A/N: Hi everyone!
Dasike: Thanks for reminding me! I totally forgot! :D
Well, I hope that I can really update more often, but now, my updates will probably be once every 3 days. After my big examinations, then maybe I can go back to updating really often!
Chapter 21, Don't hold back.
It was getting dark, and the blonde jinjuriki walked the Hyuuga heiress home.
They were silent the whole time, not knowing how to get a conversation going. It was extremely awkward, and after the previous day's incident, both felt pretty gloomy.
Naruto walked in front of Hinata the whole time, his back facing her throughout the entire walk.
"Naruto-kun... Please don't ignore me..." Hinata accidentally let her thoughts slip out.
Naruto turned back to her and forced a smile, "I'm not ignoring you, Hinata-chan."
Hinata placed her hands over her mouth and turned away in embarrassment, blushing,
"You're... n-not...?"
"Course not."
Then, they were silent again.
His replies made it difficult for her to reply him and get the conversation going.
'He's still mad at me...'
Naruto was as easy to read as an open book.
He couldn't lie for nuts.
"I'm... I-I'm s-sorry..." She uttered out, barely audible to Naruto.
"What are you sorry for?" He asked her coldly, trying to sound happy.
There was a lot of falseness in his voice, as if he was forcing himself to talk to her, not because he wanted to. This hurt her, because she knew that she was the one that made him do this to her. She couldn't blame him for his cold actions; after all, she was the one that was dumb enough not to realize that he really did love her.
"Y-you're... You d-don't talk to me the way y-you used t-to..." She admitted, looking down to her feet.
"You seem like... You're just forcing yourself t-to talk to m-me..." Hinata whispered with hurt, her heart feeling as if it could pound right out of her chest.
She was to blame for this...
'It's okay if he doesn't want to talk to me... B-but... I w-want him to be happy...'
Naruto stopped abruptly dead in his tracks, causing Hinata to stop as well, taking a few steps back.
She didn't like him when he was like this.
He wasn't the Naruto she knew...
He wasn't the sweet Naruto she had met at the waterfall, the Naruto who had been encouraging all this while...
Comforting her...
Loving her...
Hinata immediately wanted to retract her words.
'Oh no.. Did I say something wrong...'
"N-Naruto-k-kun...?" She stammered, afraid that Naruto would be even madder at her. In fact, she was afraid of Naruto now. She didn't know what he was thinking, she didn't know how he was feeling, but one thing he was feeling was definitely pain...
"I'm sorry..." He said.
If the heart is always searching,
Can you ever find a home?
Her head shot up, "W-what...?"
'H-he's sorry...?'
He faced her, and moved in closer to her, "I never meant for you to think I was ignoring you..."
Hinata smiled, "O-oh..." feeling a sense of relief cross her.
"I just... needed time to think through things..." He replied softly, taking her hand in his, "I didn't actually think you'd come to see me after that happened, but..."
I've been looking for that someone,
I'll never make it on my own
"I've realized that I can't be selfish anymore..." He said, lowering his head.
His words surprised her.
Did he mean that...
No, it couldn't be... could it?
Dreams can't take the
place of loving you,
There's gotta be a million reasons
why it's true...
"W-What do you m-mean?" She asked him nervously, blushing due to the hand contact. She missed the way he used to hold her hand.
Yet now, it felt so... empty...
His love...
Where was his love...?
He was as cold as a metal frame, staring coldly into her orbs.
"I don't blame you for what you did, Hinata-chan." He smiled sadly, "Because I was wrong not to tell you earlier. I was being selfish, and dumb as well..."
"Maybe if I told you from the start... Things wouldn't be like this..." Hinata noticed his eyes start to water.
"N-Naruto-kun..." She mumbled.
"If I had been smarter, our relationship would have been able to last longer..." Tears flowed freely down his tanned cheeks as he didn't even bother to hide them.
When you look me in the eyes,
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
"In fact... If I had not let you go inside that volcano... None of this would've happened..."
It was painful for Naruto to recall that incident.
