Neji gets sent outside the main compound with no fanfare. He doesn't talk with Hinata and Hinata doesn't have it in her to look for him, either. He leaves with the help of a few servants and Naruto makes sure Hinata is not there when it happens. He is there one moment and the next there's no trace of him on her room.

Sakura replaces him without missing a beat and Hinata finds it hard to mourn this change. Sakura is upbeat and nice, upfront and kind and Hinata can't help but follow her lead in whatever she wants. It becomes obvious pretty soon that Sakura has only Hinata's best interests in mind and Hinata doesn't know how to feel about it.

She doesn't know how to feel about a lot of things.

Sakura makes sure to talk to her about everything and anything and now Hinata feels like a part of the clan. Sakura is a walking encyclopedia and Hinata can spend hours asking questions. Sakura's eyes light up at each one of them and Hinata feels the pull to keep a conversation flowing for the first time in-

Second time, she remembers.

Like with many other things, Naruto had reclaimed her first. He makes her feel like- like-

Like she is interesting and attractive and worth something. He always leans closer to catch her eyes, he waits when she has trouble speaking out, touches her whenever she feels distressed and always asks... asks so many things about her and about her well being and about what she's done or what she wants to do, and there is not one speck of acting or boredom...

Where was he now?

"Lady Hinata?"

Hinata startles and feels the heat reaching her cheeks. Shameful, embarrassing and horrendous of her to not pay attenttion. "Excuse me," Hinata breathes, "I was..."

But everyone in this place is nice to Hinata, so Sakura just giggles and repeats what she was saying. Hinata makes sure to pay attention.

⁂

Time passes too fast and too slow nowadays. Hinata could swear just yesterday Neji had left her, but since her marriage ceremony is only days away she finds herself being confused.

Confusion always leaves when Naruto makes an appearance, though.

Hinata can say with conviction now that she will end up loving this man, if she's not in love with him already.

Naruto had been upfront about their relationship, and made it clear that he would do his utmost for them to have the best relationship they could given their circumstances. Hinata had laughed and shrugged it off as wishful thinking, naivety even. But Naruto was serious, so serious Hinata couldn't help but fall silent with him.

"If I am forced to have a family I will do my utmost to make them happy." He had shared in a whisper. And Hinata could see that this was a promise to himself. "That means you."

Hinata had teared up immediately and found herself seeking refuge in his arms. She was already happy, and the moment she shared that with him, Naruto pressed his face to her neck and they didn't move in a while.

Hinata found soon enough that Naruto is not a man that makes light of his promises. He always made time to spend with her and the more they spend together the closer they become.

Naruto is open with his life, with his feelings and is eager to make a connection. Hinata feels anxious but she can't deny the feelings that spring forth as she realizes that this man is willing to share his life with her.

Hinata always thought she would end up as a servant to her father or married to a man that would rather have her mouth shut.

She is elated. She is beyond relieved. And she wants this life more than anything in ever.

It is so easy to want this life.

Naruto finds her in her room and like many times before, enters the place alone. Making sure that the guards are far enough from them not to hear them.

They have long gone beyond mere kisses and caresses and Hinata can't help but want more. And Naruto seems eager to comply.

Their hands find each other immediately and they hug and touch and grab hold of the other in whatever way they can. Hinata has long forgotten her shame and whatever hint of embarrassment tries to surface she stomps on it immediately. This is Naruto, she reminds herself. A dying man that has chosen her to be his wife, a beast tamer with the sweetest of voices and the most handsome of faces.

They find themselves, tangled in a tight embrace and Hinata drags her fingers along the three whisker marks on Naruto's cheeks, a mark from the beast that lives inside him, a mark that is so uniquely him that Hinata can't help but adore.

They barely know each other and she will be his wife and spend the rest of her life with him and they will be married soon and they have known each other for less than anything Hinata has ever done in her life...

Naruto pulls her close, brings her face to his and they lose themselves in a kiss.

Hinata is anxious and nervous and worried. And yet, she knows that she feels the most like herself besides him. She knows she likes herself now, and that is an achievement she didn't know she would ever earn. She bites his lower lip, careful not to hurt him, and pushes her chest to him.

Her chest, too big and burdensome, and something she tries to hide rather than show. But now she pushes, and Naruto groans into her mouth as his hand moves through her body and reaches her neck. Hinata wants to be touched and tasted and groped and loved.

