Quite An Awkward Situation, Isn't It? Chapter Two

Summary: Some of the best relationships come out of really awkward situations, don't they?

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto. Kishimoto does. (leaves to sob fangirlishly, then plot)

Heh heh. Truly, I did consider the fact that death or unconsciousness would come from hanging from a tree for hours on end, but I figured that it would have to be much longer than four hours or less. Ah, the wonders of science and torture...

I ended up keeping it in for humor purposes, though. Gravity and theory can't beat me! Mwaha! ...(is slightly embarrassed) Glad you put up with my fighting nature, though! Having twelve plus emails get into my inbox overnight made my day. Here's chapter two! And no more trees for Hinata :P I also considered her falling out of her pants. XD But then how would we get into Naruto's little tree cave? Alas, fate is cruel to me :3 Sorry if anyone is offended by that statement.

I love my reviewers! Happy holidays, all! By the way, my birthday and Hinata's birthday are on the same day! On the twenty-seventh wish both of us a happy birthday :D

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The people of Konoha didn't know what was stranger; the fact that the Kyuubi vessel had a girlfriend, the Hyuuga heiress nonetheless, or how they had gotten together. Rumors stated that it had something to do with hanging from a tree for an obscene amount of time, overhearing conversation, and something about ramen. Don't believe everything you hear, though. It could come back to bite you in the ass. Literally if you consider the time when there was a nasty rumor flying around about Inuzuka Kiba. It only lasted a few days, considering whenever someone had talked about it, they happened to acquire a "mysterious" bite mark on their posteriors. Ironically, it was about the size of Akamaru's mouth... But that, my friends, is also another story.

RING! RING! RING! CRASH! Hyuuga Hinata had just sent her alarm clock flying into a wall with an unnecessarily-charged-with-extra-chakra jyuuken strike. It was her birthday, and there was no way in hell she was going to let her alarm clock ruin her day to sleep in. Her father, on the other hand…

"Hinata! What in blazes are you doing? Just because this is the day the clan heir, you, turns eighteen does not give her the right to destroy the house!" Hiashi scolded his daughter. Hinata simply muttered something into her pillow and turned away from her father. Maybe she was too tired to remember that this man was both her father and the head of the clan, or she just didn't care at the time. Either way, her gesture angered the man.

"Hinata! Do not turn away from me when I am speaking to you! It is showing disrespect to your elders and is unfitting for the future head of the Hyuuga clan! Do you want us to replace you with Hanabi, or do you want to continue to be the heir? Answer me!" Hinata groaned quietly then sat up and shook her head. Hiashi smirked.

"That's what I thought. Now, get up and make yourself look presentable. You're an adult now. Go out into the village and do something for the day. Preferably train, in my opinion. You're qualified to be a jounin now, anyway. But, it is your choice." Hiashi had finally considered his eldest daughter worthy of the Hyuuga name and title of heir when she had passed the chuunin exams on her second try. He was still strict, but did not shout and degrade her like he used to. Even now, he compared her to Neji, but didn't use it to hurt her, but sort of encourage her. He was finally acting like her father.

Hinata slowly got out of bed. Looking in the mirror, she saw that it looked like she had been inside a tornado; her long, indigo-colored hair was sticking up in some places, and was curved into numerous tangles in others, the right strap of the tank top she had worn to bed was halfway down her shoulder, and her shorts had somehow turned to the right. She had to fight the urge to giggle. Imagine if Naruto-kun had seen her like this!

"Ohayo Hinata-chan!" She squeaked and spun around to see Naruto resting his arms on her windowsill, a grin adorning his flushed face. Hinata's eyes widened and she blushed in embarrassment. Quickly locking her door, she waved Naruto inside.

'C-come on in, Naruto-kun! You must be cold. And close the window! How did you get it open, anyway?" Putting her boyfriend's comfort in front of her image on her priorities list, she allowed him inside. Hastily, he hopped in and closed the window, shaking the snow off of him. Hinata sighed, but smiled.