He couldn't stop her...
"I'm sorry for this Naruto... I'll always love you..." She said with tears pouring down her face before screaming," 8 TRIGRAM, ENLARGED SEAL, KAI!" before slamming her fist down into the earth.
A layer of thick chakra formed around her before it expanded, pushing Naruto away from her due to the chakra.
"Wait! HINATA! STOP! STOP PLEASE! PLEASE DON'T! I'M BEGGING YOU! DON'T LEAVE ME! DON'T DO THIS PLEASE!" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs having his voice go hoarse, and he cried and cried like he promised to never do ever since childhood. Hinata was heart-broken seeying her love in such a horrible state, all because of her...
"I'm so, so sorry Naruto-kun... But I promise you... You won't regret what I do!" After that, the barrier suddenly expanded by such a large amount, sending naruto flying out of the volcano due to the large impact.
"NOO! HINATA!"
"You always know when I'm feeling down..." He smiled.
"Of course... I love you... How can I not know...?" Hinata replied sweetly, blushing heavily.
Naruto leant in to hold her chin and peck her on the lips.
"I love you too."
Hinata smiled before vigorously throwing her arms around his neck, causing him to stumble down onto the neatly-trimmed grass.
"Hina-chan!" He shrieked as she just laughed, now lying on top of him.
"Got you..." She grinned, sweeping back some hair.
The blonde smiled and pulled her down to kiss him, before slowly flipping her over, so that he was now on top of her.
"I've got you too..."
Naruto smiled sadly...
'We were once so happy together...'
Her angelic laughter echoed in his mind as he remembered how he would run after her in the sunflower fields, where there would be no one but the two of them, and love...
"But even now...I've come to realize that..."
The blonde squeezed her hand tighter.
"Even though I know you can't return my feelings..."
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.
"It's alright... because..."
"Maybe I was just being too high on hopes..."
How long will I be waiting
To be with you again?
Gonna tell you that I love you,
In the best way that I can.
The Hyuuga heiress was starting to become... afraid of what he was actually trying to tell her.
"N-Naruto...?"
I can't take a day without you here
"They say that if you love something, you let it go..." He felt his heart throb as he let go of Hinata's hand, letting it swing back gracefully to her side.
Was this how rejection felt...?
Hinata gasped worriedly, "W-What are y-you t-trying to say?"
He frowned slightly and placed his hand on her cheek,
'I'm going to miss you like hell...'
'Hinata-chan...'
He cupped her soft and flawless skin, caressing her smooth cheek before saying the words that he knew would mean...
Goodbye...
"I'm letting you go..."
You're the light that makes my darkness disappear.
Upon hearing his words, she felt her heart burst, and shatter into a million pieces.
She felt as if she was breaking down on the inside, as if she had just been ripped into two. The pain she felt was intense. Why did the fact that he was giving up on her, make her feel so... sad...?
Hinata tried to hold back her cries, but in the end, her walls broke down as she started to sniffle. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she turned away from Naruto, not wanting to show him her weak side.
When you look me in the eyes,
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
"It's for the better..." He said hoarsely, noticing that Hinata had actually started to cry.
Naruto hated to see her cry.
Not because he thought she was a wimp.
He loved her... more than he could bear...
It hurt him to see her like this...
'I wish you could tell me that you love me...'
He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders, gently letting her cry into his chest, to savour their last moments.
Unknowingly, he let a few tears slip himself.
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven.
"P-please..." Her legs trembled.
"D-don't..." She whispered, breathing sharply into his warm jacket.
Would this be the last time they would hug...?
Would this be the last time he would actually be by her side...?
She didn't want them to end like this...
Why was everything happening so fast...?
Why was life being so unfair...?
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.
"I can't do this anymore... Hinata-chan..." He mumbled woefully while running his fingers through her silky hair. How he would miss this wonderful feeling...
"I can't do it... Knowing that you don't feel the same..."
She was beautiful...
And could he really let her go...?
As much as he wanted to, he knew he couldn't.
