A/N: First off I want to say thank you for sticking with the story for so long, especially after such a long gap between chapters. Secondly, you all rock, some of the reviews you wrote about the last chapter really cracked me up.
Consciousness comes to Hinata slowly as if she is trying to find her way through a dense fog. She feels tired, her whole body feels like she has endured an intense workout and all it wants is to curl deeper into the comforting warmth of her bed. She closes her eyes and exhales slowly to try and trick herself into falling back into sleep's blissful oblivion, but the ever nagging pressure building up inside her bladder is very hard to ignore. The more she tells herself that it is no big deal and she can wait a little longer, the more her bladder aches and demands relief. It is either get some relief, or her bed will soon not be so dry and comfortable.
Hinata slides out of bed barely noticing the now familiar feeling of a strong arm sliding off of her waist as she crawls out from under the covers. As she slowly makes her way to the bathroom Hinata stretches her muscles in one area after another to relieve the aching fatigue she is feeling pretty much from her shoulders down to her knees. Just sitting down on the toilet earns a protest from her hips and upper thighs. "I must have really overdone it dancing at the party last night."
Party, that's right she is in the Sand Village and she went to the big party with Naruto-kun last night. There was dancing, at first with Tomgiro and then Naruto took her to the… 'Wait, the rooftop that is where Naruto-kun said that he loves me.' Her fatigue is now completely forgotten as Hinata bounces her knees up and down in excitement at remembering his confession and sitting on the rooftop while the night sky exploded above them as they kissed. After she finishes on the toilet Hinata pulls up her undies and dances about the small bathroom in pure exultation, her body now overflowing in excitement and joy. "Love, Naruto-kun said he loved me last night."
Hinata stops when she catches a glimpse of herself in the mirror. The woman in the mirror looks back at her with her hairdo from last night mostly undone and falling down in an unkempt and unflattering way. She reaches up and pulls out the last few pins that have survived the night and shakes her head to finish releasing her hair from their confines. That is when she notices the bright red mark on her neck, a new one from last night. Hinata starts putting the pieces of what happened after they left the party together and immediately her hands reach up to cover her naked breast in shock. 'Wait, did we…'
She remembers them kissing and their hands trembling with a mixture of excitement and fear as they undressed each other. One of Hinata's hands immediately covers her mouth to stifle an excited squeal. She had been too caught up in the moment last night to really think about how it felt to be undressed by him, but now that she is remembering she recalls Naruto's hands gently peeling away her clothing. Hinata's body shivers in ecstasy as she remembers Naruto's hands roaming over her body in the darkness, not knowing where he would touch or kiss next. As her own hands slide across her body reenacting last night one hand brushes against her right nipple and she winces a little at how tender it feels. It's not time for her monthly cycle so why… Hinata's knees nearly buckle as she recalls Naruto's lips and tongue hungrily sucking on her breast like a starving child. After that memory things become a little hazy, she remembers his finger dancing and teasing her clitoris till she... 'Well that explains why it felt a little raw when I wiped myself dry.' Then it dawns on her what must have happened. "I fainted didn't I? Oh no Naruto must have been so frustrated after I fainted. I so hope that he did not fall asleep mad."
Hinata cracks open the bathroom door to see if Naruto is awake. Thankfully he is lying on his back snoring lightly with the blankets pulled up to his waist. She quietly closes the door back and washes her face to remove the remains of last night's makeup and then runs her fingers through her hair to try and look more presentable.
When Hinata reaches the side of the bed she pauses and asks herself if she should just finish undressing and crawl into bed completely naked as surprise when he wakes up. After last night she should just let him do whatever he wants as an apology for passing out and leaving him unfulfilled and most likely frustrated. Hinata hooks her thumbs into the waistband but instead of peeling them off, all her hands can do is tremble nervously. No, she should let him have the honor of taking these off, besides she want to watch his face as he undresses her some more. 'He's so cute when he's nervous.'
She slides under the covers beside him and pulls up a enough of the material to cover her breast, but makes sure his chest stays in full view for her to enjoy. Hinata smiles as her eyes devour the sight of this chest that before last she had only seen from a distance. Last night she got to caress his chest in the dark, but now it is there for her up close and unhindered inspection. His tanned skin hugs tightly to his body so that the muscles of his chest and abdomen are easily definable, allowing her to easily identify each one. Hinata's brain etches it to memory in such detail that she could probably draw him for memory later. 'It might be more fun to sculpt a replica rather than attempt a drawing, oh how I wish I had a talent for drawing or sculpting. I wonder if Sai knows someone who can teach me to sculpt? I think clay would be the perfect medium. That way I could slide my fingers through it as I sculpt each muscle.'
