Thank you to everyone that commented, especially with your suggestions for Hinata's date and what you thought about Naruto's actions. It really helped me in writing the chapter.

I wanted to give a special thanks to Maurice Elias A. Nigma for such an in depth review.

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It was a long weekend at all the schools in the city since Friday was off, which meant Hinata didn't have work today. She really didn't feel like going to work anyway after what happened yesterday.

Naruto had randomly decided to talk about their past relationship at her workplace, where his daughter was just a few steps away. He had just dived into the subject without warning after seeming to constantly avoid that topic.

Now, the day after Naruto finally opened up about why he did what he did, Hinata stayed in her bed thinking about the conversation. Even if she had woken up hours ago she didn't feel like getting out of bed today.

Hinata felt a mix of emotions and some of them she couldn't even name. She was feeling angry, sad and frustrated. She was angry at Naruto for doing what he did to her. She was sad at knowing that if Naruto had been honest, they could have worked things out and maybe could have still stayed together. She was frustrated because she was tired of feeling like this. She was tired of having her emotions be affected so much, especially by someone who had hurt her in the past.

What Naruto did was with the best intentions, but Hinata had been hurt in the process. All this time Hinata had constantly doubted herself and blamed herself. She had slowly started to isolate herself emotionally and kept away from any possibility of ever loving someone again because she was afraid that they would leave her one day for no reason. She had been too afraid to try and put an effort into any new relationship. But this was all because Naruto had thought he was doing the right thing by her. He had thought that she would be better off without the burden and responsibility Naruto had to carry once he found out about his daughter. He had thought that his decision was for the best, but sometimes the things bearing the best intentions cause the worst reactions.

It was almost midday and Hinata was starting to feel her stomach grumble. She decided that it was time for her to get out of bed and at least make some food for herself. She had tear stains on her cheeks, evidence of all the crying she had done on her pillow last night. She had held onto her tears until she got into the safety and loneliness of her apartment, where nobody could hurt her or see her cry. She had gone straight to bed trying to sleep through the emotional turmoil in her heart, but throughout the night her tears refused to stop. She didn't know when it was but at some point she had fallen asleep.

Now, on a bright afternoon of a Friday, Hinata stood in her kitchen, in her clothes from yesterday, trying to figure out if she should make breakfast or lunch. It was obviously closer to lunch, but she hadn't had breakfast and she really wanted to eat breakfast.

As she played out an internal debate between breakfast or lunch, she tried her best to keep her mind from wandering into thoughts that only brought her tears. When she finally decided on breakfast, her cellphone began to ring. She went around the living room looking for her phone as it rang until she finally found it in her purse. She answered the call immediately as she recognized Tenten's face blaring on her phone's screen, not wanting to keep the girl waiting any longer.

"Hey," Hinata winced at the sound of her own voice as she answered the phone. She pretended to clear her throat as if that had been the reason why her voice was so hoarse. "Hello Tenten."

"Hey Hinata! Are you okay? You sound sick," Tenten asked as worry laced her voice.

"Oh no I'm okay. Thanks for asking. I...uh...I just sneezed a lot because of allergies, yeah," Hinata tried to sound convincing.

"Oh...okay. Well I hope you're not sick because, guess what?" Tenten asked with excitement.

"What?"

"No, guess, silly!"

"Tenten, just tell me," Hinata groaned.

"Someone is not in a good mood. Well, maybe this will get you in a good mood. You have a date tonight!" Hinata could almost feel Tenten jump on the other end of the line. She was far too excited about something Hinata had no interest in.

"Ugh, Tenten! You should've asked before you set up a date for me. I don't feel like going today."

"Hinata, you have to go. You always push these kinds of things away. At this rate, you'll end up as an old maiden with cats all around you. Try to have a little fun."

"But I'm really not in the mood for it today."

