Author note is at bottom! Sorry it's short!

"talking"
'thinking'

As Naruto jogged to Shukaku's house his mind kept wandering back to the kiss. He was so confused! The poor blond kit just didn't know what to do anymore. The kiss was amazing for sure! But he was confused by the older kitsunes behavior. It seemed he could get closer to him, but as soon as he got to close Kyuubi would just push him away.

'What am I going to do!' Naruto thought as he continued his journey, 'I barely know him! I've already kissed him two times!'

Naruto didn't realize that in all his thought he wasn't heading towards Gaara's older brothers house. He was actually heading to the place were Kyuubi had run off to the first time he tried to kiss him. The blond came to this conclusion when he ran into a tree and looked around his surroundings.

'Why'd I come here? Guess I might as well sit for awhile...' Naruto thought sitting on the rock beside the lake.

A sigh escaped his lips as he glanced over the surface of water. It was so peaceful here; he understood now why Kyuubi would run to this place. He got out his phone out of his pocket and decided he'd call Gaara and ask if he could just talk to Shukaku.

He heard nothing but ringing and was about to hang up until he heard an out of breath hello.

"Um... hope I'm not interrupting anything but I was wondering if I could talk to your brother.... unless your busy." Naruto said with a suggestive grin coming to his face.

"N-no! We're not d-doing anything! But whatever.... here's Shukaku..."

Naruto could here some complaining and moving around before the older tanuki demons deep voice echoed from the phone.

"What do you want shrimp!"

"Seems like I did interrupt something!"

"Whatever! Come one and hurry up! What is so important that you actually want to talk to me!"

"Welllllll..... It's about Kyuubi.."

"What about him! What happened is he al-"

"Calm down! He's fine! I just.... wanted to ask some questions about him..."

"Why would you want to know?"

"I'm just curious! He just acts weird in.... certain situations!" Naruto blushed at mentioning this and decided that he shouldn't have said that.

"Oooohhhhh.... Seems like someone likes a certain red head!"

"Quit the teasing and just answer my damn questions!" Naruto snarled.

"FINE! Buuuuut depends what they are because some things I can't tell you cause that would be mean..... and I'm not a mean person."

Naruto heard a chuckle come from what he guessed to be Gaara and a hushed 'shut up' from Shukaku.

"Ok..... just tell me what you can. Um... well... why does he get to so... nervous when you get to close?"

"Hmmmm.... lets see... how to answer. Everyone has personal space issues. Kyuubi's is just more serious.... lets just say some thing happened in his family that caused it."

"Like what?" Naruto asked feeling excited he'd finally have a clue on why the red-eyed fox acts the way he does.

"I can't go into detail... I'm not too sure of it myself. You see he's never told me everything, but I have guessed to what it might be. I think I'm right, but I hope I'm not."

"Shukaku, what did you guess.." Naruto sounded nervous.

"Well I think he might have been ra-"

The phone was suddenly taken from the blond when he looked up and blue met red again. Kyuubi put the phone to his ear and calmly talked into it.

"You know Shukaku, you've got a big mouth." He then closed the phone.

Naruto nervously looked to Kyuubi only to see the red head eerily calm. Red eyes turned to him slowly and he swallowed the lump that was forming in his throat. He didn't know what the red head was thinking but he was prepared to run if necessary.

Kyuubi took a step forward only to have Naruto lung into a sprint to get away. But he was tackled to the ground without even taken to steps. The air rushed out of him as he landed on his face. He struggled with all his might to get the other off but it was all in vain. Even though Kyuubi was small and lithe he was still bigger than Naruto was.

The red head bent his head so his lips were touching the outside of Naruto's ear. His warm breath washing over the sensitive fox ear.

"What is with you? Why all the questions? The advancements!?!" Kyuubi hissed out, his voice getting angrier."Why! Why do you want to know so much about me!"

Kyuubi lifted up enough to flip then other over only to sit back down so the younger kit could not run. His narrowed red-eyes starred into scarred blue. The blue ones just starred into the red depths, searching for some thing.

Naruto peered more into the others eyes, searching. Looking through all the anger, confusion, and sadness to see a scarred little boy that just wanted understanding. He reached his hand up and put his sun kissed hand to Kyuubi's snow-white cheek.

Kyuubi's eyes closed, relishing in the warmth and comfort from another. It should have felt weird to him; it did when others touched him. But not when this young boy did it. It felt natural; it felt as good as breathing after holding your breath fro a long time!

He felt at peace with himself for the first time after so long! He didn't want this moment to end he wanted to be selfish and keep it! His eyes started to sting, and he felt some thing warm slide down his face. He opened his eyes to find his vision blurred by, tears?

His body started to shake with the silent sobs. He bent his head down, resting it on the blonds shoulder. Releasing all his stress and sorrow to this one kitsune hanyou that he barely knew. Yet at the same time felt as if he knew all his life.

Naruto put his arms around Kyuubi, as if trying to shelter him from his pain. He rubbed soothing circles onto his back and started to hum some song that popped into his mind. He didn't know where the song came from, it just formed. They stayed that way for hours.

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Gomen! I know... short.. and after such a long wait. But my computer has a virus... and keeps getting them... so it's hard to post right now. Especially when your Internet keeps randomly shutting down. But I was inspired to write after reading such a wonderful story! Cherry Soda Boy! It's a FFVII story about Cloud and Reno!!! Yay! Reno!!! But I'm trying my best.... hopefully I'll be able to update again soon!