Chapter 7: Indescribable

"You're an animal." Hinata whispers by the side of Naruto's ear.

And just like she expects, fox ears perk up as he leans off of her just slightly. He fixes her with one of his dazzling grins that always makes her heart thump a bit faster.

"Why thank you..."

'Well, I was more just stating the truth than giving him a compliment.'

He stops himself from continuing though, blue eyes suddenly becoming wide and somber as he moves off her with sudden alertness.

"Wait, I didn't hurt you, did I?!"

His voice is panicked and he lifts the covers away to reveal her nude form is littered with scratches and bruises.

She winces and he gasps.

"I'm alright, really!" Hinata speaks up quickly, reaching for the sheets again but Naruto pulls them out of reach; disturbed by his handiwork.

"You're…you're hurt because of me. I couldn't stop or control myself." Naruto mutters.

Hinata shakes her head, face burning as she moves to press a kiss to his damp forehead.

"Please don't blame yourself." She murmurs into the curve of his neck.

She isn't sure if he heard her, breathing still frantic.

However, she was the one who had wanted this. The one who chose to book this room and then play a game of teasing with him…

And there's so much more she wants to say, but exhaustion and pain sweep through her body once more, punishing her for moving so much so soon.

Naruto isn't convinced she isn't hurting, even as she brushes her fingers lightly through his blonde locks and lets him rest once more against her chest.

Did he remember what happened?

What he said?

"Naruto, are you still here with me?" Hinata asked again. Her fingers trace along his now darkened features, scarlet eyes gleaming and teeth sharpened.

Naruto only responds with another searing kiss and her lips begin to feel dizzyingly numb and swollen as his hands reach up to tear away at her tangled bra.

"No more toying with each other, I want you. Now." He breathes out before his tongue moves to swirl against her nipples until they become taut from his touch.

He snickers at her moaning as she shifts into him, trailing with his other hand downward to her lower regions.

"W-Wait, ah you should at least remove some of your clothes too." Hinata sighs out between gasps, reaching to undo the rest of the buttons on his shirt.

"I don't want to play fair right now; don't worry about me. I want to pleasure you first." He emphasizes, roughly tugging away at the last of her clothes.

Her cheeks take on rosy tinge at his blatant ogling and its then he finally begins to return the favor, slowly unbuttoned his shirt and unzipping his pants all in front of her.

And when he tosses away his boxers and crawls back close to her, she sucks in moan as his member presses close to her entrance.

"Look at me Hinata, I'm looking at you after all." Naruto observes, pushing her hands away from her face.

When she doesn't immediately obey, he tugs with a bit more force until crimson meets lavender and he smirks.

This is the first time, the first time any guy has really and truly looked at her this way.

"Good, keep watching me." He growls out, kissing her one last time and as much as she wants to relax and be in control of this whole situation, she's completely and utterly falling apart in his arms.

He pushes in and Hinata squeezes her eyes immediately shut again.

This hurts…like hell.

It's nothing like Sakura or Ino described to her, but then again had they ever experienced the act of love making?

Probably not like this if they had.

It certainly didn't feel magical or life changing like how they used to gossip and imagine about it back in the days of high school.

"Fuck, you're tight!" Naruto curses, gritting his teeth as he slides out.

"W-What does that mean?" Hinata questions, her fingers press into his shoulders as he moves again as she bites back a whimper before he shakes his head.

"That most likely you're hurting, are you okay?"

'No!' Hinata wants to scream back, but Naruto somehow between this haze of lust and rage with nails jabbing and tearing into her sides fixes her with a concerned look.

"I'll…stop if this is too much." He continues on.

But then his voice breaks down into a mix of growls and hisses as the smell of blood permeates his nostrils.

She's losing him to the beast again.

"I trust you Naruto." Hinata states, experimentally rubbing herself into him and he snarls as he thrusts back in.

"Hinata…so good." He groans out, pushing her closer and closer to himself until she feels him spilling inside her as her own vision goes briefly white.

He parts the hair falling over and around her face as he slowly comes down from his high, intertwining their hands as he settles down beside her.

"Hinata, I'm starting to fall in love with you." He mutters into the side of her face.

It takes her brain a few minutes to process his words, turning over quickly in realization despite the pain to ask him to repeat himself, to say those three words once more…

But his breathing has already leveled out, eyes shut as a light snore drifts into the air.

"Naruto, do you remember anything you said last night?" Hinata asks curiously, hoping the crack in her voice doesn't give away her true nervousness.

Naruto's deep rumble of laughter shakes her body slightly as he looks up at her again. He looks just as shy and unsure as her over what just occurred hours ago as he scratches his cheek.

