A/N: Hey again! This is the second and final part of the dating section, but I warn you, it's pretty big! If you don't have enough time to read it in one sitting, then just leave a bookmark on the page and come back some other time, no biggie! I would have separated it more, but it all really belongs together, so there's that. Anyhow I hope you enjoy! ^.^
General P.O.V
Kiba, Akamaru and Sakura had just entered Konoha after their trip to Amatores, galloping across the streets while almost running people over due to the rush they were in the get to the Inuzuka estate by 6pm. Sakura had held onto Kiba so tight his face was turning red, so he managed to free himself by prying her grip off of him, making her scream however due to them still being at high speeds. They were almost to the Hokage tower, so they stopped to let Sakura dismount Akamaru.
"Y-You baka! Why did you nearly make me fall off?!"
"Hey, you nearly stopped my air supply! Anyway I think this is it then."
Kiba's hands were shaking slightly as his nervousness was starting to show. Sakura unsteadily climbed off of Akamaru and stumbled when she touched the ground, thanking Kami she made it there in one piece.
"You've got nothing to worry about, you look amazing and, knowing Naruto, he's probably more nervous than you, so don't worry!"
Kiba still looked incredibly nervous, which couldn't be blamed as this could perhaps change his relationship with Naruto forever, so Sakura gave him another piece of advice before she had to let him go for the night.
"And don't worry about it being awkward or anything, you both have too much in common to let an awkward silence happen, especially in Naruto's case 'cause he'll never shut the hell up!"
Kiba laughed at Sakura's statement because it was so accurate. He looked down to her and gave his new signature grin, pretty much confirming he was as ready as he'd ever be.
"Good luck, but I'm pretty sure you won't need it anyway. Make sure to tell me how it went tomorrow!"
Sakura reached up and gave him a last hug then waved goodbye, hoping both of her friends would find something worth exploring after tonight. Kiba waved back but then took another deep breath and patted Akamaru.
"I guess it's time to go boy, damn I'm so nervous!"
'Arf! - Quit whining, I'm sure It'll go well, but hopefully not...'
"What do you have against Naruto so much?"
The dog whined, 'I've got nothing against him, It's just that you won't be able to keep this from Tsume forever if this works out, you know that right?'
Kiba could understand why Akamaru wasn't sure on the prospect of him starting a new relationship with Naruto, mainly because his mother would certainly not take to it lightly. She always looked out for Kiba in her own way, but was often ruthless or sometimes inconsiderate to his wishes. She would see this new relationship as a "phase" or something that could be swept under the rug, and the reason why she would do that? He is the heir to the entire Inuzuka clan, so it would complicate things to no end if he were to "abstain" from carrying on the main family line.
"I know Aka, but as I said before, If this goes well then I'm sure it's something worth fighting for."
Akamaru tried, but couldn't dispute what Kiba said, as he had his fair share of relationships considered taboo by the clan as well. He once loved another dog, Juki, and wanted her to be his mate within the Clan, but she was chosen to be another dogs mate for the clan's deal with another family branch. So although he disapproved of Kiba's decision to date Naruto, he was doing it out of protectiveness, not spite.
Kiba dismounted Akamaru and they both began walking towards the cobble path leading to the Inuzuka estate. They walked at a fast speed as it was almost nearing 6.p.m, and then broke into a power-walk to the compound when they had very little time at all. They fast approached the top of the cobbled step hill, almost within in sight of the bronze gates. Kiba looked at his new watch and saw that it was 5:55pm.
"Kami! We better hurry up Akamaru."
Kiba didn't even want to be a second late, as he wanted to make a good impression and look prepared; not rushing in late on the time he himself proposed. They were nearing the gate but made out two figures ahead of them.
"Who's that? One of them must be Naruto but..."
'Arf! - That scent is familiar, It's one of your team mates, that's for sure.'
"Which one? "
'I don't know'
"And you call yourself an Inuzuka?"
Kiba used Akamaru's old remark against him, making the dog scowl as karma bit him back. They were both getting closer to the gate and saw that one of the figures had radiant blonde hair, so that must have been Naruto. However they saw long hair with a purplish hue, could it be Hinata?
Kiba frowned as he had all kinds of thoughts enter his mind, hoping that Naruto didn't invite her as a third wheel. They were close to the gate and Naruto turned around watching them get closer, his heart beating faster the closer they came. Kiba and Akamaru could clearly work out that it was indeed Hinata, and he was already prepared to ask her questions to why she was there, politely of course.
They finally reached the gate with Naruto and Hinata, nearing the 6:00.p.m mark with only seconds to spare. Kiba was impressed by his time management skills, or luck, but was more preoccupied with a whole other assortment of thoughts to be enlarging his ego.
"Hi Kiba, good timing 'cause I was getting bored standing out here!"
Naruto greeted in his usual brash way, unsurprising to his friends. Naruto was determined to be confident, concise and able to construct proper sentences for tonight, while repelling Hinata's influence, which was ironic considering she was standing right beside him.
"H-Hey Naruto, how are you?"
The brunette was noticeably more nervous then Naruto, or at least appeared that way. Kiba told Akamaru not to interfere with the night as he wanted to make this his and Naruto's date, not anyone elses, so he restricted himself from getting help from his companion unless he really needed it. He looked to Hinata who was quietly standing there, waiting patiently for her chance to speak as she was so polite.
"I'm good, but I'm hungry as hell so let's get to it dog-breath!"
Naruto said charmingly, putting on his impressive guise of unfaltering confidence to hide his inner nervousness, that was indeed very effective. He didn't want the conversation and night to get awkward straight away, so he thought that hurrying the night on to the eating part would drastically improve things, as talking at the dinner table was always easier then in most other places for him.
"You're always hungry!"
"For a good reason!"
"Is that so? Mind elaborating Nar?"
Naruto knew he had no real reason for being hungry 24/7, but he couldn't let Kiba win, so he tried to change things around in his favor -
"That's a big word for you dog-breath!"
"You're changing the subject, which must mean I'm right."
Kiba smirked at Naruto's following childish pout, showing that things hadn't changed for the worse between them at all. They always had little childish bickers, but both came out laughing after as their friendship was often one of rivalry too.
'He really is cute when he pouts like that...'
"Anyway let's get moving already!"
Naruto now said with impatience being more apparent than before, as his empty stomach was fast bypassing his initial patience and anxiety.
"Ok Ok, we'll be going to the nearest town, Amatores for the meal."
"Why there?" Naruto was about to press on about his need for food and that he'd die during the journey from starvation, but was unexpectedly interrupted by Hinata, which was a rare event.
"G-Guys, I-I need to tell you something."
"What is it Hinata? I'm starving over here!"
