Day to Day
A Naruto fan fiction
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or any bands mentioned.
(A/N: I was going to do a Neji and Tenten, and the entire time I haven't updated I've been working on it, but since I don't know the characters as well, it's so hard! But, in the end, guess who won by two votes over Neji and Tenten? Naruto and Hinata! Sadly, I think I may have scared away all of the Sasuke and Sakura fans by my recent crappy chapters. Sorry about that.)
Chapter 7: Sometimes Winter
The snow fell silently as always, drifting tiny balls of white.
She smiles silently out the window, her eyes slightly drowsy, her face relaxed with the complete expression of peace and comfort. She breathed in the scent of the jacket she wore deeply, closing her eyes a moment. His scent filled her nose, and she couldn't help but smile wider.
The jacket was a plain black one, with a zipper going up the middle, a hood and two pockets on each side; but it was his jacket, and that's what made it special. Although it looked like an ordinary jacket, she could already pick out all of the special things about it. The hole in the right pocket, the chipped parts on the silver zipper, the rip on the seam inside, and a small rip from a kunai on the side. Pressing her lips together, as if trying not to laugh, she looped her finger through the hole, and wondered mildly how he could've made that.
She sat on her bed, her small form wrapped up in his big jacket. Like always, her hair was short, and it brushed the jacket when she turned her head to the side.
Laughing, she fell back on to the bed, now eagle-spread across it, and hugged the jacket around her. She loved his scent; a musky kind of smell, with a faint tint of metal, a dash of ramen spice, and the crispness of fall leaves all in one. No one smelled quiet like him, and weather that was a good thing or not is up to that person.
"Here, take it." "But won't you be cold?" "You won't be cold if you wear it, will you?" "No." "Then it's fine. Go on; keep it." "Naruto! I couldn't…." "Aw, come on. Shikamaru and Sasuke have something they give Sakura and Ino to remind them of them when they're gone, so this is the least I could do!"
She smiled again, now curled up on her side. "This is the best gift I ever received, Naruto." She whispered, and closed her eyes, snuggling with the worn jacket.
"Where'd you get that?"
She sat up quickly, and watched her cousin step in, and sat down next to her. He was still wearing his normal clothes, and his hair was lying around his shoulders as elegantly as always.
Blushing furiously, she looked away. "I found it."
Neji sniffed. "It smells like Uzumaki."
"How would you know?"
"I can smell ramen on it."
Hinata bit her lip, and looked away. The pause was long, until Neji said, "You know, you shouldn't be ashamed. You're dating Uzumaki, and we all know that. I'm dating Tenten."
"What?"
"I'm dating Tenten."
"…I had no idea!"
"No one does." He replied curtly, and stood. "So if you don't tell anyone I'm dating Tenten, you're Uzumaki jacket is sealed."
"Deal."
Neji nodded, and began to leave.
"Neji-kun?"
"Yea?"
"…You'll be good to Tenten, right?"
"Isn't the idiot good to you?"
Hinata smiled, and watched her cousin leave, shutting the door quietly behind.
She sighed, and smelled the jacket again, holding it close. Naruto maybe gone on ANBU missions like a lot of the other boys, but somehow, this ragged jacket was a great comfort.
His brows furrowed as he looked at his reflection, and pressed his blonde spikes down with his hand. With an annoyed look, he looked back up at the picture he had taped up on his mirror. It was of a guy model out of one of Sakura's magazines, with brown hair that was in layers and at different lengths around his head. "Skater hair." Sakura had called it, but not matter what he did, Naruto couldn't get his hair to go down. He gelled it, shampooed it three times, brushed it down, got it wet-anything he could think of, and the stuff was still sticking up like little proud, blonde statues of liberty! With a final sigh, he rubbed his face and ripped the picture off the mirror, balled it up and threw it at his Kakashi mannequin, smirking when he hit it in the face. His room was a mess as usual, with paper scattered every where, the bed unmade, a bag laying open on the ground with a few scrolls and shuriken falling out of it, and dirty laundry laying around. After deducing long ago that he was not going to bring Hinata to his house after a date, he had stopped cleaning it up and stressing over which crowded closet could hold his Kakashi mannequin. The bed squealed in what might've been pain, no one knows, when he sat down on it, his back slanted, and his arms leaning casually on his knees. Next to him was his battered up boom box, something he'd found in the trash one day when he was walking home-it had a tape player, a radio with no fm and a CD player. He jabbed the play button, and then lay back on his bed.
The opening of the song was quiet, with a soft guitar and drum cymbals, which soon turned into a louder drum and guitar part.
"I catalog these steps now, decisive and intention, precise and patterned specifically to yours.
I'm talented at breathing, especially exhaling, so that my chest may rise and fall with yours."
