I'm back! Ok I've been preoccupied with getting ready for college so I may not have as much time to write and post so bear with me. So this is the next installment of my one shot series! This one is a NaruHina. Hope you enjoy it. Read and review. Side note: Naruto doesn't have his whisker marks. Also details of the paintball game are my experiences from playing paintball with some friends.
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Chapter 2: Moving in.
The roar of a motorcycles engine was heard in the empty streets. A man, twenty three years old, wearing a short sleeved orange shirt, dark camouflage pants with dried up splats of paint, black boots and a black helmet was riding through the streets, heading home. Strapped to the small passenger seat of his Kawasaki was a medium sized duffel bag.
As the motorcyclist turned a corner, he put on a burst of speed and climbed a large hill. A few minutes later, he pulled into a driveway and turned off the engine. He took of his helmet, revealing golden blonde hair and blue eyes. He dismounted and opened the secret compartment under his seat. He pulled out a tool box and placed his helmet inside. Next he unstrapped the duffle bag and slung it across his shoulder. He walked up to the door, unlocked it and stepped inside.
He didn't bother with the lights since no one was there and he knew his way around. He dropped the duffel bag and tool box on the couch and went to his room. He dropped his keys and cell phone on the bed and began to strip. After his clothes were in the hamper, he stepped into the adjoined bathroom and turned on the light. He turned on the shower and waited until the water warmed. He looked in the mirror and saw he had a red mark on right cheek, probably from when he was shot in the face. (1) The skin was slightly broken but would probably go away in a few days. He looked over his entire body and saw that he had numerous welts and bruises. He sighed and stepped into the shower.
The hot water relaxed his muscles and soothed his aching body.
"Aah, nothing beats a nice hot shower after playing paintball." He sighed as he stood under the spray. His shower was interrupted by his ringtone.
He turned off the shower, grabbed a nearby towel and wrapped it around his waist. He walked into his room and grabbed his cell phone. He smiled as he saw the number belonged to his girlfriend.
"Moshi moshi?"
The person on the other end replied. "Moshi moshi, Naruto-kun. Did you get home safely?"
"Hai, Hina-chan. Are you coming over?" He couldn't keep the smile off his face.
He heard a cute giggle and she answered, "I'll leave right now. When I get there, do you want me to make you something to eat? Knowing you, you probably haven't eaten since you left this morning."
His stomach growled. "Yeah. Althought…" He paused. "I might be hungry for something else." He used a husky tone and smiled when he heard and 'eep' from the other end of the receiver. He could practically hear the blush forming on her face.
"Na-naruto-kun…" She whispered.
Naruto laughed. "Alright, alright, I'll stop. So when can will you be here?"
She hummed in thought. "Maybe in…twenty minutes."
"Alright, Ja ne hina-chan."
"Ja ne." With that she hung up.
Naruto flipped his phone closed with a smile. 'One day hina-chan. One day.'
He changed into clean boxers that were black with orange kitsune on them. He thought about wearing just his boxers when his girlfriend showed up, but thought against that idea and put on a white t-shirt and blue sweats.
He went into the living room and turned on the lights. He went over to the couch and opened his duffel bag. Digging through it, he pulled out several paint covered rags and put them in a pile. Next was his black and blue fox jersey, his black pod vest, his blue and black gloves, his knee pads, bounce cap, and finally a metal case. He put the metal case next to his feet and picked up his paintball clothes and rags and threw them in the hamper in his room. He would wash them later.
He went back into the living room, turned on the TV and walked back into the hallway to get things from the closet. He pulled out a spray bottle labeled, 'Alcohol' and a rag along with a few Q-tips. He sat back on the couch and put the items on the table. He picked up the metal case and opened it, revealing a paintball gun, barrel, tank and hopper. It was his pride and joy, a silver auto cocker with a glossy wood grip on each side of the handle.
Pulling the gun from its case, he reached for the spray bottle and sprayed the gun's side before reaching for the rag and wiping the gun down. After all the paint was gone, he sprayed the inside of the feeding point of the gun and used a Q-tip to clean out the paint. After that was clean, he reached for the barrel and used the barrel sweep to sweep out any paint. He put away the gun and barrel back into the case and closed it. He sighed and watched the TV.
A knock at the door had him looking at the clock on his wall. 'She can't have got here that quick.'
He walked over to the door and frowned when, instead of his girlfriend, he saw his friend and next door neighbor, shikamaru standing there with a huge blush.
"Hey man, look I know this is pain, but do you have any…" He muttered the last word so low that Naruto couldn't hear what he needed.
"Nani?" he leaned closer and put his hand to his ear.
With an exasperated sigh, shikamaru spoke. "Any condoms. Ok there, I said it."
