"Talking"

'Thinking'

Disclaimer No Jitsu

A/N: Enjoy!

Hinata noticed her hand twitching as she reached for the doorknob. She took a deep breath, before dropping her hand to the side. She decided opening the door herself would be a very bold move. Or worse it could be rude and upset the principal even more for what ever it was she had done wrong. So she settled for knocking gently on the wooden door.

Although with every knock, she felt the vibrations travel from her hands to her chest and that made her even more nervous.

"Come in," said a very demanding voice. Hinata shuddered before entering the room. Her head was lowered as she made her way towards the voice. As soon as she looked up, she was greeted by an older woman with blonde hair and a very strong, independent stature. "Sit." Hinata obeyed.

"A-ano…" Hinata started to speak, but was silenced when she met the older woman's gaze.

The woman looked her up and down, before finally saying: "Hyuuga Hin, huh?" The blonde noticed the student give a slight nod, so she continued. "I'm the principal, Tsunade. I suppose you are wondering why you're here?" She arched an eyebrow.

"I um-" Hin nodded.

And at this, the principle started laughing, causing Hinata to give her "WTF" face. "Ho Ho Ho! There's no need to be so bashful dear. Why if you were in any real trouble, you would have been sent to Itachi's office." It was at that moment that said sexy nurse, Itachi sneezed. He then showed us an annoyed face, before proceeding to read his playboy magazines.

"Eh?" Hinata was confused. Although she did agree and then concluded that Itachi was the reason not a lot of boys caused any mischief.

"Don't you remember? I am the one who invited you to come here, girlie," Tsunade smirked.

"Eh, that's right. You sent me a letter telling me to come here, because there was opportunity." As Hinata spoke, Tsunade nodded her head up and down.

"Which leads us, to why you're here." The principal folded her hands on her desk, and stared at the perplexed girl. "I want to know how you're doing."

"How am I doing?" Hinata tilted her head.

"Hai, you know, has anybody given you any trouble? If you're comfortable, or if anyone has figured out your identity, stuff like that."

"Wh-what! I um no. No one knows I'm a girl. Especially not Sasuke-kun. I mean! wha-who's Sasuke-kun." She began waving her hands frantically. "Gah I mean, No one gives me any trouble, I'm fine!" Her eyes dropped to the floor, after her outburst.

"Achoo!" Sasuke sneezed. 'Stupid Fan girls.'

'What a strange girl, must be stress.' The principle thought. "I'm really sorry I couldn't get you your own room, but that would've been too suspicious."

"It's fine!" The flustered girl retorted, rapidly.

"Oh, good. Any way lets get down to the real reason why I called you here." She grabbed a few sheets of paper and stared at them as if she was reading. "From what I see, you're doing fairly well in your classes." The principle looked up at her for some sort of response, almost like she was asking a question.

"Um, I'm ok." Hinata fiddled with her fingers.

"Hmpf. Ok? Do you know that your grades are so good that Konoha Medical School has even taken notice of you?"

"Eh? N-no way…" Her eyes lit up as they stared at the principal.

"Why of course. You are one of the top people in your class. Why wouldn't they take an interest in you?" She said it as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "If you keep this up then you might be looking at a full scholarship here."

'S-scholarship?' The young girl clasped onto her school vest, finding it hard to breathe.

"So I wanted to tell you that it all depends on how well you do on the upcoming exams." The blonde leaned on her hand as she watched Hinata's reaction. Hinata's eyes were full of excitement and determination. It reminded the older woman of when she was young.

"I understand."

"Very well, you're dismissed."

With that, Hinata lifted herself up from her seat and bowed. "Thank you so much!" She yelled before running back to class.

"Heh," Tsunade chuckled. 'Now where have I seen that kind of determination before…?'

xxXXxx

After class, Hinata had a lot of things running through her head. 'I will definitely start studying as soon as possible. This is my chance!' She curled her hands into a fist as she walked toward her dorm room.

"Oi Hin, Chotto matte!" Naruto yelled as he caught up with her.

