This one is for my newest little sweet darling Temudjen, who said:

"I was hoping that we would get more story of them [Hinata & Naruto] dating and figuring things out. That would be a interesting read from you."

Well, here's their first date! It kind of got away from me, but here you go! I'll try to more sometime.

War, as the young ninjas of the hidden villages learned after the end of the fourth shinobi war, was not something that simply ended when the fighting was called off. It had been two months since the end of the war and there were still people scurrying to righten all the wrongs caused by the war. Of course Naruto, as one of the newest "great ninjas of Konoha", was included in a lot of it, Tsunade already prepping him for the job she knew would one day be his. So this busy schedule, along with Hinata's helping with the rebuilding of the Hyuuga compound, meant that the two had yet to go on even one date.

They managed to find time to speak to each other though, walking around town with each other for a few minutes while they picked up supplies or ran errands. And though they continued to grow closer to each other slowly but steadily they were both a bit antsy for that promised first date, though neither pushed for the occasion, knowing how busy their schedules were.

One day Naruto was walking Hinata back towards the newly rebuilt Hyuuga compound when he suddenly stopped, Hinata walking forward a few more steps forward before noticing his absence. "N-Naruto-kun?" She puzzled, looking back at the boy. He grinned at her and scratched the back of his head, seeming to be somewhat nervous about something.

"Ah, hey, Hinata, I know we've both been really busy recently and we probably will be for a bit longer but Tsunade baa-chan is letting me have a couple of hours Saturday free and I was wondering if you want to go on a date then?" Hinata blinked at Naruto as she tried to remember how to breathe.

True she had wanted him to ask her on a date but she hadn't actually expected him to do it. Not now, when she didn't have any preparation and had lost all feeling in her legs.

But this, this was her dream. This was everything she had been waiting for, everything she had ever wished for, standing right in front of her with the slightest blush on his cheeks as he looked over at the wood of the fence beside them as if it were the most interesting thing that he had ever seen.

She knew that it wasn't a dream because she could feel the blush marking her entire face a burning red and could feel her head start to spin lightly, the blood roaring in her ears and the clenching in her stomach warning her that she was about to be surrounded by a familiar darkness. But she forcefully held on to consciousness, shoving that lightness aside and locking her knees because she was going to answer him. She was going to look at him and give him the only answer she ever would and damn it, she was going to stay lucid while doing it.

She. Would. Not. Faint.

"I... I'd l-love to go o-on a d-d-date w-with you N-Naruto-kun." She said, her eyes skittering away from him when his head whipped back over to her, and she found herself looking down at her nervously twiddling fingers.

"That's great!" Naruto enthused, grinning widely at her as she peeked at him through her bangs, smiling timidly at him. He walked her the rest of the way to the compound in silence, though it was not one filled with awkwardness or uneasiness. It was a good silence, one where their eyes kept meeting as if pulled by a magnetic force, the looks always paired with smiles, his wide and hers sweet.

When they got to the gate Naruto grinned again, turning to hurry his way back so that he wouldn't be late for whatever job Tsunade had assigned for him that day. "See you Saturday!" He called as he ran backwards, waving as he went. Hinata knew he wouldn't turn and run correctly until she was safely inside so she smiled shyly at him again, waved, and slipped through the gate.

Hinata floated through the compound, carried on a blissful cloud of euphoria. She managed to find her way to her room and close the door behind her with out bumping into anyone who would question her strange attitude, dreamily smiling at everything in her room. She was going on a date with Uzumaki Naruto. She was going on a date with Uzumaki Naruto. She covered her furiously red face with her hands and let out a girlish squeal of joy, sliding down the wall until she was sitting on the floor, her knees having finally given out on her.

Oh God, what was she going to wear?

Hinata took a breath and smoothed down a wrinkle in her clothes, hoping that the long summer skirt wasn't too much. When she had told Sakura and Ino -both of whom insisted to be informed as much as possible about her relationship- they had warned her that Naruto would probably be taking her to the big ramen event that Ichiraku was holding that day (who ever ate ten bowls of the owner's choice of ramen ate free). And she had truthfully told them that she didn't care, in fact she expected it. It didn't matter if Naruto took her out for ramen, the only thing that mattered was that they were together and that they had a good time.

She was waiting for him outside of the Hokage tower since they had agreed to meet there, fiddling with the strap of her purse that went diagonally across her chest. He was only a few minutes late, but even that worried her. What if he had forgotten? What if he had changed his mind about going with her?

What if her had changed his mind about her?

No! She told her self, shaking her head as if to shake the very thought away. She wouldn't think like that, wouldn't allow those doubts to rise and reduce her into a tearful mess that would just hurry back home to hide. She was going to keep standing there because Naruto would come, and she would wait for him. She'd been waiting for years for him to finally look at her, and now that he had she knew that a few more minutes wouldn't hurt anything.

