Sorry about the tardiness of this chapter but here it is. Kiba's kinda hiding something and Kankuro is a little curious as to what that is. Hope you guys enjoy and again I do not own the characters.
"We're almost to my place!" Kiba directed the shout towards the sand ninja, the street lights revealed his groggy expression but he remained silent. Before the dog ninja had the chance to mock Kankuro, a slow bellow of drums rushed up in the skies, which made the Inuzuka wary. "Looks like tonight's going to be another rough one." Kiba mumbled to himself, Akamaru whined as he rubbed up against him in an attempt to calm his master's nerves. Kiba treated the dog with a few pats on the head, hoping to reassure him.
Water droplets slowly descended to the earth as the trio approached a country style house.
"Ah looks like we will be missing the downpour!" Kiba said eagerly as he fumbled his keys out of his pocket before reaching the door. The porch light flicked on as the three made it to the front door, Kiba stretched his arm to unlock the door, but the sky let out large rumbles which startled the man and he unknowingly dropped his keys. Kankuro knelt down to retrieve the keys and return them to Kiba. In that moment he caught a quick glimpse of Kiba's face. It seemed like it was mainly composed up of fear, but there was something else that he could not place his finger on. Kiba quickly changed his expression back into his rowdy one before the sand ninja could examine it any further. He quickly snatched the keys from the puppet master and unlocked the door. While opening it, Akamaru forced his way through, being the first to make it inside. Kiba flicked the two light switches on the wall as he kicked off his shoes. The entry way had lit up, but nothing else did. "What's that light switch for?" Kankuro curiously questioned with a solid cool tone in his voice while following Kiba's lead in taking his shoes off. "That one keeps the porch light on…" the dog ninja's lips dropped to a frown as he purposely cut his sentence short.
The two ventured further into the house with Kiba flicking each light on as they passed by them until they had reached the kitchen. "I have to go to the bathroom real quick, the guest room is straight down that hall." Kiba pointed straight in front of him before darting to the nearby bathroom. Kankuro began walking towards said room but his attention was caught by three picture frames which were bestowed on the counter top One displayed a young Kiba beside a girl with Inuzuka markings also etched on her face. Kiba was much shorter than her, she had placed her hand on his head and ruffled his hair before the photo was taken. Kiba was scowling at the smirking girl. That must be his older sister Kankuro thought to himself before shifting to another picture. This one displayed five dogs, one he instantly recognized as Akamaru. There were three that appeared to be relatively the same and the last one looked way more vicious than the others. This dog was missing his left ear and wore an eye patch over his right eye. He assumed the other dogs were also Inuzuka companions. The remaining photo displayed all the five dogs and three people. One was defiantly Kiba, and the same girl from the other picture was present in this one. The only one Kankuro didn't recognize was a wild older looking women who held an abrasive expression. Yikes, that must be his mom but where's- the puppeteer's thinking was disrupted by the bathroom door creaking open.
Shit. Kankuro's heart raced as he tensed up. It's not like he was doing anything wrong but why did he feel the need to avert his attention away from the photos? He chose to do so anyway and watch Kiba exit the bathroom. "You're still standing there?" Kiba teased as he gave a questioning look. Kankuro fished for an excuse "Well I did need the bathroom too, so I thought I'd just wait a minute." he finished his sentence without any indication of nervousness. "Oh yeah, you do have to wash off your 'face paint' still." Kiba chuckled "Oh and if you plan on bathing before you go to bed, I suggest you do it quickly." the dog ninja stated. "Are you saying I smell?" Kankuro stated defensively while lunging toward Kiba. "No, I didn't mean it like that-" the Inuzuka stared at the angered man, who was now just a foot away. He actually liked this sand ninja's scent, it was a dry, spicy musk that had a hint of sweetness to it. Kiba snapped back into reality and continued his statement " It's just Konoha's storms are infamous for power outages." Kankuro tensed down and accepted the dog ninja's excuse. "I think I'll just wash my face and then go to bed." Kankuro stated as he strutted towards the door. "Alright, well I'm going to hit the hay myself, if you need me my room is the last one on the right, the closest to the guest room." Kiba began shutting the lights near him off and was now heading in the direction previously stated. "Okay will do." Kankuro had slowly closed the door to make sure that the dog ninja was finally done speaking. He looked into the mirror, he still had that smudge from earlier, he turned on the sink and removed his hood, he than began scrubbing at his face, removing a good portion of the face paint. He stared at his purple patchy face for a minute, then he began taking care of what remained. He then proceeded to change into a pair of sweatpants and a clean mesh shirt. He then made a B line straight to the guest room, not even bothering to say goodnight to his host.