One of my favourite chapters so far! Reviews really appreciated! Enjoy!

IMPORTANT: I'm putting in a few of these cute NaruHina chapters as a break from the "action" chapters I've been writing, but it's all story! Hopefully you like it.

Chapter 11: A Day Out

Naruto woke up to a ray of sun shining through the living room window. Both Hinata and Naruto were slouched down, backs up against the couch and a blanket covering them.

Naruto had his arms wrapped around Hinata. She looked peaceful sitting beside Naruto so close to him, huddled up against him. Her dark purple hair shined when the light hit it through the window. Hinata moved slightly adjusting herself lowering deeper into Naruto's hold around her. She felt warm and safe.

Naruto just kept looking at Hinata with her eyes closed, very soft breathing, and her beautiful, peaceful face. Her light purple eyes finally fluttered open to see Naruto staring at her. Her cheeks were a light shade of pink when he just smiled at her.

"Morning Hianta." Naruto spoke softly.

"G-good morning Naruto-kun..." Hinata whispered. She just rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes again.

Naruto started to gently play with Hinata's hair, warm from the sun. She just nuzzled further into his grasp around her.

"We still have a couple days off from any missions...what do you say we go out and do something?" Naruto asked quietly.

"T-that would be nice... What do you want to do?" Hinata asked.

"Let's go for some breakfast and walk around a bit, see where it takes us." Naruto replied.

"Okay...b-but can we stay like this for a bit longer? I-I'm still so warm and comfy..." Hinata made herself blush at the proposition.

"Of course." Naruto smiled at her and rested his head against the top of hers.

They stayed like that for another 10 minutes, enjoying the warmth and comfort each other provided.

"Alright, I think I'm ready now." Hinata said as she started to get up.

"Me too, let's get changed and we can find a place to eat, my treat." Naruto smiled as he stood up too.

The two of them got changed. Naruto in his usual orange and black suit and Hinata with her purple sweater and dark blue pants.

They were now walking through the main streets of the village, with shops on either side of them. It was only 10 in the morning, but the streets were surprisingly still full of people.

"How about dumplings?" Naruto asked as they were walking by a dumpling shop.

"That's okay with me." Hinata replied.

"Alright two orders of dumplings please!" Naruto yelled as they walked in to the shop.

"Coming right up!" The cook responded.

Hinata and Naruto took their seat as they waited for their food.

"I was thinking we could go shopping later and get some new clothes or gear, since after our last mission." Naruto stated.

"That sounds like fun." Hinata replied. "I need a couple new sets of clothes for home anyways."

The two chatted some more until their food came. They both gulped down their food in 5 minutes. Naruto paid the bill and the both of them left the shop.

"Man that was great food!" Naruto rubbed his stomach.

"Yeah, I enjoyed it too." Hinata replied.

"Let's look around for some clothing shops." Naruto said as he started walking.

Hinata caught up behind him. They started down the semi-busy streets of the village with shops on either side of them.

They walked up and down the streets, looking through windows of shops and clothing stores. They both stopped in front of a clothing store that sold ninja attire, along with household clothes.

"Hey Hinata, want to have a bet and make shopping fun?" Naruto asked.

"Umm..sure, what do you have in mind?" Hinata replied.

Naruto looked around for something to do, and saw a couple trees a further distance away.

"See those trees over there? Whoever comes closest to hitting the middle of the tree with their kunai wins the bet. Whoever loses has to buy the other a piece of clothing of their choosing. You in Hinata?" Naruto already was grabbing his kunai.

"I'm in." Hinata grabbed hers out of her back pocket as well.

Knowing to avoid anyone getting hurt, they made sure nobody was in the way. Naruto threw his first, it soared through the air and landed almost smack dab in the middle, slightly off to the left.

"Hahaha! That was an awesome shot! Beat that Hianta!" Naruto was jumping up and down.

Hinata focused and threw her kunai. It sailed through the air and hit the right edge of Naruto's kunai, hitting right in the middle of the tree.

"Hehehe... Looks like I won Naruto-kun." Hinata laughed softly.

"Ughhh! I thought I'd win for sure. Alright what do you want to get?" Naruto and Hinata both walked to pick up their kunai's.

"Umm...forget about the clothes. C-can I maybe have something else?" Hinata asked.

"Sure! What is it? Ramen? Dumplings?" He asked back.

"Umm...c-can I.." Hinata stuttered.

"Spit it out Hinata, a bet is a bet!" Naruto replied.

