So sorry for not updating for a while :( I've been a bit busy lately, but here's chapter 11! I feel bad cause I COMPLETELY forgot that I left you guys on a cliffhanger! Anyway, sorry for the wait, but here's chapter 11...finally ^_^

"Hey."

"SASUKE?" I gasped, staring at the raven haired boy standing in my doorway. He was wearing a smart white shirt with black trousers, hands in his trouser pockets, and didn't have his headband on.

"No, Barney."

"Thought so. Wait, so..."

"Yep, I'm your date, apparently," he smirked.

"Then who's..." I trailed off. Originally I was going to ask who Eriko's date was, but it looked like I'd already found out. Walking towards us was Kiba and Akamaru. Akamaru had a little black bow-tie around his neck and Kiba was dressed similarly to Sasuke, with a smart grey shirt with the top two buttons undone and black trousers. Same as Sasuke, he wasn't wearing a headband.

"Huh? Why are there two of you?" I asked, confused. Sasuke turned around to see who I was talking to and raised his eyebrows.

"Akamaru and I were both given directions to come here," Kiba informed me.

"Hang on..." I looked at Sasuke, confused. He just shrugged.

"So it's like... The five of us?" I was still bewildered.

"I dunno... I suppose." Kiba shrugged.

"Hang on a minute... Sasuke what was your number?"

"24," he answered instantly.

"Akamaru's number was 24!" Kiba interjected.

"Okay... There's obviously been some kind of mix-up here..." I murmured, confused.

"Well actually, I changed my number to 24 at last minute because Sakura fixed it so that she'd be my date," Sasuke laughed.

"And did Sakura and Ino not know this?" I asked sternly.

"Of course they knew. They just couldn't keep up with the arrangements. Which means... Sakura's without a date."

"Sasuke! She worked hard on this... Even if she is desperate to have you. Go to her," I scolded.

"Alright, alright. Wouldn't wanna get in the way of you two lovebirds anyway," he said sarcastically.

"Okay, you better go, or you'll find that everyone will be reminiscing about that Uchiha who was murdered on valentines day outside Naruto's house," I warned him, a dangerous edge to my voice. Sasuke held his hands up defensively.

"I'm going!"

With that, Sasuke was off. I looked at Kiba awkwardly, but suddenly something clicked and my eyes widened.

"Y-You said Akamaru's number was 24, right?" I asked cautiously.

"Yeah?"

"And yours is 13?"

"Yeah, why?" Kiba looked confused now.

"Think about it."

Kiba still didn't get it for quite a while, but suddenly it dawned on him. His mouth opened a little and his eyes widened.

"You're kidding..."

"Nope, Akamaru's my date," I confirmed. "I kind of wish I hadn't made Sasuke go now... Then again, it could have been worse. You could have been my date."

"I'm not that bad!" Kiba cried indignantly.

"Oh yeah, mutt-boy?"

"Why don't we just go rather than arguing?" he suggested. I sighed and nodded, before locking the door and following him. I felt Eriko's dangerous warning gaze on me; she was jealous.

"Sorry," I murmured to her, before turning to Kiba. "So, where are we going?"

"Wherever you want, really..."

"Ooh, is there a restaurant in Konoha that allows dogs?"

"No," Kiba sighed.

"Arf!" Eriko barked. Translation: 'Why don't you leave me and Akamaru and go enjoy yourselves?'. Translation: 'Back off my boyfriend and leave us alone together'.

"Fine," I sighed, and the two dogs bounded off happily. "So now where are we going?"

"Well.. The Leaf restaurant is nice..." Kiba murmured.

"Yeah, but that's the most expensive restaurant in Konoha apparently."

"I have money."

"Seriously? You'd actually take me there?" I asked in disbelief, before my eyes narrowed suspiciously. "What's the catch?"

"No catch," Kiba smirked. "And sure, why not? A girl deserves to be treated."

"A girl you hate."

"You've got a point, but whatever."

We walked in silence for most of the way. I spotted Naruto and Hinata walking side by side, Hinata blushing madly, and waved.

"Having fun guys?" I called.

"Yeah, we're going to an expensive RAMEN restaurant," Naruto grinned, then his eyes fell on Kiba and he flashed me a worried look. He knew we disliked each other.

"So where are you guys going?" he asked.

"The Leaf Resturant."

"Woah, isn't that like, really expensive?" Naruto asked, eyes wide.

"Yep," Kiba replied, a little smugly.

"Well, have fun you guys!" Naruto grinned, before walking off with a blushing Hinata.

"B-bye," Hinata stuttered.

"Aw, aren't they cute," I murmured.

"Yeah, yeah. We're here," Kiba informed me.

"Yeah, I gathered," I rolled my eyes, seeing the restaurant in front of me. It was traditional Japanese-styled and looked amazing. Suddenly we spotted Sasuke and a giggling Sakura in the line together and jumped in with them. No one yelled at us, assuming the four of us were together.

"Having fun?" I smirked. Sakura nodded vigorously and Sasuke rolled his eyes at me.