"Ah, well only certain parts. I remember asking if you were okay and then I remember just looking down at you and…err well truly all of you and how I just wanted to touch, hold and memorize every part of you." He mumbles, maybe more to himself than her at this point.

"Um, hopefully I didn't do or say anything too embarrassing, right…?" He trailed off with a weak laugh, wracking his brain for more memories.

Everything just comes up in a blurry fog.

And meanwhile her just heart freezes and stops for the briefest of seconds. She twists at her lips to fight off new tears burning at her vision.

'So, he doesn't remember?'

"No, nothing out of the ordinary."

-X-

The tea tastes bitter on her tongue.

No amount of sugar and delving into her cravings for more of the cinnamon cookies that Sweet Dreams Bakery is known for is going to take away this ache.

An ache that shouldn't even exist in the first place.

'Naruto's only my client, he got caught up in the heat of the moment. It didn't mean anything, that's why he can't recall it.' The wild mantra goes on.

"I think you only order the cinnamon cookies with herbal tea when you're feeling depressed." Ino notes aloud, more of a statement than a question.

Hinata looked up from her order, fixing her with the best scowl she can muster which probably only amounts to looking like some haphazard frown.

Why is it her friends can always read her so well?

Ino in particular, like she can gaze straight into anyone's soul with her sky blue eyes and know all their problems or secrets without saying a word.

Must be from studying enough psychology and the brain.

Ino hums and stirs at her own green tea, sipping at the cup when the steam finally begins to simmer down.

"So…I take it the last date something big happened? Big enough you wanted to talk to me in private for some advice? You know Sakura doesn't like it when we don't include her in talking about love tips, not that she's been getting many men lately!" She asks curiously.

Hinata shifts, the weight of her stare beginning to get to her.

She can't tell Sakura about this because Sakura knows Naruto more than she does.

The last thing she wants to do is gross her out talking about the things they've done recently.

"It wasn't anything 'big' like you're thinking…"

Okay, even she can't convince herself of that lie.

"What did that moron say this time to screw things up?! I bet he went and forgot the time of your date again, right? No, he most likely said some silly, unfunny joke that made things awkward or-"

"He said he was falling in love with me." Hinata interjects softly and Ino promptly quiets.

And it's hard to read her expression after that, lips forming into a tight line as her gaze wavers off from her to everything else surrounding them.

Her face grows hot as she too silently looks around, people are busily ordering meals on the go or excitedly talking about weekend plans to get out of the city for events happening in Suna and other neighboring areas…

'Maybe I should've said nothing.'

"Well, how do you feel about that? I mean was he drunk or in a clear state of mind when he said that? Did he only say that so that he could keep being your client or perhaps get in your pants?" Ino questions her rapidly.

Her stomach tightens once more, because no Naruto wasn't completely himself when he spoke said words; however…

She wants to believe he was divulging the truth to her.

But there's no way for her to be sure just yet, especially when Ino's continued questioning of Naruto and her own behaviors makes her silent.

"You're turning pretty red there, anything else important I should now?" She purrs with amusement, smirking and leaning forward in her chair to listen.

No, she hasn't forgotten Ino's second love behind shopping and getting glitzed up for a date: gossip.

And so she switches the topic to her latest clients and Ino happily brings up a guy who supposedly has Sasuke's so called "killer looks", but needs some work however in terms of his personality.

"He said he's apparently had a very sheltered upbringing with his brother. Not sure why he would need Jewel After Hours, though he said he finds the idea of drawing out erotic scenes interesting…sounds a bit strange, huh? I'm thinking it would be cool though if he drew us in maybe some fancy scenario." Ino chatted away while Hinata simply nodded along with a smile.

'And Sakura and Ino thought I had strange taste in men.'

-X-

"Sasuke! Hey wake up! No, don't close your eyes on me again damn it! I think I seriously fucked up here!" Naruto hisses and mutters out for probably the fourth time in the past hour.

"Yeah? And what else is new? It's already almost 1:00 am, don't you have an 8 am class in the morning?" Sasuke growls in return, burying his head back into his pillows.

A minute later his pillows are replaced with bricks.

And Naruto looks ready to commit property damage to his electronics next.

Alright, no sleeping tonight it is.

He sits up with much reluctance, blurry eyes adjusting to his figure looming over him. Admittedly, it is odd that Naruto is up at this hour (normally sleeping like a log before he's even done with all his assignments for the week). It's not Friday night yet which means his favorite call girl isn't available to distract him either.

So maybe that's where his problem lies.

