Chapter 28
Shopping
Hinata got up early in the morning so she could go to the market and look at a few things. She was so excited to be getting to spend time with him again. She needed to check the prices of a few items and then headed over to see Naruto to see if he was awake yet.
She walked up to his place but before she could knock he opened the door.
"Hi Hinata, come in," he offered
She walked in and saw that he had a pan out it looked like he was going to cook something. "How are you doing with that?" she pointed to the mess on his counter.
"I'm figuring it out," he smiled.
She smiled back "I can make breakfast, let me help…" she faltered and walked into the kitchen.
He stood back and watched her, she moved so gracefully and was so beautiful. The way her long dark hair fell against her back and side of her face, the way the sun came through the window and lit up her face. He was in awe of her, he had no words to express how he felt. He just stood there watching her as she turned around to look at him "Naruto," she asked "what's the matter?"
He snapped out of his daze and walked into the kitchen with her. "Nothing," he said with a puzzled look on his face. He wasn't the type to tell girls how he felt. He had the same issue with Sakura, he could never tell her that he had feelings for her. He didn't know how to say what he wanted to Hinata, or if he should.
"You don't like it this way?" she looked down at what she made him from the things he had on the counter. She sounded disappointed.
"No, that looks great Hinata!" he said as he stood next to her. He grabbed his plate and sat it next to the pan. She smiled as she slid the contents out of the pan and onto the plate.
He went to sit down on the floor and she followed him, happy to watch him eat the breakfast she made him.
"Sorry," he said after he swallowed his first mouthful. "Are you hungry?"
"Not really, I'm okay," she said.
"But you have to try this, it's great!" he began "Oh, I only have one set of utensils." He added, disappointed.
She shrugged and touched his hand where he was holding it and lightly pulled it from his hand while smiling at him.
She quickly touched it to the food and then to her lips "Oh, that did turn out good," she added as she handed it back to him.
He blushed with surprise and finished his breakfast. He was afraid that if he looked at her he would end up kissing her.
When he got done he put his pan and plate in the sink and started to get ready to go out. He was able to put half of his coat on and Hinata helped him with the other half.
"I figured we could look around the market today to pick up things you need," Hinata mentioned.
"Yeah, that sound good," Naruto added, excited to spend the day with her.
They left together and headed for the market a few blocks away. At the market they found a lot of stuff he could use and carried them back to his place periodically when they became too much to hold. After their third trip to the market they ran into Lee and Sai.
"Hi Naruto, Hinata," Lee said "I am glad that you're out of the hospital Naruto, you must be feeling better."
"Yes, I'm feeling better," he added quickly, "what are you guys doing here?" he said in kind of a rude way, looking at Sai. He didn't want Sai to embarrass him like he did last time.
Sai took this as an invitation that Naruto wanted to talk to him "We're just getting something to eat before we get back to work," Sai added with a smile. The smile seemed to put Naruto at ease a little bit.
"Have you been working on the village today?" Hinata asked
"Yes," Lee added, "There is a lot of work to be done still, I won't quit until it is finished."
Hinata blushed, she was reminded that she hadn't done much to help rebuild the village. In fact, she felt pretty selfish for wanting to spend all of her time with Naruto.
"Hinata, you're blushing again," Sai pointed out.
"Not this again Sai," Naruto started in, "We've got to go, we'll see you guys later," Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand and pulled her to his side as he turned to walk away. She started blushing more but for a new reason.
"He can really get on my nerves sometimes," Naruto complained, "Sorry Hinata," he noticed she was still blushing.
"It's alright Naruto," she started to giggle, "I don't think he meant to embarrass me," she added. She was beaming because he was holding her hand again. They continued to walk through the market holding hands.