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Chapter 11

The Aftermath Part 2

Okay, so this wasn't exactly what he expected. Kiba frowned as he sat in the living room while Hinata and Naruto were busy in the kitchen.

In fact, it was kind of sad.

Kiba woke up that morning and was surprised to see that Koharu had already left. He had expected the girl to sleep into the afternoon (based on how intoxicated she was the previous night). He was going to wake up, possibly cuddle her as she was knocked out, and then prepare Hinata's magical smoothie that always cured hangovers.

He would gently wake her up (probably have to calm her down until she realized nothing happened) and then spend the morning with her. They could've went out for brunch with Naruto and Hinata. And afterwards, they could maybe go out together.

Kiba knew she was a busy person, but they could've at least woken up together to clear the air. He was pretty sure she didn't remember anything; and now that she had went and left without saying anything, he didn't really know where they stood.

Everything could've been so much easier, but now everything was just complicated.

He sighed deeply, sinking further down on the couch. Kiba had called in sick for his morning shift. While he wasn't hungover, he definitely didn't feel well.

Naruto sat down next to him, happily munching on a breakfast burrito.

"What's with the long face?" he asked with his mouth full.

"Kiba-kun."

Kiba looked up to see Hinata smiling, offering him a plate with a burrito as well.

"Thanks Hinata," he couldn't help but smile. It was times like these that he appreciated his whole housing situation with Naruto. He got to see Hinata practically every other day. The girl had always been a little sister to him, and it was nice being able to talk to her and update her on anything when he came home.

He bit into the hot burrito, grateful for the fluffy eggs and crispy strips of bacon cooked to perfection. Having Hinata's cooking was an extra benefit, too.

"I thought you were sleeping over at Shino's?" Naruto asked.

"Nah," Kiba shrugged. "Not in the mood to wake up to Ino and Sai having sex. I thought you guys were sleeping at the house?"

Naruto shrugged as well, "Nah. Once Hinata had enough water, I was able to bring her back."

Hinata blushed from embarrassment. She couldn't believe how she had acted.

Kiba noticed the look on her face and grinned.

"Ah, don't be so embarrassed Hinata. You weren't the only one that was being a mess. I actually thought it was funny that it was the guys taking care of the girls for once."

Naruto walked back to the kitchen to make himself another burrito.

"Yeah, but it was our first win! We should've celebrated more," Naruto whined.

"Make me one too while you're at it," Kiba asked loudly. He turned to look back at Hinata who was still taking her time with her own meal.

"I could've celebrated more, but I didn't," he spoke quietly. "And I still somehow managed to fuck it all up."

Hinata paused from her burrito to look up in confusion. "What do you mean? You seemed like you were having fun."

Kiba threw up his arms in frustration and flopped on his side. "I didn't do my job Hinata! Remember the plan? I got too preoccupied with all the people there."

Naruto heard the last bit as he returned with two more burritos. "You fucked up? Did you leave with some other girl?"

Kiba angrily swiped the burrito.

"No! I just got busy talking to people. I didn't even notice time was passing by, and I kind of maybe just assumed that the girls would take care of her since they were dancing together. I knew she's a lightweight but I still left her."

"Sorry Kiba-kun," Hinata looked down with guilt. "I got carried away. I should have realized that she was at her limit."

"Is her limit really like, two shots?" Naruto asked in amazement. "Did you at least see how much she drank before you left?"

"Hinata, don't you dare apologize," Kiba frowned. "This wasn't your responsibility. It was my fault for thinking that you guys would take care of her. And honestly, I don't really know how much she drank. I was gone for like, forever."

"How'd you find her then?" Naruto stuffed half the burrito in his face. Crumbs were falling into his lap and spilling onto the couch.

"Wasn't she in the basement with Suigetsu?" Hinata titled her head.

"Gross, shark boy was at the party too?" Naruto crinkled his nose. "Lava girl was all over Sasuke when Sakura started giving Ino a lap dance."

