Chapter 8

Several hours later and Naruto was at Hinata's side. "Hey Hinata, do you think you can take a shower right now?"

Hinata had her eyes closed, but she shook her head no. "Sorry Naruto, but I… I can't move really… can you… help?"

Naruto had a pained look on his face. "Yeah, let me go get a sponge and a bucket. I'll be right back."

A few minutes later and Naruto had Hinata sitting upright in nothing but her nightgown, with him supporting most of her weight. "Your soaked Hinata, are you sure you don't want me to call a doctor?"

Hinata nodded her head weakly. "Yeah, please don't…" She shivered from the lack of warmth from the covers. "I'm sorry Naru…"

Naruto paused. "Sorry for what Hinata?"

She tried to look up at him. "I promised that I wouldn't cause you any trouble, and now I'm like this…"

Naruto chuckled. "Hey, don't think like that Hinata. It's like you said, we're family. We only have each other." A warm smile formed on Hinata's face. "Ready Hinata?"

The girl nodded. Naruto took a deep breath and averted his gaze as he undid the straps of Hinata's nightgown, letting it pool down at her hips on the bed. She covered her chest with her arms as he began washing the sweat off her back. Small goose bumps surfaced wherever the sponge went, and Naruto used all his willpower to keep a blush from forming on his face.

Naruto finished her back and laid her down on the bed again, turning around and ringing out the sponge in the soapy bucket water. "Ok, your back is done Hinata, now I'm going to remove your nightgown and wash your front. It'll be a little weird but I'll try to do it quickly, ok?"

The girl nodded slowly. Naruto took a deep breath and slid the nightgown down her legs and slipped it off the bed. Naruto used whatever restraint he could find at the moment to not look at any of her private regions, concentrating solely on the piece of clothing and nothing else. He threw the damp fabric on the floor and brought up the sponge. Now was the hard part, there was no way he couldn't look at her now.

He started off slowly, cleaning off her neck then moving down her chest to her bosom. He partially closed his eyes to avoid leveling his gaze on her breasts, but that didn't mean he couldn't partially feel them. He cursed his senses. He then moved down to her flat stomach where he reached the final hurdle. He wiped around her hips, and took great care to avoid coming remotely close to her womanhood, and he finally finished wiping down her legs.

When he dropped the sponge in the bucket he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "All don't Hinata, go to sleep and I'll get you a clean blanket ok?"

Hinata didn't respond, but just closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep as she felt a dry piece of fabric being draped over her person.