Naruto had a big grin on his face and nodded. "Sure buddy, but make sure you and temari keep it down. Last time I thought she was killing you. Be right back."
He ran back into the house and didn't hear shikamaru mutter, "Troublesome."
Naruto returned a few moments later, and handed his friend a three small packets. "Here ya go."
Shikamaru nodded and left. Naruto chuckled and went back to watching TV and waiting for Hinata to arrive.
He didn't have to wait long. He heard the roar of a motorcycle as it pulled up his street and into his driveway. He counted to twenty when he heard the engine go off and walked to the door. He opened it revealing a woman, twenty two years of age, with raven hair, lavender eyes and light skin about to knock. Naruto pulled her inside and kissed her as he closed the door. She kissed him back and after several minutes they parted. They didn't leave their embrace, but looked into each others eyes.
"Konban wa, Naruto-kun."
He chuckled, "Konban wa, hina-chan. I missed you."
She smiled. "But you saw me yesterday."
"So, whenever I'm away from you, I miss you."
Hinata stood on her tip toes and gripped the front of his shirt as she kissed him. They parted a minute later.
"Are you hungry, Naruto-kun?" She tried to pull away from Naruto, but he pulled her in.
"Starving. Can you satisfy my hunger hina-chan?" He nuzzled her neck and smirked when she gasped. He sighed before letting her go and brushing his lips against hers. "Just kidding."
Hinata playfully smacked his arm and pushed him away. As she pushed him away, he saw what she was wearing. A lavender midriff shirt that showed only two inches of her stomach, dark blue jeans and a hooded jacket that had lavender on the cuffs, torso and tan on the sleeves and hood. She had on black boots that had steel which went up mid way to her shins.
Naruto was practically drooling at the sight. He wanted to take her right then and there, but he wouldn't. Hinata noticed her boyfriend staring and blushed. She cleared her throat and smiled as she walked into the kitchen.
"So how was the game?"
Naruto didn't snap out of his daze until she was in the kitchen. "N-nani?"
He could hear her giggle. "I asked how the game was."
He leaned against the doorframe and crossed his arms. "I wish you were there. It was so much fun. Gaara was like a paintball magnet. In the first game, he got shot two minutes in. He was pissed. In the next match, he was out in the open and Sasuke, Neji, Tenten, Hikari and I were hiding behind some bunkers. The other side shot at us at the same time and created a hail of paintballs. Poor Gaara just stood there and took each one. They didn't let up for like three minutes." Naruto laughed hard as he remembered Gaara being pelted by paint.
Hinata laughed also. "Did any of them break?"
Naruto laughed harder. "That's what was so funny. None of them broke. He called himself out. After they let up, Gaara put his gun up and said, 'Fuck this, I'm out of here.'"(2)
They laughed at gaara's bad luck. When Naruto stopped he stared at Hinata making dinner. Her movements were graceful and quick as she chopped ingredients for their meal.
'You know, I would love if I could see her everyday, when I wake up, when I go to sleep, even when she cooks. This house feels more like a home, when she's here. Kami-sama, I love her.'
Naruto crossed the distance between them and wrapped his arms around her waist. He nuzzled her neck and breathed in her scent. Hinata giggled and finished off the final ingredient. She picked up a piece and held it over her shoulder so Naruto could eat it, which he did, but continued to nuzzle her neck.
"It's not ready yet, Naruto-kun. Wait a little longer."
He took the knife from her hand and placed it on the counter before turning her around to face him. He smiled lovingly.
"Hina-chan, would you move in with me?" He looked into her eyes as he spoke.
She gasped, "N-nani?"
His smile faltered slightly as did his grip on her. "You don't have to. I just think I would be nice if you lived here. I mean, you're here all the time and you make me food, you always listen to me talk about my day and I listen to yours. You sleep over, we do things together and whenever you go back home, I feel like you left with a part of me. You make my house feel like a home. You're like my wife, but we're not married. Do you understand?"
He pulled her closer and rested his head on her shoulder. "But I would understand if you didn't want to be away from your family. You don't have to give me an answer now or even ever. I'd be happy just to have you in my life."
He felt Hinata move her hands to rest on his chest and she put her ear to over his heart to listen to it beat. They remained silent for a few minutes until Hinata finally pulled away and looked into his blue eyes.
"I would love to move in with you, Naruto-kun." She paused. "But there is one problem."
Naruto smile that he wore when she said yes, turned into a frown. "What's the problem?"
"You have to ask my Otou-san for permission."
His face paled at the thought of going anywhere within a mile of Hyuuga, hiashi. Naruto pulled back until Hinata was arm's length away. Shock and fear were evident on his face.
"As-ask your father for his permission?"
Hinata shook her head in amusement. "Hai, you have to ask him. After all he is my otou-san."
