Warning: Contains graphic M scene. Read at your own risk.

Chapter 11

By the River I Leaned Closer and Kissed

"Kiba, I can see it." the blond said in an excited tone. After walking for about three minutes from the Inuzuka compound's main house, both teens have reached the river that ran through it. It wasn't any of those rivers that you see on the National Geographic which are more than a hundred feet across. It was only about 30 feet wide and the current was not fast. It even looked like it wasn't moving at all. The water was as clear as what you can see from a water bottle, the only difference was that there were dozens of fallen leaves that floated over it.

"We're here." Kiba announced, as if it wasn't obvious enough. "We can set up our food over there by that table." Naruto turned his head and looked at where Kiba pointed and indeed found a wooden table with two benches on each side.

"That's cool. Now we don't have to worry about putting a blanket on the ground." The blond happily made his way to the table and put the things he carried with them. There was the basket for the lunch Hana prepared for them and also a large water bottle. Kiba followed afterwards, putting a bag on top which contained all their change of clothes and towels. Kiba also brought a guitar with them so that they could pass time when they weren't swimming.

"So, do we eat first or swim?" Naruto asked.

"We should eat first. It's already past lunch. Besides, the river can wait and our stomachs can't. Won't you say Akamaru?" Kiba turned to the large white canine. The dog gave a woof in response, as if he could really understand what Kiba had just told him.

"This is a really nice place you have Kiba." Naruto said as he took out a lunch box from the basket. Hana prepared Oyakodon for them, saying it was one of her favorite dishes to cook.

"It is. This is where I grew up. It's been owned by my ancestors and passed down from generations to generations." Kiba replied.

"So, do you travel from here to school every day when you were still in elementary?"

"Yeah. My mother used to drive me every morning and afternoon. I studied in Konoha too when I was a kid and since mom worked there as a vet, she just had to open up and close her clinic earlier than most other. So starting this year, we decided that I should just live in a dorm with Shino so that we won't have to get tired from all the driving and so that mom's schedule would be more flexible." Kiba told him. They've already started to chow down on their meal, actually eating faster than any other. Well, they were Kiba and Naruto and they were the two most active from their group of friends so you can't blame them.

"You're sister's cooking is really amazing Kiba. I wish she was my sister. Jiraiya can't really cook anything close to this. Maybe Konan-neesan can try but your sister beats them by a landslide."

"Hehe. She's one heck of a cook."

"I wanted to ask about the small houses I saw earlier. Who lives in them?"

"Some of the workers live there. Our family specializes in breeding dogs and since there are just too many of them, it's inevitable that we need to have other employees. Many of them are also dog lovers so they chose to live in the compound."

"You said that Kyuubi was from here. So you breed foxes too?"

"Yeah. Mom started to breed them about two years ago after going through many troubles of getting permission from the original breeders in Russia. Since her name was quite well known in the dog breeders' society, she was allowed to breed them and also sell them. In time the foxes will even be more domesticated than Kyuubi and it will be easier to acquire them. Not all states will allow you to have a fox because it's still not considered as a domestic animal."

"Wow. You're family's business is really cool." Naruto commented. A few more minutes after, both of them have finished with their meal. Naruto said he wanted to jump in the river already but Kiba told him that it was better if they wait for about 30 minutes so that the food they just ate could settle first and not cause any of them problems.

"Naruto, can I ask you to play the guitar again and maybe sing?" Kiba said, getting the guitar and handing it to the blond. Naruto took it and didn't hesitate on giving Kiba his request.

"I'll play to pass our time but I won't sing." he firmly stated. Kiba frowned a little.

"But why not? I really love hearing you sing Naruto." A blush crept to Naruto's face as he heard those words. It wasn't every day that your crush compliments you and also that you two are all alone in the woods. Well they had Akamaru with them so technically they weren't alone.