"I-I was told by L-Lady Tsunade that you could only d-date in the Village..." Hinata looked down to the ground, feeling crestfallen for Kiba as he clearly spent much time planning for the venue. She prepared for a bad response.
"What?! Why can't we leave the village?!" Kiba felt infuriated, completely pissed off that all the effort of finding the perfect place to date was all in vain.
"It's for y-your safety! It's too dangerous to leave the village, as we don't know if The Manipulator is working for a criminal organisation or not, and they could attack you outside the village!" She surprisingly stopped stuttering towards the end of her sentence, replacing passivity with her steadfast belief in Tsunade's judgement.
Kiba remained silent and looked down at the ground, clenching his fists in anger at both The Manipulator and Tsunade for potentially ruining the date he had such high hopes for. Naruto saw how distraught Kiba was and deliberated with Kyuubi to see if he could suggest anything.
"Kyu I think he only planned for us to go to that town, what should I do?!"
'Well I would have suggested you having it around your apartment, however it's a biohazard and you have no food good enough for a date... maybe ask if you could have it around his house?'
Naruto wasn't sure, so he decided to let Kiba think it over, as he thought that the brunette must have had a contingency plan of some kind. However Kiba still looked down to the ground, clearly unsure of what to do as he had placed all his hopes on that restaurant in Amatores. He didn't want to ask Akamaru as he still felt this was his and Naruto's date, and that the venue had to be his choice.
The Inuzuka sighed, knowing that there was no restaurants in the village that could cater for Naruto's picky needs other than Ichiraku's, but he didn't want to date there of all places, especially with the risk of them being caught in public by their peers and teachers. Kiba decided that the best venue now would be his house, but knew of the serious risks that were present with it.
"We could just eat 'round my place for tonight? I could order some Ramen perhaps."
Kiba looked up the see Naruto wearing a huge grin, obviously happy about the Ramen part more then anything else, or so he thought.
"That sounds great! But I might be feeling adventurous tonight, so why don't you just cook something for us both?"
Kiba's jaw hit the ground as he couldn't believe two things: one, that Naruto was willing to try something other than Ramen, and two, that 'He had the nerve to ask me to cook for him?!'. Kiba was still shocked at the new change in persona for the blonde, until he noticed a sly smile from him resembling his cheeky and diabolical fox face.
'What are you up to?...'
Kiba knew he had to keep his guard up now in case Naruto would decide to wreck his house while his back was turned, perhaps using the cooking as a decoy. He couldn't find any other reason to why Naruto was grinning so mischievously, so he decided to brush it off for now, unless he really thought he was up to no good.
"OK I guess that's all we can really do... but you gotta listen to what I'm about to say, got it?"
Kiba's voice turned serious, trying to show that Naruto needed to listen to him without making a joke out of it somehow, as he always did. Naruto's grin diminished as he looked into Kiba's eyes while nodding his head, showing he had his full attention.
"Good, now this is very important that you listen to me and do everything I tell you in case something during the night happens, OK?"
Naruto rolled his eyes at Kiba speaking to him as if he had the attention span of a goldfish, which was partially true in some aspects, but not in this case. The blonde dramatically nodded his head to give Kiba the impression that he was listening, and didn't need to be constantly asked if he understood.
"My Mom can not, and I repeat, can not see us eating together tonight, so if she does comes visit my house sometime tonight, you gotta hide."
Kiba's voice began to quiver when he mentioned her paying her often-daily visits to his home, as if it was a death sentence for him or the blonde. Naruto raised his eyebrows at Kiba for putting so much emphasis on him hiding when they were only eating together, which they could make an excuse up for easily, he thought.
"Why would It be so bad for her to see us eating? We could just say I'm having a sleepover or something! I doubt she'd know it's us having a real dinner together, ya know?!"
Naruto's verbal tick appeared, showing he was getting frustrated at Kiba seemingly making a big deal out of them both just harmlessly eating together. Naruto didn't think of this as a romantic kind of date, but more like an indicator for their relationship, so he was telling the truth about it being harmless, or at least starting that way.
"You don't get it Naruto, my clans traditions are complicated, and eating dinner with another male shinobi outside of the family is pretty much crossing one of them! We could get into a lot of trouble, so you gotta trust me, or the dinner just can't go on."
Kiba could see Naruto was getting agitated, but had to try and persuade him as he didn't know if they could afford to have another free night with the investigation of The Manipulator still going on, so he couldn't delay the date.
"Really?! Well that's a stupid tradition, what a load of crap!"
Naruto scowled as he could never understand why a clan would adopt that. He always thought of himself as open minded, but when something infringed on someones choice in partner, lifestyle or sexuality, it would piss him off to no end. But he began to realize that he just insulted Kiba's clan, his family and maybe even him too. Kiba did look slightly hurt but yet again conflicted, not knowing if Naruto was just plain insulting his clan , or angrily pointing out an error within it.
"I-I'm sorry... I didn't mean to insult-"
"It's fine, I understand why it's frustrating for you 'cause this is probably the only free night we'll get with this bunch of shit that's been happening."
Hinata shuddered slightly after hearing Kiba's profanity; not used to hearing him using such words, but she could still understand why as with all the stress of the mystery with The Manipulator going on, along with the obstacles for tonight.
"But you've gotta trust me. Yes, It would be so much easier to go to any old bar or cafe in the village, but I'd rather it just be us tonight while eating, drinking and laughing like we always do. I also wan't to spend more time with you as well, 'cause I don't know If we'd have many other chances to do so with so much going on. I want it... to be something to remember."
Kiba looked into Naruto's cerulean eyes with passion and much determination, showing he truly wanted something worth fighting for, something this night could give him. Naruto looked back into his eyes, never thinking that Kiba could show so much passion, as he was always just the "prankster" and always a very masculine and foolhardy person, often appearing impervious to emotions. He never saw such an emotional and powerful side to his personality, making him ponder that these last few days must have really drawn his true self out.
"That's... something I want to, so let's get to it already!."
Naruto smiled and gave an over-dramatic thumbs up, showing his enthusiasm while Kiba looking instantly renewed with more energy. Kiba turned around to the gate and pushed it open, making sure for it to open quietly so that they could avoid his Mother's keen ears if possible. He told Akamaru to try and keep his mother at bay if possible by distracting her if she wanted to pay a visit, so he galloped off to the clan-hall where she resides. The trio walked towards the the right side of the compound making sure to keep a low-profile and slip past other clan members as much as possible.
"Kiba!"
Naruto and Hinata's blood turned icy cold as they heard the strong, bellowing voice of a female behind them, making them pray to Kami that Kiba had a good excuse to tell his mom. They all slowly turned around and saw a relatively tall, brown-haired young women walk towards them. She came closer and she had red markings like Kiba's on her cheeks, meaning she was definitely a clan member.
