Naruto looked on in confusion. Had he heard correctly? Was Kiba bisexual? Worse yet, was he... dare he say it... straight? He looked at Kiba. He was just sitting there as if nothing had happened. It was at this point that Naruto realized he was drawing attention to himself, so he quickly collected himself and replied with a soft "Oh..."

They sat in silence for a few minutes until Naruto spoke up and said, "Hey, Kiba." the brunette turned to look at him, "I left something in the car, can you come get it with me."

"Sure," he replied. Once they were outside and out of earshot, Naruto got very angry very fast. "Your parents think that you're straight?"

"Well... Kind of..."

"We've been dating for three years and they still think that you like chicks?"

"I haven't gotten around to it is all," he replied defensively.

"You've had three years!"

"Look," Kiba pulled him toward the car, afraid that someone would see them, "It's for my dad, ok? He wanted someone to carry on the family name. He has no brothers or anything, only me and my sister. It would break his heart to know that the Inuzuka line is going to die with him."

"Isn't it worse to make him think that there's still a chance for you to get married?" Out of the corner of his eye, Naruto could make out a car's headlights.

"You don't understand how much this means to him."

"Kiba, you're lying to your father about one of the most important things in your life." The headlights got closer.

"I'm not saying I like it," his voice got more stern, "but I don't have the heart to tell him."

The car was turning into the Inuzuka's driveway as the two finished their conversation. The sleek black car came to a stop just behind Kiba's blue one. A girl with pink hair stepped out.

Kiba walked over to Sakura and shook her hand. "Thanks again for coming."

"It's no problem," she replied. She noticed the blonde leaning on Kiba's car and said, "Naruto? Naruto Uzumaki? That's who you ended up with, Kiba?"

Kiba blushed, "yeah..."

Sakura ran over and hugged a still-dazed Naruto. "I haven't seen you since high school." She let him go. "So what have you been doing? Besides Kiba, I mean." Both boys turned a deep red.



"Not much, Sakura. How about you," Naruto asked shyly.

"Not a lot, you know? I'm pre-law, so I've been doing that."

Naruto replied with an un-interested "oh..."

The Inuzukas had come outside to see what was going on. They were both excited to see the pink-haired girl. As the two adults hugged and kissed what they thought to be their new daughter-in-law, Naruto took the opportunity to elbow Kiba in the rib and jerked his head in the direction of his father. Kiba glared at the blonde before he headed over to the mob of people on the driveway.

'You should tell him.'

'But, he'll be ashamed.'

'So what? You love Naruto, right?'

'Of course.'

'Then what else matters?'

'It's not that simple.'

'Why not?'

'It just isn't.'

Kiba sighed as he put on the same act that he did every time his parents wanted to meet his "girlfriend." He promised himself that one day he would come clean with his parents, but for now he had a fake girlfriend he needed to have dinner with.

-Later That Night-

The drive home was a quiet one. Kiba had never seen Naruto so depressed. He just stared out the window at the dark scenery for the entire ride.

That night, they both went to bed without saying a word...