Chapter 6 A Date
The sun shined into one of the many rooms of the castle. A certain pinkette began to stir underneath her sheets she tried to ignore the coming day by hiding deeper into her bed but it was no use. "Fine I'm up" she kicked off her covers and sat up stretching her arms over her head. She scratched her sides and sung her legs to the floor. She got on her feet and headed to her dresser. She washed her face with a bowl filled with water. After drying her face she grabbed a hairbrush and stood in front of her mirror to brush her long hair. When it was to her liking she tied a red ribbon on her head. After admiring her work she went to her closet and picked out a long puffy pink dress. She put the dress down on her bed and headed to the door to look for someone to help her get dresses. Luckily for her right when she opened the door Tenten was walking by.
"Hey Tenten would you mind helping me dress"
Tenten faced her and sighed "you know if you did not dress in such complicated dresses you would not need help" Sakura smiled and made way for Tenten to enter her room. Tenten sighed again and walked into Sakura's room. She then started looking around.
"What's wrong did you lose something?"
"More like someone I went to go wake up the new girl that Sasuke brought yesterday to give her some more clothes and she was not in her bed. She might be lost wondering around the castle." Tenten grabbed the dress on the bed and handed it to Sakura who was already undressed.
'She was not in her bed?' Sakura slipped on the dress and let Tenten start lacing the back of her corset. "I did not see her last night what room is she sleeping in?"
"The one by Naruto's. Sasuke placed her there the night he found her" Tenten tied the last loop and dusted her hands to show she was done. "There. Well I'm off see you around". Tenten quickly exited the room leaving Sakura alone with her thoughts.
'I did not realize how close they were she is really becoming a problem' Sakura bit down on her thumb. 'I really don't want to but will I have to scare her away….." Sakura sighed "No I can't I don't have the heart to do that I will just have to trust in Naruto's feelings for me. In fact I'll go ask him to spend the day with me'.
Sakura put on some red heals and walked out her room heading to Naruto's room. "Knowing that guy he is probably still be asleep". She smiled happily nearing the last corner to reach Naruto's room. But right as she rounded the corner she noticed Naruto's door open and Naruto sleepily wonder out dressed only in some loose pants. She was about to approach him when she noticed him call out to someone and stayed back watching from the corner. A dark haired girl stepped out of his room dressed in a night gown. 'What was she doing in Naruto's room'? The dark haired was about to head to her room when Naruto reached out and grabbed her hand.
"uhh I just wanted to say thanks for last night" Sakura noticed that Naruto's face was a bit red and gripped the fabric of her dress hard. "I don't think I would have sleep so well without you" Naruto scratched the back of his head nervously and Hinata blushed slightly and looked away smiling. Even though she had looked away Naruto had noticed her smile and felt relieved that things were not as awkward as he thought they would be. Naruto let go of Hinata's hand and watched her go back to her room. Right before she went inside she smiled at Naruto then closed the door behind her. Naruto blushed again and looked down at his hand regretting ever letting Hinata's hand go. He could still feel her warm hand in his. He sighed and walked back into his room shutting the door behind him.
Sakura leaned against the wall having witnessed that scene made her have a change of heart. 'This is worse than I thought' Sakura gripped the fabric of her dress in both hands. 'I won't lose Naruto not when I am so close to my goal'. Sakura took a deep breath and headed to Naruto's door and knocked. Naruto opened the door now dressed with a shirt. "Hey Sakura why the early visit"
"oh well I was wondering if you and I could spend the day together you know just the two of us" Sakura smiled at Naruto expecting to hear the answer she usually heard from him whenever she asked him out before.
"I don't know Sakura I was planning on spending the day with …..The girl from yesterday you remember her right the pretty one with long dark hair"
Sakura got annoyed that Naruto called her pretty. "please Naruto we did not spend any time together yesterday and you said you would take me out to that new restaurant in the village when it opened and it opened yesterday " she started giving Naruto a puppy look.
Naruto sighed "guess I can't really no now" Naruto looked towards Hinata's room. 'Will she be alright on her own….maybe I should tell Sasuke to keep an eye on her while I'm gone'. Naruto looked back at Sakura.
"Guess I'll get dressed and we can go eat now" 'the sooner I take Sakura out the faster I can come home to watch her'. Naruto closed the door to get dressed and Sakura waited outside his room.
'Just wait you will fall for me again soon enough' Sakura then heard another door opening and out came Hinata dressed in a long white dress that had purple flowers decorating the bottom of the dress. She walked over to Sakura's side she gave Sakura a warm smile as a greeting and stood by her. Now that she was closer Sakura took the chance to look her over. 'Is that her natural color eyes?' Sakura started brushing her hair with her fingers. Hinata looked over and was amazed at how it moved 'is that a natural color?' Hinata then looked back at Naruto's door. 'Well that is an interesting feature what else does she…' Sakura had to stop mid-sentence because she had just noticed who well-endowed Hinata was 'what the hell did she eat to get to that size'. Sakura looked down at her flat chest and sighed.
