A/N:

Rose Tiger, thank you for reading and for the suggestion/review ^_^ I will try in future to do that, tell me if it's any better in this chapter…and then we'll go from there lol

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Chapter 3: Surreal, but nice

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I closed the door behind me and turned to her. I brought my hands up in front of me, palms facing her, and smiled apologetically,

"Er, just wait here a sec, k?"

she looked a little uncomfortable being in my apartment…well I guess I couldn't blame her…I decided I would have to prove that I was trustworthy and at the same time the little light in my heart dimmed as I realised, yet again, that chances were I wouldn't meet her again after this.

I rushed down the tiny corridor to the kitchen where I grimaced. I was met with dirty plates, old food, empty cartons everywhere, empty cans, Sai's paint and paint brushes scattered all over the place…a big old mess basically. Sai you bastard, why couldn't you have cleaned up?

Well, you could have cleaned up too Naruto, it's you're apartment as well…

oh shut up resonable self…my resonable side sometimes surfaced but I usually kicked it back into place…right at the back of my mind, right behind over hyperactive self, humorous self and oh yeah knuckled headed self…poor old resonable me had a lot of stick to get through if it wanted to surface.

I quickly grabbed a few of the plates with loud noises meeting my ears as the plates protested whilst I practically threw them into the sink. I turned to the bin, it was full to the brim and didn't smell that great…ugh now what do I do? I decided on casually throwing the scraps out the window…no one would notice heh heh…too bad if they did! I mean! I didn't have time to worry about that! I turned to one of the chairs…what the hell was that? A pair of…(face palm) a pair of Sai's dirty boxers, wonderful. Thanks Sai. Prick. I decided to throw them out the window too…ha, serves him right,

Yeah but Naruto remember that time Sai brought a girl home and you had gotten drunk and um…you were sleeping naked on the kitchen table? The girl freaked and ran away…

(Haha long story…)I blinked as my resonable side showed again…for cryin out loud will you go away! Jeez why is my resonable side coming through right now! Not the time, go back go back! Sheesh…I did a final scan of the kitchen which was still a complete mess but it would have to do…it had taken me about a minute to do all what I had just done…I felt kinda pleased about that, speed work haha.

I looked down the small hallway towards her. She stood patiently holding her bag of clothes in front of her. I smiled awkwardly,

"Er yeahh, sorry the place was a mess so I thought I should at least try to clean it up…I think I seriously failed but ya know it's the thought that counts right? Haha!"

She walked into the kitchen; the stairs were directly to her left so I motioned to it,

"The bathroom is up the stairs to the left…"

She walked up the stairs, my eyes unintentionally lingered on her butt…it swayed side to side slightly as she walked up the stairs. I caught myself staring and quickly turned away…back to the mess of a kitchen…give me sweet Hyuuga Hinata's cute little butt any day rather than this tip!

While she was upstairs I busied myself with cleaning haphazardly, cleaning wasn't something I was exactly good at…neither was Sai…we'd usually just live in the mess until it became too much and we'd either clean it together or do Rock, Paper, Scissors for it…or an arm wrestle…but we kinda stopped that a while ago coz it used to get pretty serious, the arm wrestles I mean… Rock, Paper, Scissors can get pretty serious too actually but…yeah…anyway…

I had just tied a knot in the top of the bin bag, which was full of junk that was beginning to stink pretty bad when I heard quiet footsteps come down the staircase. I turned to see her.

Her hair flowed down her back, her sunglasses sitting comfortably on top of her head so that her eyes were finally exposed properly. Wow. I'd never seen eyes like them before...they were pure lilac, clear and simple. She now wore a floaty skirt which reached her knees and a light purple top, wearing the same black jacket which again flatteringly pulled in that tiny waist of hers.

She placed her carrier bag at her feet and looked at me, I felt her eyes searching me just as much as my eyes were searching her…I doubt she thought I was half as impressive as I thought she was…I imagined her thinking,

'great another weird looking douche bag, another crazy fan, good thing I brought my pepper spray so I can fend him off…'

Or, something along those lines anyway, ha.

