Disclaimer: You should know this already... Naruto doesn´t belong to me.
The sound of your violin
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Chapter seven: Home made food and the kiss
Hinata leaned against the railing of her balcony and smiled. Cold, soft snowflakes had been falling down from the sky for all morning. Hinata pushed her tongue out from her mouth and catched one snowflake. It melted immediately as it hit on her tongue. Hinata couldn´t help but giggle when one snowflake landed on her nose, tickling her. She had always loved snow.
Hinata crouched down and gathered some snow to her hands from the floor of the balcony. Then she formed a small snowball, ignoring the coldness of the white substance. She stood up and looked down to the streets, spotting one angry looking man walking across the street. Hinata lifted the snowball above her head and threw it.
Bullseye! The snowball hit the back of the man´s head, causing him to turn around amd curse loudly. Hinata ducked down so the man couldn´t see her, trying to hold back her laughter. As a child she had loved palying snowball fight, and it seemed like it was now even more enjoyable.
Slowly Hinata stood up and peeked over the railing, making sure that the man wasn´t looking at her direction. She started giggling again, but was soon startled by a familiar voice.
"You are evil, did you know that, un?" Hinata quickly turned her head and saw Deidara leaning against the railing of his balcony, with a mischievous grin on his handsome face. He was wearing quite tight white t-shirt and navy blue jeans. Hinata had no idea how he was able to stand outside in those clothes. She herself was wearing a thick baby blue sweater and a woolen scarf.
Hinata blushed crimson when she realized that Deidara had seen her little prank.
"I... umm..." She stuttered. She didn´t remeber when she last time was so embarrassed. Deidara bursted out laughing.
"You have a good aim, but watch this, un." He said and made two snowballs and held them in his right hand. "Do you see those two little boys over there, un?" He asked and pointed to his left. Hinata nodded and watched how Deidara threw the snowballs. They hit straight to their targets causing the boys to scream in surprise. Both Hinata and Deidara ducked and bursted out laughing as the boys looked around to find the one who had thrown the balls to their heads.
"That w-was a n-nice shot." Hinata said between her giggles.
"Thanks, un." There was a short silence as they just watched the snow falling. Hinata started to feel a bit cold so she rubbed her hands together.
"Hina-chan, I was thinking..." Deidara started. "Would you like to hear the new song that I composed, un?" Hinata looked at Deidara with a surprised look, and started smiling.
"I´d l-love to." She answered softly. A happy grin found its way on Deidara´s face.
"Great, un! Do you have time to come here right now?"
"Y-Yes. I´ll b-be there in a minute." Hinata answered and stepped back into her apartment and Deidara entered his. Hinata tossed her scarf on her couch and walked to the front door. Before she was able to knock on her neighbor´s door, it flew open.
"Welcome to my home, un!" Deidara greeted and bowed again. "You can sit right here..." He had garbbed Hinata´s hand and led her to his living room and sat her on the couch. "I would make some tea, but it always tastes so horrible, un..." He rubbed the back of his head and smiled apolegtically.
"Oh, I c-could make s-some tea, if y-you don´t mind..." Hinata offered shyly.
"Really? That would be great, un!" The blonde said, taking a hold from Hinata´s hand and guiding her to his kitchen. He took a teapot from a cabinet above sink. Hinata filled it with water and placed it on the stove. Deidara was searching the tea leaves as Hinata opened the door of the refrigerator, attempting to add some milk to their teas. She was shocked when she didn´t find any milk. Or anything actually. The refrigerator was almost totally empty, excluding one rotten carrot and one half-eaten hamburger.
"Umm... Deidara?" Hinata said to catch the blonde´s attention.
"Yeah?" Came his reply. He was still looking for the tea leaves.
"When w-was the last t-time you b-bought groceries?"
"I´m not sure, un. Maybe, two or three weeks ago, un." He said and closed the door of the cabinet, moving to stand behind Hinata. She frowned at his answer.
"W-Well what do y-you normally eat?" Deidara shrugged.
"Hamburgers and other take-out or fast food, un." Hinata´s eyes widened.
"You know that kind of food is not good for your health." She said without stuttering, giving Deidara a scolding look.
"I know, but I can´t cook, un." He was a bit embarrassed because of that. He never really had time to learn how to cook. Besides it was always so much earsier just to order something to eat.
"Well, you´ll not learn how to cook, if you don´t have any ingredients." Hinata said matter-of-factly and grabbed Deidara´s wrist, dragging him towards the door. He was mildly surprised since he had never seen her to act so boldly, but he sure as hell didn´t mind her holding onto his wrist.
"Take your jacket." Hinata told him and stepped out from his apartment, heading to her own. She quickly put her shoes and coat on, grabbing her purse. Deidara was now standing at her doorway, looking at her with curious eyes.
"Where are we going, un?"
"To a grocery store." Hinata answered, and smiled at his dumbfounded expression.
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"Are we going to feed a small army, un?" Deidara asked, lifting his eyebrow as he looked all the food they had bought. He was carrying two bags while Hinata was carrying one.
"No, silly. This is all for you." Hinata giggled and turned to look at Deidara.
