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Naruto?" He called once more as I just stood there motionlessly, still in shock from what I heard.

But I couldn't understand why?

Why did hearing him say such things to a friend of his make me feel so, hurt?

"Naruto!" He raised his voice, snapping me out of my trance.

"Huh?"

"Are you okay?" He asked with a confused expression.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" I asked, as if I wasn't staring into space like I had been possessed.

"Because you stood there like we're possessed."

Crap!

"That's...That's just because, because, because, because... I wasn't sure if the TV was on and I wanted to be cartoony and make you think that I can see into the future, like that girl, ya know...the girl that could see into the future..." I trailed as he looked at me as if I had two heads.

Which was a valid expression.

"..."

"But, I see that it failed so hahah. I'll just head back up and get ready to-"

"Stop bullshiting me. I know when you're lying, ya know?" He spat as he put emphasis on my habit making it clear that I was indeed lying.

"..."

"So what is it?"

"..."

"Hm?"

"I said it was nothing."

"It has to be something for you to lie like that, plus if I remember correctly a certain someone did say they would talk to me about anything because they realized they weren't asking me enough questions." He pointed out as he walked closer to me.

Instinctively I took a step back, thinking he was about to approach me and do something that would get us caught and me found out.

But he only took one step and then stopped.

"..."

"..." He stared at me as I continued to stare at him.

"Why'd you back away?" He asked.

"..."

"Hm, what happened to you wanting to talk to me now, huh? Last night I wouldn't give you even a single response and now that I'm up and willing you don't want to talk and now you're backing away from me."

"That's not it."

"Then what is?

"Kiba, you know my family are upstairs."

"I know that, but you say that like I was about to do something that would get us in trouble. Are you telling me that I can't even stand next to you now?"

"I didn't say that."

"Then what are you trying to tell me?!" He whispered under his breath, but from the look of his eyes I knew he wanted to scream. "Because if I do back away you get skeptical yet when you do it to me, it's different."

"..." I remained quiet, not knowing what to say or even understanding how I was truly feeling.

"Crap..." He sighed as he pinched his nose bridge. "When are we going to stop this?"

"..."

"I'm sick of having this type of stressful conversation with you, Naruto. It doesn't make sense to me why every time, everything we do lands us right back to a conversation like this."

He was right, no matter how good we were, we always came back to having arguments.

"I'm-"

"Stop apologizing."

"Then what am I supposed to do? You say everything like I'm to blame."

"You're not...not everything is your fault. You've apologized before, you've done your part."

"Then what else is there? Cause right now I don't feel like we're ourselves."

"..." He looked at me with eyes that I could read in heartbeat.

"This is about the incident with Sasuke, isn't it?" I asked.

"Incident?" He bellowed. "You call that a fucking incident?!"

"Don't start getting upset."

"Upset-" He paused before taking a deep breath.

Kiba looked to the ceiling and then released his breath before advancing towards me and grabbing me by the wrist and pulling me to the kitchen doorway. His grip was too strong but I didn't complain, just being touched by him him made me feel strange, despite the situation.

"That's your only concern? That it was an incident and that I'm getting upset? You see this is exactly the reason why I wasn't talking to you last night, I knew that there was a chance that we'd see this differently."

"What do you mean?"

"Exactly what I said." He replied. "Who's is to blame for what Sasuke did to you?"

"..."

"Are you blaming him?"

"..."

"Are you blaming yourself?"

"..."

"Or are you blaming me?!"

"No, you had nothing to do with that." I responded quickly.

"..."

"You...I mean I'm just glad you came when you did, before things got out of hand."

"They were already out of hand."

"..."

"Which leads me to my other question. What is it that you think about him after he did what he did?"

"..."

"..."

There was a dense silence in the room. I hadn't given it much thought myself, but wasn't it obvious?

I didn't feel any differently towards Sasuke.

Yes, I was a bit more scared of him than usual, but I was also worried for him. Besides that when you're in a relationship you have to understand that sometimes you'll fight with each other, and there's a reasoning behind everything.

