Chapter 21

KitKat?

"Dude, what's up? I haven't seen you in like two weeks!" Kiba yelled as Naruto entered the pool court (The pool court was a grass covered area, with a pond in the middle, surrounded by the science block.).

"Kiba! Hey! How was holidays?"

"Great thanks, and yours?"

"Just AMAZING. Believe it! Oh, and this is Kankurou by the way, Cat boy, meet Dog boy! This is Kiba!"

"Hi!" Kankurou grinned.

"Oh, are you new this term then?"

"Actually we came here a couple of years ago, but just for a few days. Don't worry, nobody else remembers me." He laughed.

"What do you mean 'we'?"

"Oh, Me and my brother and sister. Nothing weird," he said, grinning again. "Temari is two years above us, and Gaara's in our year. We aren't twins, he's only a bit younger than me, but he was adopted."

"Oh, so are you boarding?"

"No, we have an apartment thing." He didn't want to mention how shitty it was. Having an apartment sounded kind of cool, as long as nobody knew where it was.

He watched as Kiba unwrapped a Kit-Kat.

"Want some?"

"Um…"

Temari said they didn't have enough funds for break, so he wouldn't be able to pay him back. They were on a strict £1.10 per day allowance, which meant a bread roll each from the dining hall for lunch (Temari would check what he had bought), and he hardly knew Kiba. He couldn't just nick his food.

"My mum always gives me two bars so there's one for a friend or something. Have this one." He tossed it to him.

"Thanks!" He grinned again. This school was certainly better than the last one he had been to.

Naruto looked up from the pot ramen he was stirring. (He kept the hot water in a vacuum flask, so he could have it at break.)

"Don't worry about saving any for Gaara; I said he could have some ramen if he had no break. And I think Temari said something about Shikamaru owing her for something."

"Oh. Thanks about Gaara; you guys are like mega-generous."

"Nah, don't worry." Kiba answered for him. "Naruto always has tonnes of that stuff. Your brother probably is saving him from salt poisoning or something."

"I'm not going to die Kiba."

"Yes you are, eventually."

"Well you're being cheerful today…"

Kankurou bit into the Kit-Kat. It had been a while since he had eaten anything that actually tasted edible; Temari was not the best of cooks.

"Why are you cat-boy by the way?" Kiba asked.

"Oh, that? Because of the hoodie." He flicked one of the cat ears. "Naruto just came up with it. He said I ought to meet you because you're dog boy and everything. Why are you dog boy?"

"Hehe… Naruto came up with that too. Several reasons. Firstly, my family has, like, loads of dogs. Secondly, because according to Naruto I have fangs." He grinned widely so Kankurou could see that his canine teeth were slightly longer than normal.

"Oh and also, my name actually means 'Fang'. That's it basically."

"Right… and your mum gives you Kit-Kat to eat every day."

"Yeah.", he laughed. "I hadn't thought of that."

By now Naruto had finished eating. "What time is it Kiba?"

"Uhrr…" he frowned at his watch, "Twenty five past."

"Oh, um, I've got to go now then. I've got French with Sasuke next and I said I'd meet him in the form room."

"Him again… You've been spending way too much time with him recently. Its like you've got some weird gay crush on him or something," he laughed, "Anyway, see you later then."

Naruto had turned away by then, trying not to look pissed off. Sasuke was not some 'weird, gay, crush'. He was his boyfriend. Ok, so Naruto himself acted homophobic sometimes, but that was only because he didn't want anyone to find out anything. Kiba didn't have any excuse.

With Kiba it wasn't just an act. If he found out Naruto and Sasuke were together, Naruto was sure he would think they were freaks, and that was just another reason to keep the relationship secret.

By the time Naruto had got to the form room, he was in a pretty dismal mood. Sasuke was sitting on one of the desks, his bag already packed, but Naruto ignored him at first, heading straight to his book locker.

"What's wrong, dobe?"

"Kiba."

"Oh, what did he do?"

"It doesn't matter", he said, flinging open the door of his book locker and rummaging inside.

"Yes it does."

"Not to you."

"Yes it does, you're my…"

"SHUT UP! There could be people out in the corridor, teme."

"And?" Sasuke was angry too now, he had tried to be sympathetic but Naruto was shutting him out again. And denying that they were together. Even though he knew it was for the best, it still hurt that Naruto wanted to keep things secret.

"What if there are? Why do you have to be so fucking ashamed of me? Every time I say something even remotely nice, you have to cover up. You pretend I'm not even a friend!"

There was a tense silence as Naruto rummaged in his locker, looking like he was trying to hide in it. He stopped, realizing he wasn't getting anywhere.

"Uhr... Teme?"

"Yes?" Sasuke replied icily.

"Can I share your textbook?" he asked sheepishly.

Sasuke sighed, giving up. "Yeah, ok."

"Thank you." The blonde smiled, swinging his rucksack onto his back and Sasuke slid off the desk.

Throughout French, they sat next to each other, passing notes and pictures as they usually did. Naruto actually knew perfectly well where his textbook was. He liked sharing with the Uchiha though because it gave him an excuse to sit just a little bit closer than normal.