Hey! Since it is Valentine's Day, I can't let Naruto and Hinata hog the spotlight like I usually let them. There will be Naruhina, Nejiten and maybe shikatema in this one. I hope all you couples out there enjoy Valentine's Day, because for now I'm content with eating your dust. But soon...very soon I will be attempting to return the favor! I don't own Naruto!
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St. Valentine's Day, Hinata POV
Hinata was walking through the streets of Konoha watching couples, young and old, participate in Valentine's Day. For her, this was the saddest day of the year. Every year she hoped that Naruto would tell her he had feelings for her. Every year, she was disappointed. She had developed a habit of going to the beach at the close of the day, at sunset. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Kiba buying a treat for Akamaru. She sighed. She was lonely, like she always was. She felt that the only place that she would ever find comfort was in Naruto's arms... And that is not liable to happen, she thought miserably. She was closing on the Yamanaka Flower Shop when she heard voices. They were muffled, so she couldn't tell who they were.
"...huge bouquet...best...now...thanks, Ino."
"...problem. This...is?"
"Don't...anyone...here, 'kay?"
"Sure..."
When Hinata walked in, no one else was there.
"Hey Hinata. Here to get something for Naruto?" Ino winked.
"No, I thought I heard someone in here."
"Oh. Okay then. I'm gonna be off soon, wanna go to the mall then?"
Hinata shook her head. "No thanks, Ino."
Hinata then walked out of the flower shop. I wonder who was in there...
Hinata continued her tour of the city when she caught Neji a box of chocolates. He instantly looked like a tomato.
He walked up to her and said, "You never saw me here!"
"Sure, I didn't see a box of chocolates and some flowers."
"...Just don't tell anyone?"
"I won't."
"Thank you, Hinata!"
He disappeared. Hinata continued her walk. She looked for signs of Naruto, but couldn't find any. What scared her the most was the fact that Teuchi and Ayame said he hadn't stopped by for a bowl of ramen ALL DAY!Hinata walked around a little more, and saw Kiba in a stand.
"Whaddaya mean, no more?"
"We are out of chocolate, sir. We just sold our last-and biggest-box."
"AAAAARRRGGGHHHH! You have GOT to be kidding me!"
"I assure you, I am not."
"Baka..." Kiba mumbled as he walked away. Then he looked up. "Oi, Hinata!"
"Yes?"
"You have any idea where I can find a box of chocolates?"
"Ano...back there a ways, there was a small shop that seemed to have a large supply," she said, pointing behind her.
"Thanks, Hinata, your my savior!"
"No problem."
Kiba took off. Hinata took about two steps and saw a stand with so much boxes of chocolate, they could have fed half the city. She sweat dropped. Then she was surprised to see Shikamaru walk in, buy a box, and walk back out.
The day passed slowly and when the time came, she went to her spot at the beach. She sat there, watching the sun set. It was a beautiful sight. Then she heard someone behind her.
"Anooooo...Hinata-chan?"
Hinata turned around to see a pair of ocean blue eyes staring down at her.
"Y-yes, Naruto-kun?"
"Happy Valentine's Day," he said, pulling a box of chocolates and some flowers out from behind his back. Hinata flushed.
"A-arigat-tou, N-Naruto-kun." She took them both.
Naruto sat down next to her. "It's beautiful, isn't it?"
Hinata nodded, happily chewing on a piece of chocolate. This is the best day of my life.
Naruto looked at her and smiled his foxy smile. "Seems like a dead tree in comparison to you."
Hinata's jaw dropped. Did he really just...HE DID!
Naruto chuckled and he pushed her jaw back up. "You know, for a Hyuuga, you have some bad manners."
Hinata pouted.
Naruto winced. "Gomen nasai, bad joke."
Then she smiled. "It's alright, Naruto-kun."
Then Naruto did something very unexpected. He scooted over until he was right next to Hinata and pressed his lips against hers.
By FAR the best day of my life.
St. Valentine's Day- Naruto POV
"Letsee...I got everything, let's get going!" Naruto set out for the Yamanaka flower shop. He didn't even stop by Ichiraku Ramen. Not the time to be eating ramen, got more important things to do. (1)
When he arrived at the flower shop, Ino faked a heart attack.
