: Overt :

: Not kept as a secret

or

: Obvious

Special thanks to ChloeLaPomme for the idea!

Naruto looked at Hinata suspiciously.

She was acting a little stranger than she usually does. As if she was plotting something.

They weren't heading to Ichiraku's or the bakery, not even the hospital. And surely, this doesn't feel like their usual strolls around the village.

"Oi, Hinata. You're hiding something, dattebayo" Naruto pointed out, Hinata looked at him with surprise and said "I-I would never, Naruto-kun"

"Oh yeah? Then where are you taking me? Where we headin'?" He asked with suspicion laced in his voice.

Hinata looked at him with a sweat drop and said "U-Um... H-Honestly... I'm pretty sure I was just walking around the village a-and the next thing I knew was that you're f-following me, Naruto-kun..."

"Eh?! I followed you because you passed me a while ago and you didn't even greet me!" He whined.

Yeah! Just an hour ago, when he was in the main square, Hinata literally was sucking on a lollipop as she skipped away, completely ignoring him!

"I-I guess I didn't notice, I'm sorry..." Hinata apologized as the blonde pouted, Naruto huffed and said "Good! Because we were literally just a few kilometers away in the main square and you didn't even notice me, dattebayo!"

"Main square?" Hinata held back a laugh, "N-Naruto-kun... Kilometers are very far... A-And I'm certain that the square is always too crowded..."

"Doesn't matter, and you know it!" He continued to pout childishly.

How did he even spot someone as short as her from a very crowded place?

Hinata was squealing inside her head as she blushed a light shade of red, "Naruto-kun is so cute!!!"

"Um..." The bluenette girl said with a shy smile "G-Good morning, Naruto-kun..."

"Mornin', Hinata!" Naruto immediately responded with a bright grin and his usual energy, he then asked "Where are we going?!"

"We're going to the library, I-I wanna help you study" Hinata said honestly.

"A-ha! Gotcha, Hinata!" Naruto yelled as he jumped back while pointing an accusing finger "You told me that I was only suddenly following you! So you knew that I was coming along before I even was around! You didn't even think about greeting me! And study?! You baited me!"

"I didn't know you'd follow me, I was planning later afternoon, so I decided to just walk around instead, but you-" "You baited me!!!"

"Is that Uzumaki-san yelling at Hinata-sama?"

Naruto's trained ears twitched, he paled as he saw five Hyūgas that look mad, ready to charge at him.

"We're going to study, yeah? Let's go then, Hinata!" Naruto nervously yelled as he slung his arm over Hinata's shoulders and turned her away, walking off leading her the other direction, but she innocently pointed back at the other direction while looking up at him "B-But the library's that way..."

"Yup! You're always right, Hinata!" He said as he spun back the other way with her still in his arm, Naruto turned much more pale as he saw the guards still there, "Uh-huh! I would never defy Hinata!"

As they neared the men, Naruto stiffly walked and Hinata casually.

The five Hyūgas suddenly bowed down, making Naruto flinch in fear, "Good morning, Hinata-sama!"

"Good morning" She greeted back, nodding her head.

As the two walked ahead again, Naruto turned completely white as he felt a hand grab his elbow, making them stop.

The blonde slowly turned in fear after his arm was pried off of the girl, then he was met with ten activated Byakūgans staring into his soul.

"Never yell at Hinata-sama ever again" The one who grabbed his arm said in a threatening voice.

Hinata nervously stepped in between them while waving her hands to stop them, "I-It's okay, w-we were just playing, is all..."

"I won't! I swear! We're going to the library!" Naruto panicked to say.

"That was the scariest experience of my life" Naruto groaned as he slammed his face into the table, Hinata giggled from across the table and said "I'm really sorry you have to go through that..."

"No worries" The Uzumaki reassured "Ah... You had something in mind earlier, is it about teaching me or somethin'?"

"He already knows I was hiding something" Hinata thought nervously, "I can't really keep secrets from Naruto-kun, can I?"

"U-Um... Well..." She said as she poked her fingers together "I'm not really prepared now since this came e-earlier than um... expected...And uhm... I was wondering how you study with Iruka-sensei..."

"The usual. Sorta feels like I'm back in the Academy, dattebayo. Real boring" He groaned the last part, making her giggle behind her hand and said "Yeah... L-Listening to lessons are uh... How do I say this? Feels so slow?"

