I guess people really were eager to see what happens next after my cliffhanger ending on this last chapter. I like to leave it on a bit of an intense note to keep you all coming back, but it makes me happy that people seemed so interested at the end of this last chapter. It let's me know that you're all reading and really care about what happens to the characters. So, I give you all a very sincere thank you for reading.
Chapter 10: Damage Done
You can't unring a bell.
Naruto stood frozen in shock as the realization that he'd said it. He'd said, "Kiba kissed me." He hadn't even intended to say it; it had just come out on its own. The smile he had a moment before had been wiped away. Slowly his eyes shifted over to look at a shocked and hurt Konohamaru staring back at him with sadness showing in his eyes.
"What?... Kiba kissed you?" Konohamaru said almost in disbelief at what he'd just heard.
Naruto stammered for a moment as he quickly pulled himself together, turning to face his boyfriend. "Konohamaru… I didn't… I mean, I didn't mean to just say it like that," he said as he tried to explain. "It just kind of came out. I mean, I was wanting to tell-"
Konohamaru interrupted him though. "When the hell did this happen?" he shouted suddenly changing to anger. "You just go off and start kissing other guys now! And Kiba! When the hell did he start being gay!" The boy didn't care so much about Kiba being the one to kiss him, but just merely the fact that'd it happen was what he cared about.
Naruto was taken aback a little by the sudden change in the brunette's attitude, not that he would expect anything less. He just hadn't seen Konohamaru so upset before; it wasn't something he enjoyed seeing either.
"Well, it was little while ago, and we-" Naruto started.
"Awhile ago! And you're just tell me!" Konohamaru snapped back. Naruto just cringed a little, and kept going though.
"We were there after practice late, and he started hitting on me in the locker room," Naruto continued.
"Oh great! So, just two just start making out in the locker room then?" Konohamaru interrupted again.
"He kissed me some and everything, then I just kind of pulled away. I told him not to and left immediately after," Naruto explained further. "I wanted to tell you, but that was the day of my accident and everything kind of got complicated."
"Fine then, I'll just uncomplicated things for you then," Konohamaru shouted as tears started to bead up the corners of his eyes. "We're done!"
Naruto's face showed his cringe at those words he was worried he'd hear since after his incident with Kiba, when he was getting dressed again in the locker room. "Konohamaru… please don't… I didn't mean to have it happen." He took a small step toward the younger boy, but in turn the brunette stepped away.
Naruto reached out a little as he tried to place his hands on Konohamaru's shoulders to try to calm him down a bit. But, the young boy just started wilding throwing his hands around, trying to knock Naruto's hands away from him. "No! Get away already!" Konohamaru shouted. As his hands swung around wildly, knocking Naruto's hands away, a tight fist also caught Naruto square in the face. The blonde's his head snapped back from the blow and used a hand to cover the injured area.
Naruto barely looked away for a moment after the impact, but as he tried to look back at the boy, Konohamaru was already running away from him through the parking lot. Tears ran down the brunette's cheeks as he rounded the corner and disappeared behind several cars.
As Konohamaru was running back past the theater, Sakura and Sasuke were still standing out front. They each turned to see the young brunette crying and running away. A few moments later they heard Naruto calling out for Konohamaru as he popped out from between the same cars as he looked around for the young boy.
The pink-haired girl glanced back and forth between young man with her and the fleeing youth. "What's up with them?" she said. "Think they had a fight?"
"Who knows," Sasuke replied. "Hard to believe they are fighting. They just left and were fine."
The young girl started to take a few steps way from him in the direction that Konohamaru was running off too. "I'm going to go find out what's going on," she said as she turned to go after the brunette. "Go find talk with Naruto and find out ok." She didn't wait for a reply before she was gone, leaving Sasuke standing there grumbling.
Naruto was standing between the cars still as he watched the way Konohamaru had run off in, a hand still on his cheek where he'd gotten smacked. He didn't even notice Sasuke coming up him with his hand tucked in his pockets.
"What's going on with you two?" Sasuke asked, looking in the same direction as Naruto. He waited several seconds in silence for a reply before shifting his gaze back to the blond boy. "Hey, idiot! What happened?"
Sasuke's voice finally broke Naruto's focus and made him look over. "I don't want to talk about it," Naruto said as he quickly turned to walk back to his car, his mind cluttered with thoughts and questions about what he should do. He couldn't decide if he should continue to go after the brunette or just head home and try to talk again tomorrow after things calm down.
However, Sasuke wasn't willing to let it go with just that. "Look, I don't care if you don't want to talk; I don't want to talk either," he replied. "But, if I don't know what went on, Sakura's going to be a pain to deal with. She went chasing after Konohamaru, and she expects me to talk with you."
Naruto just ignored the comments and continued toward his vehicle. He didn't even care as Sasuke was following him. "What you think if you ignore me, then I'll just let you go?" Sasuke asked. "Look Naruto, I'm your friend, so just tell me."
Naruto didn't answer, but pulled out his keys to unlock his car when Sasuke suddenly yanked them out of his hand. "Hey!" Naruto objected.
"You were just in an accident that you were lucky to walk away from, and you shouldn't be driving now. So come on," Sasuke said as tucked the keys in his pocket while heading toward his own car.
Naruto gashed his teeth for a moment. He wanted his keys and avoid the conversation, but short of getting in an augment or fight, he didn't have a choice. He stormed over and dropped into the passenger seat.
He grumbled as he turned to stare out the passenger window. Sasuke pulled out of his spot and started to drive Naruto back home. Several moments passed before Sasuke tried again. "Finally going to spill it or do I just got to keep driving?
"Fine," Naruto grumbled as he continued to stare at the passing scenery. "Let's just say that I kissed someone, didn't tell Konohamaru for a while and then I kind of let it slip."
Sasuke glanced over at the passenger for a moment before looking back toward the road. "Let it slip? What you do?"
"I didn't mean to; I just kind of blurted it out alright, now get off it," Naruto angrily said.
Silence hung in the air for a while before Sasuke finally asked, "So, who was it?"
"What the hell does it matter? I still fucked it up all up alright," Naruto shouted a bit.
Sasuke grumbled a bit to himself before replying, "Fine, I was just-"
"Kiba! Ok Kiba!" Naruto suddenly shouted out as he spun around toward Sasuke as tears started to run down his face. He spun back around and slammed the brunt of his fist against the window, nearly cracking it.
The answer took Sasuke by surprise for sure. He didn't expect Kiba to be the one that Naruto had kissed for sure. He didn't want to push anymore though; he could tell Naruto was at his limit.
Naruto was quiet though as he was now staring at his own reflection in the window's glass, watching the bruise swelling up where Konohamaru had hit him and cussing himself in that moment.
Meanwhile, Konohamaru and Sakura were sitting on the side of an incline near the theater as he finished explaining what had happened. She lightly reached around and pulled the boy lightly against her side. "I'm so sorry to hear that Konohamaru," she said. "But you know, things happen and everyone makes mistakes. I'm not excusing what Naruto did, but you guys need to talk about it."
He slowly looked up at her and stared up into the pink-haired eyes for a moment in silence before suddenly leaning up and tried to kiss her. Sakura quickly pulled away and caused the boy to fall back to the ground. "What was that about?" she shouted.
Konohamaru quickly tried to sit back up. "If I kiss you, then Naruto and I will be equal, and it won't matter anymore," he explained.
Sakura just sighed and shook her head a little at the young boy. "Konohamaru, that wouldn't solve anything and you know it," she said. "It's just make things harder for both of you."
Tears started to run down the boys check once again. "Then what am I supposed to do?" he cried as he buried his face in his hands. "What am I supposed to do?