Chapter 4

The large bed within the spacious room had been neat and made hours prior. Now it was left disarrayed, the sheets tussled and wrinkled beneath the naked body that laid over it comfortably. The navy bed spread kept Naruto decent, only his upper body left exposed. His hand laid limply over the edge of the bed, his other arm laced through his soft hair that was now a disheveled mess. He watched the commercial about safe sex displayed on the flat screen television with great amusement. Who said the universe didn't have a good sense of humor.

In a short while, Kiba was back in his bedroom with two cans of beer in his hand. His muscles are freely displayed, his bottom clothed in a pair of loose shorts. Strands of his wild brunette hair are slicked to his forehead from remaining sweat. The smell of sex lingered so he pressed down the switch by the door, and the ceiling fan automatically came alive, filling the room with a cool, gentle breeze.

Naruto eagerly accepted the can handed to him. His lips are tugged into a playful smile as his eyes appreciated the body sat across from him at the edge of the bed. Kiba is currently entertained by some sport show on the television, giving Naruto a moment to admire his strong physique.

"You staying the night?" Kiba asked, brown eyes engaged with cerulean blue ones.

Kiba's parents were often on business trips. Because of this he practically raised himself and lived on his own. He did whatever he pleased without repercussions.

Naruto sighed as he retrieved his phone from the bed-stand by his head. It was 1 am exact. As much as he wanted to stay, he also didn't want to deal with his brother's lectures just as much. He decided against it.

The teenagers drank their beer in comfortable silence, Naruto mainly on his phone while Kiba's eyes watched the close sport game intensely. It was a close game but eventually, the opponents of Kiba's team took the win.

Kiba downed the last of his beer and in a swift motion was now hovering over Naruto's body. He doesn't do anything and is simply captivated by the beauty of the boy beneath him. He still couldn't comprehend the extent of Naruto's feminine features.

Naruto felt scrutinized under Kiba's intense stare. He knew the meaning behind that look, and he resented it more than ever. "I should get going." He said with a dull tone.

Kiba lowered himself down and his lips eagerly captured Naruto's plump own into a longing kiss. Their lips move slowly against each other with the absence of further pleasurable intent. Naruto's arms hung lazily over Kiba's broad shoulders, his fingers tugging and pulling at the brunette hair.

The kiss continued for a while until Kiba pulled his lips from Naruto's and sat up. He leaned back with his arms stationed behind his back and his legs straddling Naruto's waist. He's physically relaxed from the soothing buzzing of the fan until a thought suddenly crossed him.

"You're on that girl pill shit right?"

Naruto grimaced at the clumsy choice of words. "By girl pill shit, if you're referring to birth control then yes." There is a hint of annoyance underlying his words.

It doesn't go unnoticed by Kiba who laughed amusingly. "Don't be sensitive." His hands began to aimlessly roam the hard body beneath him. His fingers caress the large bruise on the side of Naruto's toned torso. A hint of guilt flash through his eyes. However, this wasn't the first time.

"Tell your dickhead friends to ease up next time." Naruto casually said.

Kiba was slightly stunned by the remark. "They'll get over you soon."

"How soon?"

"The moment the next freak waltz into the school." The hard glare he received caused his entertained laugh to cease. "Come on, I'm joking."

Naruto's eyebrows are furrowed. "Wasn't that funny."

"There you go acting like a bitch again."

The words seized Naruto's pride with an aching grip. Sitting up, he forcefully shoved at Kiba's chest with fierce eyes. "Don't call me that!"

Kiba laughed tauntingly. "That is basically what you are though."

Naruto is infuriated. He moved to get off the bed but his arm is wrenched back, and strong hands have him pinned down. "Let go." His tone is threatening.

Kiba gave him a disdained look. "If you're a man, wrestle your way out."

Naruto's eyes remained fierce, his lips are pressed together tightly in anger. His thrashing and attempt to escape is halted by a hand wrapped around his neck. There is no force but the threat of it kept his body glued to the bed.

"Calm down." Kiba's voice is gentle. If Naruto was dense, he'd think Kiba actually cared. But it's always like this.

Naruto is visibly calm but his glare is intensified. In a gentler voice he asked once again to be let go. The hand around his neck remained there.

The tension is at this point is overbearing, and once again Naruto found himself regretting his decision to come over. Just as he always did every time Kiba would reveal his true self and he'd be left again stunned, hurt and ashamed.

"Does this turn you on?" The amusement laced in Kiba's tone is hurtful. He knew this but he simply didn't care.

