Since I was so happy because of the many reviews I got, I decided to give some joy back. Therefore a small early update with exclusive Naruhina fluff :)
Thanks, to everyone who reviewed.
I don't own Naruto.
-8-
Naruto couldn't sleep. His mind kept wandering back to the party. It upset him to no end how Kiba had been flirting with Hinata. Dog breath had a girlfriend! And why did she have to blush when he had said that?
She never blushed anymore! Fuming he sat up and fought back the blanket.
Hinata never blushed so why would she blush around Kiba; she didn't even blush around him anymore!
He buried his face in his hands and groaned, why did it bug him so much? Fuck, what was wrong with him.
Scanning his room for a diversion his eyes got caught by the red covered book. The photo album Tsunade gave him five years ago. He had stopped counting how often he looked through it. It was filled with picture showing his parents. Some of them were taken when they were children, then how they were growing up and finally pictures of them as a couple. The last one however, was his favorite: His father had put an arm around his mom and also in the picture was her round pregnant belly, so practically Naruto was in the picture as well.
He felt the familiar lump in his throat, closing the book he stood up, suddenly left with the feeling of not wanting to be alone. Naruto grabbed the photo album he went out the door.
He just walked around aimlessly for a while, it was the middle of the night and the streets were empty. Later he couldn't explain how he ended up at Hinata´s doorstep. Hesitating he knocked at the door delicately, it was probably too silent for anyone inside to hear and it was late, Hinata would be sleeping by now.
It was stupid of him to even knock, selfish to want her to jump awake and dedicate all her time to him in the middle of the night. Especially after he knew that she barely slept during the last time. But he had missed her, the last weeks he almost didn't saw her at all. No matter how selfish it sounded he wanted to see her now! He jumped back when the door suddenly opened.
"Naruto?" drowsily Hinata rubbed her eyes.
His breath got caught in his throat.
Her hair was messy and hung around her in wild strands. Her perfectly shaped body was only protected by the thin material of short cotton pants and a simple white tank-top. He could make out her form clearly against the dim lights inside. Her eyes were still not fully opened and with the light illuminating her in the background her eyes shone in beautiful lavender, while her hair shone as black as the midnight sky. Naruto forgot how to breathe, something he could blame Hinata for, since she looked absolutely breath taking.
Slowly Hinata felt the sleep leaving her body. Naruto looked at her with darkened eyes that made goose bumps appear all over her body. Noticing the red book in his hands she asked him to come in.
Once again Naruto was amazed how she just invited him in, not questioning why he would turn up at her doorstep in the middle of the night.
"Would you like some tea?"
Nodding to her, he sat down at the table "I´m sorry I woke you. Oh and I hope I didn't wake your sister"
Hinata waved dismissingly and told him there was no one who slept more deeply than Hanabi. According to Hinata it took an explosion next to her to wake Hanabi.
Wordlessly she handed him a cup and sat down at the opposite side.
"So your sister is going to leave tomorrow. You okay?" Naruto took a sip from his cup.
The petite woman smiled sadly "Yes, but I´m going to miss her. Hanabi drives me crazy but she´s my sister. I love her. It´s just going to be weird without her, I never lived alone before"
Naruto sat still for a moment before answered with a sad smile of his own "Yeah"
Hinata looked up and suddenly felt like a complete fool, Naruto had been living alone for all of his life and there she was complaining.
"I hate being alone some times. You know when I come home from a mission there is no one waiting for me and I feel lonely" he told her quietly.
Concerned Hinata reached out and laid her hands on top of his bigger ones.
"Ah sorry Hinata, I didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable" he scratched his head nervously.
Gently she looked in his deep blue orbs and told him that he could tell her anything and she would never be uncomfortable. He smiled gratefully before his mood shifted in only a matter of seconds. Hoping up and down excited he asked her to come ever so he could show her something.
…
"Wow you sure look a lot like your dad" Hinata smiled down at the picture of Namikaze Minato.
She heard Naruto mumble something about how he looked way cooler than his dad, which made Hinata giggle. It took them almost a whole hour to get to the end on the book. Naruto told her funny stories he heard from Tsunade about his parents. And when Jiraya pooped up in some of the pictures he'd tell her about his adventures from their time together.
