Inseparable (A NaruHina Story)

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-Naruto-

My head.

My heart.

My body.

It's so...different. It feels so different. Everything...

Feels so much lighter.

It's been about a week since I drove Hinata home. Ever since then, I haven't known how to act around her. At work, I see her everywhere.

And if I don't...

I make an effort to lay eyes on her at least once an hour.

At meetings when we're all supposed to be as professional as possible, I just find my eyes wandering over to her as she jotted down the notes of everything all the heads say. During lunch, she would eat in the heads' break room with the others. Usually, she's eating with Tsunade and Ino, the head of our marketing department. There has been days where she's alone with just the guys.

Those are the days I have to squeeze myself in to prevent myself from going absolutely mad.

"Boss?"

I blinked several times, rapidly.

Oh.

I must've been staring at the ceiling before my mind wandered off about our coding head.

I slowly turned my chair, still in a daze towards my best friend. "You're Sasuke."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "And you're Dumbass. Glad we established each other's names."

"Hey -"

"You've been looking at the ceiling for a solid ten minutes. What's going on with you?"

Lie.

Lie like you never have before.

"It's Hinata."

Clearly, my mouth and my brain are not in sync.

My best friend stopped chewing on his sandwich. "What about Hinata?"

Lie.

Lie now!

"I can't get her out of my head."

You suck at this...

"What do you mean?"

"I mean." I took a breath before I keep digging my own grave. "We're two weeks away from the patch release for Infiltration. It's her first patch release and I don't know if she's gonna be ready for it."

"I'm still lost."

"You know the criticism we get from the players after the release of a patch. Especially those in pro league. I don't know if she's going to be able to handle all of that when it comes." I answered.

Well, it's not a complete lie.

With every update that comes with a game, there comes changes. Changes that hardcore gamers and the ones most important to our company can give some very heavy negative feedback. I remember each and every one hurts our company people. Some of them have quit over the years with each one.