"Thanks, Hina-chan!" Naruto gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before taking off his damp jacket and sitting down on her futon. Hinata shook her head and smiled once more.

"Naruto-kun, you got my floor wet. What if otou-san comes in and notices someone was in here? And what if he finds out it was you?" she playfully scolded. Naruto chuckled nervously.

"Ano, I think it'll be dry soon. Hopefully." Hinata simply walked behind the chair and hugged him, her head leaning on his shoulder.

"This is why I locked the door, in case you were wondering."

"Heh, you're a mind reader, Hina-chan. By the way, nice look you got there," he teased. Hinata blushed, realizing she still looked like a mess. Naruto laughed, patting the top of her head. "I think you look adorable." he told her, grin widening. Hinata's face merely reddened some more.

"Onee-chan?" Hinata heard Hanabi's voice outside her door. "Is someone in there? I hear voices." Hinata panicked a little. She placed a hand over Naruto's mouth, just in case.

"Iie, Hanabi-chan, it's just the radio."

"Alright. By the way, happy birthday, onee-chan," Hanabi said. Hinata sighed with relief. Thank Kami she didn't use the byakugan!

"Arigatou, Hanabi-chan."

"Oh, nee-chan, tell Naruto-san I said hi," Hanabi quipped. Hinata's face paled. She could feel her sister's mischievous smirk.

"Tell otou-san and I swear, Hanabi…"

"Don't worry. I won't tell." Hinata sighed with relief once again. She was just given another reason to love her little sister.

"But," Hanabi continued, "I want to come in your room. Otou-san is going to make me train as soon as he finds me." Hinata suppressed a giggle.

"Hai, hai," she replied, finally taking her hand off of Naruto's mouth and unlocking her door, allowing her sister entry. Hanabi walked in, quickly closing the door behind her. She gave Naruto a nod in greeting before flopping on her sister's futon.

"Otou-san knows that sensei has us all training hard for the chuunin exams coming up in summer, but he still insists that I train even more! Is he not aware that it is extremely cold out there?" Hanabi vented, while Naruto simply laughed.

"You think that's bad? Try getting two bells from Kakashi-sensei while not realizing that you had to work together to do it. Sakura-chan kept fawning over Sasuke-teme, Sasuke-teme kept being a complete and utter jerk with a superiority complex, and I ended up getting a finger shoved up my ass crack." Naruto laughed harder when he saw the Hyuuga sisters' wide-eyed expressions. Hanabi was the first to speak.

"U-Uh…Naruto-san, I will regrettably admit that I have to agree. I…think I'll go train later." Seems like Hanabi may now develop Hinata's stutter. Hinata just got rid of it, at least mostly around Naruto, but apparently passed it on. Hinata, recovering from her shock at Naruto's…vulgar…explanation, smiled and playfully smacked him upside the head.

"Now now, Naruto-kun. Don't scare the genin. I'm sure poor Konohamaru-kun is scarred for life now that he's known you," she teased. Naruto pouted, then grinned.

"That means I've scarred every one of the former rookie nine."

"And Team Gai," Hinata added. She could tell Naruto was plotting something against everyone. She'd just have to keep an eye on him. A prank pulled on Neji may expose their secret relationship to Hiashi. That would definitely not be a good thing.

"Anyway," Naruto continued, "How 'bout we get outta here and do something fun? My Hina-chan only turns eighteen once! Hanabi, wanna come?" Hanabi shook her head, smiling.

"Iie, you two should go do something together. Arigatou, though." Naruto shrugged, then jumped up and opened Hinata's closet door. Hinata squeaked.

"N-Na-Naruto-kun! What are you doing?!" Hanabi bit back a laugh as Naruto turned around, a grin plastered on his face.

