"Speech" 'Thoughts'
Chapter 4: A Dog's Envy, A Forgotten Encounter
Tsume had her back to the teens as they came up the stairs. She turned to see the blond staring at the upstairs of her house, unaware of her inspection of him. The teen's face showed that he was impressed with the house and her pride swelled. Kiba and Hana were the reasons she was proud to have the house she did; she and Hana did the upstairs but the downstairs was all Kiba. Tsume gave ideas, he'd sketch it, and when they agreed, he'd start building.
She knew about her son's tastes and preferences in people. She wasn't a fan of it but she dealt with it, and it wasn't any of her business to mess with who he loved. Tsume took notice that neither of boys were looking at her and decided to put up her façade. She didn't encourage her son's choice, but she didn't interfere, that much. She might have scared someone off before, what she didn't know was that he was straight acting gay to freak Kiba out. That backfired, he was scared shitless of Tsume.
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Naruto came up behind Kiba. He couldn't help but stare and admire his friend from behind. The stairs were oak with a runner going up both set of stairs. The landing between both sets of stairs was tiled with slate and had a tall, thin window next to a wooden door. Pictures of the family, dogs, and relatives lined the wall going up the next set.
He noticed that Kiba was about to turn around to find him staring at his ass. With the experience he developed, thanks to Sasuke-bastard, he focused his attention on the closest picture of Kiba and Akamaru and hide what he was doing. Kiba's attention shifted again from the blond to something upstairs. Naruto figured it was his mom and remembered his manners and the warnings that his friend gave him.
When he came up, he looked around for her, but was met with an amazing upstairs. There were no walls between the giant living room and the dining room. The living room supported identical couches on each side of an olive green recliner. Two coffee tables, different decorations, and a rock wall fireplace also added to the warm feeling of the house. He took in the surroundings of the rooms before noticing Tsume standing in rather small kitchen.
She had a commanding presence, semi-flat face, brown spiky hair, prominent fangs, and eyes that scare a cold-hearted criminal to death; he knew not to tick her off or he might be living in the hospital for a few weeks instead of a couple of hours. She wore simple blue jeans that didn't hug her skin and a green long-sleeved shirt. It clicked how much Kiba was like his mom, other than their looks, but their attitudes. Kiba wasn't as intense as his mom, but there were similarities.
Tsume terrified him to death, and her harsh voice didn't help much, but her eyes had softened with comfort and something that could have mistaken as sympathy. He felt uneasy, but no longer terrified until she said, "Would you guys care for pizza, if so what type?" Her voice wasn't harsh but firm. Naruto felt at ease as he sensed no danger emitting from her, but he was careful not to piss her off. It was a sure way to die, if you were lucky.
Kiba automatically uttered meat-lovers and Naruto agreed; he was in the mood for pizza and didn't care what kind it was. Tsume turned her back to them as Kiba hit the blonde's shoulder to get his attention. The brunet had a smile on his face as he indicated for the blond to follow him. They were heading down the hall that just behind them that had five doors, two closets, bathroom, and two bedrooms directly across from each other. When they walked into Kiba's room it reminded Naruto of his room. It messy but everything looked as if everything was where it belonged unlike his.
Naruto felt as if he was waking up from his nightmare. He was gazing at his friend's personal world, at least part of it. Kiba's room had a brown theme to it. He had a brown bed under matching curtains, with tan walls. The room had a warm, welcoming feeling, if one got past all the items that littered the room.
The room was covered with piles of magazines, crumpled pieces of papers, his laptop on his bed, books, and many other items. The room wasn't prepared for company, so Kiba went around picking up trash and kicking his laundry into a giant pile. He tossed the trash, and ended up squatting in front of Naruto to pick up the laundry. The blond heavily blushed, and Kiba noticed when he left the room.
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The brunet knew that his friend would blush if given a view of his ass. He also knew the blond was staring at his ass going up the stairs. He hoped that Naruto was considering the possibility of them ever having a chance.
As he walked by, he wasn't surprised to see his friend's red face. He took the chance to embarrass his friend by asking if he was okay.
"Uh… oh, yeah, I'm fine. Why?" Naruto was starting to get a little redder, but managed to return back to his normal color.
"Well, you're a little red. Sure you're okay?" Naruto assured him that he was okay, and the brunet was snickering on the inside. Shrugging his shoulders, Kiba left with a concerned look on his face.