Overflowing with emotion, Naruto can't form any words and so he answered with a slight shake of his head, no.

"Then why do you keep coming back?"

Silence. He doesn't have an answer. Just as he didn't have an answer last time. Last time he also convinced himself it would be the last time. Yet, here he is again, once again stuck in the same predicament. But then again, there is a good side to every bad situation. At least the sex was good, it was relaxing and distracting. Unfortunately Kiba doesn't allow him to escape reality for very long and he's always brought back in the worst way. But he's okay with the short moment of escape he gets and perhaps, that's why he keeps coming back.

Kyuubi sat on the sofa, his eyes droopy and his body fighting sleep. Looking over at the clock high on the wall, he groaned seeing that it was almost a quarter past 2 in the morning. If this wasn't a frequent event, he would've called the police by now. So as his son slept soundly in his room, he fought sleep, his mind filled with too much worry to comply with his body's desire for sleep.

His attention is drawn to the door immediately at the sound of keys. His brother strode in one piece and he's yet again thankful to find him unharmed.

"Where are you coming from?"

Naruto is silent while he kicked off his shoes and hung up his jacket. He moved to go to his room when his brother's taller figure blocked his path. A look of irritation marred his features.

"Can we do this tomorrow I'm really not in the mood." He moved to walk past his brother.

Being swift, Kyuubi snatched the expensive headphones he had purchased for his brother as well as the cellphone tucked halfway in his brother's front pocket. He stepped back hastily when Naruto made an attempt to retrieve the items back.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Naruto shouted with angry eyes. "Give me my shit."

"You mean my shit. It's my money that bought them remember?" Kyuubi countered sternly.

Naruto's body was stiff with anger. "What the fuck is your problem?"

"Start showing me some respect. Start looking at me and acknowledging me when I'm talking to you and you'll get your stuff back. This can't continue Naruto, I'm getting sick—"

"You're not mom or dad!" Naruto shouted cutting of his brother.

"If I have to be I will be. From now on, you're not staying out passed 11 pm. You're going to babysit Jay when I tell you…" He hurriedly followed his brother who stormed away from him.

Naruto made an attempt to slam his bedroom door but his brother kept him from doing so. He groaned in irritation as he slumped over his wide bed.

"And you're going to stop getting into fights at school. It's not fair for Chiyo to always watch Jay when you want to be in one of your moods."

Naruto stood up abruptly. "I'm not his father!"

Kyuubi ignored the uneasiness he suddenly felt. "I get it that you're a teenager and…."

Naruto answered with a roll of his eyes.

"Is this rebellious behavior because of Sasuke?"

Naruto scoffed. "You don't know anything."

"Because you don't communicate with me!" Kyuubi retaliated.

"Get the fuck out of my room! How's that for communicating?" Naruto yelled furiously.

In a fast stride, Kyuubi's arm is brought back, delivering a hard slap that echoed through the room. Naruto is left stunned. "I have sacrificed so much for you. This good life you are living is because of me and the terrible shit I had to do to get us where we are. Now I've let many things slide by because I know you're a teenager and you're trying to figure out who you are but you have no right to to talk to me like that."

Unsure how to act, Naruto escaped from his brother and hurriedly rushed into the bathroom to compose himself. Kyuubi released the breath he was holding and looked around tiredly. He doesn't know what else to do to get through to his brother. It's too much at this point. Times like this he wished his parents were alive, they would've surely knew the best way to deal with the situation.

The next day, Naruto's head laid uncomfortably over the hard surface of the classroom desk. His eyelids was heavy with sleep, last night's fight with his brother had left him tossing and turning throughout what was left of the night. The teacher for the Algebra class was late. The overly exposed assistant principle of the Math Department had waltzed in and informed the students to remain calm in their seats and patiently wait for their-instructor who was at the moment stuck in traffic.

As soon as the woman had left, a few students eagerly grabbed their belongings and followed suit. Naruto wished he would've followed their action. The noisy students made it impossible for him to sleep, the hard desk didn't help much either. Deeming the act impossible, Naruto lifted up his head and instinctively reached for his cellphone. He clicked his tongue in aggravation when his hand is brought back empty.

"Leave him alone!"

Naruto is never bothered with classroom affairs. If you asked him to a name the students within his class he can only name one, and that's solely because he's often shouting his name, either in pleasure or anger.

The sudden erratic yell of a female student that was quickly silenced by a more dominant one had his head turning to find none other than his favorite trio of boys harassing a student.

