~Here you go, chapter 4. I have so much planned for this story, but time hasn't been a friend to me these past few days. I hope you guys are still there.

(Tom80): Haha, you get a whole box of cookies!

~On with the chapter.

It was literally a stroke of genius, Naruto was much more cunning than he got enough credit for.

"You should have seen Kakashi Sensie and Baa-Chan's faces when they overhead about me getting a girlfriend" Said Naruto.

"J-just how many people know a-and believe this by now?" Hinata just had to ask. Who had they both heard?

"Well, the boys saw me on the way. All the fangirls got to know about it the moment I left my compound and everyone saw me when I was coming to the café. Probably everyone is gossiping about it by now. When I explained everything at the café, Shino's bug was transmitting everything back to Shino. Probably every guy knows it , I killed the bug the moment I started to find you" Stated Naruto.

It was quite amazing. Naruto knew what to do and when to do. The way he improvises on the spot was amusing to Hinata. Although everything about him was amusing to her but this was on a different level.

"But N-naruto Kun, w-why did you tell me a-about all this?" Hinata cursed herself when she couldn't help but stutter.

"Why? Because I like you, that's why"

Hinata's breath got caught in her throat. Her blood suddenly started flowing towards her cheeks. She got redder second after second in the awkward silence and she did what she hadn't done in ages, She Fainted.

That's when he realized what he had said, crap. Naruto made a mental note in his head stating he needed to cure her fainting and self-conscious habits.

(Next Morning/Present Time)

Hinata slowly and gently moaned, the sheets beneath her body clenched to her as if she was a jewel. Last night Naruto had told her he liked her, it was something she had wanted to hear from ages, and to suddenly hear it from him was no less than pleasurable.

After all the explanations, and after the little, fainting incident, they both had… wait, what had happened after that? Hinata cleared the sleep put of her eyes. Maybe all that was a dream, just like the rest of them which she is fond of having.

But something was odd, Hinata jolted straight up, she looked around and saw unfamiliar surroundings. A king size bed, huge room, scenery over the walls with decorations on the tables. The room had a shiny texture with wallpaper of different shades. This wasn't her room. Where am I?

As if on cue, there was a knock on the door. The door opened revealing a 6ft tall blond in a black mesh shirt and orange trousers. And then she realized, she wasn't in her own room, it wasn't all a dream, she was at the Uzumaki Compound!

"N-naruto Kun?" Hinata suddenly started getting self-conscious, she was still in the clothes which she was wearing last night, it must mean someone just put her in the bed. He wasn't with her when she woke up, it must have been the guest room. Hinata sighed out of relief, though she felt a bit disappointed for some reason.

"Ah, boss is out, he kinda left me in charge, he had a test today remember?"

A test? She didn't remember him mentioning something about a test. Well, how can she know? She had already run out of the café when they were discussing about it. When the clone realized it, he explained her about Hinami's ninja test and how long Naruto had been out.

"The breakfast is ready, he said you might want a change of clothes so he left one of Hinami's attire for you. You can come down once you have refreshed a bit" and with that, the clone was gone.

The room was huge, Naruto had been gifted a compound as a thanks from Daimyos after the war had ended. The compound was a little big for him to live in alone.

It had a big main gate with the two signs of Uzumanki And Namikaze Clans. Enter inside and you'll see two separate pathways, one leading to his own personal training ground and the other inside the main house. The house was two stories itself, a huge kitchen, and several big rooms with attached baths.

Naruto had invited everyone to his house when he got it and that's when she had a bit of exploring.

She entered the bathroom and it was beautiful. Quite awkward isn't it? Calling a bathroom a beautiful place? It had marble flooring, a big wardrobe, sinks and toilet made out of the most expensive stones. It had a shower and a bathtub with all the accessories carefully settled in the cabinets and the shelves.

Hinata blushed at the fact that she was standing in his bathroom, it was like one of her own fantasies were coming true. How good it would have been if she was in the bath of the master bedroom? She shook her head and focused at her task.

After Hinata was ready, she was quite amazed at how cute the dress was, pink and red was matching beautifully, who would have thought? A boy who wore orange all his life, will have such a good taste in women's clothing.

When she came down, and went into the dining room, she was left amazed. Naruto had furnished it more. The sceneries and the decorations were the same, but he had added a big table in between and removed all the smaller ones, it suited the place, it looked grand.

The clone offered her a seat, which she gladly accepted. Even if it was a clone, Hinata still felt uneasy around it, after all, a lot had happened the previous night.

"Oh, you're awake! How lovely" chimed Hinami.

Hinata was taken aback when she entered the room so suddenly. She will still need a little time to settle on the fact that he has a girlfriend, even if she was just an invention. It seemed she was finished with the test already. Wasn't that surprising, she was Naruto after all.

Naruto poofed back into his own form as the clone vanished. The table was set and there was enough breakfast for two ninjas.

"You look very good in that dress. It fits you perfectly" stated Naruto taking the seat in front of Hinata. Hinata blushed at his comment and managed to mumble out a thank you.