His words spoke lies, because he knew that deep in his heart, he would never be able to set her free...
She would always be in his heart...
'I can't be with you, Hina-chan...When you can't love me the way I do you...'Naruto turned around, and began to walk away.
Hinata looked up to see his back facing her.
"No..." She whispered to herself, before plunging forward to spin him around.
She gripped onto his jacket and cried, "D-DON'T G-GO!"
More and more I start to realize...
Naruto was a little surprised, but decided to stop.
He smiled when he saw that maybe... She still wanted him to stay with her...
Her hands were shaking, and she shivered with fear.
Losing him would be as bad as losing her purpose in life...
"I n-need you..." She muttered,
"I don't want y-you to g-go..."
She clung onto Naruto's jacket tightly, not wanting him to leave...
"I d-don't know why..."
She stammered, nuzzling her face into Naruto's strong chest.
" But I miss you so m-much wh-when you're gone..."
I can reach my tomorrow,
I can hold my head up high
'Don't hold back...'
"W-when you hold me... I feel s-so... safe... and... l-loved..." She confessed, pouring her heart out to him.
"When I needed you... Y-you were always t-there for m-me..."
Flashback
"It's said that when people lie, their heart beats faster than it usually does..." His hands took hers in his, before he placed it over his chest, "You feel that...? I'm not lying..."
She blushed over ten shades of red as she felt his strong chiselled chest underneath the thin piece of fabric. She felt his steady heartbeat...
Badoom... Badoom... Badoom...
Yes, what he said was extremely corny, but she really couldn't help it.
"You may think that you're ugly, but honestly, I think you're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen..." He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her into his chest while he combed her messy hair with his fingers, "I'll never mock you, or laugh at you... Know that... I'll be the one who will stick by you till the very end... Whatever happens to you, I will be responsible, and I will save you no matter what..."
As her head rested on his strong muscular chest, she forced her eyes close, trying to stop herself from crying... He held her close, wanting her to feel protected... Like, she knew that he would always be there for her...
"Shhh my dear, just cry. I'll be here for you..."
Flashback end
"And you protected m-me..."
" Y-you stood u-up for me..." She smiled.
And it's all because you're by my side
"You make me feel... so... h-happy..." She pulled him closer, her tears soaking the orange fabric of his jacket.
"Y-you were always by my side..."
She wrapped her arms around his waist, "M-my heart beats so fast w-when you're with me..." Hinata could feel her heart pounding. Fast.
What was this feeling...?
Yes... She knew what this was...
The feeling you get whenever you see the man of your dreams wave to you...
The feeling you get when he holds you in his strong arms protectively...
The feeling you get when he tells you how beautiful you are in his eyes...
The feeling you get when he tells you...
'He loves... me...'
When you look me in the eyes
Words couldn't hope to describe what this emotion was...
"N-naruto-kun..." She breathed out his name, "I've taken you for granted..."
"But now I've too realized that..."
And tell me that you love me
"I need you too..." Her eyes sparkled with...
Everything's alright
When you're right here by my side
Naruto's eyes widened.
'She... She needs me...'
Tears leaked from his eyes as he embraced Hinata back tightly.
He rested his head on hers, feeling the girl he loved in his arms.
'She said... She needs me...'
There was one emotion that ran through his heart- happiness.
His heart felt as if... It could burst right out of his chest...
'Thank Kami...'
He grinned through tears and lifted Hinata into the air, spinning her round and round.
"N-naruto-kun?" Hinata screamed with shock, looking down to the boy in complete ecstasy.
Naruto placed her down and pulled her into his well-toned chest, Hinata feeling his packs in the process.
She felt herself started to heat up as a warm blush spread across her cheeks.
The pale-eyed shinobi was always so turned on by this.
"I need you too..."
That was when she heard sobs...
Looking up, she saw uncontrollable tears pour from Naruto's eyes as he shut them tightly, gripping onto Hinata's waist...
"T-Thank Y-you..." He cried tears of happiness, facing the woman who was now cuddled up in his jacket.