We stood staring at each other for a moment before my brain started to work again (she had temporally frozen it I think…) I asked her,

"So er…do you want something to eat?" she looked almost amused, her eyes showing most of the expression,

"No."

She answered politely. I rushed over to the fridge, floundering as I searched for something,

"Ugh, we have Apricots? Apricots in honey actually…" I brandished the large jar,

"It's kinda pointless coz they just taste like honey instead of apricots, and I mean if you wanted something tasting like honey you'd just go out and buy honey…"

Why don't I just shut up already? I continued to babble,

"But er, yeah there yours if you er want 'em haha…" she tilted her head slightly,

"No."

"Right…something to drink?"

There it was again, that almost amused expression, mainly showing in her eyes…it was like she was trying not to smile. She wasn't being mean though, I felt totally comfortable in fact. I didn't feel like she was making fun, simply, I felt like I made her amused. I'm not sure if that's a good thing…or a bad thing…I'd rather think good thing…but my luck today hasn't been exactly good.

"No." she answered shaking her head ever so slightly.

"Nothing? Tea? Coffee?...sake?"

"No."

Her voice sounded happy…what did she like so much about me trying to stuff her full of food and drink coz I felt so nervous I didn't know what else to say?

"Cold drink? Coke…milk? Yummy water?...Orange juice?" she narrowed her eyes slightly at that,

"No…"

"Yeah…I think we've both had enough of orange juice today…" I closed the fridge and leaned against it, looking at her curiously,

"Do you always say 'No' to everything?" She thought about that before answering carefully in her soft voice,

"No…"

I stood close to her. We looked at each other in silence.

"I should probably be going…" she said to me, her eyes suddenly loosing that expression that I couldn't quite understand.

I walked her to the door.

"Well er, it was nice to meet you lady!" I said to her smiling and rubbing the back of my head (Yeah, I do that kinda…often. Sorta like my signature gesture haha)

She looked up at me, smiling slightly.

"We haven't even introduced ourselves…do you often skip the introduction and go straight into spilling orange juice on the girl?" her sweet, quiet voice joked. I grinned,

"Not normally no! Haha, well hey! My names Uzumaki Naruto"

I gave her my hand to shake, she took it softly…her hand was gentle and warm and I was shocked to find that her simple touch sent a tingling sensation down my spine…it wasn't unpleasant.

"Nice to meet you Naruto, my name's Hinata."

She knew that I knew her name, but something in the way we had met seemed almost normal, I think she wanted normal, so I didn't elaborate on the fact that I already knew who she was,

"It was nice to meet you too Hinata…Surreal but…nice." I answered my voice soft and husky, barely above a whisper. She released my hand a moment later, much to my disappointment…I'm not sure what I was expecting. We stood for a second.

The door opened and in came Sai a cigarette hanging from his mouth. He walked past us, in between us in fact and it was only then that I realised how close me and Hinata had been standing next to each other, his tall lanky body strode past and into the kitchen,

"Hey Dickless."

He said to me as he went past, (Naruto twitched) that bastard. His little nickname for me wearing thinner and thinner…He called, not turning around, as he went into the kitchen,

"I'm gonna get some food, so hungry! And then I'm gonna tell you a story that's gonna turn your balls to the size of raisins!...That's if you have any of course! Haha!"

Oh. Well that was awkward. Trust the baka to say something like that! I decided on killing him…later. Luckily he didn't notice Hinata. Sai was kinda a fan, a bit of a pervy one at that.

Hinata cleared her throat and looked at me, her rosy cheeks mixed with her creamy white skin making her even cuter.

"Well, I better go."

"Yeah, okay…" trying to keep the disappointment out of my voice.

"Goodbye, Naruto."

She said to me, smiling as she went out the door, I slowly closed it as I gently answered,

"Bye…"

And she was gone.

