Towel Taker

By Charles Bullock

(characters by Masashi Kishimoto)

Steam filled the bathroom as the shower ran. A velvety voice full of warm melodies warmed the hearts of his brown-eared white dog and a certain black-haired girl. The dog whined to the melody his master's voice sang before licking the hand of his master's lilac-eyed girlfriend.

As the melody and the shower stopped, the girl and the dog walked to the bathroom to greet their brown-haired friend.

When the red-cheeked boy walked out of the bathroom he almost dropped his towel, "Whoa! Ya'll just can't just stand thereat the door." He said scratching his head right below his hairline. "Umm…I hope you know your hair is still wet." The lilac-eyed girl stated pointing at the boys drenched locks.

". . ." the boy grunted smiling maniacally. "Why are you looking lik-?" before she could finish the drenched-haired boy shook his head like a shaggy dog. Water splashed all on his girlfriend and dog. "Kiba!" she yelped at the cool sensation that ran down her back. "Arf!" Akamaru barked in agreement. Kiba just chuckled with his eyes closed.

Kiba started toward his room followed by Hinata and Akamaru.

"So…when were you going to tell me you could sing?"

"I wasn't…well it was going to be a surprise for when we got married."

"Oh…that would've been really sweet." She replied wiping the water off her now red face. Kiba, once again, just chuckled with his eyes closed.

Without paying any kind of attention to where he was walking he did something so embarrassing.

He ran into the wall.

All signs of redness in Hinata's face disappeared at the site of her boyfriend's epic failure.

"Ow! Man, that hurt!" barked rubbing his nose. "Um…Kiba?" Hinata hinted still giggling. "Huh?" She said nothing, she just giggled some more and pointed at his now naked body. "Ah! Where'd my towel go?: the red-faced Kiba barked out covering his self up with his hands. At that instant a muffled bark came from behind him. Kiba swung around and there stood his brown-eared pooch with his towel locked between his jaws.

"Oh no…" Kiba's face faulted, "Not again."

Akamaru muffled out another bark. The naked Kiba began after the dog, but all his attempts to catch the dog failed. Akamaru had Kiba fumbling over almost every piece of furniture in their Tokyo(1) apartment. "Gimme that towel!" Kiba almost received the towel before tripping over his favorite recliner.

"AAAAAHHH!" Kiba's eyes flared in anger. "AKAMARU!" the dog's eyes began to whimper with his muffled voice.

"C'mer boy," Hinata taunted at the now sad dog, "don't let mean ol' Kiba get you down. He's just grumpy." Akamaru released the towel and Hinata tossed it to Kiba, who was still fuming. "Man why'd I not think of that?"

"Cause, you're slow." She giggle petting Akamaru. Akamaru then walked to his master and licked his hand.

"I forgive you buddy."