Closing his eyes, he wondered what it would be like to lay next to her, watching her sleep, curled up in blankets. Would he be careful to not wake her, like the man in the song? How would she look when she was sleeping?
The song played in the room, with Naruto nodding his head lightly to it, thinking, his hands behind his head and his legs sprawled over the sheets and blankets. He hadn't been able to see her lately, and everything had been so cold.
That was it.
It was cold!
"Hinata, um, someone's at the door for you!" a smaller version of Hinata called, her face flushed, and rubbing her hands. She had just dragged the stool in front of the large double doors to the Hyuuga mansion, peered through the keyhole, and hopped down, blushing and biting her lips so she wouldn't giggle. Her older sister's boyfriend was at the door!
Hinata appeared from behind another door down one of the two halls that lead away from the front room, and walked up to the door, her slippers making shuffling noises on the wood floors. She frowned lightly at her sister, and then opened the door.
After waiting over five minutes, he had turned his back to the door, and was gazing out and around at all of the snow-covered trees that surrounded the large, beautiful, majestic houses that stood tall and proud. Growing up in the slum part of Konoha made him marvel at the things others could afford.
His hair was poking out everywhere, and he scratched the back of his head casually; his other hand was shoved lazily into a jean pocket, and he wore his big, heavy black jounin coat that was covered in pockets on the front, with some straps (that now hung untied and empty) on the back to hold large shuriken and swords. She smiled; he looked so normal, like regular Naruto, plain and simple. Ragged shoes, tousled hair, dirty fingernails, ripped jeans, the works!
"Um, Naruto…."
"Oh! Sorry!" Naruto jumped around laughed nervously, scratching his head again. His smile filled up his face, and you couldn't help but shake your head and smile in return. "Hey, look, I have a surprise for you, but we have to, uh, travel some. So go get some light clothes!"
Hinata blinked. "Light clothes? Naruto-kun, it's winter."
"Where we're going, it won't be!" he exclaimed, and smiled. "Come on! I'll help you!" He hooked his arm into hers, and dashed inside. Then, mid-stride, he stopped, and smiled sheepishly. "So, uh, Hina-chan, where's your room?"
"Um…upstairs."
The two ran up the steps, and Naruto waited while Hinata shuffled through her clothes. "Shorts, a tee-shirt, flip-flops…and…uh…a bathing suit! Yea!"
Hinata giggled softly, and took out the items he yelled out, and placed them carefully into a canvas bag. Since Naruto wasn't the type of boy to sit still, he couldn't help but glance around the corner of the door.
Hinata stood over her bed; her back bent some, folding a shirt. A small smile graced her face, and she pushed her hair behind her ear gently, revealing the rest of her face. Her eye lashes curled out and made her eyes look like that of an angel's, with how they curled out and seemed to fit perfectly with her smooth, creamy skin and light pink lips. He couldn't help but blush and hurriedly get back in place, his eyes wide. Man, his mind was out there! All of the sudden, ideas rushed in and things got really weird. 'Where the hell did I come up with that? Sakura would kill me if she thought something like that had crossed my mind!' Pressing his palms against each side of his head, he shook his head, as if to make the thoughts pop out of his brain through his ears.
"I'm ready."
Hinata emerged from the door, shy as ever. She wasn't exactly sure what Naruto was planning, but she trusted him, and knew he wouldn't do anything mean.
Naruto smiled widely, and the two strolled out of the mansion, Hinata pulled on her coat and hat, and the two walked out into the snowy morning.
"Here's our stop!"
The crowds poured out of the subway, most of them frowning and keeping to themselves, wearing suits and carrying brief cases. The couple was some of the only people on the whole subway in normal clothes, or under eighteen, for that matter.
They exited hand in hand so they wouldn't loose each other in the big, white station. The station was filled with businessmen and women, and their dark suits were a complete contrast to the white tile walls and stark red tile floors. A large computerized board told of all of the subways going here and there, and a computerized voice over a loud speaker called out which subway was leaving when. On the continent that Konoha resided on, because of the strange, different types of conditions and areas all around, a subway was the best bet for national transportation, unless you were going to the lands of water, in which you'd have to take a boat once you got nearby. For Naruto, this was all apart of the plan.
He smiled at Hinata, who was starting to get nervous in the large crowds.
"Don't worry; we'll be outta here in a jiff."
They climbed the stone steps out of the subway and onto the street of Los Durados, the city of gold. Although the city had never really carried gold, it had been called that for years because of its reputation to hold the homes of big companies and businessmen. The two gilded through the crowds, and Naruto held Hinata's hand tightly.
Soon, Hinata could smell the salt from the sea. She took off her coat, and draped it over her other arm. They continued on, when suddenly, Naruto stopped, and turned to her. His face became comically serious as he spoke.