"No, I'm not singing." Naruto said again. He checked the guitar again for its tuning and found that it still was in tune. He started playing, the song with a slow tempo to it. There wasn't any strumming, only a lot of complicated finger positions and plucking of the strings. The song was different from the one Naruto played the day before but it was all the same relaxing and beautiful. Kiba wondered where Naruto learnt this songs of his. Kiba really liked hearing him play.

"So, what's it called?" the brunet asked as Naruto finished the first song.

"It's called Shirohae, or The Rain Stops. It's a guitar version of the song Guren which is played by a leaf whistle and a violin."

"It was beautiful. You play beautiful." Kiba said with a smile to Naruto.

"Tha-thank you." Naruto stuttered. He was receiving too much compliments from Kiba and he might not be able to handle any more of them.

After that first song, he still played about three more. During that time that he played them, Kiba was intently watching him and Naruto couldn't help but feel nervous. What he really wanted the most is for Kiba to always notice him and now here he was, his attention all focused on Naruto. Nothing could make him happier than what he was experiencing now. Or so he thought.

"So, let's swim." Kiba said as he started removing his shirt. Naruto was caught by surprise at Kiba's actions so instead of answering him, what he did was just stare at Kiba who was taking off his shirt. It was very sexy to watch that he didn't even realize that he was staring.

"Like what you see?" Kiba asked in a teasing manner. The blond's face got redder, clearly embarrassed that he was caught staring by his crush.

"I uh… I better start taking off my clothes too." Naruto said and started taking off his shirt too.

"Hmm. You want to go swim naked?"

"WHAT!? NO! Why would you even ask that?!" the blond shouted in shock.

"Come on. Haven't you tried skinny-dipping before? And we're both boys and it's not like you have something I haven't seen before. And we shower naked during gym class together." Kiba defended. He was really hoping the blond would agree.

"No, I'm not going skinny-dipping." the blond said with finality.

"Maybe you're just afraid you'll get a hard-on if you see me naked. I mean, I'm hot." Kiba said, getting bolder and bolder and way too narcissistic.

"Uhh, Kiba can we stop talking about things like that. I'm a guy. Why will I get a hard-on if I see you naked?" Naruto has managed to say without a hint of nervousness. But it sure took a lot to pull that off. Right now he was asking why Kiba was making comments like that. It was just like that restroom incident with Sasuke. He wouldn't be surprised if Kiba came up to him and kissed him. Well it seemed too farfetched but the thought crossed his mind. He really wouldn't mind it if Kiba did just that. He was even hoping for it.

"If you're not up for it, then let's just swim in our boxers, okay?" Kiba said. Naruto nodded and both of them stripped until they were only in their boxers. Kiba wore a black one with small white doggy bone pattern on it. Naruto on the other hand wore a green one with orange frogs on it.

"How deep is the water?" the blond asked.

"Probably about 5 feet in this area but if you go further downstream it's deeper at about 7 feet." Kiba replied.

"I'll just stick with 5 feet. I don't want to take any chances on the 7 feet." And with that, Naruto plunged into the cool water of the river.

"Whoo! This is great! The water's freaking cold though." he shouted as he emerged from the water, his wild blond hair now wet and hanging down instead of its usual spiked up appearance. Kiba soon followed him, doing a cannonball near Naruto. There weren't any big rocks that they should worry about, only soft sand on the bed so cannonballs can be done without having to fear on hitting your head on a rock. Akamaru also followed and swam next to them. He was indeed a good swimmer as Hana said. Kiba even showed Naruto how Akamaru can swim while Kiba latched on to him.

After about ten minutes of playing in the water and doing stuffs that most teens would do, they decided to get a little break and sat on the river bank. It was already November and both didn't want to risk hypothermia. Kiba took two coke-in-cans from the basket, still ice cold because it was almost freezing when they put it there a while ago. He handed one to Naruto and sat beside him on the river bank.

"It's really amazing that you have a river in your backyard Kiba. I really hate pools you know because of the chlorine. I prefer the fresh water of the river." Naruto said as his eyes looked at the steady flowing of the river.