"C-can we just hold hands instead..?" Hinata was blushing furiously and her eyes were fixed on the ground.

"Well, a bet is a bet." Naruto stuck out his hand.

Hinata took his hand into hers and both of them walked back and entered the shop. They came out a while later holding shopping bags. Naruto and Hinata had both bought new clothes to wear around the house, and Hinata bought a new ninja outfit.

They walked down the street, hand in hand. Hinata was smiling, finally enjoying her hand being held by her crush, Naruto. She kept blushing every time she looked at him.

"Hey Naruto! Hinata!" A voice shouted from down the road behind them.

Hinata and Naruto turned around to see Sakura and Ino walking towards them, waving.

"Oh hey Sakura! Hey Ino!" Naruto waved back, so did Hinata.

The two girls caught up with Naruto and Hinata.

"How are you both? We haven't seen you in a while!" Ino asked.

"We're both doing fine! Right Hinata?" Naruto let go of her hand and wrapped an arm around her shoulder playfully, with his usual Naruto smile.

"Y-yeah were having fun.. How are you two?" Hinata asked.

"We were just about to go shopping too, I can see you've already gone." Sakura replied.

"Yeah.. We bought some clothes and had breakfast earlier." Hinata added.

"Alright. Hinata can we actually talk to you for a minute?" Sakura motioned for her to follow them.

"Umm yeah sure, Naruto we'll be right back." Hinata let go of his hand again and followed both of them a little distance away from Naruto.

"So Hinata, how's it going with you and Naruto?" Ino asked quieter than usual.

"W-what do you mean..?" Hinata blushed again.

"You know! It's obvious that your in love with Naruto! Does he know? Does he like you?" Ino asked again.

"I-I don't know... We're sorta living together... We talked a lot and kind of..cuddled a bit..." Hinata looked down at the ground as she said that.

"Oh my gosh Hinata! Does that mean he likes you?" Sakura asked her.

"I don't know... For all I know I'm just a close friend." Hinata replied.

"You two were holding hands! What was that about?" Ino chimed in.

"That was a silly bet... Naruto lost." Hinata responded.

"I don't get how he's so blind to the fact that you really like him." Sakura added again.

"Yeah, can he not pick up the hints?" Ino said.

"I-I don't know... He might like me, we're really close, he comforts me when I'm sad and always hugs me." Hinata blushed slightly as she said that.

"Alright well go back with Naruto, we'll be going off shopping now." Ino said.

The three of them walked back to Naruto.

"Alright, we'll see you later Hinata! Naruto!" Sakura and Ino waved as they turned and walked away.

"What was that all about?" Naruto asked Hinata.

"Oh..it was nothing, just things about girls clothes." Hinata lied to Naruto about what they just said.

"Well then, let's get going, shall we?" Naruto stuck out his empty hand. Hinata took his hand and both of them walked down the street.

"How about some lunch Hinata?" Naruto asked. It was already around 1:00.

"Sure, I'm getting pretty hungry. But I'll be paying this time." Hinata glanced over at Naruto. "How about Ichiraku?"

"Yess! Your the best Hinata!" Naruto started running ahead of her, still holding on to her hand.

"Two servings of ramen old man!" Naruto exclaimed as he walked in the tent.

"Oh hey Naruto! Who's this young lady with you? Your girlfriend?" The old man laughed.

The two of them just glanced at each other for a quick moment and Hinata looked away and blushed.

"I'm kidding I'm kidding!" The old man laughed even more. "Two servings of ramen coming up!"

The two of them set their bags down and sat down at the counter. The ramen came a few minutes later, and they both enjoyed the delicious bowl of noodles.

"Thank you for the ramen." Hinata set her bowl down and the bill for the two bowls.

"No problem young lady! Say, I'll just let you pay for the one bowl, the other one's on the house." The man said with a friendly smile.

"That was delicious!" Naruto exclaimed as he set down his bowl. "Even more when it's free too!"

Hinata and the old man just started laughing, and Naruto joined in too.

"Let's get going Hinata, thanks for the ramen!" Naruto waved a friendly goodbye and the both of them gathered their bags and started walking again, hand in hand.

"I feel like going back to the apartment." Hinata said to Naruto.

"Haha, yeah me too, I'd love to put these bags down." Naruto replied. "Plus we can just relax, it was fun going out anyways."

"Yeah...I enjoyed it too." Hinata blushed.

The two of them walked with their hands together, back to the apartment. Hinata almost couldn't be happier with the day she's had.