I sighed as I fully closed the door, leaning on it. My heart still drummed but now it felt heavy, lead like, not fluttery like before. Then I thought over the 'Surreal but nice' thing and inwardly groaned…what the hell was I thinking? Surreal but nice? Why? What an idiot…

I looked over my shoulder turning around fully when I saw Sai leaning against the kitchen door frame, eating something. He said to me with his mouth full,

"Y' Know I think there's something wrong with this yoghurt…" I stared at him and the pot he was eating out of,

"Dude, that's coz it's Mayonnaise..." He paused for a second, looked at the mayo in his hand and said,

"Ah, that'll be it then…" before continuing to eat it, turning around and back into the kitchen...weird bastard. I went to follow him when there was a…knock on the door? I frowned slightly then went and opened it.

I blinked.

"Um, hey…" Hinata said to me, I couldn't believe it! She's here, again!

"I…forgot my bag…"

Oh. Right. Here's me thinking, maybe, just maybe she had come back for me, why do I get my hopes up like that. I continued to blink at her,

"Oh right, come on in…again haha."

she did and I rushed into the kitchen before Sai noticed that there was a beautiful, famous actress in our small flat…Kami knows what he would do if he realised. I grabbed the plastic bag that was sat on the floor next to the narrow staircase before going back to Hinata who waited by the door, her hands clasped in front of her…my heart skipped some more when I saw her standing there. For the second time of the day I mentally punched myself, why was I getting so worked up? She was going to leave again. Like I had said earlier she was totally out of my league.

I passed her the plastic bag then I put my hands in the back pockets of my jeans,

"well, I guess this is goodbye, again…" she breathed in, still looking up at me, clutching the bag,

"Yeah…I guess…"

Silence. We just stood. Neither seeming to register the fact that one of us had to open the door…to make the first move…

Suddenly she leaned forward going up onto her tiptoes, placed her right arm around my shoulders and kissed me. At first I was too shocked to do anything! Then, feeling her soft, sweet lips on mine I relaxed. Closing my eyes; I kissed her back.

Time slowed. Nothing mattered. Nothing mattered but the soft touch of her lips on mine. I never wanted it to stop…I wanted to take her in my arms and hold her tight to my body…I wanted to crush my lips into hers more, to go deeper…I wanted to breathe in her scent, breathe her in…

I wanted her…

We stopped and came apart. She looked at me. And I looked down at her. She gave a little smile which I returned with a grin folding my arms over my chest,

"Ha, wow!"

She continued to look at me still smiling slightly,

"Yeah…probably best not to tell anyone about this…"

She started to walk towards the door and I went to open it for her,

"No worries! I'll even tell myself it didn't happen but don't worry I won't believe myself!"

Who was I kidding? I was gonna think about that kiss probably for the rest of my days…

"Bye…"

We both said as I closed the door; closing the door on her. I had an unbearable urge to go out and take her in my arms. I managed not to act on the impulse…with difficulty. I leaned my back against the door, feeling my heart weigh down again but this time it wasn't quite as bad.

The difference this time was hope. I'm not sure why or how, but I felt hopeful now. She had come back, and…

…she kissed me…

I saw my reflection in the full length mirror we have living in the hallway…the white t-shit I was wearing had a big orange stain on it. Shit. I had completely forgotten about that…

I looked up to see Sai leaning on the kitchen door frame again, arms folded,

"What do ya say to a movie fest ta'night?"

I blinked up at him,

"I got the classics."

He continued proudly, closing his eyes and smiling at me.

Later on we looked at the range of DVDs he had hired…

Staring, Hyuuga Hinata

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What are the odds eh?

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A/N: Ooo and the plot thickens lol. For future notice I will warn you that Sai and Hinata (and possibly some other characters) may be slightly OOC I'm sorry if this doesn't meet people's expectations but it is necessary for the purposes of this story. I hope you enjoyed it! It's good fun to write lol =)

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