"Hinata..." Tenten spoke in a serious tone which got Hinata's attention. "I don't know what you've been through in your past, you never open up to me, but you can't always shut yourself off like that. You shouldn't be afraid of having a relationship and trying to find love. We all want companionship and you just seem so reluctant to give it a chance. I really want to see you happy and in love because it's a very dull life without it. So please, do it for me. Go on your date today and honestly give it a chance."

Hinata listened to Tenten as she spoke and couldn't help but feel guilty that she had never told her best friend about Naruto. She always tried really hard to make sure Hinata wan't lonely or mopey, but Hinata never realized how she was ignoring Tenten's efforts by not trying to move on and find happiness. Tenten cared for her friend's happiness and Hinata thought she at least owed it to her friend to try and give this one date a proper chance.

"Okay," Hinata sighed. "Where is the date?"

"Yes! Hinata, I promise you will really enjoy this date. Wear something nice and maybe some heels. I know you don't like them but you have to dress a bit formal because it's in a really nice restaurant," Tenten rambled as she finally gave Hinata the details about the date.

Hinata was starting to worry about everything now that Tenten told her where the date was. It was in an expensive restaurant that recently opened up in the city, and from Hinata had heard, it was really hard to book a reservation there. It had to be done at least two months in advance. Tenten had said only last week that she still had to convince the guy for a date, so that meant that the guy booked the date this week. How could he get a table at this restaurant this quick?...unless he was someone of importance. Who did Tenten set her up with?

Hinata really wanted to bail out on this, but she decided against it. It would be rude if she ignored the person who probably tried really hard to get a reservation at this restaurant. So with that in mind she took a deep breath and finally entered through the glass doors to the Hokage Restaurant. It was one of the most popular and expensive restaurants in town. Hinata couldn't believe she was actually in here. She had thought that she could only be in this place in her dreams because she could never afford this place, but now she was here, in real life.

Hinata walked up to the hostess at the front who was eyeing her simple black halter top dress that went down to her knees and flowed elegantly below her waist. She didn't own much in formal dresses but she was grateful she had this even if it wasn't something really fancy.

"Hello!" brightly chirped the blonde hostess. "How may I help you?"

"Uhm...I'm here to meet someone," Hinata hesitantly answered, still slightly wary about going to the date.

"Oh, do you know the name of your party?"

"Y-yes, it's Tenten." Hinata pursed her lips a bit as she thought about how Tenten tried to make it super secretive by telling them to make the reservation in her name. This way neither of them would find out who their date was or even their name to look them up before the date started.

"Oh!" The blonde's eyes widened a little before she regained her composure. "Right this way. I'll take you to your table." The hostess motioned for Hinata to follow her as she walked into the restaurant.

Hinata followed her as they weaved through the area where the lights were a little dim to give a more intimate feeling. The place was even bigger on the inside and Hinata scanned the crowded tables in hopes to get a glimpse of her date before she went to meet him. Soon the hostess turned around one to dividers and led Hinata to a table right next to the window. It had a nice view of the city and at night it looked particularly surreal with the lights shining in the background. Hinata was so mesmerized by the view that she almost ignored her date until the hostess spoke.

"Here is your table Miss. Your waiter will be here shortly with your menus." The blonde smiled one last time as Hinata took her seat at the table. She took a glance at the man siting on the table and blushed before leaving.

Hinata was already feeling anxious about the fact that she was with a stranger who was probably very well off, but what was making situations even worse was that the stranger kept staring at her very intensely.

"H-hi, I'm H-Hinata. Tenten told me I w-would be meeting you here b-but she never told me your name," Hinata spoke slowly trying to control her stuttering. She smiled in an effort to dissuade some of the awkwardness, but the man kept staring.

His black eyes and dark hair blended with the darkness of the city's view from the window behind him, which intensified his stare even more. This made Hinata gulp as the silence grew between the two. Sasuke was not looking forward to the date but seeing his date now changed his mind.

This was just the beginning of an interesting date.