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: to partake use with others.


"Eh?"

Hinata looked down from the tree branch she was sitting on and saw Naruto, "Oh, Naruto-kun..! Good morning"

"What's that in the cup?" He asked curiously as she jumped down, referring to the carton cup safely in both her hands, "Smells kinda odd"

"Does it?" She tilted her head with a slight pout, removing the plastic lid and taking a small whiff, "It isn't smelling a way it's not supposed to be"

"Well, good odd" He clarified, but his eyes squinted at the strange looking liquid inside that filled the cup half full, somewhat light brown but creamy, "That doesn't look like chocolate at all, Hinata. Maybe you shouldn't- O-Oi! What are you-?!"

After lifting the cup to her lips and drinking a few to tease his panic, Hinata giggled and said "It's fine, Naruto-kun, it's just coffee"

"That's not what coffee is supposed to look like, either, dattebayo!" He practically screamed in panic, thinking that she might get an upset stomach from it, "And that smells weird! That's not what coffee is to smell like, either!"

"Eh?" She tilted her head in confusion, "What is it supposed to look and smell like, then?"

"It's supposed to be black and sorta painful to sniff!" He said as he took the cup from her and lifting it beyond her reach, "Believe me, Hinata! I've seen Sakura and Sai drink plenty before!"

Hinata almost tripped as she tried tipping on her toes to reach her coffee, but he kept lifting it higher, and held back a laugh at what he said, "Naruto-kun, you do realize that there is more than one type of coffee, right?"

"Coffee is coffee, Hinata!" Naruto stubbornly claimed, "And this ain't it! Trust me, I'm trying to save your life"

"I think the coffee you're talking about is black coffee, it's extremely bitter, but it is very healthy" She pointed out as she crossed her arms, hoping to pursuade him with her facts, "That's cafe au lait, it's sweet and it's-"

"The exact opposite of coffee! So it's deadly!" He yelled, thinking worse of the liquid in his possession, "We gotta get rid of- Oi!"

When off guard, Hinata jumped and snatched the cup from his hand, landing gracefully on her feet, closing her eyes and indulging in her coffee again.

"Uwaah! Hinata!" Naruto panicked.

"N-Naruto-kun, don't worry" Hinata laughed as she smiled at him reassuringly, "It's just half coffee, half milk, that's why it smells different"

Stubborn as a rock, he only squinted his eyes at her, as if saying "If you get sick, don't tell me I didn't try and stop you"

With an amused sigh, she then said, "Like, chocolate... There's white chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate. In coffee, white chocolate is milk, and dark chocolate is coffee, and in between is cafe au lait, or the milk chocolate"

"That's stupid! If anything, milk should be milk chocolate! It's in the name!" He pointed out, refusing to be beat.

Giggling, Hinata came up to him and gave him the cup and said "Please try it, I think you'll like it"

"I've tried coffee before," Naruto said as he hesitantly accepted the cup, "It tasted like dirt"

"Go on" She insisted, giving him an encouraging smile.

With a heavy sigh, Naruto groaned and said "Fine, but only because you said so, and I trust your judgement"

Hinata almost laughed, remembering that just a few moments ago, he was clearly panicking about her choice of beverage.

Closing his eyes shut tight, he carefully drank the coffee.

And to his surprise- "Uwaaah!!! Hinata! This tastes so weird! It doesn't taste like the shitty one that Sakura made me drink! This one tastes different!"

Hinata giggled as Naruto kept rambling on, letting him have the rest of her coffee, wondering how fast caffeine affects him.


: speech :

: a manner of communication


"What did it look like?" Naruto asked as he carefully pushed aside flowers, his eyes hard and squinted as he looked behind the vases.

"I-I-I don't know, b-b-b-but I heard it!" Hinata said, tears brimming her eyes as she hid behind Ino.

"What did it sound like?" Ino asked, half afraid and half mad at the 'thing that moved' that frightened Hinata. For all she knows, there might be a rogue creepo camping inside her shop.

"U-Um, i-it sounded- it sounded, um..." The frightened bluenette furrowed her eyebrows as she covered her mouth to think, the two blonds patiently waiting for her answer, and it clicked, "Y-Yes! It sounded like... Shukushuku... Chuu!"

"What?" Ino asked confused, and Naruto gasped "Are you saying there's a rat in here?!"

"O-Oh, is that what it is?" Hinata asked, her knees starting to shake, making Naruto his and nod "Sounds like it. Don't worry! I'll find i- Aha!"

With a quick shove of flowers, he spotted a rat behind the bouquets.

With a loud scream, the rat jumped out and attacked Naruto's face.

Hinata and Naruto both screamed in fear of the rat as Ino turned furious, grabbing a broom, "Rat?! No rats allowed in MY shop!!"


