The early blooming cherry blossom trees began dotting villages' sidewalks and parks with the light pink color Hinata loved.
Spring time. She thought, taking a deep breath as they made their way through the festival grounds. They make everything so romantic. Her thoughts travel to couples she had seen in the park under the flowering trees, as her eyes settle on the tall blond walking ahead of her. Naruto. She sighs. He looks so handsome in his yukata. She watched as the black fabric stretched across his broad shoulders.
"Hinata, hey, Earth to Hinata." Kiba chuckles, nudging her on the shoulder and following her gaze back to Naruto, as the group makes their way to the bridge to see the fireworks.
"Hey guys, why don't we take a picture under the fireworks before we leave?" Sakura suggests.
Their group had spent the evening celebrating spring finally coming to Konoha ending what had seemed like a winter that had gone on forever. Kiba shoves against Hinata as she tries to stand next to Shino snagging the spot for himself, leaving the only space next to Naruto.
"Oops sorry Hina, were you wanting to stand here?" Kiba turns, smirking at her.
She sure looks nice tonight. Naruto thinks as Hinata slid into the spot next to him, her long hair brushing against his shoulder. Furrowing his brows together at the unusual thought, shaking his head to clear his mind.
"Now Hinata could you at least act like you like Naruto?" Sakura asks, a coy smile on her face as she motioned for her to scoot in closer.
"Yeah, come on Hinata we all need to fit in, ya know." Naruto turns his head smiling at her, wrapping his arm around her shoulder and pulling her into the spot Sakura had motioned to.
She's soft. Naruto thinks his fingers curling around her shoulder, her hip pressing against his, her arm slowly making its way around his waist. Naruto doesn't look away from her. Watching the way Hinata's cheeks go the slight red color they normally did in his presence. Leaning into her touch, warmth spreads from where her hand touched him. Naruto only averted his gaze when he sees the flash out of the corner of his eye. He hadn't noticed Sakura passing her camera off to a passerby to join the group for the picture.
"Oooooh, it's a good one!" Sakura squeals looking at her camera as she thanks the man who took the picture.
"Let me see." Ino holds out her hand asking for the camera. "Hey Naruto, isn't looking at the camera."
"He's looking at the right place, hush Ino." Sakura lowers her voice, and Hinata moves to join them, the boys distracted by the lights in the sky above
"We could take another one." Hinata suggests as Ino passes her the camera "Oh…" She trails off, looking at the picture.
Her friends were smiling looking at the camera, fireworks dotting the sky behind them. A soft smile tugged at the edges of her lips while Naruto's hand held tight against her shoulder and hers wrapped around his waist. The same soft smile could hardly be seen on his face because his eyes were on hers. The two had leaned into one another as if it were second nature, Naruto was looking at her like someone who had seen something beautiful for the first time.
"Yeah, I'll get you a copy." Sakura jokes, "I told you he was looking at the right place."