"H-Hana!" Kiba stuttered at her, his sister. She had a ponytail, brown huey eyes like his and her voice was not as strong as her mothers, so he already knew he had less to worry about, but still worried nonetheless.
"So, you and your friends having a sleepover?"
"Y-Yeah, we're just on our way to my house now."
Hana decided to first inspect Hinata, trying to see if she recognized her from previous encounters. She first looked at her and noticed her pupiless eyes and purple hair, instantly recognising her as the prior Hyuga Heiress.
Not bad Kib, She'd make a good wife for the head of the clan if she's a Hyuga.
Hana's view then turned to Naruto and she recognized him instantly, as after all he was the Hero of the Leaf. She seemingly stared at him for a while, until he heard Kiba cough to get her attention.
"Oh right, sorry! I'm Hana, Kibbles sister." Kiba shuddered at hearing that awful pet name again. Both Hinata and Naruto introduced themselves but she put her focus back to her younger brother.
"Mom was looking for you Kiba, you should go find her if you can."
Kiba turned pale as he dreaded to think what his mother had summoned him for. He knew that he couldn't afford to not meet her, but he decided to try and postpone it as much as possible as he obviously had his date to go to.
"Here's the thing, Hinata's going on a mission tomorrow that lasts a month so we wanted a sleep over tonight, and knowing mom she'll call me out all night to the hall like she's done before, so can you tell her I'm not here?" Kiba pleaded to his sister knowing that he was at her mercy. Usually she'd shake her head and deny him, as she was fiercely loyal to her mother, but decided to not look mean infront of Hinata and Naruto, who were almost VIP's in her books.
"Hmm, OK. But you better make it up to me!"
"I will, thanks sis!" Kiba hugged her while she sighed and hugged him back, knowing he loved to give hugs as a form of thanks or endearment.
The trio walked off towards his house with him taking the lead, looking immensely proud of himself for getting them in the all clear for tonight, or almost so. They reached his house and he went to get his key to the oaken door, which was notoriously hard to find at times. He finally grabbed it hiding in his pocket and opened the door with a loud creak. Naruto walked in and turned around to see Hinata still standing outside.
"Come in Hinata, you'll freeze to death!"
"N-No It's fine Naruto-Kun, you both need your privacy and I was asigned to w-watch over the location of the venue anyway, with the m-main entrance being a priority."
"My clan is enough protection, I can't just leave you outside!" Kiba interjected, confused to why she was so adamant of staying outside.
"I-I'll be able to tell you if your m-mother or anyone else approaches, and my Byakugan works more efficiently with no walls s-surrounding me, so I'll be better o-outside, but thank you for the concern." Hinata smiled and turned back around, trying to show the boys that she was insistent on staying outside to watch over the house.
Kiba walked back out and gave her his coat that was on his coat peg, making sure it was the warmest and furriest one he had. Naruto also decided to chip in with his bag of Miso-Ramen flavored chips in his pocket, which were slightly crushed but still showed he was willing to show his appreciation for her being there. She blushed, but not quiet as much as usual, maybe coming to accept the fact that Naruto and her where just meant to be great friends after all, with nothing more coming of it. She took the chips and coat and smiled warmly at both boys, turning back around to sit on the bench outside while now tucking into the snack, showing she secretly had a monstrous appetite.
Kiba let Naruto in first and closed the rigid door behind them, locking the cold air out with it. Naruto put his jacket on the coat peg but Kiba kept his on as he was still cold. Kiba asked Naruto to take his shoes off and he put them on the shoe rack along with Kiba's, and the blonde then watched Kiba walk into the living area just out of the small entrance hall. Naruto subconsciously breathed in through his nose heavily and gave a satisfied sigh, not knowing what wonderful aroma that went through his nose.
'You're gross Kit'
"Wait, why? What was that nice smell?"
'His sweaty shoes, you disgusting dobe!'
Naruto now realized why he couldn't figure out the smell, as he had never smelt Kiba's shoe smell before. He was disgusted with himself for doing it, but it really showed that he sometimes had an undeniable attraction to the brunettes aroma, even if it was in an unexpected pretty nasty form. He shuddered and walked through into the living room, ready to inspect where the date was being held.
It was an impressive house. The living area had two dark brown leather sofas, one which was a two seater and the other was a three seater. They were centered around an ornate rug with the Inuzuka clan signet on it, really giving a sense of clan pride or reverence being central to the house and Kiba. There was a decent size TV, about 40 inches big, in the bottom right of the living area, with the three-seater opposite it and the two-seater closest to the hall facing towards it.
Naruto looked by the three-seater and saw the kitchen counter/wall behind it, showing that the Kitchen was linked by a walkway to the right of the sofa. Naruto looked in awe of the living area to Kiba's delight, glad that he seemingly approved of his new living space.
"This place is amazing! It's changed a lot since the academy days!" Naruto was still in awe at the difference, mostly because he probably forgot about it due to not being there for so long.
"Yeah, It was based off of my old family house before the invasion, but with some nice renovation obviously. And it's all mine!"
"All yours?! Must be the perks of being heir of the clan!" Naruto sounded childishly jealous towards the end while putting on a playful pout, but Kiba half-heartidly laughed along.
"Well, it's not all perks."
He sounded more solemn then before, making Naruto begin to wonder what he meant by that. He decided to press on as he was both curious but also concerned for his friend, not seeing this much insight into his clan life as before.
"How so? You got this nice house to yourself, you're sure to get a good position in the village leadership, and more!"
Naruto saw problems with the clan's tradition, sure, but being the Heir means that he could become leader and practically do as he wished, to an extent. He thought it was a good position, but he didn't know too well as his clan was gone after the death of his Father and Mother. Naruto sat down on the three-seater to try and discuss in a more comfortable position.
"We can talk over this kinda' crap at dinner, so speaking of that let's both get cooking, I'm starving!" Kiba smirked at Naruto's face of astonishment as he thought he didn't hear Kiba quite right.
"W-Wait, what? You're the one cooking, right?!"
Naruto knew he couldn't cook, as an abomination as ugly as the 6 Tailed Beast would spawn from the Kitchen and destroy the village for a second time if he were to try.
"Well that's rude! I'm no housewife of yours, so come help me cook Naruuu!"
Kiba made sure to put huge emphasis on the pet name as he saw the blonde convulse on the sofa. Naruto climbed up from the sofa and sulked while making his way to the Kitchen, already dreading the meal that he'd be cooking and eating.
"OK, you said you wanted to be adventurous Naruto? Well tonight is gonna be a ball!"
Naruto stared death at Kiba as he used his own words against him, making the brunette guffaw at him being so grumpy at the prospect of cooking. Kiba knew tonight would be a way of bonding even more between them, but he preferred to have it in the most fun and light-hearted way possible, and making Naruto try to cook strange and exotic dishes would certainly be a way of accomplishing that.
