CHAPTER 5

(A/N:) Ok…I have some new information on Gaara so he's getting a slight mood change. Also, I am soo very sorry it took sooo very long to get this chappie updated! ^o^

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto! The fabulous Masashi Kishimoto does!

Hinata opened her pale lavender hues, yawning daintily, and snuggled a bit more comfortably in her bed. The Hyuuga Heiress blushed some, thinking of the dream she had of herself and…Gaara. He scared her but her caring nature overrode that asset of herself. The Kunoichi got out of her warm, comfy bed with a slight whimper. Turning, the shy girl went into her bathroom..

Coming out fifteen minutes later squeaky clean from the shower, Hinata quickly dressed, and ran to the kitchen. Once there, she saw Neji and TenTen eating breakfast.

"K-Konnichiwa Neji-nii-san, TenTen-chan."

Hinata greeted, smiling softly at TenTen while the other female groaned sleepily.

"Hey Hina-chan."

The Weapons Mistress then stated, yawning loudly, and eating some rice. Neji merely nodded his head and kept chewing his rice.

Hinata grabbed the picnic basket from under the counter, and set it near the fridge. She took out two apples, some grapes, and she made two bento boxes. Also, Hinata put two bottles of water in the basket and was finished.

The shy female turned around, only to find Neji with a quirked brow, and TenTen wearing a huge grin.

"Hina-"

Neji started but TenTen interrupted.

"Going on a date?"

She asked smugly, then winked to the now blushing Heiress.

"…H-Hai…"

Hinata said, looking to the side, and poking her fingers together.

"Ooooh! I expect full details when you get back!"

The older Kunoichi said smiling again.

"As do I."

Neji replied, looking at Hinata suspiciously, that being mixed with a hint of worry. But of course no one caught on… except for TenTen. At Neji's statement though, Hinata grew redder.

"Neji-kun.. no boys allowed.. I will tell you about it AFTER I talk with Hinata to see if the guy is going to freak you out or not…deal?"

The male shinobi sighed some, then agreed.

"Fine."

While that little thing was going on, Hinata grabbed the picnic basket and left the Hyuuga Compound, but not before seeing the triumphant smirk cross her best friends features.

Now the young Heiress was walking through the forest slowly, heading towards the designated area, almost there now in fact.

Stepping through the foliage, Hinata looked around and spotted Gaara leaning against one of the training posts. Timidly walking over to him, the kunoichi tried to keep the light blush from her features, but failed miserably as the light pink tint crossed her pale cheeks.

Stopping quietly in front of him, she bowed politely, then looked up, ever so shyly, into his aquamarine eyes.

"O-ohayougozaimasu, Gaara-san"

The red headed male in question smirked softly to the blush on her cheeks and nodded to her.

"Ohayougozaimasu"

He stated gruffly as his smirk disappeared and his face went to its normal emotionless mask. Uncrossing his arms from their resting place on his chest, the male settled his arms at his sides after placing his gourd on the ground, while the Hyuuga female gave him a small smile. Holding out the basket to him, she asked.

"U-um.. will you please hold this for a moment?"

Gaara stared at her for a second, before he blinked, nodded, and held the basket for her. Smiling warmly to him, she began to spread a light blanket on the ground, the one that was already in the basket when she retrieved it from under the counter. Once she had the blanket down, the kunoichi turned to him, and shyly bit her lip as she gently took the basket from his grasp; lightly brushing his hand in the process. Turning a bright shade of red, Hinata shyly looked up into his orbs, finding that there was a very light blush on his cheeks, and this caused her to quickly turn around, going to set the basket down, too bad for her she tried to do it all in one motion, thus causing her to fall forward.

Blinking in surprise, he acted on instinct and grabbed her by the waist, but the momentum of her falling forward, caused him to start tumbling after her. Using his ninja reflexes, the Sand shinobi quickly turned them both in midair, so she would land on him, instead of him landing on her.

"O-oof"

Hinata breathed out as her face landed onto his chest, which immediately caused her cheeks to flare a deep crimson color, as Gaara looked to her with an amused smirk, that was surprisingly enough, was filled with a hint of worry; before he made everything go back to the emotionless mask.

"...Are you alright?"

The Sabaku sibling asked, grunting some as he tried to keep some weird emotions at bay that he never felt before. The Hyuuga Heiress merely nodded her head, accidentally rubbing on his chest some; this action caused the red head to stiffen some, and bite back a groan.

