Running out of Lies Summary:
Authors Note: due to lots of inspiration (Lie, I whipped myself to do this XD) I'm updating. But this'll be the last update in June, since after today, I am focusing on finishing my school-project and last things in school. I have a lot to catch up on, before going on vacation and I have to put away lots of my things.
So enjoy! I'll put lots of angst, fluff and awesomeness – so I hope – in this chapter. Please review!
I don't own Naruto. As always. XD
Chapter 14 – That Gentle Smile from a Faraway Dream
"Naruto-kun…"
Naruto's eyes widened, as he whirled around and looked over at the long-haired girl, who stared at him with half-opened eyes.
The two continued to stare at each other, not noticing anything else besides the person in front of one another. Naruto seeing the bedridden girl, who had a playful glint in her eye, yet the same smile as always and Hinata, seeing her love standing there stiffly with a embarrassed and surprised – was that relief? – look in his eyes, and his mouth wide open, trying to find the words, that died down his throat.
Hinatas smile widened, as she slowly steadied herself onto her elbows and pushed herself to sit up straight. Naruto rushed over to her, and helped her sit up. "Hinata…", he muttered softly as he looked down at the girl, who looked up at him questioning silently, cheeks glowing in a soft red colour from the sudden attention she had received.
"I… didn't know you were awake…", Naruto quietly said, as he looked away from the Hyuuga, who glanced up at the young man with a puzzled look.
"I-If you did know I was awake, w-wouldn't you have said that..?" the girl questioned, feeling a growth of a minor sadness, if his question was confirmed as a no.
"Of course, I would!", the boy spluttered as he kept avoiding the girls eyes and crossed his arms, turning a light shade of red and pouted. "I'm just not that sure that I would have kissed you if you were awake…" the boy mumbled, hoping she didn't hear.
But the girl did in fact hear it, and she flushed deeper and looked down to her hands, fidgeting slightly with a tiny smile on her face, yet she felt a little disappointed. "O-Oh, I-I see…"
Both looked at each other with a mixture of confusion and hesitation visible in their eyes, and a heavy awkward air around the two of them.
Naruto felt a sudden need to hug her, but refrained himself. She looked so small, and vulnerable in that bed. "What happened to you..?", he murmured the question so soft, you'd have to strain your ears to hear it.
"S-Shizune-senpai said I h-had a heart-attack.. S-She c-couldn't tell why, at that time. Just before the doctors left, t-they told me that the wound in my torso from that blow I took against Pein wasn't healed properly and it got infected." [1]
"Oh my…". Narutos eyes went wide, as he stared at the girl in front of him, who nodded quietly and turned her gaze down to her hands again.
"Apparently, the i-infection spread to my heart, making it react. But t-they also said that it might be a sort of c-counter-attack from what happened in our first chunin exam…", the girl shrugged lightly and looked back up to the blond. "They're waiting for Hokage-sama to run me through some tests, before they can really tell what's going on with me."
"I'm sorry…" the boy muttered, as he looked down.
"For what?", the bedridden girl asked, looking at the boy with a wondering glance. "It certainly wasn't your fault that this happened." Noticing the blonds eyes soften, she smiled gently and boldly reached out for his chin, lifting it up to meet his look. "I chose myself to do what I did, Naruto-kun. And I'd do it again, if I had to…", she softly uttered, as she stared into those sky-blue eyes, who looked at her in shock.
"Hinata-chan, I-"
"I don't expect you to answer me with that I said", she stated, sensing what he was about to say and noticed him relaxing a little more. She smiled, yet felt a little sadness, but let it pass. "I never wanted you to answer. Well, n-not immediately, but I know you l-love S-Sakura-san, so I won't stand in the way f-for you". She lightly let go of his chin, and settled back into the bed in a sitting-position.
Naruto stared at the Hyuuga with a confused glint in his eyes. 'How can you be so patient? How can you love me?' The boy didn't realize that he had not only thought it, but also muttered it out loud, loud enough for the girl to hear it. His eyes widened at her answer.
"Because love does that to you. You could wait an eternity just to watch that special person of yours develop and stand by their side, either choosing to help the person through it's life or choose to stay in a distance." [2] She whispered, not once stuttering.
The blond looked at the girl, who glanced away from him and through the window, a soft tinted blush lingered on her cheeks with the same gentle smile of hers. He felt an odd, tingling feeling inside of his stomach, but let it pass, thinking it was just the nerves from all the travelling messing with him.
And finally the longhaired Hyuuga turned her eyes to the boy, and closed them, smiling wider and blushing a tad harder than before. "And I love Naruto-kun because of his kind and stubborn nature. He makes me smile, when he's not giving in and gives me hope and inspiration when he accomplishes what he's seeking to do."
Naruto blushed, though barely noticeable, and continued to stare at Hinata. He then murmured something so soft, that the girl blushed bright red and her eyes widened in shock.
"Hinata-chan… Will you go out with me?" Hearing a small, almost unnoticeable 'eh', he quickly added with that big grin of his, that she adored. "I'd like to get to know you better!"
Hyuuga Hinata, shell-shocked and happier than ever just nodded, not trusting her voice. She smiled and gave a small giggle at the happy smile, she received.
"I'd like that, Naruto-kun…"
-INSERT-RULERLINE-HERE-GRR- Authors Note:
1 – This is actually how my aunt got her heart-condition. She hadn't taken her medicine properly, which kills the infection and it had spread to her heart.
2 – I loved this "speech". I was practically squealing when I wrote that, and just pictured Hinata saying something like that in the manga. Also, I had said myself something similar to a person, I care about.
So what do you think? Is it good? Too rushed? Lemme know in a review! Thank you for reading!