"For tonight, I think Spaghetti Bolognese would fit the bill perfectly!"
"W-What the hell is that?!"
"It's spaghetti, which kind of like Ramen noodles (!) with minced beef in a basil and tomato sauce, It's really nice and pretty easy to make." Kiba explained while putting extra focus on the similarity of Ramen with noodles, which made Naruto's face lighten up with gratefulness that it was similar to his god-food in some way.
"Let's get started then! I'll do the s-spaghe?" Naruto tried to say the challenging word but struggled, then Kiba corrected him while laughing as well, making the blonde feel even dumber then usual.
"Right, let's get to it, Chef Nar!" Naruto grinned hugely after being given his new nickname, without realizing that Kiba was being incredibly sarcastic.
'He's cute when he doesn't catch on, I think I'll take advantage of his gullibleness... hehe.'
Kiba led the way with the cooking and generally done most of the work, as he expected. However he weren't unhappy with it at all though, as he had enough laughter at Naruto's attempts of cooking Spaghetti to make it all well worth it. They finally finished up and Naruto was visibly exhausted by the entire challenge of cooking the new dish, surprised that real pasta was so hard to cook unlike his covenant, god-worthy dish of Instant Ramen.
Kiba plated up the meal and was happy with how both dishes were, as there were generous amounts perfect for the two ravenous growing teens, as well and looking presentable and having all the right seasonings applied. Kiba tasted some of his to see if it was fine and was surprised by how good the Spaghetti was, even though he thought Naruto would have honestly charred it somehow.
"That Spaghetti is good Chef Nar!" Naruto grinned madly at Kiba's compliment, looking immensely proud with his crazy grin and chef hat he got given by Kiba.
'He's so goofy, It really is adorable.'
Kiba felt that recurring feeling in his stomach, making him lose his focus slightly and just daze a bit. He then saw Naruto waving his hands in front of his face and his focus recovered.
"Hey, the food's gonna get cold! Let's get it to the table already I'm freaking starving!" Naruto yelled in his usual tone to try and get eating as soon as possible. Kiba picked up both plates and put them on the opposite sides of the dining table in the Kitchen Diner, lighting a cute white candle in the middle of the table. Naruto ran over to the seat closest to the living room and sat down so he could get eating, while noticing the newly lighten flame.
'Is this his attempt of trying to seduce you? How pathetic, get to the kissing if that's what he wants!'
"Kyu, this isn't him trying to seduce me you dobe, I think it's sweet of him, but I just want the damn food already!"
'You and your bottomless stomach never ceases to amaze me...'
"I blame it on you, I thought you were getting a bit bigger around the waist-line..."
'Why you-!'
Naruto blocked her out just before Kiba placed his plate down in front of him with the cutlery in a very organised fashion, showing he wanted to make a good impression in this case. Naruto found it charming but cared more about eating the food more then anything. Kiba sat down with his plate and saw Naruto had already begun devouring his meal, too hungry for table manners as shrapnel of some of his food dispersed from his plate across the room.
"Wow, is it that nice?" Kiba smirked.
Naruto snapped his head back up from eating and there was red all around his mouth from where he sloppily ate the red food without caution. Kiba laughed and pointed to his face to make him realize he was making a real mess.
"It... is so good! It might even be up there with Ramen!" Naruto had a face of elation as he might of found the secret to life, a food as good as Ramen.
"I'm glad you like it Chef Nar." Kiba winked while Naruto smirked again at that new name he loved so much, but he wanted to go back to the conversation he had before dinner with the brunette.
"So, what we was talking about earlier." Naruto put his fork down, "Why don't you like being Heir of the clan?" The blonde asked, as Kiba put his cutlery down too, looking like it was going to perhaps be more of an in depth topic then Naruto thought.
"There's... a lot of reasons, I mean I told you about my clan traditions being complicated, yeah?" Naruto nodded, listening intently.
"Well being heir of the clan actually brings even more traditions down on me, so It's more complicated for me then it is for other clansmen. I'm not allowed to do a lot of things, say a lot of things or even think about a lot of things, as it could 'jeopardize the clan' or some junk like that." Kiba sounded agitated about his clan, and Naruto was starting to see and guess maybe why Kiba's always been touchy about his Clan and his mother too.
"But don't the benefits outweigh the downsides? I mean, you'll be head of the clan!"
"No I-It's complicated, I'll tell you more later...our dinner's getting cold so we better eat it then we can watch a horror movie or something." Kiba smiled then picked up his fork and began eating again.
'Hmm he changed the subject... he's hiding something Kit, but he did say he'd explain later, just don't expect it to be all flowers and sunshine if he's putting it off!'
"Flowers and sunshine? You're very flamboyant for a fox-demon, but I'm more concerned about the horror movie!"
Kiba kept eating his dinner with Naruto fast finishing his one too, as he already scoffed half of it as soon as it hit the table anyway. Kiba knew that Kyuubi often spoke to Naruto about things, so he also wanted to make a good impression on the fox too, but knew that she was ruthless and that impressing her would be a tall order.
Both teens finished their meals and Naruto accidentally let out a huge belch and blushed, which made Kiba laugh as he too was a slob at times. He belched to match Naruto's one, making both of the slobs laugh in harmony. This kind of behavior is what made them both bond in the first place: not only being pranksters and just 'boys' in general. However this night was to see if they could bring that bond over to the real emotional realm too, which they still had yet to prove.
"He hasn't tried it on or anything Kyu, to be honest I'm glad he hasn't so far!"
'Why? The romance and mating is what's worth fighting for, not taking it slow!'
"It's not all about the sex, Kyu. I'll be here for another few hours at least so we'll see how it goes, but I'm still glad he isn't pushing for anything... he's just being his nice sweet self!"
'Hmph, I thought you was crushing on him before!'
"I was, but that doesn't mean I want him to be a sex-crazed dobe like Sasuke. I went wrong with Sasuke by getting myself trapped with him without knowing what I got myself into, so I need to be neutral and see if Kiba really could be the one for me, but I guess we'll see at the end of the night!"
'Hmm, well said. Good luck Kit,'
Naruto stumbled off the chair feeling like he weighed a ton after eating so much, with Kiba being a little more agile as he ate less then the blonde bottomless pit did. Naruto went to grab his plate but Kiba beat him too it, acting like a gentleman for the night. Naruto chuckled at him acting so civil as he usually weren't like that with other people, but for tonight he would allow Kiba to do that if he wishes, as Naruto secretly liked it.
Kiba brought the plates to the Kitchen and got rid of the leftovers by putting them in a hatch, which Naruto would be sure to ask about as he never saw such a contraption, then taking the plates to wash them up. Naruto took the chance to go to the bathroom which he remembered was upstairs. He told Kiba he was going in case he started a manhunt, he then went upstairs while still bloated out, trying not to fall backwards from being so unbalanced.