"Do you trust me?"
"Um…yes. Of course."
"Then put this on, and I'll guide you." He said, and whipped out a blue handkerchief.
"Naruto, are you going to blind fold me?"
With a big smile, he exclaimed, "Yep!" Then, without further ado, he tied it around her head, covering her eyes. "Now come on!" He grabbed her hand, and dashed through the crowd, her clutching onto his ragged hand and trying to keep up.
After running a ways, the smell of salt filled their noses, sea gulls cried out, and the crashing of waves resounded. Hinata started to hear and feel the cement turn into wooden boards, and Naruto continued to romp across them all.
They turned right, and then Naruto stopped and turned to her, grabbing both of her hands, excitement and anxiousness overflowing inside of him.
"Okay, I'm gonna take off the blind fold, but you can't look just yet, okay?"
Hinata nodded.
Their footsteps changed from loud bangs to soft taps-the ground became a sort of plaster! He continued to walk her through it; she almost even tripped and fell when the ground rocked!
"Okay-open your eyes."
Hinata blinked and looked around.
"Naruto!"
He had lead her onto yacht-the Rosemary. Inside was a nice couch, and a deck stretched before the glass doors. She dashed to the glass doors, and smiled and gasped at the view of the ocean, stretching before them and on into the horizon.
This was the best!
All that Uzumaki could do was smile, and feel a sudden pride and smugness at his great idea. That's right-Uzumaki, ladies' man extraordinaire!
"N-N-Naruto, how could you have afforded this?" she asked, and looked back at him.
"I've got connections." He said smoothly. Although that was Sasuke's line, he was sure the Uchiha wouldn't miss it all that much. Hinata, however, almost laughed as Naruto sat on the couch in the sprawled position of a tasty cake of the month, trying to pull off a smooth, handsome, Sasuke/Neji smirk.
"Naruto, you are so silly!" she laughed, and sat down next to him. He put his arm around her shoulders, and smiled.
"You know, this is only half of it."
"What?"
"Yep!"
The boat started up with a roar, and they began to pull out of the harbor.
"Where're we going?"
"Some place special!"
The boat pulled up on the sandy shore of a small island, and Naruto jumped off, holding a rolled blanket under his arm. He turned around and caught Hinata as she jumped off, and the two walked up the beach a way. Then Naruto spread out a blanket, and told Hinata to wait while he got something else from the boat.
Then he came chugging back with a large picnic basket, and sat down next to the Hyuuga on the blanket, and began to pull out the condiments.
"No ramen?"
"Naw, I have that all the time. You've got to be sick of it."
In truth, Sakura had packed the basket, and made sure there was no ramen in it.
Man, where would Naruto's love life be without Sakura-chan?
The two ate lunch, and then got in bathing suits and went swimming in the warm waters. That night, as they began to sail home, Naruto stood on the deck with Hinata, his arm around her, and his head leaning against hers, watching the sun set on the ocean.
Hey Ya'll!
Yes, I know I haven't updated in forever, and I apologize. Things have been hectic, and I don't want to write unless I really want to, other wise it turns out stupid. Anyway, I tried to make this one really special, since I had someone ask for Naruto and Hinata to "do something special". But I won't say any names…ugh-cough cough AKIABINZAID! Cough, cough Sorry, I believe I have a cold…. Speaking of that anonymous review though (lol), the only reason I thought you were a girl was because I never thought any individual of the male species would enjoy my writing, especially this story. In any case, I'm glad you're reading it, hopefully enjoying it, and maybe even using these ideas to make your significant other feel special! (And hey, if you like someone, wouldn't these make great opportunities to pop big questions?)
Much thanks to my reviewers! For this section, they are: Kai (girl/man, you are so positive, and I like how you gave me little bits of advice in a not-so-commanding way), Sharingan baby (I take it you like Kakashi…or is it Sasuke?), Izumi-chan (thanks so much for your info on Neji and Tenten! I'm so unfamiliar with those characters, but I think with a little research and some more reading, I could set out a chapter for them later on!), boredathome (Nice name! Anyway, sorry I didn't update so soon. See excuse above. Thanks for more info on Neji and Tenten!), warprince2000 (yea um, again, I didn't update so soon…I'm sorry! Seriously, I have major guilt.), AkiabinZaid (I basically addressed you above, but about the whole command thing-I was joking on you. And it was fun. Bwahaha.)
Again, I'm TOTALLY AND ABOSLUTLY SORRY I DIDN'T UPDATE SOONER! I hate it when people take forever to update, and here I am joining the club of procrastinators! Plus, this chapter sucked. Well, I think so. Notice how hard I am on myself?
Okay, bye!
I'll try and update soon!
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-IHearVoices