"Oh, Naruto-kun hi." Hinata had so many things raping her mind that she barely noticed how fast she was walking.

"Heh. So why'd the principle want ya?" He asked a little nervously. Naruto had been a little worried that maybe Hin wasn't the guy he thought he has. And that a criminal had been living right under his nose the whole time. Or worse, a rapist!

Hinata panicked as she contemplated what she would respond. "She just wanted to warn me that the exams were coming up."

"Oh?" Naruto thought it sort of made sense. Hin had just transferred and he had no idea how things were done in the school, so he bought it. "That's right. The exams are coming up. Oh! That reminds me." His eyes dropped to the floor as the couple continued walking. "Recently, my grades haven't been doing so well. Soccer sort of gets in the way. So if I don't get a good grade on the tests I'm basically screwed. Hehe," He rubbed the back of his head and had a fake smile plastered on his face. "Um so-" His eyes locked with hers. "I was wondering, since you're really good with school stuff, if you could uh tutor me?"

"Um of course I'll help you, Naruto-kun." A blush appeared on her face as she thought over his words. It would benefit her as well. The best way to learn is to teach and teaching Naruto would make her better understand the material.

"Wow Thanks you're the best, Hin!" He grinned as they headed towards their dorm in a happy pace.

As soon as the duo arrived, Hin pushed a short table against Naruto's bedside. She then proceeded to place some textbooks down and sat behind it. A welcoming expression was seen or her face, so Naruto decided to sit down beside her.

'I guess I'll start with English first,' Hinata opened her English text book and began writing down some notes. She heard Naruto rustle with a few papers as he explored the Math text book. But the Hyuuga never looked up; she was far too focused on her notes.

"Ano, Hin?" Naruto pulled on her shoulder. When Hinata turned towards him, she was met with an apologetic smile. "I'm Sorry. I just don't get this problem."

She followed his finger and distinguished a heavy word problem at the bottom of the page. "Naruto-kun, why would you start on such a difficult problem?"

"Uh! It's just I know that they're going to pick hard ones like these on the test and that they'll be worth more points so um I want to be prepared,"

'Wow, Naruto-kun does have a brain,' She giggled to herself, and Naruto slightly blushed and looked down in embarrassment. Hinata picked up her pencil and explained it to him. "Ok, now try to think of proportions as a fraction and then you…" She wrote down some fractions and Naruto's eyes lit up.

"Oh I get it now! Thanks Hin," He smiled and successfully solved the question.

After a while, nothing could be heard, but the sounds of erasers erasing and pencils marking. But Naruto decided to interrupt this flow and tugged on Hinata's sleeve. "Um I'm sorry, but I don't get what they're asking me to do here." He closed his eyes and gave her a toothy grin as he pointed out the grammatical sentences.

Hinata smiled a little, before looking down at the sentences. It read:

"Which sentence is correct?"

"Jack loves riding his bike and playing chess."

"Jack loves to ride his bike and playing chess."

"You really can't figure it out?" She looked up at him and noticed he shook his head no. The young girl then sighed and began to explain the laws of parallel structure to him.

"Oh!" The blonde yelled when he understood and with that, Hinata went back to her notes.

Several minutes passed and Naruto had gotten stuck again. He turned towards Hin, only to see that she had fallen asleep. Her back was pressed against his bed and her hands were down at her sides. She looked so peaceful.

"Heh, he must've been tired." The blond sighed as he watched his friend rest. Hin's head tilted in order to find comfort, causing her hair to fall over her eyes. Naruto reached over and placed the strand of hair back into place. He didn't know why he did it, something just came over him. Suddenly, the boy realized how close he was, but he didn't move back. He only moved closer. 'Wow I never noticed how feminine Hin looked.' His hand brushed against Hin's soft cheek. 'His skin is so smooth…' He traced his eyes against her lips and gently touched them with his thumb. 'His lips are so soft.' He felt his own heart beat "Ba-Dump!" "Ba-DUMP!" "BA-DUMP" as he leaned forward. His lips were so close to hers and he wanted so badly to force them on top of her, but he took it slow. His eyes searched Hin's face as he was only centimeters away from touching her. So close and then He saw her flinch.