He reached the landing and saw four rooms with two on either side of the landing, but going to the one on the nearest left which he thought was the bathroom. Thankfully he was correct and went about relieving himself while thinking over the night so far.
Kiba meanwhile had just finished washing the dishes and thought about which scary movie to watch with Naruto as he was terrified of them, which was ironic as he could face down S-Rank criminals while being less scared. He giggled at that Irony but his thoughts turned sour after thinking over what to tell Naruto later about his clan rules, if anything happened at all that is. He decided to get on with picking a good movie rather then overthink, as that always seemed to get in the way of things.
"The Glob... that'll be great."
Kiba snickered to himself as he knew Naruto would probably scream all night, even though it wasn't the scariest movie out there. He ran into the living room and opened a small media storage drawer next to his TV and looked through them to find 'The Glob', picking it out while also looking for another movie they could watch after, preferably something light-hearted to stop Naruto having nightmares over the whole night. He thought he would test the waters with picking out a Chick Flick, not only 'cause both boys secretly loved them, but so they could see romantic themes while together, which is sure to get them thinking.
He picked '20 Second Dates' as he thought it resembled the current situation in some way, that they didn't know how much longer they would have until one of them could be gone the next day. He hoped Naruto would feel the same way, and see what happened from then on after, and cherish what they already have or seek something more.
Naruto stumbled back down the stairs after his bathroom break and was still evidently bloated with his belly now protruding out of his top, showing how much he really ate. He waddled towards the living area and saw Kiba kneeling down in front of the TV, guessing that he was gonna put something on for them both to watch.
"What are we watching?" Naruto grinned at the brunette, happy that he decided to keep the night going when he could of just ended the night with the dinner.
"The Glob..." Kiba smirked at Naruto's expression, as his face turned ever-more pale and white like a ghost after hearing the name of the movie.
"T-The what now?" His voice quivered as, just as Kiba expected, he was already looking ready to faint at just hearing the name of the renowned Horror movie. Kiba once told Naruto that Horror movies were generally real and that watching them can cause the events to happen in real life, but Naruto was gullible enough to actually believe his joke, and has believed it ever since it was told.
"Just sit down you puss!"
Naruto's eye twitched at being called that, as his pride was often paramount before all else, but he resisted retaliating and wanted to prove to Kiba he could watch the movie without screaming or being "a puss", which was however very unlikely.
The blonde crashed onto the two seater and thought he nearly broke it from all the extra ton he's suddenly put on. While he was checking to see if he done any damage Kiba put the movie on and jumped onto the left side of the two-seater as well, nearly creating an earthquake from so much weight in one spot. Kiba pressed play on the remote and the Title appeared and Naruto turned pale again, making Kiba laugh at him already for being so scared at just seeing words on the screen. They continued watching it while Naruto was screaming of fright, much to Kiba's amusement.
"AHHH OH MY KAMI! L-LOOK AT IT! AHHHHH!" Naruto dramatically screeched after seeing the Glob in Its true form, not expecting to see something as grotesque assault his eyes. Kiba too was scared but couldn't help but laugh at Naruto's drama.
"It's not that bad Nar AHHHH W-WHAT IS IT DOING?!"
"OH KAMI I CAN'T LOOK!"
Naruto buried his head into Kiba's lap without sparing a second-thought to it, too terrified to care as he thought The Glob would jump out of the screen and attack them. Kiba's eyes widened as he saw Naruto burying his face into his lap, thankfully not hitting his pride and glory or that could have really hurt. His heart started pumping faster from the contact but tried to think nothing of it as Naruto was obviously just terrified and dealt with it by hiding from the TV somehow.
'I bet he's enjoying that Kit, keep it up hehe!'
"Wait, what?"
'You're so scared that you don't even know you got your head in his crotch! Ahahaha I'm still surprised how stupid you are sometimes Kit!'
Naruto shot his head up from Kiba's lap and was bright red, hoping that somehow Kiba was also too scared to notice. Unfortunately for Naruto the brunette knew straight away and was also slightly red, but smirked at the blonde foe his blunder.
"S-Sorry I was, pretty scared... hehe."
"Don't worry 'bout it, you can't help it that you're a puss can you?" Kiba winked at him while trying to lighten the atmosphere and show he weren't bothered with what happened, while Naruto pouted again and stuck his tongue out.
The movie went on and Naruto made sure to cover his eyes rather then bury them in Kiba's groin like before, to both of their appreciation to avoid that slightly awkward moment again. The movie finally finished and Naruto was visibly sweating from the anxiety induced from the movie, making him look slightly ill too.
"I had another movie in mind if you wanna watch it?" Kiba tried to sound as innocent as possible to hopefully stop Naruto coming to early conclusions of it being another Horror movie and running out the door, but the blonde was still paranoid from seeing The Glob in his head, so he assumed it was anyway.
"No! No more horror movies, please, can't we do something else other then watch a horror movie?!" Naruto pleaded with desperation.
'Do something else? So he doesn't wanna go home yet, that's good!' Kiba made a mental note of what the blonde said, showing that he maybe wanted to see if something could still come out of the night, so he still had a chance.
"Well yeah, we can watch a Comedy movie."
Kiba tried not to say it was a Romantic Comedy, so he could hook Naruto in first and then let him figure out it was Romantic after. He wanted the night to be as smooth as possible while also testing the waters, so if he had to be a tad sneaky then he would.
"Oh thank Kami! I couldn't deal with another horror movie, so what's this one called?"
"U-Uhh...Twenty first d-date."
"What? Are you being serious?" Naruto laughed at Kiba's choice, as it was a classic chick-flick, which Kiba used to despise. But he saw Kiba weren't laughing back though and looked taken aback by something, was it him?
"Y-You are, aren't you?" Naruto normally wouldn't have thought anything about a friend wanting to see that with him, but in this case it was different as Kiba was never like this before, so he didn't at all expect for him to be serious about it. Kiba nodded timidly and looked not quiet hurt, but no where near as confident as before.
"Crap I think I've really broken his courage or something, I better act fast or he'll be as timid as Hinata by the end of tonight."
"That sounds like... a great Idea, let's put it on already!" He pulled of his shining grin to show that he was fine with Kiba suggesting that movie, so it could return to normal again. Kiba looked more secure and smiled back to Naruto, glad he didn't take it as badly as he thought for a second.
"He's really insecure by the looks of it, I gotta figure out why though, 'cause I've never actually seen him like this."
'He's probably got a whole lot of issues under covers Kit, and you're signing yourself up for all of that!'
"He's my best friend so I signed myself up for that a long time ago Kyu, now shut it, he's putting the movie on.
