First saw you.

Chapter Sixteen:

Pairing: NaruHina.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto Characters and do not claim too, all rights go to cc Masashi Kishimoto.

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Naruto watched as Hinata's cheeks slowly started to go from pink to red, he was becoming concerned for the girl and asked. "Hinata would you like to come inside?"

Hinata could only nod at Naruto while still trying to fight back the growing redness on her cheeks.

"Good morning Hinata" He smiled.

"Good morning to you to N...N...N...Naruto-kun" She manages.

"So what's brought you to see me this morning Hinata?" Naruto was interested in why Hinata had come to his house.

"Well...N...N...N...N...Naruto-kun. We need to talk" She states.

Naruto stared at the girl he loves and thought. "I wonder if she likes me? Is she going to confess to me? Oh Hinata if only you knew how much I love you"

"Ok Hinata. What is it we need to talk about?" He asks.

Hinata pushed her fingers together as she began. "Well...N...N...N... Naruto-kun, it's about yesterday afternoon...before I ran home"

"Yeah...what about it?" He wasn't sure what Hinata really wanted to talk about.

"I...um...I...I... I'm so sorry N...N...N... Naruto-kun" She stuttered.

He was a little surprised but Hinata's comment.

"What is it your sorry about Hinata?" He asked.

"Um...it's...it's about that i...i...incident that happened last n...n...night. The um...accidental k...k...k... kiss" She states through her stutter.

"Oh, so that's what she's freaking about" Naruto thought.

"It's ok Hinata really, there's nothing for you to be sorry about. After all it was an accident when we fell that's all" Naruto smiles.

"I wish you wouldn't call it an accident Hinata even if it was, I just wanna be able to kiss you and not because of an accident that happened" Naruto thought sadly.

Hinata was a little sad hearing that but she nods and takes a calming breath. "Y-You're right Naruto-kun…S-Sorry to disturb y-you"

"It's fine Hinata, I was actually worried about you" He says scratching his cheek shyly. "When you ran off yesterday… I… I wanted to make sure you were ok, but you'd ran off so quickly I didn't get the chance to ask"

Hinata was shocked, he was worried about her? He wanted to make sure she was ok? This was more than what she was expecting to hear when she came over, she started to blush further and was beginning to feel lightheaded as she held her head.

"Hinata? Hinata are you alright? What's wrong?" Naruto says concern laced in his voice as he watches her.

"I-I'm…I'm f-fine…" She says before blacking out and falling towards Naruto unconscious.

Naruto was quick to catch her as she fell forward, her head against his chest and he supported her up under her arms. Why did this always seem to happen when she was around him? He picks her up princess style and lays her down on his bed, her face still very flushed so he leans down and rests his head against hers and thankfully she didn't have a fever.

"I should call Sakura and I guess Neji too in case he doesn't know where she is" He sighs and makes a phone call to Sakura first, he asks her to come over and check on Hinata and of course he started to blush when she asked why Hinata was at his alone. He told her to not think that way and to get over here as soon as she could. He then called Neji, Neji was surprisingly calm about Hinata being at his and said that she had mentioned it to him this morning that she was going to see him. Neji told him to take care of Hinata until she's better and he would cover for her at the house before hanging up.

The blue-eyed blond sighs sitting on the edge of the bed looking down at the indigo haired girl that he loved dearly, he gently moves her bangs out of her eyes and cups her face, rubbing his thumb against her cheek. "How can I tell you how much I love and care for you? I don't want to scare you away"

"You'll scare her away anyway brat, no one could love you. Who would want to love you?" The voice was in his head, he knew the voice well. The voice came from the nine tailed fox that was sealed inside his body. "No one could ever love someone who carries me inside them, after all you're just a weapon to be used against others"

Naruto gritted his teeth together and moved his hand away from the young girl on his bed. "was what the fox said true? Would he scare her away? Could no one truly love him? Was he just a weapon to be used against others? Was he going to end up alone forever?" He was left to his thoughts until a knock came at his door with a female voice behind it.

"Naruto? Naruto let me in" Sakura says waiting for the door to be opened.

Naruto walked over opening the door letting his friend in. "Thanks for coming Sakura"

"No worries Naruto, what seems to be wrong?" Sakura askes as she walks over to Hinata laying on the bed.

"No idea, we were just talking and then she fainted I think or blacked out. I'm not actually sure what happened" He says walking up behind his friend. "Sakura, can I ask you something?"

"Yeah, what is it?" Sakura stares at Hinata, something was off in her friend's voice, but she didn't make it known.

"Do you think someone could love me?" He says a little dejected as he stares at Hinata.

Sakura was taken back, that wasn't what she was expecting to hear from her usual confident friend. She wondered what had brought all this on. "If someone could love you?" She turns to look at the blond. "Of course, I do Naruto. There is someone out there who loves you, you just haven't found them yet or you may already know someone who does without realizing" She gave her friend a small kind smile.

"Even if I'm a weapon to be used? What if I hurt them? I don't want to hurt anyone Sakura" He was firm as he spoke, he wanted to believe what Sakura was saying but maybe the fox was right, and it was better for him to just be alone.

"Naruto…you are the most kind, confident, and overbearing boy I know. You would never hurt anyone on purpose, and you have come so far in your training, you must continue to believe in yourself I know that there are others who believe in you wholeheartedly. They are closer than you think, and I am one of them" Sakura says softly turning back to Hinata. "Hinata will be fine, she just needs rest"

"Sakura, why does this always happen to Hinata when she's around me? She's fine around everyone else…" Naruto asks staring at Sakura hoping for an answer.

Sakura couldn't help but laugh a little at her friend, he could be so clueless sometimes. "Sorry for laughing, I don't mean too. There just must be something about you Naruto, unfortunately I can't answer that for you"

"Thanks anyway Sakura" He says sighing, he really hoped she could help him out.

"If that's all I need to go see milady for some training" Sakura places a hand on his shoulder patting it as she leaves.

Naruto sits back down on the bed looking at Hinata, she breathed softly sleeping soundly. Why did this happen around him with her? He sighs for what seems to be the 8th time today before looking out the window. "I hope what you say is right Sakura, I truly hope so…"