That feeling came back to him...
He loved it whenever she touched him...
Her touch alone could send him nuts.
When I hold you in my arms,
I know that it's forever.
I just gotta let you know,
I never wanna let you go.
"I..."
The two stood under the midnight sky as the lovely atmosphere of flower petals filled the surroundings. It was quiet...
The sound of rustling trees...
The sound of the whirling winds...
The sound of their breaths...
The sound of silence...
This was the perfect moment...
No disruptions...
'It's just you...'Hinata smiled.
'Me...'Naruto thought...
'And the both of us...'
"N-Naruto-kun...?" She asked softly, slowly closing her eyes as she felt the steady beats of her prince's warm heart...
"Yes... Hina-chan...?" He replied, fiddling with his soul-mate's beautiful hair that danced in the wind.
Somehow, they had forgotten about their past...
Their fights, their quarrels... All seemed to fade away...
All that mattered was now.
'T-thank y-you... Naruto-kun...'
The future could wait...
But for now...
She stood on her toes, holding Naruto's muscular arms for support.
'You've made a girl like me...'
She pressed her cheek against his which caused him to warm up.
'Fall for a wonderful prince like you...'
Naruto blushed at how close Hinata was coming to him, before she whispered sweetly and softly into his ears,
" I..."
I just want to tell you that I...
" l-love you..."
Naruto's head shot up as he stared into nothing...
Hinata cried as well, unable to hold back the joy and glee she felt in her heart...
'It was love all this time...'
...have loved you all this while...
'I finally told him...'
Hinata tore herself away from Naruto and wrapped her arms around his waist, resting her chin gently on his chest, looking up with her pale eyes into his azure ones...
The blonde stuttered and bit his lips, looking deep into Hinata's orbs with passionate love, "W-what...?"
Had he heard right...?
The eager to hear her reply made him want to stab himself, but it's really that great feeling when the person you love, tells you they need you... and that they...
When you look me in the eyes...
And tell me that you love me...
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
Hinata smiled and cupped his cheeks, brushing her thumbs over his whiskers while giggled softly, "Y-you're so funny... N-Naruto-kun..."making him smirk at her.
He smiled.
Her laughter was like music to his ears...
Her voice was that of an angel...
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven.
"I said..." She leant in closer and tip-toed to press her warm lips against his forehead, whispering the three words slowly,
"I..."
You made me fall for you in a month...
"...Love..."
And you taught me to love...
"...You..."
So don't hold back anymore...
His heart beat incredibly fast.
His eyes snapped open.
His face became hot.
'She said... '
'she loves me...'
I find my paradise
After all this time, when he thought that getting Hinata to love him back was impossible...
There she was..
Hinata Hyuuga, the most beautiful and kind girl in Konoha...
The greatest girlfriend...
His angel...
Telling him, 'I love you...'
What he felt now was unimaginable.
He felt even happier than when he and Hinata had first confessed their love...
He felt so happy, he could eat a thousand bowls of Ichiraku's ramen.
Naruto looked down at Hinata who now happily grinned at him, tears still pouring out.
Brushing her tears away, he started to let his eyelids drop.
"H-H-Hina-c-chan... I..." He mumbled.
"Do you m-mean i-it...?" He asked nervously, only to have Hinata nod at him, feeling the warmth of his embrace,
"Of course."
"I love you, Naruto Uzumaki..."
Naruto was at a loss for words.
All his hard work had paid off...
And just when he thought that miracles couldn't happen...
Then again, there was an angel standing in front of him...
Hinata smiled softly, "Thank you..."
He leant in closer...
And closer, praying that... this time... When they kissed...
There would be no doubts...
No mistakes...
No regrets...
Just love...
Hinata saw this and grinned, closing her eyes as well and tip-toeing to meet the height of his lips.
He felt her warm breath against his lips.
The smell of cinnamon rolls...
He smirked and blushed, looking into Hinata's eyes which were an inch away, "W-were you eating..."
