Hinata sighed in disappointment. She knew this was the answer she was going to get, but she was hoping that seeing her willingness to use her feet to make Naruto happy would change his mind.

"Well... thank you for being honest with me I guess."

"I really am sorry Hinata." Naruto apologized again.

"Be honest with me one more time please." Hinata quietly spoke up. "Knowing everything that you know right now, that Sakura doesn't have the feelings for you that you have for her... would you change your feelings if you could? If you could somehow change your feelings, would you change them so you had them for me instead, knowing how much I love you?"

"Hinata..."

"Please just answer me Naruto."

"No." Naruto finally sighed. "My feelings for Sakura have pushed me to do incredible things, and not having my feelings returned hurts... But the way Sakura makes me feel is still worth it. I wouldn't trade that for the world."

"You're truly dedicated to her Naruto." Hinata noted.

"Yeah..."

"I hope that she one day returns your feelings then." Hinata said with a forced smile. "I'm gonna go now, would you like me to find Sakura and tell her to come back?"

"No... I don't want her to feel like I expect her to come back and keep doing what she was doing. She'll come over again when she wants to."

"Ok. Well... I'm leaving now then Naruto. Don't take this the wrong way or anything... but I'm going to avoid you for a little while. It's nothing personal... it's just..."

"It hurts." Naruto finished for Hinata with a sympathetic look on his face. "I understand completely Hinata."

"Right... well... I'll see you when I'm ready Naruto." Hinata quickly sprinted out of Naruto's apartment trying to hold back tears.
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Outside of Naruto's window
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Unbeknownst to Hinata and Naruto, Sakura didn't actually leave his apartment. She exited the apartment sure, but then she leaped up and waited just outside his window, just in case Hinata needed some help.

But now Sakura's eyes were wide with shock. Naruto had spoken some pretty powerful words about his feelings for her... and it worried her. She had showed Hinata how to please Naruto with her feet to try to push Naruto to get together with Hinata. Sakura knew how he felt about her, and she wasn't sure how she felt about him. So she pushed him towards Hinata in hopes that he would be happy.

But now she was left with a clear dilemma. She had no idea how she felt about Naruto. He was her friend, and a bit of an idiot (who still needed more punishing for using that damn sexy jutsu again!) But she really wasn't sure if she would ever return his feelings like he wanted her too. She would like to- Naruto is a great guy once you get past his faults, and with the life he survived he definitely deserved to have the love of the woman he loves. But it would be far more damaging to him if she tried to force herself to have feelings for him and something went wrong.

Sakura sighed. Now things were complicated... But that didn't matter right now. Naruto still used that sexy jutsu again, and he had certainly not received enough punishment to ensure he would never use it again! She opened Naruto's window and jumped into his room.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto gasped.

"You didn't think I was done with you did you?" Sakura smirked, completely shoving the knowledge she had just acquired to the back of her mind.

Naruto looked at her with a hopeful smile. "You're not?"

"Not. even. close."