Recap:

Naruto had come to a conclusion.

If even she… I can't even think her name anymore… when she found out hated me, then… even if I tell my other friends, they'll hate me too. Why didn't I realize this before? Did it have to take me being happy then ripping my heart out to see that everyone would be happy if I died…? It's worse than when I was little. Then… I had never been truly happy. I know that now. She gave me two almost three days of happiness before…

He reached into his ninja bag and pulled out a kunai. Lightning flashed as he stared at it.

It's better this way, he thought as he prepared to plunge the kunai into his chest. He closed his eyes.

"I love you, Hinata-chan," he whispered. The kunai came toward him.

"Naruto-kun!! Don't!!"

Naruto opened his eyes. Hinata had almost been too late. The kunai was embedded in her hand, instead of his chest.

He looked at her. Tears were streaming down her face.

She slapped him.

"Why would you do that? You almost killed yourself!"

"What…" Naruto was astonished. She hit me.

"You idiot!! What do you think I would do without you?" she sobbed. She fell to her knees shaking.

Why is she here? Why did she follow me and stop me?

"You… you don't… hate me?"

Hinata looked at him.

"What?"

"Because of the… demon fox…"

Hinata laughed, then hit him again.

"Ow. Why did you do that?"

"Because you don't use your brain sometimes Naruto-kun. I love you. I don't care about the demon fox. I do wish you had told me sooner though."

Naruto stared at her.

She… doesn't hate me? She still loves me? She still loves me.

"… Really?"

"Yes, silly. You are you. I can't believe you doubted me. That hurt Naruto-kun."

Naruto started crying again.

"I'm sorry Hinata-chan. Can you forgive me? I love you so much. I'm sorry."

Hinata reached over and wiped his tears away before holding his face in her good hand.

"I forgive you."

Naruto thought his heart would burst. He grabbed her into a tight hug. Hinata gasped in pain.

"Oh, what's wrong Hinata-chan? Besides your hand I mean." Naruto pulled out some bandages and started wrapping her hand while he was talking.

"My wound started to open again. I was pushing myself too hard looking for you."

Naruto finished wrapping the bandaged and kissed it.

"Thank you."

Hinata didn't need to ask to know why he was thanking her.

Naruto stood up and picked her up bridal style. He ran off toward the village.

"Why?"

Naruto looked at her.

"Why what?"

"Stupid, do you need to ask that," said Hinata playfully, then got serious again. "Why did you run away after Father said that and try to kill yourself?"

Naruto cringed.

"I'm sorry Hinata-chan. I saw you stiffen and I thought you were going to turn around and yell at me for deceiving you. I was afraid you would hate me. Then I was thinking if even you could hate me after knowing the truth none of my other friends had a chance of liking me after finding out, plus the villagers hate me so much, I thought maybe it would be better if I was dead."

Hinata hit his chest with her good hand.

"You idiot! I stiffened because I was surprised! I loved you even knowing that the villagers hated you. Why would I suddenly change when I knew what they hated you about? You never acted like they said. You were and still are so sweet and kind."

She looked up at him.

"I could never hate you," she whispered.

Naruto smiled. "I'm sorry I can be an idiot."

"But it's one of the reasons I love you," joked Hinata. They both laughed.

Naruto frowned.

"What about you Father?"

Hinata shrugged.

"If he has such a big problem with it, I won't live with him anymore."

Naruto looked down at the girl in his arms in astonishment.

"But… where will you live?"

"With you of course."

Naruto was stunned.

"You would… give up your family to be with me?"

She smiled and looked up at him.

"Of course Naruto-kun. Haven't I already proved I would give up my life for you?"

Naruto stopped on a tree branch and put her down.

"What is it?" asked Hinata.

"I love you… so much. How can I ever make up what I almost did?"

Hinata thought for a split second then smiled.

"Stay with me. Love me forever."

Tears fell down Naruto's face.

"Done," he whispered as he pulled her close.

As the two kissed the rain slowed, then stopped. As the sun peeked out from behind the clouds, a rainbow formed. As Naruto broke the kiss and picked up Hinata to get her back to the village, he spotted it.

"Look Hinata-chan. Nature approves," he joked.

"It's beautiful," whispered Hinata.

Naruto nodded.

"Hinata-chan, I will always remember this. What you did for me."

"Me too, Naruto-kun. I'll remember what you promised me," said Hinata as she snuggled closer to him.

Naruto burst through the Hokage's window.

"Tsunade-baa chan!"

"Naruto! Use the door!"

"Hinata's wound started to open!"

Tsunade walked over to them.

"What happened that would have caused that? Why is Hinata's hand bandaged and why are you two soaked?"

The two looked at each other and Naruto put Hinata down.

Hinata started, "Before the storm, Naruto wanted to take me home to see my family. To assure them that I was ok. We were kissing…" She blushed.

Naruto continued, "Hiashi-sama saw us. He wasn't happy. He kinda flipped out and told Hinata-chan that… I have the demon fox inside me."

Tsunade's jaw dropped.

Has Hiashi gone mad? Why would he break the law?

Hinata picked up again, "Naruto-kun thought I would hate him. As the storm was starting he ran away. I yelled at Father then went after Naruto-kun…"

She trailed off and looked at Naruto.

Tsunade missed it.

She yelled at Hiashi. Hinata. Yelled. At Hiashi. What have you done to her Naruto?

Naruto started, "The reason Hinata's hand is bandaged… is because she got hit with a kunai-"

"I told you no training!"

"We weren't training Tsunade-sama! I was stopping Naruto-kun from…"

"From killing myself," finished Naruto.

"…What?!" exploded Tsunade. "What could possibly posses you to do that?"

Naruto looked at the floor and reached for Hinata's hand. She took it and squeezed encouragingly.