He immediately started trembling. "But I don't have a death wish. Can't you just move in without me asking him? I know I'll whisk you away in the middle of the night and bring you here. No, wait that's kidnapping, I can't do that. He'll find me and tear me apart piece by piece."
Naruto started pacing as he thought of ideas.
"Wait, what if I take us somewhere where he won't be able to find us…How much money do I have? Yeah yeah, this could work. I could even call Jiraiya and ask him to hide us or maybe baa-chan."
Hinata smiled as she listened to her boyfriend think of plans to whisk her away. She was flattered that he was willing to runaway with her to be together, but she couldn't believe that he was scared of talking to her father. He wasn't that bad…Then again…
She tried calling his name, but he was too far gone in his thoughts. She sighed as she grabbed his arm and pulled his head down and kissed him. Realizing that Hinata was kissing him, Naruto kissed back. She pulled away and laughed at his happy expression.
"Let's ask my otou-san together, okay?"
Naruto smiled. "How did I ever get by without you?" He sighed in defeat. "Alright then we'll go ask him together. How about we ask him tomorrow morning?"
Hinata smiled and leaned up to kiss him one more time before pushing him out of the kitchen. "Alright now go watch TV until I'm done cooking. It will be finished in a little bit."
Naruto let himself be pushed out of the kitchen with a huge smile. "Yes, dear."
Hinata blushed at the endearment and smiled as he blew her a kiss. He walked into the living room and sat one the couch. He picked up his cell and flipped it open. He looked back and watched the kitchen as he made his call. He didn't want Hinata to hear his conversation.
A female voice spoke on the other end of the line. "Moshi moshi?"
"Moshi moshi, baa-chan. Did it arrive yet?"
"Hai, I have it. When are you going to pick it up?"
Naruto smiled, "Tomorrow morning. I'm going to talk to her father about her moving in. she doesn't suspect a thing. I'll tell her I'm running an errand and pick it up. Thanks for all your help. Tell jiraiya I said hi, okay."
"Alright, see you tomorrow. Ja ne."
"Ja ne!" he shut his phone and leaned back. He couldn't wait until tomorrow morning.
He heard Hinata call him from the kitchen. "Naruto-kun, dinner's ready."
He jumped over the back of the couch and ran into the kitchen. He couldn't wait for tomorrow.
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(The next morning)
They pulled up to the front of hinata's home. It was one of the last traditional Japanese houses left in Kyoto. It was surrounded by fifteen foot high white walls and had a large iron gate at the front entrance.
When they entered the main house, Hinata explained to him that there were two different houses on the property, they were told to wait for hinata's father to get out of his meeting. As they waited and drank tea, Naruto looked around. He looked out of the open shoji and saw the huge garden that even had a koi pond with a small bridge across it. There were different types of flowers all around the area. The inside of the home, or mansion as Naruto called it, had hard wood floors and white walls that held different portraits or paintings. There were servants running around as well as other members of her family. The Hyuuga household was very beautiful and very large. Naruto was amazed at the amount of land her family owned.
He looked over at his girlfriend and laughed nervously. "Hina-chan, don't get me wrong, but…how can you stand being in a dump like my home when you live here?"
She smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "It's not a dump. I love your home, it's perfect. When I'm here, I feel insignificant and unwanted. But when I'm with you at your home, I don't feel alone, I feel wanted."
Naruto had a huge smile on his face and wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer. He understood the loneliness that he felt whenever she wasn't with him. He gave her a kiss on the top of her head and they waited. Hinata's cousin, Neji walked around a corner and saw them.
"Welcome home, Hinata-sama. Naruto-san, how are you?" He walked into the room and almost couldn't keep the smile off his face.
"Hello, nii-san. Did you enjoy yesterday's game?" Hinata stood and gave her cousin a hug.
Neji smiled and hug his cousin back. "It was fun. Oh and Naruto-san, another sponsor tried to sign us on. I told them that were just a group of people who want to play paintball and have fun. They still don't get it."
Naruto laughed. "Yeah, but they don't know that we just want to play for fun. We say whatever and we play for fun. Oh well."
He shook neji's hand when he offered it.
"So why are you here?"
Naruto chuckled nervously. "Well I here to talk to hiashi and ask him if Hinata-chan can move in with me.''
"Oh just like tenten and I. Good for the two of you. Hope all goes well." Neji turned to leave but turned around and addressed his cousin. "By the way, hanabi needs your help with something. She said something about having a date with konohamaru."
Hinata nodded and stood. Naruto grabbed her hand and gave her a puppy dog look. Hinata giggled at how her boyfriend was so afraid of her father.
"I'll be right back don't worry. This will be quick, alright." She took her hand and followed her cousin out of the room and deeper into the house.
