10-year old Yuri watched young Hinata training with the sword from behind a tree, lightly blushing and in awe of how amazing he looked. She knew him for a couple of years and is pretty shy with him. She also was training the way of the sword, but watching Hinata from afar helped her learn more...

"Hey, Yuri, you in there?" Oboro asked, waving her hand in front of the blond woman's face to get her attention.

Snapping back into reality, Yuri spoke, "Oh, sorry, Oboro. I was just thinking about something. What's up?"

Oboro said, "Lord Takumi and Hinata are gonna spar again. I was going to go watch them and thought you'd come too."

"Um, s-sure!" Yuri said to her friend before they were walking to the training grounds. Ok, Yuri, keep it together. You always seen Hinata train and all, but not from a distance this time. God, please help me gain more courage and not get so shy! she thought to herself.

When they got there, Takumi and his retainer were already sparring while Oboro sat down on one of the wooden seats that were against the wall and Yuri sat beside her. Oboro, as usual, drooled over her Takumi while Yuri watched Hinata, silently rooting for him. After half an hour, the two men finished their spar and Oboro clapped, and when she saw Hinata turn toward them, she quickly looked away to avoid his gaze and silently cursed herself with her shyness.

"Lord Takumi, you and Hinata were great out there!" Oboro praised.

Takumi said, "Well, of course, what else would you expect from us, Oboro?" He got a nudge from Hinata and cleared his throat. "So, Oboro, how about you and I go for a walk together? There's...some things I'd like to discuss with you."

Oboro blushed. "Sure! Of course, Lord Takumi! How can I refuse you?"

Takumi and Oboro left, leaving both Hinata and Yuri alone together. Yuri was feeling overwhelmed by her shyness and felt her palms sweating. She didn't even budge from her seat and she was figgeting quite a bit, and yet the silence is killing her.

"So how've you been today, Yuri?" Hinata asked, breaking the silence as he sat beside her.

Yuri jumped a little, blushing a deep red. "F-Fine. How about y-you?" she replied.

Hinata chuckled. "I've been great. I almost beat Lord Takumi, but the chances of that happening are pretty slim since he's more stronger than I am. At least it's nice to practise with him so I can get stronger as well." He noticed the figgeting. "Are you ok? I'm not going to bite or anything, you know?"

"I-I'm sorry! It's just...um...I, uh...Oh yeah!" Yuri quickly stood up. "I forgot I have to go meet up with Hana right now! See you later!"

She ran off before Hinata could stop her or anything. When she got as far from the training grounds as possible, she leaned on the wall and started catching her breath.

"Dammit, Yuri...You seriously need to hold yourself and get your act together!" She hissed at herself. "Ugh, this is getting too hard for me to even talk to him properly at this point..." She sighed. "...It's not like he's ever interested in me or anything...I'm such a hopeless fool..."

"Hey now! Don't call yourself that!"

Yuri jumped with a startled gasp before she looked up to see Hinata actually approaching her. He must have ran after her and she gripped on a part of the bottom of her shirt to get herself together.

"Did you need me for...something?" she asked him.

Hinata sighed. "Yuri, do you hate me?"

"No! That's not it at all! It's j-just...um..." Yuri looked away.

She heard Hinata sigh again before she heard him shuffle a bit before she heard him say, "Look at me, please, Yuri?"

A part of her was screaming out 'No' to her, but the rest was telling her to obey him, which she did and blushed when she saw how close he was to her.

"Then why did you run off like that? I know you're shy and all, but I felt like I did something to offend you or scare you off. Can't you tell me what's up?" he gently asked her.

Yuri bit her bottom lip gently before she took a deep breath to reply, "To tell you the truth, we both know that...um...we grew up in the same town...and...I have to be honest...I got into being a samurai because of you and...I always admired you, watching from afar whenever you practise..." She waited for a response and since there was none, she continued, ignoring the fact her shyness disappeared, "I know it's strange to hear this from me and I can understand if you find it creepy, but it's all true! I never hated you, Hinata! In fact, I'm in love with you!"

