Hinata sighed as she sorted through the piles of socks, matching the pairs as she found them. This had to be by far the weirdest assignment she'd ever gotten for her ninja training. At least there was one bright spot... she was with Naruto most of the day now.
"Hey Hinata-chan!" Naruto called out from the opposite side of the pile. "Did you find Hellsing-sama's special embroidered socks yet?"
"N...no Naruto-kun. Let's keep looking," Hinata squeaked out with a smile, and a heavy blush. Yes, laundry duty for the Hellsing Organization was a unique experience, but she couldn't figure out how it fit in with ninja training.
Seras walked away from the laundry room with a perplexed look on her face. "Why doesn't she just tell that loud mouth she likes him?"
"It's simple mignonette... She is like you, and too shy to approach a stud like Naruto, or like myself," Pip said from behind her.
"That's possible, except for you're not a stud, and I don't like you," replied Seras, crushing Pip's ego.