Chapter Four- Fluff-filled Filler
Hinata started in surprise when a pair of old, worn sneakers appeared in front of her. Her eyes followed the sneakers up to a pair of loose jeans an overly-large sweat shirt, and came to rest on Sakura's face.
"Good morning Sakura-chan." She began hesitantly. She glanced over at the clock. "You're really early today."
"Only by like ten minutes. I left the house early."
Hinata's eye grew wide. She studied Sakura's face closer; her cheeks were flushed from her walk and her eyes were shinning and alert. She'd never seen Sakura like this so early in the day. Or while they were with their classmates.
"How did your tutoring session go last night?" she asked finally.
"Umm… surprisingly well. Look – I even did all of my math homework!" Sakura exclaimed. She shoved several sheets of paper filled with Trig problems into Hinata's face.
"This looks really good Sakura-chan. It looks like they're all correct."
"They better be!" Sakura growled. She sat next to Hinata and crossed her legs meditatively. "We spent forever on those." Sakura paused to gather her thoughts.
"Is something wrong?" Hinata asked, seeing the pensive look overcome Sakura's face.
"Umm… Well I don't really know." Sakura began. She paused and then launched into a recount of Sasuke's strange behavior the night before. Hinata listened intently, trying to keep a gleeful smile from creeping onto her face.
"Pour Sakura-chan," she thought. "She's head-over-heels for him and can't even bring herself to admit it!" Trying hard to keep her thoughts from showing on her face, Hinata nodded and hummed at all the right places. She glanced to her right and saw Naruto coming toward them. Knowing Sakura wouldn't want Naruto to hear their conversation, she tapped her on the knee and point to him. Sakura quickly grew quite.
"Hey Sakura-chan. Good-morning Hin-chan!" Naruto called as he reached them. He crouched down and gave Hinata a kiss on the cheek. Then, unable to resist, he pressed his lips lovingly against hers. Sakura watched with a mixture of amusement, embarrassment, and… jealousy. Silently she gathered her things and stood.
"I'm going to class." She called over her shoulder as she quickly made her exit. Hinata tried to pull back to call Good bye, but Naruto slide his hand behind her head holding her steady. After another moment, ha gave a final nibble to her lip and leaned back in satisfaction. Hinata's eyes fluttered open lazily. Naruto sat on the floor next to her, and pulled her into his arms.
"Did Sakura-chan tell you about her tutoring session yet?" He asked. A mischievous glint had entered his eyes. Hinata nodded, and told Naruto everything Sakura had just told her. When she finished Naruto began to laugh openly.
"Gomen Hin-Chan! Demo, that's a little different from the story Sasuke –teme told me."
Why? What did he tell you? Hinata asked. Naruto glanced at the clock.
"Not now, there isn't enough time. After school- okay?" Naruto gave Hinata a gentle kiss, and jumped up to run to class. Hinata watched him turn the corner before gathering her books and making her own way to class.