kibas mother was always hard on him. She rarely complemented and never mollycoddled him. still he'd always assumed he was loved she'd never told him she loved him but that was common among the ninja parents the best you could hope for was the occasional pat on the back or to be told they were proud of you. So it was not something he'd ever really thought about. Until he'd overheard her telling his older sister that she loved her.
After that he began to wonder if maybe he'd been mistaken may be his friend parents did say it to their children once in a while Mabey he just never them before. He soon found himself wondering about it almost all the time whatever shino or hinatas family is where near he found himself straining, listening much more intently to their conversations but he really never heard anything to answer his question one way or the other.
He was too embarrassed to ask his friends flat out so after a few days of obsessing over it he told himself it would be better to forget about it he tried to shrug it off and tell him self it didn't matter anyway but he found he could just brush it aside his frustration continued to manifest itself in his training on assignment the question seemed to of to deeply into his mind like one of shinos Beadles he wanted badly to stop caring about it but the thought just wouldn't go away.
And still he couldn't ask he decided the only way he would ever get any peace would be if he could get his mother to tell him straight up that she loved him so after he'd gotten ready for bed he went to his mother's office he tried to play it off the cool he just he just walked by the door and muttered a quick "night mom, love you" after he'd walked by the door he stood holding his breath waiting for her reply "good night kiba" she called he waited but that was all she said