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Hinata told Naruto to stay away for a few days. He complied but was just horribly confused.

She was nice enough to Sakura and seemed to enjoy herself the other day but ... Something was off.

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To: Sasuke 🦆
yo. u wanna go to the arcade?
@3:42pm

From: Sasuke 🦆
?why
@3:48pm

To: Sasuke 🦆
bc im bored u fuck
@3:50pm

From: Sasuke 🦆
i cant
@3:51pm
why dont u ask your friend
@3:52pm

To: Sasuke 🦆
which one
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From: Sasuke 🦆
Hinata.
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So that's how Naruto found himself at the edge of the treeline, walking in. The buzzing he always heard when he would enter was there so he assumed that Hinata would be too.

It had been four days so he figured that it would be okay to come see Hinata.

"What are you doing here?" Hinata asked as soon as she sensed him, seemingly appearing out of thin air.

Naruto flinched at her sudden presence and harsh tone but swallowed down his nerves. "I, uh, came to check on you. It's been a few days and you said to wait a few days..."

The blonde gulped, suddenly nervous in the girl's presence. She eyed him up and down with a firm glare and her pink lips were pulled into a thin line.

Hinata leaned in to him and he leaned his head back, looking down at her awkwardly. "you are... not... you are not one of them?"

He let out a sigh and allowed himself to smile. "No, I'm not. I'm Naruto Uzumaki Naruto."

Hinata smiled a shy little grin and pulled him into a hug. The male startled since they had never hugged but he slowly reciprocated (hands above the waist) and held her close.

"Thank you for waiting," She mumbled. "Please wait longer while I change. I will be back."

She scurried back into the trees only to return minutes later in regular clothing. But... Naruto didn't get her that shirt.

"Where did you get those clothes?" Naruto asked while she grabbed his arm and they began to walk to his car.

Hinata looked down at herself and then back at the blond. "Sakura."

"Wait, what?" He stopped in his tracks. "When did Sakura give you clothes? Did she come here? How did she know—"

"Naruto," she swiftly cut him off. "I told you I will tell you when you need to know."

The blond was about to protest, saying he needed to know why Sakura was suddenly involved but Hinata just pressed a finger to his lips.

"I promise you that everything will be over soon. I just need a little more time to find him."

Naruto blushed furiously and could only nod in response. She was looking for her boyfriend and he was feeling this way? It was obviously not going to work but ... He could dream. It seemed as if every girl he was attracted to was unavailable. First Sakura and now Hinata.

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Kiba was the kind of friend that would let you take a couple hits from his joint but would never share the answers to his test. Kiba would stay loyal to your friendship but still hookup with your ex on the side. Kiba was an acquired taste. Naruto didn't know how they had stayed friends for so long.

He also didn't know why he didn't want him to see him and Hinata at the mall. (Or more precisely, didn't want him to look at Hinata but he's not jealous, no ma'am.)

It's not that Naruto didn't like Kiba. On the contrary, he loved the aspiring veterinarian.

Hinata was getting no where with finding her guy or whatever (so he thought); so for the remainder of the day the blond decided to treat her to student discounted movies and froyo.

Kiba was at the Foot Locker across from the frozen yogurt stand. Hinata was sampling all the flavors and also shoving some in Naruto's direction.

With a mouthful of mango peach yogurt, Naruto spotted the Inuzuka trying on some shoes. He knew that this was just a phase for Kiba, that he would eventually look back on his fboi phase and cringe while being happily married with kids or whatever.

But for the time being...

"Hey, Hinata-chan," he turned to her. "Pick a flavor so we can go to the movies, okay?"

"I-I cannot just pick!" She wailed and held the empty tasting cups protectively in her hand. "Their flavor is different separately and different together! How am I supposed to just pick??"

Naruto smiled sweetly and just handed her a regular serving cup. "Pick one or we don't get anything."