Hinata wants to be touched and tasted and groped and loved by Naruto.

Naruto opens her kimono slightly and buries his head to her neck, his warm mouth kissing the top of her breasts. Hinata grabs his shoulder and her other hand finds his hair, a handful of blonde between her fingers that make Naruto breath out a hitched breath. She curls towards him, unable to bite down her haggard breaths, she would have been embarrassed if not for the fact that Naruto's breathing is just as labored.

They find themselves on the ground, with Naruto showering her with kisses from her temple to her neck. They have slowly gone further and further, Naruto likes her breast the best so far, and although Hinata loves the attention, she can't help the tingling sensation that travels down her stomach. She can't help the way her legs rub on each other. She can't help wondering what it would feel like to have him pressing between her legs.

Naruto touches her form over her clothes. He relishes in the view of Hinata's left breast almost completely exposed, plentiful and overflowing, soft and warm, and as he presses his body to hers, he breaths into her ear. He hugs her and digs his hands into her. Their kisses become sloppier and this time when he rises to his knees, Hinata's lips shine with his saliva.

"Your kimono is getting undone," he breaths, and Hinata takes a moment to understand his words. Naruto is usually the one to let her end their encounters. A long hug with a short kiss, a string of kisses that fall downward and end with his head on her neck, a steamy session that ought to end when he puts distance between them.

Hinata squirms beneath him and he can see her eyes following his own soon to be completely undone kimono. He doesn't give a shit, he would discard the garment in a second if it was what she wanted. Her breasts rise and fall erratically and Naruto wishes he could just bury his head back in. But they are not married yet and he tries to reign over his emotions.

Not that people couldn't put two and two together and guess why they disappeared for long stretches of time.

Hinata rises her hand to his arm and Naruto feels his hair stand on end before she even touches him.

"You can help me make it pretty again." Hinata's voice is sultry and low and nothing like the crystal clear voice she usually has. Naruto loves it. He loves it even more that she doesn't fumble over her words nor has to take pauses to speak. Is she relaxed? Is she comfortable? With him?

"Sure I can."

Naruto puts his hands on either side of Hinata, but before he can go lower, she stops him. Her face is unguarded and Naruto sees her anxiety. She moves slow and Naruto remains still as a statue. He had half a hard-on already, but now his blood is directed to his groin with a quickness it makes him want to laugh.

Hinata looks at him from the corner of her eyes, with her legs open and her kimono becoming undone even more. "For practice," she whispers, half wanting to have some sort of excuse for this shameless action, half wanting to see Naruto smirk for the boldness of her lies.

Naruto takes a second to move and Hinata places her hand on his face. Naruto frowns and nuzzles her hand. In a couple of days they will have to start and try anyway so Hinata is not far off, and although Naruto's groin very much would want to dive right in, the years of dumb rules instilled in so many clans can't stop from going around inside his head. "Hinata," he whines. And somehow, Hinata blushes immediately.

"Oh- oh, I meant, o-over the clothes..."

Naruto opens his eyes and scoffs right into her hand, and Hinata covers her face immediately.

"No, no, come on," Naruto chuckles as he tries to pry her hands off her, but Hinata is red in the face and is squealing from embarrassment. Naruto has no idea why she finds this embarrassing so he just laughs some more. "Come on, Hinata, don't leave me like this."

That's enough to get her to look at him again. Naruto grabs her hands and gets closer to her, his thighs touching hers, his warmth almots over hers. That shuts him up real quick.

Hinata releases her hands and does as if grabbing him. "I want a kiss."

Naruto presses his elbows to the ground and now their groins are touching and he has to muffle a moan. He presses his lips to Hinata's and she cups his cheeks, drags her nails across his whiskers. "You all right?" he asks, and Hinata gives him the tiniest of smiles as she positions herself to feel him better.

"This feels nice."

That is an understatement. Naruto feels like he is on fire. And he already felt on fire before. His mind gets lost in between what he has felt, what he is feeling and what he imagines himself to feel in the future and everything is very confusing. All he knows is he is almost already fully in love with Hinata and if his dick had any say in this, who cares? He will have a very important play in this whole relationship so if his mind and his dick agree on loving this woman that's good.

That's perfect.