"Do you have a pool in your backyard?" Kiba asked curiously.

"Yeah in our real house. I don't swim much often there because I don't have anyone to swim with. Mom and dad are busy with work even during summer vacation, and Kurama-niisan doesn't like to swim. He'd go with me sometimes but it's rare."

"You know I think it's also cool to have a pool in your backyard. I mean only rich people have that right? So are you a rich kid or something?"

"My family's well off but I wouldn't say we're rich. I should be asking you the same thing. I mean just look at your house, it's huge and all the furniture seems so expensive."

"It's been passed down from generations to generations. The house was built like more than half a century ago. My mom just refurbished it and added some modern things so it would be more presentable."

Naruto took another gulp from his coke before placing it on the ground beside him. He looked at Kiba and grinned at him. Kiba blushed a little the action.

"I'm really glad I met you Kiba. You're the coolest best friend I have." Naruto said.

"Me too. I'm glad you were late the first day and sat next to me. You're my best friend too." Kiba also said to him. The brunet noticed that Naruto was shivering a bit, probably still cold because he just got out of the river. He really forgot about the fact that it was already November, but Naruto wanted to swim so eagerly that they jumped without thinking. And add the fact that they were drinking ice cold coke was just the perfect formula to getting the real 'cold'.

As if on instinct, Kiba got up and got a towel from the table. He returned to Naruto and sat behind him, covering him with the thick insulator. And within just seconds, Kiba could see that the blond's shivering slowly minimized until in came to a stop.

"Thanks Kiba. Why didn't you get a towel for yourself? You must cold like me too." Naruto said in a concerned tone.

"I guess I forgot." Kiba laughed softly. He did forget because what he was thinking about was Naruto, not himself. And indeed, he was also cold too. But it was not the best thing to return to the table again just to get another towel. Luckily, Kiba had another plan. Hit two birds with one stone.

Kiba took the towel that was wrapped around Naruto, surprising the blond. But what shocked him even more was that Kiba held onto him from behind, pulling him into an embrace and covering both of them with the towel.

Many thoughts came to the bewildered blond. 'Why is Kiba doing this? He's my best friend yes, but he's not gay, is he? What do I do? Having him hold me is so much warmer. I should just have him stay this way. Yes, I want to feel him closer to me. I don't need to ask why he's doing it.'

After all his musing, the nervous blond gained a little more confidence and held on to Kiba's arms that were wrapped around him. He leaned back to Kiba, wanting their bodies to be closer with each other, to feel each other's heat.

"Naruto." he heard Kiba call him in a soft voice. He felt the brunet's hold on him slowly losing grip. He didn't want him to let go but somehow he felt reassured that there was something Kiba was going to do so he let him. Naruto scooted a little forward and turned so that he was facing Kiba.

"What is it?" They were now looking eye to eye. The look on Kiba's eyes showed determination, while Naruto's showed curiosity. Naruto saw Kiba reaching his right hand out and then it met with his left cheek and lightly caressed it. Naruto shuddered a bit from the action. Kiba was acting strange but his mind didn't register that anymore. All he could think of was how he liked whatever it was that Kiba was doing to him.

"I've wanted to tell this to you for a long time." Kiba started. Naruto's deep-blue eyes blinked once, and then focused on Kiba's face. The brunet took a deep breath, preparing himself for this moment that he didn't want to postpone any longer.

"I like you Naruto." he confessed. It took a little time for Naruto's mind to process what he just heard Kiba say. He was surprised but instead of taking it as a confession, he took it in a very different way.

"Well, I like you too Kiba. You're really cool and you're my best friend and..." he said nervously. He immediately doubted that Kiba was really telling him that he 'liked' him. He always thought Kiba was straight so for him to say stuff like that, it was hard to even consider the possibility that he was really saying something not platonic.

