Mason looked at hinata with a dumbfound look on his face and then said "sure hinata go ahead." She looked kind of embarrassed and she started to fidget with her fingers and her new jacket. She then begins to speak "well you have been spending a lot of time with naruto while training and living with him. So I was wondering if he…. Maybe he might…. Um never mind."
Mason laughed a little bit and said "come on hinata g ahead and get it out, you can ask me anything about naruto im and expert." This made both of them laugh a little bit and was enough to help make hinata relax a little more.
So she begin again and got straight to the point this time "does naruto ever talk about outside of training." Mason put his hand to his chin like he was deep in thought, he took his time thinking all the while hinata sitting there waiting for what felt like forever. Finally mason said "well hinata come to think of it I don't think I have ever heard him talk about you."
With that hinata had a solemn look across her face and she said " oh I see" mason quickly jumped in and said " hinata relax I was just messing with you." Out of nowhere hinata hit mason so hard it made the bruise he got from his fight with naruto look like childes play. Mason rubbed his head cursing hinata under his breath but mad sure she did not hear him in fear of a repeat performance.
Mason said with a grown "Damn hinata it was just a joke take it easy next time will you." Hinata replied by saying "im sorry mason but this is not a subject that I want to joke about." Then mason realized what she was trying to get out of him and he said "oh you mean the fact that you are in love naruto" hinata looked at mason with a look of shock.
She started stumbling over her words trying to put a sentence together. Finally she was able to put a string of words together that mason could understand and it sounded something like "you…how….know…it was a secret…" Mason couldn't help but laugh this. He said with a smirk "hinata I think that the only person it is a secret to is naruto. Everyone else picked up on it a long time ago. All someone has to do is spend 5 minutes in a room with you and him to tell you have a huge crush on him. Plus kiba told me the other day when we were eating ramen."
Hearing this put hinata into an angered state that mason had never seen before. Mason kind of felt bad that he had ratted out his new friend and prayed that he would see him again in one piece.
With that hinata got up and said "that will be the end of training for today I have to go and…. Do stuff." She turned to take off toward town but before she could take more than a few steps mason grabbed her arm. He gave her a worried look and said "calm down hinata I know that I have only been here for a month or so now but I have known you about as long as I have known naruto and I know this is not like you. Just count to ten and think about this." Realizing that mason was right hinata sat back down. Then mason said "who knows me knowing may turn into and advantage for you." Hinata's widened and looked at mason dumbfound, and then she said "what do you mean." Mason smiled a little and said "I just mean I may be able to give you information and find out his feelings for you." Mason said all this knowing ever well the blonds feelings for the Hyuga girl sitting next to him but he did not feel it was his place to tell her.
Hearing this hinata perked up a little and said "sure that works for me" trying not to seem to eager then she remembered the earlier conversation "by the way you never told me what naruto says about me." Mason blinked drawing a blank on what she was talking about but then remembered the joke he played on her, which brought back memories of pain that hinatas right hook had brought.
He said " oh yeah that's right. Well he says that you are a hard worker and that you have improved a long ways since three years ago." Hinata kind of looked disappointed by this, she was hoping to something a little more personal but then mason spoke again and she missed and asked him to repeat it. He said "oh yeah and I can't forget that he thinks that you are amazing." Hearing that was just it, hinata started to freak out but tried to make it seem like nothing but it was clear that she was excited.
Seeing her reaction made mason laugh a little. Hinata got up and said "please excuse me I must be going now." Before mason could say a word she ran way so fast it left a dust trail. Mason figured with that he would head back to the training field to check on naruto.
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When mason arrived he found naruto sitting cross legged on top of one of the training logs, he seemed to just be sitting there waiting on mason to get back. When naruto saw mason he started messing with his hair. Mason walked over to him and naruto started looking around and trying to look past mason.
When mason got to where naruto was sitting naruto said "hey where is hinata at I thought we could all go eat supper together, you know because we trained together and all." Mason smirked at hearing the excuse and remembered the hinata had taken off. Mason said "she had to get going I think" after hearing this naruto seemed a little disappointed but then mason continued to speak "by the naruto when do you need and excuse to eat ramen.
With that naruto smiled and said "I never need and excuse come on lets got get some food." On that note the two men head toward their favorite ramen stand.