Seeing him there asleep and vulnerable as she caresses his muscles excites Hinata more than a proper unmarried woman should be feeling. She could do almost anything to Sleepyhead-san and he would be clueless to what had happened while he was unaware. That is as long as she doesn't leave any evidence for him to find later. Hinata reaches down and slides his right hand between her thighs, pressing the heel of his palm against her pubic region. The pressure and warmth of his hand reminds her about wonderful it felt to be touched by him last night.
With a fresh surge of lust going through her body, Hinata leans forward and presses her lips to his chest, just below his nipple, and is rewarded with a deep rumbling from inside Naruto's throat. She raises her head to see if his eyes are opening, thankfully he is showing no signs of waking so she leans in kisses his cheek and whispers lightly in his ear, "That's right Naruto-kun, it's all just a dream. A wonderful long awaited dream." She tightens her thighs around his now trapped hand as the excruciating naughtiness of what she is doing makes her want to pounce on him like a cat and tear away at something. No, that would wake him up and end her fun, besides he is not wearing a shirt right now to tear off.
To distract herself from giving into this desire for a violent outburst of lust and claw at his naked flesh she decides to continue her examination of Naruto's body while she can. She nearly giggles out loud when she notices the fine golden hairs around his belly button, right in the same area as the seal appears when he uses Kurama's chakra. As she brings her hand up from her side to play with his cute little furry patch Hinata's hand bumps up against something hard that causes Naruto to groan. Whatever it is she just touched she is sure that it twitched, pulsed, or something like that for a second after her hand came into contact.
After pausing for a moment to make sure that Naruto is going to stay asleep Hinata slowly slides her hand under the blanket and gently places her had on what she had just brushed against. It is no surprise to her what she had touched and why it caused her boyfriend to react instantly. There underneath the thin material of the boxers he is wearing is the warm hard rod of his manhood. Hinata places two fingers on it to gauge his reaction to being touched gently, and realizes what happened the first time she brushed up against as it seems to stiffen even more from the stimulation of her caress. The only other reaction from Naruto is a slightly deeper intake of breath. Emboldened by Naruto's normal sleepy-headedness Hinata props herself up on her elbow so that she can watch his reaction to being touched, and have better access to the lower half of his body.
Which way to explore first, up or down? Well, why not check the tip first and then head back down afterwards? 'Wait, what am I doing? Should I really be doing this while he is asleep?' That little voice in the back of her head asks if she could actually touch him like this while he is watching. The sudden flush of her cheeks and the trembling intake of breath as she tries to imagine looking him in the eyes while groping his… manhood, answers the question. 'I can't believe that I am doing this at all. What has happened to me, even just a few days ago I am sure that I would have fainted dead away if I had accidentally touched his… thing.' The answer is simple, just being around Naruto seems to change everyone and she has been slowly changed by him from the very moment they met as children. After last night touching him in return feels like a natural next step, besides once they get married there will be a lot more of this kind of touching. She bites her slightly in excitement thinking that her childhood dream of becoming his wife does not seem like a fantasy anymore. Instead it is a golden ring, quite literally, within her grasp now.
Okay, she will just touch it a little just to satisfy her curiosity, it is not like she is going to pull back the covers and expose his... thing for her to look at. Heck, she is not even going to put her hand inside his boxers to touch it directly. She doesn't want to freak out and faint from excitement and then have him find her asleep with her hand down his pants. After a few more testing strokes her thumb joins in to help, not only to help measure length but girth as well. She chides herself for actually thinking what the girls in Jiraiya's book always think when they first take measure of a man's… you know. 'How is this supposed to fit?' She quickly squashes that stupid thought by reminding herself that men and women have been having relations as long as there have been humans, so they are meant to fit together like a puzzle. How a boy's erection is not painful to them when they are like this is the real question going through Hinata's mind now. If it is painful, then was he in discomfort after she fainted last night, and has he been like this all night waiting for relief?
When Hinata's fingers finally reach the tip they slowly come together over the rounded end, which causes Naruto to let out a deep moan. 'So the tip is very sensitive.' She then circles the tip with one finger and the face he makes nearly causes her to laugh out loud. As she draws that slow circle around the tip Naruto's hips begin to shift in an almost circular fashion. 'It's like I am controlling Naruto-kun with just one finger. What happens if I do this?' Hinata drags her fingertips down the length of his penis towards where his scrotum is located. His reaction to this is immediate and amazing, Naruto's back arches as his legs stretch out straight like a board as if trying to push himself against her fingers.
