"So, where do you want to go now, Hinata?" Sakura asked her girlfriend who was holding her hand.

"Where do you want to go, Sakura? Where do you want to go?" Hinata asked with a smile on her face.

"Hmm. I guess we can to and visit Ino Yamanaka. Is that okay with you, Hina-chan?"

Hinata didn't say anything for a minute who was looking at the ground trying not to step on the creaks on the pavement with a smile on her face. "Ino Yamanaka is okay with me, yes."

"Okay. We'll go and see Ino." Sakura kisses Hinata on the cheek again who saw the brunette place her hand on where Sakura kissed her which made the girl lightly laugh as the girls walked to Ino's house.

"Oi, Ino-pig! It's me, Sakura and Hinata. Open the door!" Sakura knocked the door.

"Open the door! Open the door! Ino-pig! Ino-pig!" Hinata repeated Sakura's last few statement who was playing with a stick.

"Alright, alright! I'm coming, I'm coming," Ino yelled who opened the door.

"'bout time. Now are you gonna let us in, or what?" Sakura asked.

"I suppose I should since you are my friend since I was six," Ino remarked to Sakura as her and Hinata came in to Ino's apartment.

"So, now that you and Hinata love each other, what are you guys gonna do now?" Ino wondered.

"What do you mean by that?" Sakura wondered eating her sandwich Ino made as Hinata watched Ninja Nonsense in a different room.

"Don't act like you don't know how relations work, Billboard Brow. I mean you and Hinata going out on a date." Sakura almost choked on her sandwich but drank some water behind it. "Are you okay?" Ino asked.

"I'm fine. But why are you telling me this?"

"Because according to this weekly monthly, couples always go out on dates whenever they're in love with each other," Ino said looking at the weekly magazine she had in her hands.

"I thought they stopped sending you those."

"This one is different. The point is, Sakura, that you should go on a date with Hinata. I don't think she'd mind."

"We've only been girlfriends for two weeks. What makes you think Hinata will say 'yes' to something like that?"

"I dunno. I was hoping you knew."

Sakura rolls her eyes in frustration. "You're worse than Naruto, you know that?"

"Yeah. I know," Ino said with a smile on her face as Hinata wasn't listening to what the two women were talking about. The Hyuuga was too busy paying attention to Ino's silver wear in the drawer in the kitchen. She was organizing them from shiniest to dimmest, smallest to largest, and sharpest to dullest.

Ino was impressed at the Hyuga's fast organization as Sakura snapped her back to what they were talking about.

"Oh, yeah. Anyway, you and Hinata going on a date would help Hinata confidence wise, and you, too," The blonde teen said.

"How will it help me?"

"Simple: It will help you calm down even more when you're around Hinata along with her, too."

"Huh?"

"You too are always kinda lose for words when you guys are walking home sometimes," Ino said.

"So? Hinata doesn't mind. She's a quiet person. And so am I."

"But in a relationship, both of the people who are going out, have to speak. Not just once in every blue moon. It helps clear things up for everyone."

"It helps clear things up for everyone," Hinata echoed who was finished with the silver wear and moved to the China plates.

"See? Even Hinata's agreeing with me!"

"Oh, shut-up, Ino! You're just getting this stuff from the magazines you buy every month," Sakura said, "......But as much as I hate to admit it, you're right."

"About the date or about you and Hinata talking?"

"I guess both. But I'm gonna have to talk to Hinata and see if she'll go out with me to a date. And the only problem is where Hinata and I can go for a date."

"Oh, yeah. I forgot about you being broke," Ino said.

"Gee, thanks for the support," Sakura sarcastically said as the pinkette teen and Ino began thinking of a place to call a date until it hit Ino like a ton of bricks, making the blonde teen yell, "That's it!"

"What's it?" Sakura wondered almost falling out of her chair from Ino's sudden yell.

"When's Hinata's Birthday?"

"You mean the one that's coming up?"

"Yeah."

"December 27th. Why?"

"You and Hinata can go out on a date for her birthday. Since her birthday is a couple of weeks away, you can ask Hinata if she would like to go out with you," Ino explained.

"For once, that's not such a bad idea. I'll try that and see how it goes when I take Hinata out on her birthday," The pinkette teen said as Hinata was still stacking the China Ino has in her kitchen.

Ino sees this after hearing the Hyuga muttering something from a TV show. "Hey. Hinata organized all of my kitchen-wear."

"Is that okay with you, Ino? Is that okay with you?" Hinata said moving herself away from organizing the China.

"Well, yeah. I mean, that was fast though," Ino said with her hands behind her head giving the brunette a smile making Hinata timidly hide behind Sakura like a child. Sakura lightly laughed at Hinata's shyness. Hinata still wasn't used to people smiling at her without someone them making a rude comment about her. "So, how are you gonna tell that good for nothing father or yours about Sakura, Hinata?"

"I'm not going to tell him," Hinata said.

"Why? You're not scared of your father, are you?" Ino wondered.

".....I don't want my father to know because he's not a part of my life anymore, he's not a part of my life anymore," Hinata said, "After giving me years of pain, he-he doesn't deserve to hear what I have to say to him. I don't want him in my life anymore even if he wants me to. He had a chance when I was born. But now, but now, it's too late. Too late......too late."

Sakura understood what Hinata was talking about who hugged her tightly and gently kissed her on the lips.

"But what if your father did find out about you liking Sakura, Hinata?" Ino wondered, "Knowing your father, he'll do something to keep you away from you Billboard Brow over here."

"That, that won't happen. My dad will never find out," Hinata said holding Sakura by her waist, "I can't lose Sakura from what my dad does. And if he does try and steal Sakura away from me, then I will kick, kick his ass."

"You'd knock out the head of the Hyuga Family....for me, Hinata?" Sakura said in surprise.

"Y-Yes. He doesn't control my life anymore. I'm not his daughter anymore. I'm not apart of the Hyuga Family anymore. He's not control of my life. Not anymore. Not anymore."

Sakura was speechless to Hinata's speech as Sakura hugged Hinata tighter and kissed her again on the lips.

"Aww, isn't that a sweet scene?" Ino said making the pinkette teenager's face turned red.

"Shut-up, Ino-Pig!"

Later that evening, Hinata and Sakura left Ino's apartment holding hands. Hinata was muttering something that made Sakura join in Hinata's conversation while they kept walking until they were at Hinata's house.

"Well, I guess I better get going. My mom's probably worried sick," Sakura said scratching the back of her head.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Saku-chan, right? I'll see you tomorrow," Hinata said looking at the ground.

"Of course. I don't have a choice because of school first off. But as long as you're around, I'll be there," Sakura said lifting Hinata's head up to meet her eyes.

Hinata smiled and lightly kissed her on the lips before walking inside. Sakura sighed and began to walk home.