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Ch.1: Meet

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"Naruto-kun…" said Hinata as her hand softly and lovingly caressing Naruto's wrinkly hand. A soft smile drawn on Hinata's chapped lips as two lines of wrinkle appeared at each side of her cheeks.

"It has been—"

Suddenly the door opened. A middle aged man appeared by the door. "Mother, Sarada will bring you home. You get some rest now…" he said.

Hinata nodded slightly. "Boruto-kun… just give me some more time. I still want to be with your father…".

For moment, Boruto eyed his mother. "Alright, we'll wait outside".

Hinata nodded in reply. Boruto then left with a glimmer of sadness in his eyes as he glanced at Naruto before he closed the door.

A frown appeared across Hinata's forehead. She shrugged slightly as the coldness started to seep into her bone. "Are you cold?" she then got up and pulled the sheet over Naruto.

It has been two days since Naruto collapsed and fell unconscious. And Hinata had been by his side most of the time. Only the beeping sound of the life support machine accompanied her and the warmness from the mist sprayed by the heater.

Again, Hinata clasped Naruto's old hand in hers. "Do you remember… when we first met?"

/Flashback

"The new girl…" muttered Naruto. Quickly he took the girl's photos from afar. As the girl walk along the hallway, he followed her in silent.

Then the dark haired girl stopped by the notice board. Naruto too stopped and hid behind the wall. Slowly, he peeked and observed her. She seems to be distracted by whatever it was on the board, and secretly, Naruto took another photo of her. He zoomed in and took more close-up photos of her. He was intrigued by her mysterious aura. Her dark hair seems to be fitting that aura and also the lack of emotions on her face.

"Pretty…" Naruto mouthed unconsciously. As he was busy clicking the shutter, Naruto was unaware that the girl looked at his way. He unconsciously smirked as he got the full view of her face, and she even smiled at him.

"She smiled?!" Naruto thought. Then he gasped and put the camera away while his eyes were widened at the girl that was walking towards him.

Naruto blinked nervously when the pretty girl stood at only an arm length from him. They were never this close before that he almost choked on his saliva.

"Hey… why are you taking my photos?" said the girl with her dreamy voice. Without Naruto realizing it, she was already holding his camera, looking at all the photos.

Then he snapped. "Ah- I- I'm sorry!" he stuttered pathetically. Only then he realized that his camera was in her possession but it was too late. She frowned at him, almost angrily. "Cute…" Naruto helplessly thought.

"I'm just- ah…" Naruto sighed as he blushed madly. He had no logical excuse to give her. But she chuckled, and Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"I knew that you've followed me these few days, senpai…" she said.

Naruto smiled sheepishly. "I'm from the photography club, Uzumaki Naruto… class 3B".

"So, is this your club project or what?" she asked, smirking, knowing that Naruto was nervous.

"Ah- Um… yes" he lied.

The girl chuckled. "I'm Hyuuga Hinata, from 2A…" she said anyway.

"Nice to meet you, Hinata-chan…" muttered Naruto.

Hinata returned the camera to Naruto. "You can keep the photos of me, but on one condition!" she lifted a finger in front of Naruto's face. "—you must share the photos with me. You can't keep it to yourself only!" she blushed. The blonde guy nodded rapidly.

/End of flashback

"Also, it was our first date… when you returned the photos to me and asked me to go out with you" Hinata chuckled softly.

Then Hinata closed her eyes and a soft sigh left her mouth. "You sure have guts, Naruto-kun… I always admire you".

A/N: Hi, this is my new fanfics. I hope you'll like it. I welcome any comments and constructive criticisms. Thank you.

self-promote: I also have a new Sasusaku fanfics, titled: Memories.

Summary: Sasuke was involved in a car accident two years ago. Gradually he lost his memories and sometimes simply jumbled up in his head. He was torn inside but kept it secret from Sakura and promised to himself that he'll make her smile every single day as long as he can remember. "I want to cherish everyday with you till the day I can't remember…"