The Ruining of a Romantic Moment
TaurenLeaf Primary(Secondary is...dead now...)

There's a First for Everything

The atmosphere was heavy with fear. It was dark out, and the trees were swaying almost eerily. Their shadows lunged forward, prepared to swallow anyone who came in reach. Their leaves blew around as if they knew there was danger, and were pleased about it. Not even the wind gave mercy that night, huge gushes of nearly flesh-cutting air pierced the darkness.

A man burst out of the forest and into a clearing. He shouted over his shoulder as he ran, "Run away from here, Mitsuki! Save yourself!"

Uzumaki Naruto, age 16, laughed out loud.

An attractive woman, Mitsuki, leapt out herself, panting. "No! I won't ever leave you!"

This time, three bulldog-like men emerged from the forest, drooling at the sight of the cowering couple. The biggest and ugliest stepped forward. "You can't escape… You'll never get away…" he said, nasty leer at hand.

By now, Naruto was laughing so hard that his eyes were tearing. The few shouts of 'shut up!' were ignored.

The couple shrank back at the opposite end of the clearing. "W-We'll give you anything! Spare us!"

"AHAHAHA…he said SPARE US! How lame can he get?" Naruto laughed into the darkness.

"N-Naruto-kun…" the girl next to him said softly. She smiled nervously while dodging pieces of flying food. Food directed at Naruto, of course. "Maybe w-we should just go…"

"Yeah, dude! Listen to your girlfriend!" (Hinata blushed at that) a voice called out. "Get out of here! You're ruining the movie!" Naruto frowned, squinting in the dim room, trying to see what idiot would speak like that to him.

They actually weren't on a date. Tenten and Sakura had set them up, saying something about a group get-together, only to leave Hinata alone with…with…

"Fine!" he shouted back at the voice, now identified as one of Konohamaru's cronies. As they left, his gaze lingered sadly at the new flyer on the theater doors: a picture of him, with a long red, diagonal mark through it. 'Banned' it said.

"Hmph, who wants to go to your crap house anyway?" Naruto yelled, dragging Hinata along dramatically, muttering how anyone could kick such high level ninjas out of a movie theater; it would 'lose business'… He again ignored 'shut ups!' as Hinata stared uneasily at the hand around her waist. Should I tell him now?

"Well, Hinata-chan, let's go get something to eat!" he said cheerfully, once outside.

"Y-Yes."

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"Thanks for the meal!" Naruto set his bowl down and looked up. "Ready to go, Hinata?"

"B-but, I haven't started eating..."

"Ahaha… Then I'll have another bowl while I'm waiting,"

Hinata stared down at the bowl in her hands with a strange look of concentration. It's now or never! I have to do it. Oh…but what if he doesn't feel the same? Oh no…I can't do it! How am I ever going to tell him?

"Hinata-chan? Are you okay?"

She blushed, "Yeah…" Okay, I'll tell him now! She looked up, making full eye contact with her crush for—how long? 5 years?—and nearly fainted. Has he always looked that good…? "N-Naruto-kun. I have to tell you something." Oh my…

"Hmm?" he said, noodles hanging from his mouth.

Okay, here it goes! "Naruto-kun…I…I…r-really..." Hinata gulped, "like you!" I really said it! She squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for a reply. Oh no! He doesn't feel the same, what will I do? What will I do—

Naruto exploded into laughter. His eyes were tearing up again and he really looked like he was having a hard time breathing. "I'm sorry, Hinata-chan! I just remembered—he said SPARE ME! Ahahahaha!" he took big gulps of air, trying to calm him self, "Okay, okay, what did you say? Sorry, I wasn't listening."

That night, Feburary 14th, was the first time Hyuuga Hinata hit Uzumaki Naruto. It wouldn't be the last, though.

A/N: Ha... screw the reviews then, I like writing too much to care XD That, and the positive feedback at school, so I updated anyway (but really, 4 reviews? I know the first one was SakuLee and no one reads that...but from 230 hits...)

Review please! (hypocrite, yes I know) I'll update when I get an idea, and have enough reviews to make me happy... ;D