Chapter 10: The Secrets Come Out!
Naruto is still a little skittish after the weird dream he had the night before. It almost seemed real… He wonders if it could mean anything.
At the Hyuuga house, Hinata has had a weird feeling since the night before. She can't figure out why it won't go away, but she knows it has something to do with Naruto. She decides to go see Sakura and find out if there's something wrong with her… She arrives at Sakura's house and knocks on the door. Sakura answers wearing a loose T-shirt and shorts.
"Hey Hinata, what's up?" Sakura asks poking her head out.
I just wanted to stop by and see how you were doing… and well I had some stuff I wanted to ask you about." Hinata replies.
"Alrighty, I just made some tea. Do you want some?" Sakura asks.
"Umm yeah, that's fine." Hinata says coming in.
"So what exactly is the problem?" Sakura asks pouring the tea.
"I'm not sure, I just have this weird feeling something is wrong. I think it has something to do with Naruto." She says
Sakura almost chokes on the tea she's drinking but manages to cover it with a cough.
"What do you mean?" she asks
"Well since last night, I've had this really bad feeling. It's almost like I'm gonna lose him somehow…like he's dieing or something, except he's not. Is that hard to understand?" Hinata says looking confused herself.
"Well maybe you should make a move on him soon, he has been back for a while you know. You might want to hurry before someone else does first. He's quite the catch since he came back you know." Sakura says smiling.
Hinata laughs at the thought and says, "Nah, I'm the only one crazy enough to have a crush on him for this long!"
Don't get too confident, or else someone might steal him out from under you." Sakura says smiling again.
"Like who?"
"Well… like me!" Sakura says embarrassed.
The smile Hinata had on disappears immediately to be replaced by a look of confusion.
"What do you mean?" Hinata asks.
"I mean that me and him have already been on a date and you haven't even told him how you feel yet." Sakura says.
Hinata smiles again, thinking about the recent closet incident. It seems that Sakura was still unknowing as to what happened at her own sleepover. Hinata felt it was wise not to bring this up quite yet.
"When?" she asks instead.
"Yesterday" Sakura replied.
"Whoa, you know I've liked him for years and now you're trying to take him from me!" she says losing her cool for a moment.
"Yeah, you were taking your time so I thought I'd make MY move instead." Sakura says smugly.
"I thought we were friends." Hinata says looking slightly saddened.
"We are, but does that mean we can't like the same guy?"
"Yes, I've liked him for ages. You've liked him for what, 4 weeks?" Hinata says miffed at Sakura's disregard for her feelings towards Naruto.
"But that doesn't mean he likes you!" Sakura says smiling again.
"What makes you say that?" Hinata asks.
"Oh nothing." Sakura says.
"I bet I can get him to go swimsuit shopping with me." Hinata says.
"Yeah right! Not in a million years." Sakura replies.
"I bet I can get him to take me to the beach too!" Hinata says planning how she was gonna ask him to go with her.
"You're on!" Sakura says jumping up.
Hinata and Sakura shake hands to close the bet and Hinata leaves to go find Naruto… Who is currently sitting in the Starchucks, the new secret ninja Café trying to remember what happened the night before.
"Thank God this place is so closeto Sakura's house or I might have passed out in the street. I'm really drained for some reason…" he says to himself looking out the window of the second floor.
"Jeez this has been one crazy week, first I get beat by Sakura, then Hinata and I make out in a closet, then I go on a date with Sakura… and I can't even remember what happened the when we got back to her house."
Naruto takes another sip of his Chai tea and leans back in his chair and looks down onto the street.
Outside he sees Hinata talking to a street vendor who points to the Café he's in right now.
"Oh crap, here she comes." He whispers trying to think of what he'll say.
Just then, Hinata comes up the stairs and spots him sitting at the table in the corner. She sits down across from him…
"Hi Naruto, how've you been?" she asks smiling.
"Okay, I guess." He says looking into his cup.
There's an akward silence between them, they both start to talk at the same time.
"I wanted too…"
"I didn't mean too…"
"You first." Naruto says gesturing with his hand.
"I was kind of forward with you the other day at Sakura's house, I was just so excited to see you after so long. I'm sorry." Hinata says blushing.
"No, it's alright. I shouldn't have been there in the first place. I should be the one apologizing." Naruto said looking into his cup again.
They both smile at each other and then Hinata says,
"Hey I'm going to the beach this weekend, do you want to come with?" she asks.
"Umm… I'm not sure. I was supposed to do some stuff this weekend." He sees the disappointment on her face, "Oh what the hell, I'll go with you!"
"Great, I gotta pick out a swimsuit, so why don't you come with and tell me which one you like?" she asks.
"Okay, I don't see any harm in that!" Naruto says.
"Great, I have to get going. I'll see you lets say… this Thursday. That'll give us plenty of time to find a good one. I'll meet you at the little bikini shop in town at 2:30. I'll see you later." Hinata gets up and leaves.
"Uhh… okay!" he says. "Everyone has gotten nicer and definitely hotter since the last time I was here!" Naruto thinks to himself.
Naruto is happy with himself aout having planned another date so soon after the first one he just had. Hopefully he'll be able to remember this one without any problems.
(End Chapter 10)
Yay! We're done with Chapter 10! I plan to write 5-10 more chapters depending on how many reviews I get between now and then. So review often! Next up is:
Chapter 11: Off to the Beach they Go.