"Hinata!" Called a familiar and beloved voice, and Hinata looked up, shielding her eyes with her hand as she stared up at Naruto's grinning face that was sticking out of one of the windows a few stories up. She raised her hand in a little wave and watched as he turned his head back to say something to someone behind him before pushing himself out of the window to drop down to the ground below. Hinata's breath caught as the blonde fell through the air, landing in front of her the way all ninja were taught to do, balancing his weight perfectly.

"Naruto! This is the fifth floor! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Hinata looked back up and into the face of the furious Hokage as she shouted down at the exasperating boy who merely looked back up and waved. "See ya Baa-chan!" He called, quickly grabbing Hinata's hand and hurrying away before the furious woman could come after him.

Hinata looked down to where their hands were joined and blushed at the sight of her hand being wrapped up in his larger one, finding herself fascinated by the way his darker skin contrasted her pale skin. His hand was calloused but hers was too, and she found that she liked the feel of them against each-other. They were proof of their efforts to become a great ninja, proof of how hard they had tried and how far they had come from what they had used to be. Hinata felt her blush dim, now only a slight tinge of pink staining her cheeks and she smiled softly at the thought that flitted through her mind.

His hand was perfect for hers.

Naruto looked back and saw that Hinata was looking down at their joined hands. It suddenly registered with the boy that he was holding onto her hand and he stopped, dropping it immediately as if her very touch scalded him. "Ah, sorry." He mumbled, scratching the back of his head as he silently berated himself. Hadn't Tsunade warned him to take it slow with a girl like Hinata? What if she wanted to go back now?

Hinata bit her lip for as they stood there in silence for a moment, her hand twitching as she wished for it to be back in the warmth of his. Hinata was about to let it go and continue on but then she just... didn't. She had sacrificed herself for this man, she had faced death for him and had confessed her love for him when she was certain of nothing else. And yet she couldn't even speak up when she wanted to hold his hand.

"Ano, N-Naruto-kun?"

"Hmm?"

"C-could we maybe keep h-holding h-hands?" He blinked at her and she blushed even brighter. "O-only i-if you want t-to th-that i-is." Naruto blinked at her again before holding his hand to her, letting her slip hers quietly into it.

"Oh my God, that is just too cute!"

"Geeze, Ino-pig, be quiet! We're supposed to be following them quietly. What if they figure us out?"

"Of course they're going to figure us out with all that yelling you're doing, billboard-brow!"

"Guys, what are you even doing and why am I a part of it?" Ino, momentarily deciding to forgo the usual argument with Sakura, turned to roll her eyes at Shikamaru.

"We're following Naruto and Hinata around to see how their fist date goes."

"But that doesn't explain why we're all here."

"Well, Sakura and I are here to observe, like I said, and Kiba and Shino are here to make sure that he doesn't get to frisky since Hinata is pretty much like a sister to them. Plus I think they both kind of want a chance at Naruto regardless. Neji is here to protect her precious Hyuuga honor -oh, don't give me that face, I'm just being sarcastic- and Tenten followed just to see what happens. Sai is here for some relationship observation crap and I dragged you along since you can hold Naruto still with your shadow jutsu so we can beat the crap out of him if he tries to do anything to Hinata."

Shikamaru rolled his eyes and grumbled about how troublesome everything was, but before he could figure out a way to escape safely Sakura hissed, "They're leaving!" And they were on the move again, Ino forcefully dragging him along.

They went on for a bit, utilizing their ninja skills so that the two they were following wouldn't sense them, but then Tenten spoke up. "Hey, isn't that ramen place in the other direction? I thought that that was where we were going."

The group blinked and Sakura narrowed her eyes at the back of her friend. "If he does something perverted to her I swear I'll beat him so good that even the nine tails won't help him."

Apparently Hinata was having the same questions as the group that was secretly following them because she tilted her head to look at Naruto. "Ano, N-Naruto-kun, i-isn't Ichiraku's over that w-way?"

"Yeah, it is. Why?"

"I thought we were going th-there." Naruto grinned and shook his head.

"Nah, we can go some other time, but I figured we do something else this time." Hinata flushed as he alluded to more dates, the thought pleasing her so much that she swore her toes tingled.

"W-What?" He turned his head to grin at her.

"Secret." He told her, continuing to tug her through the streets of Konoha

The ten teenagers made their way through Konoha and to the training grounds, the two leading girls in the back group groaning in defeat. "Oh my God, training? Seriously? This is his idea of a first date?" Sakura angrily fumed, Ino nodding beside her.

"I don't think that it's so bad. This way you can see how strong the other person is and can test their limits." Tenten said, causing the two girls in front of her to turn and glare.

"No." They both said, turning to continue to follow Naruto, hoping that he wouldn't be able to sense the killing aura they were emitting until it was too late.

"N-Naruto-kun? Are w-we training?" She had known that she was going to be over dressed. He grinned and shook his head at her, happy that she hadn't figured it out yet. "Nah, but we can some other day if you want. I think that would be pretty fun." Hinata's eyes widened and her face flushed at the thought of training with him, the suggestion so wonderful and unexpected. "I-I'd love to." She said, earning another grin.

