Hello. Yes, you've seen correctly, I'm here with another new fic. This time it's not SasuNaru though, but enjoy. For my first time readers, welcome to the world of Peppermint. I hope you enjoy! :D
Kiba yawned. He had woken up extra early this morning, as early as 5 am. Now, when he stood in front of his locker, he regretted that decision deeply. But he needed to raise his grades. He needed to put in more effort. His Father had been somewhat irritable lately. Kiba felt more and more fed up with school though. Shallow people, shy people, mean people, kind people. Humanity as a whole bothered him at times. He sighed as he opened his locker. He hated going to school. He hated to study. He wasn't stupid or anything, he had always found it easy enough to learn. He wasn't a genius, but not an idiot either. The thing is that this was a school made for smart people like that, so they had raised it to a level where even they needed to study to pass. Kiba hated studying. He bit his lip, but he had to study and achieve high results. He wasn't the one deciding on which school he got to go to. His father had been dead set on making Kiba go to that High-Achiever-Hell. And lately he was dissatisfied with Kiba's mediocre test results.
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The first lesson Kiba managed to pay attention. When lunch came he just longed to be set free. He felt terribly confined in the classroom. Therefore, he escaped to the school yard. He found himself a nice big tree and climbed up on it to sit on one of the bigger branches. Kiba had never really been an indoors person, he felt much more relaxed outdoors. He unbuttoned his shirt and looked at a bruise. 'what the heck..? Why did this have to happen?' Kiba muttered. It was just too weird. Was he really that much of a disappointment? He closed his eyes with a sigh and leaned towards the trunk. When Kiba suddenly heard a whimpering noise he opened his eyes and looked around himself. On the ground, was the cutest, most adorable, puppy he'd ever put his eyes on. But it looked so lonelyand sad. Kiba climbed down from the branch he was at and sat down in front of the sulking puppy.
"Hi" He greeted it and petted it gently. He loved dogs. But why was there one here at school? He picked it up and put it in his lap. The puppy seemed comfortable in the new warmth.
"You look a bit scruffy... Were you abandoned?" Kiba asked it with a sad smile. The puppy licked his hand.
"I'll call you Akamaru, because I like red and aka is red in Japanese" Kiba explained to Akamaru. "But what should I do with you when lunch break is over? And I doubt dad will want me to take you home... I could try to hide you but I doubt that would work." Kiba talked away. "But don't worry, I definitely wont abandon you!" He reassured. "Or maybe you do have an owner and I'm just getting carried away?" Kiba grinned and scratched the puppy behind its ear.
"Could you be quiet?" Kiba jumped when he heard a deep voice seemingly from nowhere. He looked around. He didn't see anyone. Kiba looked at Akamaru. Impossible..!
"Akamaru... you can talk?" Kiba asked in astonishment. This was like something that only happened in movies!
"I'm not Akamaru." Kiba heard rustling behind him. A guy with long hair appeared from behind the tree trunk. Kiba blinked. He had no idea that he wasn't alone.
"You and that mutt woke me up" He said in annoyance.
"Go home and sleep in your bed then, what did you expect in school?" Kiba retorted and stood up, puppy in hand. The guy glared. "What's your name by the way?" Kiba asked. He didn't want to keep referring to him as The Guy.
"Does that concern you?" He countered. Kiba rolled his eyes.
"I'm just asking for you name, not your life story." He said.
"Al right then. It's Neji." He said and crossed his arms. "And you?"
"Kiba" Kiba smiled.
"What grade are you in?" Kiba asked.
"Second" Neji answered.
"Cool, then you're one year older huh." Kiba said. Neji didn't answer. He didn't seem to be the type for small talk. Neji glanced at Akamaru.
"I can take care of the mutt until after school. I'm skipping anyways" Neji offered. Kiba looked at him in surprise. Since this was an elite school skipping was extremely rare.
"Skipping?" He asked. Neji glared.
"Will you give me the mutt or not?" Neji asked callously as his hair blew softly in a chilly November breeze. Now, Kiba had never felt his heart skip a beat for a guy, but there was something about Neji in that light and Kiba somehow felt somewhere deep in his heart that this was the beginning of something. It was that unexplainable feeling one gets at times when life enters a new chapter.
"Yeah, here. I'll pick him up after school then." Kiba said and handed Neji Akamaru. While he was walking away he glanced back at him. He was sitting like Kiba had done moments ago, petting the small life with a face softened from the scowl that seemed to frequent it. Without thinking much of it, Kiba simply continued walking.
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After the lessons had ended Kiba returned to the tree. Akamaru and Neji were where he had left them. Neji stood up and handed Akamaru to him and without saying anything he began walking away. His loosely tied black hair swayed gently behind him. Kiba looked after him. What an antisocial bastard. But he wasn't too bad, he had taken care of Akamaru. Maybe he just didn't like people. Kiba looked down at Akamaru.