The blond quickly removed himself off of his friend and placed his hands in between his legs.

"I forgot to carry the two!" Hinata yelled, before opening her eyes. And she began writing more notes until she caught sight of the sweaty, red faced boy to her right.

Naruto placed his hand on his head and made to claw out his hair. 'W-what was that feeling…? Was I about to-No it can't be true I-I can't be falling for-'

"Um Naruto-kun?" Hinata gently tapped his shoulder, causing the blond to twitch and jump up away from her. Her eyes had a hint of confusion as well as concern for her friend.

"I uh- I think I'm just going to go to sleep and get some rest for now," Naruto explained as he headed for his bed. He really needed to get away from Hin, because every time he was with him those weird feelings arose inside him. The blond feared that it was getting worse.

"O-Ok," the lavender eyed girl replied. She was a bit worried, but the thought of exams caught up with her and she returned to her notes.

The blond sighed as he stared at the wall. The noises Hin made with the paper and her pencil made a sort of melody in synch and soon sent the perplexed boy to sleep.

xxXXxx

The next day, after class Naruto was taking a walk. He wanted to be alone in order to think things through. He had deliberately avoided Hin that day, because he was scared; scared those urges would come back. The feelings he had, made him feel gross and he could barely look at himself in the mirror. 'Hin is a boy! Man this sucks. Why does this have to happen to me?' He kicked a pebble under him, before messing up his hair. 'Maybe…I should just keep away from him for a while, until the feelings completely go away. But that means I won't be able to study with him or…be alone with him.' He felt his cheeks burn and he slapped his hands to the sides of his face. "Gah!"

'It isn't like that, it isn't like that dammit!' He continued walking, until he spotted Hin. She was sitting on the grass and her back was to him. A strange longing to thrust himself towards her abruptly consumed him, but he fought it and stood his ground.

The strange feeling returned, when he noticed Sasuke take a seat beside her, and he wanted so much to drag Hin away from him.

Hinata had been looking over her notes. "So if I multiply that with-"

"Yo!" Sasuke lifted his hand and alerted the girl

"S-Sasuke-kun! Gah, you always scare me…" She looked down and placed her hand on her chest in an attempt to slow down her heart. Her head rose, so she noticed Sasuke was wearing a tank top and that that he was sweaty. "Eh? Why are you dressed like that?"

"I was practicing" The onyx eyed boy responded.

"Practicing?" She tilted her head and tried to comprehend.

"That right. I'm going to try out for High Jumping again, next semester." He stated.

"R-really! Oh Sasuke-kun that's so great and…"

The annoyed boy rolled his eyes and placed his hand in front of his face. 'I don't know this guy.'

"And it's great because now Sasuke-kun will be happy."

Sasuke grinned at this, because it was true. "Heh." He lowered his hand and noticed the thick sheet of paper she was holding. "What's this?" His hand stretched out and he grabbed it away from her.

"Eep! Sasuke-kun, give it back!" She began reaching for it, but Sasuke placed his palm on her face as she struggled.

"Why are you studying for the exams so early?" He asked as his eyes scanned over the papers.

Hinata then relaxed and began twiddling with her fingers. "Because I'm so close…" The Uchiha perked an eyebrow as she continued. "If I get good grades on my exam, I could get one step closer to going to the medical school so…" She noticed Sasuke put his guard down. "Give it back!" The girl made a grab for it, but Sasuke just lifted the sheets up higher.

The boy smirked as he watched her struggle. "I could tutor you." He stated bluntly, making the girl freeze as she stared into his eyes. "I am number 1 in our class." He lifted an eyebrow.

"Eh? You'd do that?" She asked as she finally dropped her arms to her sides.