: timing :

: time of doing (something)


"Please, Rōjin-san" Kakashi sighed, "I can't send any of my men to solve that problem of yours, what you need is a priest or an exorcist"

"Hokage-sama, I'm begging you!" The old man begged, shaking in his boots, "As much as I love my late son, I can't handle Seinen-kun's haunting anymore! Please! Just give me a couple of ninjas to help solve my problem! I'll pay-"

"Ka-ka-shi-sen-se-iiiii!" Naruto called out in a sing-song tone, opening the window as he sat on the sill with a large smile, "Can we get a mission, please?! We found these cool little trinkets at the new store down the street, and I just have to have it!"

"N-Naruto-kun!" Hinata said in a panicked and nervous tone, standing on the roof, "A-At least knock"

"Ah, sorry, Hinata" He said apologetically as he scratched the back of his head, "Alright, next time, we're going through the door"

"Hinata! Is that you?" Kakashi asked as he peaked out the window, spotting the kunoichi behind the shinobi.

"H-Hai" She said as she bowed, spotting Rōjin, "Please forgive us for intruding and interrupting your meeting"

"Oh, damn" Naruto muttered as he mimicked her bowing, "Sorry 'bout that!"

"No! It's perfect!" Kakashi said as he faced the old man, "Rōjin-san! Here's your couple of ninjas!"

"E-Eh?!" Hinata gasped as she blushed hard, Rōjin almost stomped his feet in frustration as he yelled "That's not what I meant! I don't want a couple smooching in my house!"

"What?! You want us to kiss your house?!" Naruto screamed in shock as he climbed in to the office and helping Hinata in, closing the window behind them, "Sorry, old timer! I'm desperate for missions, but our standards aren't that low!"

"Don't worry, Rōjin-san! They'll be in their best behavior!" Kakashi said as he pushed Naruto and Hinata towards the door, patting the blonde's head and saying "Right, Naruto? You'd be solving this kind man's ghost problem in no time, right?"

"G-G-G-Ghost?!" The Jinchuriki squeaked, turning pale.

"Yep! And now's the perfect opportunity for you to use the door!" The Hokage cheerfully said as he practically shoved the two of them out, ushering the old man out towards them, "Good luck!"

And the door closed on them.

With a relieved sigh, Kakashi sat back in his seat and said "Finally. Got two pains in the ass out in one go"

Outside, Rōjin sighed and faced the two ninjas, "Alright, whippersnappers! I don't want any kissy-kissy-hoo-ha happening while you're getting rid of the ghost in my house, alright?!"

"K-Kiss?!" Hinata burned completely red.

"G-Ghost!" Naruto practically lost all his colors.


: manners :

: a way of acting


"We shouldn't upset this village leader" Sakura thought as she gripped the bars of her dage, "As easy it is to break out and take these guys down, we need that peace treaty"

"Hinata, are you alright?" She asked as she turned around and looked up at Hinata, who was hanging over the cliff with ropes around her.

"I-I'm fine" The bluenette answered, sweat rolling down her chin and falling to the what seemed like to be an endless abyss below her.

"Stay quiet, you insulant intruders!" The furious village leader screamed, "It's enough that you came in, unannounced and armed! I don't want any of your babbling!!"

Sakura chose to stare at the ground instead, fighting the urge to glare at the antsy leader.

She tried reasoning with the man, but he was so stubborn, and just the smallest mistake of choice of words, he threatened to cut Hinata's ropes.

"What now?" She thought, "Either we ruin the chance of the alliance, or-"

"Chikara-sama!"

"Aaaand," Sakura deadpanned, "There goes the treaty"

Naruto marched, eyes firmly on the fuming leader, "Another ninja?! You fought my guards"

"Of course he did..." The pinkette internally groaned, before her head snapped up, "Wait... He used a proper suffix! And he doesn't look disheveled!"

"No, I did not" Naruto proudly claimed, stopping in front of the throne, and then he knelt down on one knee and bowed his head, "I asked permission from each and every guard, and I am here to talk to you"

"You deceived them!"

"I persuaded them," Naruto said, "Chikara-sama, I told them that if I do manage to get you to agree to this alliance with my village, your village, too, would receive help and protection from us. They longed for it. Aren't you tired of having few to no guards constantly trying to fend off rogues? Konohagakure is simply hoping for allies, to keep this world the closest we could to harmony. I only wish to talk"

Chikara's eyes squinted, before deciding to let him talk, "Very well. Let us talk somewhere else, where you can't reach these armed women"

The Uzumaki looked at Sakura with a reassuring look, but then, his pupils dilated as he finally spotted Hinata.

"Hina-!" He stopped mid step as she looked back into his eyes.

And he understood.

He nodded at her and followed Chikara to a more guarded place.

"I'll be saving them if I manage to convince Chikara into making an alliance with Konoha" He thought, "I have to make this fast!"

Sakura nervously sat in the cage, looking at Hinata.

"One small slip of the tongue, and we're dooming the alliance" She thought, "Why did it have to be Naruto? He's crude with words! He's not ready to have a formal conversation like that!!"

After a couple of minutes, not even close to an hour, guards started swarming in.