"How about you guys?" Sasuke asked, his smirk now as wide as mine.

"Shut it, you. Remember what I mentioned about reminiscing?" That shut him up. The line gradually moved forwards until Sasuke and Sakura were at the front of the line.

"Bye!" Sakura waved as they were led to a table.

"Table for two, please," Kiba requested. I noticed him shake the man's hand, slipping money into it, since we didn't actually have a reserved table. The waiter nodded and smiled.

"Right this way, sir," another waiter waved us over. We followed him through the restaurant and he led us around a partition to a small ring of booths.

"Here?" I asked, confused.

"It's Valentine's day, all the two-seater tables are full," the waiter smiled at me. I nodded and sat down opposite a quiet Kiba. The booth was very private, and it was quite awkward.

"Call me over when you're ready to order," the waiter smiled at us as he handed us menus before leaving.

"So..." I murmured, resting my elbow on the table and my head in my hand.

"So..." Kiba echoed.

"Man, why did Eriko and Akamaru have to leave?" I asked rhetorically. "This is so awkward! No offence," I tacked on to the end quickly in case he was offended.

"It's alright. I know what you mean."

I averted my gaze to the menu and tried to concentrate on reading it, but I could feel someone's stare fixated on me. I looked up to see Kiba looking at me.

"What?"

"Huh?" he only just seemed to realise he had been staring at me. He must've been randomly daydreaming and found himself accidentally staring, I did that a lot. "Sorry." he looked down at his own menu and began scanning the list, and I did the same.

Soon the waiter from before sauntered in.

"Are you ready to order?" the waiter asked. We nodded and both gave him our orders before he took the menus back and left, telling us our meals would be ready shortly.

"So, what do you think Akamaru and Eriko will be up to?" Kiba asked conversationally.

"I don't even wanna know," I grimaced, causing us both to laugh. We fell silent again, and I could feel the awkwardness in the air.

"I've been way too nice to you today," I murmured.

"Yeah, you have. Aren't you usually thinking of some devious trick to play on me or a way to humiliate me?

"I'm having a day off."

"Ah."

Soon the waiter was back, holding a tray that had two glasses of coke on top. He laid them down carefully in front of us and smiled, before leaving again.

"Have you noticed how much that guy smiles?" I asked, taking a sip of my drink, listening to the tinkling sound of the ice cubes knocking against the glass as they floated about in the liquid.

"You're right... He does. His smile's a little creepy, too," Kiba laughed. It was hard trying to make conversation because we were away from everyone else in the restaurant, meaning that it was very quiet. If there were people around us, there'd already be noise so making conversation would be easier and not as necessary, but every time one of us spoke in here, a deathly silence followed.

Eventually the waiter arrived once more with our food.

"Here you go, enjoy your meals!" he smiled and left, taking Kiba's glass to refill as he'd drank it already.

I slowly picked up my fork and began to push my food around on my plate for no particular reason. I kept my head bent, so that my hair was nearly falling into my food.

"Eira... Do you really hate me?" Kiba asked suddenly.

"Huh?"

Before I could answer properly, the waiter returned with Kiba's drink, then took mine to refill.

"I said, do you really hate me? Like, honestly?" Kiba repeated, once the waiter had left.

"Don't ask me that right now," I replied stiffly. Of course I did. This was mutt boy we were talking about here.

We didn't talk again until we'd finished our meals. When the waiter left with our plates and handed us the bill, Kiba quickly paid and we left.

"Do you wanna go home yet?" he asked. I shook my head.

"Not particularly. It's only half past eight," I responded. We walked through the streets until we reached a small hill next to a river. When we reached the hill, I sat down and stared up at the stars. Soon I felt someone sit down beside me.

"The stars are pretty, aren't they?" I asked, absent-mindedly picking strands of grass out of the ground.

"Very..."

We sat like that for a while until we suddenly saw fireworks going off in the distance. Startled, I turned to look to see where the fireworks came from, and my sharp eyes caught sight of the silhouette of a couple not far off, illuminated by the brightness of the fireworks.

"Hey... Look, doesn't that look like Kakashi?" I asked, pointing. The couple were kissing, and one had tall, spiked-up hair that I was certain belonged to Kakashi.

"Is Kakashi that white-haired guy that always reads Icha Icha paradise?" Kiba asked, squinting his eyes.

"That's the one. I'm certain that's him."

"Yeah... I think it is. But who's that with him?"

"I have no idea... Let's just hope it's not a student," I murmured. Kiba nodded in agreement.

"You know... Tonight wasn't so bad," I said after a while.

"I'll have to agree there."

It's an awful place to cut it off but I have to cut it off there I'm afraid, for certain reasons :P

Anyway, so you all guessed it would be Kiba.

And you were wrong, it was both Akamaru and Sasuke :3 She acted weird didn't she? Usually she'd be arguing with him. Ah well, she's mellow on Valentine's Day.

Anyway, please review and tell me what you think, thanks for reading! :)