Two to four weeks went by since for Hinata and Sakura were at the Konaha Dance, and Hinata's Birthday party. And during those days after the Birthday, Sakura could see that Hinata's attitude around other people she doesn't know. Sakura also noticed that Hinata didn't throw that many tantrums when she was angry or upset. Hinata was mostly happy, usually sad, and very shy around people she doesn't know. She still has an issue of people she doesn't know touching her, but as for her friends or people she does know, she'll hug them or allow them to hug her.

Well, most of the time.

And now, Sakura is seeing more of Hinata's real self showing even more as the days went by.

One day in January, Sakura was walking with Hinata and Ino in the mall. Hinata was jumping on the dark tiles on the ground who saw something that was attached to a wall and looked like a miniature TV. Making the Hyuuga stop in her tracks, Sakura and Ino saw this as Hinata continued to star at the small television until she walked up to it and pressed a button. When she did that, the screen was on that made a person saying 'hi'. Welcoming the shoppers to the mall which made Hinata jump back in surprise before laughing and jumping up and down in excitement.

Sakura could tell that this is the first time Hinata saw something like that in the store. And Sakura knew where this was going as she saw Hinata wait for a couple of minutes before turning it on again. Making Hinata happily squeal in joy along with jump up and down like she did before. Hinata was now mesmerized by the small TV she was turning on. She had this happen before when she saw something she liked as Sakura walked up to Hinata and gently said to the lavender-eyed teen, "Hinata, we should keep walking before it gets dark." Seeing that Hinata wasn't listening as she continued to press the button on the small television.

"This might be harder than assumed," Ino said, "Any ideas on how to snap your girlfriend out of her stimming?"

"The only thing that could get Hinata to snap out of her trance, is to try and interrupt it by doing what she's doing."

"Does it work?"

"Yeah, on most days when Hinata wants to be around people."

"And what about when she's not in that mood?"

"She kinda gets pushy when she doesn't want to be touched sometimes. But after she calms down in her room for a bit, she apologizes and give me a hug, along with Kurenai if she did something she didn't mean."

"I see. I think," Ino said scratching the back of her head.

"But don't worry. I can't handle this. Luckily, I have something that will make Hinata stop stimming otherwise." Sakura pulls out a soda opened it making Hinata turn around from he trance from the TV and to where her girlfriend was holding a can of root beer that Hinata loved drinking. "Now that I have your attention, here ya go."

Hinata was given the root beer who greedily drank it while jumping up and down as her, Sakura, and Ino continued to walk through the halls of the mall they were in.

"Wow, Sakura. That was amazing," Ino said trying on some clothes.

"Thanks. I was able to find a few things that can snap Hinata from her stims after reading a few books about people with Autism and how to calm some of them down."

"Wow. Truthfully, I don't think I could handle the sudden meltdowns and tantrums Hinata goes through."

"I thought so, too. But as I hung out with Hinata, she just wants to be accepted by everyone if you take the time to know her," Sakura replied seeing Hinata staring at her shoes.

"Yeah, you're right. At first, I thought Hinata didn't want anyone near her. But when you told me about her and her background, along with how sweet her personality is, I began to think of her differently," Ino said finishing wearing the clothes and bought them.

The three then got ice cream sundaes with chocolate sticks as Hinata organized the sticks from smallest to largest, and from the broken bits to the ones that weren't that broken before eating them after the Hyuuga was done with her Sundae.

"Hey, Sakura. What college are you going to when ya graduate?" Ino wondered walking out of the mall with Sakura and Hinata.

"Hmm. I don't know. My grades are above average, and colleges have been calling me all day, so I'm not sure about it right now," Sakura said.

"What about you, Hinata?"

"I don't know either. I don't know either," Hinata repeated still walking with a Digimon Tamers game.

"But wherever Hinata's going, I bet she'll do great. Right, Hinata?"

"Right. Right, right, right," Hinata repeated herself still playing her game, "Where ever I go, I'll do great. A great job."

"That's what I'm talking about!" Sakura smiled hugging Hinata and giving her a kiss on the lips.

"Kurenai, I'm back! I'm back from that mall! And-And Saku-chan's-Saku-chan's here, too!" Hinata called out seeing Kurenai walk out of the kitchen.

"Oh, hey, Hinata. And Sakura. Staying over tonight?"

"Yep. And plus, my parents locked me out after causing a fire in the kitchen last week," Sakura said as Hinata laughed at that before the two of them went into Hinata's room.

That same night, after Sakura and Hinata were done taking their showers, were sleeping in the bed. Hinata's head was resting on Sakura's shoulder while watching TV whose eyes began to drop in tiredness as Sakura saw that and gently ran her fingers across Hinata's cheek. Making Hinata happily sigh before falling asleep.

But before Sakura fell asleep, she gently whispered to Hinata, "Whatever happens, Hinata, remember this: I love you and I will always be there for you."

The End!!

A/N: I know it's short notice, but please listen.

First off, I just wanted to say Thank you to my viewers for being so patient with my updates. (bows plolitley)

And secondly, I will be doing another story for Saku/Hinata with a crossover between Mai-Hime and Otome.

Again, thank you for reading, favoriting, and commenting on my story.