Naruto sat on the railing and looked out at the night sky. It had been three years he had been living with Nori and Hinata. He looked at the sunset in awe and tried to remember if any of this had looked any different when he arrived with shadows cast by the night sky on the mountains or the colorful lights caused by the northern lights. Naruto finally gave up and called it quits after he felt Hinata's presence and smelled the food she brought to him.
"Naruto-kun I brought you some ramen from dinner it may be a little hot still but you didn't show up for dinner and figured you were probably hungry" Hinata said as she carefully handed Naruto the bowl of food. Naruto took the bowl in one hand and helped her up onto the balcony with the other.
"Thanks Hina-chan I forgot all about dinner." Naruto said tearing his mind out of his thoughts and on to the situation at hand. "I can't believe we have been here three years already it seems like yesterday we were just competing in the chunin exams huh." Naruto said while eating the ramen greedily as he turned to look at Hinata. He also couldn't believe that they had grown so close even with her knowing about kyubi but he dreaded going back to leaf. "Hey Hina-chan what are you going to tell your father about us I mean that is? I know he doesn't like me but what is going to happen when we get back to leaf." Naruto said with a note of sadness in his voice
"I don't know Naruto but we will think of something right," Hinata said quietly as she looked at her best friend in front of her. " I mean it's not like we won't be able to see each other but I figure that you'll help me convince him." Hinata said looking Naruto in the face she herself couldn't believe how close they've grown but she was still worried about what her father would say about being so close to him but these years spent away from leaf showed her that some things were worth fighting for and her Naruto was one of them. "What you think leafs like right now I mean has anyone really missed us." Hinata said looking at the seventeen year old in front of her.
"I don't know about me but you will defiantly have people who missed you. I've gotta go pack Hinata ill see you tomorrow morning." Naruto said leaving here out to wonder why he had left in the middle of a conversation. Naruto himself was dreading to return to leaf because he had no family and no one was going to be there to greet him.