Yep, it had been over six months since Kiba had last had sex as his friends were currently enjoying reminding him with 'heartfelt concern'.
"You need a girlfriend! Like me!" Naruto exclaimed. To everyone's shock rowdy Naruto and shy Hinata had been amongst the first out of their age-group to form a solid relationship, and Naruto loved to rub it in their faces.
"Yes indeed, a girlfriend" Sai agreed. Despite his awkwardness it hadn't been that surprising when he and Ino had got together. She had led the relationship after all.
"I agree" said Shino surprising everyone present. Perhaps Ino was right about him and Hana after all. Kiba gave him a suspicious sideways glance.
"Yeah, come on Kiba" Ino laughed, jumping up and tugging on his arm. "Lets go find you one right now!" Always playing miss matchmaker Kiba thought with a shake of his head. Ino took this to mean he wasn't interested in her help, shrugged and snuggled back against Sai, with a kiss on his cheek.
"Give me a break guys. I've been busy alright." Kiba argued. Which wasn't a lie. Acheiving Jounin rank and taking on the responsibilities of a squad Captain, had been exhausting and time consuming. But it also wasn't the entire truth.
Six months ago Kiba had been convinced he was a perverted sex addict and had been disgusted by his own sexual appetite. When Kira first arrived at their home. She had walked in the door and five seconds later he could feel himself growing hard. Not only had he refused to greet her but he had made his exit fast, fleeing the house for the fresh air of the forest. His mother had been extremly angered by his rudeness but he was hardly going to explain to her that he had simply been too turned on to be polite. It had taken him four weeks to adjust to her presence in the house. Exposing himself to her scent for short periods each time so that at least the evidence of his attraction did not become physical. Since then he had done everything in his power to manage his desire. He'd avoided being around her, as much as he could. He'd taken extra, might he add shithouse, missions just to be out of the house for a few days. He had tried to sleep with other women but found that all his hot, heady need just turned to ice when she wasn't around.
Damn. How had he not seen it sooner? This wasn't just desire. This was his mate, and he was irrovecably smitten. He thought about everything he had discussed with his mother, he thought about eveything he felt when he was around Kira, he thought about how fucking good her heat had smelt and the reaction it had caused him. He thought about what it meant to take a mate and give yourself in return. He just sat there and thought for a very long time. If any of his friends had taken notice they would've sworn he was Shikamaru disguised as Kiba. But they were busy discussing their own love lives.
Finally Kiba came came to a conclusion. He could no longer deny his insticts. They had been screaming at him that she was his mate. Did that mean he was in love with her? No, he thought, not yet. He didn't know her well enough to call it love but Inuzuka's were very instinctual creatures. Love was often something that formed after the bonding of mates. Bonding, could he possibly be ready for that? Being near his mate was making him desperately want to have sex with her but bonding was so much more than just sex. Bonding involve promising yourself to that one person for the rest of your life. The idea of her only being with him was appealing but he didnt feel that it would be right for him to claim her if he couldn't make the same promise in return, and a lifetime was a very long time.
He needed time away from her scent. Time to think clearly. To be sure that she was not a threat to the village or his pack, and to decide if he was ready to bond with his mate, forsaking all others. He needed to leave Konoha.