With her fingers now at the base, Hinata cups her fingers around his scrotum and slowly wiggles her fingers like playing a flute to get a mental picture of what she has now discovered. She is intrigued by how squishy it feels as her fingers continue to play with the sack. 'It is like a bag of jelly with two large beans inside.' Her hand jerks away in shock as Naruto let's out a sudden gasp of pain as she accidentally squeezes a little too hard on one of the oval shaped balls inside his sack.
Deciding to not tempt fate, or accidentally cause Naruto any more pain, Hinata returns to sliding one finger up and down the center of his shaft in a slight circular pattern. As she watches Naruto's face cutely squint in reaction to the long strokes along his shaft, she loses focus on where her finger is going as it completes the circle. As her finger slides inside the flap of his boxers and comes into contact with warm smooth flesh, Naruto's reaction is as immediate as is her own surprise at what she has done.
Just as she is about to jerk her fingers back Naruto gasps and then lets out a long low moan which momentarily paralyzes her with fear. Hinata bites her lower lip nervously and slides her fingers, wait when did the middle finger join her index finger inside his boxers, and slides them down his warm flesh towards his scrotum. Unable to look him in the face Hinata stares down towards where her hand is under the covers and tries to imagine what she is touching and what it might really look like. Hinata is actually a little surprised, she had imagined that it would be smooth and perfectly round, like the embarrassing toy that Ino had gotten Tenten for her birthday when she was trying to shame Tenten into dating someone and not be alone anymore. Instead of being perfectly smooth there are little lines where the blood vessels are running near the surface, and a raised area where… fluids probably flow through. On his scrotum her fingers continue their discoveries about its surface texture and fine hairs to play with before moving their way back up towards the shaft.
Naruto is having the most intense dream about Hinata in his life, not the horrible nightmares that have recently stopped. No, this is an erotic dream about the two of them alone at a hot spring. The warm bubbling water caresses his body in all the best places as he watches Hinata step through the mists surrounding them and into the large pool wearing only a white towel. At least he hopes that there is nothing under that towel she is wearing. Maybe he will find out when it gets wet enough.
Hinata's eyes never stray away from looking directly into his as she slowly walks across the pool. When the water level reaches up to her hips she puts her small pale hands on the top of the towel where the two sections overlap. Thankful that he is sitting down in the hot spring, Naruto reaches down into the water to rub his now painful erection as Hinata begins to loosen the white material covering her body from the top of her breast to just below her knees. When she finally reaches him Hinata steps around so that her legs are on either side of his and holds out one of her delicate hands. Naruto lets go of his erection, places both of his hands in hers and watches in wonder as she positions his hands on the two sides of the towel.
'Wait, is she going to let me… pull off her towel?' His surprise is quickly overridden by something even more shocking. Something is touching the very tip of his penis? No that is not something, that is a very intimate part of someone. Hinata, her hands now free from holding up the towel is now running her fingers through his hair as her hips begin to rotate hypnotically, touching his tip ever so slightly. Naruto's hands tug at the folded ends of the towel and then lets them go so that the curtain will fall and reveal Hinata's breast. With a very un-Hinata-like smile she lowers her body to give him a closer view of her breast, which also increases the pressure on his…
With a jolt Naruto's eyes open and after a quick blink or two he realizes that he is not in a hot spring and it was all just a dream. As the world comes into focus he sees the top of Hinata's head is on his chest looking downwards while a delicate hand is touching his… "Ohhhh, Hinata." He immediately regrets speaking as her hand jerks away and she looks up at him in total panic.
Hinata doesn't know what to do, this went so much farther than she had planned, or even thought she was even capable of doing. It was just so mesmerizing to touch and discover something new about her boyfriend. Seeing how much he was enjoying being touched was also easing her guilt about last night. "Naruto-kun, please forgive me I am so sorry." She opens her thighs, sliding her hips back to free his hand as she leans her head forward and buries her face in his naked chest. "It was an accident at first that I touch you down there and then…"
Naruto's right arms slides up andwraps around Hinata crushing her desperately to his chest while his left hand searches for one of Hinata's hands, he doesn't care which one. When he finally finds her right hand he roughly shoves it into his boxer shorts and up against his penis. As Hinata tries to pull back in shock he rubs her hand up and down in desperation. "Please Hinata, please… don't stop." His feet kick at the covers in hopes of alleviating the sudden rise in his body's temperature. The sight of her hand moving inside of his boxers causes Naruto to let out a loud moan and arch his back a little as her delicate fingers slowly slide their way downwards.
