Hinata lay in bed curled into a ball, with Akamaru nuzzled beside her. She let little translucent tears soak her shirt while she let soft sobs escape her scratchy throat. The oversize dog licked her flushed cheek, trying to comfort the melancholy kunoichi, but it didn't seem to work. Akamaru let out a small disappointed bark, and gave her, his sad puppy dog eyes. Still nothing.
"Akamaru!" a familiar voice called out in the hallway. "Akamaru?"
Kiba knock at the door hesitantly and whispered threw the crack embedded into the wood.
"Hinata Chan, are you sleeping?" he asked quietly.
The dark haired kunoichi cleared her throat, and wiped her saddened orbs. "N...No" she stuttered softly.
"Is Akamaru with you?" he asked worriedly.
"Y…Yes." She replied.
Kiba let out a sigh of relief, and grabbed onto the handle of the door. " I was so worri…" Kiba paused as Hinata was in full view. Her swelled, crimson tinted eyes took him aback.
" Hinata?" The Inuzuka said in bewilderment.
Hinata bit down onto her trembling lower lip, and stared at him knowing she had been caught crying.
"Hinata," he said letting is voice go limp. He walked to the edge of the bed, and sat down beside her.
"Why are you crying?" he asked with a serious, but gentle tone.
She didn't have to courage to look at him. She felt ashamed. She was a ninja, someone who's supposed to be strong, and brave. What made matters worse, was that Kiba was her teammate, and had seen her like this, which was even more embarrassing.
"Hinata, please look at me." He begged.
She slowly turned her head to face him, and she stared up at the ceiling trying to hold back the tears that were waiting to be released. She let in shaky breath, and a lone tear accidentally left her tear duct, and because of that, many other tears followed after.
Kiba looked at the distraught kunoichi with confusion, he'd never seen her cry like this before. It was somewhat overwhelming. Seeing someone who was so close to him, crying like she'd been stabbed. He didn't know what to do. Maybe he should comfort her. Should he tell her that everything is going to be okay?
Suddenly, Akamaru laid his towering head onto the dark haired kunoichi's lap, and began to whine. Hinata began to stroke his fur, but still continued to cry non-stop.
Finally, going by instinct, the brunette ninja smiled slightly and opened his arms, and invited Hinata in. She nuzzled her head onto his massive shoulder and inhaled his strong nostalgic scent.
"Are you going to tell me why you are crying?" he asked with a comforting voice as he began to pat her back.
She stared at him unsure what to say. " I…" she paused hesitantly afraid of Kiba's future reaction.
"You can tell me." "If you want, I'll even keep it a secret." He said reassuringly, while he finally broke his embrace.
The Hyuga looked at him with intense eyes, and decided that she could trust him with anything she was about to say.
"Okay," Hinata said briefly, but with a tinge of sadness still left in her meek voice.
"I'm all ears," he said with a wink.
"I'm crying, because…" she stopped herself, feeling the pain blossom inside her beating heart. "Because I'm…" she paused once more.
"Your?" Kiba said urging her to continue.
"Heartbroken." She said blankly.
Heartbroken. It echoed loudly inside the Kiba's head.
"Heartbroken?" he questioned her in bewilderment. " Who…Why…?" he was so confused.
"Naruto." She said sadly even though she only spoke of his name.
"Oh." He said quietly. "Ohhhh." He said finally realizing the big picture. "He and Sakura are-"he stopped not wanting to pain her even more. "I never knew that you liked Naruto," he said with a surprised tone.
"Who would of thought, the loud mouth idiot was the center of Hinata's attention," he thought to himself.
She looked at Kiba with her jaw line still trembling, and he began to feel even more miserable. He stared at her with caring orbs, and scooted closer to her.
"Hey, don't cry Hinata." He said as he placed his hand onto her shoulder.
"He doesn't want someone who is weak like me," she said while she began to break down. " He wants someone who is skilled, and strong." "Someone like Sakura."
Kiba his lips parted lost for words; he had never seen her say such untrue words.
" He wants to be with someone who is beautiful, and talented." "Someone who's always going to be the better kunoichi." "Some-" Kiba placed his finger onto her peachy lips.
"Sssh." He hushed her gently, and lightly smiled. " Hinata, your all of that." He said trying to reassure her. "You skilled, strong, talented, and… beautiful." He said with a light blush on his face.
"If I am, why does Naruto not like me?" she said demanding a logical answer.
" He's blind, and can't see the beautiful woman it front of him." He said shyly.
She looked at Kiba in embarrassment. This was the second time he mentions her as beautiful.
"Hinata," he said while he placed his fingers beneath her chin. She looked at him nervously. Her breath began to hitch as he crept towards her.
"Kiba?" she said with face reddening even deeper.
"Hinata." He said as stared into her beautiful eyes. Such unique, alluring eyes. " Believe when I tell you that you're skilled, very talented, and a very beautiful ninja. Suddenly, he smirked casually, and brought back his fingers from her chin.
Hinata stared at him blankly, not sure what to do. Kiba half smiled and brought himself off the bed.
" I have to go help Kurenai, since it's kind of hard for her to do anything since she's still pregnant." Kiba said with a disappointing frown. "But, if you want to talk later, I'll be happy to-"
"No, it's okay." Hinata said cutting him off. "I'm fine."
She's lying.
"Oh, Okay." Kiba said in disappointment.
She's still hurting.
"I'm sorry," she said apologizing.
"Why are you apologizing?" he asked in astonishment.
" For troubling you with my problems." She embarrassingly replied.
He sighed and crossed his arms. "Hinata, you didn't do anything wrong." Kiba sat back on the mattress, and took her by the hand. "We might be ninjas, but remember we are human too." Finally, he brought himself off the mattress, and sluggishly walked to the door. He grabbed onto the doorknob and led himself out. He quietly closed it behind him, and slouched against the wooden frame. He sighed, and bit his lower lip in frustration.
"Naruto may be blind, but I can see clearly." He whispered to himself.