Chapter 2: Emotion

Kiba awoke the next morning. He cringed when a sharp pain emitted from his lower half. Inuzuka's eyes opened wide and his mouth hung open in shock at the events that took place in his room the previous night replayed in his head. He then turned his attention to the sleeping form of Shino on his bed. Kiba heard the door open and freaked when he saw Hinata enter his room. "Oh, you're awake! Good morning, then." She walked over to him and smiled, "I bet you're sore. Ah! There is blood and cum all over you! Kiba, why don't you go take a shower?" He liked that idea. Kiba managed to walk to his bathroom. Hinata noticed the blob of clothing in the corner and went over to pick them up. "Fuck" Kiba cursed as his internal wound began to bleed again. "Shino was really big…" He spoke again, blushing.

Shino woke to the sound of running water. He yawned as he sat up. "Good morning, Shino! Kiba is in the shower." He grabbed his glasses and then looked at his female teammate, "Oh… Thanks." He replied as the girl handed him his clothing. Hinata sat down on the bed as Shino stood to dress himself. "So, how'd it go?" Shino zipped up his pants and then looked at her. "You watched, didn't you?" She smiled.

Kiba took a quick shower. He didn't want to stay in there forever, not with Hinata over. Turning off the water and stepping out, Kiba heard Hinata's voice and then Shino's. He leaned against the door, still naked and dripping with water. They were talking about last night. Kiba pulled a drawer out next to him and reached inside. Out came a paring knife. He had taken it from the kitchen a long time ago when he was suicidal. He had never used it though. Closing the drawer, Kiba gripped the blade as he continued to listen in on his teammate's conversation.

Shino sighed, "I don't know why I let myself do that. I shouldn't have stayed. He probably thinks we're going out now or something." Hinata gave him a concerned look, "Do you hate him? Do you hate the fact that you had sex with him? Was it that bad?" He pulled his shirt on and then grabbed his coat, "I don't know if I hate him or not, but I do hate the fact that I allowed myself to sleep with him. And it's bad because we're teammates. I don't know how well we'll be able to work because of this. Damn. I should have just left when he fell asleep." And with that he left.

Hinata heard a noise come form the bathroom. She walked towards the door and placed her hand on it. "Kiba? Are you alright?" Sobbing was all she heard. Did he hear the conversation she and Shino had/Oh no…/ She thought as she opened the door. Hinata gasped, "Kiba!" she ran closer to him, and saw both of his wrists were sliced wide open. Hinata jumped back when he slashed her way. "Go away! Just leave me to die…" the last part was said quietly. "Kiba, no! I won't let you die! Kiba please give me the knife!" She pleaded. Kiba shook his head, "If Shino doesn't want me then I am better off dead!" He yelled at her as he raised the knife and stabbed himself in the left breast. She screamed, causing Kairi, his mother, to rush up stairs.

Neji Hyuuga growled as he looked at the clock. His cousin was late. She said that she'd be home for lunch, but here it was 12:15, and no Hinata. Neji whipped out his cell phone and dialed her number. It rang for a few moments and then she answered. "Hinata, you there? Where are you!" he hissed into the phone. His questions were answered by sobs. "I'm sorry… I couldn't stop him… Oh God, there was so much blood… Why did you do it Kiba?" Hinata cried into the phone. Neji was frightened by what she said, "Hinata where are you? Hinata!" The line went blank. He called back but her phone was off. "Damn it. I have to find Shino." Neji stated to himself before leaving the house to go search for the bug boy.

He ran all over the village for about ten minutes before he saw Shino sitting at Naruto's favorite ramen stand. And of course, the blond ninja sat next to him, inhaling his bowl of ramen. "Shino!" Neji yelled at his cousin's teammate. "What do you want?" was Shino's only reply. "You have to come with me. Hinata is freaking out. She said something about blood and Kiba doing something and she didn't understand why he did it. She was crying her eyes out on the phone and then she hung up." Naruto stopped eating and looked at the Hyuuga. "She must be at the hospital." Shino guessed as he stood from his seat. As he walked past Neji he mumbled, "Now what the fuck did that moron do!" Neji heard slight anger in his voice. The two left for the hospital, leaving a confused Naruto behind.

When the two arrived, they noticed Hinata. "Neji!" She called his name to direct his attention to her. Both boys quickly walked over. "What happened?" Neji asked. "Follow me…" She said with tears in her voice. Hinata's eyes were pink from crying and Neji noticed her body shaking.