"Ugh, don't you have anything in this room to actually help you see?" Naruto questions, flickering with his lamp light causing only a faint glow of red to pour into the room.

"So, how did you screw things up this time? You must've said or done something pretty bad." Sasuke instead asks, getting straight to the point.

Naruto pauses, annoyed though used to this as he plopped himself down on the edge of the bed.

"…That's just it; I don't remember."

Sasuke arched a brow, crossing his arms. "Did you forget you're a lightweight?"

Naruto shook his head, anger flaring back into his expression. "I was sober asshole! Geez, but Hinata or I guess I should keep to calling her Lilac, she hasn't really returned my calls since our date last week. At school too, she's been distant. The smile doesn't reach her eyes like it did before, she was trying to help me control the fox features, you know and I think we went too far when we-"

"When you..?" Sasuke pursued.

Ugh, a telltale reddish tinge crosses Naruto's face.

How many times will he be forced to deal with his friend's almost non-existent love life?

Or worse, sex life?

He can only take so much migraines and stomachaches listening to it all.

"You probably gave in more to your urges and transformed without realizing it. Good night now." Sasuke concludes, shifting his covers back on.

Naruto unfortunately stops him.

"Wait hold on, now I won't give you details, though I can recall bits and pieces of the act. It's towards the end I think I said something to her…"

His heart begins to pound as the memory drifts back to him, stringing his fingers through her dark hair, cream skin glowing in the pale moonlight that slipped through the window.

'Naruto, are you still here with me?'

He nods and smirks before he moved to kiss her again, freely ready to tell her everything on his mind. Their hands interlace and he's never felt closer to anyone since his fox features first began to make an appearance in his life.

Sasuke yawns, drifting in and out of sleep despite Naruto's continued sharp poking at him to stay awake.

"Look, as much as I said some rude things when you first brought her here, I can tell she cares about you more than past people have and the feeling must be mutual for you to be bothering me at now 1:04 am about this. I'm sure it will come to you in time what you said, whatever it was though must've shocked her." He explains.

And with that, Sasuke officially kicks him back out of his room and he makes sure to dodge the bricks he tosses out with him soon after.

He retreats back to his much brighter, though dirtier room. Hinata had given him suggestions on how to keep the area cleaner and he had somehow remembered to start putting them into action, the first step being to put an actual trash can and dirty bin hamper in his room.

Funny, he could recall small details like that and not the larger ones when he especially needed to.

He reaches for his phone when an hour passes of him only tossing and turning. It's Wednesday night and he doubts Hinata is on call for the night, particularly when she already has his actual phone number saved into her regular phone and not her work phone.

Still, it's worth a try.

A chipper, bubbly voice greets him on the second ring.

"Hello, Jewel After Hours; how can we help you dear?"

"Um, well, err…is Hin- or I mean Lilac on tonight?" He asks quickly and he nearly smacks himself at how scratchy his voice sounds.

They were doing far more than just talking the other day after all…

There's a shuffling and more sounds of giggling, phones ringing, and uncomfortably moaning in the background before the woman's voice returns.

"Sorry dear, but she's off until Sunday. If you want however, I can set you up with-"

He hangs up.

It can only be Hinata.

His hands stickily cling to his phone, breathing growing tight. He sits up and sees scarlet eyes gazing back at him.

Damn it, even thinking about her now is…

He glances back down at his phone again, going to his messages screen this time. He sits and lets the minutes pass, constantly deleting and typing the same sentence over and over.

'Can we talk, please?'

It's short and to the point.

And eventually, he hits send and the text is out before any of his thoughts make him stir with more regrets and worries, tossing the phone back into a dark recesses of his room.

Perhaps she'll see it in the morning light as she's getting ready, the haze of sleep enough that she'll possibly answer him.

Although as it turns out, he doesn't have to wait that long.

His phone buzzes again and he makes a mad dash for it as if the message will disappear on him if he isn't quick enough.

'Okay, after morning classes are done.'

-X-

Kiba has the worst timing!

Dark clouds drift overhead, the wind picking up with the scent of rain and she needs to get going back to her apartment at least to get an umbrella and start on the many homework assignments she's gotten so behind on.

Plus, Naruto is expecting her.

'I need to finish grocery shopping this afternoon and right up my reports from my last clinical rotations too.' She notes to herself.

But Kiba picks her out from the crowds, waving and loudly calling out to her much to her embarrassment and shock.

Doesn't he have classes at the veterinary school today?

"I know what you're thinking and we only have practicum this afternoon so I'm not skipping out on my classes." He states as he walks up to her.

Hinata slowly nods, but her usual smile and happiness at seeing her longtime friend just can't come to her face.