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Naruto watched Kiba leave. He couldn't believe that Kiba noticed his blush, he usually could hide anything in a matter of seconds, but he can't do a thing correctly when he's around Kiba. His friend seemed concerned, but it was as if Kiba was just teasing him. Even though Kiba's eyes held laughter they contained a tint of worry.
Naruto wondered why it seemed as if Kiba was keeping something from him, secretly plotting something. He didn't know why he felt this way, he just did. His thoughts were heading in the right direction until a giant white fuzz ball ran through the door. He was completely snapped out of his thoughts when the beast jumped into him. The blond fell backwards onto the bed and was pinned by a hyperactive Akamaru.
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Kiba came in laughing at the scene on his bed. Akamaru pinned Naruto and had began to lick every inch of the blonde's face. Last time the two saw each other was about a month ago in town. The mutt loved Naruto as much as his owner, possibly more.
'Damn lucky dog, Naruto openly loves him.' Every corner of his mind was filled with envy before it was wiped away his laughter. He finally decided to help when the blond started exclaiming cries of help between bursts of laughter.
The fox boy's face was covered with Akamaru's saliva by the time Kiba rescued him. Still laughing, Kiba helped his crush up, but was tempted to push him back down. After rescuing him from the beast, he pointed to the bathroom across the hall. Naruto walked past him with a fox grin pasted on his face. Kiba could only smirk and snicker at the blonde's slimed face. Kiba was tempted to look at the fox boy's ass, but didn't want to risk being caught.
When the blond had entered the bathroom, Kiba walked over to the white fur ball lying on his bed, his tail wagging from the unexpected company. He started to rub both of Akamaru's ears while muttering, "Way to go Akamaru. Good boy."
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Tsume looked out the window and saw that the pizza guy was driving up the street. She'd get it and let the boy's have time to be with each other. It was obvious the boy had no clue that her son liked him, but she was surprised at how she caught him subtly hitting on Naruto. If she didn't even know about her son, it would have looked harmless and she wouldn't have even thought about it.
When she got to the door downstairs the pizza guy was getting out of his car. 'Odd, what happened to our usual driver?' This guy had the delivery car, but he was tall, slim, blood red hair, and the perfect face, no blemishes, tattoos, facial hair, or anything. She felt odd in his presence; even if he looked twenty, he had a commanding attitude yet he seemed relaxed.
'And I thought I could scare anyone, this person could have the world begging for mercy just by being here. He wouldn't have to make a threat to win.'
Yet, when she asked for the price, his voice became hypnotic. It was smoother than silk. It didn't have an edge there but it was firm, strong. "The total cost is twenty-six fifty."
She exchanged the money for the pizza before she was asked a series of questions. Usually, she wouldn't even consider answering them but his voice just soothed her of any doubts and concerns that were caused. They mainly were about her and her family, but when she mentioned her son he became interested. Her instincts started to get to her before they were washed away by his rich voice.
"It sounds like there is someone else in there, who?"
He had a sparkle in his eyes when he asked the question, but she couldn't tell what color they were in the dimming sunlight. It was odd, she could see every distinction about his feature but his eyes. Every part of her brain told her to do something other than answer the question, yet her mouth betrayed her while his next question continued to release her of any worry.
He kept going till he nodded his head. He ended the questions when she explained that he was staying with them because he'd just gotten out of the hospital. He frowned at this point and bided her a good night while thinking, "See you Monday Tsume, and you two on Sunday Kiba, Naruto."
Tsume turned around and walked into the house missing the red head's smirk. As soon as the door shut her head felt as if it was free falling and becoming heavier the closer it got to the ground. When the pressure was gone, she couldn't remember the last five minutes. She tried to remember who it was that delivered the pizza. Everything was a blank; all she could remember was walking out, exchanging the money and pizza, and walking back in with a headache. She couldn't recall his looks, hair, voice, nothing. Her concern completely washed away again, erasing any thoughts of the mysterious delivery.
"Pizza!"
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Naruto was happy to hear that the pizza had arrived. Kiba's mom had left them for a friend's party, leaving them home alone with each other and the dogs. He only saw Akamaru until then, but Kiba went out to feed the others before bringing them in. Every one of them had bolted in the house and ran straight to the blond. Hana's dogs and Akamaru were in love with Naruto and kept sniffing him while Kurumaru just looked at the blond before heading off to Tsume's room.