Hinata deepens their kiss and crosses her legs over his waist, Naruto opens his mouth in pleasure and presses his head to her temple. Hinata wants to eat his moans, she is eager to hear more and the warmth that is starting to spread over her body is dizzying, her nails dig into Naruto's neck.

Naruto has no idea how he is supposed to keep on with his life knowing that this pleasure exists and there will be times without it. This is dumb. This is amazing. He has barely moved and he's already losing it. Hinata's nails drag down his neck sending shivers down his spine and when he presses fully into her stomach, his head falls to her neck where his mouth opens and starts chanting her name like a prayer.

Hinata grabs hold of whatever she can on Naruto. His movement against her body make her feel like she's adrift and she is soon to fall. His breath on her neck, his wet lips showering her with sloppy kisses, the way he moans her name with each thrust, the warmth that's pooling in her lower belly, the way her back arches because she wants more.

She never wants to stop.

Naruto rises his head next and Hinata misses him immediately. "Tell me-" he's out of breath, "tell me if it's too much."

Hinata has trouble keeping her breathing in check, so she gives a quick nod instead. Naruto kisses her and buries his head on her chest, his arms encircle her waist and the pressure in her groin becomes almost too much. And yet not enough.

Naruto starts thrusting again, pressing into her lower belly with strength. His moans are low and breathy. His mouth is right on top of her breast, slobbering the skin it touches. The warmth of his mouth along with the saliva that coats her skin send a mix of hot and cold from her chest to her brain. Hinata contracts around nothing and she feels herself dripping from her vagina to her bottom.

It's the sounds that make her shiver. His breathing, his moans, his voice calling out to her, the way she feels his warmth and wetness stick to herself, the way she can no longer differentiate whether it's her fluids or his that coat her thighs. The way his hands dig into her body, with more strength than he has ever done before, making him look desperate. Hinata puts her hands on his back, drags her hands along his muscles. The movement under her hands make her press her head to the floor, there is a pressure she wants released, and each thrust Naruto makes make the feeling stronger.

Naruto breaths into her chest, her breast is all he sees and despite loving the scenery so far, the pleasure takes over and he closes his eyes shut. Hinata arches her back and Naruto's hips stutter. He comes with a groan, with a lengthy sigh he stifles against Hinata's skin. His whole body shivers and his hips give a couple more of lazy thrusts that make him get out of breath. He comes down from his high slowly, with Hinata's hand caressing his hair, with her nails tracing his back.

His body starts noticing the breeze that comes from somewhere in the room and the way his underwear is now uncomfortably sticky. Naruto rises slowly and Hinata gives him the sweetest most beautiful smile he has ever seen in his life.

"Did it feel good?" she asks and Naruto can't help but give a smirk back.

It didn't feel good, it felt amazing. He would do it a hundred times over. He would do it again now if she'd let him. Hinata looks disheveled in a way Naruto didn't know he found hot, but here he was, looking at her dumbfounded. Hinata sits herself up and starts to tidy herself up, snapping Naruto out of his trance. He puts his hand on her thigh. No, no, no, wait, wait, wait. "You haven't come yet," he says, nonchalant.

And Hinata blushes harder than when they were actually dry humping each other. "No-," she starts, grabbing Naruto's hand as it is moving up her leg. "You d-don't have to-"

But what Hinata doesn't understand is that Naruto very much wants to. "You don't like it?" He asks directly into her ear and that shatters all that is left of Hinata's resolve to save herself the shame of being fingered by him. She buries her face into Naruto's chest and nods while being conscious that her whole body must be red from embarrassment.

"This will be my first time, so you've gotta give me some pointers, all right?"

Naruto moves his hand towards her inner thigh and Hinata clenches her legs together. Naruto's chest rumbles with his laugh, "You gotta give me some space there, my lady."

Hinata's whole body shivers. His hand is warm and calloused and dry in a way that wherever he touches she feels. She knows she had wanted this but wanting it and having it are two very different things. "Wait- wait a second."

Naruto hums in agreement and starts peppering kisses along her face and Hinata is melting. His hand is trapped but his fingers trace patterns on her thigh and gods, she is wet.

Naruto waits. Waits as he tries to remember all he can regarding pleasuring a woman. Kiba has had lengthy conversations with him, and although his friend is boisterous and a clown most of the time, this is one of the things that can get him serious. If this goes well, Naruto will buy him a beer.