She trails her eyes downward to the concrete, avoiding his knowing stare. "Kiba, why did you have to involve Neji?"

Kiba frowns, shaking his head. "Why not? I'm concerned about your safety. Haven't you heard the weird rumors involving Naruto?"

No, but coming from Kiba they were bound to be exaggerated to some fashion.

"The other day as I was coming out of Equine Science, these two guys were talking about how Naruto could be the perfect 'research subject' for studying wild animals. When I asked what they meant, they said at times they've seen what looked like fox ears come out of his head."

Hinata gulped.

Okay they weren't so farfetched after all.

"Not to mention that time he growled at Shino and I. You have to admit, that was weird! He acts strange whenever you're close by, what is his connection to you exactly?" He goes on.

She curls at her toes, hoping for any type of distraction at the moment, the sound of thunder to interrupt them, Sakura or Ino making a pop up appearance…

Even having Father or Neji abruptly call her she would greatly appreciate at the moment.

But it's just the two them standing relatively alone by the student center.

"W-We're friends." She stammers.

Kiba says nothing, stepping forward and before she can stop him, he pulls down her scarf just slightly.

Enough to catch a peek.

Purple and red love bites, some too big to be completely hidden with makeup come into view.

She flusters, hurriedly rewrapping the scarf twice around her neck.

"Friends, huh? You said you weren't friends with benefits though. I was wondering why you picked to wear a scarf when it's not even that cold out today." He muses, though his tone is cold and absent of lighthearted joking.

"Naruto isn't how you think, you shouldn't believe in everything you hear!" She huffs out.

Even if what he's heard is the truth.

Kiba shrugs, scratching a hand through his messy brown locks. "Well, I'm just saying. You can't deny all these things though like Naruto is-"

"I was the one who initiated it." She cuts him off.

At his perplexed look, she continues.

"I mean, I was the one who asked him to meet up with me. W-We just started roughhousing a bit too much. Naruto wouldn't hurt me on purpose." Hinata explains quickly, throat constricting.

Oh, why must she discuss such things with her childhood friend?

Shino wouldn't have cared, though he would ask if she was thinking properly while making that decision.

Kiba on the other hand looks like she just told him Akamaru was dying.

"Hinata, the fact that you instigated this says something about this guy…" He trails off, rubbing his chin in thought.

He snaps his fingers as it comes to him, scowl etching back onto his face.

"This guy must be a creep forcing you to come on to him!"

'What?'

This is worse than Neji's assumption that she and Naruto were engaged…

She shakes his arm to get him to stop frantically (and loudly) declaring rash assumptions of Naruto's behavior. Maybe it's the patter of rain beginning to fall on them, but Kiba finally relents at her hushing of him to calm down as they take cover inside.

"Kiba, you're jumping to the wrong conclusions again. Yes, it's true I initiated things, but Naruto is not a creep or a jerk…and I'm not afraid to be with him. In fact, I-I really like him and my feelings are getting deeper than I first imagined."

And saying the truth aloud for the first time and not just in her thoughts makes the ache that had been tugging at her chest since Naruto's unknowing confession lift away just briefly.

Kiba sees it too, eyes narrowing silently.

'Is she really falling in love with that guy?'

He wants to say nothing more on the subject knowing how upset he's making her as they watch the rain dampen the pavement, other students running for cover as the wind sprays leaves around.

He's done his part in telling Neji of Naruto's oddities, maybe he shouldn't interfere anymore and let her family handle this…

Though he can't help his worry that Hinata doesn't know what she's getting into, his stomach twisting uneasily at the light that comes into her lavender eyes at just the mention of his name, soft smile gracing her face and he knows she's thinking about him despite all he's told her.

Was this just a weird kink of Hinata's?

As her friend, he had to make sure!

"So…does this mean you're going to have sex with him again?"

"Kiba!"

-X-

'I hate when it rains, always makes the place all gloomy and throws my scent off.' Naruto thinks to himself, wrinkling his nose.

That, and he needed to occupy himself somehow with any random thought before he made the journey up the steps to Hinata's apartment.

He's never been there before now that he's thought about it, pacing outside the sidewalk that leads up to her place before stopping when said action gets him concerning looks from neighbors.

'She's home, right? She isn't going to stand me up just to avoid me again; is she?' He wondered nervously as he finally made his way up the slick stairway.

She had texted him minutes ago to say she was at home, Hinata had no reason to lie.

He wishes his heart would understand that too and stop beating so fast.

Sweat slides down the palms of his hands that he hastily wipes away onto his jeans before knocking on door 309. There's the sound of objects sliding and a "Hold on!" and he wills himself to relax and be prepared if Hinata is still upset with him.

