Ambush in the Park

[Hinata Hyuuga]

~~~Hinata Hyuuga~~~
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So all she had to do was hide and then do something nobody expected? Well, most people would never suspect the Hyuuga Clan heiress to be hiding in a bush trying to prank people. That was probably not what he meant was it? Still, she really couldn’t jump out and scare someone. Really, how frightful would a “Boo” from her be? Heck, could she even say that in a way audible to the human ear? This really hadn’t been a well thought out plan by Naruto. Of course, did he ever really plan anything or just go off the top of his head? He always seemed a little bit at the latter, making it up as he went. It was just in this case that a little more thinking through might have been a good idea.

”Naruto-kun, I really don’t think I could I actually scare anyone.”

Wanting to get more comfortable, she tried to move, but all she ended up doing was completely embarrassing herself, again. A simple wanting to reposition herself, and she ended up repositioning herself on Naruto, who all he had to do with a reaction was a momentary “Whoa!” during the fall. Of course she was mostly quick to get off of him and let him recover from the situation. She apologized, blushing of course, and waited to see if Naruto still wanted her around to do something else. Knowing him he’d laugh it off and move on, but when it came to herself, Hinata was very cynical.

There was a bit of a hope in her heart when he said he understood it was a bit awkward, but the next part threw her off track. What did Kiba have to do with any of this? Hinata looked at Naruto confused, trying to piece together where he had gotten any idea about her liking him. Well, she did like him, as a friend of course, but not in the way Naruto was referencing. But where did he…oh no, he didn’t, did he? The last time the two had talked she mentioned having a crush on someone. Naruto must have missed it and thought she was talking about Kiba. Oh, this was a really bad situation. Naruto didn’t break promises, but all it would take was one bad meeting with Kiba and he might spurt this out and cause a lot of confusion. And of course being in the middle of it, she’d have no clue what to do about it, since she couldn’t really say “No, I like Naruto”. It would embarrass her to death and heart Kiba’s feelings, well, maybe. She wasn’t sure. All Hinata knew was she had to get Naruto to think something else.

”K-Kiba? I mean, I like him as a friend but, well” she replied, not really sure where she was going with this. Maybe she could try to at least get Naruto to drop it? ”Well, the thing is I’m just overly shy around boys in general a-and I used the crush thing as an excuse t-to not look so weak.”

It was tearing Hinata up inside to lie to Naruto like that, but she had to. She still really didn’t feel like she had the confidence to confess to Naruto, and he still had Sakura to pine after. If she had to stand on the sidelines and remain in “What if?” land for Naruto to be happy, she’d do it. More importantly though, this got her out of having Kiba dragged into the mess while also getting Naruto drop the ‘crush’ thing. Unless he thought she was lying, and secretly she hoped he caught her on it. But Naruto was a trusting person once he knew someone, so Hinata knew that he would probably take it at face value.

So when the time came for Naruto agreeing to go somewhere else, Hinata was glad to take the chance. Of course, she still had no clue where they could go. Lunch was an option of course, since that was her original goal. Maybe she could try cooking for Naruto? No, that would be a little embarrassing, but she had to get the groceries, right? It was the only way to kill two birds with one stone unless she dropped that and had someone else get it later. But she didn’t like being a burden….

”Naruto-kun, if it isn’t too much trouble, would you be able to help me with the grocery shopping I was supposed to be doing?”

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~~~The Heiress of the Hyuuga Clan ~~~

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