Alright, you know I had to do this one for the holidays, and even though this is so corny I can actually taste the corn ears in my mouth, it's way too cute to pass up. So, without further a due, here's shot number 4: Mistletoe sucks
"…and then Shikamaru says "Christmas tradition or not, I still think it's too troublesome…", and then he kisses her!" said Kiba, as he snatched an imaginary fly out of the air for emphasis. Hinata, who was standing next to him, made a small gasping noise.
"Really?" she said, blushing a little, "Shikamaru-kun actually kissed Temari-chan?"
Kiba nodded happily. He nodded so hard that he almost lost his balance and dropped the bag he was holding in his other hand. He and Hinata were walking through the streets of Konoha, doing their Christmas shopping, and catching up since they hadn't seen each other in a while.
"He didn't want to," Kiba continued, "but they got caught under the mistletoe, and that's fine with me, I was laughing for hours!"
Hinata gave Kiba a little bit of a stern look. "Kiba-kun! You shouldn't make fun of a kiss! It's supposed to be a really special thing!" she said.
A little surprised by Hinata's sudden bravery, Kiba replied, "But they didn't even want to! It was just cause they were unlucky enough to get caught under that stupid plant!"
Hinata folded her arms. "A kiss is a kiss Kiba-kun!"
Kiba laughed a little. Why would Hinata make such a big deal about this? It wasn't even her who got kissed, it was Shikamaru! Though he had to admit, it was pretty cute the way Hinata was expressing her opinion on the subject.
They walked into a lunch place since it was almost one o'clock and they hadn't stopped to eat yet since they'd started shopping. They waited to be seated, and there was a little bit of an awkward silence between the two of them. It was Kiba who tried to break the silence.
"Hey, um...I'm sorry about laughing about that kiss between Shikamaru and Temari, ok?" he said, almost hesitantly. All this talk of kissing and such had got him thinking. What was a kiss like anyway? He'd never had one. What does it taste like? What does it feel like? Was it any different from the kisses you give your family? All these questions started making him dizzy.
A waitress came up to them and greeted them kindly, though she looked very familiar with her short pink hair, her jade eyes, her pure smile, her...wait a minute...
"Sakura?" they both said aloud, though Hinata also added a 'chan' after she said her name. Sakura blinked a couple of times, amazed to see the two of them in the restaurant.
"Hinata and Kiba? What are you guys doing here?" she asked.
"Well, we were hoping to get some lunch." Said Kiba. "What are you doing here?"
Sakura began to play with her hands a little. "Um... I'm a little low on money for presents this year, so I'm taking a part time job to add to the money I get for my regular missions."
"Oh well, nothing wrong with getting extra money." Said Kiba. Sakura nodded.
"So how long have you had the job?" asked Hinata.
"From the day after the party when Shikamaru and Temari got caught under the mistletoe. I'm sorry you out on a mission when we had the party Hinata, you would have had a lot of fun."
She put on an evil smile and nudged Hinata a little in the side. "Naruto was there, maybe you could have been the ones under the mistletoe instead of Shikamaru and Temari."
Hinata started blushing furiously and cupped her face with her hands. Kiba however let out a low growl. It was no secret that he wasn't the greatest friends with Naruto because Hinata liked him.
"I-I don't think I would have w-wanted to do that Sakura-chan." She said still blushing.
"Why not? Asked Sakura, who was either really blind or really stupid to not notice Kiba's rising anger. "Look what happened to the other two! Ever since that kiss, Shikamaru and Temari are almost inseparable! You'd swear that they were boyfriend and girlfriend!"
Hinata blushed harder. "I...I don't like Naruto-kun like that!" she almost screamed. Kiba watched her, amazed. Wasn't Hinata in love with Naruto?
Hinata had already covered her mouth, regretting her outburst immensely. She used the hand that was free and not covering up her big trap to grab Kiba's hand. In a muffled voice, Sakura could just make out
"Well Sakura-chan, it's been nice seeing you, bye!" And with that, Hinata sped out of the restaurant, Kiba in tow, leaving the shopping bag he was carrying behind.
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She didn't even know where she was going, but Hinata ran into the nearest store she could find, which just happened to be the flower store that Ino's family owned.
She ran in and stopped, now panting for air. Her grip loosened on Kiba's hand and he pulled it away, slightly scared. He rubbed it a little and turned his attention back to Hinata, who was starting to breathe normally again.
"Hinata, are you ok? What was that back there? Why did you start running?" he asked, coming up behind her and trying to put and arm around her. He barely touched her when she flinched and looked up at him.
"I...got scared..." she said, trembling a little, "I was afraid of Sakura-chan's reaction to my answer."
Kiba had forgotten about that until Hinata had brought it up. He looked down at Hinata.
"Yeah, I mean, I always thought you were in love with Naruto too..." he said, moving his sight path to the floor. He of course didn't see Hinata shake her head no, but she did.
"I used to be..." she started, "but when I really thought about, I saw that Naruto-kun was more of my role model than my crush..."
Kiba let out a small sigh of relief. 'So she's not in love with Naruto... that's good...' He lifted his gaze and turned it back to the small Hyuga girl. She blushed a little and looked away.
"I'm sorry Kiba-kun, does that disappoint you?" she asked, fiddling with her fingers like she usually did when she was nervous.
