will be slightly different, I don't know all of who is going with you but I do know one in particular. His name is Hatori Hyuuga." "Hatori Hyuuga?" "Yes and here's the other thing, he is the one that you will be marrying on your eighteenth birthday."
P.S. When Hinata pushes Naruto, 'Naruto Daily Life' music comes on ;P
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