"But seriously though, I don't know what to do with you now..." Pursing his lips, he picked up his phone. He scrolled through his contacts. 'There must be someone who seems likely to take care of him for a while...' Kiba thought. His gaze got caught on a name. 'Naruto... He's the type that wouldn't be able to say no to this cute little one.' Kiba thought and grinned evilly. Naruto would just not be able to refuse.
'Naruto, meet me at the usual café' Kiba wrote. Naruto was obsessed with cafés recently so Kiba thought that was a good bribe. He would need to smuggle in the puppy unnoticed though. Kiba's phone buzzed.
'ok XP'
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Kiba sighed. He should have known. He should have seen this coming. Naruto had brought his new boyfriend Sasuke. Kiba and Sasuke didn't really get along, they had a bad start and neither of them felt like mending that.
"I need to ask you for a favour" Kiba said with Akamaru in his lap. They were sitting at a secluded table so the staff wouldn't notice him.
"What?" Naruto asked with his usual bright smile while Sasuke just looked suspiciously between Kiba and the puppy. Kiba glared slightly at him. Since Sasuke was here Kiba was worried that he would make Naruto refuse, like storm out with him and leave Akamaru or something similar to that scenario.
"Save this puppy?" Kiba did his best to make Akamaru look pitiable. Naruto paled.
"Is it dying?" He asked quietly.
"No... He's abandoned" Kiba said. Naruto bit his lip. The decision was easy, too easy, for him to make.
"I'll take him!" Naruto quickly declared. Kiba smiled. He knew he could count on Naruto, now the difficult and possibly unpleasant part would start. Sasuke scowled.
"You can't take in a puppy" He argued. Naruto glared at him. Kiba gulped. It had begun.
"And why can't I? Please Sasuke, enlighten me." Naruto asked. Sasuke sighed.
"Because you're too irresponsible so it would die within a week" Sasuke claimed. Naruto huffed.
"In case you have forgotten, I spent years taking care of my self without any help" Naruto muttered. Sasuke's frown eased slightly.
"But still, adding one more creature is too much for you... Kiba can probably find someone else to take care of it" Sasuke tried to persuade Naruto. Naruto bit his lip.
"Sometimes nobody wants to take care of you! I'm not letting him go through that and that's final. I'm taking the puppy" Naruto huffed and reached for Akamaru.
"His name is Akamaru" Kiba told him. Sasuke had lost that battle.
"Hi Akamaru" Naruto said with a smile. He would take care of him for Kiba. Sasuke glared at Kiba. Because of him Naruto would have to take care of a stupid dog. And he was such a klutz, he was sure to mess it up. This meant that Sasuke would be the one who really took care of that mutt. Sasuke and Naruto actually lived together. They had known each other for about a year but only recently had they become romantically involved with each other. Naruto had then moved in with Sasuke pretty quickly. They had a small age gap as Sasuke was 18 and Naruto was 16 like Kiba.
"I gotta go now dudes" Kiba said after taking a look at the time. "See ya Akamaru" he added and scratched him on the head.
"Later dude" Naruto waved goodbye.
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When Kiba came home he heaved a big sigh. Now it was time for studying. Man, he disliked it. He would much rather be outside doing something fun that involved movement. But sitting still all day? That was just horrid. Nevertheless, Kiba went to his room and commenced the tedious task. Math. Terrific. Kiba found himself slipping away from the symbols and numbers. He wondered what Neji from earlier was doing. Was he studying? How could he manage school even though he skipped lessons? Kiba huffed in annoyance. Some people were just geniuses, weren't they?
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"Neji, what do you think about these chords?" A sandy blonde asked the stoic teen while playing a tune.
"Those are fine, Temari" Neji replied and adjusted the volume of his mike. "But focus on the songs we have ahead of us now instead of coming up with new stuff." Neji added. Temari smirked.
"I can't help being inspired, can I?" She retorted. Neji shook his head. Temari was a skilled guitarist, so he did not actually doubt that she would be able to perform adequately at the live. While they talked their drummer Kankuro came in, he was also Temari younger brother by a year.
"I presume I don't need to point out that you're late." Neji said without looking up from the bass he was tuning. He was the band's singer and bassist. They were a pretty small band. A guitar, drums, and bass. Though Temari would occasionally play keyboard as well. However, she wasn't as good at that as playing the guitar. They were all in the search for new members, but since each of them had peculiar tastes they had yet to find anyone appropriate for them.
"Yeah, well at least I'm here" Kankuro smiled and began drumming a bit. Temari rolled her eyes at him. Time quickly passed and soon it was time for their performance. The stage opened up and they felt the rush of the spotlight. They felt alive. They felt free.
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Kiba looked out of his window at the stars.
"I wish that I was free..." He mumbled before burying his head in his arms.
It was a bit short, wasn't it? Next one will probably be longer, so look forward to that (if you planned to continue reading of course :P). Did you notice how I managed to slip in some SasuNaru anyways? What can I say? otp is otp :P
Until next time
LovePeppermint~~
