Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in anyway.
Uuugh! I haven't had much time to write much the last few months really. And I'm starting to lose confident in my writing all together.
But still, I hope you like it. I still have a few stuff I want to write, and I'll try to do more soon.
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Update: New format for all chapters. (actually a while ago I updated the other chapters, lol)
====Chapter Five====
The village was rather busy at this time of day, especially at the market square.
Hinata and Naruto walked between the busy market stalls laughing together with big warm smiles.
Kurenai's little 'speech' had really come through to Hinata; she just had to take the leap, no matter the outcome.
So Hinata had drawn forth every bit of confidence she had inside her, and with great success.
They had talked and laughed so much these last three hours that there had barely been a moment of silence between them.
He was kind of surprised of the change in her character; she showed sides of her he'd never seen before. And he loved it.
"Haha! Naruto-kun no more!... I c-can't breathe!"
She had to lean against a rail behind her for support so she wouldn't fall over from laughter.
Naruto stood in front of her doing an imitation of Gai and Lee.
As Lee- "These stretchy pants go good with everything!"
He turned around.
As Gai- "That's the power of youth!"
"Hahaha please! Naruto… I can't..."
Hinata held her hand in front of her mouth in attempt to muffle her laughter as she almost collapsed.
"That was pretty accurate wouldn't you say Hinata? Hehe"
Naruto put both his hands behind his head and grinned.
"Yeah!... That was spot on Naruto-kun"
she smiled at him as she giggled and steadied herself.
As their laughter slowly faded, Hinata's stomach made a small embarrassing grumble.
She quickly blushed and hoped Naruto didn't notice.
He looked at her and grinned.
"Hehe, you hungry Hinata?"
"…Y-yeah, I guess I haven't eaten anything at all today"
she let out a small bashful smile.
"Alright, well let's get something to eat then!"
he looked around at all the food stalls around them.
"Ah… b-but I don't have my wallet on me…
"Don't worry Hinata-chan! It's my treat!"
he let out a huge smile.
"Oh! No, you d-don't have to do t-that…"
Hinata shyly shook her head as her cheeks blushed pink.
"It's no problem Hinata-chan!"
"Now what would you like?"
he looked around them again.
"oh o-okay… Thank you Naruto-kun.."
she felt as a spoiled child. But she wouldn't mind being spoiled by him. She let out a warm smile.
"uhm.. Oh!"
she looked over at a stall across the street.
"There, Cinnamon rolls"
The Cinnamon rolls being sold at the stall were rather big, and a couple of them would probably be enough to fill a grown man.
"You like Cinnamon rolls Hinata?"
he looked at her with a smile.
"Y-yeah, they're my favorite"
"Oh, I didn't know that"
he gave her warm smile
"I guess you already know my favorite though, huh?"
he chuckled.
Hinata couldn't help but giggle.
"Yeah, Miso Ramen"
"Oh! Have you've been spying on me Hinata-chan? Hehe"
he jokingly teased her and laughed.
Her face quickly became flustered. You could say that she had 'kind of' stalked him over the years.
It was rather embarrassing. Fortunately for her, Naruto didn't notice her fluster.
"Three Cinnamon rolls please"
Naruto walked towards the stall and ordered their food.
"Three?.."
Hinata looked at him questioningly.
"Yeah, I thought we'd have one each, and share the last. If that's okay with you?"
Hinata gently played with the strands of her hair as she blushed at him.
"…Y-yeah, that s-sounds f-fine…"
-Sharing… with Naruto-kun…-
Even though it wasn't like a whole meal, somehow it still felt romantic. And she couldn't keep from giggling at the thought that Naruto probably had no idea that he was showing signs of romance.
They continued walking around and looking at the different stalls of the market as they ate their Cinnamon rolls.
Slowly, the sun moved across the sky and began to set.
The night sky brought out all kinds of insects, and amongst them loud crickets could be heard.
Hinata walked besides Naruto in a large park illuminated by lanterns. The scenery was beautiful.
She glanced at him, her heart was racing. The day was coming to an end…
This was it! it was now or never…
She looked over at him again as he let out a yawn and stretched.