Naruto sat there drumming his fingers on the table as he looked around nervously. He didn't notice hiashi standing in the doorway behind him.
Hiashi was watching the blonde man flinch at every noise and smirked. He loved how much fear he put into his daughters boyfriend.
"So…" Naruto snapped around and looked at Hyuuga, hiashi walk through the door. "Uzumaki, Naruto, you want my daughter to move in with you? What are you intentions?"
Naruto gulped and stood before the lavender eyed man. "My intentions, sir?"
Hiashi frowned. "Yes…do you intend to marry my daughter? Why should I let her move in with you?"
Naruto stood tall and looked hiashi in the eye. "I love you daughter and I want to marry her. That's another thing that I'm here to ask you about." Naruto pulled a small black velvet box from his pocket and handed it to him.
Hiashi opened the box and smirked. Inside was a ring that had a gold band with two small diamonds next to an amethyst stone. Hiashi nodded his approval of the ring.
"I want to marry Hinata-chan. With your permission of course." Naruto bowed in respect.
Hiashi nodded and put his hand on the blonde's shoulder and looked him in the eyes. "How will you support my daughter? Do you have a stable job? What about school?"
Naruto took the ring box from hiashi's outstretched hand. "I have money left to me by my parents that I haven't touched. I haven't used it because of my job, I'm confident that I can support the both of us. As for school, I've completed all but two of my courses. So that's not a problem."
Hiashi took a deep breath and turned away from the blonde and headed for the door. Before he went through the shoji, he looked over his shoulder at Naruto.
"I give you my permission to both of your questions. But I suggest you ask her to marry you first if you intend to live together."
Naruto was stunned that hinata's father was so easy to convince. What Naruto didn't know was that from the moment Naruto and Hinata had walked into the house; hiashi was watching how they acted with each other. He saw how happy he made his daughter and it reminded him of how he was with his wife, hinata's late mother.
'I hope that they'll be as happy as we were.' Hiashi walked down the hall and disappeared into his room.
Hinata walked back into the room to find a stunned Naruto and walked over to him. She put her hand on his shoulder and called his name.
Naruto came out of his shock and shook his head. "Gomen ne, but I just zoned out after talking to your father."
Hinata gasped. "What did he say to you?"
Naruto smiled and pulled her into his arms. He lifted her off her feet and spun around laughing. Hinata laughed too because Naruto was so happy.
Naruto stopped spinning and pulled Hinata out to the garden by her hand. He continued to walk through the garden until he reached a sakura tree. He pulled Hinata into his arms and kissed her.
As she kissed him and melted into his embrace, she wanted to ask why he was so happy. She pulled away from his lips and tried to speak, but was swept up in another kiss.
"N-naruto-kun…" He kissed her again. "Naru…" Another kiss. Finally Hinata held his face in her hands and pushed his face away, but he still tried to kiss her. She laughed. "Naruto-kun, what did my father say?"
Naruto gave up trying to kiss her and settled for holding her. "He said yes. You can move in with me. Annnnd…" He had a huge smile on his face.
"And?" She was curious.
Naruto pulled back and took her hand. "And he let me have his permission to do one other thing." He smiled as he pulled out the black velvet box from his pocket.
Hinata covered her mouth with her free hand as tears formed in her eyes. He opened the box and nuzzled his cheek against hers.
"It took me a long time to see you and I regret that. I will spend my entire life making up for it. I want to wake up to your beautiful face every morning. I want to hold you in my arms and have you make my house…our house feel like a home where were wanted. Hyuuga Hinata, will you marry me?"
Hinata couldn't believe what she was seeing and hearing. She thought it was a dream, but when she saw Naruto waiting for her answer anxiously, she knew it was real.
She started crying, but they were tears of joy. "Yes, yes I will marry you, Naruto-kun!"
After Naruto slid the ring on her finger she threw her arms around him and kissed him.
When they parted, they couldn't keep the smile from their faces. Hanabi was walking along the porch and saw them. She ran over and asked what they were doing and Hinata told her that he had proposed. Hanabi gushed at the sight of hinata's ring and pulled her along to show the ring to their family.
Naruto stayed where he was a looked up. In a window he saw hiashi watching from the window and he nodded at the younger man. Naruto smiled and nodded back at his future father in law. Naruto knew that his life would only get better now that Hinata would be a permanent part of it.
He looked toward the future with a renewed vigor. He would tackle life's obstacles with a beautiful woman, and maybe soon the mother of his children, by his side.
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How was that? I hope you all enjoyed this one shot. I will probably have another one when I get a break from school. Read and review people.
Notes:
1: This happened to me, I was shot from 15 feet away. It hurt for only a few minutes.
2: This actually happened to my friend Stephen. It was hilarious