ICHA ICHA ROMANCE! [ch 12-14 special!]

ICHA ICHA ROMANCE! [ch 12-14 special!]

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CH 12

Naruto sets Hinata down.

Hinata: Naruto?

Naruto: Mm?

Hinata: What happened? Are we alone?

Naruto: I crushed that wanna-be ANBU. We're safe but I don't know where we are.

Hinata grabs the grass underneath her.

Naruto: I'll be back in one second, I'm going to collect some things to make camp.

He starts to walk off.

Hinata: Naruto.

He turns around.

Hinata: I hear a waterfall, can you take me to it?

Naruto: Mm.

He softly smiles as he picks her fragile body up from the grassy knoll she was sitting on, her knees in his left arm, her head and right arm in his right arm. The day turns to twilight when Naruto looks down at Hinata who is catatonically staring at her knees.

As they get closer to the waterfall, Hinata can feel the cool droplets of water sprinkle her face, she looks up as if she could see the waterfall.

Hinata: Thank you.

As Naruto sets her down he catches Hinata's scent, a warm honey smell, almost ginger-bread like. He stands up slowly trying to savor this feeling.

Naruto: I'll be back to get you in a little while.

He walks away slowly to make sure she doesn't fall into the water.

Hinata waits until she can no longer feel Naruto's presence, she takes off her jacket and pulls up her hair with a pink ribbon she had tied around her wrist earlier that morning, she takes off her shoes and socks and sets them next to her jacket. Hinata gingerly feels her way around the mouth of the river, she puts her feet in the cool water dipping her hands in, splashing her face, it feels almost life-giving. She rubs her eyes only seeing blackness with splotches of white, red and pink.

She takes her feet out of the water rubbing them somewhat dry im the grass and puts her shoes back on holding onto her jacket.

Naruto is walking back to camp when he sees a beautiful girl walking away from him gently feeling the trees with her fingertips, she's wearing a slim black tank top and has her hair pulled up in a pink ribbon, he squints.

Naruto: Hinata?

She turns around.

Naruto drops some logs and a small pig he caught and runs over to her embracing her. Hinata blushes, she drops her heavy jacket. Naruto lets go and picks up her jacket.

Naruto: Why were you walking off like that? You can't even see where you're going.

He picks her up once more and carries everything back to camp.

The fire crackles under the starry sky giving Naruto and Hinata's faces a warm orange glow as the smell of roasted pork flies through their nostrils.

Hinata: How are we going to get home?

Naruto looks up from stuffing his face as she stares blankly in his vague direction.

Naruto: Uh, um, [he scratches his head] I was going to try and follow the trail we came from, I sort of remember it.

Hinata rubs her arms from the chilly breeze brought by the pale blue clouds. Naruto throws his pile of bones into the fire making it grow, just then a snowflake lands on his nose; he wipes it off with his finger.

Naruto: Hinata, are you cold?

Hinata: I'm fine.

She shudders, Naruto gets up and puts her jacket over her right shoulder, he plops down next to her putting the left side of the jacket over his left shoulder.

Naruto: It'll be warmer like this.

Hinata can feel the blood rushing to her face as she feels his dirty orange and black jacket rub up against her delicate lilac skin, Naruto ties the two arms infront of them.

Hinata: Thank you.

Naruto takes his arms and wraps them around Hinata as he pulls her in closer to lie down.

Hinata: Good night, Naruto.

Naruto: Good night, Hinata.

His arms are still wrapped around her, Hinata closes her eyes using Naruto's upper right arm muscles as a pillow. Knowing Hinata cannot see him he stares at her face looking at her almost iridescent indigo hair panning down to her forehead, eyebrows, and eyelids, her long black lashes rest over her soft pale skin. Her small nose and her thin yet pouty lips, just perfect for her face. He rests his head on his right shoulder aligning his rugged and dirty face with hers, he licks his lips and comes in a bit closer. His breath is warm on her face waking Hinata up, he draws back for a second but remembering she can't see he relaxes his head back onto his shoulder. They fall asleep together to the soothing sound of a crackling fire and random, sweet bird calls.