Bold Italic is Kurama
December 15th
Kiba and Shino rounded the corner on their way to pick up Hinata for their bi-weekly dinner and to hear about the rescue mission. The pair expect to see Hinata standing waiting or perhaps sitting on the bench, instead they are greeted by a sight they thought they would never see.
Naruto. One of his arms wrapped around Hinata's waist while the other held her neck in a gentle grasp, their lips moving against each other.
"Well I'll be damned!" Kiba exclaims, causing the couple to break apart.
"Hey guys!" Naruto greets the two with a smirk pulling at the corners of his lips, while Hinata's face goes a shade of red a human shouldn't be capable of.
"Hinata it's time for dinner." Shino speaks from behind his loud partner.
"Really Shino?" Kiba turns to face him "That's what you're going to talk about right now?"
"This" he motions between the couple "was inevitable. With their on goings over the past two years. From all the time they've spent together. So, standing in the street yelling about it won't change any of it and I'm hungry."
Kiba glances around taking note of the town folk staring at the couple.
"Maybe we shouldn't do that in public again." Glancing down at Hinata. "Did someone mention food?" Naruto rubs his stomach.
"Yeah, the two of you are explaining all of this over BBQ." Kiba stated in a matter of fact tone.
"So, what do we tell them?" Naruto asks as he slots his finger between Hinata's.
"The truth of course." Hinata says, gently squeezing Naruto's hand in hers.
The group walks the short distance to the BBQ joint in silence.
"Excuse me, but I need to use the restroom." Hinata turns, making her way to the back of the restaurant.
"Okay Uzumaki time to fess up. How the fuck did you two go from friend to making out in the street in less than a week." Kiba asked as he glanced over the menu, hushing a whining Akamaru through the open window.
"Well first there was this genjutsu…" Naruto launches into what had taken place on the moon. Skimming over details that brought heat to the back of his neck
"And then when we got into the village we separated to look, Sakura put Hinata and I together, I think she was trying to set us up. Looking back at it all of you guys have been trying to do stuff like that for a while now."
"Guilty." Kiba shrugs his shoulders, motioning for Naruto to continue as Hinata's head becomes visible bobbing between the booths making her way back to their table
"Before Toneri took her I told her my um feelings." Not wanting to say that he was in love with her in front of people just yet. "And today I asked her father's permission to date her." Naruto finishes right as Hinata reappears at the table.
"You think he'll do Shino?" Kiba nudged his silent teammate.
"Yes, he will do just fine for our Hinata." Looking up and giving a rare smile to Hinata, as she sits.
"Have you guys ordered yet?" Hinata asks, kneeling down at her seat next to Naruto.
The flow of conversation between the teammates setting Naruto at ease.
"Let me see it." Shino asks, holding out his hand to look at the key that was given to Naruto. "Well it's obviously to some sort of dwelling."
"That was my initial thought, but I have my apartment." Naruto stares blankly at the key.
"Doesn't Sakura always tease you about how you can't stay in your apartment forever?" Hinata asks.
"But why would Kakashi give me a house, I haven't done anything that great." Naruto looks over at her.
"Phft, that's great? Naruto, you saved the village twice and saved hundreds of lives. I think you deserve a house." Kiba laughs.
"It looks like new, so it must be from one of the houses in the expanded unit." Shino states flipping his meat on the BBQ.
"That's where Kaka-sensei asked me to meet him tomorrow." Naruto eats between words.
"So Hina have any special birthday request?" Kiba asked, moving the meat in front of him onto his plate and looking pointedly at Naruto.
Naruto nods in acknowledgment.
"Just the sushi place." she looks up, giving the pair across from them a shy smile. "It's the only time Kiba will willingly go there." Her smile widens.
"Fricken cat food" Kiba grumbles under his breath.
"Whatever makes you happy Hinata." Shino says a possible smile under the mask given away by his tone.
"Naruto?" Hinata asks, looking up at him.
"Yeah?" His voice muffled mid bite.
"You'll come, right?" giggling at him as he swallows.
"Of course, if that's what you want, I'm there." He smiles lightly touching her cheek bringing a slight blush.
