"Talking"

'Thinking'

Disclaimer No Jitsu

"79 in Reading, 84 in Mathematics, 80 in Writing, well that's passing." Naruto looked down at his scores and grinned. 'And it's all thanks to Hin.' The blond watched as Hin received her test scores. Naruto clutched onto his own papers, and determination could be read in his eyes. 'With this, I can…'

Naruto's Dream Sequence

"Oh Hin! Guess what? I passed!" Naruto yelled as he handed his chum the proof.

"Th-that's great, Naruto-kun! I'm so proud of you," Hin blushed.

"It's all thanks to you Hin!" The blond yelled as he pulled her into a warm embrace.

Dream Sequence End

"Yes, yes! Just like that!" He pulled his hand up in a fist as joyful anime tears fell down his cheeks. 'Yosh!' "Hey Hi-" But the blond silenced himself when he saw Sasuke approach his friend and hit Hin on the head with his paper.

"I-Itaii, Sasuke-kun…" Hinata rubbed her head.

"What did you get?" The dark haired boy asked, pretending like he didn't care.

"Um I got a 98 in Reading, 99 in Mathematics and a 99 in Writing." She looked up at the boy, who now had a smirk present on his face. She tilted her head as Sasuke took out his sheet and held it up for her to see.

"100 in all subjects! N-no way!" The girl yelled. "Is it really possible to make no mistakes?" 'I mean we are only human…'

"That's why you get extra points on the problems you are excellent at," Sasuke lifted his chin.

"Eh? N-no fair you didn't tell me that, Sasuke-kun," The girl glared at him.

"I just told you, just now," The emo boy cackled.

Naruto stared at them, but with a different set of eyes.

Naruto Vision

"Wow Sasuke-kun! You're so amazing!" Hin yelled and held her hands together. She was blushing as she stared at Sasuke with love struck eyes.

"Heh, it was nothing," Sasuke placed his hand under his chin and turned his head to the side. His eyes were still staring at Hin though, and they were filled with seduction and lust.

Naruto Vision End

'They sure are close, huh?' Naruto sighed as he stared at his own paper. He thought that compared to Sasuke, his paper was downright laughable. The word "Angst" practically hung over him, as his shoulders dropped.

"Naruto-kun?"

Said boy looked up and was met with the person that made his heart skip a beat. "Hey…" He managed to retort, and the girl smiled at his response.

"How did you do?" Hinata asked.

"Well I uh…" He looked down at his paper and Hin followed his eyes. She read his score, and came back up with an overjoyed expression.

"Amazing, Naruto-kun. I'm so glad you passed." She held her hands together and stared only at him.

"Yeah, well…" He scratched his cheek with his index finger and blushed. "S-so what did you get Hin?"

"Oh um I-I passed too!" She responded as she hid her own scores.

"Oh…" The blond blinked. 'Hin sure is nice, He doesn't want to brag and make me feel bad. He's such a good friend!' He chuckled a bit, and then the bell rang, signaling that it was the end of the day.

Naruto grabbed his bag and headed for the soccer field. There wasn't a game or a practice scheduled, but playing soccer helped him think. He practiced all by himself for a while, until he noticed Hin by the bleachers. She had a smile on her face, and was holding a water bottle.

The blond walked up to his friend, and Hinata sat down. She had the water bottle stretched out to him as he came closer.

"Thanks, Hin!" Naruto took the water bottle and chugged it down. "So what are you doing here?"

Hinata looked down and fumbled with her fingers, before staring him in the face with teary eyes and a light blush that sent Naruto's heart in a frenzy. "It's just…you looked kind of down in class. I was wondering if it had anything to do with your test scores…or maybe if something else was troubling you Naruto-kun."

Naruto's face turned beet red. 'Hin w-was w-worried about me?' He felt his heart beat fasten into an unhealthy pace. 'Calm down Naruto! Hin's kind person! This is just him being a good friend!' He clutched onto his shirt and tried to pronounce words. "I-I'm f-fine, Hin!"

"That's good, Naruto-kun cause I-" Hinata felt something fuzzy on her hand and looked down to see a spider crawling on it. "Kyahh!" She yelled, and threw herself away from the bleachers. She plunged towards Naruto and the couple fell on the grass. "I-I hate s-spiders!" She shivered on top of him.