Hinata could really see what Iruka-sensei said now, perhaps he really isn't fond of that type of teaching. Maybe... She could try and change that...

"Yeah" Naruto agreed with a bright grin, she sighed in wonder as she rested her cheek on the palm of her hand "I guess that's another point for Shino-kun"

"Eh? Shino?" The blonde raised an eyebrow, Hinata nodded and said "Kiba-kun started this little scoreboard maybe about a week ago, a-and we add points to each other to see who's the best one out of the three of us... A-And I think I'm adding a point to Shino-kun"

"Ha. No need for that scoreboard, dattebayo. Hinata is always the best. Hinata is the awesomest of the awesomest, dattebayo" Naruto claimed as he put his fist above his heart proudly, making her blush, but he opened an eye and asked "But why do you think Shino deserves a point?"

"Well... He's amazing" She said fondly "He always managed to always listen to lessons and remember them... He never even takes notes"

"No notes?" Naruto asked in surprise "How'd he remember?"

"Well, he always listens, and he trained himself to remember everything that someone says. He doesn't write them down, so he learns everything he hears so that he won't forget them" She closed her eyes and reminisced "I remember back in the Academy, he told me this technique... I tried to do it too, but, it didn't turn out too well, I had headaches and stuff, so I started taking notes, but not during class. I remember everything, then I write them all down after I get home... It was really effective. I guess that makes Shikamaru-kun much more amazing since he can sleep through a class and yet still learn in his sleep with no notes at all"

Hinata placed a hand on her mouth and said "Ah, I talked too much, didn't I? I'm sorry"

"No, no, I don't mind, really" Naruto grinned, but he squinted his eyes and said "But just so you know, I can do that too"

"Really? That's amazing. Since when, Naruto-kun?" The bluenette looked at him with such wonder in her eyes, making him gulp and avert his gaze "I haven't done it yet... But I bet I can do it..!"

"Me too, I believe you can do it" She nodded, making him feel pride in himself and say "Of course I can, then"

Then, he suddenly stood up from his seat and smiled at her, "You know what? I'm gonna start doing it later"

"That's so cool of you, Naruto-kun" Hinata said in awe, he rubbed a finger under his nose and said "Yeah. I'll show you, Hinata. I can do it, dattebayo"

"Do your best" She said with a bright smile.

Naruto felt extra motivated. Yeah! Hinata's gonna be amazed of him too!

He wants to outshine Shino and Shikamaru, and then Hinata would talk about him studying so fondly with admiration in her eyes! Then she'd only think he's the most amazing out of everyone else, too, since he showed that he can do it much cooler and better than those two!

Taking out the hitai ate hung at the side of his pants and handed it to her, the girl eagerly accepting it and tying it around his head for him.

He grinned and gave her a thumbs up, "You'll see, Hinata! I'll make you proud, just wait!!!"

And with that, he dug his heel to the floor and sped off out the library and towards the Academy, but not before receiving glares and shushes from other people inside.

Hinata sighed in admiration. Naruto-kun was just so amazing! And it just makes him so much more attractive to her knowing what he's willing to do just so he could improve himself..!

But then, realizing that the stares were now directed to her, she eeped and snatched a random book from a shelf and used it to hide her face, embarassed.

The great Uzumaki Naruto just yelled her name... Of course all their attention was turned to her!

Iruka got his papers ready in their own private classroom, readying for day four.

Something about what Hinata said made him very curious of what's gonna happen today.

"Good morning, Iruka-sensei! Let's do this thing!" Naruto exclaimed as he marched in the room with a determined face.

Iruka noticed that he looked... Different.

Maybe it was his hitai ate tied proudly around his forehead, or that burning motivation in his eyes.

No, Iruka finally noticed what was missing, "Where's your pen and notebook?"

"No need, Iruka-sensei. I forgot it, so I'll just write down everything I learned later!" The blonde claimed with a confident smile "Shino and Shikamaru can do it, then so can I!"

What?

Top of the- ... Time of the day to 'ya, laddies! It's me! The Author!

This chapter was inspired by ChloeLaPomme's comment from the previous chapter!

This is basically Naruto's and Hinata's side of the story.

I thought it would be cute if Naruto would make a big deal out of Hinata's greeting since we all already know that he is fond of spending time with her at this point.

And at this time, Naruto still isn't as matured as he is at the Last, so he still over reacts over certain stuff like these.

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