Chapter 2

Madly in Love

"What's wrong with you?" Neji asked as Hinata rummaged through her closet, "You're going to a nude photo shoot. That and we're anime characters. We wear the same thing every day."

"Oh shut it!" Hinata screamed at him from her closet, "This is serious!"

"Really?" Neji chuckled, "Perhaps I should ask TenTen to go with you as well. I have a laptop now, and I need a new wallpaper. She will do nicely."

"Why do you need to get pictures from Naruto when you have the Byakugan?" Hinata asked.

"My one flaw is that I don't have a photographic memory," He chuckled some more.

"Good, good!" Naruto said, clicking picture after picture of Hinata, "Excellent! Keep it up! You're doin' great, Hinata-chan!" He didn't know why he was enjoying this so much. Sure, Hinata was pretty. Alright, she was hot. Fine, she was drop dead gorgeous. But he had a crush on Sakura, right? This was inconsistent. Of course, Naruto wasn't exactly what you'd call consistent. He was the vessel for Kyuubi, and he had become somewhat admired. Still, this was strange.

"You did great," Naruto said to Hinata, averting his eyes while she dressed. Needless to say, this was pointless, since he had just taken a memory card's worth of nude photos of Hinata.

"Thanks," Hinata said, walking over to him, "Do I get to stay as Hinata-chan?"

"Uh…Sure," Naruto said, a little nervously. Hinata was almost on top of him now.

"I'm glad," Hinata said, smiling, she was right up against him now, "I wouldn't want to have disappointed you."

"What happened?" Naruto asked nobody in particular as he got off the floor. "What the heck!" Naruto exclaimed, "When did this happen?" His strange orange jumpsuit-looking-thingy-of-a-shirt was on the floor, and his T-shirt was ripped to shreds and lying next to it. His orange lower-jumpsuit-looking-thingy-of-a-pair-of-pants was on the floor a few meters away.

"You really don't remember?" Somebody asked.

"Who's there?" Naruto yelled, spinning around.

"Just me," Kakashi said, "It was really good."

"What was?"

"You and Hinata," Kakashi explained.

"You were watching," Naruto asked, somewhat embarrassed, "Why?"

"Jiraiya has writers' block," Kakashi stated, "I figured that this was almost as good as a Come Come Paradise book."

"Couldn't you have waited a few hours for me to post the pictures!" Naruto asked angrily.

"Sure," Kakashi replied, "But the pictures were just the opener. What I really wanted was the after-photo-shoot-action."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Naruto asked.

"You must have hit you're head," Kakashi remarked, "Don't you remember what happened after you kissed Hinata?"

"No," Naruto said dazedly, "I don't even remember kissing her."

"Let's see if this helps your memory," Kakashi said, placing his hand on Naruto's forehead, "Memory Search no Jutsu!" (Note: I just made that up.)

It all came back to him. When she had stood right in front of him, he had kissed her. Not an intentional, gentle kiss, but an instinctive, passionate mistake. They had fallen to the floor, and Hinata had somehow unzipped his orange shirt and torn apart his T-shirt. They rolled about for awhile, both getting lots of bruises. Hinata had even looked into his eyes for once, and he saw how deep and beautiful they had been. They were the kind of eyes that you could get lost in. As they continued their small journey around Naruto's floor, Hinata's sweater that she always seemed to wear had come open, but neither she nor Naruto tried to zip it back up. Since it was a nude photo shoot, the sweat shirt was her only top. Some time during the short but enjoyable journey. And so, they eventually stopped, both wearing only their forehead protectors, and both with an idiotic grin on their faces. Eventually, they even pulled off their headbands, leave them stark naked. He had just seen Hinata in many nude poses, but this was the first time in years that anyone had seen him naked. Hinata giggled a little, and they rolled some more, for about an hour, until it was time for Hinata to leave. She got up hurriedly put on one of Naruto's spare T-shirts and her own pants (inside out). Naruto had quickly pulled on some underwear. They said their goodbyes and Hinata hurried off to her own house, hoping that nobody would notice that she had left some of her clothes at home and was wearing Naruto's T-shirt. Naruto passed out.

"Better?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah, I guess," Naruto mumbled, "This is so weird."

"She left you a present," Kakashi said, pointing to some of Hinata's undergarments and her shirt, "Congratulations, Naruto. You have a girlfriend!"

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" Hinata screamed.

"What?" Neji asked, sitting on the couch, wearing only his underwear and headband.

"You and TenTen are sitting on my couch wearing only underwear!" Hinata yelled, "Get a room or something!"

"Yeah, yeah," Neji said, "And you're wearing your pants inside out, Naruto's T-shirt, and no underwear." He looked Hinata up and down with the Byakugan, "You said you'd be home an hour ago. What'd you do?" Hinata blushed.

"It's none of your business," Hinata said, "Now leave my house!" She was amazed that she had worked up the courage to yell at Neji.

"Alright," Neji laughed, "But could you lend TenTen some clothes?" TenTen's old clothes were in a ripped up pile on the ground.

"Alright," Hinata said resignedly, "I'll go get some."

"This is insane," Naruto said, letting himself fall onto his bed, "I'm madly in love with Hinata!"

"This is insane," Hinata said, letting herself fall onto her bed, "I'm madly in love with Naruto!"