Naruto's eyes widened. He had never been so close to Hin before. He discovered that he enjoyed her scent, and when he felt her shiver, he pulled her closer to him. 'There was a time, when I would ignore this fuzzy feeling…but now I realize how right it feels to have Hin, this close to me.' He placed his chin on her head and took in more of her scent.

Hinata opened her eyelids and when she realized her position, she blushed and pulled away from her friend's arms. She placed her hands on her lap and bowed her head. "I-I'm so sorry Naruto-kun! I shouldn't have-"

"It's ok Hin…" The blond placed his hands on her arms. "There's nothing wrong with friends hugging, right?" Naruto grinned and watched as Hinata's face became awestruck. He rubbed her arms up and down, before pulling her into a tight embrace. 'Hin is so soft.'

'N-Naruto kun is so close to me…' She felt his strong arms surround her and closed her eyes. It just felt so right; having him hold her like this. 'So warm…' The girl sighed and drew into him.

Naruto opened his eyes, only to notice Shino standing in front of them. He quickly let Hinata go so as to point at the creepy kid with his finger. "Wh-what are you doing here, Shino!" The blond yelled as his eyes became as big as dinner plates.

"Ah there you are, Veronica," Shino said as he picked up the spider with his hand. She slipped into his sleeve and disappeared from sight.

"I-it just crawled into his sh-shirt," Hinata squeaked. She pointed to Shino's shirt with widened eyes.

"Gah! Shino, what did I tell you about having your perverted bugs feel up on Hin!" Naruto yelled.

"My bugs weren't the ones that were harassing Hin, just now Naruto," Shino commented in a mellow tone voice.

Naruto placed his hand over his face in order to hide his blush. "Sh-shut up!" He was really mad. Just now he was having a moment with Hin and Shino had to come and ruin it for him. The exams were over and there was nothing getting in the way from him being with Hin anymore, except stupid interruptions like this.

-Next Day-

Since it was a new semester that meant new classes. Hinata was fine with her schedule change, since she still had Naruto, but there was one thing she could hardly deal with. And that was Gym…

She changed into her gym clothes in the restroom of the locker rooms, but it was hell. The coach made them do nothing but run laps the entire period, so she was fine. In her old school, Hinata used to run track, so she couldn't complain.

At the end of the period, she decided to wait until all the boys were done in the locker room before she went in, so she stood outside while the boys entered.

What she didn't expect, was being pulled into the locker room by the crowd of sweaty boys. And before she knew it, she was inside a room filled with males, who began stripping right in front of her. "Alright! Let's hit the showers!" A boy yelled as he ran into the shower room. Hinata's face turned into a tomato, when she realized he was nude. She turned around and noticed Kiba take off his shirt and throw it on the floor.

"Oi Hin?"

Hinata let out an "Eep!" And then she found out the source of the voice was Naruto. "O-oh Naruto-kun…"

The blond rubbed the back of his head before saying: "I'm glad I found you, there's something I wanted to tell you."

"S-something you wanted to tell me?" Hinata blushed. She felt hot, and when Naruto took off his shirt, well that didn't help at all. She watched as sweat dripped down his bare chest, and the room became steamy all of a sudden.

"Yeah, but I can't tell you here." He untied the strings that held his shorts up and let his trousers slip down to the floor.

"Uh huh…" Hinata sighed. She was in a daze. She knew she should cover her eyes, but something else inside of her told her to keep on looking.

"But I have training until late at night today, so can you meet me by the Pigeon Statue in an hour?" His hands then held onto the elastic band on the hem of his boxers.

"Oh yes!" Hinata screamed, but it sounded more like a pleading moan and it made Naruto blush.

"That's great," He chuckled as he began to pull down his boxers.

Hinata stared wide eyed at his happy trail, until her world turned black, because Sasuke had thrown a towel over her head, blocking her view. 'Idiot' He then grabbed onto her shoulders and pushed her out of the locker room. "I can't shower with you here!" He whined.

Hinata took the towel off, when she knew she was outside. "S-Sasuke-kun, I was just-"

"Leaving?" The onyx eyed boy arched an eyebrow. He noticed her lower her head, and he crossed his arms. "Stay here, and think about what you've done." He ordered, before entering the locker room.

