Naruto was lost in admiration of Hinata's profile.
He felt an urge to run his fingers over her beautiful outline.
Then Hinata suddenly turned around. Naruto quickly looked away.
"eh...Naruto–kun...what about that scarf?"
"ah that one...cos the underground is warm...i got rid of it ttebayo"
"is...is that so..."
Actually its rather chilly. You can see his breath.
"Cos you are dressing like this (lightly), you are cold."
Naruto glanced at Hinata's bare upper arms. The skin is fair and clear.
"........"
"Please don't stare... this is a mission gear so... I can't choose..."
Hinata hiding her naked arms and lowering her eyes with a blush on her cheeks made Naruto's heart twinge.
"something, anything will do...I oughta say something now! I must say something(cool)!"
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>An infinite number of shiny, bright bubbles and spheres of sand are floating. Naruto and Hinata jump connected by their hands. Using one sphere of sand as a foothold to the next sphere of sand... While jumping repeatedly, they are climbing the shaft (/pit). As they pass by the nearby bright, glittering bubbles one by one, on the surface, the memories of the two people, one by one, are reflected.
>It was the first meeting of the two of them in the grove of trees, isn't it when she was being bullied (/teased) as a girl?! A group of three bad boys who were teasing Hinata, when Naruto saved her.
>The nostalgic lesson from Iruka at the ninja school was reflected on a bubble... On the last day of the world, for yourself, who do you want to be together with? Iruka's voice echoed in the shaft.
>This time, Naruto wounded during the war against Pain, with Hinata's heroic appearance while battling to protect him…"Naruto-kun...Because I love you"! As Hinata remembers that time, she blushes a little bit.
>While the two of them view those scenes from their memory, again and again, they kept ascending. However, the crumbling room (/space) from the bottom was coming near. Sound of the bubbles bursting open, the sound of the breaking of the spheres of sand, gradually coming closer.
>"Hinata, hurry!"
>"Un"
>Hinata nodded her head, her foot slipped on the surface of a bubble. At once, their connected hands were separated.
>"N..Naruto-kun!"
>Hinata was falling...By a hair's breadth, Naruto's hand caught Hinata's arm. Naruto pulled Hinata towards himself, carrying her in a hug like a princess, still climbing.
>"Nee, Hinata...Iruka-sensei's lesson in the old days, about the last day of the end of the earth, asking about who we would want to be with, do you remember?"
>In Naruto's arms, Hinata nodded, bowing her head in assent.
>I wasn't able to write down anybody's name. Because I didn't know about my parents, and also no friends… No thoughts about anyone came to the surface (of my mind). However, now, I can clearly say it. I want to be together with you. After this, also for all time and always, until I die, I want to be together with Hinata.