Still shy about Naruto seeing her naked breast, Hinata clings to him and keeps her head down. As she looks down at his light blue boxers, she watches the slow rhythmic movement of her hand moving up and down underneath the material as it resumes stroking his penis. With her head pressed against his chest she can clearly hear his heartrate increasing and the panting of his breath as she continues. On a whim she encircles the entire shaft with her small hand and resumes stroking to see if this would make a difference.
The sensation of Hinata's hand wrapped completely around his penis causes Naruto to temporarily stop breathing and make his eye's feel like they are going to pop out of their sockets. He has touched himself many times in his life, but it never felt this good. Is she doing something different or did she do some girl jutsu to herself or him while he was asleep? It could be the fact that it is her that is touching him and nothing more. If he could think clearer he would try and see if there was an active jutsu going on, but that would require Hinata to stop or for him to lose focus on the pressure building inside his body. 'No way I want her to stop, and I really hope this is not a dream. If it is a dream within a dream then please don't let me wake up till she's done.'
As his hips begin to move, accentuating her own stroking motion, Hinata lifts up her head to see if he is enjoying it as much as she enjoyed his touching last night. She feels a sense of fulfillment at seeing the look of ecstasy on Naruto's face; his head tilted back slightly, mouth agape while his eyes are just barely open and looking towards the ceiling. Before she can talk herself out of it Hinata opens her mouth and wraps her lips around Naruto's small areola and tiny nipple, mimicking what he did to her last night.
The shudder running though his body as something warm and supple wraps itself around his left nipple causes Naruto to thrust his hips rapidly a few times. The resulting thrusts through Hinata's delicate fingers helps to accentuate the sensation of her flesh against his own, causing him to moan loudly. "Oooohhhh, Hiiinnnataaa. D-D-Don't stop." His body wants to curl around her hand and thrust with everything he has, but that would interrupt the strange sensation of having his nipple sucked. Oh and licked too. He closes his eyes as her teeth clamp down onto his nipple, the slight pain taking his arousal to the next level.
With his eyes closed his mind wanders back to the dream he was having earlier. Right back to the point where Hinata is hovering over him, and his hands are on the towel that is protectively covering her breast. As he pulls open the towel Hinata lowers herself so that her breast will be directly in his face for him to ravish, which moves her body down onto his…
GAAAAHHHAAA!
Hinata is startled by the loud exclamation coming from Naruto and looks down as she feels his penis begin to pulse in her hand. There amongst his shuddering hip movements Hinata watches as the light blue material of his boxers rapidly darkens with moisture. At the very center of the spreading stain a thick white fluid squirts through the material and drips down onto his belly. As she unwraps her hand and slowly pulls it out of his boxers Hinata notices that any accidental touch causes Naruto to convulse and whimper.
Careful not to brush his now very sensitive organ against Hinata, Naruto rolls over on his side and pulls her closer. They both smile at each other for a moment before Naruto presses his lips against Hinata's. The kiss is not one of passion or lust, but one of love and thanks. It is slow and deliberate with its intensity, so that it is felt in the heart and soul as much as it is felt physically. When they pull apart Naruto's left hand slides gently up and down her right side a few times. "Thank you Hinata-tenshi. That… that was amazing."
Hinata smiles as she rubs her cheek against Naruto's. "You are welcome, and thank you for last night. At least for what I can remember about last night." Her heart swells with pride from hearing him express his gratitude, banishing her guilt about last night. She is embarrassed to admit it, but she is feeling completely aroused now after touching him and watching him orgasm.
Naruto chuckles a little at the memory of Hinata passing out in his arms. "Well, nothing happened after you fell asleep, I promise. I pulled up the blanket and fell asleep with an angel in my arms." Well one of his hands was filled with an angel's breast, but maybe he should leave that detail unsaid for the moment.
Hinata bites her lower lip and looks into his eyes with her head slightly bowed. "I'm sorry that happened. I'm sure you were really… frustrated after… touching me like you did, you probably wanted to... you know."
Naruto kisses her forehead and then uses his chin to force her to look him directly in the eyes. "That's okay, after you fell asleep I went to the bathroom and…" Seeing her eyes go wide Naruto begins to quickly shake his head to stop her from assuming that he had taken care of his needs personally. "I didn't do that. I went into my backpack to get some protection, just in case after you woke up you wanted to… you know." He lets out a long sigh of shame at himself as he remembers looking for the condoms and realizing that he had failed to get new ones. He explains about the old condoms that Master Jiraiya gave him during their training mission, just in case some of his research went really well 'for both of them' he had said. Time and all of the stuff he had been through over the years must have damaged it, because it fell apart in his hands when he pulled it out of the wrapper. "It's probably for the best you did faint so we wouldn't… you know… take a chance if we had..."