Sakura almost jumped up when he saw Naruto being ushered out by five guards.

But to her surprise, one of the guards that entered started unlocking her cage, "What's going on?"

She hesitantly stepped out as she watched Naruto suddenly pick up his pace, quickly creating a clone and both of them helped Hinata free and safely in.

Chikara stepped out and said "You have promised us a great future, Uzumaki-san. I'll have a talk with your Hokage"

"Yes. Konohagakure will be of service" Naruto said after making sure Hinata was fine, "We won't disappoint"


As soon as the three of them walked out of the village, Naruto let out a loud cheer, "Alright! Easy money!"

"Naruto! You're amazing!" Sakura said, "What did you tell him?! You were only in there for a couple of minutes, and then suddenly we have a treaty!"

"It's nothing I couldn't handle!" He laughed proudly, before eyeing Hinata, "Oh yeah! Hinata! What's up with that?! Hiashi is much harder to convince than that dude! How come you two were captured?!"

"The guards surrounded us, we really had no chance to talk after asking a couple of questions" Hinata shyly admitted, "A question may have crossed the line"

"In my defence, he's sensitive as heck!" Sakura defended herself, then she raised a brow, "Hold up. Naruto! You talk to Hinata's father!"

"Oh yeah!" He said with an enthusiastic nod, "That guy loves me! He teaches me laws and traditions every now and then!"

"Mhm, after Iruka-sensei said that the only part of the Jònin test that Naruto failed last time was law and traditions, my father decided to help" Hinata said "It took me some time, and Naruto-kun and I begged for days, but we made it"

"That's amazing, I never would have guessed" Sakura said.


: care :

: to give attention in an endearing way


"Where do I put this, sensei?" Kiba asked as he carried a box of clothes that Mirai grown out of, Kurenai shook her head and said "Just put it on the door step, I'll ask Shino to bring it to his relatives later when he comes back"

"Got'cha" He said with a nod.

"Shino-kun should be here by now..." Hinata said as she bounced Mirai on her lap, the baby loudly laughing.

"I know, right?" Kiba said as he opened the door, "And look! Speak of the man himself! You're back!"

"Some strays followed me" Shino said.

"Oooi! Hinata, are you there?!" Naruto loudly called over Shino's shoulder.

"Ah, h-hai!" Hinata answered, passing Mirai to Kurenai and walking to the door.

"Come in!" Kurenai invited them in.

Shino, Naruto, and Sai all walked in after Kiba told his teammate about the box.

"Oh, shit, man!" Kiba said, "You've got a bloody hole on your top!"

"What?" Naruto asked as he looked down, indeed finding the rips by his shoulder.

"Naruto intervened a petty fight by two Genins earlier" Sai said, "One accidentally stabbed him in the process"

Hinata gasped and covered mouth with both hands in shock, "Naruto-kun! A-Are you alright?!"

"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry" Naruto chuckled, "I didn't even notice until- ngh!"

Suddenly, the wound started reappearing and slowly bleeding again, making him topple over, Hinata catching him.

"K-Kurenai-sensei!" Hinata called for help.

Kurenai quickly handed her a roll of bandages and said "There's a kit in the bathroom, take him there and clean him up"

"Right!" Hinata said, carefully leading Naruto to the bathroom.


"What the hell, Kurama?!" Naruto sharply turned to his demon buddy, his cheeks bright red in embarassment, "You made me look like a loser in front of Hinata! You healed me earlier!"

"It wasn't life threatening, so I gave it back to you," Kurama slyly said with a mischievous grin, "For being careless and all"

"Not cool, Kurama! Not cool!" Naruto stomped.

"Yeah, yeah. I know you're thankful! You're happy this happened!" Kurama pointed out, knowing exactly what his Jinchuriki feels.

"A-Am not!" The blonde helplessly denied.


Hinata carefully wrapped the bandage around his torso, her arms looping around him every round.

"Sorry 'bout this" Naruto sighed, "I was fine earlier. I dunno what happened"

She gently smiled at him and said "It's okay, Naruto-kun. It was very brave of you to even stop a fight"

"Hehe, it's nothing" He chuckled.

With a deep breath in and out, Naruto relaxed a bit, feeling that warm flutter in his chest that had been appearing very constantly for a long time now. The one that he feels only for Hinata.

It's somehow stronger, now that she's so close to him, her arms and hands constantly touching him and her praising him.

He couldn't even fight a smile from forming. He didn't even resist it. It feels great to bask in that feeling.


Kurama silently chuckled as he watched the young man in a daze.

It's way too easy to be a wingman for this guy.


Getting ready for everything!!!

Anyway! Facts that everyone may or may not know!

In Naruto Retsuden, it was mentioned that Naruto's favorite drink was cafe au lait. In the same source, it was revealed that Hinata has an 'interesting' way of talking when she particularly doesn't understand what she was saying.

All throughout the series of 'Naruto', if you don't know, where have you been? Naruto's afraid of ghosts.

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