"Ugh" Kibas brow pinching together looking at the couple "I'm used to her being obsessed with you, Naruto, but it's really gonna take some time seeing you do stuff like that. It's just weird." Naruot chuckles as Kiba tosses a whole plate of cooked meat out the window to Akamaru.
"So, Hinata, what do you want for your birthday?"
"You don't have to get me anything, it's really not necessary!" Her blush deepens, ducking her head letting her hair fall over her face.
"And what kind of boyfriend would that make me if I didn't get you something, ya know?" Naruto looks at her, his eyes going soft, forgetting the other two at the table, reaching over to brush her hair behind her ear, his fingers lingering on Hinata's cheek.
"Naruto…" she barely makes the word out.
"If you two start making out at the table I'm leaving." Kiba interrupts while Shino makes a gagging noise.
"Sorry." Hinata swiftly looks down at the table as Naruto rubs the back of his neck and laughs nervously.
"You guys just need to go lock yourself in a room for the night and sort this out." Shino making a rare full sentence.
"Shino!" Hinata raises her voice in an equally shocking manner.
"Well when you have this sort of tension" Shino's eyes flick between the two of them, "between them the best way to defuse said tension is to um take care of it." Once again, in typical Shino fashion, he gathers his bag standing signaling that he believed it was time to leave.
The buildings grow bigger, not so close together, the group walk in silence as they near Naruto's apartment.
"Well, I don't think we need to go upstairs with these two." Kiba stepped away from the apartment stairs, Shino following in suit.
The couple made their way up the stairs. Naruto fumbles his keys into the lock and pushes his shoulder into the door, opening into his dark apartment. Naruto flips the switch, the light flickering. Naruto looks down at Hinata feeling his stomach suddenly start to turn, Shino's words ringing in his ears.
"Hinata?" Naruto, his voice soft an unsure tone she had never heard from him.
"Yes?" Hinata replies almost a whisper
"Can I, um, kiss you?" Naruto asks, stepping even closer to her.
She silently nods in reply, taking his hand in hers.
Their kiss started off innocently enough, soon taking a turn. Naruto eased the soft kiss into something else, something neither of them had felt before. His lips applied a slight pressure to hers parting them. A soft noise coming from Hinata as her hands grip his jacket.
Naruto takes a step forwards, pushing Hinata towards his bed, the back of her knees colliding with the edge of it as he deepens the kiss. To his surprise he feels her soft tongue swipe the bottom of his lip, her tongue cautiously enters his mouth, causing Naruto to give a deep moan and wrap his arms around her waist softly lowering them both to the bed.
Naruto looks down at his girlfriend, deep almost blue hair fanned out around her, cheeks pink from their actions, lavender eyes glowing with excitement.
I really need to tell her how pretty she is more often. He thinks to himself.
Naruto raises an eyebrow as if to ask permission and she once again nods back at him. He moves one knee between her legs and the other on the side while leaning forward to kiss the side of her mouth. Slowly moving down her cheek and onto her exposed throat sucking lightly. Trailing soft kisses down onto her collar bone, causing the most beautiful noises Naruto had ever heard come from her mouth. His left hand moved, making his way up caressing her hip and slowly going up her side.
"Naruto." Hinata manages to say below him.
"Yeah." Naruto replies between kissing and lightly sucking down her neck.
"This may be too much…" Hinata replies breathlessly.
"Oh…" He stops, his voice dropping.
"No, no" Hinata reaches out, touching his face. "That was nice, more than nice, and I want to keep going, but maybe just a bit slower and um not on a bed." Hinata blushes and stands.
"I understand the tension Shino was talking about." Naruto moves to stand up until he notices a certain tightness in his pants "Um give me a moment." He turns away from her gaze.
"Oh yes." Hinata remembered her basic anatomy lessons they were given at the academy when they had split between the boys and girls. "Can I use your bathroom?"
"Yeah sure, it's through there." He motions to the left.
Hinata walks away as Naruto leans back on the bed with a groan.
