Every Little Thing
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Written for theme #14: Radio Cassette Player. This one is set in a modern AU setting.
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What's This?
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"Hey, what's this?" Kiba picked up the little device, smirking at it. "A cassette player? Haven't seen one of these in a long time."
Hinata blushed and reached out, grabbing the old walk-man. "I-it's from when I was younger. I just…never got rid of it."
"So you took it to college with you?"
"Th-that's…"
Kiba laughed and kneeled down in front of her, ruffling her hair playfully. She was sitting on the floor, a bunch of her things laid out in front of her as she cleaned her room in preparation for going home for break.
"I'm just teasing," he said softly, smoothing her hair and looking through the rest of her things. They'd met earlier in the year, and while she was comfortable with him he wished it could be something more. She was really cute, and awesome and nice, and every chance he missed to kiss her weighed on him.
And if she was going home all winter…
"Hey, Hinata." She glanced up at him while in the act of putting a picture in her box of take-home things. "Before you go, you wanna, I don't know. Go out or something? Like to eat!" he hastened to add, although he really didn't mean it like that. "Like when we first met."
The young woman blinked up at him and smiled. "That was fun. Although you'll let me help pay this time…right?" The look in her eye was strange, and Kiba wasn't quite sure how to take it, but he nodded anyway. Hinata beamed even more and leaned up, kissing his cheek. "Thank you. I always feel bad when you pay for me."
Kiba wasn't sure if that hurt, or just made him more determined to get her to realize there was a reason he always insisted on paying, something that went beyond 'you helped me pass an evil class and are a good friend,' and more towards 'because you're awesome and a good friend and I like you.'
"I don't mind, really. So, it's a date tonight?"
Her blush was cute, but it was even better when she nodded. And if she didn't consider it a date the same way he did, that was ok, too. He'd just need to learn some patience until after winter break.
He was sure he could manage that.