Leaky Roof Chapter 1: An Act of Kindness, a naruto fanfic

Chapter 1 An Act of Kindness

Drip

"Not again..." muttered Naruto sleepily. He sat up and looked at the ceiling. A fat drop of water landed in his eye. "Sunofa!" He got up and sighed. He shoved his bed against the other wall and tried to go back to sleep.

10 minutes later...

Drip

"God Damn It !!!"

He jumped up and pulled all his blankets and junk off his bed and tossed them on the couch. He flipped the bed up against the wall and sat on his couch. He glanced at the clock. 3 AM. "Great..." he yawned.

Drip

Random stream of very colorful expletives.

He went to his closet and grabbed a plastic tarp and threw it over the couch. He grabbed his pillow and a blanket and jumped on the table...

...And just as quickly hopped of the soaked table. "Oh for the love of..." he screamed, now thoroughly pissed off.

"I need a new roof..."

He sighed as he looked around his soaked house. "It's going to be a long night..."

Ring

"Huh?" muttered Kiba as he looked around. He grabbed the phone. "Hello?"

"Kiba, it's Naruto. Listen, my roof's leaking bad, and I need a place to stay, at least until this rain stops."

"Naruto?"

"Yes?"

"What time is it?"

"Like 3:20 or something."

Kiba glanced at his alarm. 3:30. He looked out his window. Rain was slamming onto his window. He could hear the wind howling and shaking the trees outside. Frost was even starting to collect on the very edge of the window. 'It's gotta be below freezing for frost to be building up in this weather.'

"Kiba?"

"Huh? Oh...Yeah, sure man. Come on over."

"Thanks. I'll be over in like 10."

"Be careful Naruto. It looks pretty nasty out there."

"Yeah. It's damn nasty out here."

"Bye."

Kiba hung up and fell back asleep.

Naruto got dressed, stuffed his pillow and a change of clothes into a pack, threw on a rain coat, and grabbed an umbrella before leaving for Kiba's.

Knock

"Kiba! Let me in!"

Kiba blinked. He jumped up and ran to the door. He was greeted by a very cold and wet Naruto and a storm that could rival any hurricane. What's worse, it was below freezing. "Naruto! Get inside! You're gunna freeze to death!"

Naruto lumbered inside. He was soaked and his clothes were heavy, making it hard to walk.

"Get out of those wet clothes. I'll get you a towel."

Naruto shivered. He took of his coat and sweater. He stood there, pants and shirt dripping.

Kiba came back. "Oh Naruto, you need to take it all off."

Naruto blushed.

Realizing what he said, Kiba corrected himself, "What I mean is...You need to get that wet shirt and pants off. There's no point in trying to dry off with them on." Although I wouldn't if you took it all off. He blinked. Damn it, why do I keep thinking about him like that?

Still shivering, Naruto tried to pull of his shirt. It was sticky and heavy from being wet, and Naruto's fingers were numb from the cold. He managed to get tangled up in it. "Umgph Kibpha? Alighphtle Hephlp plfleaphse." (Translation: Um Kiba? A Little Help Please.)

Kiba grabbed the shirt and pulled. It didn't budge. "Damn Naruto, you're really tangled up in there. Hang on just a second." He pulled, hard. He managed to lift Naruto of the ground before the trapped blonde slid out.

"Thanks," he said from the floor.

Kiba tossed his the towel. "Get those pants off too. I'll toss um in the dryer."

"Okay." Naruto took off his soaked pants and handed them to Kiba, blushing slightly as he did. He wrapped up in the big, fluffy towel.

"Come on," said Kiba as he led Naruto into the living room. "Sit down. Make yourself comfortable." He left to toss Naruto's soaked clothes in the dryer.

Naruto looked around. He hadn't been to Kiba's very often. Kiba was lucky, he had a big house on the outskirts of town. Most of the rest of them either had small apartment or lived at home still. Naruto had his own house, but it was small and a piece of junk, but it was his.

Kiba walked back in the room. "So..."

Naruto looked at him.

"Do you want something to drink?"

"Um...okay," Naruto shivered involuntarily.

"Still cold eh?"

Naruto nodded.

"Let me get you something hot to drink. Hot chocolate okay?"

"Yeah. Hot Chocolate is fine."

"'Kay. Be right back." He got up and went into the kitchen.

Naruto went back to looking around. He had stopped shivering by the time Kiba came back, holding 2 steaming cups. He handed one to Naruto. "Thank's Kiba."

"Welcome." He took a sip. "I hope you like it strong."

Naruto smiled, "I love it strong. None of that brown colored water for me, thank you."

"My thoughts exactly."

The sipped at their chocolate in silence for a few minutes.

"Hey Kiba," said Naruto.

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for letting me stay with you."

"It's my pleasure." I'd rather have you here in this weather than in that shack that's trying to pass as a house.

"Most people would have just hung up on me. Normally I'd go to Iruka-Senei's, but with him moving and all, there's no room for me."

"Don't worry about it," He smiled.

They finished the chocolate in silence before retiring to bed.