Following day at 7 pm, Kiba and Naruto were waiting for Haku to show-up at hotel entrance. Both boys were excited. Naruto was hopping from one leg to another, every other minute glancing down the road for the long-haired boy. Kiba was, on other hand, glancing at his cell. He had feeling that damn thing would turn into scorpio and sting him.
'Aah, this is what I get for following that chicken-brain ideas,' he thought. It wouldn't be much of surprise if their mothers show up there suddenly to haul their asses home. God knows that they have some supernatural powers to detect if they are behaving mischievously. His mother could smell the lie, literally.
'God, if you are listening now, please make sure that our parents never learn about this. I promise, I would never cheat again on Math test, or put the gum under my school desc.' He glanced at his best friend. The blonde was playing with his backpack straps, with no worry whatsoever. In that moment, the sleek black Mercedes with tinted windows drove up in front of them. Minute later, Haku got out from passenger side.
"Hey guys, it's good to see you again! Come on, hop in. Let's get going." Beamed Haku at two starring boys.
"Whoa, Haku. That is some cool ride you got there." Said Naruto impressed.
"Yeah, it is. It belongs to that friend of mine. And chauffeur, too."
"Damn. You must feel like prime minister riding in it."
'Or bloody yakuza,' thought Kiba, but decided to keep it for himself.
"It is nice. Let's go, we don't want to be late."
"Ok!" Shouted Naruto then climbed in the car.
Kiba paused just for the second. Haku looked at him with amusement in his eyes. It was like the other boy could read his emotions, and he knew that Kiba was feeling uncomfortable. 'Here comes nothing'. Thinking that, he got in. Haku had closed the door after him, and got in himself. He gave the chauffeur instructions, and they went.
The drive was pleasant. The boys chit-chat friendly, and listened to the music. Haku told them more about himself, his passion for art and acting, and his dreams for future.
Kiba found himself more relaxing. He actually started enjoying other boy's presence.
It didn't take them to long to get in front of Haku's loft apartment. Kiba and Naruto's first impression of place was "spacious". The whole loft was one huge space filled with furniture. Painting canvases and tools were all around the place. Actually, it was pretty tidy if you don't mind those.
Naruto looked around and said, "I like your place. It is very nice decorated. You can definitely tell that it belongs to artistic person."
"Thank you." Replayed Haku.
Kiba saw a painting on easel. It was a portrait of a man. He asked, "Whose portrait is this?"
Haku's eyes softened and filled with love and passion. He looked at the painting and answered, "That is a very important person in my life. I met him at my painting exposition while I was high-schooler. He was the one who bought my very first painting. Also, the one who offered to sponsor my further education. 'I would be honored if I could help the artist to nurture this amazing gift. Please, let me do it.' was what he said that day."
"Wow, he sounds like amazing person himself." Said Naruto.
"He is. He is my best friend, my patron, and my lover. My Zabuza Momochi."
Hearing that Naruto and Kiba blushed. Not only was other boy in love, he was in love with man!
Haku pulled himself from his daydreaming and said, "Ok, boys. It's time to put some costumes on."
He went to his closet and pulled out tree wrapped costume boxes.
"This two are for you, Kiba. You wanted something to represent scary so I think one of these should answer to that problem." He handed him the clothes. Then turned to Naruto, "And this is yours. It should fit you perfectly. You might need to use a little bit of make-up, so feel free to use mine. I need to go to Zabuza's place and get ready. Whole apartment is at your disposal. As they say, mi casa es tu casa."
He went for the door, then stopped. "The car would come to pick you up around 9:30. I would already be there waiting for you. Laters, boys and girls." With the wink, he left, leaving two puzzled faces behind.
Kiba turned to Naruto, "What was that about?"
Naruto just shrugged. "Doesn't matter. Lets see what we got."
Putting boxes on the bed, Kiba unwrapped them and let out a sigh. He feared that Haku would made him wear some ridiculous monster costume, but the boy actually had great taste. One was a vampire and another one werewolf costume. Naruto peered over his shoulder and whistled, "Wow, those look really cool. Which one are you gonna choose?"
"I don't know."
"Ok, let me ask you this. Are you on Team Edward or Team Jacob?" Asked Naruto with all seriousness in his voice.
Kiba looked at his, sometimes very dumb, friend face. "Team Jacob, of course. I'm not gonna be like some sparkly fanged pretty boy who suck other people blood."
"He eats animals, no people. And Jacob also have fangs and drink blood."
"Maybe from raw steak. And he is much more masculine. And he is a wolf, which is like a very big dog. And I like dogs. And why are we talking about damn Twilight right now?" He said breathlessly.
Naruto smiled at his friend, "So, which costume is gonna be?"
"Werewolf one."
"Ok." Giggled Naruto.
Kiba huffed and puffed. He always get caught in Naruto's schemes.
' I guess that I'm bigger fool then him then.' He thought.
"We should get ready. Why don't you go over there behind that japanese screen and change. I will do it here."
"Ok." Naruto picket up his stuff and went there. He opened his box and got clothes out. He looked at it once, then twice. He checked that he didn't forgot something in the box. Nope. Box was empty except for a sheet of paper with a note for him.
'For you to be bold and daring.
And certainly eye catching.'
He glanced at clothes and swallowed. 'Ok, here we go.' thought Naruto and start changing.
After a while, Kiba was ready. He truly liked his costume. 'Shame that guys can't see us now. Oh, wait, I could take a picture.' He thought. After snapping some shotes, he called Naruto.
"Oy, Naruto. Are you done?"
He could hear quiet yelp behind the screen.
"Hey, are you ok?" He asked his friend and started forward.
"Don't come here!" Shouted Naruto. "Stay were you are."
Kiba was taken aback. What could happen?
"Naruto, what is wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Well, if it is nothing, why can't I see you? Is it your costume repulsive?"
"No." Naruto said in small voice.
"Then?" Asked Kiba anxiously.
After some pause, Naruto answered, "Ok. I will come out. Just, please try to look at this with open mind."
Naruto got around the protecting screen. Kiba's jaw dropped and his eyes threatened to drop out of the eye sockets.
"OOH, FUCK! WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD ARE YOU WEARING?!"