"Um...Nezhul?" Hinata shyly asked. She had officially met Hinata yesterday, as the girl was in her farming group because of her facination with flowers. "Yeah, Hinata?" Nezhul asked quietly, as she stared at the stars with the girl. "Do you...know what love is?" Hinata asked, turning red when Nezhul looked somewhere in between bewildered and embarrased. (have you ever seen this look? It's kawai) "Er...love?" Nezhul asked, hesitant. She saw Hinata blush and turn away, embarrased. "S-Sorry I asked...I shouldn't have-" she was inturrupted by Nezhul, who looked thoughtful as she stared at the stars. "No, sorry. I don't know if I like him or not, but I know I get butterflies whenever he's around. He's nice to me, everyone is. I'm not used to it. I was never really social, so I'm akward around people. But...around him I feel...natural. Even though I'm afraid of bugs, and I don't really know what I feel, I know that I enjoy the feeling, and no matter what, I don't want it to end. But if you really need to ask someone, ask Kagome and Sango. Their more expierenced than I am." Nezhul said, smiling weakly. She looked to be slightly sad. "I'll ask with you. I want to know too." Nezhul said, standing and offering Hinata a hand. The girl gladly took it, and they left to find Sango.
"L-love?" Sango asked, shocked. "Yeah, what is it?" Nezhul asked as Hinata twiddled her fingers. "Well...love is...love is a feeling you get when someone is special to you. I don't really know how to describe it. With Miroku I felt like I could stay with him forever. But with Kakashi, forever seems too short. I know I loved Miroku...so...what do I feel for Kakashi?" Sango said. "Kakashi is great, albeit perverted. He really cares about people, and in so many ways he reminds me or Miroku. But they're so different. Kakashi doesn't show interest in other girls, though he reads his dirty books. BUT, Miroku had a charm to him that no other man can possibly ever have." Sango said. "Let's go ask Kagome then." Nezhul said with a sigh.
"Er.. are you three serious?" Kagome asked. "Yup. Completely. What's love?" Sango asked. "Love is...love is when you trust someone with your life, and would risk yours to save them. Love is when you feel natural around someone, and you can tell them anything." Kagome said. "What does it feel like though?" Nezhul asked. "I don't know how to explain it. You'll have to figure it out on your own. Each new love is different." Kagome said. "Anou...Kagome...do you love...Shikamaru-san?" Hinata asked, twiddling her fingers again, and looking away. Kagome sighed. "I honestly don't know. I can't seem to ever be angry at that lazy old fart, for some odd reason. And I do feel relaxed around him, but it's not the same as with Inuyasha." Kagome said. Hinata looked at her curiously. "Remeber Kagome, each new love is different?" Hinata asked, quoting Kagome. Nezhul and Sango grinned at Hinata as she fumbled over Kagome's embarrasment. "Kagome-san, I'm so sorry to have embarrased you! Really...I... I didn't mean to do that." she stuttered slightly. Kagome smiled warmly. "No need to get so flustered Hinata-chan. It's ok. Your right, I guess." she said.
Hinata sighed, her question un-answered. So, she decided to ask someothers. "Shino-san, what's...love?" she asked, this time very embarrashed as he almost did a double take. "Love? I'm not sure. It's a feeling, when someones important to you, I guess." he said. Hinata nodded, not satisfied with the answer. "I'll be going now, Shino-san." Shino watched her leave in mild curiosity. 'Why is she asking this? To me, none the less.' he wondered, before dropping the subject.
"Shikamaru-san! I need to ask you something." Hinata said. Shikamaru nodded, a sign for her to continue. "What's love?" she asked. 'How troublesome' he thought before sighing. "I don't know. A feeling. Rather useless if you ask me." he said, then walked off. 'What is love...really?' he thought to himself.
Hinata decided not to ask Kakashi, unsure if the answer would scar her for life or not.
'Everyone seems to be in love...that is...everyone but me. Even Naruto and Sakura have gotten around to liking eachother.' Hinata thought sadly. 'Will I ever find true love?' She decided to ask one last person.
"Kiba-san, what's love?" she asked. She feared he wouldn't be able to quench her thirst for knowledge, and the shocked look in his eyes made her almost loose hope. "Love?" he asked. He saw her hopless look, and his eyes softened. Doing the only thing he could think of, he hugged Hinata to him and closed his eyes contentedly.
Hinata felt all her shyness melt away in Kiba's soft embrace, and she felt happy.
'Is this...love?'
End.
A short but sweet little thought I came up with, because Kiba and Hinata need love too!
Yes, this is still part of the story, but like with the 4th of july, I'll throw in little chapters that don't really have a major impact, but rather do cute little things like this.