Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24949639-20140528135926/@comment-2089817-20140601010243

The other thing is, you can't argue that Hinata is just as bad as Sakura, since it's because of Naruto that they aren't together. But even then, you can't blame Naruto either. After Hinata said she loved him, it's not like things have been so easy-going that they could ever discuss it. Once the fight against Nagato and Konan was finished, the news of Danzo becoming the next Hokage and Sasuke being wanted by the Kage as an international criminal hit the fan almost directly afterwards, which led to the Kage Summit, which led to Naruto being brought to the island, which led to the war, which we are still in. It's not like the two have had the "alone time" necessary to hash out those feelings, but it's clear through subtle clues (like when Naruto held onto Hinata's hand) that Naruto does care for Hinata. And the last two chapters showed that Hinata being encased by the tree, Naruto immediately picked it up on it and prepared to move to save her, if not for being stopped by Sasuke. Point being, there has been multiple instances where Sakura could have acknowledged how much he cares for her and reciprocated. But she didn't. And she's had, again, MULTIPLE times to do so. But chose not to.

You can't compare the two based in an ideal world, because this manga doesn't take place in a perfect world. You have to look at the situations and judge them on an individual basis. Sakura has been shown how much Naruto cares for her multiple times in the series, but chose to ignore it, whereas Hinata finally confessed to Naruto but the two haven't exactly had an ideal time between the confession and the current happenings of the story to actually hash it all out.