(NOTE: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO IN ANY WAY)
Chapter 8 "Don't scare me like that!"
After Hinata and Naruto got out of the hospital together, they went to Ichiraku's Ramen bar. "Hinata, you know, I…when I said that…oh, never mind!" Naruto was very nervous that evening, Hinata could tell. "Naruto… If there is something on your mind…please tell me"
"No, no! It's nothing!" he continued slurping his ramen.
"Oh, okay…" they sat quietly not talking to each other, eating their food. Later on, when they had finished, Naruto walked Hinata home. It was a peaceful night and the moon and the stars shone as bright as ever. In front of the Hyuuga clan's gate, Naruto was holding Hinata's hand, thinking something wasn't right. He couldn't just let her go now. He had to tell her something. Something really important. "Hinata, wait!" she stopped opening the gate and turned around. "Yes?" she smiled with that smile that made Naruto's heart stop. "I…umm…come with me!" he took her hand and ran "Where are we going?" "You'll see!' in sight came a nearby hill that was called 'Flower Hill'. It had earned this name over the years because so many rare flowers grew there. Naruto led Hinata to the very top of the hill. "Wow…" Hinata had never seen something so beautiful. Beyond the hill there was a meadow in which silver flowers were glowing in the moonlight. Butterflies were dancing around the flowers in a wondrous way. The meadow was called 'Midnight lane' and she had sometimes walked through it at day and had thought what pretty flowers were growing there, but she had never thought that those flowers would be even prettier in the moonlight. Naruto loved the expression on her face, knowing he had done the right thing by bringing her here. "I often come to this place when I can't sleep." He said, sitting down. Hinata, still speechless, sat down next to him and replied "I…thank you…" she looked him into the eyes. This made her even more speechless because Naruto's eyes sparkled in the moonlight and made them bluer than ever. "Hinata, back then, in the hospital, I did something wrong." He said, breaking free from her eyes. "I said…I said that I love you and…" Oh no..could this be that he doesn't love me? Is that it what he was trying to tell me? Hinata was frightened beyond reason. He went on "And I don't think that was right…" Hinata stood up. She didn't want to hear this. Naruto only now saw the frightened look on her face and stood up too "Please! Listen to me…I'm…not very good at this…" he took her hand, blushing and grinned, shy, very shy indeed… "And saying those important words in a hospital isn't very romantic and stuff so…" He looked into her lavender eyes and said "I…I love you… very dearly, Hinata-chan" He looked to the ground, fearing her answer. "I only discovered my feelings for you because I had those terrible dreams of you kissing…Kiba and my heart broke every single time. I knew something was wrong, because I had never felt that way before. And the time in the arena…where we kissed…I was happier than any time in my life."
"Naruto…" she didn't know what to say. She had always imagined Naruto confessing his feelings to her but the reality was much more beautiful. And she knew what she would have to say "Naruto, I have admired you since the day I met you and I…I know that…I love you too, Naruto!" Naruto grinned brightly and picked her up by her waist and swung her around "Yes! I knew it!" when he let her down she did something that surprised him, she kissed him and threw her arms around his neck. A few minutes later, Naruto was bringing Hinata home (again), walking all the time with his hand in hers. At the gate, they smiled at each other, blushing and before she went in, he kissed her on her forehead saying goodbye. He waited until she was inside and then jumped into the air "YEEES!!!! WOOHOOO!! I DID IT!! I KISSED HER!! YEAH!!" Hinata, who had only closed the door a second before he started screaming, heard everything, of course. She chuckled. It seemed that it really wasn't all a dream. With that, she went to her room and sat on her bed. Before she fell asleep she thought about him again. About Naruto Uzumaki, her boyfriend.
THE END