"No, not at all!" he started, turning her head back towards him, "It doesn't disappoint me at all! In fact, it makes me..."
"Well, well, well..." said a voice from behind them, "Who do we have here?"
They both turned to see Ino sitting behind the counter, watching them with an evil smile on her face. Kiba and Hinata looked at her, then at each other. They immediately jumped away from the other one and started blushing.
"Ino," started Kiba, "It's not like that!"
"Yes," continued Hinata, "It's really not!"
Ino simply shook her head. She gave three 'tsk' sounds and said to them, "Now, now, now. Traditions shouldn't be broken! Just pretend that I'm not here." She said.
Kiba and Hinata looked at her as if she was wearing pants on her head.
"What are you talking about?" asked Kiba.
Ino gave a toothy smile and with her index finger, pointed upwards. Kiba and Hinata followed her directions and looked up. When they did, all color drained from their bodies.
Mistletoe.
Crap.
Slowly, both of their gazes came back to one another, both pink as flamingos. Ino laughed a little at them. "C'mon, traditions shouldn't wait."
Kiba shot her a glare, telling her to get out. Ino raised her hands to about chin level, telling him 'alright, alright, I'm leaving'. She turned around and headed into the back room.
Now it was just the two of them. Alone. Underneath the mistletoe. It just keeps getting better and better.
Kiba gulped loudly. Was there any way that he could do this? I mean, this was the girl he liked after all...it couldn't be that hard right? Right?
Hinata instinctively covered her mouth with her hand. She was unable to look at Kiba because she was so embarrassed. 'What am I going to do?' she thought, 'should I just close my eyes and let it happen?'
Kiba had been thinking the same thing. 'Maybe we could do just a tap kiss. Just a little touch of lips and then poof! All done.'
'I'll just shut my eyes really tight and not think about it!' thought Hinata.
'I don't think I can do this.' Thought Kiba. He looked over at Hinata who seemed to be having as much trouble as he was. She looked really worried, and almost scared.
"Hinata..." he said aloud, immediately regretting it. She looked at him, still blushing. It must have been contagious because he started to as well. "We...we don't have to if you don't want to..."
There was a sharp pain in Hinata's heart. She grabbed at her chest and averted her gaze to the floor. "Of...Of course Kiba-kun, I understand that you wouldn't want to...to... kiss me..."
Kiba's attention immediately turned to Hinata. "What?" he started, "When did I say that?"
"But...why else would you offer to not do it?" she asked sincerely. He grabbed her shoulders and turned her towards him.
"Hinata, don't put words in my mouth. I didn't say that. I asked because YOU looked like you didn't want to."
There was an awkward silence.
"Do you want to?" he asked, his blush returning. Hinata gulped really hard and turned even more pink.
"I...I think so..." she said.
"Yes or no?" said Kiba. He wanted to be sure. He wanted her to be sure. After about a minute, Hinata nodded her head yes.
"Al...Alright." she said. "Yes."
Kiba could feel a wave of happiness wash over him. The truth was, he wanted to kiss her too. He watched as Hinata shut her eyes as tight as she could, leaning her face towards him a little. He laughed a little and brought his hand up to her cheek.
"Relax. I won't bite."
Hinata tried and loosened up a little. She let her eyes rest and her face became much more relaxed, but still colored from her blush.
Kiba froze for a minute, taking a mental picture of Hinata's face at that moment. He thought it was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen.
He brought his other hand up to Hinata's other cheek, so that he was now holding her face, as though it was a porcelain doll. Slowly he started to move down, starting to close the gap between them.
He got very close, so close that he could feel her small breaths on his lips. He could feel her bottom lip start to quiver. Whether it was from excitement or fear he didn't know.
"Don't be afraid." He said. "I won't force anything on you."
He felt the trembling stop. "I know."
Softly and gently, he moved his head a little farther down and kissed her, like he was kissing the head of a baby.
Hinata was a little numb at first, but she slowly started to kiss back, moving her arms around his neck in the process.
They were like that for what seemed like forever, until they pulled away.
"See?" said Kiba, "I told you it wasn't going to be that bad."
Hinata, who was still red and had brought her hand back up to her mouth, nodded. "Y-Yeah..."
Kiba laughed out loud and put his arm around her shoulders. "Hinata, if you're still nervous, maybe we should practice until you're more comfortable with kissing."
Hinata let out a little yelp. "KIBA-KUN!"
"Hey, hey! I was just kidding!" he said.
Hinata glared at him for a minute, then started laughing, which he joined in on. He was happy. After all, now he knew what a kiss was like, and it was DEFINATLY different than kissing your family. Especially kissing Hinata. That was on a whole different level of pleasure that he'd ever felt.
As he stood there laughing with Hinata, neither of them knew that there was another set of eyes watching them from the back room on TV monitors.
"I knew getting that camera surveillance system for the shop was a good idea." Said Ino as she popped out the tape from the monitors, which held the entire moment between Hinata and Kiba on tape.
"Konoha Film Festival, here I come!"
Ahhh, I loves me some KibaHina for the holidays. Anyway, I hope y'all enjoyed the little Christmas treat, and now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to bed since it's one o'clock in the morning. Bye bye everyone and happy christmahanakwanza to you!