Hinata's back slid down the wall, until she reached the floor. 'I'm a dirty girl…,' she thought as she crossed her arms over her legs and leaned foreword. 'If Naruto-kun knew I was checking him out, he would be very disappointed in me…' She sighed as images of Naruto entered her head. 'He was so perfect… He had a six pack, but not too overly muscular! It was just right…oh!' She shook her head in order to get rid of the dirty thoughts.

"You're still here." A fully dressed Sasuke stepped out. He had a small towel hung around his neck and dried his hair with it as he stared at Hinata. "There's no one in the shower now. So it's safe," he stated. All the boys left through the other exit in the back.

Hinata stood up and thanked Sasuke, who in turn rolled his eyes and walked off. As soon as she stepped into the locker room, she undressed and quickly entered the shower. 'Sasuke-kun actually is a pretty nice guy,' she thought as she finished up in the shower and proceeded to dress herself.

When she walked out, she was surprised to see Sasuke again. He was carrying two big bags that were hung over his shoulder, and of course a smirk was found on his face. "Do you remember our deal?"

"Eh? I thought the deal was to teach you how to do it?" 'Scratch out what I thought earlier, Sasuke-kun is definitely evil!'

"Well…Ever since I started practicing high jumping again, my clothes have become dirtier faster so…" He had his eyes closed as he spoke.

"You want me to help you?" Hinata stated bluntly.

To Sasuke, it felt like an arrow had been shot through his pride. He twitched before throwing the second bag on the defenseless girl and walking off. "Hurry up!"

'Evil!' Hinata tried to pick herself up from the ground, and she struggled carrying the laundry bag over her shoulder. She wasn't as strong as Sasuke dammit and that bag was heavy as well as smelly.

The duo finally managed to leave school grounds and headed to the Laundromat again. After an awkward moment of silence, Hinata couldn't take it anymore, so she decided to break the tension.

"Um, Sasuke-kun?" She leaned in a little too close to him, and so he placed his palm on her face and pushed her off.

"What do you want?"

Hinata decided to ignore his evil actions and continued. "Um how's you're training for high jumping going?"

"Hm?" Sasuke arched an eyebrow. Not like he was surprised that she cared, but he always wondered why she cared so much. "Well I was a little rusty at first, but I've progressed since then. This semester I'll try out, and we'll see if I still got it."

The lavender eyed girl stared into his eyes and smiled. Whenever Sasuke talked about high jumping, he seemed to have a sense of determination, and she loved that. It reminded her of herself and her dreams. She wondered if Naruto ever got like that, when he described soccer.

Pretty soon the bell that hung over the Laundromat door rang and the two entered. They got to washing clothes, and this time Sasuke made sure all his boxers and undergarments were in his bag, so Hinata would never get her hands on them.

After the pair was finished, it was pretty late so Sasuke decided to take a short cut. And pretty soon he had a perplexed look on his face, when they past by a pink ice cream shop twice

"We've been here before," Hinata stated.

"Baka, there's more than one ice cream shop in this town," Sasuke flicked her forehead and continued walking, only to stand in front of the same place yet again.

"The ice cream shop again," The girl pointed.

"I told you, there's more than one!" Sasuke put his hands in his pocket, before stubbornly walking around in a circle and to the ice cream shop AGAIN.

"Sasuke-kun, I was very observant last time and that guy was there!" She pointed towards a man sitting inside the ice cream shop.

"Tch Fine…"

"Fine? Is that the only thing you can say? W-We're lost," Hinata sighed, before looking around with teary eyes. "We should at least ask for directions…"

"Silence woman, I'll find the school on my own. I don't need anyone telling me where to go." Sasuke began walking again.

The girl let out a deep breath, before looking at a pigeon in the sky. The bird soared high, and flapped his wings until it landed on top of a statue in the school grounds.

"Kusa, I'll be late for practice if Hin doesn't come soon," Naruto turned left and right in hope that he might find his friend, but no one was there. He really wanted to confess to Hin in an isolated place, now that the exams were over it was the only thing in his mind. He sighed as he decided to give Hin a few more minutes.