"I'm not gonna let you go out in the dead of winter in a tank top and shorts, Hina-chan," Hinata looked in her mirror and blushed. She was still in her pajamas, and still looked like a mess. "I think the only person I would let go outside in a tank top and shorts in the dead of winter is fuzzy-brows. I probably wouldn't be able to talk him out of it." She giggled at the thought. Lee would most likely say it had to do with training, then ramble about the power of youth and Gai-sensei. Naruto rummaged through Hinata's closet, pulling out a dark blue turtle-neck sweater and a pair of jeans and tossed them at her. She clumsily caught them, staring at him blankly.

"Well, what are you waiting for?"

"A-Ano, Naruto-kun, I can't change with you watching…" Hinata's face was now keeping track of the shades of red it has invented. It scratched out 203 and wrote 204. Naruto stared for a minute, then something in his mind clicked and he started to frantically wave his hands in front of his face.

"Ah! A-Ano, gomen Hina-chan! I didn't mean, I mean, I would never, erm," Hanabi cut Naruto off by shoving him in the closet and closing the door.

"I'll tell you when it's safe," she told him, hitting the door in the process to get her point across. "Go ahead, nee-chan. No peeking, Naruto!" A muffled whine of 'Why would I? I'm not ero-sennin…' was heard from behind the door.

Naruto huffed and leaned against the wall. Why the hell would she think I would peek at Hina-chan? Naruto thought angrily. He heard a low laugh in his head.

"Because you know you want to, kit," The Kyuubi's voice rang in his mind. Naruto pouted.

"No way! I'm not a pervert! I'm not!"

"Yeah. Keep saying that, kit. You're just denying your hormones their rights." Naruto could feel his cheeks heat up a little. He hoped Hinata wouldn't see the blush. Or, even worse, Hanabi or Neji. They would probably beat the crap out of him for those thoughts about Hinata.

"Thanks, but no thanks! I respect my girlfriend, mind you!"

"So that's why I can see those dreams you've been having where-"

"Just stop there, baka kitsune! You don't know shit 'bout what I dream!" Kyuubi was roaring with laughter.

"Just keep denying it, kit. Keep denying it."

"Kyuubi-teme…" Finally, the door opened. Thank Kami! Hinata gave him a warm smile.

"Let's go, Naruto-kun." Naruto smirked, grabbed his jacket, and hopped out the window.

"Meet you out front, Hina-chan!" Hanabi shook her head while Hinata giggled and grabbed her white winter coat before heading out into the hallway.

"Huh? Hey! Naruto! Hinata-chan!" Naruto and Hinata had been walking down the village streets when they heard someone call. They turned around to see Sakura running up to them. Naruto waved to her.

"Ohayo Sakura-chan!" he called to his teammate. Unfortunately, she ignored him and ran up to Hinata, slinging an arm around her shoulder.

"Happy birthday! What did Naruto get you?" Naruto visibly winced.

"Ne, ne, Sakura-chan, you shouldn't spoil the secret, now! That information is classified!"

"In other words, you haven't even bought it yet. Some boyfriend you are, usuratonkachi." Sasuke, watching the scene from a few yards away, decided to grace them with his oh, so wonderful I-Am-The-Great-Uchiha-Sasuke-So-Bow-To-Me-Peon presence. Naruto stuck his tongue out at him.

"Emo jackass."

"Dobe."

"Can't you think of any other insults than usuratonkachi or dobe?"

"Can't you think of any good insults that might actually affect me?"

"Good point."

"If you paid more attention to your Hyuuga girlfriend than trying to insult me, you'd realize that Sakura just dragged the reluctant girl off to the shopping district." Naruto glanced to his right to see…that Hinata wasn't there.

"Ehh?! Hina-chan?! Oi! Wait for me!" Sasuke sighed as he watched his best friend dart down the street toward the shopping district. Slowly, he followed suit.

"Hey! Hinata! Let's go in here!" Sakura pulled a flustered Hinata into a local clothing store. "Let's find you something cute!" Sakura lead the Hyuuga heiress towards some fancy looking dresses. Why dresses…?

