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The raven haired boy once again stumbled over his boots as he made his way into school. He kicked the sidewalk with his black combat boot before moving on. He adjusted his bag over his shoulder and hugged himself as he walked into the much warmer school. He made his way to his locker and was glad that there were only a few people in the hallway.
He put in his combination and opened the blue locker. He placed his bag on the floor and bent down to dig through to get his books. He wasn't down longer before he felt someone hit his foot. He blinked and looked over his shoulder. He cursed whatever god there was for his misfortune.
There stood his most hated enemy. Only because the tall brunette boy refused to leave Adrian alone, no matter how much he ignored him. The raven haired boy narrowed his eyes slightly before turning back around and standing up, putting his bag in his locker.
"Ignoring me as always?" The boy behind him spoke. He wasn't alone either. Two of his friends were standing behind him. Adrian did ignore him and closed his locker. He turned to leave but the brunette grabbed him and pushed him against the blue lockers. "You know I hate being ignored."
Adrian refused to meet the idiots brown eyes. He had a good grip on Adrian's upper arms and it was starting to hurt. But if he remained quiet, he'd have less chance of getting hurt. So that's exactly what he did. Eventually the brunette became mad. He narrowed his eyes and pushed Adrian into the lockers once again.
"Don't ignore me." Adrian could feel the boy's breath against his cheek. He closed his eyes tightly and tried to pretend he wasn't there. That he wasn't so close. Too close for comfort.
"Kankuro!" At his name being called, the boy let go of Adrian and looked to where he heard his voice. "Leave him alone." Adrian knew that voice. He blinked his eyes open and looked down the hall. Naruto was running to him, Sasuke and his redhead friend not far behind.
Kankuro rolled his eyes at the blonde. "What the hell do you want?"
Naruto scowled at the brunette and stepped up next to Adrian. "Leave him alone. He didn't do anything to you."
"H-"
"Kankuro." A soft but demon like voice spoke. The brunette's eyes widened slightly as they landed on his little brother. "Go away."
"You're his..."
"Now." The redhead demanded. Kankuro narrowed his eyes slightly and looked to Adrian. He scowled at the raven haired boy before huffing and walking away, his friends trailing behind.
Naruto sighed in relief and smiled at the redhead. "Ah, thanks Gaara." The redhead only nodded and continued walking. Naruto turned his attention to Adrian. "Are you alright?"
"Perfectly fine." Adrian fixed his bag over his shoulder. "I didn't need you help."
"But-" Naruto didn't have a chance to finish since Adrian just walked off. The blonde pouted after him before turning to Sasuke.
The raven haired boy rolled his eyes, his arms crossed over his chest. "Don't pout."
Naruto's pout grew and he jumped on his best friend. "But Teme! He ignored me!"
"He ignores everyone. You might be the only one he even bothers to speak to." Sasuke pushed the blonde off him.
Naruto's face lit up. "Really? He only speaks to me?"
Sasuke shrugged. "That's the rumor."
Naruto grinned and clapped his hands together. "There's hope yet!" He skipped off down the hallway. Sasuke grumbled and followed after his best friend.
Adrian took a deep breath to calm himself. He didn't need Naruto's help. He could take care of himself. Sure, he wasn't about to take whatever Kankuro was going to throw at him. But that doesn't mean needed someone else's help.
School was starting to become annoying. He almost snapped today. He was sick of Kankuro always messing with him. Why didn't he just give up? He wasn't going to get a reaction out of Adrian so why try? But the problem was he was very close to getting a reaction out of Adrian.
The green eyed boy was sick of Kankuro and ready to punch his lights out. He may be small, but damnit he could hold his own. Even against Kankuro who had to be about a foot taller than him. Problem was, Kankuro never traveled alone. He always had friends with him. Which meant if the two started fighting... Adrian would be out numbered. So not fair. But how things were.
Adrian sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He fixed the small fringe over the left side of his face and tried to focus his attention on something else. The teacher was going on about something, but he really didn't feel like listening right now.
His mind drifted to a certain brunette. And no, not Kankuro. A certain homeless brunette with an amazingly adorable puppy. It seemed Adrian was having a hard time not thinking about Kiba. It was weird. Random things would make him think of the brunette. He wanted to know so much about him.
Like, why he was homeless in the first place. But he felt it wasn't his place to ask just yet. He also wanted to know where Kiba was staying and what he was going to do now that it was getting colder. He only had a small fall coat from what Adrian could see. Plus, the cold could be really bad for Akamaru... He tried not to think about it for the time being.
It was now Wednesday and ever since Saturday his parents had been bugging him to go to church with them Sunday. Of course, he refused. He should have known going to feed the homeless would eventually lead to his parents trying to convince him to go to church. But, of course, when he agreed to go feed the homeless he wasn't expecting to want to come back.
Meeting Kiba was probably the best thing that had happened to him in a long time. The brunette didn't judge him like everyone at school. He didn't try to be liked by Adrian, he just was. Kiba was different then Naruto trying to be his friend. Naruto was persistent. Besides, the blonde would never understand.
But Kiba did understand. Somehow... someway... Kiba understood him. It wasn't like Adrian had a bad past or anything. Far from it. He was raised by both parents and their rich thus he got everything he ever wanted. But he couldn't talk to his parents. They were God obsessed and Adrian wasn't. It caused a huge riff in the family that his parents had yet to notice.
But Adrian noticed. He always did. From the time he was old enough to understand his body was changing and reacting it ways it shouldn't. He knew they would never understand him or accept him. It was that simple. And, unfortunately, there was nothing he could do. He didn't have friends for that one fact.
They would never understand.