Kiba on the other hand wanted to face palm himself but it would ruin the moment. There he was, finally confessing to his best friend/crush that he likes him and the blond who definitely also likes him took it as a friendly statement. Seeing that telling it again to the blond wouldn't get it through that skull of his, he opted for 'action speaks louder than words'.

Kiba leaned towards Naruto, who was still chuckling nervously, trying hard to find words to say as well. But soon all that was taken away as a pair of soft, warm lips met with his own. The blond didn't expect that Kiba would kiss him. He hoped, wished and dreamed for it but he didn't expect it. So his eyes were wide as he saw how his lips were joined with Kiba's. The brunet's eyes were closed. This time, he understood what Kiba really meant with what he said earlier. Naruto closed his eyes too and returned the kiss. With that, he felt Kiba's right hand pull him closer, deepening the kiss they were sharing.

Naruto felt his heart beat faster, his lips tingling with electricity. He was shaking a bit but he knew it was not from the nervousness that being close with the person he likes brought. It was from excitement and the desire to not let it end soon. His hands unconsciously replicated Kiba's movement and held on to the brunet and pulled him closer too. Their lips were taking too much pressure from how much they were pressing against each other but it didn't matter to them if it will bruise. All their pent up emotions were finally able to be released and this was only one of the ways of doing it.

Naruto felt Kiba's lips open and soon enough, his warm tongue was prodding at his lips. Naruto understood and opened his own mouth only to be attacked by Kiba as soon as his lips parted. Kiba's tongue was moving inside his mouth, violently trying to reach every corner of Naruto's cavern. Naruto decided to use his own tongue as well, flicking it against Kiba's. The brunet did the same and circled his own against Naruto's. But after a while, Naruto stopped and Kiba returned to exploring his lover's warm mouth.

They went at it for as long as they could but it was getting harder to breathe and the need for oxygen was something that cannot be ignored. They pulled away, taking short breaths in quick successions while looking at each other's eyes. It seemed that words were not needed for them to convey what they wanted to tell each other. They knew what the other was telling just by looking at their eyes.

"I like you Naruto." Kiba breathed out, his voice sounding husky. He wanted to say it again, even though he had already told it through his actions. He wanted to tell it if only to hear Naruto say it to him as well.

"I like you too, Kiba." Naruto smiled. And that was all it took to make him the happiest person alive. Now he knew. He knew that Naruto likes him as well. Not from his suspicions, not from what others told him and not from what he overheard the blond saying to someone else. Naruto told him himself and now there was no room for anymore doubts. Naruto likes him, and he likes the blond. They now know. They know that the other knows what they feel for the other. And they know that the other knows that they know.

They made out again after that. They didn't even realize that the towel that previously shielded them from the cold air was already lying on the ground and the cans of coke knocked down with their contents already spilt. The only one they saw was each other. Whatever was surrounding them did not matter. This was their time and theirs alone.

"Will you be my boyfriend?" Kiba asked.

"Yes." Naruto replied with a genuine smile.

Kiba kissed Naruto once again and pushed him down on the sand, their lips not breaking contact. Naruto willingly laid back as he tugged Kiba even closer to him. And that was when he felt it. Kiba's formed erection was poking against him. And it excited him.

"Kiba, you're hard." Naruto pointed out. Kiba knelt on his knees and straddled Naruto. He looked down and indeed there was a very obvious tent in his boxers. His face flushed with blood, embarrassed that he got hard from making out with his new lover. It was only understandable but still, the blush he sported was inevitable.

"I'm…" Kiba started, trying to find words to explain his situation. But he just heard Naruto chuckling softly. He waited for Naruto to tease him about it, knowing that at times like this, it was one of the things the blond enjoyed doing. But boy was he wrong.

"Do you… need help with that?" he heard Naruto ask shyly. Did he hear him correctly? Was he really offering to help take care of his problem? He wanted him to help but to ask a favor like that from Naruto, his boyfriend for not even a minute yet, it was just so embarrassing.