"Naruto? Here??? Oh my gosh i think...!" and then she fell over.
"Ino, please, I need to get this done quick."
She got back up. "Fine, what do you need?"
"I need a huge bouquet of your best flowers, right now." She reached for one of the pre-prepared ones and handed it to Naruto. "Thanks, Ino."
"No problem. This for who i think it is?"
Naruto nodded.
"Then its on the house."
"Don't tell anyone I was here, 'kay?"
"Sure thing."
Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke. Flowers down. He saw a stand with a particularly large box...and it appeared to be the last one. Naruto walked in.
"How much for that?" he asked.
"50 ryou."
Naruto set the money on the counter and accepted the box. He caught a familiar smell nearby. No time to run, think fast! "Henge no Jutsu!" Naruto transformed into Kiba. His packages turned into Akamaru and his kunai pouch. "Play along!" he said to the stand owner. She nodded.
"Whaddya mean, no more?"
"We are out of chocolate, sir. We just sold our last-and biggest-box."
"AAAAARRRGGGHHHH! You have GOT to be kidding me!"
"I assure you, I am not."
"Baka..." he mumbled. He looked up. "Oi, Hinata!"
"Yes?"
"You have any idea where I can find a box of chocolates?"
"Ano...back there a ways, there was a small shop that seemed to have a large supply," she said, pointing behind her.
"Thanks, Hinata, your my savior!"
"No problem."
Naruto ran off. As soon as he was out of eyeshot, he released the jutsu.
Close... He waited the day out. Once sunset came, he headed to the spot Hinata always went to on the beach. He silently thanked himself for thinking to see if Hinata had a pattern. When she settled, her walked up.
"Anooooo...Hinata-chan?"
Hinata turned around.
"Y-yes, Naruto-kun?"
"Happy Valentine's Day," he said, pulling a box of chocolates and some flowers out from behind his back. Hinata flushed.
"A-arigat-tou, N-Naruto-kun." She took them both.
Naruto sat down next to her. "It's beautiful, isn't it?"
Hinata nodded, happily chewing on a piece of chocolate.
Naruto looked at her and smiled his foxy smile. "Seems like a dead tree in comparison to you."
Hinata's jaw dropped.
Naruto chuckled and he pushed her jaw back up. "You know, for a Hyuuga, you have some bad manners."
Hinata pouted.
Naruto winced. "Gomen nasai, bad joke."
Then she smiled. "It's alright, Naruto-kun."
Then Naruto did something very unexpected. He scooted over until he was right next to Hinata and pressed his lips against hers.
Mission complete...Now to enjoy the rest of the day with Hina-chan.
St. Valentine's Day, TenTen POV
Tenten sighed. I'm probably the only kunoichi in Konoha without a boyfriend... She had always been different, being on of the few girls in the academy that wasn't an Uchiha fangirl. She never showed it, but she was a Neji fangirl. What depressed her the most was that he was as cold as a block of dry ice. Worse than that, love was a warm feeling. Dry ice plus warm equals more depression. Maybe I should get up...try to have fun at the carnival thingy... she glanced at her clock. Noon, definitely time to get up. (2) Tenten got up and got dressed. She walked the streets, idly flipping a kunai around. She saw a target hitting game. Next...
Just as she thought that, the owner of the stand was heard bragging about no one ever having won that particular game. Oooooooor maybe not. Tenten walked up to the stand and made a bet with the owner.
"If I hit that target, you let me play for free and take an item of my choice. I miss, and i pay you all the money in my wallet." She held up a bulging wallet. "I get one shot. Deal?"
The owner laughed. "Sure, kid, good luck with hitting it though!"
Tenten neglected to grab one of the rubber balls, instead turning around, thinking her name was called, and throwing her kunai at the target. Everyone in the area gasped. The owner began to stutter.
"Y-you hit the t-target...and y-you weren't even l-looking!"
"Gimme the bow."
The owner gave her a nicely carved recurve bow and twenty arrows, complete with quiver.