After five minutes of playing with the dogs, the teens and Akamaru went to Kiba's room while the dogs lounged around the house. Both of them had a controller to the brunet's Xbox and were playing Halo 2. Naruto was lying down on his stomach while Kiba sat pretzel style next to him. They began taunting each other and bragging about who won the round, who'd just killed who, or just to rub something in the other's face.
Both were sneaking looks at each other when they were too wrapped in the game. Unknown to Naruto, Kiba noticed every time the blond looked at him. He smirked at one time for two reasons, one, he'd found his friend's character hiding in a room facing the opposite door, two, Naruto wasn't hiding that he was checking him out very well.
On the next round they were tied and both on their last lives when Akamaru decided he didn't like being ignored. He laid down his forepaws and head on the middle of the blonde's back while his furry butt was in Kiba's lap and hands. The brunet was laughing until Akamaru sat on the controller and his hands, causing him to throw an explosive in a small room and be killed in the blast, deeming Naruto the winner of the final round.
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Kiba's plans for the two days that Naruto was suppose to be with them was happening in one evening. Unfortunately, there was a road block that wasn't budging; the fact remained that Sasuke somehow put the blond in the hospital.
Akamaru was another factor in his plans' accelerations. The dog was getting in between them only to succeed in bringing the teens together. The brunet used the dog as an excuse to accidently touch the teen's hand as they petted the fur ball, who loved all the attention. Kiba thought of how to get the blond to willingly come him, but he required the help of his loyal white friend.
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Kiba usually watched a movie the nights before a day he didn't have school. Naruto was fine with it and helped Kiba choose a movie from the brunet's collection. Kiba had his mind set on a horror film to have the blond hanging onto him, but settled with an action movie that they both enjoyed.
Naruto grew tired after the first hour from the soft bed, an Akamaru that loved cuddling, and it being about 11:30. After losing his fight, sleep claimed him. He dreamt of him and Kiba being together, the brunet's toned body that he has repeatedly seen in sixth gym class, and suddenly it turned odd. Kiba was asking questions about how he felt.
"How do you feel about me Naruto?" It wasn't seductive but curious.
"I-I love being with you Kiba. I feel so… safe." Kiba smiled at the answer and asked another question, this one made Naruto completely sure of how he felt for the dog boy.
"If I were to choose seven months ago between you and the Sasuke-bastard, it would be you. You've always been there, and I'm sorry for being so blind." The brunet's face shone with happiness as he kissed the blond. Soon his dream disappeared and he sank into a peaceful unconsciousness, oblivious of the brunet leaning over him as he slept.
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Kiba sat on his bed with everything off but the lamp. He heard the fox boy mumble something in his sleep causing the brunet to try something on impulse. The blond had his back to him and arms wrapped around the sleeping ball of fur known as Akamaru. Kiba was careful not to disturb either as he leaned over the blond, grinning like a wolf.
Quietly, he whispered into the teen's ear, wishing for a reply. The brunet was surprised that it worked. He was fearful at first until the blond gave a deafening snore. He smirked at the snore and struggled to understand the words that were issued from the sleeping Naruto's mouth.
His curiosity got the better of him when he deciphered the blonde's answer, thankfully, luck was on his side. Asking his second and final question, his heart flew at his crush's answer. What he cared for was the blond teen next to him, and that he wanted to be with him. Carefully, he leaned over and brushed his lips over Naruto's cheek. The blond didn't stir as to twitch. Kiba leaned back slowly and stared at his crush. He whispered something and turned off the lamp before he too was taken by exhaustion.
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Tsume saw the house from the road around 11:40. All the lights were out but the ones in the kitchen and Kiba's room. After pulling into the driveway slowly, she silently made her way into the house and up the stairs. She crept through the house to her bedroom across from Kiba's. She saw the light escaping nearly closed door of her son's room and about went in if they were asleep but saw that one was awake, Kiba.
She could barely see him through the crack of the door but witnessed something she didn't know how to react to. Her son had kissed the unconscious blond on the cheek; she would have marched in there if was for the unconscious boy was the one who was kissed. She watched her son stare at the teen before muttering something she barely caught. "I wish you would tell me what happened today, you were completely fine before you left to see him." Seconds later the brunet rolled over, turned the light off, and never noticed his mother's confused face outside the door. Tsume could only think of how this whole incident had begun and how it will end.