"You act like I never do anything nice for you." He returned her notes and observed as her pupils move to the left. "Well fine, if you're going to be like that then I won't help you." He was joking, but Hinata didn't see it. He began lifting himself up so as to scare her a little, but he stopped when he noticed her pleading gaze.

"Please…"

xxXxx

Naruto fumbled with his keys in front his door. He sighed when he finally turned the knob and opened the door. The blond dropped his bag and his eyes widened at what he walked

into.

There in front of his bedside were Sasuke and Hin. They were both sitting behind the table, but what alarmed him the most was that Sasuke was brushing his fingers against Hin's lips. A blush was adorned on Hin's face, because of how close Sasuke was.

"Wh-What the hell are you two doing?" Naruto yelled. His eyes turned into dinner plates as he stared at the pair.

Sasuke dropped his hands and had a bored expression on his face and Hinata was spazzing out and waving her hands in the air. "Gah! N-Naruto-kun this isn't what it looks like! We were just uh…"

Flashback

"Do you always fall asleep when you're studying?" Sasuke asked.

"I was just tired, that's all and you didn't have to draw a mustache on me while I slept," Hinata pouted.

"I was bored…Anyway if you ask me, the mustache makes you look manlier!" He chuckled a little at his comment.

"You really think so?" Hinata smiled.

"It wasn't meant to be a compliment -.-"

"Eh? So you don't think I should keep it?" The girl touched her upper lip.

"You look ridiculous, now come here," The Uchiha licked his thumb and started rubbing above her lip.

"Kyahh, Sasuke-kun that's gross!" She yelled as she struggled a bit.

"Shut up while I try to do a nice thing!"

Flashback End

"S-So that's how it was…" Naruto sighed, although he was still a little disturbed.

Hinata nodded before asking: "Um Naruto-kun, why don't you study with us?"

Naruto looked at her imploring, angelic face. 'He really is kind of-' and with that thought, he remembered why he had to avoid Hin. "No thanks, I think I'll just study alone." He said as he walked to the computer desk and started on his homework.

"You sure?" Concerns along with a bit of distress were heard in her voice.

"Yep!" he yelled, without turning to face her. He knew if he did, those warm feelings would return to him.

Sasuke looked at Hinata, then towards Naruto and a bit of interest could be seen in his eyes as he smirked.

XxXXxx Lunch Time: Cafeteria xxXXxx

Sasuke and Hinata were sitting in front of Kiba, Shino and Shikamaru. The lavender eyed girl was eating cinnamon rolls and she smiled at her dessert. Normally Kiba would make fun of how girly Hin was, but something else caught his interest.

"Man this is too weird! I never thought we'd be having lunch with Sasuke ever again," Kiba commented as he observed the emo boy, who in turn scowled at him.

"Sasuke-kun is going to high jump again next semester," Hinata smiled and boasted about him like a mother would brag about her son.

"Really?" Shino asked as Shikamaru snored

"No way!" Kiba yelled as he smiled.

"Come on, do you have to tell everyone?" Sasuke whined.

At this time, Naruto was carrying his tray across the cafeteria, until he noticed his friends. Hinata spotted Naruto and waved her hand. "Naruto-kun, over here!"

"Ba-Dump!" The blond felt his chest almost explode, when he viewed Hin. He pretended not to see him and walked away.

"Huh? He must have not seen me," Hinata concluded.

"That's weird," Kiba stated. "Usually you and Naruto are inseparable. You both act like lovers and if I didn't know any better I'd think you two were-"

"Gah! Kiba-kun it is not like that!" Hinata became embarrassed.

Sasuke watched as Naruto walked off. 'No way. Could it be that Naruto…?'

The midnight blue haired girl tried to think of something, anything that wouldn't socially label her as the "Gay" boy. "I mean, I already have a girlfriend!"

"No way…" Kiba smirked. How could any girl like such a pretty boy? Or maybe Naruto was right about Hin's dick size after all.

The onyx eyed boy was pulled from his thoughts, when he noticed Hinata's flustered face. "Actually he's telling the truth and I've seen his girlfriend," He took a sip of his orange juice until everyone's attention was on him.

