Their moment was spoiled the next morning when Shino came rapping on Hinata's door. When she heard his voice, she gave Kiba a kick to wake him up. He woke with a start, clutching his shin and groaning.
"Shh! Shino is here!"
"The hell?" Kiba grumbled, rubbing his shin with one hand and sleep from his eyes with the other. Hinata frantically darted around the room, dressing herself at lightning speed while Akamaru watched her with worry.
"Just a second!"
"I know you're all in there."
Hinata froze with a mixture of emotions on her face, staring at the door. Kiba let out a chuckle as he crawled out of the bed, brushing past her to answer the door for her. Shino stood there with expectantly raised eyebrows, hands firmly in his jacket pockets.
"Come on in." Kiba extended his arm, smirking.
What Hinata wasn't realizing is that Shino probably didn't even suspect what she thought he was suspecting. As a team, they had countless sleepovers, as a trio or as a duo on different occasions. There were plenty of times when Kiba came to Shino's place and found Hinata asleep in the guest room. But Hinata's mind was so clouded, she was fearing the worst.
Shino entered and proceeded to explain that they had a mission they needed to head out on as soon as possible. After explaining the details, the group broke to quickly prepare and meet at the town entrance. After Shino left, Kiba summoned Akamaru to join him, stopping only when Hinata caught his attention by clearing her throat. He raised his eyes up at her, that smirk still dancing on his lips, looking so pleased with himself. Her hands were locked behind her as she bounced on the heels of her feet, slowly looking up at him.
"Something wrong, Hinata?" He teased, shoving his hands in his pockets.
"N-no-uh-I'll see you out there." She stumbled over her words, flipping around to begin packing her bag. She gasped when he appeared behind her, arms wrapping around her middle and pulling her in. Her hands instinctively grabbed his forearms and she shuddered when he planted his lips on her neck. The hairs on the back of his neck stood up as he felt her body go tense then relax into his, and he didn't want to let go.
Maybe he wouldn't.
He let his fangs graze over her skin once more, eliciting that tiny moan he ached to hear, before she flipped around in his arms and firmly pushed her hands into his chest. His lazy smirk remained as he locked his eyes with hers.
"Kiba! Is now really a good time?"
"It's always a good time when it's with you." His voice was low and quiet and her entire body looked like it was consumed with heat. What he would give to bathe in the scent she gave off for the rest of his life. Whatever this was, he desperately wanted it.
Then, reluctantly, he let go. "But I see your point."
"Wait!" She held out a hand before he could turn, stopping him. When she stepped forward and took the initiative, wrapping herself around him and pulling him in for a kiss, he genuinely wondered if he had died and gone to paradise. He gladly took her in, pulling her body as close to his as possible, feeling every outline of her beautiful form. Then they broke away when Akamaru gave an annoyed bark, causing Hinata to giggle. He gave her a more genuine, warm smile now as he brushed the strands from her cheeks, then carefully laid a kiss on her forehead before pulling away.
"See you out there, Hina."
As they moved through the forest, tracking clues, Kiba's mind was clouded. He couldn't stop glancing at Hinata, imagining that beautiful body laying in front of him. Those perfect breasts bouncing out of her bra, the warmth and slickness of her pussy, her overwhelmingly delicious scent, the way her pretty pink nose flared and supple lips parted as she came for him. His name being moaned from her mouth. How even out here in the field, he could feel himself hardening at just the thought. How much he wanted to grab her and throw her to the floor of the forest and take her, bury his cock deep in her cunt and release everything he had inside of her. The thought of filling her up, and maybe...
"Kiba, keep your wits!" Shino scolded. It was no surprise he had been missing some pretty obvious signs, ignoring Akamaru when he yelped for him to stop. He shook his head, scratching his cheek.
"Shit, sorry." Kiba glanced around.
Maybe this is what Hinata meant. He cracked his knuckles and stretched his neck, trying to shake himself out of the funk. They continued on.
After 30 painful hours awake, searching and marking, the team finally decided to take a rest at Hinata's urgency. As the sun faded underneath the earth, they finished up their small campsite. They had just eaten and all three were ready for sleep. Akamaru gladly curled up into the middle of the tent, giving an appreciative whine when Shino draped a blanket over him.
"I'll take first watch." Hinata gestured out of the tent with a look of resolve.
"But-you were the one who wanted to rest! I'll do it." Kiba insisted, glancing between her and Shino.
"Kiba." Shino hissed, causing Kiba to frown. He let out a pouty "hmph" and relented as Hinata hopped away to an overhead branch, activating her byakugan. Kiba and Shino laid next to Akamaru silently, attempting to get comfortable. Then, Shino turned his head to Kiba and simply said, "I know."
Kiba jerked his head up to look at Shino and Akamaru let out an annoyed grumble. "You know? Know what, Shino? Don't be vague with me!"
"You and Hinata."
"Oh yeah? What about us?"
"You had some sort of intercourse last night."
Kiba went silent, pursing his lips together as he glared at Shino. Shino simply gave a nod at his lack of response. Kiba opened his mouth as if to speak, but decided on shutting it again.
