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Chapter 7

Naruto and Hinata were busy by the carousel. Naruto was at first, a bit reluctant with the spinning around thing but of course he went along with Hinata who was very excited to go on the said ride.

"A-are you sure i-it's alright with y-you, N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata stuttered, shuffling her feet and fidgeted, as the two of them stopped at their horses. An employee of the ride was going around and buckling everyone up before they start the ride, Naruto just nodded and grinned at the violet haired girl as he helped her get on the horse she picked, "Don't worry about me, Hinata-chan, just have fun!"

Before the employee could buckle the Hyuuga heiress up, Naruto did the honors and buckled her seatbelt, making the young girl blush a light shade of pink, "A-arigato, N-Naruto-kun," she mumbled. The said boy flashed his infamous grin at her and sat on the horse next to Hinata's and buckling himself up.

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The ride started and they were starting to move, Hinata looked genuinely happy. The ride was spinning now, at a safe pace, the violet haired girl giggled while closing her eyes, enjoying the moment, "It's nice to have finally rode on a merry-go-round again," she thought happily, recalling her memories of a small kid, "And with Naruto-kun, too."

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"It's been a very long time since my last on a ride like this," Naruto thought, sighing to himself. He noticed Hinata, not too far from him, he could see her smiling and reminiscing, "She's so beautiful, especially when she smiles like that," he thought as he stared at the smile gracing Hinata's face.

"She has a great personality, she's nice and smart...shy too," he continued to think. He didn't notice that Hinata was looking at him too, a smile still present on her lips, "I wonder what Naruto-kun is thinking about," she thought as she tilted her head a bit, noting how Naruto looked like, "He's so cute! So perfect!" she thought dreamily as she closed her eyes again, "If only I had enough courage to tell him how I feel," she thought as she looked away- the same time when Naruto snapped out of his reverie about Hinata, "Maybe I should tell her how I feel..."

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The slow approach...

"Get ready!"

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The steady climb...

"Almost there..!"

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The quick descent...

"Ahhh!!"

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The rush of adrenaline...

"Yeeaaaaaaah!!"

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Hands in the air...

"Woooo!"

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The unrelenting speed...

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

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The twists and turns...

"Haaaaaaa!"

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The continuing rail...

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And the sudden stop...

"Hell Yeah!"

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The brunette was still grinning from ear to ear as her partner in crime combed his hair with his hand. But he couldn't help but smile at the girl who was still recalling what happened on the roller coaster ride.

"I cannot believe you didn't raise your hands up in the air when the coaster was going downhill!" she exclaimed as she raised her own hands again. He didn't say anything but continued to smile fondly at the girl next to him, "Calm down, Tenten, you might suffer from too much adrenaline," he said jokingly as the said girl smacked him in the arm playfully, "Well at least I had a blast! You didn't even look like you were enjoying!" she accused.

She got a raised eyebrow, "You were looking at me the whole time?" he asked, "N-n-no, of course not! Don't stay stuff like that, Neji!" the girl replied, blushing crimson red, making the boy smirk.

"Oh look!" Tenten exclaimed, pointing at a small stand, "Cotton candy!" running towards the stand before Neji could say anything else, his smirk never went away though, "Sure, Tenten, if you say so."

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"That was fun!" Naruto grinned as he led Hinata to another ride. The latter smiling happily as the blonde held her hand all the way, "What do you think of bumper cars, Hinata-chan?"

"I guess i-it's okay, N-Naruto-kun," the shy girl replied as the two lined up at the bumper car ride. She blushes different shades of red when she felt a tight squeeze, Naruto hugged her, "We could get in one car and bump all the rest of those guys!" he said excitedly and started laughing.

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"Come on Hinata!" Naruto eagerly said as he led the said girl to an orange car, "Buckle up, Hinata-chan!" Naruto grinned as he buckled the belts on the two of them. Hinata blushed once again and thanks the blonde boy, who grinned back and held the steering wheel tightly, Hinata giggled at the boy, "Let the bumping begin, dattebayo!"

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Tenten was holding a piece of cotton candy in front of Neji's mouth, "Come on, Neji! Say 'ah'!"

Said boy only blushed a light shade of pink as he turned his head, refusing to be fed and talked to like a baby, "Open up, Neji!" the brunette said, "She's actually pretty cute when she does that," Neji thought to himself as he gave in and opened his mouth, with Tenten giggling and popping it in his mouth, "See? It wasn't that bad," she said, smiling.

Neji smirked, "You're right," he said nearing Tenten's face, leaving only a mere inch of space between them. The latter blushed crimson red and swallowed hard, she couldn't seem to look away from his eyes, "I'm drowning in him."

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That was her last relevant thought when Neji closed the gap between them, "Her lips are soft," Neji commented as his eyes closed- Tenten's eyes fluttered close when their lips met, "Oh my gosh! He's actually kissing me!"

"This is the best day of my life!" the two of them thought as they parted, their foreheads were leaned on one another as Neji opened his eyes and looked at Tenten, "Thank you," he said softly to her. She didn't open her eyes but she smiled, "Thank you too."

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It wasn't long until night fell upon the group of teens. They all met up at the same spot, in front of the carnival, at around seven in the evening. Shikamaru and Ino were the first ones there, followed by Naruto and Hinata, everyone was pretty silent- even Naruto. Minutes later Sasuke and Sakura arrived, silence still dominated. Not too long, Michiko and Kiba came, along with Neji and Tenten.

"Shall we go then?" Ino chimed as she clung on Shikamaru's arm. The others agreed, "I know this spring not too far from here," the blonde girl mentioned, "I think it also doubles as a resort so we could stay there for the night," she added. Again, the group agreed.

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"Who's driving?" Naruto asked excitedly, still not shaking off his fun at the bumper cars ride. The boys looked at him like he's gone insane, "N-Naruto-kun and I just finished a bumper car ride," Hinata muttered silently for the others to head, excluding Naruto. The girls cringed, inching away from the blonde boy.

"I'll drive," Sasuke offered. Sakura perked up, "Oooh, alone time with Sasuke-nii-chan in front~" Michiko sang as she and the other girls got in the van. The pink haired girl blushed so red that it would put tomatoes to shame. Neji smirked at the young Uchiha, "Have fun Uchiha," he said as he passed him and got into the van, following closely after Tenten.

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"Here's the map by the way- Ino wanted me to give it to you," Shikamaru muttered, handing the map with the highlighted path towards the spring they were supposed to go to tonight, "Thanks," Sakura said as she got into the passenger's seat while Sasuke got in the driver's seat, putting the keys in and revving the car.

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"To the spring Ino said!" Naruto exclaimed as Sasuke drove out of the carnival's parking lot.

"Shut up!" the others, excluding Hinata, exclaimed at the blonde boy.

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A/N: Another update! *grins* See? I told you guys that I'll be updating even though I'm on hiatus! *sticks tongue out*

*coughs* Anyway! Maybe I'll start working on the other two stories again, or maybe continue the main story I'm working on right now- the reason for my hiatus. But since I want to do some Naruto fandom, I decided to write again! *grins happily* I was inspired to write Naruto AUs again because of some of the fanfictions I recently read! *grins*

Okay! Just tune in again soon! I'll be working on the stories again, as much as possible during my free time- since I have something to do tomorrow...but it's in the afternoon so maybe I'll be updating again tomorrow morning! *grins*

Until then! *wink wink*

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