"Aah!.. This was a fun day Hinata-chan. I had lots of fun"
he looked at her and smiled.
"Y-yes, it was w-wonderful…"
"Do you want me to walk you home?"
Hinata felt her knees going week. She took a large breath and let it out in a sigh.
"…No"
Naruto looked confused. Her sweet smile was gone, replaced by a serious frown.
"Hinata… is something wrong?.."
"…I'd better walk home by myself, my father is bound to be waiting for me… and he's probably furious with me…"
"…Why would he be furious?"
Naruto looked at her intensively. He knew her father was stern, but why would he be angry? Curfew? It's not really that late…
"Because… I snuck out today…"
"Huh?… I don't understand Hinata"
he looked at her confusingly.
Hinata sighed as she gently walked towards him, avoiding his gaze as she tilted her head down slightly, focusing her eyes on his chest.
She was standing inches from him, shaking.
Naruto didn't know how to interpret this situation, but he found himself blushing.
"…I was supposed to be training today, probably the whole day…"
she sighed nervously as she raised her arms and grabbed his sleeves.
"B-but… that didn't matter, I h-had something far m-more important…"
Hinata tightened her grip on his sleeves and pulled herself up close to him.
Naruto stood dumbfounded.
"Hi-Hinata…Chan?.."
His face turned red.
As did hers.
"…You… N-naruto-kun…"
"I wanted to meet you…"
her arms started to feel weak as her heartbeat increased.
-I can do this…-
"…"
"…N-naruto…"
Hinata slowly raised her head to meet his eyes.
She was blushing madly, and her eyes started to tear up.
"I… I'm in l-love with you!"
Naruto's eyes flung open wide.
"I've b-been in love with y-you for years…"
She felt as if there were a million things she wanted to say to him, but in her nervousness she struggled to find the right words.
"…you've been on my m-mind for as long as I can remember…"
her voice began to shake.
"…E-even w-with these eyes… The only o-one I could see was you… Always you…"
her grip on his sleeves increased even more.
"I'm s-sorry f-for dropping this on you s-so suddenly…"
"… i… I understand if you d-don't feel the same way…"
"But… but m-maybe…"
Hinata was cut off.
Naruto had pulled her closer in a warm embrace, with her head resting on his shoulder. Hinata's eyes remained widened as she held her breath.
There was a moment of complete silence around them.
Hinata bit her lip and frowned nervously.
-Please… Say something…-
But Naruto didn't know what to say…
This was all so surprising to him. It was true that recently, he had been thinking of her a lot, and he felt drawn to her in a lot of ways…
But he never thought that she felt this way.
He desperately tried to gather his thoughts, even though deep down, he knew.
He was in love with her too...
They quietly pulled away from their embrace.
Hinata looked at him with an anticipating look, her lips shaking as her eyes teared up slightly.
"Hinata…"
he looked at her, their faces both red.
"I…I'm sorry, this was very… sudden.. But i…"
Hinata could feel her heart pounding, as if it was about to burst out of her chest.
She anticipated him rejecting her and interrupted him.
She couldn't deal with that right now.
"I-its o-okay… N-naruto-kun… I-it's okay i-if you d-don't feel t-the same…"
her voice was shaking furiously, and she let a few tears fall down her cheeks as she backed up a few steps.
"…"
Naruto took both her hands and looked into her eyes.
"Hinata…"
She found it hard to breathe as she looked at him.
"It's ok… you don't have to-"
She stopped herself as he gently but firmly squeezed her hands.
"Hinata… I think… I think I'm in love with you too…"
Her heart fluttered, for a moment it felt as if it had stopped.
She looked at him with widened eyes.
She couldn't believe it…
-What did he say?!...-
"Na-Naruto… Kun.."
"…Hinata"
Naruto slowly leaned towards her.
Her eyes widened even more when she understood what was about to happen, her face turned red in a deep flush.
Suddenly she felt his soft lips against hers and she almost panicked for a second.
But she quickly closed her eyes in comfort and returned his kiss.
She had dreamt of this moment for so long. And now that it had finally happened, it was a million times better than she could ever imagine!
