Chapter Four - Why You Have to Go and Make Things So Complicated?
They finally arrived at Hinata's house as he stood in front of the door with her holding both her hands he spoke, "Well I guess this is it for tonight, I hope to see you again tomorrow Hinata, I really do." He leaned in and gave her a kiss, a passionate one and not a long one, but long enough. While he was kissing her he couldn't help but think that nothing could ruin tonight, but he had been wrong before.
She felt her legs nearly go out from beneath her as he kissed her but rather than decide to clumsily pass out she kissed back without thinking and couldn't help but be upset as it ended. She smiled at him. "We should meet tomorrow somewhere...after any training or anything else planned." She looked at him hopefully.
"That sounds great, I absolutely need to train tomorrow, it's been a while since I have, so how about I find you when I finish with my training?" he asked her, "and I have to tell all my friends the good news now as well, I think I'll do that before I train," he said thinking aloud to himself but still wanting Hinata to hear it. "Well, good night," he said giving her a hug and a quick kiss as he let go of her and walked backwards so he could look at her for as long as possible, with his famous grin on as he walked away.
She smiled and waved goodbye, wishing that she had friends to tell. She thought about Kiba and maybe Shino. You never know... And as she thought about the possibility she entered her home, smiling at how grand her night had been. Simple, but grand... As she entered her room she gasped in surprise as she saw Neji lounged by her wall examining some photographs of things Hinata had taken pictures of. "Neji nii-sama, what are you doing in here?" He looked at her and got up from the wall, stretching. "Did you have a nice night with Naruto?" he asked politely, a smile on his face. Hinata looked at him oddly. He was being very friendly - since when did he use Naruto's name? She decided to play along. "It was very well, big brother Neji. Naruto cooked ramen to repay what I lent him earlier today."
Once Hinata walked in her house he turned around and started to run home in excitement, as he turned one of the corners he ran directly into Sakura, knocking them both down. "I'm so sorry Sakura-chan, I just had a great night with Hinata and I am so happy, and I wasn't looking where I was going, and I'm so sorry you can yell at me and hit me later, bye!" Naruto said as fast as he could while still be understandable and then got up and continued running, without even helping her up, he wanted to get home and go to bed so he could get up sooner and see Hinata sooner. Sakura stood up and brushed off her skirt, then stood there utterly confused, she had just gone out for a walk, got knocked over by Naruto then practically got ignored by him. 'What was he so happy about, he said something about Hinata and having a great night, I'll have to ask him about it later, then hurt him' she thought and then continued her walk.
Neji began to walk towards her but stopped as he noticed she wasn't retreating. "Is...something going on, between the two of you, Lady Hinata? You know you can trust me." The way he acted so nonchalant disturbed her, but she continued to hold her ground. "I believe that our friendship has definitely grown." It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't too revealing. Neji just smirked. "I envy you, you know. He must be one really good friend if you could kiss him so openly." Hinata dropped the bag she had in her hand in shock and turned to him, but before she could say anything Neji was continuing. "Ah yes, I saw you. I'm sure everyone could see you. I'm surprised your father didn't." He raised his eyebrows and made a mock-thoughtful look grace his lips. "Speaking of your father, I wonder how the master would feel hearing about your meeting." "Neji nii-san, don't. Please." Her eyes were practically begging, and Neji couldn't help but smirk again. "See Lady Hinata, that look of desperation looks so much more appropriate for you. Strength just isn't your thing." And with that he disappeared from her room, leaving Hinata in a state of horror, hoping that he wouldn't tell her father. "Oh no..."
Naruto made it home shortly after running into Sakura he walked into his apartment and undressed to his boxers and layed down trying to fall asleep fast but was too excited. After about five minutes there was a knock on his door, and without thinking of putting on some more clothes he opened the door only to find a very surprised Sakura looking at him. After he came to grips with the situation he quickly closed the door and began to put on some more clothes. "Sorry Sakura I forgot that I wasn't dressed," he said through the door, after he was more adaquately dressed he opened the door and invited her in. "If this is about earlier I'm sorry again," Naruto said in a more apologetic tone this time.
