Disclaimer – Still don't own Naruto.

Author's Note - Ok, so I obviously decided to continue the story because well, this is the next chapter. I made a few changes to the way the chapters are, so hopefully they'll be less confusing now. There isn't much in this chapter either, just a bit of flirting on Kankuro's part, but next chapter will definitely have some of the good stuff. Now, on with the story!

(Previously)

"Kiba"

"Huh? Oh, uh, Yeah?"

"You'll be paired with Kankuro."

"Uhm, okay," Kiba said monotonously while on the inside he was screaming 'Yes, Yes, YES!'

'Perfect,' Kankuro thought as he grinned, 'Looks like I won't have to wait much longer until I get to have some fun with Kiba.'

(Now)

Kiba spent the rest of the class period coming up with a plan to find out whether Kankuro liked him or not. Kankuro on the other hand, since he was pretty confident in his assumption that Kiba liked him, was planning out how he would make his first move with the dog-lover. While Mr. Iruka explained the requirements of the project Kiba was lost in his thoughts, he was so deep in thought that he didn't even notice the bell ring until Sakura started talking to him.

"Oh. My. God. This project is gonna be so hard, don't you think Kiba?" Sakura asked staring at him.

"Yeah," Kiba said not really paying attention.

"But I bet you're glad you're paired with Kankuro, aren't you?"

"Yeah," Kiba said again still not paying attention.

"Are you even listening to me?" Sakura asked a bit annoyed.

"Yeah," Kiba said again, still deep in thought.

"Of course he's not listening, he's too busy thinking about me," Kankuro said, suddenly next to Kiba and Sakura, "isn't that right Kiba?" He asked turning to Kiba.

"Ye- No! Of course not, I uh, I was just thinking of what we could do for the project," Kiba shot back blushing furiously as he picked up his stuff to leave.

"The blush tells me otherwise." Kankuro said confidently as he turned and walked out of class. Making sure his shoulder brushed against Kiba's slightly as he passed by him. Kiba jumped a little bit at the touch which caused him to take a slight intake of breath, which made him notice one thing. Kankuro smelled good. No, not just good. Really good. Kiba was barely able to keep control of himself, that smell was intoxicating, it made Kiba want to just tackle Kankuro and kiss him until the end of time, but he decided that probably wouldn't be a good thing to do in school so instead he focused on Sakura when he noticed her beside him.

"Oooh, looks as if he might like you too!" Sakura said giddily.



"What makes you say that?"

"I can just tell he might like you by the way he acted and because of the question he asked." Sakura replied walking away.

"Or he might just be an ass," Kiba mumbled under his breath as he walked out of class. He was still a bit embarrassed because of what just happened, and he was a bit flustered by being that close to Kankuro. He stopped a second once he got to his locker to get his composure back, then moved on to his next class.

The rest of the day Kiba thought about how he would control himself. He wouldn't let what Sakura said affect him, he still thought that there was no chance Kankuro liked him, and even if he did, they're nothing alike. Kankuro was so strong and confident, and Kiba was shy and self-conscious, total opposites. For a second the saying 'Opposites attract' popped into his head, then he pushed it away, 'That's just a saying, it's not true' Kiba told himself.

The final bell rang and he walked slowly to his locker still thinking about the day's events. He needed to sort out his thoughts, and that's exactly what he planned on doing. He was going to go home and sort through his thoughts and come up with a way to get through the project with Kankuro without embarrassing himself and revealing his feelings for the older boy. He was looking forward for a night alone with his thoughts until he noticed Kankuro standing by his locker. 'Shit! What is he doing standing there? Is he waiting for me? And how does he know where my locker is?' Kiba wondered. He was going to try to sneak out of school without stopping at his locker so he could avoid Kankuro, but he also wanted to walk up there to see why Kankuro was standing by his locker. Curiosity got the best of him so he decided to walk up to the older boy.

