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Now on to the fic and how to read it
Generally everything will be straight forward but ever so often I may insert a thought process in italics, kinda like the do in the show all the time…also more often than not I'll leave spaces in speech with a…in between them for sorta a pause for the character to think or just to break up what they're saying…well I guess that that's about it for the rules for how to read it so on to the FIC
Unexpected Love Advice
It has been almost a month since the mission to search for the Bykouchuu and almost a month and a half since Hinata took on the mission to tell Naruto about how she feels about him. Things, basically, hadn't changed very much and every night Hinata is still lying in her bed and running the events of nearly a month ago through her head. Every night when sleep finds her she dreams of Naruto and herself laying out in a field and looking at the clouds together………
The sound of her alarm clock woke the young genin of team eight to a beautiful day and a day off from training to boot. After a short shower and preparing breakfast for her father and Neji, and after grabbing a little something for herself of course, the lavender eyed kunoichi went off to gather some groceries from the market for their supper that evening, and maybe she would also catch a glimpse of her Naruto-kun at the ramen shop.
Considering the fact that it was an exceptionally beautiful day Hinata decided that she would take the long path around the village to the market so she could enjoy some of the country air and also considering her house wasn't that far from being outside of the village anyway this wasn't much of an inconvenience, besides…Naruto would probably still be there regardless of what time she passed the ramen shop.
Along the way she passed Ino and Chouji who seemed to be having quite a conversation at the time. Not wanting to interrupt Hinata let out a small "hello" and a small wave as she passed the two of them and with a smile and a wave they passed her as well and continued on their way together. Upon reaching the halfway point of her scenic trip to the market Hinata noticed that there was someone lying out in the middle of one of the fields with their arms behind their head gazing up at the clouds. In realizing that this had to be Shikamaru Hinata raised her hand up to wave but it occurred to her that he probably wouldn't notice because of his focus on the puffy, white cotton balls in the sky.
In noticing the presence of another person walking along the road, that wasn't Ino or Chouji, Shikamaru turns his attention to the presence on his left to see the very timid Hyuuga Hinata waving in his direction in the field.
"Hinata," he called out, "can I talk to you for a minute?"
Perplexed as to what Shikamaru would have to talk to her about, more or less even the fact that he wanted to talk to her, Hinata made her way out to where Shikamaru laid in the middle of the field.
"Shikamaru," she said in the timid voice she used around people she didn't know very well when she finally found her way out to him, "wh...what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Sit down for a minute," he directed, "this could take a while."
She did as he asked and he waited a moment for her to get comfortable because he knew about how long this was going to take.
"Hinata," he started, "I've been doing some thinking and…"
O NO…he can't be doing what it sounds like he's doing because if he is…this is bad…I have to turn him down quick before he gets his hopes up
"I can't Shika…"
"No no no…wait," he interrupted, "that's not it at all…let me finish first…I've been doing some thinking about what Naruto's told us about the Bykouchuu mission."
Naruto-kun…what could Shikamaru have to do with or know about Naruto-kun?
"Well…it's all he has talked about for about a month. He keeps telling us about this "ultra pretty" girl he saw dancing out on the water underneath a waterfall."
With that Hinata began to turn this incredibly dark shade of crimson.
"And I've been doing some thinking and I've wanted to ask you this, was it you that he saw?"
O God…how could he possibly know?…I never told anyone about it…I don't even think I wrote about it in my diary just so I could keep this a secret
"See Shino and Kiba told me about your new technique and how they have been helping you train. They also told me that you use water in your training to help with your chakra control. That's when it hit me, but I couldn't be sure so I had to ask you because he just won't shut up about it and it's driving me crazy."
Hinata could feel the red rushing into her cheeks even more strongly and Shikamaru, as lazy as he was, noticed it too and began to smirk one of his "I thought so" smirks.
"I…I umm…I I I," Hinata stammered as she tried to find something to say to the way too clever cloud gazer.
"That's ok," Shikamaru reassured her, "you don't have to say anything to tell me that it was you, you make that quite apparent with this new shade of red you've invented."
Hinata still couldn't really find anything to say in response, she was far too caught up in the idea that Shikamaru had found out her secret and thatNaruto-kun wouldn't stop talking about her even though he wasn't actually talking about her.
As she found her feet andbegan to walk away in a stupor Shikamaru shouted, "You should really tell him it was you, I think he would really like to know that."
This stopped Hinata dead in her tracks. "Do…do you really think so?" she asked as she turned back the Chunnin.
"I can tell that you really like him and if you opened up a little more to him I think you might find out that he likes you too. Naruto tends to be very open about his feelings about things and people but I think that he doesn't tell everybody everything all the time and I think that if you really watch him when you're not looking you'll see it too."
Naruto-kun…Naruto-kun may actually…like me…maybe…maybe I might just be able to tell him how I feel now…maybe
"Maybe I will Shikamaru," said the lavender eyed kunoichi, "and thank you…I hope that this wasn't too troublesome for you."
"Hey," Shikamaru jokingly shouted, "that's my line! And don't think anything of it…you're not the first person I've helped in this department today.
"Who…who else then?" Hinata asked as she pondered who else Shikamaru could have talked to about something like this.
Well…I don't think they'd want me telling anybody about it…they're about as shy as you are about this kinda thing…anyways…good luck then I suppose, as for me I think I'm going to get back to my clouds…O and don't worry…I won't tell him."
And with that Shikamaru folded his arms behind his head and returned his attention to the clouds that he had been neglecting.
Hinata turned her back to him and headed back down the road to the market with her thoughts concentrating on the perspective of Naruto-kun sharing her feelings and the thought…
What unexpected love advice…
Rasengan2theface: Wow…that was a long one, I think it was long anyway…I guess I wanted to make up for the last one being so short…well…I'm tired and don't really have much to say other than write lots of reviews and until next time…thanx and later daze