She sat next to him, laying down beside him, staring straight up. She was nervous of course, but as long as she didn't look at him, she figured she could stay conscious. Naruto, however, had his eyes glued on her for a while before looking up as well.

He waited for her to say something, but it never came. She laid there, calming her breathing and fiddling around while he just stared up at the moon. He finally sighed as she made a small jolt, expecting him to say something, but he didn't.

Back in the trees, the large group simply watches the two. They wonder what's going on until. . .

"What are you guys doing?" A bored voice scares them all. Shikamaru stares at them all.

"Where have you been?" Ino asked.

"Busy making my best work yet." He smirked. "Now, come on. We've all done our part."

They look confused as Kiba and Shino both seem to understand what Shikamaru is thinking. They just smirk and leave. Everyone else follows as well, until Neji stares at Shikamaru. Neji points at the couple on the Kage head with an eye brow raised.

"You're surprised?" Shikamaru chuckled.

Back with the two, they look up still as they're finally left alone. Naruto finds himself smiling slightly, but begins to falter as his thoughts go over the village. However, a small thud catches his attention. He looks over, finding Hinata now turned over with her back to him, and a box laying between them. About the size of a tissue box. He seems confused for a moment until he hears mumbling.

"Wh. . . what's this?"

She doesn't turn back, but she speaks louder.

"Happy Birthday."

And he was frozen. Just staring at her back then to the box between them. "Wha-. . b-. . why. .um." He swallowed the lump in his throat, looking at the box. "You're serious?"

She shuddered a bit, but turned back over, hiding her face and nodding.

He looks at the box, opening it slightly. Everything was wrapped up neatly. Before even getting the lid off, he shuts it and tries to push it back. "You don't ha-"

He hand flies out, grabbing the wrist for his hand holding the box, pushing it back to him. After this, she pulls her jacket hood up and hides slightly in her jacket.

He stares at her for a minute before he finally takes the lid off. He starts to unwrap the inside until he finds his first birthday present. "It. . . looks like the First's necklace?" He unzips his jacket to compare the one he has to the necklace in the box. "It's colored differently?" The green stone of the First's necklace is replaced with a bright yellow one, and the two silver loops to the sides of the stone are a deep crimson instead. He looks at Hinata, who's still hidden.

"I-I. R-real-ly lik-ke t-the way the o-one you have loo. . Looks, s-so I th-ought the dif. . Different c-colors would-d match bet-better."

She stayed still for a solid five minutes until she looked up. It was her turn to be shocked as he put his new present on with a giant Naruto smile with some tears coming down. As soon as it's on, he grabs and hugs her as she 'EEP's. They lay there for who knows how long before they roll apart and continue staring at the moon.

Hinata realizes something and looks down, finding their hands together. She jolts, looking at Naruto, who doesn't even notice the physical contact, but has the happiest look in his eyes she'd ever seen.

She relaxes, scoots over just a bit as they spend the rest of the night just in each other's presence.

THE END.

Note: takes place before Pain(OBVIOUSLY). colors for the necklace? Red that matches the Sage cloak, yellow to match Kyubi mode.

And yes, Hinata is one of my favorite characters in all of Naruto :)