since day one that foreshadowed the conflict that would follow since sakura loves sasuke, and like i said the only pairing that has been developed is Naruto and Hinata, all the times he saved her and got her to blush, all the times she fainted cause of it too, all the times they had pick nicks together and Naruto would compliment her as the dunce he is by saying"you'd make a great wife someday" without realizing what he just said, and more. On the other hand, Sakura's and Naruto's relationship has been that of resembling siblings, they're really good friends, that's all, Naruto already turned down Sakura once and said"i don't like people who lie to themselves", you forgot to say that he said "i thought you had always been this shy gloomy girl, but you know what, i like people like you" as if saying, i was wrong.
Hinata had already resolved herself to say what she wanted to say before she jumped in to save him in Pain's fight, cause she knew Naruto would tell her to get away, and she better have a good reason to make him understand why she'll stay, what better reason than telling him the truth. And sure, recently part of the reason he held her hand was to give her chakra, but don't just focus on the physical aspect, you're conveniently forgetting what he said to her prior to that, how come i don't see you disproving that part......and Naruto is a direct person when it comes to protecting his friends and when expressing himself about things he gives value to in emotional moments, but when around friends in an environment that has recently soften up, or was already peaceful, he acts like a total goof off, is he's nature to kid around, he has even stated it himself that he does it on purpose to mess around and tease people. And Hinata said that after this war is over, she will no longer chase him around, as in watching his back all the time never truly coming forth to him, and she added, instead I'll walk beside you.
Thank you for commenting on my thread, i appreciate the debate, you made valid points, that is, if you cut the parts that make it invalid, but thank you non the less, its fun getting into debates sometimes.