Hinata had a great time, mainly because Naruto was so happy to tell her everything about his parents. Of course, she had already known who they were since Naruto had told her about it. But they never had a deep conversation about them like now. At some point they had moved to the couch because it was more comfortable. Tenderly her fingers brushed over the last picture
"Your mom was beautiful, I love her hair. It looks so strong and that color, I wish I had that"
The man next to her beamed like a little kid "Yeah she totally was. Did I ever tell you that I met her? Ok listen…."
…
When Hanabi exited her room early for once the next day, she was met with the most endearing picture she had ever seen. Smiling from one ear to the other she silently got her camera, because this scene was meant to be captured. Naruto rested sprawled out on the couch with Hinata on top of him, her head was resting on his chest and one of his arms was put around her waist to prevent her from falling. Both of them sound asleep.
Briefly Hanabi wondered if that meant Hinata wasn't going to make breakfast, before she shrugged. Since she would wake them when she worked in the kitchen it was probably best to eat out this morning. Given, Hanabi was a little disappointed not to spend her last morning in Konoha with her sister, but if the result was that she was going to be the aunt of loud, blond Uzumaki-Hyuga kids in a future not so far away, she was willing to sacrifice it.
Seeing Neji expression when the first blond Hyuga was born and he had to babysit was so going to be worth it.
On second thought maybe she could go to the Hyuga complex and sponge her breakfast from her father alongside with spending her last day in Konoha with her dad. As quietly as she could she closed the door, Hinata was a very light sleeper.
…
Inside Hinata stirred slightly and snuggled more deeply into her cushion, it was so warm and she felt oddly protected. On a normal day she would have opened her eyes, but the tiredness of the previous week and the mysteriously warmth around her made her fall back into her slumber.
Naruto woke up because there was something tickling his nose, at first he refused to open his eyes and face the day - feeling too good in the state he was right now. The air smelled unusual good, like strawberries and vanilla ice cream. Nope, he really didn't want to open his eyes, but the tickling got worse. He scrunched his nose and rubbed it. It didn't take long for him to realize that whatever tickled him was hair for sure.
He froze; someone was lying on top of him, now that he realized this as a fact, he also felt his arm hugging a body part that didn't belong to him. Cautiously he cracked one eye open. The first thing he saw was an ocean of midnight blue hair spread out on his chest. There was only one person with hair like that - Hinata.
Intuitively he pulled her closer, when he felt her shiver. He couldn't help the smile that crept in his face. He wanted to stay like this forever.
Going to bed with her, waking up next to her, eating with her, telling her all about his day, laughing with her, coming home to her, Naruto wanted to hug her and kiss her and…
His breathing stopped.
What was he thinking? Why did he always think about her such a way? Why did he always feel that knot in his stomach when she was near? Why did his heart flutter like that? Was he…? No, that couldn't be it?
No!
Was he in love with Hinata?
It did feel similar to when he had liked Sakura but then again it felt totally different.
Shit, he didn't know what to do? Usually he would talk to Hinata about things he couldn't quiet grasp and then she would help him so that he could figure it out on his own, but he couldn't tell her THAT!
She moved her leg up a little inevitable moving her knee up his thigh making Naruto tense up. His body reacted to hers automatically while his mind screamed at him to get the hell out, take a cold shower and clear his head, but most importantly get out before she woke up and noticed his not so subtle reaction to her body pressed against his. His body and heart and stomach disagreeing strongly with this opinion, but his mind was unwilling to give into their temptation.
Naruto clenched his jaw, he was one of the best shinobi in the village, the next Hokage, and he should be able to leave a sleeping woman´s apartment without getting caught. Easier said than done with his body in his physical 'state' that he currently was in, he figured out a few seconds later.
It was suddenly getting colder and colder; Hinata shuddered and pulled her legs closer to her chest. Her hands instinctively searching for her blanket to wrap it closer to her and Hinata was very confused when she didn't find it anywhere. And why was the pillow suddenly so uncomfortable? Hinata turned violently in her bed only to almost fall down to the floor. That's when she noticed that she wasn't in her bed.
Hinata looked around drowsily, why did she fall asleep on the couch? That never happened before. Hinata remembered Naruto coming over in the middle of the night, a smile adoring her face at the memory, and they had looked at photographs of his parents.
Had she been too tired to go to bed after he left?
Weird, she didn't even remember him leaving... Hinata shook her head; there was nothing she could do about it now. First of all she had to wake Hanabi. Her sister was supposed to leave today after all.
Thank you for reading. I would be grateful, if you could notifiy me of my mistakes, since I'm not a native speaker. You probably figured that out already, though...
Tell me what you think!