"Answer me." He demanded.

"We don't know if Sasuke really did that on his own free will."

"..."

"..."

"Hm, so when I yanked him under the stalls door did you see a hand fly out his back or the remains of fucking strings?"

"That's not funny."

"I wasn't joking." He stated. "I'm fucking serious right now when I tell you that this is the reason why this thing between us cannot continue."

"What?"

"You're so much more concerned about your family finding out about your sexuality over you almost being raped in a public bathroom by some asshole that you are so in love with that you can't see that the feelings aren't mutual."

"You don't know that..."

"I don't need to know it, I can see it and I've seen it happen already."

"..."

"Sasuke is a lot of fucked up things, but one thing about him is that he's narcissistic enough to only give a fuck about himself."

"..."

"Sometimes I wish you'd be like that. Care for your own self not because you're selfish but because you deserve it better. If what he did you see nothing wrong with then I'm not going to force you, but for me, I can't let that go."

"..."

"You better go get ready." He suggested as he walked past me.

"But, what about, us?" I asked just before it was too late, I didn't want to not know as I feared what his answer might be.

"What about us?"

"Are we no longer friends? You being with Kankuro, does that mean we're over? Our agreement is off?" I asked, not even facing him as I was too scared to see his face more than hearing his response.

"..."

"We're you just using me for-"

"Shut up." He replied simply before I could finish my sentence.

"Don't ever accuse me of using you for anything besides getting to stay in this town. Yeah, I'm with Kankuro now but we're not in a relationship, he's just curious like me."

"But why?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"..."

I turned around to face him and he looked at me with a serious yet soft expression. It felt like my heart was about to flatten out and just die under his gaze. But the more I looked into his eyes was the more I felt so drawn to him.

It was so hard to explain it, I've never felt this way before.

"You really have no idea, eh?"

"..."

"Hm, well to answer part of your question, for now, you and I are just friends until further notice. I'm mad at you, but I'm still really grateful to have you around."

"..."

"What is it?"

"That doesn't make sense."

"Neither is you still being in love with Sasuke, but I'm not pushing you to do anything you don't want too."

"I wish you'd stop mentioning that.."

"And I'd wish you'd stop treating it so casually because believe it or not, someone's hurt by it." He replied with a small smile, or rather half a smile before he looked to the ground and walked back into the living room.

I felt light and heavy at the same time.

I was happy that Kiba and I had a chance to talk and that we could've understood each other a bit more, but now I had a lot of things that I was unsure about myself.

I didn't hold anything against Sasuke, but maybe still having feelings for him wasn't for the best. Especially since he wasn't in a relationship with me.

I stood from the kitchen and watched as Kiba was on his phone, smiling at messages. He looked so happy and I liked seeing him that way, happy and being around those who shower him with that emotion.

If I liked seeing him this way though, why did it feel like my chest was hurting?

I hope Kankuro treated him right, he's a good boyfriend.

WAIT! HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!

HE'S NOT ANYONES BOYFRIEND! HE'S MY FRIEND!

WHY DID I JUST SAY BOYFRIEND?!

"Naruto, have you showered already?!" Mom called from upstairs.

"AH! NO I GOT DISTRACTED! I AM GOING TO TAKE ONE RIGHT NOW!" I replied as I ran past Kiba and up the stairs.

Just what exactly was happening to me? I feel all screwy in my heart and mind.

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After we all finished getting ready, and my parents finished scolding me for slacking off which was going to make us late.

We were off to the amusement park.

The car ride was actually one of the best ones I've ever had, Kiba still treated me the same, except he didn't call me Kit or Kitten anymore, and he wasn't as touchy as he used to be.

That part sucked, but I get it. I wouldn't have known this if we weren't friends but he wasn't the player type, to have more than one person wrapped around him, it was actually very admirable.

Still, I did miss the teasing, don't tell him I said that though.

But at least he was happy, that's what's important to me and I know he thinks the same when it comes to me.

