Author's Note: Do you like it so far? Wow, I've made 8 chapters na…! This is longer than I expected. Keep on reading and reviewing guys!
Disclaimer: I like Naruto without his orange jumpsuit. Was it a jumpsuit? But anyway… I don't own him.
Ohohoho, what a very pretty sight, Kurenai thought. She wanted to go down there and congratulate them both, but she resisted the urge. Kakashi stood beside her, apparently interested in the scene. Hinata was asleep in Sasuke's lap, and he was stroking her hair with restraint.
"That's what we want to happen," she whispered to Kakashi.
"But isn't that what's happening already?" Kakashi asked quietly.
"Well, they're on a different level. I want them to be on another level, one much higher than this one."
He looked curiously at her, but she didn't answer, absorbed in the prospect before their eyes.
Sasuke's in love already, but Hinata's still coming to that. Something's still keeping her.
"Kurenai?" Kakashi whispered in her ear.
"What?" she asked. He looked uncomfortable.
"I don't want to spy on them any longer. It ruins the mood," he said quietly.
What mood? Is Kakashi finally learning about this thing? She sighed. "All right. Let's go somewhere else."
Somewhere else turned out to be roaming the streets. Both of them were talking about the conversation between Hinata and Sasuke. As soon as Kurenai saw Hinata and Sasuke go out the door, she made Kakashi go with her and follow them. They were among the treetops, watching the two chuunins, and listening to their conversation. They witnessed it all, including Sasuke giving Hinata a flower, them holding hands, and Hinata resting on Sasuke's lap. Oh yes. They heard every word that was spoken. Kurenai heard, even the unspoken words.
"I'm getting deeper into this business than I should have liked," Kakashi said.
"What do you mean?" Kurenai looked at him, puzzled.
"Well… Even I'm interested in what'll happen next. I've never seen anything like this before," Kakashi grudgingly admitted.
Kurenai smiled. "I rest my case."
"You permit me to take you out to dinner tomorrow night, then?" Kakashi asked her, looking at her curiously.
Kurenai was surprised. "Why… Sure."
They walked aimlessly for quite a while in silence. Kurenai noticed the lights close in the houses one by one, and decided she should get going. "I'm going to go home now, Kakashi. You should too."
He nodded, and both parted ways.
Kurenai jumped from roof to roof, mind fixed on the latest developments from Hinata and Sasuke. She smiled, wondering what would happen next. Even if she and Kakashi didn't create circumstances for them to get together, they were moving of their own accord. This made her happier. I knew they only needed a push. My instincts are never wrong, she thought, going back to the time when Naruto had taken Sasuke with him to visit Hinata. That was when the whole Hyuuga-Uchiha thing began. She guessed correctly how it felt to watch the love of your life slip away from your fingers, and how he never was yours in the first place. Hinata was affected much more than she had thought, and even formerly coldhearted Neji felt sorry for his fragile cousin.
Well, Hinata and Sasuke won't be alone anymore. She smiled.