A/N: I present to you the (possible) final chapter of Chilling Days.

It's been real fun guys.

Kiba inhaled a large amount of air as he readied himself to confront what he feared most- his girlfriend. She wasn't particularly evil but that puppy-dog look and silence can really do a number on a guy that is so accustomed to her sweet side.

He told his manager to screw himself prior to coming here. He was done playing the puppet, even if it meant torching his career. Though he wondered how he would support Hinata, he tucked away any doubts and knocked away.

"Open the damn door!" he said, wishing Hinata hadn't developed the habit of keeping people waiting. Only silence answered him back. Dead silence.

Kiba pressed his ear to the door as someone who never does that sort of thing. His ears perked and he got a look like he smelled something vile.

"Quiet, Naruto, you hide in here, ok?"

The base of his neck suddenly started to feel warm and the edges of his lips curdled in rage. He wanted to kill something very badly, a feeling he hadn't gotten since he caught someone flirting with Hinata eight months ago.

His hand shot out and gripped the doorknob much harder this time. "Open it!"- His hardened nails clawed against the surface -"I said open damn you!" with all his strength and will he gave the doorknob one last heave.

He heard a cracking noise as the door ripped off its hinges and tumbled into the driveway.

"Kiba," Hinata said, somewhat relieved she didn't hold on to the other side of the doorknob. He gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze and invited himself in.

"Was there . . . something you needed?" she said, her eyes following him as he tore her house apart.

"I'm checking on my favorite girl, that a problem?" he replied, whipping the shower curtain to the side. Normally Hinata would have offered to make tea or handed him the tv remote before retreating to the confines of her back room but this time she was staring eerily.

"What's with that look?" said Kiba.

"What look?"

"That look, you keep doing it"

She smiled and the side of her mouth twitched. "I don't know"

"Yes you do know. And who is Naruto?" he said, growing more impatient.

"My stuffed animal," she said, grabbing the nearest plushie and squeezing it to her chest like she was afraid she might drop it.

This time it was his eye that twitched.

After taking one more look for good measure his face softened and the vein in his neck grew invisible. "I haven't been completely honest with you," he declared.

VVVV

"Oh, I knew all that already Kiba," Hinata said, peering into his eyes. "And I forgive you."

He stood up and took a victorious leap into the air. "You're the best girlfriend ever you know that?"

She wasn't smiling. His face dropped, and then he ran a concerned finger through the violet hair he sniffed more times than he could count. It smelled like raspberries.

She removed his hand. "Don't do that"

He looked at her and blinked twice. He was positive there was another guy in her life now but for some reason he wasn't angry. Maybe it was sitting next to her in that moment that gave him peace. Something told him that no guy was going to take his Hinata as long as he was by her side.

Abruptly she shifted her body towards him and looked like she was doing her best to summon courage. "I'm sorry Kiba but"-she pointed weakly- "don't come here anymore."