"Don't worry about this Naruto. I can will it away." he replied nervously. He wanted to get off, he really did. That slight friction from earlier when it rubbed a bit on Naruto's thigh felt so good but it was embarrassing. He didn't expect it but he clearly saw Naruto frown a bit after he said his reply.

"Oh." the blond mumbled sadly, disappointment clearly showing. "I just… want to help." After saying that, it looked like Naruto was thinking hard about something. His body movements were clearly telling Kiba that Naruto was battling in his mind about questions of 'Should I?' or 'Shouldn't I?'. A few seconds later Naruto has finally decided and spoke.

"I want to get you off Kiba. Will you let me?" he asked desperately, looking Kiba directly in the eye. When Naruto realized what he just said and how he sounded like, he retreated back and found himself blushing.

"I… it's not like I'm de- desperate or something… I just… I don't know…" Naruto said stuttering, getting more embarrassed second by second. As a teen with rampant hormones, Naruto had thought about things like this before. And he really wanted to do it. But asking Kiba, right at that moment, he didn't know what came into his mind for him to speak out his secret desires just like that.

Kiba just stared at him, not really knowing what he should do, what he should reply. He didn't expect this. He never thought that Naruto would be the one to offer to do it for him and that the blond also wanted it, just like him. Yes he wanted Naruto to get him off, to suck him off. He had imagined Naruto doing it to him dozens of time and he had even jerked off to most of his erotic daydreams.

"Are you su- sure about this Naruto? We just told each other that we like each other." Kiba replied nervously. "You don't have to do this, you know."

"I know, but I…" Naruto gulped. "I wanted to do this for so long. Please Kiba, just let me do this for you." he pleaded.

"Okay." Kiba said. And soon enough, the brunet found himself being pushed back by a shivering and obviously nervous Naruto onto the sand, this time initiating the kiss. The blond sat in between Kiba's thighs and straddled the brunet. Kiba felt the blond trailing kisses down his neck, onto his chest and then his chiseled abdomen. He gripped Naruto's blond locks as he bit on his lips, trying his best to hold back the moans that wanted to erupt from him.

All the time, he watched as his lover kissed him. Naruto finally reached the waistband of his boxers and with shaking hands, tugged it down to reveal Kiba's hard and aching erection. Naruto found himself captivated by the sight that was under him. He stared at it with awe, admiring its perfect shape, color and most of all its size. It was more or less six inches and for a guy who's only sixteen, it was an impressive feat.

"Don't stare at it Naruto." Kiba said. Even with the fact that he was about to get a blowjob, he still felt a little bit uncomfortable and shy for Naruto to be looking at his naked form. Although he might as well get used to it because he knew that there will be more of occasions like this in the future.

With a hand still shaking with both anxiety and excitement, Naruto reached out to grip Kiba's shaft. This elicited a moan from the brunet and Naruto could literally feel Kiba's body shudder. Naruto experimentally stroked Kiba's cock, the foreskin going up to cover the red swollen head and then rolling back down to completely reveal it once again. Soon enough Naruto picked up the pace and beads of precum has started to form on the slit. The sight only enticed Naruto more. The blond badly wanted to taste the white pearl that was beginning to drip. He wanted to engulf his lover's cock inside his mouth and suck on it. He couldn't wait anymore and he let go of his restraints and dived in, taking in half of Kiba's length.

"Ahh!"

Kiba moaned as he felt the first sensation of Naruto's warm and wet mouth surrounding his erection. Naruto's tongue began flicking on the sensitive head of Kiba's cock and it took all the brunet could to keep his hips down and not thrust upward and deeper into the blond's throat. Kiba could feel his blood engorging his cock even more as Naruto did some experimental sucking. It felt so good. He never imagined that it would feel like what he was feeling now. His wet dreams about the blond could not even begin to compare to what he was experiencing at that moment. This was the real thing. Naruto was giving him head and it was all real.

