Naruto felt like such an idiot for

Naruto felt like such an idiot for being so possessive over Hinata. His walk home after dropping off Hinata at the Hyuga compound had made him feel like crap. Even he couldn't figure out why he felt so jealous at the thought of that guy always hanging around Hinata. He knew very well that Hinata loved him, a lot too. So why was he so possessive this night?

He wasn't stupid. He knew that men look at her, even when he was standing right there beside her. But he didn't mind that because he knew Hinata loved him. Whenever men leered at her when he was with her, he would quickly grab her hand and pull her to him and make sure that all those men knew that she was his and he will never let go. Sure he got mad sometimes when they wouldn't look away but that was easily fixed when he narrowed his eyes at them and his blue eyes would turn red and those men would turn around quickly.

But whenever he went to drop off Hinata at her place, that guard would piss him off. May be it was the fact that that Katsu guy kept on narrowing his eyes at him or the fact that his eyes would so obviously twinkle whenever he looked at her or even the fact that he got to be so closer to Hinata even at night than Naruto was to her. Its not like he thought Hinata would be unfaithful to him, heck no, he will be able to see pigs fly before that ever happened. But...he cant really explain it. It just frustrated him.

That night he lay awake on his small bed for hours, contemplating what he should do. Suddenly, he felt like he needed to tell her how he felt about her. He has been with her for two months now and he had known for most of it that he loved her. Yet he had not told her so as of yet.

He just didn't know how to say something like that to someone. He had seen in many movies how to do it. But he seriously doubted, knowing him, that he would ever make it as romantic and perfect. But she needed to know and he desperately wanted her to know it as well. But he was sure to get restless and nervous before he even said it to her. So his best guess was to do it at a place where he felt peace. A place that calmed him and he knew just the place.

That night Naruto had a few hours of peaceful sleep and was more than ready to do what he had wanted for a while now when he woke up the next morning.

The next morning when he made his way to the Hyuga compound, he felt good. He felt great really, and when he saw Hinata walk out the door as she made her way towards her, he felt even better. Seeing Hinata first thing in the morning was his favourite part of the day, right after spending the day with her. But it soon vanished when Katsu too turned his head to her and that stupid twinkle returned to his eyes and his glaring face turned to a soft smiling one.

Naruto felt the odd feeling of possessiveness from yesterday build up inside him and he wanted to control it because they were still at her house and he did not want to do anything that would embarrass her no matter how cute she looked when she was all red faced and fumbling around. So instead he glared at Katsu and reached his hand to pull her away from him.

"Lets go Hinata." he said and he pulled her towards him and hurriedly made his way to his destination. He didn't, however, fail to notice Hinata's unusual quietness or the way she seems to avoid eye contact with him. But that wasn't too uncharacteristic for her to be like that, so he disregarded it.

But he soon found himself needing a little fuelling so he made his way to Ichiraku's with a quiet Hinata beside him. Their breakfast was more than awkward today. Yes Hinata was a quiet person, but over the last two months she has really come out of her shell and he couldn't be happier about it. He loved getting to know a side of Hinata that nobody had the privilege to know. Not to mention he felt a little smug about knowing that part too when no one else did.

Like that part of her that would laugh really loudly whenever he tickled her because, get this, she was ticklish everywhere. Or the part of her that would very rarely initiate physical contact from him, such as reaching for his hand. He definitely loved the part of her that moaned his name when he deepened their kiss or the way she would angle her head when he pushed his tongue insider her mouth.

But right now, she was being rather quiet and he himself felt like he wanted to be quiet right now to gather his thoughts. He's never told a girl he loved her knowing that the relationship has a future. Sure he had said it to Sakura a hundred times, but with her it had always been the same thing. He always knew she loved Sasuke so he had known that even if he said it to her, she would never say it back. But now...now he's not the first one to say it and he knows that this relationship he had with Hinata will last, he just knows it. So the two remained in silence as they had their breakfast.

When Naruto finally felt like his eternal hunger had somewhat subsided, he turned to Hinata to find her staring at the counter top though it was clear that something was definitely bothering her. That's when he remembered his less than subtle attempt to let Katsu know that she was his. He turned to her abruptly, startling her in the process.

"I'm sorry I was in such a bad mood yesterday Hinata." he said to her and for a moment she looked like she was shocked at his words before she composed her self and quickly replied with a "Its alright Naruto-kun.".

He suddenly stood up from his chair and took hold of her small hand in his.

"Lets go." he declared as a wide smile spread across his face as he thought about where he planned to take her.

"Where are we going Naruto-kun?" she asked with a squeak as he pulled her along. He didn't answer her because it would be a surprise and he fully intended to see her reaction to it.

He started climbing the hill that he'd climbed a thousand times before with Hinata's hand tightly and securely in his. Somehow to Naruto, climbable the hill felt like a whole new experience today. A feeling he has never gotten before taking the same route to the top. When he suddenly stopped walking and faced her, she looked a little out of breath with a slight blush on her pale cheeks. She looked at him questioningly and all he did as an answer was grab her shoulders and turn her towards the view.

Naruto watched as her beautiful lavender eyes widened to an impossible extent and she took in the beautiful scene before her. While she did that, she remained totally oblivious to the man beside her as he stared at her. Hinata's mouth was slightly parted and her eyes were wide with shock and he did not think he has ever seen anything more beautiful than she is at this moment in his life.

"It's beautiful Naruto-kun." she whispered and he saw, more than heard, the words slip out of her pink lips.

"isn't it? I spent long hours here as a child." he said as he sat down on the ground and patted the ground beside him motioning for her to sit down beside him. She sat down beside him, though she did not take her eyes away from the sight she is still enjoying.

"Alone?" she asked and he heard the sadness in her voice as she came to the realization.

"When people used to call me names and things, I would just come up here and spend hours here." he said as his painful childhood replayed in his head. He wanted Hinata to know everything about him. Things that made him happy, sad, shocked, pained. He wanted her to know everything. As if she had read his mind, Naruto felt Hinata move and push herself flush against his side as she leaned on his body. But when he turned around to look at her, her blush from before had doubled in colour and she kept on staring at the scene before her.

He smiled at her even though she was not looking at him. The fact that he spent hours on end here as a child crying and the fact the he was here right now with her as she tried her best to let him know that she will always be here with him from now on and that he does not need to be alone anymore, made his heart give a pleasant squeeze.

He felt so stupid to have acted to selfishly possessive over her yesterday when she so clearly loved him to no end. When she had not so much as looked at another man with the same sparkling eyes as the way she looks at him.

"Hinata?" he called her softly. Her body moved slightly as she shivered a little. He rarely felt the cold sometimes because of the Kyuubi and he wondered if its really that cold out today. He didn't give it much thought as he quickly shrugged out of his jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders.

"You...you'll be cold." she said and he gave her another one his assuring smiles.

"I'm fine. Kurama's chakra usually keep me pretty warm." he said as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head. The next moment his hand was back down at his side and his smile faded from his face. "Hinata?" he called her name again.

"Hmm?" she hummed as a reply. He took a deep breath before speaking again. He wanted this moment to be perfect because he had given her so many perfect moments in the last two months. He just doesn't seem to realize that whatever the moment he decides to tell her he loves her would be seen as a perfect moment in her eyes.

"...I love you." he finally said and she froze in his arms and he felt all movement stop, even her breathing. She turned her head towards him a moment later, her eyes as wide as saucers. Hes giving her all kinds of surprises today.