Sparks Fly (NaruHina Fanfic)

Sparks Fly Chapter Eleven

Series: Naruto

Pairings: NaruHina

Author: Lynns

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto Masashi

Type: Alternate Universe/Romance

Sparks Fly

Chapter 11

The air was so cold that just breathing was painful. 

There was no wind, the sky was clear, and the setting sun shone off the white snow, blinding anyone who dared to look.  While at the beginning of the new shift, the first two days had been relatively warm for December, but by day three, temperatures plummeted and remained below minus thirty-five degrees Celsius for the remainder of the shift.  The freezing weather had put everyone in a damper mood, especially with the toe and hand warmers disappearing like hotcakes, and you were left to try to keep your fingers warm while you worked.

However, for Naruto, the cold wasn't why he was in such a foul mood. 

He marched back and forth, carrying 10ft long pieces of deep and shallow strut from their pile in the stockyard to the back of the flat deck trailer attached to his work truck.  His toes were frozen, he could barely feel anything with his hands, and the cold nipped at his face, but that paled in comparison to the raging storm that was going on in his own head.

They were on day seven out of nine, and he had barely had any alone time with Hinata ever since they had arrived on site.  Sunday last week after the Christmas Party, Kakashi had informed him that it would be too late for him and Hinata to just stay at the hotel for the entire shift and that they would have to stay in camp, meaning there would be no privacy for the two of them.  While that had been disappointing, Naruto at least got to spend Sunday afternoon and Monday morning with Hinata at her place before they separated to pack for their flight that night.  When they had flown in and arrived at camp, it was the only time he had been able to sit down and have supper with her; heck, it was the only time he had a face-to-face conversation with his girlfriend.

Tuesday morning had come like any other first day for the front shift, but Kakashi had informed Hinata of an urgent request that Konoha Energy had of her Transformer Technician abilities and skills.  With it being the end of the year, all transformers on site needed a routine inspection, a few tests to make sure they were running correctly and the large electrical devices were all up to code.  Konoha Energy wanted it to be Hinata since she was already here with her tools, and they wouldn't have to pay for another technician to travel to site.  Thankfully, she had all the paperwork organized and ready for Temari to just step into her shoes as the new office administrator, meaning she could focus just on being a Transformer Technician for the shift.  However, it took Hinata, Gaara, Kakashi, and Itachi the whole day, including four hours of overtime, just to print off all the paperwork and plan out a routine so that she would be able to test all the transformers on site before the end of the shift.

Since she would be testing live transformers, it was then brought up who would be Hinata's assistant.  At first, Naruto thought Kakashi would be able to pull some strings and have it be him by her side, but alas, that was a fool's dream.  So instead, Itachi chose Deidara on the main plant crew and had just gotten his Journeyman ticket a few weeks ago; they didn't want to pair her with an inexperienced apprentice.  If it had been anyone else on the crew, perhaps Naruto wouldn't have cared so much, but the fact that it was Deidara just made him irritated.

It always amazed him how Kiba had been labelled the player among the electricians but not Deidara; the man was infamous for his one-night stands at camp, and he even proudly bragged about it.  The new Journeyman had only worked with Hinata a day, and already rumours were flying around like crazy that the two of them were sleeping together.  Naruto couldn't tell if it was Deidara himself or someone else on the crew that was spreading the tales, but every time he heard someone talking crap about his girlfriend, it made his blood boil.