"Cinnamon rolls a-again...?"
Hinata giggled slightly and nodded, "And y-you w-were eating... ramen... with...extra pork..."
Naruto teared, 'Oh my kami...She can still tell...'
With that, the blonde sealed their lips in a passionate kiss...
When you look me in the eyes
The kiss was beautiful.
The wonderful sensation of them brushing their lips against each other made their legs wobble with excitement... With newfound love...
Well, love that had actually been there for the longest time...
It just the both of them to realize it...
They broke the kiss, Naruto resting his forehead gently against hers, both panting heavily.
It had been ages since they had kissed like that- not just any long kiss, but a kiss, this time, with both each loving each other at their maximum...
'To think... You'd be the one who would be there when I cried...'
He ran his thumb over her soft, supple red lips as Hinata cried.
"I love you too..."
Hinata blushed and closed her eyes, enjoying the warm embrace.
She never wanted this to end...
She wanted to spend every day of her life with him...
She felt so attached to him...
Like they were destined to be...
It had been way too long...
'I need you so much...'
He bent in and kissed her with so much energy again, this time with even more passion.
"N-Nnngh... N-naru..." She moaned into the kiss as Naruto moulded her small lips in his, sucking them into his mouth ever so often.
'Time has passed... But... You always lingered in my mind...'
I want to run this race with you...
He let his hands wander up and down her back, as Hinata did the same.
She slide her hands underneath his jacket and black undershirt, only to feel his six packs again.
"H-Hina..." He loved the way she would feel him... It just made him want to throw her on the floor and... well...
Naruto probed his tongue onto Hinata's lips, asking for entrance which Hinata happily complied to.
As soon as her lips split, his tongue dashed in like a rocket and attacked the wonders of her wet craven.
I want to be by you side...
"Mphh!" She moaned as Naruto rubbed her against him.
'Damn... Getting hard...'
Unknowingly, he immediately thrust his hips forward into Hinata's.
"Ahh..." She groaned and gripped on tightly to Naruto, 'He's... hard...'
'I want you so much...'
Naruto's hand snaked down to Hinata's soft butt cheek and squeezed tigtly, making Hinata moan and scream his name.
"Naruto-kun!"
I hope that you'll achieve your dreams...
He giggled before deciding not to tease her anymore.
Then, a perverted idea popped into his mind.
The blonde picked Hinata up, carried her and threw her gently with caution onto a lamp post, making her butt cheeks curve around it.
"Ahh! N-Naru-kun!" She moaned before once again feeling her lover's soft, wet lips on hers.
"Ohhh..."
Yet... I want to be there when you do...
'Oh yeah, I am smooth. Thanks Ero-senin... I must admit... some of your tips come in handy...'
Flashback"Is there a way..." Naruto asked shyly, "I c-can... m-make... Hinata-chan... Well..."
Jiraiya lent in closer to his trainee and asked, "You mean... How to make her feel good...?"
Naruto blushed, "I err... Well... Not... You know... We're not planning on doing that yet... but you know... in just... basic kissing... The really erotic ones..."
His perverted master laughed before stating, "Hah! I knew you'd ask me this one day!"
Naruto picked his sleeping bag and threw it at him, "HEY. I'm doing this for Hinata's sake!"
The white-haired old man raised his white flag, "Alright alright. Sheesh. It's called teasing, Naruto. Anyway... You know... Hinata is..."
"Hey, you better not have been staring at her again!"
Naruto cracked his knuckles as a deafly aura aluminised from him.
"She is very beautiful, but too young. I wouldn't do that to you my dear boy..." He ruffled the blonde, "Well... Since Hinata is the shy type... Don't be afraid to take dominance..."
Naruto's head popped up, "What do you mean?"
"Don't be afraid to be rough with her. If she doesn't stop you, it means you should at least try to be... dominative... and rough. Don't be afraid to sick talk. Don't hold back your perverted juices!"
Naruto blushed, "THAT'S SICK! I TOLD YOU WE AREN'T GOING TO..."