"I am happy for you two, Kiba. As long as it does not affect our missions."
"Right." Kiba answered, quietly. Shino nodded once more before turning his head back, seemingly falling asleep within seconds. Kiba gulped and faced the ceiling of the tent, wishing he had taken first watch. He probably wouldn't be getting much sleep.
Luckily for Kiba, he was wrong, and Hinata was gently waking him up 2 and a half hours later. He grumbled as her soft hands pushed on his arm, turning to face the disruption. He sleepily whispered, "Hina..."
She offered him a smile. "Your turn."
"Or you could just lay here with me." He outstretched an arm to pull her in, causing her to stifle a giggle. She backed out of the tent, gently pulling him out with her. He lazily followed, slowly standing upright to stretch.
"I'll stay up with you." She spoke softly, a shy smile on her lips as she looked up at him. He chuckled.
"Nah, you need to get rest, too." He reached out to grasp her hand, pulling her closer to him. "As much as I love looking at your pretty face."
She stifled another giggle, pink spreading over her cheeks once again. "But I want to, K-Kiba."
He could fall asleep to her chanting his name that way.
He wrapped his free arm around her waist while still holding her hand with his other, and dipped in to kiss her. He had been aching to feel her and taste her again since they left, and the way she responded had him thinking that maybe she had been to. She wrapped her arm around his neck and leaned her head back to invite him deeper, careful to not let her heavy breaths turn into moans. When a moan did escape, he squeezed her waist a bit harder than normal. She let out a tiny, adorable gasp into his lips and he smirked, opening one eye to see the mix of arousal and worry on her face. When she pulled away from him, a quiet growl escaped him, refusing to loosen his grip.
"H-hey, come on." She shook her head, those big, beautiful eyes swallowing him whole. He grinned before pulling her in close again and leaping with her in his arms to the above tree branch. She gasped, tightening her grip as well with a questioning look on her face.
"How about a quick dance lesson?" He teased, side stepping with his arm securely around her waist. She finally let a giggle slip, glancing down at the tent that had Shino and Akamaru sleeping away in. He followed her eyes, then leaned in to nudge her nose with his. "We can keep an eye just fine up here, sweetheart." Her heart skipped at the pet name. She returned her gaze to him and cracked a smile, conceding to him.
As she carefully led him around the branch, gliding away, Kiba and Hinata both kept a mindful eye out for their tent. Hinata had to admit he had come a long way from when they first started doing this. When they were younger and weren't busy training, Hinata often offered to teach the boys to dance. At first, only Shino would dance with her, indicating that it was good team bonding and decent coordination practice. Kiba was the kind of boy that refused to partake in such activities. But as he watched Shino become a better and better dance partner to Hinata, and his feelings started emerging, he started getting jealous. After a while, he finally asked her to show him how to dance. The first time he asked, it was a duo mission with Kurenai, who had given him the push to ask. Akamaru had a good time trotting around them, matching their steps as they went. And Kiba gave in to the fact he actually liked it.
Sure, he loved having an excuse to be close to Hinata. But the dancing was actually fun, Akamaru enjoyed it, and Shino was right that it was good coordination practice. He and Shino even danced sometimes if Hinata wasn't there and they were tired of training.
And they wondered why everyone called them the touchy feely team.
"I can't believe how good you guys have gotten." Hinata breathed, letting Kiba twirl her before falling back into his chest.
"Why can't you believe it, huh?" He teased, pulling her up off her feet to spin.
"I-I didn't-I mean of course I can believe it!" She shook her head, gently falling back on her toes. He smirked down at her, giving her hand a quick, reassuring squeeze and she relaxed. Then, he dipped her backwards and took her in for a kiss, gentle and slow before pulling her back up and releasing her lips.
"Been thinking about doing that forever," he whispered against her lips, subconsciously running his thumb along the back of her hand.
"Y-you have?" She breathed, their movements becoming slower until they were simply rocking side to side with one another. He nodded gently, placing fluttering kisses. He pulled the hand locked in hers away and slid it over her cold cheek, running his thumb over the point of her nose. She smiled that sweet, soft smile up at him, her hand sliding over the top of his as she leaned into his palm.
"Hinata, you have no idea." His voice was a low, quiet hum in her ears. "It's been like this for a long time. I just knew I never had a chance, with, y'know. Naruto around." Her cheeks flushed at his words. She opened her mouth to speak, but he cut her off, "I've been a hopeless puppy for you, Hinata. I've been in love with you for..." He trailed off, eyes shifting and brows knitting together as he realized what he just confessed. Her eyes went wide as she watched his facial expression change from dreamy to panic. "I-I mean, like, as a friend. I love you, Hinata, as a friend." He gulped, looking back at her eyes to see her reaction. She remained quiet, studying him until he wrapped his other arm around her waist and jumped back to the tent, clumsily placing her in front of the entrance. "Uh-get some rest, will ya?" He awkwardly rubbed the back of his head before leaping away, crossing his legs to sit hurriedly on the branch above. Hinata smiled up at him and decided to let him be free of this interaction.
Just this once.