"Okay Hinata" she begins to give herself a pep talk in the mirror "this is what people who are dating do. Go back out there. He's not going to do anything you don't want or ask for." Hinata mutters to herself before slashing cold water on her face. Patting her face dry quickly and taking a deep breath she steps back into the hallway.
"Hinata," Naruto motions for her to sit when she reenters the room. "Can we talk about what your dad and I talked about?"
"What did he give you some silly rules or something?" Hinata says with a giggle, before noticing Naruto's face paling.
"Well ya see, um, ya know. I made him a kind of promise, well three actually." Looking down at his bed seeming embarrassed. "I promised that I wouldn't get you pregnant unless I was ready to marry you and fulfill the roles of a father and I'm not ready for that yet so don't think that's what this is, ya know." He speaks so quickly Hinata is barely able to make out what he was saying.
"Oh." Her voice was quiet "Thank you Naruto." She reaches out, taking his hand. "Can I ask what the other two were?" Curiosity coats her voice.
"Well I can't interfere with your missions." He squeezes her hand. "And you have to be home by 10PM until your father and the council decide that I'm worthy or something." Glancing over to the clock. "And seeing as it's 9:45PM we should probably be getting you home." He smiles at her standing pulling her with him.
"Your birthday, when is it?" Naruto asks as they make their way towards the compound.
"The twenty seventh of this month" she smirked up at him. "And really you don't have to get me anything, you've already given me enough Naruto." She leans against the outside wall, next to the entryway to the courtyard.
"I'll see what I come up with." He replies leaning down to kiss her goodnight.
"Love you Hinata." He whispers against her lips pulling away.
"Love you too Naruto." She softly replies.
"Ah, I don't think I'll ever tire of hearing that from you." He says squeezing her hand one last time before nudging her to go inside.
"Aaaahhh I love you Naruto-kun." Hinata glances up to see her younger sister making kissing noises down into the courtyard from her window.
"Wait till you find love Hanabi and I guarantee you won't be making fun of me then, it's the most wonderful thing." She says with a broad smile making her way inside.
Walking home Naruto looked up at the sky, leaving the busier part of town, the buildings becoming farther apart the sky seemed to open.
It's crazy that I've been up there. Naruto thinks, looking up at the moon. Crazy that she actually loves me after all this time. He feels his chest tighten, a lump forming in his throat. Is this how it's always gonna feel? Questioning himself as he opens the apartment door, kicking his shoes off throwing his jacket across the kitchen chair.
Ah, so this is my life now. My war hero jinjuriki's biggest problem is now a girl.
Haven't you had enough war, enough fighting because I've had enough of it for now.
At least she is of noble lineage. The great fox spirit chuckles, fading back into Naruto's consciousness as he flops down on his bed, the smell of Hinata's shampoo still lightly floating lightly around him.
Closing his eyes, visions of Hinata's smiling face appeared in his mind as he drifted off to sleep.
This better be worth it. Naruto thinks, rubbing his eyes, the morning sun just starting to show over the village walls. Making his way through the newly rebuilt houses Naruto spied his former sensei leaning against the fence reading.
"Sensei." Naruto nods, greeting the older man. "Are you ready to tell me what this is all about?" He motions to the houses around him.
"This new section of the village was possible because of you, well you and the others, you guys have made the future for this village a reality." Kakashi closes his book, starting to walk in the opposite direction, assuming Naruto will follow.
"Does this all have a point, Kaka-sensei? It's early." Annoyance coating his voice Naruto reluctantly follows.
"So, that apartment of yours do you think it's big enough for more than one person?" Kakashi pauses in front of a new double story house, the rounded front ending in an enclosed sunporch, a newly poured stone walkway leading to the stairs.
"Well no, but it's not like anyone lives with me." His annoyance being replaced with well-placed confusion.
"Watching you grow over the past six years has been a pleasure for me Naruto, you've become quite a man and you deserve this. A place that I'm hoping Hinata can give you a family someday." His sensei, blunt as always.
"Hey, well, we just started dating. I'm not really thinking of any family right now." Naruto stops to process the situation. "Wait, are you giving me a house?" His brow knitted together.
"I knew you'd catch up eventually." Kakashi's eyes glow with an unseen smile.