"Seriously? How is she?" Kiba asked.

"She's gorgeous," Sasuke then turned to Hin and smirked. "Her hair is really smooth and goes down to her waist. She always has this adorable blush on her innocent face, and her body is like this-" He moved his hands in a wavy fashion to emphasize her hour glass figure. "But her best attribute are her huge-" He put his hands in front of his breasts and jiggled them up and down. "B-"

He was interrupted as Hinata slapped his arm. "Ow! What did I do?" He asked as if he didn't know the answer.

"How dare you talk about me-" She stopped herself. "M-My girlfriend like that!"

Everyone else laughed at how nervous Hinata's face looked, but she wasn't so happy. The girl looked at Sasuke with a worried expression. 'Maybe being around Sasuke-kun isn't so safe.'

XxXXxx

Naruto opened the room to his dorm, only to be greeted by Sasuke. He was sitting by his bedside again.

"You again," The blond squinted.

"Nice to see you too," Sasuke smirked.

Just then Hinata walked out of the restroom. "Oh! Hi, N-Naruto-kun!" She greeted.

"Hey," He said as he placed his bag down on his favorite place. You guessed it, the floor.

The girl then placed her hands on his arm. "Will you come study with us?"

"Ba-Dump!" "Ba-dump" The blonde twitched and swiftly threw his arm away from her. "No!" He yelled, alarming the poor girl.

He hid his expression with his face as he walked to his desk. "No thanks," He said, in a calmer way as he sat down.

'I washed my hands,' Hinata thought as she made her way towards Sasuke. She sat down and began writing more notes.

Sasuke looked at Naruto and smiled. To him, it was hilarious 'He thinks he's gay, but he's in denial. If he only knew Hin was a girl. Hmm, this gives me an idea.' The emo boy turned towards Hinata and stared at her mischievously.

"Oh, what am I missing? Why can't I get this answer right?" Hinata asked herself as she looked at a math problem. Just then, the onyx eyed boy placed his hand on top of hers.

"Hin…Your skin is so soft," He cooed. Sasuke looked up and noticed Naruto flinch at his words.

"Eh?" She looked at Sasuke with a creeped out face. "Um th-thank you, Sasuke-kun. Lotion helps" Hinata removed his hand and then continued writing.

The Uchiha scooted closer and grabbed a strand of hair in front of her face. "Your hair is really smooth," He smirked.

"Uh um!" Hinata was feeling very uncomfortable. 'Why is Sasuke-kun acting so creepy?'

"It's pretty hot in here…Why don't you take off some of your clothes?" He whispered, but loud enough for Naruto to hear, because the blonde's face turned red and he started becoming very nervous and mad at the same time.

"Uh wh-what!" She gasped as Sasuke moved closer and she fell on the floor. 'Gah! I was right! It isn't safe being around Sasuke-kun! Since he knows I'm the only girl here- he can't control his raging hormones!'

"Will you cut it out Sasuke! Quit messing with Hin!" Naruto yelled. He couldn't take hearing her in distress like that.

"Why do you care so much baka?" Sasuke asked, trying to hold in his laughter. He was glad his plan had worked and hoped that Naruto would admit he was gay.

"B-Because!" He looked at Hin and blushed. "Because Hin is my friend!"

Sasuke sighed. Damn so close, but his plan had failed. "Whatever," The dark haired boy got up and proceeded to leave. "See you later, Hin." He grabbed his bag and walked out the door.

"Um N-Naruto-kun I-"

"I'm going to bed," Naruto said. He didn't want to hear 'his' voice. He didn't even want to look at 'him'. He was mad at himself for blaming Hin for the feelings he was having, but he couldn't help it. He was too frustrated. The blond got on his bed and closed his eyes, hoping the gross feelings would be gone tomorrow.

