Finals were always such a stressful time, perhaps the most stressful time of the entire semester. Uzumaki Naruto was having a hard time concentrating on studying when the cute girl from his class, Hyuuga Hinata, was sitting on his bed. Her legs were crisscrossed and she was chewing intently on her bottom lip as the young woman was trying to solve a difficult practice problem.

The blonde young man had decided to invite Hinata over to his dorm for studying because he was hopelessly terrible at math, and he may have skipped a few lectures and discussion sections. Hinata had been Naruto's partner in discussion, and when he had asked her to come over the week before, Naruto was actually surprised that she had agreed. He was half expecting her to say no because it was his own fault for missing class.

Now, however, Naruto couldn't even bring himself to do any of the practice problems. Azure eyes were entranced by the subtly beauty of the young woman on his bed, who was so intently staring at her paper and studying.

She's completely opposite from me, he thought with a smile. Naruto adjusted the grey beanie on his head and tapped his pencil to his lips with his other hand.

"N-Naruto-kun? Do you need me to explain something once more?"

Hinata's question startled the boisterous young man. Pearl eyes were looking at him with a mixture of curiousity and hesitancy. A blush quickly spread across Naruto's tan face, though his huge smile was right on its heels. A blush of her own spread across Hinata's face; she quickly adjusted her long indigo tresses as if to put a barrier between her and the cute young man sitting on the floor.

"Oh, no! Sorry, I guess I was just zoning out. Thanks a lot for agreeing to help me, Hinata; I know I'm just a waste of time," he apologized. A small chuckle escaped him.

"You're not a waste of my time, Naruto-kun. I consider you my friend and you need help with the material, so I'll do my best," Hinata replied. The Hyuuga's answer was so stern that Naruto felt like he was getting lectured…and that he had somehow offended her by saying that.

"Sorry for saying that, Hinata. I just have trouble concentrating," Naruto said quietly. He was scratching the back of his head in nervousness. He was completely fine with apologizing, but no way in hell was the Uzumaki going to tell the pretty young woman from his class that what had him distracted was her profile.

"It's alright Naruto-kun. We can take a quick break if you'd like." She offered him a kind smile.

"Yeah that'd be awesome. Do you want something to eat or drink? I have cup ramen if you're interested!" Naruto flashed his classmate and friend a goofy grin that was answered with a giggle.

"Can I have a soda please?"

"Of course. If you don't mind I'm gonna make myself some ramen."

Naruto handed Hinata a soda and got to work on his cup ramen. His parents had gone to one of those stores that required membership and bought him gigantic bulks of his favorite brand. They even had to put some of it in their shed because it couldn't fit in the house. Once the agonizing three minute wait was over, Naruto sat next to Hinata on his bed.

"So what's your major Hinata?" he asked before slurping up some noodles.

"Uh…I'm majoring in elementary education. I'd like to work as a kindergarten teacher one day. What about you?"

To Naruto, her answer made a lot of sense. She was kind enough that children must instantly fall in love with her and Hinata was also patient enough to deal with small children; she was help Naruto study after all. If that wasn't a feat in itself, then Naruto didn't know what else could be called a miracle.

"I'm majoring in political science and I wanna go to law school. My old man kind of influenced me on that, I'm not gonna lie. Plus a couple of my close friends say they think it's a perfect fit for me. I just need to not blow off gen ed classes like this." Naruto smiled cheekily.

"I can definitely see you becoming a great lawyer Naruto-kun. I'm sure you find the classes for your major incredibly interesting. I was tempted not to come to this class either, don't worry. But I have such anxiety when it comes to skipping class. I'd have an earful from my father if I ever did such a thing."

Naruto looked at Hinata. He noticed how her pale cheeks were alive with a soft pink, as if a small sun was rising and igniting such colors on her round face. Naruto noticed the way that her eyes closed whenever she smiled deeply, her mouth curving up in such a small smile. Her long indigo hair framed Hinata beautifully and looked so soft that Naruto wanted to run his fingers through it.

She's beautiful.

"Hey Hinata," Naruto started. He cleared his throat, suddenly getting nervous.

"Yes?" she asked, her beautiful opal eyes looking at him innocently.

"Would you wanna go on a date with me some time?" Naruto blurted. His eyes widened as he realized what he just asked.

This is the first time I've ever really hung out with her and I'm already asking her out on a date! What the hell, what if she doesn't even like me, Naruto wondered glumly. From the taken aback expression and the way her face was bright red, the Uzumaki believed he was about to be rejected.

"W-would you like to go out before or a-after finals?"

The question startled him. Naruto was expecting to be let down easily, not questioned on this possibility of a date with Hinata. A huge grin was on his face in seconds.

"How about after? I don't wanna take away time from your studies."

"Okay, that works." She gave him one of her eye-closing smiles; Naruto found her absolutely adorable. "Let me write down my number for you."

Handing him a piece of paper with ten digits, Naruto pocketed the paper with extra care. Though he was in his room, he didn't wanna risk losing it.

"Once you're done with your ramen let's get back to studying Naruto-kun," Hinata declared. She was already picking up her notebook and worksheets, wanting to get back to studying as soon as possible.

Naruto's warm hand on her dainty wrist startled the both of them. Hinata saw the nervousness in Naruto's ocean blue eyes. She gulped as her face heated up.

"Or…would you like to watch a movie?" he asked. Though it was barely noticeable, Hinata saw the blush on his face. It was surprising because this guy was the personification of self-confidence. What was even more surprising, however, was that she agreed.

What was supposed to be a night spent studying was instead wasted away with movies and cuddling. Neither Hinata nor Naruto minded with the unexpected turn of events.