Chapter 2

Naruto was outside putting the wet laundry on a drying rack.

"You're still doing that Naru?"

Naruto looked over his shoulder to see Hinata walking out towards him. He turned back around to finish his task.

"I'm almost finished." He hung up the last shirt. "And there. All done, see?" He picked up the laundry basket and slowly turned towards the house.

"Now let's get ready for-"

He froze when he came face to face with Hinata, a mere foot away.

Naruto's eyes widened as she took another step forward, and another. Naruto dropped the hamper and tried to take a step back, but fumbled over basket, falling flat on his back and taking several shirts with him.

He had his eyes closed. 'No! This has to be another dream… Yeah… it's just another dream-'

He felt a pair of small hands lift something off his face, and he opened his eyes to see Hinata holding a large piece of lint between her fingers.

"Here, there was some lint on your face."

Naruto blinked several times to process the information.

"What are you still doing down there?"

"Oh, uhh, well…"

Hinata shook her head. "Come on, we're going to be late."

She went back inside and closed the door behind her, leaving Naruto still on the ground, the blonde blissfully unaware of the smirk on the blue-haired girl's face.