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Chapter 9 One Question, One Answer

Hinata was smiling as she and the girls sat gosiping happily at an out door resturant. She was listening to Sakura talk about her rather intimate night with Sasuke.

"...and then he stopped because he noticed I was worn out." She blushed as she continued,

"That boy's stamina is impressive."

Ino and Tenten sighed as they watched Sakura giggle. Hinata smiled as she took in what her friend had said. She didn't even notice the waiter looking her over. The other three did. They watched as the young waiter, maybe tow years older than them, walked over giving her a flurtaious smile, that Hinata ignored.

"Can I get you anything else?" He asked the beautiful young Hyuuga.

"No thank you." She said, not even glancing at the young waiter. The young man walked away, looking rather hurt by her curt reply. Sakura, Tenten, and Ino looked at Hinata, smiling as she took a sip of her water.

"I can't believe you." Sakura smirked.

"What?" She asked, genuinly confused by her friends statement.

"That waiter was totally checking you out."

"Really?" Hinata asked, somewhat surprised.

Tenten and Ino snikered as Hinata glanced over at the older boy before turning back to Sakura and the others.

"Your so head over heels for Naruto that you didn't even notice a cute older guy."Hinata felt her face grow red as all four girls heard familar voices, laughing and yelling, approaching their table. As if on cue, Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, and Choji came around the corner. Catching sight of the egirls, the four young men made their way over to the table. Neji walked straight over to Tenten as she stood up long enough to let Neji sit down before she sat on his laps, lightly kissing him. Sakura and Ino had both adopted similar postions, but with out kissing their boyfriends.

Naruto made his way over to Hinata as she blushed looking down at her feet. Using a single

finger, Naruto lifted her chin until her lovely pearl eyes were staring directly at his. Leaning down, Naruto gently kissed Hinata. A sudden loud crash caused the couple to break apart and look over to the swearing waiter. Naruo raised his eyebrows in concern.

"You alright? Need some help?" He asked.

The older boy glared at Naruto, jelousy etched across his face.

"No." He snapped, "Go back to kissing your friend."

Naruto became enraged and gave the older boy a glare of death.

"Something wrong with kissing my girlfriend, prick?" He shot back.

The waiter mumbled as he cleaned up the dropped tray and glsses. Chancing a final glare at the blonde boy, the waiter retreated back behind the counter.

"Asshole." Naruto muttered as he turned back to face Hinata.

She was smiling at him.

"Girlfriend?" she asked, smiling as her cheeks went a little pink. All their friends smiled at the pair, watching what would happen next.

"I, I-I-I...um, only if you wanna be. I understand if you wanna take it slow and see how things develop." He stuttered.

He had said it with out even thinking, She she had said she loved him. And he sure as hell loved her. But what if he was rushing it? He could end up hurting her in the end. Not a pleasant prospect. He looked down at his feet, feeling foolish.

Hinata smiled as she heard him start to stutter. She thought he was being sweet, trying to rectify his overzealous statement.

"Naruto. It's my job to stutter." she said softly, causing him to make eye contact.

In that moment, she pulled his face to her' s and pressed her lips against his. She put her arms around his neck as he put his around her waist. They stayed that way for several seconds, as their friends beamed at the new couple.As they broke apart, Hinata was smiling with an intense blush. She had put her answer in that kiss. It was up to a dazed Naruto to figure it out. After a few seconds, he grinned at her, placing her right hand in his and placeing his forehead against hers, still looking into the eyes that he'd fallen for.

"I'll take that as a yes." He said smiling, before getting himself another small kiss.

I know this chapter seems simalar to another story, but so you know and I don't get yelled at about it, I've had this story sitting in my closet for three months before I even beeen gain looking at any fan fic. Even though it sounds similar, you can see that it is completely different. Props to the Wandering Wonderer on his story. We think along the sam lines