Feeling him tense up, she slowly sat up, now straddling his hips, and went to stand, but his hands clamped down on her waist, leaving her hovering over his lower region. She gave a small gasp as he did this and hesitantly looked into his eyes, seeing them swimming with confusion, frustration, and slight amusement.

The Hyuuga kunoichi managed a weak giggle, and tried once more to get up, but his hands wouldn't let her go. Hinata stared into his hues once more, her own filled with confusion, slight fear, and still that one thing he couldn't figure out, so this frustrated him more.

Sitting up slightly, Gaara used one hand and cupped her cheek, bringing her face closer to his, as she shyly looked away.

"Look at me"

He demanded, so of course she listened, and looked back into his aqua depths.

"Why do you look at me like that?"

The red headed jinchuriki whispered, his head tilted to the side some, and she could hear some of the frustration in his voice. Being the timid creature that she was, Hinata just shrugged her shoulders slowly and replied in a trembling voice.

"I-i.. I-i.. don't know.. what you mean.."

Growling, the male gripped her wrists and quickly flipped them over, so that she was on the bottom, and he on top. A dark crimson blush was quick to overcome the poor girls entire face as she realized that he was between her legs, and he didn't understand the compromising position they were in.

Growling once more, Gaara decided to get off her as he felt his lower half flared unusually to him. Letting out a shaky breath of relief, the Hyuuga Heiress sat up and saw that the basket was alright so decided to try to change the subject by opening the picnic basket and asking him. Hyuuga female

"W-would you like to eat now Gaara-san?"

The Sand shinobi nodded his head once and sat in front of the timid girl as he tried to get control of his raging emotions that demanded he do something he still didn't quite understand. Bringing out the bento boxes, Hinata handed one to him and set one in front of herself, then grabbed the bottled water and gave one to him and set the other beside her leg. Reaching inside the basket the Leaf shinobi handed him chopsticks and took her own then both ninja started their meals.

They were in a comfortable silence as they ate, but that was soon shattered by a yell.

"Gaara! Where are you?"

Frowning, the red head looked towards where the voice was calling and grunted as he stood up. The lavender eyes Heiress looked to him, then stood up herself, a small questioning look on her face. Flicking his aquamarine hues over to his date, he opened his mouth to tell her that it was his sister telling him it was time to go back to Suna, but the said sibling had came through the trees and stopped dead in her tracks with disbelief written on her tanned face, before a soft smirk over came that and she said.

"Say your farewells, we need to start heading home."

With that said, Temari walked back into the forest and started for the Konoha gates as her younger brother turned toward the Hyuuga.

Giving Gaara a small sad smile, Hinata looked to the ground before she felt a hand on her cheek forcing her to look up to him. Leaning close to her, Gaara whispered against her lips.

"I'll be back before you know it."

Kissing her lips with as close to tenderness as he could get, he felt her kiss him softly back, then he pulled back, and started walking back towards the forest, grabbing his gourd on the way. Stopping before he walked into the forest, he held his hand out to the right a little away from his body as if to say 'walk with me'. So of course Hinata ran up to him, shyly placed her hand into his and they both walked to the gates in a comfortable silence. About half way there and with many people watching, Gaara smirked and untwined their hands only to wrap his arm around her waist and pull her close as her head leaned on his shoulder so he pulled her closer. A light blush crossed her pale face but a warm smile brightened her face as well as she relaxed against him.

Once at the gates, his brother, Kankuro, mouth dropped while Temari had a small smirk on her features, but the youngest ignored his siblings as he turned to Hinata, whose face had a light rose blush on her face, and kissed her softly but demandingly. Kissing back, the shy female wrapped her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss, which Gaara easily agreed to.

Pulling back, Gaara smirked softly to her before going over to his siblings, and started walking back to his village.

"Sayonara Gaara-kun!"

Hinata called after him, and he turned his head around, gave her a smirk that said 'Your mine, I will be back for you'. Smiling to herself she waved to him until she could no longer see him, and went back to the training field to clean up, then go home and wait for him to come back for her.

(A/N:) Ok I'm going to stop this here because I forgot what I was doing with this story and I decided at the last moment not to kill Hinata, Gaara has enough problems.. anyway sorry for the ridiculous wait, the only excuse I have is that I was lazy.. I wasn't in a writing mood so sorry if it sucks! Please review.