Summery

For now, all you know is how the idea was created. And you also got a little KibaHina almost-fluff. Not much else to say at this point.

Disclaimer

I do not own Naruto or the characters used in this story.

It has been a week since Kiba's accident. Hinata still hasn't forgiven herself, despite Kiba telling her that it wasn't her fault, only an accident.

"Hinata-chan! We were just looking for you!" Sakura bounded over to her friend. Sadly, Hinata had gone back to being reserved after the incident.

"Y-Yes, Sa-Sakura?"

"Well, I'm having an all-girl sleep over tomorrow night! The guys are coming to party for a bit, but they aren't staying. I was really hoping you'd come."

The purple-haired girl looked down at her food. She really wanted to go, but wasn't sure if she should. Kiba would be there. And that would mean he'd try and get her to talk to him.

"I-I want to...B-But I d-don't know if I-I should..."

"Come on! You know your just hurting Kiba more by avoiding him. He really misses you, Hinata. He thinks this whole thing was his fault!"

Hinata knew Sakura was guilt-tripping her. It was a tactic that Sakura often used, because she knew how easily Hinata fell for it.

Standing up with her tray, she went to empty it out. Once she came back Sakura was still sitting down, waiting for an answer.

"O-Ok. I'll j-just have to ask m-my father..."

Sakura squealed with joy and went to go tell the others. Her party list would include Ino, Hinata, Tenten, and Temari for the sleep over. The guys that were coming would be Lee, Neji, Sasuke, Naruto, Sai, Shikamaru and Choji. They'd be there from seven, to until the girls decided to go to sleep. Gaara wouldn't be there because he had some important business stuff back home.

Sakura had given Hinata the invitation after persuading her. There was the parent-friendly invite and the regular one. It was clever, Hinata decided. The parent-friendly one had details about how there was going to be a small sleep over at Sakura's with no boys. The other version said it was going to be a wild party with boys/girls, staying up all night, horror movies, and lots of fun.

At the end of the day, Hinata had ran into Neji. The cousins were on better terms than their fathers, but that wasn't much. They decided to walk back to Hinata's mansion together.

"I cannot wait until next New Years. I'm sure it'll be even better than the last. Destiny will make sure of that..."

Hinata had tilted her head to the side in confusion. Maybe he was referring to the fact that she wouldn't push any more boys off the roof-top. Or maybe he felt that they all deserved a way better New Year's. Either way, Hinata thanked Neji for waking her home. Neji nodded, and as silently as ever, started to walk down the street to his slightly-less bigger mansion.

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The next morning, Hinata woke up to Kiba yelling her name from outside. Was he crazy? Didn't he know that if her father heard, he'd be banned from the mansion.

"K-Kiba! Please be q-quiet! I'll b-be down in a-a second." Hinata kept her voice high enough so that only he could hear her.

Kiba nodded and waited outside for her. He wasn't sure why she seemed upset. Kiba just wanted to walk her to school, so what was the problem?

After several minutes, Hinata had come out the door, asking what he was doing here so early.

"I came to walk you to school, you haven't spoken to me much this past week. I was wondering if there was something wrong. You know that it wasn't your fault I fell! I was the clumsy one who tried to kiss you!" He tried to make light of the situation, grinning the whole time.

"B-But I pushed y-you..."

"Hinata, please forget about it...Ok?" Kiba looked at her with innocent puppy dog eyes. How could she refuse?

"O-Ok... I guess I'll s-see you at S-Sakura's party?"

"Yeah! It's gonna be wicked!" He continued on his way to school with her.

The first few classes flew by. Lunch was just five minutes away when someone ran into their class screaming.

"Kakashi! We can't find Sasuke anywhere! He was called to the office a few minutes ago so we could tell him his brother..." Iruka looked at the rest of the class before whispering the rest. "Committed suicide as the police were about to arrest him. The officer who almost caught him was none other than Neji's father. Either way, he ran. We don't know where he is. Naruto thinks he does, and he insisted on going there alone. We'd appreciate it if you'd let your class know that he is missing, but not why."

Kakashi nodded. He turned to the class. "Ok, you heard Iruka. Now, if any of you seem him let us know. Now, back to your reading." He kept it simple. His class was currently reading a romance novel for a test. He, however, was reading a much more detailed book...

XxXxX

At lunch, neither Sasuke nor Naruto was there. It seemed like they weren't going to be there tomorrow either.

Sakura was concerned. Besides the fact they were her best friends, they might not be at her party. Not that she would mind if they were upset. Turning to the rest of their group, she said "If Sasuke and Naruto show up at the party, don't mention anything. It'll bug Sasuke to no end and Naruto might start crying."

Everyone agreed. They hadn't lost all their party mood, just a lot of it. Especially Kiba was still in a good mood, since Hinata had started talking to him.

"Hey, Hinata. You gonna finish that?" Kiba asked her.

"N-No. I-I'm not t-that hungry..." Hinata handed him the rest of her chocolate-chip cookie. She never really did like chocolate-chip. She didn't tell anyone because it seemed to be everyone's favourite.

Kiba thanked Hinata as he scarfed it down in one gulp. She giggled a little, but turned bright red when he said, "So she CAN laugh. I like it when you laugh, it sounds really nice."

To Hinata, that was a compliment. Kiba had never been really good at giving them, so she assumed that was one. "T-Thank Y-You."

The rest of the day passed as fast as the start. She walked back home with Kiba as he talked about how cool the party would be. He was almost too excited to wait another four hours. Hinata giggled at the though of Kiba wagging a tail like a dog.

"What's so funny?" He asked. Kiba had no idea what went through that head of her's.

"Nothing. Nothing at all."

And so, she bid Kiba goodbye and headed inside to get ready.

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