"What? For ME? But I´ll look like a pig, if I eat all of this, un..." He pouted.
"No you will not. If you kept eating all that unhealthy fas food, you´d look like a pig. This is much healthier." Hinata stated and smiled gently at Deidara.
"I guess you are right, un. But I still can´t cook."
"I could teach you, if y-you want." Hinata couldn´t help but blush at the thought. She definitely wouldn´t mind teaching Deidara. During the time she had been living next to him, she had started to develop certain feelings towards him, and they scared her.
"Would you really, un?" Deidara asked, his eyes glowing eagerly. This would be his change to spent bit more time with the pearl eyed beauty. He ignored the small sound in the back of his brain, nagging about having a fiancée and stuff. She nodded at his question.
The rest of the way they walked in comfortable silence, both of them deep in thought. Hinata was thinking what recipes she should teach to Deidara, and Deidara was thinking would Hinata like his new song. While he had been making it, he had been thinking about his shy next door neighbor.
The snow had stopped falling when they arrived to their apartment complex. Hinata took one of the grocery bags from Deidara´s arms, so he could take his keys from his pocket and open the door. They put the bags on the kitchen table and started to place the supplies to the cabinets and the refrigerator.
"Do y-you have any a-aprons?" Hinata asked when all the bags were empty. Deidara opened one cabinet and pulled out two white aprons. He handed one of them to Hinata and put the other one to cover his own clothes. He also noticed that Hinata´s stutter was back. Not that he minded, from his opinion it was quite adorable, but he still wished that she would feel comfortable around him.
Hinata took out a few bowls and other necessary cooking things.
"S-So, let´s get started." She said with a smile.
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"...And now y-you just a-add some spices and t-that´s it!" Hinata said after half an hour. "It w-wasn´t so hard, was it?"
"I never thought that cooking could be this easy and fun, un!" Deidara said and admired their work. On the table was some rice, fish, vegetables and very delicious looking soup. "But what if it tastes horrible..." He muttered with panicky tone. Hinata gave him a comforting smile.
"Then I g-guess that w-we have to taste it." Deidara nodded and grabbed a spoon, taking some soup in it. He blew to coll it down a bit and then offered it to Hinata. Shyly she opened her mouth, taking in the spoon.
"Well?" Deidara asked nervously. Hinata looked thoughtful for a moment before smiling.
"It w-was delicious!"
"Really?" Deidara was happy to hear that. He had thought that it tasted horrible, since he had made it. Hinata took another spoonful of the soup and offered it to Deidara, who accepted it happily. Hinata was right, it tasted very delicious.
"Wow, I was so sure that there was something wrong with that soup, un." They sat down and started eating their cookings and soon it was all finished.
"That was definitely the best meal in weeks, un!" Deidara exclaimed and patted his full stomach.
"I told y-you that h-home made f-food tastes better." Hinata said and carried their plates to the sink.
"You were damn right, un!" Hinata was quiet for a moment, before shyly saying: "Y-You know, I c-could cook a l-lunch t-to you e-every day, if y-you want..." She was blushing madly after she had said that.
"I would definitely like that, un!" Deidara answered eagerly, pulling Hinata into a tight embrace. She hesitantly put her hands around his neck and hugged him back.
Deidara had buried his nose to Hinata´s hair, inhaling her lovely scent while Hinata was enjoying the security of his arms. They didn´t even notice that they had been hugging each other almost five minutes before pulling away. They didn´t remove their hands, though.
Deidara, who was at least a head taller than Hinata, looked down so he could meet her eyes. Subconsciously they started leaning closer and soon their lips were touching. The kiss was soft, like the wings of a butterfly, both of them enjoying the feeling of having their lips touching in such gentle way.
Deidara carefully ran his tongue over Hinata´s luscious lips, wanting to taste her fully. Shyly Hinata parted her lips, allowing Deidara´s tongue to travel around her mouth. Before they could go any further, Hinata pulled away, realizing that she had just been kissing a man who had a fiancée. Disappointment flashed in Deidara´s eyes, but Hinata didn´t notice that.
"I... W-We..." She stuttered, trying to figure out what to say. "We s-shouldn´t be d-doing this."
"Yeah. I´m sorry." There was an awkward silence and soon Hinata couldn´t stand it anymore, so she broke it by saying:
"U-Umm... Y-You wanted me to h-hear your new song..?" Deidara snapped out of his thoughts.
"Oh, yeah, the song..." He muttered and gestured Hinata to follow him to his living room.
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AN: MERRY CHRISTMAS! I know it´s not really a Christmas, but it sure as hell feels like it. First of all, I heard that one of my best guy friends has gotten engaged! That´s awesome! I said to him that I want to be the godmother of their first child. And secondly, it has been raining almost two days, which means that autumn is coming! YAY! ...Maybe it´s bit too early to think about autumn... And lastly, I HAVE A BROTHER! I was browsing in one internet site and one guy had drawn damn gorgeous picture of Portgas D. Ace. So I put a comment to that pic, saying that I wish I had a brother like Ace and guess what, the guy who drew the pic said that he can be my big brother! So it definitely feels like Christmas!