But she greets him with a smile, ushering for him to come in.

"Are you cold? The rain that came down earlier really cooled the city off." Hinata asks, heading towards the kitchen.

"I know it's pretty small and the building on the outside is breaking apart with rotten wood in some places, but the rent here is pretty reasonable and it's only a fifteen minute walk from the campus." Hinata states.

Naruto trails after her, shaking his head as he glanced around. Hinata's apartment may be tinier than his and Sasuke's, but it looks so much fancier inside than it did from the outside. Her favorite colors of purple and white decorate the bedding and linens. The walls are lined with photographs capturing moments in time with her family when she was younger up until more recent photos showcasing Sakura, her, and another girl he doesn't recognize outside of Konoha University's main entrance.

'It even smells like her.' He realizes, candle scents giving off the waft of jasmine, vanilla, and…

Lilac.

Out of the corner of his eye he can see Hinata studying him and he grimaces, looking at his reflection in the tile quickly.

Crap.

"I wasn't thinking anything naughty; I swear!" He panics, attempting to push his fox ears down out of sight.

Hinata lightly grins, nodding her head before turning back around. "I'm getting used to your transformations by now Naruto, there's no need to hide it."

He slowly nods, but still keeps his hands on his ears, taking in deep breaths until he feels them start to disappear.

Maybe he should just keep his distance from her.

So he watches from a safe area at the table as she finishes washing, drying, and putting away the rest of her dishes, humming a light tune to herself.

And when she faces him again he realizes her cheeks are red, fingers anxiously playing with the edges of her sweater.

She steps closer to him, enough for him to reach out and lightly squeeze her still soapy hands.

"N-Naruto about the other night at the love hotel. I, well; I'm sorry if it seemed like I was rushing you. It wasn't my intention to-"

"Wait hold on, you're the one apologizing? I'm the one who should be sorry! I mean, we did such a personal act together that I don't even fully remember it." Naruto interrupts.

He squirms at seeing the flicker of upset across her face, the knowing that his memories are still fragmented over those precious three little words he said to her…

"Hinata, I may not recall everything I said that night, but I do know the moment you and I became one was something so extraordinary and amazing that I…well if it was okay with you I would want to experience again.

Hinata blinked, eyes growing wide.

Seconds pass and he uncertainly squeezes at her hands.

Oh no, he came on too strong!

And Naruto quickly finds himself ready to backtrack and jokingly play off everything until a small melodious giggle escapes her lips.

"I…I don't know why, but I just thought maybe you didn't feel the same since you couldn't remember saying it. I'm being silly, actions speak louder than words after all." Hinata is whispering softly and hurriedly and he doesn't completely understand, but he's happy nonetheless when she bounces into his arms.

'I'm starting to fall in love with you.'

His heart lurches, leaning his head down onto hers to listen again. Hinata only sighs and accepts his warm hands encompassing her.

Was he hearing things?

She pulls back to look at his bright teal eyes, matching his smile as he presses their foreheads together.

"I um, I'm thinking we should take the 'practicing' a bit differently now. Your transformations come out even more so now it seems since we did the deed." Hinata points out.

Naruto wiggled his brows suggestively, spinning her around. "Well…it has been a few days now and you know the old saying: practice makes perfect!"

Hinata lightly pinches his arm, stopping his fox tail from making an arrival next.

"I meant we should take it slow! Besides, I have errands I still need to finish."

That paper wasn't going to write itself after all.

Naruto presses her hands to her lips, enjoying the heat rising up her face once more as goosebumps line her skin.

"Okay, after you finish with all your chores then. I'll even work on my homework too!" He suggests.

Hinata wiggles out of his grasp, pouting. "B-But, it will be harder to concentrate on my work if you're here too!"

And it's then that Naruto's grinning morphs into one of his more devilish smirks.

"Exactly."

-x-

So you know I felt a bit evil for leaving you guys with that cliffhanger and no smut, so hopefully this chapter makes it up to you guys' lol! (Because I seriously originally planned to just write more limey stuff).

I was stuck debating on whether or not Naruto should've remembered telling Hinata he loved her, I wrote up two versions of it, but I stuck with him not completely remembering since it was their first time and I didn't think it was realistic for him to be 100% in control of his beastly changes (hopefully you don't think he's an asshole for forgetting though!), though I'm curious about thoughts/suggestions on it all.

Finally, a big hooray to this story almost at 200+ follows and almost 100+ reviews. I'm so glad so many people have been enjoying this story so far because it's fun to write and encourages me to update faster!

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