"Oh that's okay." Hinata pauses with her mouth agape as she realizes how that actually might sound, and by the look on Naruto's face she is sure that is exactly what he is assuming she means. "No… uh… I mean… uh… that it is okay… for us to have…" Hinata can feel her face redden to an epic shade of red as she fights her body's need to faint in shock at what she is saying to her boyfriend. "Unprotected…" That's it her brain just can't seem to force her mouth to say the next word out loud.
Naruto cannot believe he is hearing Hinata offer for them to have unprotected sex. Several inner chibi-Naruto's flash through his brain; some fainting outright or having nosebleeds before keeling over, others do various victory dances, some bordering on vulgar. While all this is trying to be processed he can feel his manhood begin to twitch and stiffen in excitement of the possibility. He leans forward and slowly kisses Hinata's neck to show her his appreciation to her potential offer while she struggles to find the right words.
While she finds the enthusiasm of his misunderstanding arousing, Hinata needs to make sure she gets her meaning across. Afterwards they can talk about having sex. "I mean that I am protected, at least from getting pregnant." She can't help but smile as he lifts up his head and gives her that familiar confused look she finds so enduring.
Hinata grabs the sheet and pulls it up to be proper as she props herself up on one elbow to explain herself better. "You see, kunoichi have more than just their safety and welfare of themselves and their teammates to worry about when we go on missions. We also have to consider what might happen to us if we are captured, besides being killed." She rubs his cheek gently as his face immediately goes red with outrage when he understands what she means. "Kunoichi are prescribed pills that prevent impregnation if we were to be sexually assaulted during a mission."
Naruto grabs her hand, accidentally squeezing a little too intensely out of fear and outrage. "That still doesn't stop some guy from trying to…" Naruto's mind immediately flashes back to the mission that they went on to find that bug with Hinata's team and she was captured, even his old teammate was captured a few times when they were part of Team Kakashi. Fear and revulsion at what might have happened to either of them when he was supposed to be protecting them causes his stomach to knot up and his body temperature to rise in anger at himself for being such an clueless idiot.
Hinata, seeing the obvious thoughts going through Naruto's mind, shakes her head to let him know that fortunately she has not had to personally suffer such a fate. "There is an unspoken agreement between the villages, even during wartime, that kunoichi are to be treated as another shinobi in every way and assaults of a sexual nature are strictly taboo. That doesn't mean that it does not happen, or has not happened to kunoichi in the past." She tells Naruto that the real fear is not from being captured by an enemy from another village. The real danger is from bandits, those people who truly don't value anything other than what they can take for themselves.
To keep himself from imagining Hinata in the dirty hands of some of the bandits he has faced in his life, Naruto changes the subject slightly. "So you are taking these special pills?" What a relief, at least she is somewhat protected from an assault.
Hinata shakes her head and the gives a quick shrug. "Not exactly, Kurenai-sensei knowing that my Main Branch Hyuga bloodline makes me a target for capture and potential breeding, suggested that I get a different type of contraceptive." Her mind can't help but think back to the time when she was little and the Head Shinobi of the Hidden Cloud Village tried to kidnap her, an incident that ultimately cost Neji's father his life to protect her own father. She tries to not think about what her life would have been like if her father had not saved her from the kidnapper who only wanted her for the powerful bloodline she could pass on to her children. Knowing the single-minded protectiveness her clan has for the byakugan it might have caused an all-out war, or at least an unauthorized by the Hokage Hyuga strike teams sneaking into the Land of Lightning to either rescue her or kill her if that was not successful. Worst of all, if that had happened; she would not be here right now with Naruto.
Hinata explains to Naruto that each year during her physical exam she has a small rod-like device implanted under her skin replaced. It contains hormones that are slowly released into her bloodstream which prevent her from getting pregnant. This also keeps her from having a cycle while away on a mission which could give her presence away to an enemy that has a keen sense of smell like Kiba and Akumaru. So instead, when she is between missions she actually takes a pill that suppresses the implant so her body can go through its natural cycle and prevent other potential side effects. "Having the implant keeps me from needing to remember to take a pill each and every day while on a mission. This also alleviates a problem if I was to get separated from my gear on a mission and I could not take my daily dose. Some kunoichi prefer the pill due to the psychological reinforcement of taking it each day, and they can go off of it anytime they want to start a family. Well that and the pills are free to all kunoichi, but the implant is still a fairly expensive option." Hinata gives a guilty shrug at the privilege her family's wealth and status allows her to enjoy.
