Chapter 8: Going into the Closet (lol!)
"Here follow me, I'll explain my terms fir hiding you in a minute." Hinata said.
"Uh…okay." Naruto replies.
She leads him upstairs and through the door of the kitchen comes Sakura looking for Hinata.
"Hinata where are you?" calls Sakura.
"In here…, I'll let you know when it's safe to come out. Just stay quiet." Hinata whispers pushing him into the nearby closet.
"Are you okay? Where are you?" says Sakura coming up the stairs.
"I'm up here." says Hinata. " Where did you say the bathroom was?"
"It's right here." says Sakura opening the door a little farther down the hall and flipping on a light.
"Thanks, I was just looking around trying to find it. Sorry about that." Hinata replies entering the bathroom.
"Don't take too long, you'll miss your turn!"
"I won't. Don't worry about it." Hinata replied
Sakura heads back downstairs, Hinata walks back over to the closet and opens the door. Naruto trys to leave, but Hinata is blocking his path. She squeezes in and is pushed right up against him. Naruto notices she's still wearing a towel…
"Uhhhhh" Naruto stutters, noticing her ill covered teenaged body. Hinata smiles at him staring.
"You know, this is only the second time I've seen you since you've gotten back, and I have you all to myself already. Lucky me!" she says.
"Yeah, lucky you… WAIT! Did you say SECOND time?" He asks.
"Well I mean I saw you when you first got back but I didn't want to get in the way of you getting your new mission." She replies turning slightly red.
"So it was you in the alley, I knew I wasn't imagining things!" Naruto said happy with himself.
"Shhhssshhh! Don't be so loud, the other girls will hear you! I would have talked to you sooner, but well for a while now… I've really liked you!" she said looking away.
"What? Wow, I'm kinda whoo! Yeah, I never gave that much thought!" he said slightly embarrassed.
"That's okay, I liked cheering you on from the background. But that can be different now. We can see each other more often." Hinata pushes herself closer to him.
"Ummm, well I don't really know what to say. But… yeah!" he replied swiftly.
"Then don't say anything!" she said, pushing herself closer and leaning up to kiss him.
Naruto was slightly shocked at having this happen in the house of the girl he had liked for so long. She reached her arms around him and pulled him in tighter. She suddenly pulled away because noise from downstairs was starting to drift upwards to them. Naruto looked slightly saddened at having to stop so soon.
"I have to go, maybe we can finidh this… conversation later." She said with a smile.
"Yeah, sometime soon, maybe." He said slightly dazed.
Hinata left him in the closet and he sunk to the floor, trying to figure out how all that had happened.
"I gotta find Shikamaru." He thought.
When he got downstairs, he finds the girls sitting down in front of the T.V. watching a moderately sappy movie on
CSPAN (Crappy Stupid Pirates Against Ninjas) network. He looked around and couldn't find him anywhere and he couldn't stay much longer without getting caught. So Naruto goes back upstairs, and finds the window they came through in Sakura's room and leaves, heading for home. When he gets there, he takes off his clothes, takes a quick shower and heads for bed.
The next day, he'd find Shikamaru and tell him what happened in the closet… Or maybe he'd just keep this one to himself and not let anyone know how hot Hinata was in that towel up close. The only problem was, the next time he saw Sakura, would he be able to act the same around her? He wondered if she'd be mad if she found out what happened… he hoped she'd never find out.
(End Chapter 8)
Is Naruto falling for Hinata… Finally?
What will Sakura have to say, if she ever finds out?
Where did Shikamaru go… again?
(Authors Note: Sorry about the shortness of the chapter, but this ends the part of the series that was hardest to write. Also, please don't leave reviews of: "Update often" or "Really good". Please be a little more specific, I'm always happy for a little help and a little less mail to open in my in-box!) Thanks for the support: Author Guy-Dude!