She gasped and covered her mouth, blushing a deep red and her heart pounding hard against her chest. The woman couldn't believe she just confessed to him with her very own words! The shyness was returning and she quickly turned away, ready for rejection as tears were welling in her eyes.

"F-Forget what I just told you! I didn't mean to say that last part! I'm sorry!" Yuri cried out.

She was going to run off when Hinata quickly grabbed her wrist, pulled her towards him, and held her from behind with her back pressing against his body. Yuri's eyes widened and her body froze in place, blushing a dark red as she sensed his lips were next to her ear.

"Yuri...you have no idea how much that means to me to hear that I inspired you...and I don't find it creepy that you watch me. I have to be honest, I did the same when you were training. Also, I'm not forgetting what you just said because I love you too!" Hinata confessed as he held her close.

Tears finally fell down her cheeks as Yuri trembled, but out of happiness and relief. Then Hinata reached a hand up and cupped her cheek before moving her head to have her eyes on his before leaning in to softly kiss her. Yuri's eyes were half-way shut as she moaned softly before kissing him back, finally closing them. The kiss lasted for a few seconds before the two pulled away, smiling at one another with their foreheads pressed together.

Yuri let out a giggle. "I guess this means no more watching from afar for the both of us."

Hinata grinned. "Yep, I think that sounds great, actually." His hand that was on her cheek remained as he caressed it. "Yuri...I love you and I promise to never let you go." he whispered softly.

"Same as me..."

Oboro and Takumi returned from their walk to see if they could find Hinata and Yuri, so they went to Hana and Subaki, who were training as usual.

Hana blinked. "I think they went off somewhere. I saw them holding hands too, so I left them alone. Why?" she asked.

Oboro smirked. "Yes, my plan worked!"

Takumi smiled lightly. "I had a feeling that this would happen. Best to let them be for now and we can find them later."

Hana then grumbled, "I swear if Hinata breaks Yuri's heart or anything, I'll make him regret it..."

That got Oboro and Takumi to sweatdrop while Subaki laughed.

"Oh, to be in love," the Falcon Knight said.

Meanwhile, in Yuri's room, Yuri blushed as she saw Hinata take off his hair string, watching his hair go down to his shoulders. It was rare of her to see him in that sight and she looked at him in awe, holding back her urge to reach out and touch him. Hinata was tidying his hair when he caught a glance from her and he grinned.

"What? See something you like?" he teased.

Yuri jumped a little. "O-Oh! It's just...I never seen your hair down that much."

Hinata smirked and moved over to her, put an arm around her shoulders, and pressed his forehead against hers. "Well, you'll be seeing more of it from now on. By the way, you're too cute when you blush..." he softly said to her.

"W-well, that look in your eyes will make me blush, no matter what!" Yuri spoke back. (See what I did there? XD)

Yuri smiled before the two leaned in to kiss again. She softly moaned as she felt his hand cup the back of her head to deepen the kiss. She put her hands to the floor to support herself as he was leaning on her, his other hand caressing her hip. Her heart felt like melting when she felt him give her bottom lip a nibble, and then she parted her lips slightly only to feel his tongue slip in her mouth, earning a semi-loud moan from her as he explored her mouth. The two panted and moaned in the kiss before Yuri slid her hand under his shirt to feel his abs, making Hinata shiver, but he allowed her to continue. She felt his muscles ease up a bit and traced invisible circles around his abs.

"Y-Yuri..." Hinata moaned in the kiss.

"Ah...H-Hinata..." Yuri moaned back.

Hinata pulled away from the kiss to start kissing her neck, earning another soft moan from the young woman. Their hands intertwined as he continued to shower her with all the love he has for her when he licked the nape of her neck. He slowly went up from her neck back to her lips, tongue in her mouth once again, this time both of them overwhelmed with longing and a hint of lust. Yuri's free hand was on the back of his head, her fingers locked in his brown hair, earning a moan from Hinata once again. Drool can be seen coming from their lips due to their kisses and their bodies were pressed together as if they became one...

After that eventful evening, let's just say Oboro and Hana both regret hearing the heated sounds of passionate love coming from the bedroom when they were looking for them. As well as Subaki pestering Hinata on what happened in there with the samurai ignoring every question the red head asked him.