Hinata giggled, "Karin wasn't that bad yesterday. She was surprisingly tame for once."

"Wait, wait, wait," Kiba waved his burrito at each word for emphasis. "Suigetsu was with Koharu? When I found her, Shino was taking care of her."

"I saw them together..." Hinata's voice slightly trailed off, her eyes trying to judge Kiba's face and any type of emotion that might be conveyed.

"What were they doing?" he tensed up, eyes narrowing.

"Um, they weren't kissing or anything. They just looked extremely close. I-I only saw them for a minute before I went back upstairs."

Kiba dropped the burrito straight onto the coffee table. His mind was switching gears to piece together what really happened. Didn't Shino say somebody was bothering her? He frowned, no, Shino knows who Suigetsu is. He would know if it was him.

The image of her waking up in his bed and suddenly straddling him came to mind. His stomach felt queasy at the idea of her doing it to somebody else… It churned even more at the possibility that whoever she did it to, probably didn't try to stop her actions.

Kiba hadn't exactly been a gentleman, but he eventually became conscious of what they were doing and stopped before anything really happened. The guilt of leaving her alone for so long was really starting to set in as his brain came up with a million possibilities of what she had done unconsciously.

Hinata watched the different expressions that screened across Kiba's face. She herself felt bad for not paying more attention to the girl when she saw her in the basement.

Naruto finished his burrito happily. Content with their breakfast, he finally looked up to realize how quiet the two were.

"You guys look constipated," he grinned.

Hinata frowned at her boyfriend's inability to read situations. Kiba's head snapped towards the blonde, his hand reached back and grabbed the closest pillow to throw at Naruto's face.

"Fuck off," Kiba hissed.

"Ow, geez," Naruto rubbed his nose. "What's got your panties in a bunch?"

"Naruto-kun…" Hinata gave him a look that warned him to settle down.

"Uhh…" Naruto paused, unsure of how tense the environment was. "You know, we're always here for you?"

Kiba groaned as he slapped his hands onto his face. How the hell had this happened?

"Kiba, I'm sure it's not as bad as you think," Hinata smiled slightly. "Suigetsu isn't that bad of a person. I'm sure if you asked him, he'd tell you."

"Yeah!" Naruto picked up the last piece of information. At least he'd be able to partake in the conversation now that he had a vague clue of what they were talking about. "Or you can ask teme! Him and Suigetsu are pretty close."

"As much as I want to know what happened, I also kinda don't. I have too many things to worry about right now," he cringed. "Koharu left this morning before I could even talk to her about us."

"She slept over?" Hinata's eyes wide.

"Damn! You really do work fast," Naruto grinned knowingly.

"Nothing happened! I swear, I just felt bad so I let her sleep here since she was too drunk to go home. But now that she's left so early, I'm pretty sure she thinks we did do it last night."

Hinata and Naruto noticed the defeated look in Kiba's eyes. They sympathized with him, but were more surprised at how he was taking everything in.

Naruto stood up, determined to help his friend feel better.

"Well, why are you just sitting there for?"

"What?" Kiba frowned at him.

"Go find her! Tell her everything that happened. The more you wait, the worse it's going to get. You need to go out there and let her know how you feel!"

Whenever Naruto got like this, the mood was always contagious. Hinata felt motivated by the speech and stood up as well.

"Naruto-kun's right! We don't know for sure what she's thinking, but she definitely won't know what happened unless you two talk."

"Uh…" Kiba looked confused at the both of them. The fiery look in their eyes was slightly unsettling.

"Grab the bull by the horn! Carpe diem!" Naruto shouted, raising his fists in the air. He turned around and grabbed Kiba by the shoulders.

"I'm telling you this because I care about you, dude. Stop being a pussy and just go find her. Don't be a Sasuke and mope around whenever him and Sakura get in a fight. You're better than that."

Hinata nodded, "She'll probably be more grateful than anything if you go clear things up. You just started realizing your feelings for her; you shouldn't let this mess everything up so soon."

