Naruto sat at his desk, absent mindedly drumming his fingers and staring into space, a dreamy smile on his face. He was completely oblivious to the pink haired medical shinobi rambling on about some paperwork for more hospital supplies. Sakura noticed he wasn't even looking at her and couldn't help but chuckle. The look on his face was unmistakable…his mind was on the moon, and not coming back any time soon.
She thought of an old tradition she had and quickly hit him on the head. "Ouch…what the hell was that for!" Sakura laughed and said, "Naruto-baka, you are such a space case today! What has got you so dreamy eyed all of a sudden?" Naruto coughed nervously, blushing an impressive shade of red. "Lemme see those papers…"
He started filing through them, quickly signing off on each and ever one in a frenzy. Sakura saw his nervous glance and his new sweat on his neck and brow. The Hokage never seemed so flustered. She took his hand and yanked the pen from it, saying, "Okay, breathe baka, you're turning blue." Naruto did so and fell back against his chair, staring at the ceiling.
"What is your deal, you were never this gone before? Did something happen last night?" Naruto sighed and said, "Sakura-sama, you can keep a secret, right?" She nodded and he sighed, reluctantly saying, "I'm in love…with Hyuuga Hinata. We went on a date last night and I…I…kissed her…a lot."
Sakura stared in disbelief for a few seconds, but suddenly fell out of her chair laughing. "Wha…what the hell is so funny!" She got up, wiping a tear from her eye and said, "Wow, and who said the Hokage couldn't be funny? Good one, Hokage-sama…"
Naruto gave her a withering glare, ceasing her laughter outright.
"You…you…you're serious!"
"Note my serious face."
"You two really went out last night?"
"Yes."
"You kissed her?"
"Yeah…"
"Did she kiss you back?"
"Yes… quite happily it seemed, she was really into it…"
Sakura put up a hand to silence him and said, "Okay, don't need the grimy details. So, you're so spacey 'cause you can't stop thinking about Hinata?" Naruto nodded and sighed. "Yeah…but the problem is, we have no idea how her father is gonna take this. You saw what he did last time he was in my office."
"Yeah, it took three shinobi to keep him from wringing your neck. It didn't help that you were laughing at him." Naruto shot a glare at her and said, "Well, he deserved it! He's been giving me nothing but crap ever since I got this job! And that's nothing compared to how he treats his family! The sadistic, crotchety old fogey…"
Sakura smiled and said, "Don't be so stupid about this, Naruto-sama. Do you love her?"
"Of course!"
"How far are you willing to go to be with her?"
"I'd die for her."
"Oh good, no worries then." Sakura smiled and took the signed papers from him, flashing him an encouraging smile as she left. Naruto sat confused, until he slapped his forehead in self-pity. "How did I not see it before? I love her, and she loves me. It's not like Hiashi can stop us. That's it, I'm gonna go tell him what for right now." The Kyuubi chuckled and said,
"You know, you might want to change the color of your eyes when you yell at him…Hinata thinks it's hot when you get all big and powerful for her."
"How do you…wait, she does?" Kyuubi laughed and said,
"Kid, I'm a demon, mind-reading is a pastime of mine."
Naruto's eyes flashed orange and he smiled confidently, sweeping out of his office, moving with unsurpassed speed to the Hyuuga compound.