After an hour of turning left and right, and avoiding hobos, Sasuke and Hinata finally made it back to school.

"Kyahh! Home sweet home!" yelled Hinata as she hugged the gate. "Oh how I missed you! You won't believe what that sadist, Sasuke-kun did to me!" She rubbed up against it and almost cried in comedic fashion.

"Your womanhood is showing," Sasuke groaned, and Hinata covered her butt. She had no idea what he meant by that, but she remained on her guard.

Sasuke walked through the gate and headed towards his dorm. "It's almost past curfew; don't stay out here too long,"

The girl nodded and stepped away from the gate; she began heading for her room. When she arrived, Hinata noticed Naruto leaning against the window sill with a depressed look on his face.

"Naruto-kun?" She walked up to him and leaned closer to his face, in order to get a better look.

"Come closer and I'll kiss you," Naruto calmly commented.

"Huh?" The girl took a step back. "Have you been drinking?" She tilted her head and waited.

"No, but this drink had some alcohol in it," The blond picked up an empty can and showed it to her.

"Naruto-kun, is something wrong?" Hin searched his face for an answer, and when she couldn't read anything, she tried to think of anything that could have upset him. Her thoughts took her back to the memory of her and him in the locker room, and then it hit her. "Oh Naruto-kun, I'm so sorry! I completely forgot that-"

"It's ok Hin, it's no big deal," He put his hand up as if to say stop.

Hinata felt awful. I mean it had been so hot in the locker room and she had her mind on other things so she forgot what he had said easily.

Naruto noticed Hin's head drop to the floor, so he picked up her chin and locked eyes with her. "It's really fine, Hin…" The truth was that it had been. Naruto's the type of guy that doesn't think things through, but because Hinata stood him up, he had more time to think about the consequences. He thought about all the reactions that Hin would have given him if he would have confessed. 1. Hin would get creeped out, avoid him and there would be heavy tension in their dorm room and future. 2. Hin would return his feelings and they would live happily ever after. 3. Hin would reject him and play the friend card.

And after thinking it through, Naruto decided that he didn't want to risk what he already had with Hin. Being friends with the person he loved was enough, well for now.

He stared into her eyes and noticed how long Hin's eyelashes were. His hand found it's was onto Hin's cheek and held her still. 'So smooth…,' the blond thought. A blush adorned itself on Hinata's face and Naruto's heart raced when she placed her hand on top of his. She squeezed it and he became excited. He was in bliss that is until Hinata removed his hand away from her cheek and dropped it to the side. She turned away from him in order to hide her blush.

At that moment, the soccer player decided that friendship wasn't enough. He wanted to touch her and to have her close to him.

"Um ano…" Hinata fiddled with her fingers, until Naruto looked at her. "There's really nothing you want to tell me Naruto-kun?"

She looked so cute; it was taking him every ounce of his being not to confess. 'Calm down Naruto! Rejection will hurt a lot! Gah! I just wish that there was some way I could confess without having to worry about being rejected…If I could just get Hin alone, maybe I could romance him and-" The boy blushed when he looked into Hin's pleading eyes, and then he got and idea. 'It could work! It could work! Me and Hin, alone without any interruptions!'

"Actually Hin, I wanted to ask you if you wanted to go on a trip with me this weekend." He rubbed the back of his head and grinned.

"A trip, just you and me?" Hinata blushed. It seemed pretty dangerous, but she did owe it to Naruto for standing him up. Also, she thought it would be kind of romantic.

"Yeah, I mean it is a three-day weekend so um…" He noticed Hin look down at the floor, so he started getting pretty nervous.

"Um o-ok Naruto-kun," She smiled.

"What? Really? That's great Hin!" He pulled Hinata into a hug and sighed. "So great…"

"Um N-Naruto-kun…?" She blushed and tried to leave his embrace, when she remembered she was a boy, but Naruto wouldn't budge.

"Friends can hug, Hin," He said as he rubbed her back.

"R-right…" She breathed and wrapped her arms around him. "Um, but where are we going Naruto-kun?"

"It's a surprise," He chuckled.

A/N: I shall end it here. I already started on the next chappy and it's nothing but naruhina~ goodness since they're all alone in their trip hehehe

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