But Kiba understood. And it made Adrian wonder how. Did the brunette know about him? Or was it simple coincidental that he thought Kiba understood? Maybe Kiba understood, but it was something else. Like not having friends or something. But Adrian couldn't help but believe that Kiba knew...
He always felt different around the brunette. But different in a good way. He felt he could be himself. Kiba wouldn't judge him or reject him. How could he know and feel all this after only knowing the boy for... two weeks? And he only saw and/or talked to Kiba for two days out of those two weeks.
But, nevertheless, Adrian wanted to keep seeing Kiba in hope that the boy would be his true friend and completely accept him for who he was. Maybe he'd confess to Kiba this Saturday... He wasn't sure.
Later that night, Adrian was sitting at the diner table with his parents. It was quiet and he was just waiting for them to say something. He didn't want to talk, but he knew they did. He only poked at his meatloaf, staring at it. He was hoping to avoid the subject.
"Adrian?" Too late...
He looked up from his plate and looked at his father. "Yes?"
"How was school?"
He shrugged and looked back at his food. "Alright."
His parents glanced at each other. "Alright? Nothing new?"
"No."
They both sighed and his father out his fork down. Adrian inwardly cringed. He knew what was coming. "Adrian. Your mother and I think it would be a good idea for you to come to church with us this Sunday."
"Why?" He mumbled.
"Because it would do you some good to get out of the house for one."
"I'm going with you Saturday..."
"We figured as much. But that's not church."
Adrian bit his bottom lip and spun his fork in his mashed potatoes. "I don't want to go."
"You go to feed the homeless. What's the difference?"
"I'm not being preached at."
"Adrian." His father's voice warned him. "You need a good influence in your life. Your mother and I are concerned for you. When you're not at school, you're locked up in your room."
"It's never locked..."
"Adrian."
He sighed and raised his head. "Fine. What?"
He father sighed and sat back in his seat. "You need friends."
"I have a friend."
His mother brightened up. "Oh! Who is it dear? Is it that Naruto boy? Has he finally made you crack?" She said with a smile.
"No. It's not him."
"Oh... Then who?"
"Kiba."
His parents blinked and glanced at each other. "Who?"
"The boy I talk to at church when we feed the homeless."
"Oh you mean... the homeless boy?"
"His name is Kiba." Adrian practically growled out.
"Ok. So you're friends with this Kiba?" His father said.
"Yes."
"What does he have that kids at school don't?"
"He understands me."
"And they don't?"
"No." He said sternly, daring his father to challenge his answer.
Edward sighed once again and waved his hand to his wife. She smiled at him and turned to her son. "It's great that you've made a new friend. And, since you don't want to go to church alone, why don't you invite him?"
Adrian met his mother's green eyes. "What?"
"So you'll be more comfortable with someone you know. I don't think he goes to church, so it'll be good for him too."
"That's a great idea, hunny." His father spoke up.
"Whoa. Wait a minute. You want me to do what?" Adrian sat up in his chair, a little confused.
"Invite Kiba to church Sunday. Not only will you get to see him again you-"
"I'll do it." Adrian spoke, cutting his mother off. The prospect of seeing Kiba more then once this weekend enough to convince him.
His mother grinned and clapped her hands together with a small squeal. "Yay!"
Adrian smiled softly before returning to his food. It couldn't be too bad. If Kiba turned him down, that'd be ok. He wouldn't be able to blame the brunette for not wanting to go to church. And this would probably get his parents off his back for a while.
"-cold. Adrian? Are you listening?"
The raven haired boy snapped out of it and looked at his mother. "I'm sorry, what?"
"I said it's getting cold. You friend is homeless, correct?"
"Uh yea. From what I know..."
"Why don't you ask him to stay with us for a while? Atleast until the winter has past. Of course, he could stay longer if he wanted."
Adrian blinked in surprise. His parents were offering to have Kiba live with them? Really? He mentally slapped himself to snap out of his small daze. "Um... Yea, I'll ask him."
"Wonderful!"
Kiba living with them? That's something Adrian would love. They could get to know each other better and even... His thoughts trailed off and a huge blush came to his face. He buried his face in his hands, causing his parents to notice. They only watched him with concern. He shook his head to rid himself of those dirty thoughts.
After a moment, he was fine. He sighed and smiled at his parents. They returned the smile and they all went back to their dinner. Although, the whole time, Adrian was having trouble keeping those dirty thoughts from his mind.
Ok, so it's a little longer then the last part. Yay! Next part will be longer. Promise! Anyway, I like Kankuro but I thought he'd make a really good bully so enter Kankuro the bully! His friends by the way, you'll find out who they are soon.
I also wanted to make one thing clear before we get to far into this story. No one and I repeat NO ONE other then Adrian and Kiba are gay in this story. There will be no other yaoi pairings. Maybe a few straight ones, but I doubt it. The reason for this is because... well, in real life, I doubt there are that many openly gay people in a high school. Also, it would seem to far-fetched. I'm thinking about making Gaara a closet gay but I don't know yet. But yea, Adrian's hiding his sexuality for a reason. Because as far as he knows, there are no gay kids in his school. And he's correct.
Anyway, thanks for reading and if you have any questions message me or what not. Oh! And if you DO want to see closet gay Gaara (which I'm sure you do) vote! Yes, I have a poll up. But unfortunately, I don't think I'll pair Gaara with anyone. Especially not Naruto. So maybe Lee or Neji? Hm... I'll put those options up too. But anyway, please vote! I DO want to please my readers you know? Since there's only one yaoi pairing... I guess I can give you guys one more. But only if you vote for it! So go! Do it!
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+Matt+