So when I went to write my little story for Secret Lovers, it ended up tying in with the Dating prompt as well so I just combined them into one instead of giving you a not as good separate story. I hope you like!

Day Eight: Secret Lovers and Day Ten: Dating

Hinata sat against a tree and watched as Kiba and Shino sparred. She had fought each of them and now it was their turn to fight while she took a break. As she watched the two, she thought about something that had been bothering her.

She and Naruto had been dating for three months. After growing closer over the past year, Naruto had pulled her aside one day and told her that he reciprocated her feelings for him and would like to start dating. Of course, they were both rather busy with missions and other ninja duties, but they had managed to go on a few dates and had spent quite a bit of time together when both were in the village at the same time. He had even been over to the Hyuga compound for a dinner with her family.

The boy she had been in love with for years finally returned her feelings and she was ecstatic about it. However, neither of her teammates had brought it up.

Now although she was happy to be dating Naruto, she wasn't really the kind of person who goes around spreading news about herself. If someone asked her something about her personal life then she would give them an honest answer, but she wasn't ever the one who brought it up. So, after her first date with Naruto, Hinata had gone to her team training the next day very excited to tell them about it.

When neither teammate asked her about it, she started to tell them, but stopped when she considered that maybe she shouldn't. Would they really be that interested? Sure they cared about her, but did they really want to hear the details of her dating life? If they did, Kiba probably would have teased her about it by now and that was not the case. Therefore, she kept quiet. She assumed that at some point they would bring it up and had left it at that.

Somehow, three months of that had passed and Hinata was entirely confused. She was sure that in the past they had brought up the subject of Naruto at least once or twice a month. It seemed that ever since they started dating, however, they hadn't even mentioned the blond.

So here she sat, watching as her teammates sparred, contemplating how she should bring it up. She knew she should probably just say something, but again, she didn't want to be weird. She was already the girl in the group and had always been kind of self conscious about not acting too girly so that they would include her. Hinata knew that was ridiculous and that the boys loved her exactly as she was, but it was just something she'd always been a little shy about. Hence, the jackets she wore for the longest time that prevented any glimpse of her figure.

Instead of worrying over that issue, Hinata's mind drifted to her blond boyfriend. He had been gone on a mission for the past week and a half and was due back in the next day or so. Naruto had promised to take her out when he got back and she had been trying to distract herself with training and clan duties to take her mind off the anticipation.

As if summoned by her thoughts, she felt the Uzumaki's presence closing in on her and looked up just in time to see a grinning, whiskered face. She smiled back at him, ecstatic to see him again after so long, but still too shy to give him a hug or anything else as a welcome back gesture.

Naruto sat down next to her and she could tell by the state of his clothes that he had probably come straight from reporting to Tsunade.

"You didn't have to come straight here. I wouldn't have been upset if you had stopped at home to shower and change."

He frowned, thinking that maybe he smelled and that she was hinting that he should have done those things first. Naruto was new at the whole relationship thing and was a little insecure about what he should and shouldn't do. When he got back, all he could think about was finding Hinata, but perhaps that wasn't the right thing to do.

Hinata could see what was going on in Naruto's mind and quickly put her hand on his to allay any fears. She smiled at him and said, "I'm not mad that you didn't shower first, Naruto. I'm really happy that you wanted to find me so badly. I just didn't want you to think that I'm not okay with you getting comfortable after a mission before finding me."

Naruto tilted his head to the side and said, "But, being with you is what makes me comfortable."

Her chest filled with warmth at his statement and tears prickled her eyes. She was still amazed by the fact that their relationship was real and when he said things like that, it just hit her even harder.

"You make me feel comfortable, too," she said shyly and Naruto beamed at her, happy to have someone who loved and understood him like she did.

"So," he started, "I believe I promised that I would take you out after my mission. You know I don't go back on my word so I wanted to see if you were free tonight?"

Hinata couldn't understand the nervousness in his voice. She found it strange that after all this time he would still be unsure about whether she wanted to spend time with him.

"I'm free!" she said, probably a bit too eagerly, and she blushed at how she must have sounded.

"I mean, I am free tonight and would love to go out with you."

"Great!" Naruto shouted, standing up. "In that case, I am going to run home and get cleaned up, but I'll come pick you up at the compound around five, okay?"

Hinata nodded and smiled up at him. Naruto toed the ground and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. They hadn't hugged or kissed yet, neither used to much physical interaction besides what they encountered with training, and it made their goodbyes seem a little awkward sometimes. Maybe one day soon he'd get up the courage to give her a kiss.

"Well, bye, I guess!" he said, walking in the direction of his apartment.

"Bye!" replied Hinata, as she watched him go. She sighed in happiness and turned back to watch her teammates in their spar.

Instead of fighting, however, both were standing there gaping at her. Well, Kiba was gaping, but Hinata was pretty sure that behind his collar, Shino's mouth was open in surprise.

"What?" she said.

"What? What do you mean, 'What'?!" shouted Kiba.

Hinata looked to Shino for clarification.

"I believe Kiba is implying that you should be aware of the reason for our surprise. It looked just now as if you and Naruto are dating."

"Um, we are dating," answered Hinata. She knew she hadn't talked to them about it, but it's not like it was a secret. In fact, there was talk around the whole village that their hero was dating someone.

"Are you serious?! How could you not say something? Is it some kind of secret affair, or something? Does his girlfriend know about you two?"

Hinata looked at Kiba, clearly confused.

"I don't know what you're talking about. It's not like it's been a secret. I just never talked about it with you guys because you never brought it up and I figured if you hadn't talked about it then you didn't want to talk about it.

"And what do you mean does his girlfriend know? I'm his girlfriend so of course I know."

Kiba looked like he was about to shout again, so Shino quickly stepped in.

"It seems there has been a misunderstanding. We had heard that Naruto had a girlfriend so we had not broached the subject in order to spare your feelings. We did not realize that you were the girlfriend because we had assumed that we would have been privy to that information."

"Seriously, Hinata!" Kiba couldn't hold himself back anymore, "How could we have known? It's not like we ever saw you together. Are you sure you weren't keeping it a secret and are only telling us now because you are busted?"

"If it was a secret, then how does the rest of the village know?" she asked.

Kiba stopped for a moment. He opened his mouth, but closed it again and began to look pensive.

"I just… I don't understand how we missed that," he finally said.

"I believe that we did not see them together because they have not been able to spend much time together. Why? Because our teams have both had quite a few missions lately. Therefore, it would be difficult for them to see one another."

Both Kiba and Hinata nodded, accepting Shino's analysis of the situation.

"So… you are the girlfriend that everyone's talking about."

Hinata nodded. There was no way Naruto would have another girlfriend. He was both honest and loyal.

"Well, I guess congratulations are in order!" Kiba yelled, excited for his teammate. He and Shino had watched her feelings for the blond go unreciprocated for years so now that they were a couple, he was extremely happy for her.

The wild male ran over and swept Hinata up into a hug, ignoring her blush at the contact and calling Shino over to come celebrate with them. As the boys asked her questions about the relationship and gave her their congratulations, Hinata smiled to herself, feeling so blessed to have them in her life.

Seriously, I love Team Eight. Their dynamic is so wonderful to me. Anyway, hope you liked it! Leave me a review if you did! Your reviews have been keeping me going whenever I have trouble finding inspiration and I want you to know I appreciate every single one :-)