Kiba's head turned back and forth between the two. It honestly felt like he was talking to two Naruto's right now.

"Ah, what the hell," he sighed. He knew he wouldn't be able to argue against them, especially when they had such valid points. "You guys are right. I'll try to find her today."

Hinata smiled as Naruto slapped Kiba's back encouragingly, "There you go!"

Kiba felt slightly relieved. They would still have a slightly awkward conversation about what happened, but at least he knew it wasn't the end of the world. He was proud of his ability to restrain himself during that incredibly intense moment. Maybe it would pay off later down the road…

"Maybe I can ask her on a real date now… Yeah, Koharu's a pretty understanding person anyways. She wouldn't do something crazy like the other girls and ignore me or anything."

Almost two weeks had passed and it felt like every minute lasted an hour.

Kiba was currently sitting in the library trying to finish a lab report that would be due in two days. He tried his best to focus but his mind kept wandering back to his last encounters with Koharu.

The day after the party, he texted her asking if they could meet up to talk. Immediately afterwards, she texted back "Lol. Let's just never bring it up." and since then, had been seemingly avoiding him.

He glanced over at his notes, trying to decipher his chicken scratch that he had fumbled with during his last lab session.

To be honest, Kiba couldn't really tell if she was avoiding him. He'd been so caught up with his school work that he wouldn't be surprised if she really was busy. Everybody was diving into midterms, and their meetings with each other had been more of study sessions than hang outs. The boys were too tired after hockey practice to go out, and even at the last game, only half the girls showed up due to busy schedules.

He reached into his backpack and pulled out his phone. Tomorrow would be Thursday, and nobody had even bothered trying to set up weekend plans. He scrolled through and picked the chat that was just for the guys.

Kiba: Yoooo any plans for this weekend?

Neji: Studying

Naruto: Nope! Anybody wanna get Ichiraku tonight?

Sasuke: Studying

Naruto: teme wtf.

Naruto: Stop being boring and let's get food tonight guys!

Choji: Sorry, I'm going home for the weekend ):

Lee: Training with Guy-Sensei! You are all more than welcome to join us

Kiba: I don't want to die

Naruto: LOL

Sai: Going out with Ino this weekend

Shikamaru: When are you guys going to wash our couch

Naruto: LOL now you join the conversation?

Sasuke: Sakura refuses to sit on the couch until you get it professionally cleaned

Neji: I would prefer it if you just bought us a new couch.

Lee: What's wrong with the couch?

Kiba: So… you guys are all busy then?

Kiba: Naruto, I'm down for ramen tonight

Naruto: WOOOOOOHHH

Shino: I will join in tonight as well.

Choji: Me and Shikamaru will come

A couple hours later, all 5 met up at Ichiraku. The restaurant was busy for a Wednesday night as it was one of the most popular ramen places in Konoha. Everybody placed their orders and were commenting about their busy schedules and lack of excitement.

"Hey, at least I came tonight," Choji shrugged.

"You just come whenever we get food," Naruto whined. "Why can't we do something this weekend?"

Shikamaru sighed, "I'm busy Saturday. Temari's making me drive out all the way for some stupid gymnastics competition. We won't be back till late night."

Kiba picked up information, but chose not to question it. Temari didn't do gymnastics… but Koharu was on the KU team, which ultimately meant she was probably going with her.

Shino nodded, "My weekend itinerary is quite full. I need to finish up some work and I promised Kurenai I would babysit."

"When are you going?" Shikamaru suddenly looked interested. He hadn't seen Kurenai in a while. His visits were generally frequent since Asuma's passing, but this past semester was too hectic for him to check up on her.

"Probably Saturday night?" Shino guessed. "You are more than welcome to join me. Mirai can be quite a handful sometimes."

"I'll probably meet you there, I don't want you to wait up for me."

A waiter approached the table and began passing around the large bowls of ramen. Chattering continued as they slurped the steamy noodles. Kiba remained quiet, content with listening to their conversations and slowly formulating a plan in his head.