'You started the conver!-'
Naruto blocked her out again much to her impending rage, as he seemed to enjoy abusing his power of blocking her out at will. Kiba finished putting the disk into the movie player and sat back down beside Naruto, holding the remote control ready to play it.
"The reason I wanted us to see this was..." Kiba spoke out of the blue and caught Naruto's attention.
"Was because It's kind of like what's going on now with this whole bunch of crap with The Manipulator; that we shouldn't take time for granted if anything happens." His eyes met with Azure ones and they both shared a short yet intense moment of connection, Kiba desperately wanting to convey his thoughts to the blonde boy beside him.
"I... understand what you mean. I-I weren't laughing 'at you' but it was just unexpected, that's all and-"
"You talk too much Nar, you know that?"
Kiba smiled at Naruto's nodding, knowing full well that the brunette was right. Kiba decided to play the movie and save the talking for later, as it was already getting pretty late as it was 9:30pm, and Naruto weren't allowed to stay too long as Tsunade instructed Kiba earlier that day. Hinata could only watch over them until , meaning Naruto could get assaulted by the rogue again if it was in early hours, which was a risk he weren't willing to take for his best-friend.
The movie began to play and both boys were laughing already, lifting the mood and atmosphere straight away. They watched through most of the movie but both boys began to tear up when they found out about the young protagonists brain-damage and that she couldn't remember her lover the next day, which was understandably heartbreaking to watch. They reached the end of the movie and Naruto burst out crying as he never saw the movie before, so was extra susceptible to the sadness of it. Kiba almost cried too, but he saw it before so it was less dramatic for him.
"I-It's sad how *sniff* she forgot him, after all they went though together."
The blonde cried even more melodramatically, causing Kyuubi to sigh while Kiba comforted the boy by patting his back. Naruto hugged Kiba and felt comforted by the brunette, more so than with anyone else, that he could fall asleep right there and then. Kiba hugged him back and the blonde eventually stopped crying, regaining some of his composure from that rather pride-degrading and emotional moment.
"So, you wanted me to *sniff* watch that because we shouldn't take time for granted?" Naruto tried to figure out why Kiba wanted it to be the other movie they watched tonight other than perhaps an action movie.
"Yeah, 'cause you worry me how you can be so reckless sometimes, and that you could have been killed last night... a-and I might not of had the chance to..."
"T-To what?" Naruto felt a buzzing feeling in the pit of his stomach, something he had only felt before with Kiba with the near-kiss.
"Follow me."
Kiba climbed up from the Sofa and went over to the TV to turn it off, meaning no more movies for the night. Naruto followed suit and got up from the comfy sofa and saw Kiba walk back towards him, ready to see if he was ready to follow.
"You ready?"
"Y-Yeah I guess, where are we going?"
"You'll see, don't worry though."
Naruto trusted him so he nodded to show his agreement. Kiba turned on his heels and walked towards the staircase, starting to go up them at a slow and steady pace. Naruto walked briskly towards the staircase so he could be close behind Kiba, as he was already getting anxious and slightly worried about what could be in store.
"Kyu, where do you think he's taking me?"
'Kami knows Kit, could be a torture chamber for all we know.'
"You're not helping!"
'Oh yes I am, I'm being realistic here!'
"Why a torture chamber?!"
'He could be working for the enemy, that's pretty damn common for ninja.'
Naruto began to get paranoid about where he was being taken, largely due to his anxiety and that he wasn't being helped by the sadistic Kyuubi, who was enjoying seeing her Kit panic over following the brunette upstairs, which she found was another thing to use against him in the future as proof of him being a 'puss'. Kiba reached the top of the stairs followed by the slightly shaking Naruto, who didn't know why and where Kiba asked him to follow him too.
He saw the four rooms again while Kiba ignored the one on the right nearest to the staircase and continued to the end of the landing, which was between two doors that they would be going into he thought. The blonde walked timidly to the middle of the hallway with Kiba standing at the end waiting for him, giving no indication to which room they would enter, making Naruto worry even more.
"Close your eyes before you go in and open them when I say, Ok?" Kiba asked again, seemingly shakened himself for some reason, which Naruto thought odd as he was the one who should be anxious.
"Close my eyes? O-Ok." Naruto gulped as he saw Kiba grab a key out of his pocket and go to open the door on the left with it, just as he closed his eyes.
'Under Lock and Key? And making you close your eyes so you can only see at the last second? This really could be something to worry about Kit!'
Naruto began to shake even more as Kyuubi's words made him scared, especially with the fact of the room having a lock that only Kiba could open, which screamed out "taboo" and "secret" to him. The lock clicked and Kiba opened the door and entered the room. Naruto gulped again but walked to the room entrance with his eyes closed, waiting for the moment for Kiba to tell him he's allowed to look as he stood in the doorway.
"Ok, you can open them." Naruto opened his eyes and was astounded by what he saw.
Peach-orange colored walls covered the room on three sides, giving a wonderful yet calm glow that awakened Naruto's tired eyes, while the doorway wall was white, so it followed a white & orange color scheme. The room was pretty big and appeared to have another door to the right of it. He saw a beautiful King-sized bed in the middle back of the room, with white and orange duvet and pillows, being white on the bottom half of it and having a white/orange frog theme for the pillows. To the right of it there was a brown oaken desk and cream colored chair with a computer monitor on it and, of course, a computer on the bottom left of the desk as well. There was a cream colored bookcase on the left of the bed with multiple scrolls and texts, which any ninja would find useful.
Kiba smiled after seeing Naruto's amazed expression and beckoned for him to look at the other door in the room, which Naruto wasn't as afraid of after seeing the beautiful and not-so dangerous room. Naruto opened the door and saw a wonderful en suite bathroom with an oceanic blue and clear white theme, which really gave it a pure yet vibrant scheme also. Naruto left the bathroom and didn't quiet figure out why Kiba showed him the room, although it was lovely to look at.
"It's really nice Kiba! But why did you show me?"
"Gosh Naruto you can be so dense, hahaha!"
"I'm not dense! Why would he show me this room? It's not mine or anything!"
'Is your memory that bad Kit? You're moving in tomorrow, now try and connect those two very easy dots, baka!'
Naruto's expression became that of shock as he finally realized this was his room for Kami-knows how long, which was wonderful as it looked better then his entire apartment on a good day.
"I-Is this really my room?" Naruto was shocked that Kiba would go to such a length to get him such a marvelous room, as it looked pristine and almost brand new, so he thought that this could have maybe been renovated for him, especially when taking the frog-themed duvet set into account.
"I'm glad you like it, I knew you loved Orange so I thought you'd be happy about that!" Kiba grinned at seeing Naruto's eyes tear-up, getting emotional over the lengths to which Kiba seemingly went through to make a perfect custom room for Naruto.