'God, where is that kid? What is taking him so long to get to his locker?' Kankuro thought as he waited for Kiba to get to the locker. Ever since second period Kankuro was trying to think of the best way to get to know Kiba and possibly even have some fun with him, so he decided that the sooner they started talking and working on the project, the better. He looked up and saw that Kiba was heading toward him. Since Kiba was still a ways away so Kankuro took the liberty to take a look at Kiba's body as he headed toward his locker. 'Wow, he has a great body! Lean but muscular,' Kankuro thought as Kiba finally reached him.

"What took you so long?" Kankuro asked, hoping he didn't sound too rude.

"Sorry, I didn't know you were going to be waiting," Kiba said rather shyly.

"Don't worry about it. I was wondering if you would want to start on the project tonight, I don't have any plans and the sooner we get it done the better right?" Kankuro asked, taking notice that Kiba looked a little flustered at the statement.

'Damn it! Why does he want to start working on it tonight? I still have to do some thinking! Ugh, why didn't I just leave and not approach him?' Kiba yelled to himself inside his head. He didn't want to say no because he really wanted to be around Kankuro, but he really didn't want to embarrass himself.

"Uh, Kiba? Kiba? Hellooo, ya' in there?" Kankuro asked once he realized the boy probably wasn't going to answer him anytime soon.

"Sorry about that. Sure, I guess we can start on it tonight. We can work at my house, my mom is out of town so it'll be quiet and there won't be many interruptions."

"Sure, sounds good. I'll be there at like four o'clock, ok?" Kankuro asked.

"Sure, that works, see you then." Kiba said as he turned to walk away.

"Wait! Where do you live?" Kankuro asked, which caused Kiba to stop. He took a piece of paper and a pen out of his bag and scribbled down his address and gave it to Kankuro. "Great, thanks, see you then." Kankuro said grinning and walking away.



"Yeah, see you then."

'Awesome, tonight I get to be with Kiba, and by what he said it sounds like we'll be alone. This is going to be fun,' Kankuro thought looking at the address Kiba wrote on the piece of paper.

As soon as Kiba got home he started to tidy up the house a bit, he didn't want Kankuro to think he was a slob. Once the house was clean-ish he decided to take a fast shower. While in the shower he thought a bit about the project and Kankuro, then got out dried of and waited for Kankuro to arrive. A few minutes after he was out of the shower and dressed he heard a knock on the door. "Come on in!" Kiba yelled from the bathroom as he ran down the hall to the door. Kankuro opened the door and immediately noticed Kiba's hair was wet.

"Uh, just get out of the shower I'm guessing?" Kankuro asked.

"Yeah, so, do you want to work in my room or in the living room?" Kiba asked as he combed his hair.

"Uh, the living room is fine I guess."

Once they got to the living room Kiba sat down on the couch and gestured for Kankuro to sit beside him as he put his History binder on the table in front of the couch and pulled out the papers for the project. Kankuro walked by Kiba and sat next to him and Kiba immediately noticed the smell again. He also noticed the Kankuro sat rather close to Kiba, even though the couch was big enough to fit at least 3 people.

That smell had Kiba entranced again, he could only sit there and breathe, that smell was so amazing. Kankuro noticed that Kiba had stopped what he was doing so he looked over at him and noticed he was just sitting there staring off into space breathing a bit heavily.

"Kiba? You alright?" Kankuro asked him. Kiba snapped back into his senses immediately and blushed,

"Yeah, I'm fine," Kiba said, a bit nervous, Kankuro was so close to him. Kankuro noticed he was a bit nervous and decided that now was as good a time as ever to try something.

"You sure?" Kankuro said, scooting a bit closer, "you seem a bit nervous," Kankuro said looking at Kiba.

"n-no, I'm ok," Kiba said getting even more flustered.

"Looks to me like you're pretty nervous. You don't need to be though, I don't bite," Kankuro said grinning and leaning even closer to Kiba, so that their faces were inches apart.

"W-what?" Kiba stuttered. 'Is he doing what I think he's doing?' Kiba thought and he soon had his question answered as Kankuro closed the gap between them and covered Kiba's lips with his own.

TBC

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