"I never said anything... You were the one who suggested that..."
"..."
"Anyway, for more information, just read this book." The legendary sanin passed a thick small book to Naruto, which on the front cover read,
Icha Icha paradise.
Flashback end
'Maybe it'll come into more use...'
It was after a long time of intense kissing which the two broke apart...
Everything that I do... Reminds me of you...
Now, Hinata lay underneath the comfort of her half-naked prince, sweat rolling down his glistened packs. He looked down at her with so much love... so much lust... so much passion...
"Baby... W-we have to do that again..."
"You don't know how often... we did this back then..." Naruto smirked seductively, looking down to his beautiful lover in merely her clad fishnet top.
You're my dream...
It was a good thing she was wearing a tank-top underneath it... or else...
Hinata blushed and immediately went back to her cute and childish ways, twiddling her two index fingers together, "N-Naruto-kun... I..."
Before she could finish, Naruto placed his lips on Hinata's neck, licking it up and down with his wet tongue, leaving his saliva all over, causing her to moan.
"I love it when you say my name with a suffix... Hina-chan..."
So nothing matters...
Hinata giggled and patted Naruto's head, "W-well..."
She blushed intensively, "Have w-we... Y-you know..."
Naruto looked up at her curiously, putting on his jacket while draping his shirt around his neck. He didn't bother to zip up his jacket because... well... just in case Hinata wanted a little more of him... hehe...
"G-gone all the way...?" She finished, turning away from him.
The blonde teen laughed a little, before licking his lips, "No... Not yet..."
'Innocent as always...'
As long as I'm by your side...
"But I'm going to be ready whenever you want me to be... My love..." He winked sexily at her, attempting to remove his pants,
"I'll be gentle..."
"N-Naru-kun!" She screamed, grabbing his hands.
After that, the jinjuriki lifted her in a bridal style, bringing her head up to his.
"Eeep!"
Pecking her on the forehead, he smiled, "You know, I was just teasing you..."
"I'd never force you into that..."
Hinata nodded, "O-of course..."
In actual fact, she really thought he was going to remove his pants...
Not that...
She didn't want him to...
'Oh goodness... Naruto-kun is seriously so... attractive...'
With that, Naruto walked back, carrying her back to the place she once called home.
"But really, love, I'll be ready."
Hinata merely blushed and nuzzled her face into his chest in embarrassment.
'She's too adorable...'
'So this is what it's like... to be in love...'Hinata thought, looking up to see the handsome jinjuriki who lifted her as if she was a feather.
"I'm... I'm so happy..." She said.
I'm happy...
"Me too..." Naruto smiled before brushing aside one of the silky strands of her hair that covered her beauty, "I'm really happy..."
It was already morning and so the blue-haired heiress fell into a deep peaceful slumber in the arms of the man she loved...
How could she fall in love with a stranger in a month...?
'I want to feel you here with me all the time...'
Well, Naruto fell in love with her in a month.
Looking down to the princess in his arms, he let his tears roll down his chin, onto her jacket.
'Thank you...Hina-chan...'
As long as she was there for him, he needed no one else. Nothing else mattered to him.
He would protect her, and this time, he wasn't going to lose her.
No... He would never let her out of his site again...
"I love you..."
A/N: Man... I don't think this is a good one
Naruto: NO WAY! THIS IS AWESOME!
Hinata: Thank you...
Shikamaru: Finally.
Shino: Apparently this took longer than I thought it would...
Hinata: Huh...?
Everyone: Nothing!
Ino: Oh my goodness, you lied to me! I knew it! You love him!
Hinata: -blush- Well...
Naruto: I'm so happy Hinata-chan!
Hinata: Me too
Sakura: Wow.
Kiba: -sarcasm- I'm... so... happy for you... two...
Hinata: Thank you Kiba-kun! –hugs him-
Kiba: -blush and hugs back- Heehee
Naruto: HEY. HINATA GET OFF HIM!
Hinata: -cuddles-
Naruto: GARRRR!
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