"W-Why did you do this much for me? You didn't have to completely customize the room and change it to my liking 'cause I mean, I could be here only for a short while!" Naruto tried not to sound ungrateful, as he certainly wasn't, but he wanted to know why anyone would do so much for him, even a best friend, as this was far more then he would expect from anyone.
"W-Well about that... I, Uhh... T-There's a note on the pillow, I-It's the only way I could... well." Kiba had a sweat forming on his face as he stuttered through that sentence, sounding just like Hinata and worse then Naruto used to be. Naruto felt buzzing again in his stomach as he anticipated the note to definitely be something worth reading straight away.
'He can only confess his need to rut by note? He's the puss, how pathetic!'
"Be quiet Kyu, This isn't that... I don't know what it will say, at all, but there's more to it then that."
Naruto walked over to the bed and leaned over to the pillows and saw a small white envelope with his name on it. His hands began to shake as he took the envelope and opened it, trying not to accidentally rip the contents by opening it clumsily. It was a letter, as he expected, which he carefully took out of the white envelope and began to unfold it, revealing a decent-sized content that he so eagerly began to read, not knowing what it could be.
Naruto,
You're probably already wondering why I've written you a letter when I could just speak to you myself, which sounds pretty weird, right? But It's because I really don't know how to tell you in person, as it's something that requires absolute confidence, which I don't have believe it or not!
But anyway, I want to tell you one thing before getting on with the actual matter at hand, and that is I don't want this to come between our friendship. So if you agree to my letter or disagree, I still want to be your best friend, and you to be mine, as that's one of the most important things that I cherish, even though I don't show it a lot. If you don't want to remain friends, then I couldn't blame you, as it's often something like this that creates a rift between a lot of people.
You know that I've never had a girlfriend, right? And I've never had a boyfriend either, even though I've had people like Ino and even Shino (Yep, you read it!) flirt and try to hit on me, but I never felt anything, not one kind of bodily response to them, or even a mental one. No one has ever really messed with my head and body in so many ways, until I felt something for this certain ninja, someone who I never really noticed in that way until the invasion of pain... you.
Recently, every time I'm around you I feel something tingling in my stomach; I feel so different with you compared to anyone else in my life; I feel like I've met someone who I can truly consider not just my Best Friend, but someone who I hold close in my life, someone who I love to spend time with, someone who makes me smile, laugh and experience happiness far easier then I would do with anyone else. I think I've only just started to notice how wonderful of a person you are, and how lucky I am you're in my life.
And remember that night by the Hokage tower? I felt all those feelings getting stronger and stronger until it was too much. I think I know what those feelings are now, and... I hope you felt them too.
As I said, I never felt those kind of feelings before for anyone, so I don't know if it's anything like infatuation or just me being a hormonal teen, but the point of the letter is to show you that I do feel there is something between us that is worth fighting for, and perhaps something worth even more than we already have as best friends, and on that note It's also to ask if:
Naruto read the letter and noticed the unanswered question at the end of the letter, which made him desperate to know what it was, as his heart was beating madly from reading such beautiful words spoken about him from his best-friend. Naruto's eyes desperately scanned Kiba's brown ones demanding the question. Kiba now knew he read the letter, and he knew that he was the one to ask the question not put down in the letter itself.
"N-Naruto, we've been through a lot recently and we'll probably go through a lot worse in the future. With all that's going on with The Manipulator out there, It's not impossible to say that there's a big chance we could be gone by tomorrow for all we know." Kiba walked towards Naruto and kept eye contact.
"As you read, you mean a lot to me as a best friend; more so than any other of my friends and even some of my family do. But in these dangerous times I'd like to be more than just a friend, I want to always be there for you, care for you and protect you... as your companion. I-I know this could sound rushed to a lot of people, but we already know each other so well and we shouldn't take any more time for granted. S-So the question is... W-Will you be my boyfriend?"
Kiba looked into the cerulean eyes of the other teen with pure emotions flowing from them, desperate for an answer just as Naruto was previously. Naruto stared into Kiba's eyes with just as much compassion, while also trying to analyse them with his albeit paranoid nature, as Sasuke caused him so much harm, he needed to be sure that Kiba wouldn't.
"B-Before I answer, I need to tell you about Sasuke."
Naruto looked down, as he knew he had to get this off his chest and confess this before ever going out with someone else, he needed to do this for his own sanity. Kiba nodded to Naruto, not questioning him as he knew there was a lot of history between them, and was curious to why it would play a part in his own question.
"You probably already guessed, but Sasuke was my boyfriend for a while..." Kiba always had an inkling they were, so nodded along without interrupting the blonde.
"He was at first.. amazing. He was always there for me, he cared for me and he was compassionate, more so then what people ever thought possible for him. But it didn't last long." Naruto looked further down as he became more emotional, not wanting Kiba to see his tears begin to form.
"He turned into a nightmare. He was so cold, manipulative and horribly aggressive and violent. A-And I barely escaped from it." Tears fell from his whiskered cheek, hitting the wooden floor with a small splat that Kiba could hear. The brunette moved over to him and embraced him in a comforting hug, hating to see him so upset over Sasuke, who he slowly began to hate more and more with each passing second and word he heard about him from the hurt Naruto.
"He trapped me... I was stuck with him and the only way he tried to separate from me after he finished using me was by trying to kill me. He treated me like scum when all I wanted was for someone to be there for me... someone I could rely on and he could rely on me, I mean, Isn't that what Boyfriends do?!" Naruto became angrier, hating Sasuke for being such a bad and hurtful person in his life, when he was the one who was meant to protect him.
"It is, partners are there for each other so he certainly didn't deserve you Naruto, you know that as much as I do."
"I-I know, but I don't want to be hurt by someone so close to me again, It was so much that I almost..." Naruto's tears flowed freely from his irritated eyes onto Kiba's shoulder, showing all Kiba needed to know. That he would have him as his companion if he was what a true partner should be: caring, loyal and most of all, be there with him in his greatest time of need, which Sasuke didn't do, and scarred the blonde for life.
"That's why... I want to take things further between us... I want to be there for you with no barriers. I want to comfort you and protect you without speculation, questions and limits. I want you to be my partner because you're funny, charming, beautiful and you'd care for me too, and I can trust you more then anyone else."
The troubled blonde looked up to Kiba's eyes and saw only the truth. He saw everything he was looking for, everything he hoped Kiba could be, a best-friend and caring partner. He knew he had to tell Kiba to let him know that it was a big responsibility being partners, and a huge thing for Naruto, yet the brunette proved that he really was up to it, as he truly wanted to be there for Naruto, which Sasuke never did.
