Hinata slowly walked to Naruto's apartment. she kept thinking i can do this i can do this i can do this.

she reached his door only to find Kakashi standing there.

"Hello, Hinata. If you're looking for Naruto, he's at training area 7."

"oh...thank you..." then she turned around and began to walk away.

when she arrived at training area 7, she found Naruto there, as expected. He was jumping from tree to tree, practicing on shadowclones. She heard him talking to himself.

"I am so sick of not being able to control my tongue in front of her. it just keeps running, and doesnt say what i tell it to say. why does it do that?"

Her? oh no...don't tell me he's... Hinata trembled at the thought. Don't tell me my Naruto-kun is going out with someone else! Naruto began talking again.

"I mean, it's stupid. She likes me and i like her, and we both know it...or at least i hope she does...i just can't believe this!" Naruto turned around, facing Hinata. Oh no, he saw me! Hinata shut her eyes, waiting for Naruto's surprised voice. But it never came. Instead, she just heard the poof! of a shadowclone dispersing. That was close...

"I am so sick of saying nothing! i need to say something to her!" Naruto punched the tree next to him. It ruptured, sending it crashing downwards...straight at Hinata. She screamed in terror. She told her legs to move, but they wouldn't listen. At the last second, Naruto noticed her. "HINATA!" he yelled. He bolted down from the tree and snatched her with no time to spare. Where Hinata had been not a second before, there was a giant tree trunk. Naruto looked down at Hinata. Her face was scarlet, her eyes were wide, and she was trembling. I can't fix much, he thought, but i can fix this. He leaned down and kissed Hinata.