Naruto then opened his door and was greeted to an interesting sight before him he saw Hinata looking so beautiful to his eyes then he saw Sakura looking a bit gloomy. He raised an eye brow at the odd sight. "uhh Sakura you ok" Sakura snapped out of her gloomy state and straightened up.
"Yeah everything is fine" she smiled and laughed awkwardly.
"Ok soo um I don't think I have introduced you to Sakura." Naruto stepped in front of Hinata and closed the door to his room behind him. "This is Sakura she is a princess to a neighboring kingdom and is my friend" Hinata gave a slight bow to Sakura. Sakura noticed the long cleavage line that peeked under her dress and a slight gloom started to affect her again.
"Sakura this is…..uh my friend Sasuke found her washed ashore yesterday" Sakura smiled at Hinata.
"Nice to meet you" she then turned her attention back to Naruto. "We should probably get going"
"Yeah oh" Naruto turned to Hinata. "uhh me and Sakura are going into town to go …uh do an errand well be back later. Before we leave I'm gonna leave you with Sasuke so he can watch over you ok" Hinata tilted her head to the side and looked at him. 'He's leaving me with Sasuke today?'
"Don't worry we will do something together when I get back ok" Hinata smiled and nodded. Sakura was really getting annoyed with Naruto he was already making plans with this other girl when they still had not gone out but was more annoyed with the fact that Naruto was planning on leaving the girl with Sasuke.
"Ok let's go look for Sasuke" Naruto took Hinata's hand and started leading her to Sasuke's room. Sakura was steaming as she followed behind the couple. 'Why are you holding her hand you should be holding mine'
It did not take long for them to reach Sasuke's room. Naruto opened the door without knocking and dragged Hinata in followed by Sakura.
Sasuke lay on a couch in his room reading a book when he looked up at the sudden company. "What do you want?"
"Hey Sasuke me and Sakura are going into town to run an erra-"
"We are going out to eat this morning together" Sakura cut in she did not like how Naruto had not said it before and she was not about to let him do it again.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Really now and what do you want with me"
Naruto was still recovering from Sakura cutting him off but quickly straighten up. "I was hoping that you could keep an eye on….her while we go out" Naruto pulled Hinata forward.
"Why would I…." Sasuke thought for a moment and an idea popped into his head. "Never mind I'll watch her" Sasuke got up and grabbed Hinata's free hand. Hinata was forced to let go of Naruto's hand and follow Sasuke he then lead her to a chair motioning for her to sit.
Naruto got a bit peeved that Sasuke had grabbed Hinata's hand but quickly buried his feeling. "Ok I'm counting on you we will be back soon" Naruto was headed out the door when Sakura suddenly grabbed his arm and walked with him out the door.
Sasuke noticed Sakura's attempted jab at him but ignored it. It did however affect Hinata who was feeling a bit low knowing that Naruto has going out to eat with another girl. Sasuke noticed her sad mood and smirked. He went to his window and looked down to see Naruto and Sakura walking out the castle no longer arm in arm.
"Come one we are going out to eat" Sasuke grabbed Hinata's hand and lead her outside.
'Let's see if you're the jealous type Naruto'
Sasuke and Hinata were now walking down the main street of the village together. Sasuke was hoping to find the restaurant that Naruto and Sakura had gone to but did not know which one it was. Hinata walked slowly behind Sasuke feeling down that Naruto was not with her but then a sweet aroma caught her nose. It was amazing she had never smelled such a thing before. She started walking briskly towards it. Sasuke noticed her pass him following something and followed her.
Hinata then stopped in front of a shop and looked in the window inside was some kind of food she had never seen. Sasuke stood behind her and saw her drooling for some of the breads in the bakery and sighed. "I guess we can eat here" Sasuke grabbed Hinata's arm and dragged her inside the bakery. Once inside Hinata quickly found the source of the amazing smell she had been following. "Would you like a cinnamon roll my lady" the baker asked seeing Hinata eyeing the fresh batch of cinnamon rolls. Hinata nodded quickly and the baker laughed at her answer. Hinata looked to Sasuke to see if she had permission to grab one. Sasuke noticed this and a thought came into head "I will get you as many of those rolls if you do everything I say for the rest of the day deal" Hinata smiled and nodded and grabbed 5 rolls and handed them to the baker to place in a bag for her laughing again at her. Now that Hinata had her prize she eyed Sasuke to see what he would get. "I'll just get something from the market later I don't like sweets." He then gave the baker a few coins and grabbed Hinata again.