The three came to a door which opened. Kairi stepped out. "Hinata, thank you for staying with me. I'm going to go home now. Goodbye." She left quickly. Hinata re-opened the door and the three of them walked in. "Hinata, you came back!" Kiba smiled at her, ignoring the other two. "Of course I did! I brought Neji and Shino as well." Kiba's smile faded and he looked away, "I noticed." His voice was dry. Shino spoke, "Hinata, Neji, could you please leave?" Neji gave him a questioned look and Hinata nodded, "Come on, Neji." She pushed him out of the room.

"Kiba… What did you do?" Shino asked, grabbing a nearby chair and sitting in it. "Like you'd care…" He replied dryly. Shino was surprised at the boy. "Why would you think I wouldn't care if you were in the hospital because of something serious? Now what happened?" He demanded. Kiba's fist clenched and he grit his teeth; he turned to Shino and yelled at him,"I attempted suicide, alright!" He looked away again, tears threatening to fall. "Why?" Shino could not understand why Kiba would do such a thing. "Akamaru hasn't died yet; he's still got a chance." He stopped speaking when he noticed Kiba tightly closing his eyes as tears began to fall, "It's not because of Akamaru!" Shino was yet again surprised, "Then what?" Kiba's eye's snapped open and he stared at Shino like he had a bug on his face, "How could you…" He paused, "It's because of you, damn it!" Shino stood up and yelled, "What for? What the hell could I have done to cause you to want to kill yourself?" Kiba forced himself out of bed, shocking Shino. The cords that were attached to him were ripped out as he punched the boy in front of him. "You BASTARD! How could you not remember! Your conversation with Hinata this morning… I heard all of it! If you felt so GODDAMNED DISGUSTED then WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO IT!" A doctor and two nurses ran into the room. Shino wouldn't let the three go near Kiba. His chakra began to flow within the room, causing the others to stop. Shino grabbed Kiba. He wrapped his arms around the boy and kissed him roughly on the lips. Kiba stopped all movement. Shino whispered into Kiba's ear after pulling away, "I don't hate you… I'm just confused about my emotions. I think I'm in love with you…" Kiba's face turned bright red and he began to cry again. Shino's chakra went back to normal as he began to sooth the dog boy.

The doctor and the two nurses replaced Kiba's wires and Shino told him that he needed his rest. Kiba fell asleep with a smile on his face. "I'm sorry for that." He apologized to the doctor. Shino walked out of Kiba's hospital room and saw Neji and Hinata. "What the hell was that about? What was the screaming about?" Neji asked. "He tried to commit suicide because he heard the conversation I had with Hinata this morning." Neji was taken aback by the fact that Inuzuka actually wanted to kill himself over a conversation. "What was it about?" He asked, wanting to know more. "I had sex with him last night, and so I was talking to Hinata about it. I did say some crude things, and that probably is what did it to him." Neji was yet again stunned. "You had what with him? My GOD!" Shino glared a glare that read, 'shut up now or I'll kill you' written all over it. Hinata giggled. "You made up with him though, right?" He nodded, "Yeah, only after he jumped out of bed and hit me." Neji sighed, "That explains the doctors…" Hinata gasped, "He HIT you!" Shino nodded. "But I kissed him. That seemed to have shut him up right there."

The three left the hospital and was stopped by Kurenai. "Hinata, Shino, is Kiba alright? What happened? His mother was so troubled." Their sensei asked. Shino replied, "He's fine now. He is here because of a serious attempt at suicide. But I told him that he misunderstood what I meant so he is alright now." Kurenai gave a puzzled look, "You were the cause of this?" Shino nodded, "Apparently so. I thought it was because of Akamaru. I was wrong of course."

The next day Shino and Naruto decided to visit Kiba. Naruto stopped, "Hey Shino, Let's check on Akamaru first." Shino agreed, so the two went to the animal hospital. Akamaru was alive and well. Shino was able to take Akamaru, so he did. Naruto smiled, "Kiba will be so happy!" He laughed. Shino knew that Kiba would be much more than happy.

When Shino and Naruto walking into Kiba's room, they saw that he was asleep. Naruto groaned. "Well damn. If he is asleep then we should come back later, neh?" Shino sighed, "You can go. I'll tell him you stopped by." Naruto didn't question him. He nodded and left.

Akamaru jumped out of Shino's arms and landed on the bed. He curled up next to Kiba. Shino smiled, "You missed him didn't you? Hm?" His eyes caught the sight of a piece of notebook paper. There was a song written on it. Shino picked it up and read it:

If you are lost in your way

Deep in an awesome story

Don't be in doubt and stray

Cling to your lonesome folly

Now you're too close to the pain

Let all the rain go further

Come back and kiss me in vain

Mother oh do not bother

Hear the chorus of pain

Taking you back to proper ways

It's so easy to find

If you could remind me

Now you are lost in your way

Deep in an awesome story

So I will find you again

Kiss you for lonesome folly

At the bottom it read: To my love, Shino Aburame.