The journey there didn't even seem that long as my parents blasted music the whole ride there and we all sang along with Kiba who must've known every song from the early 2000's because he was the ring leader of it all alongside my dad.

He was the DJ while my dad backed him up on literally every song that came up with Mom, Menma and Naruko basically crowing in the midst of it all, it was way too hilarious not to be apart of.

"We're here!" Dad announced as he parked the car.

We excited the vehicle and awed at what we could see so far from the parking lot. There was a massive roller coaster that I already knew I was going on and flashes of light that really brighten up the place in contrast to the dim parking lot.

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Naruko beamed as she took Mom's hand and they both began running to the front gate.

Dad and Menma followed shortly after and I didn't even notice because I was so busy staring at the flashing lights. Still that wasn't what was on my mind at the time, it's what made me start staring into space, but I guess I got sidetracked with other things to think about.

I thought about how this was going to work and for how long Kiba and I were going to be just friends. He can still sleepover, but that'll just be it, us sleeping in bed.

In detention we'd just clean like we were supposed to.

No more gentle glances, staring into each other's eyes, soft touches, sexual tension, at least from him.

I could feel my eyes watering just thinking about it, this was ridiculous. I was acting like he was leaving or something.

"Naruto?"

It's just weird, but maybe eventually I'll get used to it.

"Naruto?!"

"Hm?" I snapped out of it.

"Are you okay? You spaced out a bit." Kiba asked as he looked at me.

"Yeah, I'm just thinking about something." I admitted, giving him a small smile.

"Hm, well is it something you'd like to talk about?" He smirked.

"Absolutely not."

"Haha, well then. Move those legs and let's not keep the family waiting." He laughed as he placed his hands on my shoulders and began pushing me forward towards the entrance.

"Haha alright, alright! I can walk on my own."

"Yeah but you're going too slow. We don't have all evening."

I could feel the gentle evening breeze against my skin as his hands held my shoulders firmly. It was a feeling I couldn't explain but the closes thing I thought that could come to it was me feeling excited like a child in a candy store.

This side of Kiba was so contagious, we had just had an argument not too long ago but somehow he was able to just sweep it under the rug, just like that.

He held no grudges, it was like there was nothing worth him taking it too seriously.

"Ah shit!" He hissed before we reached near the others.

"What is it?!" I asked as I turned around.

"It's nothing, just too much friction with the wound and the wrap." He explained.

Which reminds me that there were things he took seriously.

"..."

"Come on, I'll be fine." He replied as I stood there silently, not knowing what to say.

He was in that situation because of me, granted it could've been worse, but the fact that he had actually gotten hurt is all I can really think about. He says that I am not to blame, but how can I believe that?

Usually the one whose fault it is never really gets impacted, at least not immediately. They just watch as the others around them suffer because of them, that is until their time...

I should say, my time comes.

"Kiba! Naruto! Come on!" Menma called, snapping me from my train of thought.

I noticed Kiba still stood silently in front of me, his eyes scanned every inch of my face. He knew I had something on my mind, he could always tell.

"..."

"Like I said, I'm fine." He assured me, but I found it a bit difficult to digest. "Now let's go."

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I think I'll end this on here just because next chapter will introduce Kankuro and go further into this 'just friends' storyline between Kiba and Naruto.

Chapter 31 and still they haven't slept together. I don't know if this is an improvement or not but I wanted to start focusing less on smut and more so on characters, their relationships, their significance to the story and so on, which I think I'm doing a good job at.

If I say so myself that is lol.

Also this short writing method is so much more beneficial to me like OMG August 23rd will be three months since this book was started and two months since it was published and the feedback I've been receiving is that comparable to some of my other popular books and that's insane.

Yes there have been ups and downs because that's just given in life, but it's still so manageable and convenient for me also I don't have to ask this book has the best update progress.

I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it and I hope I can keep up this work in the future and maybe take it a step further.

Thanks for reading and I'll see you next update ❤️