"I thought Hinata-chan hated me. If even she could hate me after finding then none of my friends could possibly accept me. Everyone in the village hates me because of the demon fox. I though everyone would be happy if I was dead."

"Never think that Naruto!" said Tsunade as she strode over and shook him.

"What about me, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Iruka? They know about it and don't hate you. You got Hinata wrong too."

"I know that now! All I could see then were the horrible memories of my childhood."

"Naruto-kun…" said Hinata, looking at him with pity.

"It's okay Hinata-chan. I have you now," said Naruto, smiling at her.

WHACK!!

"OW! What was that for baa-chan?"

"For forgetting the people who love you. How could you question Hinata's love for you?"

"Well when you put it that way…" said Naruto sheepishly, still rubbing his head.

"Good," said Tsunade, moving to Hinata and healing her side and hand.

"I'll deal with Hiashi."

"You don't have to Tsunade-sama. I told him that since he has such a problem with it, I'll just live with Naruto-kun."

What the hell happened to her? Standing up to her father? Geez Naruto look what you've done.

"Actually I do Hinata. Your father broke the law. He's not supposed to talk about the demon fox."

"Is that why none of the kids know about it?" asked Hinata.

"Yes. It may not change his mind but I will talk to him."

Hinata smiled and nodded. Tsunade turned her attention back to Naruto.

"As for you, if I ever find out you try that again…" she threatened.

"Don't worry baa-chan. You don't have to worry about that," said Naruto looking at Hinata.

"Good," said Tsunade sitting back down at her desk. "Oh and just for future reference, Hinata would be dead right now if you didn't have the demon fox inside you. Because you used the demon fox's chakra you got her here in time. If you didn't…" she trailed off. "Just remember that the next time you blame the demon fox for something."

Naruto and Hinata were both gaping at Tsunade.

"Is that true?" asked Hinata.

Tsunade nodded.

Naruto smiled and turned to Hinata.

"I love you," whispered Naruto.

"I love you too," whispered back Hinata.

"Uggh, not in my office!" said Tsunade jokingly.

Naruto laughed.

"Come on Hinata-chan. Let's go."

Tsunade smiled as she watched the couple leave her office.

"Do you really want to live with me?" asked Naruto as they walked towards his apartment.

"Of course Naruto-kun. Why?"

"Well… I'm not saying I don't want you too but we've only been dating a while."

"So? We're going to be together forever right? Isn't that what you promised me?" asked Hinata.

Naruto smiled. "Yeah, I did."

They walked hand in hand enjoying the setting sun. When they reached his apartment, Naruto got out his key.

"I'll have to make you a copy."

Hinata smiled.

I'm going to live with Naruto-kun. I'm so happy. Who would have thought this would have happened so fast? I don't care what other people say about us. We love each other and we aren't doing anything… yet.

Naruto showed her around the little apartment.

"I guess I'll take the couch and you can have the bed."

"Can't we sleep together?" asked Hinata.

Naruto blushed. She hit him playfully.

"Not like that!"

Naruto chuckled. "Sorry. If you want to we can sleep together."

"Good," said Hinata.

Naruto looked at her.

Where did the shy Hinata-chan go?

"What?" asked Hinata looking at him suspiciously.

"I was just thinking about where the shy Hinata-chan went."

Hinata frowned.

"She left when you realized her secret. She was shy because she was afraid you'd find out and not like her anymore."

Naruto laughed and hugged her.

"I love you. So much."

"… Promise me something Naruto."

Naruto looked at her.

"What?"

"Don't try to leave me like that again. You can always tell me if something's bothering me." Tears welled in her eyes.

Naruto kissed her on the cheek.

"I promise Hinata-chan. I'm so sorry. I… wasn't thinking straight."

"As long as you know you were being stupid," smirked Hinata.

"Hey…" protested Naruto but was caught off guard when she kissed him.

"I know Naruto-kun. I've already forgiven you," smiled Hinata.

Suddenly she yawned.

"Let's go to bed Hinata-chan. It's been a long day."

"I don't have any pajamas," said Hinata, looking down.

"Hmm… You can use an extra pair of mine."

Hinata smiled.

"Thanks so much Naruto-kun," she hugged him.

"It's just a pair of pjs," laughed Naruto.

"No," she shook her head. "It's a lot more than that. It's for loving me, it's for understanding how I feel, it's for you letting me live with you even though we've only been dating for three days now."

Naruto chuckled. "You know very well that our relationship can't be measured in how many days we've been dating. It would be more like we've been dating for months, the way we love each other and understand each other."

Hinata gave him a quick kiss. "Let's get changed."

She took a pair of pajamas and changed in the bathroom while Naruto changed in the bedroom. When Hinata came back, Naruto was waiting. He smiled when he saw her in his pjs.

"They look nice on you."

Hinata laughed.

"But they're huge…"

He kissed her forehead.

"It doesn't matter."

They crawled into bed. Hinata snuggled close to his chest.

"Good night Naruto-kun."

He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close.

"Good night Hinata-chan."

AN: YAY fluff! I'm usually bad at fluff but... there's this guy and we're not dating but... yeah :D I've been really happy lately and when I was writing this fluff came out. Anyway I'm getting close to the end of where I have written stuff I have the idea of what's happening yet I just haven't written it yet. I finished my essay but I have midterms the next three days. I'll try to find time to write. I know I'm going to write a lot over fall break but I'm still not sure how much there is to go until the story is done. I've decided to go ahead with the devious Hinata. Only one person objected to it and I like what I wrote and all of the ideas I have right now would go down the tubes if I gave up on the devious Hinata so to the one person I'm sorry but maybe you'll still like it. Thanks for reading. :D