"Well kinda, I was actually wondering why you were that happy all I heard was Hinata and sorry,'' she said sitting at his table. Naruto sat down in the seat across from her "Oh well, Hinata and I spent the night together and well one thing led to another and we kissed and some more stuff happened and now we're a couple, I was gonna tell you later you know?" Sakura looked a bit shocked and a little hurt. "So what now, you don't like me anymore, am I not GOOD enough for you now, you stop caring about be and go for the first girl that lets you have your way with her, well that's fine then, goodbye!" Before Naruto could say anything Sakura was gone and Naruto did not know up from down at this point.
Hinata laid in her bed, fretting over whether or not Neji would tell her father. She knew that she needed to come out of her room to check but an old fear had arisen in her again. So rather than go check out what had happened so far she stayed in her bed curled up under her sheet, waiting for the trouble to come to her. She heard a knock at her door and felt the fear strike her hard. But she relaxed when she saw Hanabi enter instead of Neji or worse, her father. "Y-yes, Hanabi? Do you need something?" She sat up in her bed as Hanabi walked over. "You've been in your room for a while, Hinata. Does something trouble you? Did Neji say something?" Hinata smiled weakly at Hanabi. "Nothing is wrong, Hanabi. I am all right. Thank you for the concern." She laid back down and buried her face in her pillow. Hanabi, not wanting to press the issue, decided to leave and perhaps come back later to talk to her. "Okay..."
Naruto moved from his seta to his bed, not bothering to get undressed, before he did not think anything bad could happen, now he had been proven wrong yet again."Why couldn't I just have my good day end, why did she have to come in and do that? I mean I still don't feel different about Hinata, but now Sakura likes me, but I guess she's just a day late and a buck short, I love Hinata and I'm not gonna let Sakura ruin that...I hope..." he said to himself as he began to close his eyes and fall asleep.
Hinata continued to lay on her bed, staring up at the ceiling hopelessly. She wished that she could disappear and reappear when tomorrow came, when she would be able to meet with Naruto. But what if her father wouldn't allow her to? What if he banned her from talking to him?
"Lady Hanabi, what are you doing?" Neji asked the pre-teen as she filled two glasses with water, balancing them in one hand as she turned off the faucet and took a sip from one of the glasses.
"I'm bringing Hinata a drink. She does not seem well." She glanced at Neji curiously, who looked away. "Do you know what is troubling her, Neji nii-san?" Neji shrugged and walked away as Hanabi snatched a plate of cookies that she had made when no one was around and rushed to Hinata's room.
Knocking on the door she asked, "Sis, may I come in again?"
As Naruto was sleeping he began to dream of his two choices, on one hand he had Hinata she loved him and he loved her, but it only just started tonight for him, it could just be a short-term thing for him, Sakura on the other hand was a lot less safe of a choice, he had always liked her, but never the other way around till just know, almost the exact opposite as Hinata. He really wanted to pick Hinata but something was bugging him about Sakura.
Hinata sat up once again as Hanabi came in and handed her the glass and sat down on the bed with the plate. "Thanks." Hinata sipped her drink and took a bite of her treat. "When did you become a baker?" Hanabi shrugged. "When Father wasn't looking." She looked at Hinata. "What's wrong, Hinata? You have been very upset." Hinata looked at Hanabi and sighed. "It is nothing you should worry about. Besides, shouldn't you be training?" Hanabi shrugged again. "I've been training all day. But you left earlier. Where did you go?" Hinata decided that she could trust Hanabi. "I went out to dinner. Do you remember Naruto-kun?" Hanabi shook her head no and then grinned. "Was it like a date?" She made kissy faces at Hinata and earned herself a pillow in the face, but a laugh came from Hinata. "Hinata and...whatever his name is, sittin' in a tree! K-I-" She was cut off by another pillow and ran out the door laughing. But before she disappeared for the night she poked her head back in. "Hinata, I swear I won't tell anyone. Secret girl stuff." She smiled and disappeared, and Hinata knew that she could trust her.
