Itsu No Hi Ni Mo

Chapter 45 : Shorts

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"Eh?"

Hinata looked down from the tree branch she was sitting on and saw Naruto, "Oh, Naruto-kun..! Good morning"

"What's that in the cup?" He asked curiously as she jumped down, referring to the carton cup safely in both her hands, "Smells kinda odd"

"Does it?" She tilted her head with a slight pout, removing the plastic lid and taking a small whiff, "It isn't smelling a way it's not supposed to be"

"Well, good odd" He clarified, but his eyes squinted at the strange looking liquid inside that filled the cup half full, somewhat light brown but creamy, "That doesn't look like chocolate at all, Hinata. Maybe you shouldn't- O-Oi! What are you-?!"

After lifting the cup to her lips and drinking a few to tease his panic, Hinata giggled and said "It's fine, Naruto-kun, it's just coffee"

"That's not what coffee is supposed to look like, either, dattebayo!" He practically screamed in panic, thinking that she might get an upset stomach from it, "And that smells weird! That's not what coffee is to smell like, either!"

"Eh?" She tilted her head in confusion, "What is it supposed to look and smell like, then?"

"It's supposed to be black and sorta painful to sniff!" He said as he took the cup from her and lifting it beyond her reach, "Believe me, Hinata! I've seen Sakura and Sai drink plenty before!"

Hinata almost tripped as she tried tipping on her toes to reach her coffee, but he kept lifting it higher, and held back a laugh at what he said, "Naruto-kun, you do realize that there is more than one type of coffee, right?"

"Coffee is coffee, Hinata!" Naruto stubbornly claimed, "And this ain't it! Trust me, I'm trying to save your life"

"I think the coffee you're talking about is black coffee, it's extremely bitter, but it is very healthy" She pointed out as she crossed her arms, hoping to pursuade him with her facts, "That's cafe au lait, it's sweet and it's-"

"The exact opposite of coffee! So it's deadly!" He yelled, thinking worse of the liquid in his possession, "We gotta get rid of- Oi!"

When off guard, Hinata jumped and snatched the cup from his hand, landing gracefully on her feet, closing her eyes and indulging in her coffee again.

"Uwaah! Hinata!" Naruto panicked.

"N-Naruto-kun, don't worry" Hinata laughed as she smiled at him reassuringly, "It's just half coffee, half milk, that's why it smells different"

Stubborn as a rock, he only squinted his eyes at her, as if saying "If you get sick, don't tell me I didn't try and stop you"

With an amused sigh, she then said, "Like, chocolate... There's white chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate. In coffee, white chocolate is milk, and dark chocolate is coffee, and in between is cafe au lait, or the milk chocolate"

"That's stupid! If anything, milk should be milk chocolate! It's in the name!" He pointed out, refusing to be beat.

Giggling, Hinata came up to him and gave him the cup and said "Please try it, I think you'll like it"

"I've tried coffee before," Naruto said as he hesitantly accepted the cup, "It tasted like dirt"

"Go on" She insisted, giving him an encouraging smile.

With a heavy sigh, Naruto groaned and said "Fine, but only because you said so, and I trust your judgement"

Hinata almost laughed, remembering that just a few moments ago, he was clearly panicking about her choice of beverage.