The blond continued with his oral ministrations, rotating from sucking, licking, bobbing his head up and down, humming and even trying to deep throat the impressive length. And his hand was just as active as his mouth and tongue as he continued stroking Kiba's shaft up and down.

"Naruto!" he heard Kiba moan out his name for the first time. "Don't stop! It feels so good."

Kiba's plea only encouraged Naruto to continue his actions, passionately giving his lover head like an expert. Kiba's grip on his hair got tighter and he could feel the brunet's hand pushing down on his head so that he could take in his cock deeper. Naruto tried his best to suppress his gag reflex and with enough concentration, he managed to swallow the whole of Kiba's length down to its base.

"Ahhh! Naruto I'm… ahh! I'm close!" Kiba warned. Instead of retreating his mouth from the soon to erupt cock of Kiba, Naruto sucked more fervently and pumped even faster. And his actions came with its reward.

"NARUTO!" Kiba shouted as he spilled his load into Naruto's mouth. His body shook violently as each wave of pleasurable spasm washed over him. His restraint was broken as he thrusted his hips up into Naruto's mouth, wanting to feel the most out of the experience.

Naruto was a bit surprised at Kiba's actions. He wasn't expecting Kiba to thrust into his mouth but nonetheless welcomed the action. He felt each shot of the warm, sticky, slightly salty and bitter taste of Kiba's cum spill inside his mouth. And after about seven shots, Kiba's thrusting slowly came to a halt and the grip on Naruto's hair loosened. Naruto could still feel Kiba's cock twitching in his mouth but as soon as the thrusting stopped, he deep throated Kiba once again and made sure to get every last drop of his cum into his mouth.

He pulled back from Kiba's slowly dying erection. Kiba's cum was dripping from his mouth and he used his fingers to wipe it off and then sucked on the digits. He made sure that Kiba was watching him and then swallowed, his Adam's apple visibly going up and down. It was so erotic. Kiba couldn't believe Naruto just did that.

"You swallowed it." It was said more of as a fact than a question.

"It was delicious." Naruto cheerfully said. Kiba leaned closer and captured Naruto's lips. He slid his tongue inside and tasted himself. The taste was nothing he expected. It was bitter and had a certain tang on it but he liked it, even if it was his own. He wondered what Naruto's would taste like. Maybe his was more likable.

"It kind of sticks to your mouth and throat even if you already swallowed it." Naruto said.

"I'm quite curious as to how that would taste and feel like." Kiba smirked. "Besides, you're still hard Naruto. It won't be fair if only I got off and you won't."

"Don't worry about me Kiba. If you get me off then you'll surely just get hard again." Naruto reasoned.

"You got a point. But I want to try what you just did to me. It felt amazing and I want to give you the same pleasure you've given me." Kiba boldly cupped Naruto's erection and the blond jumped a bit at the touch. Kiba rubbed on it from the outside eliciting a gasp from Naruto.

"Hnn. I'm fi- fine Kiba. The river's cold. If we swim again, it will die down."

"You're right." Kiba agreed but was a bit disappointed not to be able to return the favor to Naruto. And so instead, he said his previous offer. "So, do you want to swim naked with me now?" he asked innocently. Naruto blushed but a smile formed on his lips.

"Yeah. I think that's a great idea." And so both boys were rid off their boxers and were swimming naked in the river. The sound of water splashing and their laughter echoed through the air. Finally they were together and both of them never felt as happy as they were now.

Though little did they know, from the river bank was Akamaru, on the ground covering his eyes with his paws and whimpering with fear. It looked like they forgot that Akamaru was with them and unintentionally watched their intimate moments earlier. Poor Akamaru.

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A/N: And that was the confession. I hope you liked it. And that was the first M scene in this story. I also hoped that didn't turn off any followers. I did give my warning.

The title's inspiration was taken from Paulo Coelho's novel, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept.