Disclaimer : Naruto © Kishimoto
Genre : Humor/Fluff
Pairings : KibaHina
Word Count : 602

NO NEED TO BE NERVOUS

"haha," Kiba chuckled softly. "You're so cute."

"Huh?" his blue-haired girlfriend gasped, as if surprised to see him next to her, though he'd only just left the room moments earlier, promising to return quickly.

"I don't know what you're so nervous about," he continued, walking over to her as she sat nervously on the loveseat in the Inuzuka living room. Actually, Kiba knew what was bothering his sweet, timid girlfriend. For weeks she had been anxiously preparing herself for this moment, despite the fact that Kiba continued to insist that she didn't need to do anything special. He hated to see her so stressed out. But no matter what Kiba said, the white-eyed girl still couldn't ease her tension.

According to the other girls, Hinata had gone over at least a dozen outfits, tried doing her hair over just as many styles, went to ten different perfume shops looking for the perfect scent to wear that wouldn't disturb a sensitive Inuzuka nose. And all this was not including the agonizing weeks she had spent looking for the perfect Christmas gifts for Kiba's mother and sister.

"Hi-chan..." Kiba smiled down sweetly at his fidgeting girlfriend as she shifted back and forth on the couch. He moved closer and carefully wrapped his arms around her, pulling her back into his chest as he nuzzled his face into the crook of her neck. "You're worrying too much," Kiba tenderly whispered into her tiny right ear, just barely poking out from beneath the ringlet curls of her fancy new hairstyle.

"I can't help it Kiba-kun," Hinata meekly replied, leaning back into the dog-boy's firm muscular chest. She was careful not to slouch though, lest she wrinkle her perfectly pressed lavender accented white dress. "I just want this dinner with your family to go perfect."

He laughed at her response, which earned the young Inuzuka a hurt look, followed closely by a glare that could put Neji's infamous icy cold stares to shame. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Kiba quickly apologized, though that didn't quite stop him from laughing a little bit more before he smiled and nuzzled her neck a little more. "haaa," he sighed, exhaling deeply against the girl's pale neck. "You know Hana adores you," the boy calmly whispered as he wrapped his arms tighter around the blue-haired girl's curvy figure. "And ma..." he smirked, seeing a look of terrified apprehension, apparently unsure about what Kiba would say next. "Hi-chan... my mom loves me, so no matter what, she was always going to love you," he said, smiling reassuringly before he continued. "But honestly," Kiba paused again and almost chuckled at the way Hinata suddenly stiffened in his arms and gave him her complete attention. "Since the day she met you, Ma has thought the world of you Hinata. I promise you Hi-chan, both of them love you as much as they love me... hell, maybe even more!" And that was the truth. Despite her timidness, the quiet ladylike inner strength that the two Inuzuka women saw in the Hyuga heiress that first day they met, a strength the girl couldn't have even seen in herself back in those days, had almost instantly won them over. And Inuzuka's prided themselves in their excellent judge of character. They had never once been proven wrong. And so tonight, at the Inuzuka's traditional Christmas-Eve dinner, when Hinata and Kiba officially told his mother and sister that they were dating, the fang-faced boy was certain the two women would welcome her with open arms.

A/N : I'm not sure if this is a 2-parter or a 3 parter... but it's definitely a multi-chapter. Next chapter will either be the actual dinner or a dinner with the Hyugas... that should be fun too ;p heheh