Hey everyone I'm back with another chapter!

Naruto: *slap* Dammit woman what the hell took ya!

Me: I've been busy! Family tragedies, high school graduation, college applications, and such! But I got accepted to a college finally and all is taken care of!

Hina: Congrats!

Me: Hahah but anywayyy also my 18th birthday is monday so I thought I'd post chapters to all my stories by monday. So, some reviews would make my birthday a happier one! But here's a new chapter.

A few notes: After reading a review that I received a little while back, I noticed I was taking this story kind of fast... (Thanks, Pegp. I needed that criticism.) So I thought I'd try to slow things down and go back with a little flashback for this chapter. I'm not sure what I'm going to next chapter to slow it down a little more and show more depth like whether its going to be another flashback or what. Some ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Now with that said, here's the chapter! R&R

After laying unconscious for about a half an hour, Hinata finally came to. She tried to remember events prior to when she fainted, but remembered nothing. However, one name came to her mind, and it all started to flood back to her now...

'Naruto..' She thought with a blush.

That's right, Naruto came to her room with a note from Aya, and then he went to go save her, but before leaving, he kissed her and said the three words she'd long to hear: I love you.

Her heart raced as she remembered him saying those words to her. She yearned to hear them again just to be able to push the thought of that being a dream out of her head. She never would've thought she'd hear those words from him, but remembering back, maybe there was always something between them.

~Flashback~

Hinata was at her desk working on some paper work until Naruto's voice filled her eardrums.

"Hina-chan, can you come help me for a bit? I need help with fixing these brakes." Naruto shouted.

"Okay, I'll be there in a second." Hinata replied with a smile. She set her finished paperwork on the left side of her maple desk, and got up to help Naruto.

Hinata closed her office door and turned to see Naruto sitting on a stool working to take off the tire on the front driver side of a purple 2001 PT Cruiser starting with taking off the screws.

Hinata placed her hands on her hips and lifted an eyebrow. "You need help fixing brakes? Those are simple to fix that usually takes you less than-"

"I just wanted company," Naruto grinned. "I was getting lonely." Naruto said with a kid voice putting on a puppy dog pout.

Hinata rolled her eyes and went to the front passenger's side and started unscrewing the screws that keep the tire in place.

By the time Hinata finished unscrewing 3 of 5 screws, Naruto was rolling one tire to the side.

When he set the tire down, he grinned at her and she giggled.

He went back to working on taking the brake apart.

"So, Hinata, what have you been up to lately? We haven't really had much of a conversation lately." Naruto asked.

"Nothing really. Just school work and work pretty much. I don't have much of a life lately," Hinata laughed. "How about you Naruto-kun? Anything new?"

"Nah, nothing's really changed with me. Just living life like I always have, ya know?" Naruto replied taking out the caliper and let hang connected to the bleed valve anc removed the brake pads. "Hey Hinata, how's the love life? Find anyone you like?"

'Yes,' Hinata thought in her mind. "M-me? No, I don't have anyone," Hinata frowned. "N-no one has caught my interest."

'I'm such a liar.' She thought.

'She's such a liar.' Naruto chuckled in his thoughts. Whenever she stuttered, it meant she was lying. However, the stuttering habit goes back to when she was younger when she was just a shy wallflower, but now Naruto can tell when it's her being shy and when she was just lying through her teeth. However, he let it slide this time.

"Oh I see." Naruto finally said.

"Did you find your special girl, Naru-kun?" Hinata said rolling her tire to the side.

'Yes,' he thought.

"What? Me? No, of course not! My focus is completely on school and working here!" Naruto let out a nervous laugh.

'Bullshit.' the couple thought at the same time. They both knew Naruto isn't the type to care about school.

"Oh, that's too bad," Hinata said taking the dirty brake pads and caliper off the rotor getting her soft delicate hands dirty.

The two remained quiet as the continued to work on taking their brake apart.

The awkward silence was too much for Naruto to bare. After taking the rotor off of the car, he stared down at the dirty, round disk in his hand. He sighed.

It was a soft one, but audible since Hinata heard it. "What's wrong, Naruto-kun?"

"N-nothing nothing Hina-chan..." Naruto said still staring into the rotor. "Say, Hinata-chan?"

"Yeah?"

"What kind of guys are you into?"

Hinata became flushed with that question. "Umm, well..."

"I'm sorry about that Hinata. That was a stupid question. You don't have to answer that." Naruto apologized.

"Well, actually Naruto, I don't mind answering," Hinata smiled. "Well my perfect guy is… is… um.."

'I'm into guys like you,' Hinata thought sadly.

"Honestly, I don't know what kind of guy I'm into." Hinata laughed.

Naruto fell out of his chair after hearing that. "You gotta be kidding me Hinata-chan! You had me all pumped to hear your answer and whatnot…" Naruto pouted. "I was hoping to hear you like guys like me."

Hinata heard a teasing hint in his voice. 'Man, you have no idea…' she thought as she rolled her eyes.

"Well, you'll never know now will you," Hinata said with a wink.

Naruto chuckled a little bit. "We'll see about that."

In truth, in Naruto's mind, he really did want to here those words. Not hearing those words leave her sweet lips made him a little sad inside. However she didn't give an exact answer so maybe he still has a chance with her.

After another 15-20 minutes of grease, replacing rotors, brake pads, and conversing, Naruto and Hinata finished putting on the brakes.

Naruto came over to Hinata and put his arm over her shoulders. "I say we made good time. I told the customer it wouldn't be done for another hour, " he smiled. "Thanks Hinata. Couldn't have done it without you!"

Hinata blushed. "Of course you could've. You're just saying that."

"No I mean it," He moved in front of her and looked into her endless lavender pools. "You made this job a lot more fun since we started working together. Now I don't mind working so much because I know I have you here."

"Y-you mean that, Naruto-kun?"

"Of course I do. Besides…" Naruto started fanning himself. "It's too damn hot in here to be working like this alone. It'd take too much time!"

Hinata had a sweat drop moment as her head fell down. "Oh… great." Hinata turned and started walking toward her office.

Naruto laughed at her actions and came behind her and embraced her. "C'mon Hina-chan you know I'm joking!"

Hinata wiggled in his arms playfully as if trying to get out of his hold. She giggled and said, "Whatever, Naruto-kun."

"Really! Let me prove it to you by taking you out to eat!"

"Hmm, Let me think about it," She paused for a few seconds. "Okay, let's go!" She said with a grin.

The couple walked together with smiles plastered on their faces.

~Flashback end~

Oh how Hinata longed to go back to those days, but she knew the hands of time could never be turned. However, she finds solace in remembering the days they once shared.