"T-Thank you... I'm lucky to have you in my life Kiba, so my answer is... yes." Naruto's smile broke through the veil of tears smothering his face, he truly felt happy and content, like nothing before. Kiba smiled at his answer and took Naruto into a caring embrace, wanting to comfort the teen more the anything, as he could only begin to imagine Naruto's pain and issues with getting into such a close relationship, and it touched Kiba that Naruto was willing to do so with him.
Naruto felt so warm in Kiba's hug, more so than he did before, probably knowing that Kiba didn't have to adhere to previous limits and could really show how much he cared. Naruto could melt away into the embrace for eternity, but Kyu had to go and interrupt it with an "Important Announcement" as she called it.
'This is a nice feeling Kit, but cheer up a bit and 'seal the deal' already, or he won't know the boundaries, which would be awkward for boyfriends now, wouldn't it?'
Naruto knew she was actually right about that, as this wasn't exactly the most heated and romantic start to a relationship he expected, but he could only blame himself for being the one crying. He let go of Kiba and hinted at ending the comfort-hug, which Kiba did, and Naruto began to lean his head in for a kiss.
Kiba saw Naruto begin to lean in and knew this time was different to the hug before, and that wonderful feeling in his stomach came back again, feeling oh-so strong and causing his body to instinctively lean in also, making eye contact with those beautiful oceanic orbs; loving the connection they both had just by looking into each-others eyes. Naruto leaned in faster and was the first to make contact with Kiba, relishing in the spark that coursed through his body.
Naruto's lips melted into Kiba's and, although there was super-erotic behavior involved, it conveyed a whole range of emotions and passion for each-other, confirming that there was not only caring and emotional compatibility between the teens, but also chemistry, which Kyuubi obviously thought was the most important part.
They held the passionate kiss for a few seconds and broke off, both slowly moving back but both now having a goofy smile on their faces.
"Wow, I'm glad I had you for my first kiss Nar." Kiba grinned as he never felt such a buzz in his life, secretly eager to kiss those gorgeous lips again and again.
Naruto blushed slightly but smiled at the compliment, glad the Kiba thought of his kiss like that. He never had compliments from Sasuke, so Kiba had already ticked one of Naruto's boxes that Sasuke didn't, which was a good sign that the Inuzuka could be 'a real catch' which Kyu rightfully added.
"You're not so bad yourself, for an amateur." Naruto winked, wanting to lighten to mood after having such an emotional and tense heart-spilling conversation prior to the kiss.
"Heh, I'm a natural, you'll see again sometime." Kiba winked back, playing the same game as Naruto. The blonde smirked like a mad fox back at Kiba, not needing to be as shy or as cautious around Kiba now as before.
"Maybe...," the blonde looked to the clock on his new bedroom wall, "It's half eleven, so I better get going or Tsunade will kill me as Hinata's gotta escort me back."
Naruto smiled sadly as he wanted to stay with his new boyfriend for the night, but knew he would be there tomorrow anyway, so he didn't mind complying with Tsunade for now.
"I'll walk you home" Kiba reached for his jacket that he put on the bed but Naruto grabbed his wrist to stop him.
"No, I got Hinata to bring me home and you'll have to go back yourself which would put YOU at risk." Naruto looked seriously at Kiba to make sure he knew he wasn't kidding, as he didn't want Kiba to be hurt like he was the night before.
"..."
"I'll be here again tomorrow anyway, but make sure you have a good stock of Ramen as cooking takes way too much effort!" Naruto flailed his arms around, making Kiba laugh, emphasizing that Ramen was a necessity for a happy and functioning Naruto.
"Ok I will, but you gotta help pay for it, that stuff costs a lot!"
"Yeah that's fine, but I better get going."
"I'll see you off, but I got something for you first." Kiba pulled the frog wallet out of his pocket and held it out in his hands, seeing Naruto's eyes widen into saucers as he couldn't believe his eyes.
"F-For me?!" He slowly reached for Kiba's hands and took hold of the immensely cute wallet, cooing over it.
"Thank you so much!"
"No problem, I knew you liked frogs!"
"I'll have to get you a puppy wallet now!"
Kiba sighed as he really disliked being referred to as a puppy, but if it made Naruto happy then he'd stand for it... for a while.
Naruto grinned at Kiba's response to the puppy idea and left the room with him following behind, hearing him lock the door. They both went downstairs and saw Hinata still seated outside, which did make Naruto feel guilty for staying there so late in some aspect. But he couldn't have been Kiba's boyfriend if he didn't, so he weren't gonna regret it. The blonde grabbed his jacket off of the coat peg and put his shoes back on, ready to leave the house.
"Well I'll be seeing you tomorrow then, my boyfriend!" Kiba chirped, making Naruto cringe slightly.
"You're so goofy... It's adorable." Naruto laughed, making Kiba the one to pout now, but Naruto made it up to him and kissed him goodbye while he still pouted, taking him by surprise. Their lips met and that same wonderful spark shot through both of their bodies; they could have stood there for hours, but poor Hinata was freezing to death so they made the kiss short but definitely sweet.
"I'll see you tomorrow, I'll be around early-ish so have some Ramen by then!"
"Your version of 'early' is about 11am! There should be Ramen or if not we'll go shopping for some or something, but it depends if we gotta go back to investigating tomorrow."
Both teens seemed down at that mention of the investigation, as they wanted to spend more time with each other instead of hunting down some nut-job out for them. However Naruto grinned and Kiba took note, confused why he was happy instead of down.
"When we finally beat that coward Manipulator, we can chill and eat Ramen for as long as we want then, so bring on the investigation!" Naruto pulled off his famous thumbs up and his grin shone with determination, infecting Kiba with the grin too.
"Heh, that's true, but anyway we need our sleep and so does Hinata, so get moving!" Kiba patted Naruto's butt to make him jump and get moving, which worked to great effect, while also making him blush madly while Kiba smirked. Naruto opened the door and greeted Hinata, while waving goodbye to Kiba.
"H-Hi Naruto, how was it?"
"It was great! Are you OK Hinata? It's been cold out."
"Y-Yes, There was no sign of The M-Manipulator thankfully."
"That's great... Hey, do you fancy some Ramen?"
"H-Hell Yes!"
Both chronically hungry teens exited the compound and made a mad dash to Ichiraku's as it closed at 12am, and it was already 11:50, so they had to hurry. Naruto grinned during the jog, not only because he found it funny that Hinata seemingly had a monstrous appetite like him, with her talking about getting 5 bowels of double-chicken Ramen, but also because the night couldn't have gone better; He strengthened his relationship with Kiba, and he couldn't wait to see what it had in store for the both of them.
A/N: Phew that was a long chapter, right?! I hope you guys liked it and leave a review if possible! This story is going to be far longer then I originally anticipated, and I'm happy that's the case! I guess It's time to leave with a wonderful and mushy Naruto emoticon, Til next time! =^.^=