Sorry about this chapter being so damn short. =.= The one's to come are longer, swear :)

"Finally!" Kiba yelled out as the village came into view.

Hinata giggled happily as Akamaru ran ahead, barking loudly.

Kiba ran after him, and Shino let the breath he'd be holding go, happy to see his friend leave him alone.

"Come on Shino." Hinata skipped in front of the dark teen, smiling so damn bright it hurt Shino's eyes, even behind his sunglasses.

Shino nodded, but continued walking at the same pace.

Hinata sighed, and slowed, not wanting to leave him alone. She knew something was wrong, and she kind of hoped Shino would confine in her.

Fat chance.

Kiba stopped and waited for them at the village gate with a dorky grin plastered on.

"Come on guys!"

"We're coming." Shino said, rather annoyed, still keeping to his counting.

Counting kept him sane.

His skin still burned under his hunter green hood. He just wanted to get home and rest.

The second the two were at the village gate; Hinata was tackled to the floor by a certain blonde idiot.

"Hinata-Chan! I missed you!"

All of Hinata's face turned red as the boy's face rubbed against hers affectionately.

"Fuck off Naruto, she's just come back from a mission." Kiba rolled his eyes, annoyed, and honestly, a bit jealous. Not that he'd let her know.

Hinata could never know.

She was finally happy.

Naruto completely ignored Kiba.

"N-Naruto, I-I-I'm gross." Hinata squeezed her eyes shut, practically dying with having her love so damn close to her when she was completely covered in sweat.

Naruto's fingers wrapped around the band holding her hair up, and pulled it off, letting her blue black locks fall around her face.

"You're never gross." Naruto grinned, before getting up and extending his hand.

Hinata took it, and he pulled her to her feet.

"I take it you'll be spending the rest of today with your boyfriend?" Kiba scoffed, trying to sound nonchalant about it, though, inside, he was dying.

"O-oh! I-is that not okay?" Hinata blushed.

Naruto's arm snaked around Hinata's thick waist, pulling her to him.

"It's totally fine. Right, Kiba?" Naruto said, in a dangerously possessive tone.

"Do whatever you want. I just thought training was important to you." Kiba said, looking at Hinata.

Hinata's eyes darted to the floor, and didn't say anything.

"Lay off, Kiba! You said so yourself, she just came back from a mission." Naruto glared. "Besides, if it's that important, she can train with me."

"Fine. Whatever. Let's go, Akamaru." Kiba turned and left with his partner.

"H-he's mad at me…" Hinata kept her gaze low.

"He'll get over it. Come on, let's go get some ramen." Naruto smiled down at Hinata lovingly.

"H-Hai!" She smiled shyly, and left with him, his arm still around her waist.

Shino stood there, left alone.

Kiba still loves Hinata, doesn't he?

He sighed.

Of course he did, it wasn't too long ago that Naruto finally caught on about Hinata's crush, of course, it was mostly Sakura's doing, in an attempt to make the blonde fall for someone else. After a very awkward date, Naruto realized just how perfect he and Hinata were. After all, she liked him from the beginning, when he was still a short, loudmouthed prankster; when he was still so weak that he couldn't perform a simple clone Jutsu, when everyone hated him, she was there, watching, rooting, believing. Hinata was his, and his alone.

Kiba, falling for Hinata since the forming of team eight, wasn't quick enough, but, then again, it wouldn't have made much of a difference. He loved Hinata when no one noticed her, now she was fucking gorgeous, curvy and beautiful. Naruto didn't love her when she was invisible, he didn't deserve her in Kiba's mind. But, it was too late. Naruto and Hinata had been a couple for over a month now, and it seemed like they were happy. He couldn't just ruin it from her by burdening her with his feeling, so he hid them, and buried them deep within, killing himself slowly.

Shino hated it, hated how Kiba was hurt, and hated even more that the teen decided to love someone as simple as Hinata, regardless of how much she'd grown.

They just weren't right together. No one was right for Kiba. Kiba was something no one in the world could posses.

Shino closed his eyes for a bit longer than a standard blink, before turning, and heading towards his home, practically dragging his feet, still counting.

Counting kept him sane.

I'm very grateful to my two reviewers. I'm glad people are interesting in this story! I'll update as soon as I can, but, if you noticed on my fanfiction, I have 3 open stories, and on my Fictionpress, 2 others. So much writing, so little time =.=