XxXXxx

Naruto had been roaming the campus. He wanted to forget about Hin, to forget about all those gross feelings and just take a breather. He placed his hand on a nearby tree and clutched onto it, when he remembered how cruel he was to Hin last night. The blond didn't want to think about that. It was the last thing he wanted to think about because once he pictured his chum in his mind, a blush appeared on his face. 'What's happening to me? It can't be that I might be-'

"Yo!" The blue eyed boy heard a voice call out to him, and he glared when he viewed the source.

Sasuke was searching for Hinata. The emo boy wanted to apologize for the other day and to explain why he acted so out of character. He hoped they could both have a laugh together, or more likely that he could laugh and Hin would blush and act all flustered, when he told her that Naruto had feelings for her. In his search, he ran into Naruto and he was in a playful mood, so he thought he'd mess with the confused boy.

"What do you want, Sasuke?" He was the last person he wanted to see.

"I want to know why you were so angry with me last night." Sasuke smirked.

"I just don't like it that you were making fun of Hin," He looked at Sasuke's eyes then looked back at the tree.

"You two are pretty close, huh?" The Uchiha cackled.

"It's not like that Sasuke-teme!" His face turned red.

"Why don't you just admit you were jealous last night?" Sasuke crossed his arms and smirked some more. He was enjoying himself.

"Why would I be jealous of you?" Naruto was beginning to get very pissed.

"You like Hin," His voice hadn't a hint of emotion. He said it bluntly, but it left Naruto speechless. His eyes widened and then he looked to the left and right as if he was looking for the right words to respond back. "Naruto…"

'What! No, I don't!' He pictured Hin smiling and felt his heart beat fasten. And then an image of Hin and Sasuke found itself into his head. Oh how he hated when they were together.

"You're gay…" Sasuke stated all while resisting laughing all at once.

That did it. Naruto finally snapped and threw a punch at Sasuke's left cheek, pushing the alarmed Uchiha.

Sasuke would admit that he kind of did deserve it, but still he clenched his fist and raised his arm in an attempt to pay Naruto back. The blonde beat him to it though, and he delivered another punch to Sasuke's perfect face.

The dark haired boy wasted no time in clobbering Naruto, this time, and pummeled him in the gut. "Gyahh!" Naruto yelled. The boy nearly puked when he felt the pain.

A crowd started to form around the two boys, and as soon as it did, Lee headed to restrain Naruto. "Let me go, Lee!" The blonde screamed as he struggled in his grasp.

"Naruto-san, this is not the way youthful friends treat each other," Lee stated. He wouldn't release him, not until Naruto calmed down.

Kiba was restraining Sasuke, who in turn was glaring at him. Maybe he hoped that his emo mind game would some how get the brown haired boy to let him go. The Uchiha then grabbed Kiba's arms and disbanded them so that he was free.

"Lee, I won't do anything anymore. Just let me go!" He finally escaped Lee's hold and dropped to the floor.

The crowd soon began to disperse, when they realized the brawl was over. Hinata was looking over her English notes, when she began to hear whispers about a fight. She looked up and noticed people walking away from the same place. She tried to get a better view and noticed a fuzzy blond head, and when she did she began to run to the sight.

"N-Naruto-kun!" Hin yelled as she ran to his side. The girl noticed the blond clutch onto his stomach and pant. She bent over and gently touched his arm "A-are you okay?"

"Ba-Dump!" The blonde squeezed her hand and harshly threw it to the side. "Don't touch me!" He yelled before he got up and glared at her. "Don't ever touch me…" He rubbed his stomach and limped slightly as he walked off.

Hinata's eyes widened and she fell to her knees, when she felt Naruto's cold glare steal her strength. Tears started to from as she watched him leave.

Sasuke reached over and held her shoulder. "Hinata…"

"No!" The girl yelled and rubbed her eyes, in an attempt to wipe away her tears. 'I can't believe I managed to make Naruto-kun hate me.'

Sasuke sat down and contemplated what he should do. He definitely didn't want to hear her shriek again, and he couldn't get rid of this guilty feeling, he had in the pit of his stomach. But all he could think to do was to stroke her back as her tears fell.