Sasuke and Hinata walked down the street yet again only this time Hinata was happily munching on cinnamon rolls. That was when Sasuke noticed an orange dot in the distance and smirked
"Ok I need you to walk close to me like this." Sasuke wrapped his arm around Hinata and pulled her to him. Then interlocked Hinata's arm with his. Hinata looked down at her arm 'where is he going with this?' She looked up at Sasuke.
"It's just so I don't lose you" Hinata shrugged her shoulders and went back to munching on her cinnamon rolls walking with Sasuke arm in arm.
Naruto and Sakura now sat at a table outside the new restaurant waiting for their food. The air around them was very awkward. Naruto wanted to ask Sakura why she had lied to him but he did not want to get her mad. And Sakura really did not know what to talk about usually it was Naruto talking and she would just listen. When there food finally arrived a sigh of relief came from the both of them and they dug in.
"The food is good" Naruto said finally breaking the ice.
"Yeah"
And again the ice formed. 'Damn it why does this have to be so weird I never acted like this in front of Sakura' soon there food was gone they paid for their meal and were just sitting at the table now. Naruto looked out to the crowd of people walking by him to see if he could spot something interesting.
'I wonder what Naruto is thinking about' Sakura watched Naruto finishing off her drink.
Naruto was just about done with this date when he saw a flash of blue and white as he scanned the crowd. 'What the hell are they doing here' Naruto had spotted Hinata and Sasuke across the street and was not happy by what he was seeing. 'Why is he so close to her….wait are they holding hands' Naruto watched them. Hinata munch on some bread holding onto Sasuke and Sasuke looked down at her they then stopped right across the street from Naruto and Sakura and began talking. He then said something that made Hinata have to hold her hand up to her mouth to cover a silent giggle. 'What the hell did he say'? Sakura noticed Naruto tense up in front of her and followed his gaze to find Sasuke and Hinata together too.
"What are they doing?"
"That's what I would like to know"
Sasuke then noticed some frosting had fallen on Hinata's chin and he reached out to it and wiped it off her face with one finger then brought it to his mouth and licked it off. That sent Naruto over the edge and he got up from the table making his way to them. Sakura followed.
"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled. Sasuke separated from Hinata and smirked at Naruto.
"Hey Naruto I did not know you were here"
"Like hell you didn't" Naruto walked up to Sasuke and grabbed him from his shirt and forced him up against the wall. "What the hell do you think you're doing" Hinata was about to stop Naruto when a hand grabbed her wrist and dragged her away.
Sakura then made Hinata face her with her back to the road. "Hey um… you.. do you by any chance I don't know like Sasuke" Hinata tilted her head to the side by her question 'do I like Sasuke? Well he did buy me these sweets to I guess I do' Hinata looked at Sakura smiled and nodded. This made Sakura's heart drop.
"Wait why"
Hinata did not really know how to explain herself so she raised the bag up to Sakura.
"What did he buy those for you" Hinata nodded. "Wait is that why you like him" Hinata nodded again and Sakura sighed "no that's not what I meant do you like like him"Hinata was even more confused now.
"It's simple do you like him or like like him" Sakura started getting closer to Hinata and Hinata was getting scared and backed away from her. "Look I understand you can't talk but just nod your head or shake it do you like Sasuke! Or like like Sasuke!" Hinata was getting really scared now backing away from Sakura even more. "JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION!" that's was when Hinata fell onto the road backwards sending her bag of cinnamon rolls flying. She fell with such force that it scared the horse of a carriage that was passing by. He bucked back raising his legs high into the air neighing loudly. Hinata looked up at the beast by her petrified. Sakura screamed loudly making Sasuke and Naruto turned to them and see the horse coming down on Hinata Naruto pushed Sasuke and tried running to Hinata's aid but he was too far. Sakura was panicking by the sight in front of her. Sakura was fearing Hinata was about to get trampled right then and there when a flash of black and white flew past her. When the horse came down on the ground he fell on dirt still panicking but soon calmed down thanks to its owner.
Naruto ran to Sakura's side who was now slumped on the ground the shock of the almost tragic event made her lose all strength in her legs.
"Sakura where is she what happened" Sasuke walked behind Naruto and started looking around.
"I don't know I saw the horse coming down and panicked then a flash of black white passed by and she was gone"
"She's up there" both Naruto and Sakura followed Sasuke's finger to the roof of the building across from them. There Hinata was being carried by a tall boy with long dark hair dressed in a simple white shirt and black pants. Hinata looked up at her savior and was even more scared now.
'Brother Neji'