"The other thing is that I am asleep when the implantation is done and only the medical staff that puts in the implant knows where it is located. Well that and it is probably in my medical chart." Hinata explains that it was Kurenai's suggestion for that extra layer of defense, so that if she was captured by an enemy strong in genjutsu they could not trick the location out of her if their purpose was to use her for breeding. It would not be a lot of help to stop an enemy strong in medical ninjutsu, but even then that would buy her some time to be rescued. Hinata suddenly smiles proudly at Naruto. "I did the same thing for Hanabi-chan when she graduated from the academy and became a genin."
Naruto, relieved to hear of Hinata and Hanabi's protection from at least an unwanted pregnancy if they were captured, looks down to collect his thoughts. This whole thing goes to show just how dense and narrow-minded he has been about the other dangers the kunoichi he has known in his life have had to deal with besides what had been obvious. He now has a whole new level of respect for the bravery of all kunoichi. Despite there being a risk of violation every time they go on a mission they throw themselves into danger without any outward sign of hesitation. Being reckless in combat is his specialty, but by no means is he completely unique, Kiba can be just as rash as he is sometimes but at least he does have Akumaru watching his back. His rash actions have put his teammates at risk, and even caused them to be captured at times, what if something had happened to… Naruto is brought out of his thoughts by Hinata's small hand running her fingers over the ribs of his left side.
Hinata notices that the strange design on his left side actually changes color for a moment, confirming that the chakra she has seen in the marking means that it is some sort of seal, and not just some sort of tattoo. Strangely when her fingers first touch the edges of the seal it was very warm to the touch, but it quickly cools as soon as his facial features begin to soften. 'Is this somehow connected to his emotional state?' As he looks up into her eyes she can plainly see a new level of concern for her in his expression. Rather than delve into the possibilities of what could happen to her on a mission she pokes the seal to draw his attention to that spot. "I have been meaning to ask you about this mark. It almost looks like a seal, but if it is I do not recognize the type."
Naruto's body immediately becomes tense when she asks about the seal. Damn, he knew this was going to come up eventually and he has been trying to think of a good way to explain the seal, and why it is located in that particular spot. It's just not an easy thing to explain without dredging up bad memories. "Uhh… that old thing?" He waves his hand back and forth dismissively as if it was something he had forgotten was even there anymore. When Hinata's right eye squints while her left eyebrow arches incredulously Naruto knows that she can see right through his act and is now even more intent on finding out the truth.
In an act of pure desperation Naruto redirects the conversation back at Hinata in hopes of flustering her and getting her mind off that seal, at least for a little while longer. "I think you have something far more interesting to talk about hiding under this sheet." He grabs the sheet just below where a little hint of cleavage is peeking out of the sheet she is covering herself with and gives a little tug. Inside his mind; while one little Naruto is leaning forward hoping somehow to look down her cleavage and see more, another one is holding its head in shame at the lame attempt to distract Hinata.
Hinata grabs the material and his finger tightly while trying to not turn a bright shade of red. "You are trying to change the subject by acting like a pervert, Uzumaki!" She scooches away from Naruto a little to show that she is not amused at his lame attempt at deflecting her question. Now she wishes she had thought about the mark while he was asleep so that she could have looked at it in detail and committed it to memory for research when they get back to the Leaf Village. Well, the way things are going she should not have to wait too long to see him shirtless again.
Oh well, Naruto knows that it is either commit to this perverted course of action, or surrender and start explaining to her about the seal. Thankfully he is not one to give up easily. "Of course I am, I fell asleep during biology class in school. After last night I realize that biology is a much more interesting subject than I gave it credit for in school. One that I would love to study now in detail, you know to catch up on what I missed." He tugs again, more sharply this time on the sheet, giving Hinata the choice of either coming closer, or abandoning the sheet's protection.
Hinata reaches up with her other hand and grabs onto the sheet with all the strength she can muster. She nearly loses it all when a new set of fingers starts touching her thigh, causing her to nearly lose her grip out of surprise. 'That sneak, while I was focused on not exposing my breast he slid his other hand under the sheet.'