"Had a good night's sleep?" asked the blond.

He somehow always had this power over her. His mere presence had an intense amount of effect on the blue head. When Hinata realized he had asked her a question, she shook her thoughts off and cleared her throat. Hinata shook her head up and down a bit in response and further asked.

"What happened last night?" Naruto looked up from his plate and smirked at Hinata. This girl was a mystery to him. To be honest. Naruto had regretted running away from her all these years.

Heck, if he had thought before, he would have included her in his task, fake a marriage with her or something like that.

"You fainted, you need to work on your self-confidence Hinata" replied Naruto. In all honesty, he found her cuter this way. Hinata blushed at his statement. She was embarrassed that he had to see her like that, and then to carry her all the way, to HIS home and then put her in a BED INSIDE HIS compound when they were all ALONE for the NIGHT.

STOP! Hinata shook her head violently in effort to remove all the stupid ideas suddenly popping up in her mind.

"I w-want to ask you something, Naruto kun"

Naruto knew what was coming. He knew it'll be the same thing which happened last night. Hinata took a deep breath and continued.

"W-why did you tell me all this?" Hinata mentally cursed herself, she was already stuttering.

"Well just promise you won't faint" Hinata tilted her head a little to his statement, forming the complete definition of cute. Naruto giggled at her a bit making her more perplexed. Hinata picked up the juice resting on the table in order to stay calm and be prepared for whatever was coming. The odds.

"I like you that's why" *crash* and he said it again.

Hinata choked on her glass and started coughing. Naruto broke out laughing at her reaction. Hinata was having an inner battle with herself, trying her best to regain her composure, stay focused and most importantly, not faint. But his little tricks were not making it easy for her.

"Calm down, Hinata. Drink more juice, might help you" well it will if you would stop doing that!

Though she didn't say that out loud, it was hard enough to start a conversation, let alone a quarrel.

"N-naruto kun, please be serious for a while" asked the Hyuga. Naruto smiled back.

"Ok! Fine, sorry. I'll be serious now. But it was the truth, I like you Hinata"

It took the Hyuga total 10 seconds to decode the lines which had just left Naruto's mouth. Everything suddenly became quite vivid, the surroundings, Naruto, his words, Hinata's heart beat and her blush. She had waited a whole childhood, to hear those words from him. Even if it wasn't love yet, but she knew he liked her. If she got his attention to this level, it won't be long when he, falls for her.

It took every ounce of Hinata's power to not faint. She tried to say something, anything, but the words wouldn't seem to escape her mouth. Hinata couldn't look at him anymore, she was gazing with her eyes deep into her lap, she had no idea how to respond right now. It was enough work to stay conscious.

"And also I need your help" Naruto broke the ice. Hinata looked up shakily towards Naruto, though she didn't meet his eyes, she couldn't, it was too risky to ruin this moment being lost into blue, deep, shiny orbs.

Hinata realized he was waiting for her, she was a little calmer now, if you would call it that. She managed and forced out a single word.

"H-how?"

"I thought you wouldn't ask! Well, I want you to go on a date with me" The Gods must hate Hinata right now, the intense mixture of feelings was too strong for Hinata.

"H-how would th-that help? What about Hinami?" asked Hinata.

"That's the thing! It's too hectic to pretend to be two different people at a single time! Well here's what we do. I, um, I take you out on dates as your boyfriend, you go out with me as my girlfriend" explained Naruto. Confusing?

"I-I don't understand, w-what do you mean? What about y-your task?" This was getting more confusing. He should realize she is at her edge and get to the point!

"I, I like you Hinata, and I want to go out with you, but there's a task I need to perform too. So what if you henge as Hinami instead of my clone? We can have time to ourselves, and at the same time, it won't affect my deception." replied Naruto clearing further.

It was obvious he had given this a thought, it was genius! Naruto and Hinata will be able to start their relationship, while it would also be help to further succeed his task. But all this was second to Hinata's surprises. What really had her going crazy, was the fact that not only he had confessed to her, but also asked her out. Uzumaki Naruto had asked Hyuga Hinata out on a date!

Actually, there was more to this. If you think clearly, it wasn't surprising for Kakashi and Tsunade when Naruto had suddenly invented a girlfriend since they were aware that something was coming. They would be surprised however, when in the end, they realize that it was Hinata all the time.

Naruto got up from his seat, walked towards Hinata and sat down in the chair right next to hers. This sudden change in their distance was not getting Hinata anywhere. Naruto looked at her first, then to his right, then he scratched his nose. It was obvious, he was nervous. He cleared his throat and Hinata looked up to him and met his gaze this time.

And that's when came the final punch.

"Hinata, will you go out with me?" and with that, Hinata once again hit the floor, leaving a baffled Naruto, staring the empty chair which was occupied by the Hyuga moments ago.

~Done! I will try to increase the length of my chapter and continue to explain what more I have in mine. Do Review, that's my energy! If there story dies, there's no point in updating it right? Till Next Time, Cheers!