The next morning I woke up as the sun rose, looking over to my clock I saw that it was 6:39. "Perfect." I thought. "Now I have more than enough time for myself before meeting up with the others."

Stretching a little, I got out of bed and took care of my daily hygienic needs and opened the sliding door to see no one in the living room. "Hmm, Dosu must still be sleeping." I said aloud

"... I am in the kitchen." A disembodied voice corrected. I followed the voice and saw Dosu carefully putting some rice in the cooker then turning it on. I looked him over, this is the first time that I have seen Dosu wearing something other than his usual attire. Unfortunately he was still wearing the bandages on his face, but his clothing consisted of navy blue sweat pants with a black loose fitting shirt, and white socks. I assumed this was his sleepwear. "Are you going out?" He asked quietly.

"Yeah." I responded shrugging my shoulders. "Zaku caused a lot of trouble yesterday evening and I want to fix it somehow."

"I see." Dosu nodded, "was that the reason you locked him out?"

"Yeah, but that was nowhere near what I wanted to do." I joked. Dosu simply nodded his head again and went to the fridge. I stayed quiet while he rummaged through the contents that were still unknown to me. He pulled out a small fish and sat it on a mat on the counter.

"Are you hungry, Kin?" He changed the subject.

"No, I'm not. Thanks for asking." I lied. I'm actually starving right now, I haven't eaten since yesterday evening and even then I didn't finish my food. "I'm going to go out to eat later actually."

"Well, we had money left over from yesterday in case you need some." He suggested. That was very considerate of him to offer. Ever since we came to the village Dosu has been really kind. "It's hidden in the bookcase, a place Zaku will never look. Ensure that you do not reveal it's location to him."

I chuckled, "alright, I won't. Thanks."

I took just enough money to buy myself some new clothing, of which I desperately needed, and hoped I had enough to do something with Kiba as my apology to him. I didn't want to take too much as we only got a certain amount each month and it was only the beginning of this month.

Back in my room, I decided to wear my old shirt along with the pants I bought yesterday, I know it didn't look good but it was all I had. My shirt smelled really good, so I assumed that someone washed my clothing for me while I was gone. It was most likely Dosu because Zaku isn't kind enough to do that.

"See you later Dosu," I said passing his seated form at the table in the living room with his breakfast of grilled fish and rice. "I'm leaving now." I put my shoes on at the door and walked out, closing it behind me, though not before giving Dosu a slight wave to which he responded with a single nod.

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I realized within the hour of shopping that I have done so far, why it was so fun. Searching through the endless selections of clothing for the perfect ensemble proved to be more entertaining than I originally thought, especially now since I was the only costumer in this early hour.

"Oh, hey you." A voice said from behind me. "Doing a little shopping, eh?"

I quickly turned around pushing my cart full of clothing to the next aisle. "Uh yeah, just a little."

It was Ino, she was smiling at me as if we had been friends forever. She had been doing a little shopping on her own, in this store at least, she had a few garments hanging on her arm along with four large bags with different logos on each one.

"Do you usually go shopping this early?" I asked to make conversation.

"Yup, it's my favorite thing to do."

"Oh, okay well.." I wasn't sure what to say to her, I was ashamed of both my behavior and Zaku's last night. I wasn't prepared to face anyone this early in the morning.

"Why so shy? Is it about last night?" She said putting a hand on hip, "if that's the reason then you shouldn't be acting that way. You have nothing to be ashamed of."

I looked at her. She had a very genuine and sincere smile on her face, I smiled myself not feeling so weird anymore.

"Now that the air is cleared. Let's see what you've picked out." She said smirking and rubbing her hands together.

"N-no!" I rushed to my cart and rolled it out of her reach.

"Come on Please let me see." She whined puckering her bottom lip out and lacing her fingers together.

"Ino.."I started, but the breath in my body was knocked out as Ino pushed me aside to get to my clothes.

"Hmm." She said holding each piece of clothing in the air, thoroughly examining each one. "Your color choice is odd, but you do have some good taste." Ino rolled the cart behind her and intently stared at me as she rubbed her chin. "The colors that'll look best on you are pastels. It'll bring out your eyes and creme colored complexion better."

I stared at her in disbelief. Pastels, huh? I've been going about this shopping thing all wrong then. I looked past her at the cart full of oranges and yellows, those must look terrible then. I sighed, now I have to do this all over again. But at least Ino is here to help.

"Hey Ino, can you help me pick some things out?" I asked shyly

Ino laughed, "what do you think these are for?" She gestured to the bags and clothes on her arms. "Believe it or not, Kiba gave me some money to go shopping for you." My heart raced at the mention of his name. He did that for me? He doesn't even know me that well.

Ino startled me out of my thoughts when I noticed her closeness. "I think he likes you."

"R-really.. You think so?" I blushed, this is the first time a boy has ever liked me. "What makes you say that" I pried.

"Kiba is never is nice to anyone. He's a jerk just like your friend.. No offense." Ino said waving her hand in front if her face.

"Maybe he just pities me. I mean, I did tell him I had no money and what happened to me." I said feeling skeptical now. Kiba was being overly nice, but perhaps that is because he feels sorry and wants me to feel welcome or something.

"Come on Kin. Give yourself some credit." She said patting me on the back. "You're pretty. Anyone can like you."

I smiled at the compliment. It made me feel really good, especially coming form someone like Ino, who was probably told how pretty she was on a daily basis.

"Thanks."

"No problem, now lets find you something a little... better." She said picking up a bright orange shirt with her index finger and her thumb as if it was dirty.

"Okay." I smiled

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Yeah I know it was short, but I wanted to have a chapter where Kin was acting like a girl for once. So here it is.

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