They walked into the trees, passing through them for a few minutes before coming to a small clearing. Naruto drew them both to a stop and stared at Hinata's face, drinking in the shock that was written clearly all over her face.

"I figured that Ichiraku's -even if it is the greatest place ever- wasn't the best place for this kind of thing. So I asked Shizune what she thought I should do and she said that this would be a good idea." He said, not really all that sure that Hinata could hear him from the daze she seemed to be in.

A picnic. He had made her a picnic.

Everything was laid out on a white bed sheet -she blushed furiously at the thought that it was his- from a wicker basket that was probably borrowed from Shizune since the whole thing had been her idea, to a tray that practically overflowed with the amount of sandwiches on it. Two empty plates sat on the blanket for them, and it was all absolutely perfect.

"I don't know how to make anything so I stuck with sandwiches, and I figured it was alright since they seemed like a picnic food, and I didn't know your favorite drink so I just got some grape soda." He said, reaching into the basket to pull out a can. Hinata still hadn't said a word so he looked over at her, his forehead knitting up in concern. "Hey, are you okay? Did I do anything wrong?"

She shook her head, and walked over to the blanket to sit down. "Yes, I-I'm fine. And this... t-this is wonderful Naruto-kun." She said, smiling sweetly at him. "Can w-we eat?" He nodded quickly, sitting down with the grace of a herding buffalo. "Yeah! And tell me if there's anything you don't like, because I made them with a little bit of everything." She nodded and smiled at him again.

This was the perfect date.

"Hey, Pig."

"Yeah?"

"Have you ever had a guy make you a picnic?"

"Nope. And don't call me pig." They all watched on, Ino sighing at the picture. "They're just so sweet." She cooed, imagining that someday she'd get her own picnic, though it would have to be with something more refined than sandwiches and grape soda and with an incredibly sexy and hopefully slightly older and skilled man.

Shikamaru sighed, knowing now that there was absolutely no reason that he had to be there.

"Can I go now?"

"No." Ino said, waving for the boy to sit down. "Hush. Take notes if you have to, since you'll probably never come up with an idea as sweet as this."

"Naruto didn't either." He pointed out, "Shizune did."

"Well, at least he had the mind to know not to take her out to ramen and to ask for advice."

"Why didn't he ask me?" Sakura asked, the idea that he should have suddenly hitting her. After all, she was a girl, she had ideas about these things that were just as good as a picnic. "I could have helped him out and given him a few good ideas. I am his friend after all" Ino snorted.

"Yeah, this from the girl who hasn't even gone on a date yet. Who would ever ask you for advice?"

"Plenty of people, you stupid Ino-pig." The two started to quietly bicker, but they stopped when Naruto roared with laughter. Everyone turned to find Hinata covering her mouth, embarrassed, Naruto tearing up as he laughed.

"What...?" Sakura puzzled.

"Hinata took a drink of the soda and when she pulled the cup back she had some on her upper lip. Dickless started laughing at this and then she burped, which made him laugh even more. Are burps really that funny?" Sai asked, and Sakura rolled her eyes at both clueless boys.

"God, that idiot! Now she's going to be so embarrassed and the whole date is going to be just absolutely ruined." But instead of things going the way Sakura predicted them to Naruto managed to choke something out that made Hinata's blush grow and made her let out a small giggle.

"Now what did he say?" Sakura wished that they could be closer so that they could hear them better, but she knew that they'd be found out pretty quickly if they got any closer what with how loud they were being.

"He said that she was cute." Shino supplied, apparently having learned this from the bug that was on his finger, and the group decided to ignore the fact that the boy was now conversing with his bugs. Surprised that the blonde boy had said this, and even more surprised that Hinata hadn't fainted from having heard it, Sakura's lips twitched as she took in the scene from the tree she was hiding behind, watching as Naruto said something that made his date turn a comically impossible shade of red.

"That idiot." She said fondly, smiling at just how adorable the pair was.

Yeah, like I said, it got away from me. I was just minding my own business, typing like I always do, and then Kathy butted in and added the stalkers.

Originally, I was actually writing a whole fanfic about Naruto and Hinata's relationship (that is where the first chapter of this came from), but I got writers block about fifteen pages through. I ended up deleting everything but Star Filled Eyes and started typing out the other little one-shot chapters, which has now got me here with 42 little stories, imaginary kids I love, readers I adore and over 50 reviews.

Now, I have some news that may or may not cause happiness to fill your dear little hearts: I will be taking a few days before my next upload. Why, you ask?

Because I'm going to be locking my self in complete solitude with a box of strawberry Toaster Strudels and I'm going to write out the Temari bit.

This will probably end up as the longest chapter I've done, so I'll be putting it up in two parts. I'm going to try my hardest not to disappoint the expectations of everyone who has been waiting for me to resolve this since the second chapter, so please be patient with me!

Toodles my darlings, I'll be back soon!