Naruto feels Hinata releasing her grip on his hand and the next thing he feels is her own hand over his as he guides him down. Naruto has already come, but the moment his fingers touch her wetness warmth pools in his stomach again. He has trouble thinking how people can get out of this circles of pleasure on their own, and although his mind is starting to reel back into his own groin, the moment Hinata tries to stifle her moans against his chest he zones in on his hand.

"What do you need me to do?" he asks. All he remembers is to be gentle and do things slowly. Circles, also, he moves his index and middle fingers together and Hinata presses into him. That's a good sign. "Does that feel good?"

Hinata doesn't want to say anything in fear of letting out a moan that has been nestling in her chest the moment Naruto touched her, so she does her best to nod. Naruto's fingers aren't even inside her and her legs tighten as the pleasure travels up her body. Harder, just a little bit harder.

Her hand covers Naruto's and she presses.

Naruto is one hell of a fast learner because he maintains the same pressure Hinata showed him without trouble. And he keeps going.

And keeps going.

Naruto watches as Hinata's breath becomes ragged, as her hips raise and fall with a rhythm he's starting to recognize. Her legs are open out of sheer will, because he notices the muscles cramping and urging her to close up, and then, after a while, she clenches. Her muscles tighten, her mouth opens wide against his chest and he wishes she could just let her moans out without worry.

Naruto keeps his fingers moving and Hinata takes his hand away from herself after a few seconds. Her breath is hot and erratic and Naruto is glad he had it in him to make her come. "Was it bad at the end?" he worries, but Hinata shakes her head.

"I just... become sensitive, after I c-come."

Naruto opens his mouth in a O shape and nods as he strokes her back. Hinata sits and nestles herself into Naruto's neck and well... Naruto is kind of expecting their wedding night now.

Hinata looks embarrased, so Naruto nuzzles her head, "Did it feel good?" he asks, and Hinata hides herself by burying her face into his chest. His chest rumbles as he cackles. He circles his arms around Hinata and brings her closer to him, just for him to bring his head up and frown.

Naruto starts to get up and Hinata looks at him, "My lord?"

Naruto steals a peck as he rises, "Someone's coming, let me get them at the door."

Hinata does her best to make herself presentable, but Naruto tells her not to worry. He straightens his clothes, but he still looks disheveled. Hinata is mortified and Naruto winks at her.

Just as Naruto had told her, someone comes a few moments later and Naruto steps outside to greet them. Naruto is needed for a meeting.

The man stays outside and Naruto enters and helps Hinata get up. "He'll stay as a guard outside," he says, as he starts fixing her kimono, all the while stealing kisses and touches in between, "I'll call for some maids to come and stay with you, too."

Hinata nods and does her best to remain calm, but thinking about the guard outside knowing what had happened with Naruto and then the maids who are to come and see her so disheveled is enough to make her anxious.

Naruto moves his hand with expertise and before Hinata can realize it she looks as if nothing had happened. She checks her obi and looks at Naruto, dumbfounded.

Naruto smirks, "My grandma Mito loved it when I helped her put on her kimono when I was younger. I was worried for half a second, but hey," he opens his arms as if showing her to other people, "didn't forget about it." Hinata finds the story adorable, and Naruto removes his obi immediately after. His hands move fast as he rearranges his robes and tightens the string around him, the obi follows. "How do I look?"

Hinata smiles, he still looks flustered, but people could now think they just had a heavy makeout session. Naruto gets close to her and cups her cheeks, "I don't think I'll be able to come back tonigh. I'll see you tomorrow."

A kiss turns into several kisses, but before long Naruto leaves.

As he walks alone through the corridors his mind goes back to Hinata and he remembers his fingers. Not wet any longer, but still coated in her. Naruto brings his fingers to his nose and breathes it in. He realizes it's a bad idea just a second too late and he arrives late to his meeting.

So! Some chapters will be posted in parts because they end up being too long and don't really help with a steady schedule lol
Rest assured though, they will be cut in places that make sense (this one, for example, was cut after all the sexy stuff because I'm not that evil), which means that sometimes you'll get chapters that are slightly longer than others, but such is life. Hopefully it won't be too much of a bother.
See you next week! Stay safe!