Wow. I'm feeling awfully inspired. This is convenient… Have chapter 2.

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He hadn't planned on getting Shino's book wet. Really. But it had happened. Kiba had gotten his way for the moment.

Shino was glaring at him from behind those dark glasses. Kiba probably wasn't his favorite person at the moment.

It didn't matter. "Aren't you going to get it, Shino? It's nice and cool…" Akamaru gave a yip to punctuate his master's words, "See, even Akamaru thinks you should join us."

Eyes narrowed, his lips pulled into a tight frown behind his collar, he refused wordlessly. Kiba's enticements didn't even deign answers when they were not only tempting, but hard to resist without the aid of his book.

Shino's only distraction was too busy drying in the sun to help him. Which meant he had to look at a shirtless Kiba, swimming in only his boxers. Simply put, his teammate had little modesty and was never shy.

Kiba rolled his eyes and decided he'd have to try something different when Shino stayed quiet. Drying a hand surreptitiously on his clothes, he reached for Shino's drying book. Now that he knew the bug-nin disliked soggy books so much, he might as well use it to his advantage.

It was amazing that Shino didn't notice what he was doing. Or how he was oh-so-obviously hiding something behind his back as he moved toward the middle of the water.

"You know, Shino, if you want your book to stay dry, you shouldn't throw it out here in the water," he teased. Shino's look as he held up one Anthology on the Mating Habits of Various Insects* was one to curdle blood.

"Kiba.." Shino said his name, again in that warning tone.

"Come get it, bug boy…so it doesn't get wet."

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*I don't know whether that's actually the title of some book or not, but just in case...

And again, press the button please, so I can stop wasting my time if no one likes this.