Hinata couldn't help but giggle at Tenten's predicament.
Tenten had won two tickets to a hot spring in Suna. Naturally she had wanted to go with Neji, but no one but Hinata, Gai and Lee knew of their relationship, so she had asked Hinata for help.
The plan had been that Tenten asked Hinata to go with her, and she'd ask her father to bring Neji along for "protection". He had agreed, and had even bought the extra ticket.
But then Naruto found out. Of corse he wanted to go with his girlfriend, so he begged and pleaded with the two to go until Tenten got so sick of his whining that she let him win. Again, Hinata's father (who for some unknown reason really liked Naruto) bought another ticket. Neji grumbled about having to actually protect Hinata.
That was before Ino and Sakura had found out. Hinata laughed when Tenten grumbled about it no longer being a relaxing trip.
The trip to Suna took them a full day; Had Lee and Gai been there, they would have arrived by lunch.
"To the hotel!" Ino sang, her arm linked with Sakura's. They skipped foreword away from a peeved Neji.
"Neji-nii, it's ok, Naruto-kun and I will distract them…" Hinata said quietly from besides Naruto.
"We will?" He asked looking at his girlfriend.
"Thanks Hinata," Tenten said with a smile at Neji's side.
"Come on Naruto-kun," Hinata took his hand, "If we want a room together we need to get there before Neji-nii."
Before Neji could even protest, Naruto had taken off with Hinata partly in his arms.
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Naruto couldn't believe his luck; He got to share a room, with only one bed in it, with Hinata. Ino and Sakura had claimed the only room with two beds. They probably thought that Tenten and Hinata would share a bed, but instead, he got Hinata!
Somewhere in the back of his mind he worried about Neji's wrath. But it was a very small part that was easily overruled by fantasies of Hinata. Tenten had won tickets to the only hot spring in the area with mixed baths! Now if he could only talk Hinata to go with him…
It turned out to be easier than he thought; She wanted to go with him, but she had to go with the girls first so that they wouldn't suspect anything. He thought it was a good idea himself, and went looking for Neji in the men's baths. Curiously, he couldn't find him, and the only other man in the baths was a creepy old man who kept talking about things you could do with a woman.
Naruto, fed up with the perversion, asked him why he wasn't in the mixed baths. After creepy giggles, he went on about a frisky couple who thought they were alone in the baths, so he kindly left them in peace. Naruto could have sworn that the guy he described sounded a lot like Neji, but soon dismissed it.
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Naruto sat on his, erm, his and Hinata's, bed, in his boxers and waited for Hinata to return. He was hoping that they could go to the mixed baths. His face heated up every time he thought about it. Hinata shyly entered their room.
"Um, Naruto-kun? Can we go to the mixed baths tomorrow night?" She asked shyly. Naruto was a bit confused, but he would never deny her anything.
"Sure, but if you don't mind me asking, why?"
"Um, well," Hinata index fingers started touching and releasing in her nervousness and wondered how she was going to tell him without giving anything away. "Well, Neji-nii and Tenten-san are in there now," She started, "And, well, I don't want to disturb them…"
"It's ok Hinata-chan I understand," Naruto said cheerfully as he patted the spot next to him.
"Yo-you do?" She asked surprised as she came over to join him.
"Yes! It's ok, I wouldn't want to be in the baths naked with Neji either!" He said cheerfully as he wrapped his arms around her, "Especially if I were a girl, and related to him." He said into her neck.
She giggled thinking, sometimes it's a good thing that Naruto is so dense.
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(A/N) Well, you asked Uzumaki-Ricky, so I delivered. And I also had free time where I thought I was going to go crazy. Thank my school's mandatory sports award ceremony and my participation in drama (because drama is not a sport according to my school.)
I couldn't help but throw some Ten/Neji in there. I surprisingly had a couple ideas this time (all including water for some odd reason… I blame lifeguard training…) but this one seemed to fit my mood the best.
Ok, I think this is really done. Unless I get some more random inspiration and more crazy boring sports award ceremonies. : )
Until next time,
Wishing Dragon