The next morning Naruto woke up bright and early, he jumped out of bed, took a shower, got dressed, and then ate some breakfast. After he finished his morning routine he left his house, 'Okay I think I'll go train now, and if I see anyone along the way I'll casually bring up that Hinata and I are together, that will definitely get my mind off of Sakura' he thought to himself and headed down to the forest so he could train, on the way he saw a few people Shikamaru, Chioji, and Ino were walking together. He stopped to talk to them, but did not bring up the fact that Hinata and him were a couple, despite the fact that Ino asked how his dinner went with her, she knew because he had mentioned it while he was helping her in the flower shop, he simply said it went well. When he reached the forest he felt bad, 'Why didn't I tell them about Hinata, we are a couple and I love her, but I just could not say it, AGHHH stupid Sakura, why do you have to make things so complicated, I thought I was gonna be happy, but no she had to come in and destroy that!' Naruto thought as he trained.
Hinata hesitantly left her room the next morning when she couldn't deny the fact that she really needed to go to the bathroom. She tried to stay out of sight but nothing extreme seemed to be going on. She poked her head around a corner and noticed her father training Hanabi as if nothing had happened. She wondered for a moment if Neji didn't tell. She sighed a breath of relief and returned to her room to get dressed to meet Kiba to train like she had said she would. As she was leaving the building she supressed a gasp as she saw Neji smirking at her. She averted her eyes and walked past him, knowing that he hadn't told their father. He was going to let it hang there for a while. "Going to meet Naruto, Lady Hinata?" Hinata cringed slightly and turned back to smile at him spitefully. "Actually, Neji nii-san, I'm going to go meet Kiba. If I see Naruto, I'll be sure to tell him you said hi."
As Naruto was training he heard a bark in the distance, 'Akamaru?' he thought and went in the direction of the noise sure enough he saw Kiba and Akamaru training together. 'Do I want to go talk to Kiba, I mean he is my friend, but I think Hinata would want to tell him the news, and I'm not even sure if I want to tell anybody after last night till I talk to Hinata,' he thought to himself. He then decided to go say hi to Kiba. "Hey Kiba!" he called out waving energetically and walking over to him.
Kiba paused from his training to look up and saw Naruto waving and calling for him. He raised his hand in a salute and smirked. "Hey Naruto! Out training I'm assuming?" Akamaru gave a friendly bark and sat down, taking advantage of the break.
Hinata walked along the village taking the long way to the training area, hoping to have some time to think. She also realized that she was very hungry. She had been avoiding Neji and her father all morning and hadn't eaten. So she stopped at one of the stalls to pick up a small treat to snack on as she walked. She thought she spotted Sakura at one point but she quickly vanished, so she assumed that it was only her imagination. She continued her walk to meet Kiba.
"Yeah, it's been a while since I've actually trained so I figured I should, how about you training by yourself today?" he asked Kiba as he sat down in the grass and relaxed himself, then looked to Kiba once he was comfortable.
Sakura was indeed following Hinata, she was seeing if he was going to Naruto's house, but after she passed it she decided to stop spying and confront her. "Hinata!" Sakura called in a friendly voice. "How are you doing I have not talked to you in a while, it's been too long!" she said as she approached Hinata smiling.
N A R U H I N A
That's chapter four y'all! Now to the reviewers and an answer to one! D
blackwolf0925: Thanks! Glad you like it!
midnight-angel-of-darkness: Actually he isn't. I'll explain in next paragraph. It's kind of confusing.
Demon of Konoha: Mwuahah! Thanks for the criticism, but I'll explain myself. I suppose it's kind of hard to tell until I post more of the story. See, Neji doesn't hate Naruto in this. After the Chuunin exams he also became closer with Hinata and almost a little bit more protective (or so I think), and living with her they've almost got a sibling bond, hence the reason she calls him nii-san a lot. So like all protective big brothers do he tends to snap and try to do anything to get Hinata's boyfriend busted. He hasn't quite realized that being with him is making her happy and that he should let them be together, so he wants them apart for protective reasons. However, once I post more of this story you'll begin to realize that this story takes a LOT of twists and turns, and you'll learn quickly what part Neji plays in this exactly, and a heads-up is that it's not the evil person who's trying to ruin their lives. He plays a crucial role later on, whether bad or good I can't tell you, you'll just have to find out by reading. I have the story updated to where we've come to at so if you want to find out you can either read there or wait until I post the rest on here. Thanks for the criticism again and I hope I've cleared up any misunderstanding. Sorry it's kind of vague. Hope you keep reading!