Just Walk Away
Kiba finds her outside the village. She wonders what he was doing here, so late at night too. She hopes he's not going to try to bring her back, or try to save her. If he does any such thing, she decides, she will hit him.
He just stands there. For once he doesn't scare her with some obnoxious action, instead he scares her with his lack of movement.
She frowns. If she could think of anything to say - anything, it doesn't have to be witty even- she would say it then. All she can think is, 'No.'
But finally, she says nothing. Because she is the quiet one and she will wait for him to speak.
"Um… Are you training?" he asks.
'No.' she shakes her head.
"Why are you out so late?"
'No.' She shakes her head again, to rid herself of that thought plaguing her. "I'm just… I'm leaving." She is glad that this time her voice is not weak and she does not stutter.
"Oh." He doesn't act as surprised as she had expected him to. He seems very accepting, as though he had always expected this to happen. Maybe… Maybe it had always been just a matter of time.
She smiles suddenly, and her mouth feels stretched unnaturally wide. She is surprised that her smile is so big, so truthful. "I'll be back."
"Pfff." Too late he decides to actas thoughit doesn't matter. "Like I'll care when you're gone." Akamaru jumps out of his hood and licks Hinata before Kiba yells at him, calling him a traitor. Before returning to Kiba the puppy gives her one last, long lick.
Then he turns his back on her and waits for her to leave. If only it wasn't you, she thinks, if only you were someone else. Why couldn't it be him?
She doesn't look past him to the village, to see if she can get one last glimpse of his window. To see if maybe there is a blonde boy running after her, waving his arms to make her stay. She doesn't try to see if anyone has noticed her absence yet.She just walks away, just as Kiba expects her to.