My Darling Naruto, My Sweet Kyuubi

Naruto stood still, his eyes blinking at the sight before him, each blink slower than the first. As if he
had started blinking in the hopes that when he opened his eyes again it would be different, but with each
blink that idea seemed to slip away. He should have said something, he should be saying something now, but
he found that he couldn't work his mouth and that it just seemed to open and close but no sound came out.

In front of him was a very silent and very still Hinata. Not the sort of Hinata he was used to seeing either,
this one was... well naked! Naruto was pretty sure that had this been Sakura he would have been hit very
hard, in fact he was more unsure of what to do because he hadn't been sent flying. The problem was the fact
that no matter who it was, if a woman bends down slightly her hips and breasts take on a more feminine and
fuller appearance, and with the way Hinata was crouched she couldn't have looked more of either. Her round
breasts not yet receiving the effects of age or gravity hung down slightly, and were bigger than he'd have
thought, 'although she is always well hidden under all that layer of clothing' he thought to himself.

Naruto couldn't see anything more of her, just her legs, her arse, her breasts, and her blushing face with it's
two white eyes staring straight at him in shock horror. It was her eyes that brought him back to his senses as
he spun around to look the other way as his mind began to clear a little and he thought he'd give making coherent
speech another try.

"ah.. um... " The words 'you look hot' floated briefly in his mind, and he pushed such thoughts aside, even if
he couldn't quite shake the image he had just seen. "I'm relieved that your awake Hinata, I was really worried
as you've had a fever for a while now" Naruto continued.

Hinata hadn't moved, it wasn't just the fact that she'd been seen naked that worried her so much, it was the fact
that it had been seen by the person whom she most admired in life, she was scared that now he'd try to avoid her
and it would be even harder for her to get close to him or tell him how she felt. With his back turned the pain
had somewhat lessened, although a part of her missed his eyes on her, a part that wondered if his turning his back
to her meant he was ashamed or found her disgusting. Tears formed in the corner of her eyes as she fought
back the ideas and emotions, all of which taunted her by pointing to the fact that she'd lost all hope of him now.

"Say.. Hinata, are your clothes dry yet?"

Naruto's voice brought her out of her panicked state and she quickly grabbed her clothes and dressed herself,
not minding the slight dampness at the edges of her t-shirt and trousers, her jacket was still a little wet, but
she didn't really need it with the fire still burning so she left it where it was and placed the logs she'd used
to prop her clothes up onto the fire to bring it back up to the strength it was at when she had awakened.

"S-Sorry..." Hinata tried to force the words out as loudly as she could, but they still seemed to be so quiet and
she thought that they might get lost in the fresh crackling of the fire, but she need not have worried, Naruto
heard her words and turned around to face her.

"Never mind, don't worry, It's my fault, I'm sorry, I should have said something and not just entered like that"
Naruto rambled out, thankful that his speech was back under his control, although a part of him felt saddened at
seeing Hinata clothed once more, and he couldn't help his eyes drift down to her chest, seeing that they were nicely
shaped and sized. It was the first time he'd seen her without her jacket on, and now he wasn't quite sure why she
hid herself away so much.

Naruto realised he was staring and looking back up to see Hinata's blushing face, he realised he'd also been
caught. His mind raced to come up with an excuse, finally settling on "You look better now that your fever has gone,
and your dry". It wasn't the best thing he could have come up with, but he was pretty sure that if he acted cool,
and made it sound like he was only looking over her to see that she was well again instead of trying to make up
excuses, then she wouldn't worry about it and might even believe that he hadn't been staring at her breasts.

For Hinata, it was a mixed response, part of her had hoped he'd looked again, a part of her that had grown from
her frequent dreams of her finally being able to tell him how she felt, how he made her feel when she watched him,
and even more so when he had cheered for her during the chuunin exams. Hinata sat down by the fire once more,
the throwing knife tossed aside as she brought her hands up to the fire to warm them. "T-thank you Naruto-kun"
she stammered, her usual nervousness returning from being around Naruto. A nervousness that got a lot stronger
as she sensed him move over to where she sat. She presumed that he was coming over to share body heat, but that
didn't stop her heart skipping a beat as he sat down next to her, Hinata sat staring straight at the floor as she felt
his shoulder touching hers, the contact giving the young girl a subtle strength that allowed her to turn her
head to see him staring into the fire right beside her.

"N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata spoke, trying to muster up her courage, now that she was this close to him, she wanted
to let him know how she felt, to thank him for saving her and caring for her while she was unconscious, but
as his head turned and his eyes met hers she found her will and determination leaver her as she stared into
his blue eyes.

"N-Naruto-Kun... I.. I L... I grumble" It took Hinata a while to realise that she hadn't actually said that, it
was her stomach making the noise, and she quickly looked away from Naruto to hide her embarrassment before saying
"Naruto-kun.. I'm Hungry!"

Naruto burst into laughter at the way she'd told him of her hunger, had he realised what she was trying to say he
might not have found it so amusing, at first Hinata felt a little hurt, but she soon found her self laughing with
him as she began to see just how funny it had seemed.