Tenten slung the quiver over her back and carried the bow on her shoulder. She walked around a while, then she heard someone...a certain Hyuuga.
"Thank you Hinata!"
Hinata gave a quiet reply and Neji took off...running right into Tenten. When she opened her eyes, Neji was holding out a box of chocolates and some flowers. Tenten looked around, seeing if there were any other girls nearby.
"Tenten-chan...they're for you."
Tenten smiled and accepted the gifts. "Thank you, Neji-kun." Wait a minute...processing...ALERT! TENTEN-CHAN! HE SAID TENTEN-CHAN! ALERT!
"Ano...Tenten-chan?"
"Nani ka?" (A/N for all you people who only say nani, if it is a question you put ka at the end)
"A...Ai shiteru."
Tenten gaped. Neji, Neji Hyuuga, THE Neji Hyuuga, just said he loves me? MENTAL OVERLOAD!
"AI SHITERU!" Tenten tackled Neji, giving him a hug that slowly but surely squeezed the air out of his lungs.
"T-Tenten...can't...breathe..."
she loosened her grip...a little.
"Better?"
"Hai..."
Tenten raised her head, and then brought her lips down on top of Neji's.
St. Valentine's Day, Neji POV
Got the flowers, now in need the chocolates! Neji Hyuuga walked down the street. He was mentally preparing himself to preform an very un-Nejilike thing. The was a certain brunette kunoichi had stolen his heart. He didn't want it back, he wanted hers. He spotted the shop he was looking for and walked in. The room silenced as everyone stared at the Hyuuga prodigy. He walked up to the counter.
"Biggest box."
"Sorry sir, it's reserved."
"1,000 ryou." The owner gasped.
"Right away, sir."
Thank you, Kami-sama, for making that a well-paying mission! The owner came back and handed him the box. He returned the money. When he walked out of the store, he saw Hinata and froze.
Then he walked up to her and said, "You never saw me here!"
"Sure, I didn't see a box of chocolates and some flowers."
"...Just don't tell anyone?"
"I won't."
"Thank you, Hinata!"
He bolted off, only to run into that brunette kunoichi. He held out his gifts and prepared for rejection.
Tenten looked around, seeing if there were any other girls nearby.
"Tenten-chan...they're for you."
Tenten smiled and accepted the gifts. "Thank you, Neji-kun."
"Ano...Tenten-chan?"
"Nani ka?""A...Ai shiteru."
Tenten gaped. Then he saw something inside of her snap. Kami-sama, protect me...
"AI SHITERU!" Tenten tackled Neji, giving him a hug that slowly but surely squeezed the air out of his lungs.
"T-Tenten...can't...breathe..."
she loosened her grip...a little.
"Better?"
"Hai..."
Tenten raised her head, and then brought her lips down on top of Neji's.
St. Valentine's Day, Shikamaru POV
How troublesome... He had just bought some flowers for his Fangirl (A/N Intended pun). He headed out to buy some chocolates. The first shop that had chocolate looked very promising. It had more chocolate than he had brains. And that is saying a lot... He went in, bought some chocolate, and went out. He headed toward the area where she was staying. He reached the hotel, went to her room, and knocked on her door. She opened it.
"Oh, hey Shikamaru."
Troublesome...(3) He held out the gifts. "Happy Valentine's Day."
Temari stared at the gifts. Then she looked up. "Who put you up to this?"
"Ugh...troublesome...no one did."
"Riiiigggghhhhtttt..."
"Why must women be so troublesome?" BONK! He rubbed his head where he had been hit by the fan.
Then he was surprised as Temari kissed him on the lips. When they parted, Shikamaru said three words.
"How...not troublesome."
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Wow, I didn't think it would be possible to write the word 'chocolate' and its forms so many times and still appear to be somewhat sane. And sorry, I didn't feel like doing Temari's POV.
(1)...who are you and what have you done with Naruto?
(2)hehe...been there, done that...and then some
(3) hehe i had typed troublesome before so the computer guessed at what i would be typing. So I'm typing in troublesome and it does that thing where it guesses and I'm like "Wow, this computer must be able to read my mind! It thinks this is troublesome too!"