The boy is slightly overweight, with wide, bold rim glasses worn over his face. One of the boy's, the one Naruto hated particularly, removed the defenseless boy's glasses and wore it instead. He goes on to disgustingly mock him and Naruto suddenly realized he had some built up frustration from last night, and this was the perfect opportunity to release some of it.

In a quick stride, Naruto is across the room. His presence is shocking, all eyes in the room are suddenly on him. He puts on a brave face. "Leave him alone."

The boy with long dark hair, who Naruto vaguely remembered Kiba once refer to as Deji or Neji, gazed at him with daring eyes. "Who's going to make me?"

"Neji, let it go."

Naruto has become accustomed to that voice that he doesn't even have to look to know it's Kiba. He found Kiba's secret attempt to protect him hysterical. He chuckled at this, which didn't exactly sit well with the teen before him. His name was Neji, good to know.

"Why are you still here?" Neji advanced towards him. "Get lost."

Naruto smiled challengingly. "No, I don't think so." He allowed his eyes to be maintained by Neji's angered ones for a moment before he averted his eyes away and focused them on the victim beside him who gazed back at him fearfully from his seat. "Let's go." Naruto grabbed the student's hand and pulled him up. He took a step to leave and Neji is quick to stand in front of him.

"You really have some nerve." Neji's demeanor is threatening, enough to have the student behind Naruto scared to the core.

Seeing as Neji won't back down so easily, Naruto lightly shoved the chubby boy from the situation and in the corner of his eye, he sees a girl rush over and hug him. He is almost certain they are related.

"You're a waste of space." Neji said, disgust trailing in his words. "You're not normal, you fucking freak."

Naruto chuckled humorless. "I bet you fantasize about me when you're alone at night."

A hard shove to the chest has Naruto crashing through the set of empty desks stacked behind him in the back of the class. The loud noise has the class alerted and they murmur amongst themselves with anticipation. They begin to move away from the chaotic scene. Naruto is lucky as none of the heavy desks collide with his body, but instead scatter around him messily.

Neji kicked away one of the desk that sheltered Naruto from him. "You fucking bitch." His leg swiftly delivered a powerful kick to Naruto's already bruised torso.

The students watched with pitiful eyes, each of them too afraid to intervene and be dubbed a freak as well.

Naruto groaned loudly as a particularly hard kick is delivered to his chest. In his head, the scenario had played out entirely different. He hoped to be the hero, not a pummeled mess that even the victim he tried to save now pitied.

Neji was relentless and kept going. Even as Naruto had began to spew blood, his kicks continued, attacking any open space he found. Each kick got harder and harder.

Naruto couldn't take it anymore. So he lost his pride, and grabbed a hold of Neji's leg to stop the violent attack on his body. That only seemed to anger his attacker more who used the other leg to step on his victim's arms painfully. Naruto shut his eyes tightly from the pain. He wondered if it would've hurt less if he hadn't already suffered a beating the other day.

Just as Naruto thought the students of his class would really watch him die before their eyes, the ruthless kicks suddenly stopped. The voice is faint but he's sure it's Kiba. The voices are going back and forth and he wished he knew what they were saying.

He doesn't know where the strength came from but he managed to remove his body from the ground and sat up. Blood leaked from his nose or lips he wasn't sure. Grabbing a hold of the many tables around him, he stood up and is faced with his attacker.

He smiled. "If you're satisfied for the day, can you leave him alone now?" His breathing was heavy and his vision is slightly blurred. Naruto stretched out his hand and waited patiently.

Neji watched him with hateful eyes. He's still upset, that much is clear. The glasses he had previously stolen from the student is removed from his uniform pocket by Kiba and tossed to the ground.

Naruto gave Kiba a quick glance before bending down and retrieving the glasses. He groaned audibly from the intense pain that ignited through his body. He grimaced as he walked over to the student who was huddled away with the rest of the class. The chubby boy slowly retrieved his glasses and Naruto advised him to sit in the empty seat in front of him tomorrow.

With slow movements, Naruto limped out of the class and is met outside by his infamous teacher. And if Naruto had the strength, he would've laughed at the comical expression on the teacher's face.

"Looks like I wasn't able to keep the promise."

The teacher doesn't miss the trace of sadness within those words and he's at a loss for words. He watched the student cling onto the lockers of the hall for support as he limped to who knows where. One moment he saw a pitiful student, the next a hurt lone wolf, limping and desperately searching for a pack to aid and accept him.

Thank you for reading.

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