-Naruto… ooh~…-
Hinata entered the garden in front of the Hyuuga main building.
Her face was still in a deep blush, and a wide warm smile was spread across her lips.
Just ten minutes ago, she had confessed her feelings to Naruto and he had returned the feelings with a kiss.
Even though it had been wonderful, the tension and awkwardness had been too much for them at the moment, so they decided to say goodnight.
As she entered the house and walked down the hallway towards her room, her thoughts were interrupted by a loud voice.
"Hinata"
She looked up to see Hiashi in front of her, staring intently at her.
His eyes were widened in a furious look.
Hinata held her breath, and waited. It had been some time since she had seen him this angry, so she was afraid he would strike her. Even though he never had done that before.
But he was so scary at this moment…
Suddenly he gestured to her to follow him as he turned around and walked down the hall towards his study.
Hinata let out her breath in relief, even though she knew this was far from over. She quickly followed him.
Minutes passed.
Hinata sat on a cushion in front of the low table in his study, with her head bowed down. Waiting for Hiashi to speak.
Finally, he spoke up.
"Where were you"
It sounded more like a command than a question.
"…"
Hinata felt the sweat running down the back of her head.
She couldn't tell him she was with Naruto…
As a child, Hinata was always told to stay away from Naruto. And she knew that her father still felt that way.
Hiashi didn't 'Hate' Naruto, but he was one of the people who only saw him as a good for nothing screw up and carrier of the Nine-Tails.
So if he found out that she skipped the training and snuck out to meet Naruto, all hell would break loose. And even worse if he found out she was in love with him. And the kiss…
She had to lie.
"Answer!"
his voice grew louder with anger.
"I-I was t-training with K-Kiba and Shino…"
She knew the moment those words left her lips that it was a terrible lie.
Of course one of the first things he would do would be to check with her teammates…
But she didn't know what else to say.
Hiashi slammed his hands on the table in front of him.
"Lies!"
"Don't you think I asked them?!"
He stared at her, waiting for an answer. But got none.
Hinata was just sitting there. Nervously shaking.
He didn't want to see her like that, so he forced himself to calm down a bit, and lowered his voice.
"Daughter… I'm extremely disappointed in you"
"You sneak out to skip training and you lie of your whereabouts…"
"And I demand to know where you were!"
Hinata took a large breath. She would have to tell him, he wouldn't let her go unless she did.
"I… I was out… With N-Naruto…"
"What?"
Hiashi gave her a disapproving look.
"With that fool? I thought I told you to stay away from him"
"Father… H-he's not a fool…"
"Nonsense! He's a good for nothing idiot!"
"D-don't say that!"
she flung her head up and looked at him with hurt in her eyes.
Hiashi widened his eyes in surprise.
"You dare talk back to me?"
"That fool has obviously thought you his poor manor"
"Father…"
"Enough!"
"I don't ever want you to socialize with him again!"
"Father!... You can't…"
"Quiet!"
"You will do as your told!"
"…"
"No!..."
Hiashi stared at her in shock.
"I'm not your little girl a-anymore!"
"I try to do as y-you wish father, b-but I have my own life to live!.."
Hinata hastily stood up
"I won't let you stop me f-from seeing Naruto.."
"Because… I love him!"
Hiashi slammed his hands on the table once more.
"You fool!"
"How can you speak such words!"
"He is a good for nothing moron, and he will never be anything other than that!"
Hinata turned and faced the door.
"I-I don't care what y-you think of him father…"
She slid the door open and rushed out, closing the door behind her.
As Hinata ran towards her room she could hear Hiashi yelling after her and a loud bang, as if he'd flipped his table over.
With tears in her eyes she quickly entered her room and started to gather her things.
Because of the way she just walked out on Hiashi, there was no doubt that he'd storm after her any minute now, and things would only get worse.
She had to leave.
The moment she opened her window, and started to climb out, Hiashi stormed in.
"Hinata!"
"If you do this, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT COMING BACK!"
He didn't really mean it, but in his rage he couldn't help but splurge out those words.
But nevertheless, Hinata had already jumped out the window, and was long gone from sight.