Yes, Naruto, Everyone knew!

9. The date! ( Part 2 )

"7:30, right on time," announced Naruto as they reached the doors of the establishment.

"After you, my lady," he cockily said, opening it wide for Hinata with a sweeping bow.

Hinata breathlessly laughed into her hand, "Well thank you kind, sir," and gave him a wink as she walked in.

Naruto quickly hurried in after and placed a comforting arm around her shoulders.

"Table for two for Uzumaki," he confidently stated to the hostess.

"Of course," she politely replied and pulled out two menus. "Right this way."

The couple followed the woman to a secluded booth located at the far back of restaurant.

Naruto unwrapped his arm around Hinata's shoulders and motioned for her to go in first.

Instead of taking the seat directly across from his girlfriend, Naruto decided to scoot in right next to her.

This caused Hinata to shyly blush, having never seen Naruto actively go out of his way to be so close to her before. The blonde in turn also became a little red as he realized he may have embarrassed Hinata with his silly like actions.

The hostess tried her best to cover the amused grin stretching across her face with the menus.

Meanwhile as the young couple was distracted, the rest of the Konoha 12 (minus Sasuke and the pair of course) tumbled into the restaurant and quickly took a seat at one of the empty booths at the front. They all quickly grabbed a pile of menus and tried to act as naturally as possible.

Needless to say, the rag tag group stuck out worse than a soar thumb.

Kurenai-sensei dramatically sighed as she thought, "Honestly, am I the only one in this whole village that actually acts like a real ninja?" And with that, she cast a camouflage genjutsu over the group so they would simply appear to be a bunch of random strangers.

"So!" the hostess then said in an effort to once again gain the pair's attention.

This momentarily startled the love birds as they both jumped away from each other in surprise.

The woman tried her best not to laugh as she placed the menus down in front of them.

"Your server will be with you in a moment," she said with a smile and quickly made her way back to the front, all while thinking to herself, "Ah... young love."

Naruto nervously fidgeted in his seat as he tried to think of what he should do next.

Hinata bashfully glanced away also uncertain of how to proceed. The dark-haired woman finally settled on picking up the menu and starting to read.

"Oh yeah! Food, ordering, duh!" thought Naruto as he resisted the urge to smack himself and simply picked up the menu as well.

The blond looked skittishly around the restaurant, he was totally out of his element. The only place he'd ever really eaten out at was Ichiraku's Ramen. That is, until he went on his journey with Jiraiya-sensei. But even to this day, he still couldn't bring himself to eat in any other of Konoha's establishments. They all just brought back too many bad memories.

This thought made Naruto frown as a sad look entered his eyes. He stared vaguely at the menu, trying to remember what Choji had told him was good. But the man just couldn't concentrate. It was like, he was suddenly back to being that lonely unwanted child again.

"N-Naruto-kun?" questioned Hinata hesitatingly as she felt him tense beside her. "Are you alright?"

"H-Hai," answered Naruto with a bit of an uncertain stutter, "I just... I don't know. Feel kinda odd eating here when... well-"