As quick as a cat, or maybe she should say a fox, Naruto launches himself at her as she struggles with protecting herself and crawls on top with a victorious grin on his face. She is so caught off guard with her hands clutching the sheet to her chest protectively, that they become trapped between both of their bodies. If she wasn't so frustrated with him at the moment she might have found this predicament thrilling. Instead, to show her unhappiness she sticks out her chin and turns her head away, robbing him the chance to kiss her on the lips. Hinata lets out a gasp as yet another plan fails as he lowers his face down even more and kisses her now exposed neck on the very spot that makes her feel like her muscles have turned to pudding. "T-T-That's not fair, Uzumaki."
Naruto lets out a little growl right where it will have the most effect on her and then raises up his head once he feels Hinata putting chakra into her hands. She might be trapped but she is far from vulnerable, and some very vital chakra spots are near where her hands are located. "I know, I haven't got to get a good look at what I was touching last night, unlike some people in this room." The thing is, if she loses focus then she won't attack and maybe just surrender.
Hinata turns to look up at him, her face a new shade of crimson, and after a moment her gaze turns away in shame. "Fine, after what happened last night you deserved a chance to look, but after you are done looking we are going to talk." Her facial features become set in a frustrated resolve, almost as if she had turned to hard stone like the monuments on the Hokage Mountain.
Naruto's nervousness about discussing the seal is completely overruled by the hormone surge at the prospect of seeing Hinata's naked breast up close. He nods in agreement, not really registering the last part of her sentence, and moves so that the sheet can be pulled out of his way. As Hinata slowly pulls down the sheet to let him see her breast in daylight for the first time her whole body starts to tremble nervously.
When he looks up at her face and sees a mixture of frustration and nervousness, Naruto feels guilty for manipulating her to get his first chance to see her breast. Does he want this to be Hinata's memory of the first time her saw her naked chest? No, it should be a good memory one they both can think back on happily. Naruto opens his mouth to tell her to stop, but has to close it quickly and swallow hard as the first hint of a change in skin pigmentation appears at the edge of the sheet. 'That's got to be her areola, amazing.' He just hopes that she doesn't notice the quickly growing erection he is getting from the excitement of seeing her breast up close. Wait, no he has to stop her before…
Knock, knock, knock
In the blink of an eye Naruto's ever growing view of Hinata's breast is gone as she quickly jerks the material modestly up under her chin. Both of their faces dart back and forth between each other and the door, fearful that whoever it is might walk in and catch them in a very compromising position. He is straddling her legs wearing only a pair of boxers. After some urging from a hand that lingers for just a moment on his chest followed by the wriggling of her legs, Naruto takes the hint and slides off of Hinata and makes a grab for his usual black and orange clothes hanging on a nearby chair. Wondering if he remembered to lock the door last night.
Knock, knock, knock
"Yes, who is it?" Naruto says after getting a wide-eyed 'what are you waiting for' look from his red-faced girlfriend. "Sorry, I'm still a little preoccupied between thinking about what I was about to see and trying to cover myself." He whispers to Hinata as she raises her head and looks about the bedroom for how close her own clothes are, or if she should just make a dash for the bathroom and hide until whoever is at the door is gone.
Hinata cannot help but gasp as she looks about the room. 'Oh no, there is line of our clothing tossed from side-to-side leading right from the door to the bed we are sharing.' There is just no way, if whoever is on the other side of that door walks in that they could not deduce what happened last night. 'Or sort of almost happened. I'm still a virgin, but I feel like I am different after last night and this morning of course. I wonder if Naruto-kun feels different as well or is it just different for girls?'
"My apologies for waking you Uzumaki-san.", says an unrecognizable female voice from the other side of the door. "The Kazekage-sama left instructions yesterday that I was to wake everyone up at this time so that you could get ready and have breakfast before your meeting today."
Naruto hangs his head and lets out a long exasperated sigh. He had completely forgotten about the gathering schedule for later this morning. After last year where he and Killer Bee came to the thing very hung over from the night before you would have thought they would have scheduled this one for much later in the day. Especially since this is happening the morning after the Sand Village's first night of celebrating, but I guess this was the only time Gaara could spare. It is either that or they figured he would be in better shape than last year since Hinata came along to keep him from acting like an idiot, or least less of an idiot depending on people's view of what he did on the dance floor last night.
After the woman explains that she is going to wake the others Naruto gives Hinata a devilish smirk. "Hey, if you don't get an answer from Hyuga Hinata don't worry." His smirk broadens into a full on evil smile. "She can be a real sleepyhead in the mornings and usually doesn't talk to anybody until after she has had at least a couple cups of really strong tea." Naruto struggles not to laugh as Hinata, now mouth agape, slaps his arm and then pulls the sheet up over her nose, mortified that her boyfriend would play such a trick. The woman says nothing but a few moments later they can hear her knocking on another door down the hall and call out 'Hyuga-san, your breakfast and tea is almost ready.' At hearing the word 'tea' said Naruto clutches his stomach and struggles hard to not laugh out loud, tears leaking from the corners of both eyes.