After a few steps, Naruto couldn't get over this urge to look back and make sure Hin was ok, so he did. His heart ached when he took notice of her crying. The blond knew now that the feelings he had for Hin wouldn't just disappear, and he really needed to talk to someone about it, because it was raping his mind. He headed for the back part of the school and noticed Shikamaru sleeping under a shady tree.

"Yo Naruto, I heard you were in a fight today." said the lazy boy

"Mm." was all Naruto responded as he leaned against the tree and slid down to his knees.

"You shouldn't just start a fight for no reason." He yawned

"I-I did have a reason!"

"Really? And that would be…?"

The blond started fidgeting with his fingers and wondered how he would state it. "I um…" he noticed Shikamaru's attention on him and decided to take a different approach. "Um alright I'm going to tell you something, but don't judge me ok?" Shikamaru nodded and Naruto took a deep breath, before he continued. "I um I think I'm -I-…I like Hin." He quickly turned to see Shikamaru's reaction, only to see his eyes closed.

"Gah! Did you fall asleep on me!"

"I'm awake-sheesh, and anyway I don't see the problem. You're gay, so what?"

"B-But I'm not gay!" Naruto's face turned red. "I don't find guys attractive. It's just Hin, it's only with him," he blushed and turned away.

"The way I see it, liking Hin isn't the problem. The problem is you're afraid to admit you're gay. You fell in love with someone and that someone just happened to be a guy. That's gay, regardless of what you say."

Naruto shivered slightly and looked down at the grass.

"The Naruto I know, wouldn't let something like this get him down. All one can do at a time like this is embrace it, or else they won't be able to live with themselves. Also, if you keep living in denial you might end up hurting the ones you love."

"Hmmm," Naruto grabbed his chin and squinted. He remembered Hin crying and he really didn't want to hurt Hin any more. "You're right! I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I should be like I'm gay bitches so suck it!" He rubbed the back of his head. "But not literally you know, cause I just want Hin." He mumbled and then a big grin was plastered on his face as he looked at Shikamaru. "I better go tell Hin right now!" He yelled.

But the pineapple haired boy grabbed his sleeve. "Chotto matte Naruto! Right now isn't the best time what with the exams coming up. Already, everyone is under a lot of stress-you go confessing right now and you'll only add to Hin's stress. You should just wait. Nothing's stopping you from being Hin's friend for now. After the exams, start a relationship with him or whatever it is gays do."

"Heh," Naruto nodded. "Thanks Shikamaru," He said politely, before running off to his dorm.

"I feel sorry for him. Hin is a girl after all," Shikamaru yawned and returned to his sweet dreams.

Naruto burst through the door of his room and was happy to see a startled Hinata sitting by the short table with her textbooks. She had been studying alone, because she really didn't want to put up with Sasuke's antics. The blonde noticed that her eyes were red, probably because she was crying earlier.

"Hin!" He yelled, before pulling her into an embrace. He squeezed her and sighed. Naruto had never felt so blissful, because having Hin in his arms, felt just right.

"N-Naruto-kun? I thought you said I wasn't allowed to touch you?" Hinata's arms were hanging down.

The blond grasped her arms and pulled back to show her his grin. "It's ok Hin. From now on, you can touch me all you want!"

Hinata blushed at hearing his words, and when Naruto saw that, he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "I'm sorry about earlier, Hin. I was just stressed out because of the exams is all."

"Oh! That's ok Naruto-kun," Hinata smiled when Naruto took a seat beside her.

"So you think you can help me with this problem?" He pointed to a random question and smiled. He just wanted to have Hin closer to him.

"Sure," Hinata giggled. She was happy to have her sweet Naruto-kun back.

"Hin?"

"Hm?" Her eyes perked up and turned to him.

"Let's do our best!" He yelled and put his hand up in a fist.

"Mm!" The girl nodded.

A/N: Whoo! This has got to be my longest chapter! I'm sorry about using Sasuke to make Naruto jealous, but I needed him to realize his feelings for Hinata.

Please Review! I'll answer your questions, if you have any!

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