"This one's pretty, don't you think? Here, come over here. You like it? It'd look pretty on you." Sakura held a long-sleeved, velvet lavender dress up to the girl, as if to see exactly how it would look. She beamed.

"Perfect! Why don't you go try it on? Tell me if you like it." She led the indigo-haired kunoichi to the dressing rooms and gently pushed her in one of the stalls. "Go on! It'll be fun."

"O-Okay." Hinata didn't see the mischievous smirk on Sakura's face. She walked to the front of the store and peered out the window as the Hyuuga changed. Here comes Romeo now! Sakura thought as she saw Naruto coming toward the store at high speed. She stepped out and waved at him, saw him grin and walk toward her, and went back in.

"Shannaro! Everything's going according to plan! Romeo and Juliet: Ninja Style, Act I, Scene II begins!" Inner Sakura cheered. Sakura had to keep herself from cackling. This plan wouldn't fail! She was going to see a cute romance moment involving Naruto and Hinata. She would definitely not lose a bet to that stupid Ino-pig! What? Putting Naruto and Hinata in a slightly awkward situation because of a bet is mean, you say? Well, you may want to keep that to yourself. Don't want to be met with that 'one finger' of Sakura's, do you?

"Oi! Oi! Sakura-chan! Where's Hina…" Naruto's sentence was cut short as he saw Hinata emerge from the dressing room in the dress Sakura picked out. She was, well, beautiful. Naruto's complimenting thoughts were the complete opposite of Hinata's, though, seeing as she turned bright red, let out a squeak, and ran back into the dressing room.

"H-Hey! Hina-chan?!" Naruto was about to ask what was going on when Sakura flicked him on the back of the head.

"You're supposed to compliment her, not stare like a baka. Baka!" she scolded.

"But Sakura-chaaan!" he whined. How was he supposed to know Hinata was going to walk out from a room and look more goddess-like than usual? Hinata then walked out, velvet dress in hand, still adorning her familiar blush. Naruto then got an idea, and mocked anger.

"Sakura-chan! How could you show Hinata her birthday present before I even gave it to her!? I haven't even had a chance to buy it yet!" Sakura's eyes widened, then she understood. She decided to play along. Nice improv, Romeo! she thought.

"If you were smart, you would've bought this dress before I did! Now it's my present to Hinata-chan!" Sakura stuck her tongue out at him while Naruto mock-glared at his teammate.

"Ano, Sakura-chan, N-Naruto-kun, onegai, i-it's alright…" Hinata stuttered, afraid the two would start arguing and Naruto would end up in the hospital from one of Sakura's chakra-charged punches.

"But it's not alright, Hina-chan! Sakura stole my gift idea!" Sakura scowled.

"Well then, you should've got it before! Or at least had the clerk hold it for you! Now you're too late, procrastinating baka!" Hinata frowned as the two continued to argue. Tired of the bickering and finding her voice, she shouted,

"Cut it out!" The two team seven ninja looked at her, startled. She calmly walked up to Naruto, pressing her fingers together along the way. Sasuke chose this moment to walk in the store. He stood next to Sakura, raising his eyebrow. She simply held a finger up to his mouth.

"Just h-having you with me, Naruto-kun, i-is the best present I could ever have," she told him, pearly eyes filled with sincerity. She leaned up, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissed him. Naruto happily kissed back. Plan worked! he thought. Sakura thought the same thing, plus the fact that she won the bet. She grinned and giggled slightly. Sasuke raised his eyebrow once again.

"Win a bet?" he asked. She nodded.

"I am now 1000 ryou richer thanks to Ino-pig." Her gaze returned to the two who were previously engaged in a bet-winning kiss. They were now smiling at each other, unaware of all the eyes on them. Love is the best reason for being unaware of others, though.

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Me: Why can't I have Naruto-kun for my birthday? It's the same day! ;-; (squeezes Yondy plushie)

I continued. Happy? Review:)