THUMP!
He gets pillow right in the face and is knocked out onto the floor as Hinata jerks the sheet and stands up clutching the sheet to her body with her left arm while her right hand holds up the pillow ready to throw it at her boyfriend. Naruto peaks up over the edge of the bed, ready to duck if she throws something at him and smiles. When he gives her a smile and then sticks out his tongue she flicks the pillow like a shuriken into his face. Hinata does not even wait to see if he ducks out of the way, instead she bends down to gather the clothing off of the floor.
After pulling the pillow from his face Naruto can see her lower lip pooched out in that cute way when she is frustrated. He wisely decides against letting out a loud whistle when Hinata bends over and picks up her bra, giving him a perfect glimpse of her panty clad posterior. Instead, he enjoys the view while blindly reaching for a pair of dark shorts to hide the cold wet spot in the center of his boxers. After she ends the free show by standing up with her clothes in her hands, he walks over to help her sort the clothes into two piles. "Hey."
"That was a mean trick, Naruto-kun. That poor woman now thinks I am a terrible person in the morning." Hinata can only glance at his smiling face for just a moment before she has to turn away. She needs him to think that she is upset so he will apologize, if she starts giggling at how funny that really was she will not get her apology kiss. She leans into him as he finally wraps his arms around her waist and hugs her affectionately.
Naruto gives her exposed shoulder a lingering kiss and hugs Hinata a little tighter. He does not want to let her leave and go back to their normal routine. It would mean having to wait until they can find a chance to slip away again before they can show each other affection. It would be nice to get some room service and just crawl back under the sheets with Hinata for the rest of the morning, but since they cannot ignore their responsibilities at least he can make sure he apologizes for his little prank. "I'm sorry, it just popped in my head and you know how I can't stop myself once I think about something." He starts chuckling as he remembers the look of shock on her face. "You got to admit it was funny though, especially when she mentioned there would be tea waiting downstairs."
Hinata steps away, grabs her clothes and walks to the door. "Unfortunately, I don't know who it was, so now I don't know who to avoid eye contact with once I go downstairs." She gives him a little pout face and then looks down at her feet in defeat.
"Uh, that's my sheet you are wearing. You know, the sheet for MY bed, tenshi." Naruto walks over and tugs on the only thing between him and his mostly nude girlfriend. Maybe they could just skip breakfast and cuddle until time to head to the gathering. Maybe some more touching too.
Hinata hugs the sheet possessively and gives him a defiant scowl. "Not anymore, but I might bring it back tonight. That is if you behave yourself the rest of the day. Otherwise you will need to get your bedroll out of your pack and sleep on the floor tonight, alone."
"Well, if you are going to leave wearing nothing but a sheet, I want to be sure that I am the only person going to see you dressed like that, ever." Naruto reaches out, opens the door and sticks his head out to see if the coast is clear for Hinata to sneak to her room. Seeing that the hallway is empty he gives Hinata a thumbs up.
Hinata smiles and gives him a kiss of appreciation, even though it would have been easier for her to use her byakugan. As she steps through the door she looks over her shoulder. "If you don't want to talk about that thing on your side it's okay. I won't pester you about it anymore." She hopes that her face does not show the slight hurt she is feeling that Naruto is keeping something secret from her. Feeling guilty at even bringing it up again Hinata closes the door before she says or does something to make things even more awkward for them both.
Naruto presses his forehead up against the now closed door and rubs at the sometimes painful seal he had put on his own body. Lately he has come to regret doing that to himself, but he had done it for what had been a good reason at the time. Well, what's done is done so he might as well go wash up and get ready for another busy day. Maybe after the gathering is done he can go take in the sights with Hinata and get some lunch before they need to get ready for the last night of the celebration.
Outside Naruto's room Hinata pauses with one hand on the door. His sudden reaction and quick avoidance has raised her curiosity about the seal even more. Now that she has gotten a slightly better look at it without her byakugan would it be wrong of her to do some research once they get back to the Leaf Village, especially if she could get a better look on the way home? She just hopes that the answer she finds is not one that would have been better left undiscovered. The sound of a door opening further down the hall breaks her train of thought about the seal. Hinata tries to quickly move down the hall to her room before she can be seen, but just as she reaches her door Hinata looks over and into a pair of eyes staring at her in surprise from down the hall.