So I'm cleaning up my stories. This is a collection of all of my Kiba and Shino one shots.

And now onto ... Confessions of a Teenage Antpile

"Sick?" Kiba asked a branch family member. He cursed under his breath when he heard that Hinata was sick and wouldn't be able to go on the mission. Now he would have to go alone. Well, he had Shino, but that didn't count since Shino never talked. He thanked the woman and turned to go to the meeting place.

He reached the spot, but it was empty. He looked around, confused. Shino should have been here already, and he could smell that Shino was here, or had been here recently. His nose pinpointed where Shino's faint scent was coming from and he looked up as Shino jumped down from the tree.

"Don't do that!" Kiba shouted, straightening up and lowering his hands that had flown up into a defensive position.

A small noise of satisfaction came from the mouth behind Shino's coat.

"Hinata-chan's sick," Kiba said sourly.

Shino nodded and started down the path, not bothering to see if Kiba was following. Kiba followed after him like a lost puppy. Akamaru whined on his shoulder. Kiba nodded, he knew what he meant. It was going to be so quiet.

After two hours of walking the pair stopped. They didn't stop to rest or because they had reached their destination. They stopped because Shino was fed up.

Kiba had talked nonstop. Normally he would talk to Hinata and Shino could ignore him, but she wasn't there and Kiba was desperately trying to get him to talk to him. The straw that crushed the ant came.

"Maybe you can't even understand words," Kiba muttered and proceeded to stick his fingers on his forehead, much like antennae, and rub them together.

He looked up at Shino for a reaction. He got one. Shino grabbed him by the collar and threw him. He sailed through the air and landed next to a pile of angry ants.

Kiba howled as they attacked him, their tiny bites piercing his skin over and over. Shino finally felt bad enough to stop the ants. They parted like a wave as he walked to his teammates. He pulled a twitching Kiba, who was still trying to get the ants off him, by the foot under a tree. Kiba stopped shouting and stopped making any noise at all. The only noises to be heard were the sounds of the forest and Akamaru's whining as he laid next to Kiba.

Shino sat on a fallen branch and looked up at the tree. Kiba glared at Shino. He couldn't believe that he had done that. He breathed in deeply and regretted it. He could feel the bites all over him. He even had bites on bites. The sun had fallen while they were walking and now it was dark, even darker under the trees. Kiba closed his eyes, just wanting to go to sleep.

A few minutes passed and there was no movement at all from the pair. Suddenly Kiba started spasming. Shino looked over as Akamaru barked in alarm. He stood over Kiba who continued to spasm. Kiba had tears running down his face, not of joy or sorrow, but of pain. His movements stopped abruptly. His arms collapsed loosely at his sides. Shino fell to the ground. He checked his pulse, it was faint, but he wasn't breathing. He started pushing on his chest. After a series of compressions he unbuttoned his jacket and placed his lips on Kiba's. He blew air into his mouth twice, as he did he made the hand signs for the jutsu his father had taught him a long time ago to remove insect poison from a body. He waved his fingers over Kiba. He could feel the poison rushing up to Kiba's head. He breathed in as the poison reached his mouth. Kiba mimicked him. He gasped and started breathing again. Shino leaned back and wiped away the poison from his lips. He moved back against the tree, pulling Kiba along with him. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Kiba woke up with a terrible headache. He opened his eyes and saw a sleeping Shino. He stared in amazement. He'd never seen Shino look so . . . He looked away quickly when Shino stirred. He moved his arm and felt the soft warmth of Akamaru's fur.

Shino adjusted slightly, he had woken up a few moments after Kiba had started staring at him. He didn't like him looking at him like that. It gave him a reason to believe that Kiba might like him back. He didn't want that. He wanted to accept that Kiba never would, and move on.

Kiba didn't move his head from Shino's lap. He knew that Shino was awake. More so Kiba knew that Shino liked him. Hinata had let it slip one day when he had exclaimed that Shino hated him.

Kiba moved his head and shut his eyes like he was asleep. He let his lips part slightly, inviting Shino to do something, anything. He wanted proof that what Hinata said was true.

Shino didn't do anything, except turn his head to look out into the trees.

Kiba peeked, and his breath caught slightly. He stared at Shino. His hand reached up and held Shino's cheek, his thumb rubbed his lips softly, wiping away the dried poison. Except Kiba didn't realize that he did it. A small noise from Shino brought his attention to the real Shino looking quite shocked and away from the Shino in his dreams that was leaning down to kiss him. Kiba stared for a second, unsure of what to do. He jumped to his feet as he decided and took off running.

He ran, the cold air of the morning ripping his skin. He ignored the pain in his side and the painful beating of his heart. He ran. Once he was sure he wasn't being followed he collapsed to the ground. His fingers dug into the ground. He gasped quick breaths to regain what he had lost in his shock at what he had just done, and the run he had just finished.

He heard a noise behind him. He turned and saw that it was Shino. He climbed to his feet and started to run, but Shino grabbed his arm and kept him there. Kiba turned and stared at Shino's hand. Shino's eyes were on the ground. Both of them were breathing heavily. Shino suddenly pulled Kiba to him and held him tightly.

"Stay," Shino whispered.

- And now for your viewing/reading pleasure we give you BACK AT THE VILLAGE! -

"Hinata-san?" Neji asked, looking at his cousin. She had a huge smile on her face as she stared out the window. She turned and laughed. Neji smiled back, a pale rose starting to cover his face.

"Kiba and Shino have returned." Neji looked at her with confusion. She ran out of the small room perfectly healthy, no sign of sickness anywhere on her. As she ran out, she barely avoided Shikamaru, who stared after her a scowl on his face.

"Eh?" He asked turning Neji.

"She's taking after your meddling teammate," he laughed as he closed the door once Shikamaru had entered.

"Who is it this time?"

"I didn't ask, but I'm sure we'll find a new couple soon."

NEXT IS... Consigning to Oblivion