Chapter 10

Hinata stood in front of the mirror in her room wearing her new school outfit. She decided to just keep her hair the same and let it fall down her back naturally since she was never the type of girl to primp herself every morning. The outfit itself was a brown skirt with a white top. There was some brown fabric outlining the shirt itself to differentiate it from the males, but other than that it was pretty plain.

Hinata could almost laugh at it. 'All this trouble just for a simple outfit like this?'

"I think it looks good."

Hinata turned around to see Naruto leaning against her doorframe with a smile on his face.

"It really suits you!"

Hinata smiled and looked down at the ground. "You think?"

Naruto nodded. "Of course, you know I wouldn't lie to you. Now we should get moving before it gets too late. I have our lunches made already."

Naruto walked out the door and didn't see the massive blush spread across Hinata's face.

They walked down the road and for the most part it was quiet. The morning birds were chirping and there weren't any cars on the road to derail the good mood, but that didn't mean they were alone.

"WOW!"

Naruto and Hinata stopped and looked back to see Lee in full sprint. Hinata started moving behind Naruto when she saw he was heading right for her.

Naruto sighed. "Hinata, this is Lee, the guy in my class I told you about."

Lee gave a thumbs-up pose. "Yes! I am Lee, that really good looking guy he told you about! Ask me for any favor that doesn't involve the use of my brain, and I shall be there to help!"

Naruto looked over his shoulder to see Hinata trying to hide behind him. "Lee, knock it off with the jokes, you're scaring her."

Lee looked over his shoulder at Hinata. "Oh, you don't have to be shy Hinata-chan!"

Naruto chuckled. "Anyone would be freaked out if someone was that energetic towards them."

Lee laughed and the three started walking towards their school building, with Hinata standing a little behind Naruto to shield her from the strange boy.

"So Naruto…"

"What is it Lee?"

"Lee jumped in front of Naruto with a dead serious expression. "There is a very important issue I must discuss with you."

Naruto started sweating a bit. "Uhhhhh… sure Lee… What is it?"

Lee extended a finger to the blue-haired girl behind Naruto. "Where is Hinata-chan's seat going to be?"

Naruto sighed and walked past Lee with his sister in tow with a horrified look on her face, and after a few seconds of pouting Lee rejoined them. "You know, I think the best seat for her would be diagonally in front of me to my right. That way I could watch her all day!"

Naruto closed his eyes. "Never."

Lee blinked. "But why not man!?"

Naruto put on an agitated expression. "I don't like the sound of it."

Lee adopted a 'mock hurt' face. "You don't trust me Naruto…"

Naruto chuckled. "Nope. Besides she isn't even in our class."

Hinata just had a smile on her face the whole time she was next to Naruto.