The sun was starting to sink below the horizon, casting it's red eerie glow over the village, but Hinata entered the Hyuga grounds smiling anyway. She couldn't help but feel happy her date was nearing. She'd finally be going out on a date with Naruto-kun!
"What's got your head so up in the clouds?" she heard a voice behind her.
She whirled around and saw Neji leaning against one of the walls.
"Neji-kun! I-I was j…just thinking ab-about something that h…happened today…" she said lamely.
Neji gave her a smirk.
"Something good?" he asked.
Hinata simply nodded her head. "I'm…I'm going out to d-dinner with N…Naruto-kun tonight."
Neji shook his head.
"Your father wouldn't let you off the grounds if he knew you were going out on a date with him."
Hinata's heart sank. It was true. Her father hated Naruto. What was she going to do?
"Heh, have fun tonight," Neji said with a smug look on his face. He laughed and walked away, leaving Hinata standing alone, wondering what she should do.
Naruto sighed as he stood in front of Tsunade's office door. What would he ask her? This was just as embarrassing to him as it would be for her. He gathered up his courage and pushed the door open. He wasn't surprised to see her sleeping at her desk with a thin pool of drool coating her papers. A cold cup of coffee was at her side, but it seemed to have little effect on keeping her awake.
"Oi! Oba-chan! Wake up!" he said shaking her shoulder.
She mumbled in her sleep and swatted at his hand. "Five more minutes…." he heard her say.
"Eh…"
Naruto took her by the shoulders and shook her until her eyes snapped open. A moment later, Naruto was on the ground 10 feet away with a fist mark embedded into the side of his cheek.
"Damn brat, why didn't you try waking me up s-s-s-softly," she said yawning.
Naruto groaned and got to his knees, rubbing his cheek with his hand.
"I tried, but you were too stubborn to get up, stupid oba-chan."
Tsunade blinked her eyes slowly and stifled another yawn.
"Well what do you want, brat?"
Naruto looked down, feeling his cheeks start to get red. He gave a nervous laugh and scratched the back of his head with his hand.
"Heh heh…well I kinda have a….a…d-date tonight and I was wonder-"
"A DATE! With who!" she interrupted.
"Um, Hinata…"
"The Hyuga girl?"
Naruto nodded his head.
Tsunade's lips turned into a wide smile. And for some reason she couldn't stop smiling.
"What should I do?" asked Naruto.
Tsunade raised her eyebrows and pouted a bit.
"Hmm…well you're going to have to get her flowers, and nothing cheap. Get her roses. Roses are nice."
Naruto squinted his eyes and nodded.
"Ah ah, I see. Where should we go for dinner?"
Tsunade put her finger to her lips.
"Japanese? No, wait, Chinese. Chinese would be nice. You know the place by the corner store? Yeah, that place is nice. It's not that expensive either."
"You mean I have to pay for her!"
"Duh you dope, it's a date."
Naruto crossed his arms and grunted.
"Hmph. Dates sure are expensive. My froggy's gonna be empty be the end of the night."
"So are you going to call it off?"
"Hells no! This is my first time out to dinner with a date!"
Tsunade gave him a warm smile and patted him on his head. He really was a good kid.
"Come on twerp, get going, you don't want to be late." she said shooing him out of her office.
a/n
Sorry, I've been lazy.
