Chapter 5 - Shyness dismissed
Naruto asked Hinata if she had time to watch a movie with him. She came across the
thought of this being Naruto asking her straight out if she wanted to stay for like a date,
and of course started to blush. Naruto could almost read the future, and repeated the
question as he knew she was going to blush again and take her time to respond. She
started to stutter that she didn't want to be a bother, before Naruto disrupted her, insisting
of making it good to her for the accident earlier.

Naruto led Hinata to his bed and placed the pillows comfortably, and swung a blanket
sideways, covering both of them. He started the movie and made himself comfortable
next to Hinata in the bed, popping up two beers, serving one to Hinata. She got shocked!

She said no, but Naruto explained he had heard from Shikamaru that alcohol really helps
against pain, and Hinata knew she didn't have anything to lose. It couldn't be that
dangerous. Basically, that evening/night Hinata and Naruto wore laying side by side in
Naruto's bed, close to each other. Hinata has never been this close to Naruto before.
It was her chance. This was it. She was going to do it!! She concentrated. Opened the
mouth. Constructed the words! Closed her eyes! And pushed out the words she has
waited so long to say...

But what is this, no sound came out? "Am I THAT shy?", Hinata thought. Naruto opened
another beer and gave another one to Hinata aswell, and asked her how the pain was
doing. She responded, of course while hesitating at it, that it was all fine. Hinata, in fact,
used Naruto's belief in her pain as an excuse for getting into this situation. Hinata loved
it. Right now, she was so happy, just to be there. Even though she still wanted to make
something more out of the situation. But beer runs straight through the body, and she
asked Naruto where the toilet was located. He led the way.

Hinata has become rather dizzy. She didn't really walk in a straight line back to the bed.
She walked through the room and turned off the lights, smiling to Naruto. She climbed
over Naruto, laying down back to the spot and slided under the blanket, and moved her
body a tiny bit closer to Naruto before she realized it. She was gradually losing her shy-
-ness!

There's no way she would climb over Naruto like that and move closer to him without
blushing like always. Hinata thought about it for a couple of seconds. Then she started
to drink like crazy! For no longer than 20 seconds, another bottle was downed. Naruto
heard her drinking, and turned around his head laughing at her before making a cheer
to her pain that had obviously faded. They drank even more. Opened another one, serving
another one. Hinata liked the feeling. She felt like she didn't have anything to lose no
matter what she wanted to do. She then apologized to Naruto for the letters...

Naruto asked what letters, and she quickly responded, those from the Kebuto Company..
Naruto hasn't opened a single one of them, so he actually thought about a smart idea -
and said there was nothing to apologize for to try to get a clue what they contained. You
knew?, Hinata said, and talked without any stuttering or hesitation. "I mean... How did
you know... You're not angry, are you?", Hinata said. Naruto just got more confused, and
drank a huge soup of beer, responding, "Well, I noticed. What? Nono, I'm as happy as
ever!!", he said, and smiled with the 'Nice Guy' pose. Even behind the alcohol, Hinata
made a blush, as she thought there could be a chance that Naruto loved her...