A/N: Beware...Angry Kiba has a potty mouth. Read and review or I'll sic him on you
--I know I had something to say
It's lost meaning
And Faded Away—The Automatic--
"It's not the same" Kiba sounds frustrated and exasperated and just teetering on the edge of violence. "I don't want to offer help with Naruto, I don't want to go on lame double dates, I don't want to be her friend!" Shino sits quietly, at times like this Kiba need to vent because this is Kiba real and raw and Shino is imprinting this…honesty into his memory. "She wants me to be her brother Shino…I want to be her boyfriend" at this admittance Kiba's voice is lower, quieter and Shino feels uneasy…a bug buzzes and Shino knows something is changing. Kiba is wearing a feral grin on his tan yet not exactly golden face, his teeth are white in a weird way…as if they have been dipped in paint. "…her underneath me, saying my name" Shino shakes his head—trying to refocus. "Don't you ever just want love? Want to be appreciated by someone?" On the inside Shino understand on the outside he remains carefully nonchalant…something is changing even if it's only under the surface. "I hate it: watching him chase Sakura and she's chasing him but he doesn't give a shit because Sakura is sooo frickin important but she won't stop wasting her god damn fucking time and I just feel like.." the crescendo that Kiba's voice had built up peaks and abruptly crashes, his voice softer now and more hollow…wavering as if he's ready to cry"…a damn stray begging for scraps and trying to follow her home."
The bug has stopped buzzing…the change, Shino thinks nervously, is already over. "My whole life I've been living in a pound and I just want someone to keep me…take me home." There is a heavy silence as Kiba seems shocked at his words, shocked at how close he's leaning into Shino. Shino nods softly "Kiba I…" part of him wants to say I want you, I appreciate you, I'll take you home and keep you, I love you (though how he's not sure), but instead "…understand how you feel." Kiba is stunned, maybe more stunned than Shino is at himself for revealing that much and at Kiba for understanding that it meant that much. Kiba clears his throat and scratches his head sheepishly. "Yea? Who would have thought?" He wraps his arm around Shino's tense shoulders and winks boyishly, in the distance Akamaru howls. They begin walking and Kiba is laughing just a little to hard, smiling just a little to broad and Shino is a little too distant and they are walking just a little closer than needed but not close enough to do damage. Something is changing (changed) and its scary…Shino isn't sure they can handle it (whatever it is) and he's sure this whole denial thing (the easy thing) is just waiting for the right moment to blow up in their faces.
--I said I always want you near
You said things change my dear—Tori Amos--