Author: ClaireBoo, the ghost that scares you! ))
Title: Highly Strung Confessions
Pairing: KibaHina and others, a smidge of this and a smidge of that!
ShikaIno, NejiTenten, etc
Prompted: Kiba being a dog-oriented person, Naruto an idiot aloof (but mostly a lovable dork), Shino a bug manic who personally hates humans, and Hinata a Naruto-Stalker. And Just a lot of obliviousness. In other words, this may turn out to be a Crackfic and hopefully it doesn't
Warning(s): High School and Contemporary AU, and possibly excessive Kiba ranting
Disclaimers: Don't own Naruto

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Prologue

Kiba's thoughts

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Have you ever bought a movie ticket and just sleep through the movie itself? I have, and it was one of those days where nothing makes sense. It was also a restless day. Your mother's a guerrilla, and your sister's a beast – oh – that never changes.

The movie was pathetically scary not. It was one of those horror movies where the props aren't good enough and sometimes you can tell what's bound to happen. Like, for example, a red-neck was cuffed to a pole and left in the sewerage with (ideally) a saw which suggests he could cut himself free from. People in the back screamed as the Slasher appears on screen. I slurped my coke loudly.

My two closest friends are Hinata and Shino. And they don't make sense.

Oh, I understand why my Pa left my Ma perfectly. She's like a wild Tasmanian Devil released from the zoo that went feral! Breakfast doesn't come easy in the house, you have to wake up and make them yourself. After all, I am living with a single-parent here. Hinata's the same, she has only one parent too and I'm glad. Not glad she lost her other half, but glad we can relate.

"K-kiba… I-I don't know why you brought me here, but I want to leave… very soon!"

Hinata was covering her eyes and her body is balled up leaning to my side. I was supposedly talked to her about a certain matter involving Naruto – what else? – which supposedly haven't concurred to me until she spoke just now. Damn, maybe I am very restless.

"Kiba t-tell m-me what you want to t-talk to me about that you can't do it anywhere else b-but here!"

"… " I see her frantic and a new pallid colour formed on her face. The horror movie was at fault. I had no idea. "Want some coke?"

"Kiba!"

"Okay! Okay! I'll start speaking." I draw the drink back into my cup holder, and shrunk into the seat, ready to mumble some word and reluctantly. "Hinata… You know how much I like to tease you and your unrequited love – "

"OH MY GOODNESS."

"I'm getting to the point!" I shouted through my coat, and said, "You. Naruto. Never going to be together. End of story."

I shifted my head to her side when there was no response.

Empty seat.

The back door of the theatre opened and a bright light shines in. Hinata the shadow figure left and all darkness settles down again.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I got to my two feet and sprint and sprint and sprint and trip. The person snacking on popcorns had so much clothing on him that it could only be one person.

"Shino, what're you doing here?!"

"I followed you two to the theatre," he said. "Kiba, how long has it been since you noticed my existence? Just now, is probably your answer. I'm right. I'm gonna go now."

"Shino…don't go…!" I said with my most forlorn voice, with hand reaching out to his coat.

Dinner was insufferable. Everyone had just got back from whatever they had and whatever it is they came back ugly. Sis was on her phone and texting away. When I tried to make contact with the beast, she growls at me and bares her teeth. (Actually, she just told me she was really busy and had some veterinarian clients to fix asap.) Eventually she does not exist in the room. Ma was grouchy as always. She never looked like a woman in my eyes. I've always imagined her as my father, and sometimes a father who wears pink frilly aprons when cooking too. Yeah. It doesn't work. Ma simply took out a fish from the freezer and NBL slammed it on the eating-table. It looked like came from the Ice Age… an angular fish yay!

"MA, YOU'RE CRAZY!"

I went upstairs to my room before she went ballistic on me. I jumped on my bed and stared at the ceiling. Akamaru joined me on my stomach.

"Akamaru, do you think the world is just full of crazy people? I certainly believe so."

The dog barked in response.

"Mmm. I thought you might say that. I am talking to a dog."

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T.B.C