She pouted and ultimately decided on the salted caramel with a little bit of strawberry cheesecake on top. Naruto stuck with the mango peach. He paid for them (and didn't let Hinata see the array of toppings or else they'd be stuck there all day) and took her hand in his.

As they walked away Naruto turned and didn't see Kiba in the shoe store anymore. He breathed out, thinking that he was in the clear.

Hinata happily ate her frozen yogurt, letting go of Naruto's hand every few minutes to use the spoon instead of just licking at it. Naruto wiped off some from her chin just as his name was being called.

"Naruto!" Kiba exclaimed and walked closer to the duo. Hinata turned to face the boy at the same time Naruto did. "Wow, am I interrupting?"

"Actually, yeah," the blonde smiled awkwardly. "We're going to the movies."

Kiba eyed the girl for a moment and just smiled. Hinata eyed him back suspiciously before looking back up at Naruto. "Is he friend or enemy?" She whispered into his ear.

But it backfired because her cold breath tickled him and he let out a less than manly giggle. "Don't do that!"

Hinata just stared at him. Then smiled.

"Movies," Kiba echoed. "Gotcha."

"Not what you're thinking, Inuzuka."

"What am I thinking?"

"What you're ALWAYS thinking ab—"

"Hello," Hinata interrupted. "I am Hinata." She stuck her hand out as she remembered that's how greetings usually went between.

But instead of shaking it, like she remembered, he leaned down. The brown haired boy took her hand in his then kissed the top gently.

"It's a pleasure," he said once he stood back up straight. "I'm—"

"None," Naruto took Hinata's hand in his and pulled her behind him. "Of her concern. I'll see you later."

Kiba just rolled his eyes. "c'mon, Uzumaki, just admit you don't like me."

"That's crazy," he laughed and turned to walk away with Hinata. "I've only known you seven years of my life."

Hinata just tightened her grip on Naruto's hand as they walked towards the theater. Kiba followed after the duo because he wasn't quite done with the conversation.

"But the amount of time you known me doesn't mean that you have to like me." The brunet retaliated.

"I mean true," kudos to Kiba for being smart. "But I don't not like you. You're my friend but after what happened with Fuu in high sc—"

"That was a million years ago!"

"We were dating!"

"But! I didn't know that before—"

"Who is Fuu?" Hinata asked, unaware of the tension building between the two men.

Naruto smiled awkwardly at her. "She's just someone I used to date when I was a teenager."

"Date?"

"Like you and Naruto." Kiba answered but that only made the Uzumaki blush furiously.

"We're not dating," he specified. "we're just friends."

Hinata looked between them and noticed Naruto's tense stance. She remembered something about Japanese humans and decided to try it.

"Naruto-kun," she mumbled shyly. "Let us go so we can have time after."

Said male had snapped his head in her direction so fast that it actually popped. "O-okay," he felt her tug on his hand. "I'll see you later, Kiba."

"Just friends..." Naruto heard the other scoff as they walked away from him but he couldn't really bring himself to care.

Once they were a ways away and closer to the movies, Naruto turned to her.

"Hinata?"

She looked up at him with a spoonful of her frozen yogurt in her mouth and hummed in response.

"Why did you call me that?"

"I learned about formalities while you left me at the library during your class last week," She stated matter-of-factly. "I thought it was nice since you call me Hinata-chan."

"Okay," he took her hand in his again but this time laced their fingers together. They never held hands like this before, more just holding palms.

"What is?" She raised their interlocked fingers. "This is different."

"We're holding hands, Hinata-chan."

She didn't know what to say.

LITERALLY took a mf MONTH but, I've been the Most™ busy senior ever. I'm so sorry guys I thought this was gonna be a cute little summer ff then BAM high school hit me during the mf summer.

Ik it's rushed and doesn't rlly have all the plot in it but I did say y'all get fluffy naruhina.

Next chapter will hopefully (prolly not 😔) come faster and it will be hinata n susky focused!

Thank you to those who are still reading ily 💞💞💞

Please excuse any mistakes :(

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