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I may or may not be pulling my luck here, but if I had to say anything about last night moving forward.

I'd have to say that it was a roller coaster that had a lot of loops, but then it just gets higher and higher. Like a never ending trail of positives that almost make the negatives not so bad.

I knew that eventually things would hit me, but right now I didn't care about that. I felt like I could handle it when it presented itself, or rather when he presented himself. Sasuke had turned into the villain in my story with Kiba taking his place as the potential love interest.

Yes, I said potential. I can't just jump into this blindly again, we all know where that got me.

But with the switch it made me wonder just what Sasuke's goal was. If he couldn't have me, what lengths would he go too?

He already tried breaking up his own friend group, the possibilities are endless of what he's capable of, because for him just when you think you know him well enough, he always has something up his sleeve.

"Toothie?" I whispered as I glanced at the big oaf next to me who refused to let go of my waist.

"Hmmm..." He trailed, seemingly not intending to get up in the slightest.

"Wake up." I announced as I tickled his nose. "We have school and we can't be late."

"Cut it out..." He smiled as he scratched his eyes. "I need about a few more hours of sleep."

"You're telling me? I could hardly sleep with how close you were to me."

"Really now?"

"Yeah, you were so close. I'm not used that kind of thing."

"Hm, didn't hear you complaining though." He smirked.

"As if you could hear anything with how much of a deep sleeper you are."

"It's the best sleep I've gotten in weeks so excuse me for soaking it in."

"Right..." I trailed, remembering his situation that he had been through while I was having my own dilemma. "How about that though?"

"About what?"

"Your living situation?" I asked as I sat up and crossed my legs while look at him. "Will you be staying with us longer or will you be staying with you sister?"

"You tired of me already, ha." He chuckled earning a smile from me as well.

"I'm serious, idiot." He replied as my smile faded away and traced my finger over his bruised shoulder. "I don't want you getting hurt again."

"It's fine." He replied as he placed his hand over mine. "Mom sobered up, so she's back to work and for the most part, stress free."

"..."

"I know what you're thinking, Kit. But like I said, that's my mother and I can't just leave her like that regardless of what has happened I know she isn't aware of what she's doing and she's only doing it out of frustration because of the divorce with dad."

"That's a huge responsibility for you to take on."

"I can handle it. I'm a young man after all." He smirked.

"Don't start with that." I replied before poking his nose playfully.

"Haha, what's with you and the touching all of a sudden, you like my nose or something?"

"Hm, I don't know. Who would ever be into noses?" I replied as I hadn't really been paying attention to how touchy I've been.

"Hm, if you say so."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing." He smiled as he sat up and stretched his arms above his head. "I'm just glad that I'm not the only one that's happy right now."

A smile crept up on to my face as he glanced back at me with a knowing look. It might just be a hunch but I had a feeling I knew what he meant and if it was what he meant then of course he'd be so smug about it, but I wasn't going to give him that satisfaction.

Even if he already got it.

"Who said I was happy? I'll be happy when you cut those claws you call toenails."

"HAHA ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" He blurted in a fit of laughter.

"Shush! Haha, you plan on waking the whole neighborhood this early." I chuckled while shoving him in his back.

Kiba grabbed my arm as I tried to move back and he pulled me forward and into his lap before locking me in place with one of his arms and tickling me in my ribs with the other. Despite laughing uncontrollably myself I used the bit of strength that I had to tickle his side and neck but only for a bit as I desperately tried to free myself from his grip.

Eventually as I held on to his neck I pulled him down and the both of us ended up on the floor with him fall on top of me sideways.

"You made me lose my balance haha." He chuckled.

"Shut up and get off me haha." I laughed as I pushed him off repeatedly until he finally leaned up.

"You act like you don't like it."

"Tsk, what are you, my inner thoughts now?" I asked as I sat up.

Kiba was to my side as I turned to look at him, waiting for his response but he just kneeled there and smiled at me. I looked at his lips and smiled to myself as I saw his toothy grin, they look chapped but almost coincidentally he licked them in seductively, it was like I fell in a trance every time I looked at them.

It was both thrilling and embarrassing at the same time.

Thrilling, because just imagine the taste and the feel of capturing what has to be his best and most annoying feature, but also embarrassing because...

"I may not be your inner thoughts but it isn't hard to tell what you want." He smirked as he leaned closer to me.

Embarrassing, because... he could read me easily, but so could I.

"Don't you have claws to trim, and a tent to fix." I teased as I got up and walked to my dresser.

"Tent?" He asked in confusion until he looked down and saw his member perked up in front of him. "You caused this.."

"Better hurry up." I replied as I tossed him the nail clippers. "We don't want to miss out on breakfast."

"Tsk, I can always have you for breakfast if we do." He smirked.

"..."

"I bet you taste-" He tried but I quickly cut him off.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! None of it, you pervert."

"Hm, you haven't seen anything yet." He smiled. "Besides weren't you the one that rubbed one out on me the last time we slept-"

"Hey! Look at the time." I interrupted him again as I tossed his shirt over to him. "I'm gonna see what the others are up too, don't take too long."

"Hm, if you say so, Kit." He said right before I went through the door and closed it behind me.

I leaned against the door and just thought to myself about Kiba just a little more deeply. How he made me smile even if he said the most embarrassing and absurd things, the games he played, the roughhousing we get into sometimes and just everything about him at this point.

Why does he have me blushing in the hallway right now?

Was he just always like this?

When did I start feeling this way?

Oh Kaguya, help me! This guy keeps doing things to me!

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We all finished getting ready like we always did and everything just felt normal, but it wasn't normal at the same time. Normally I would anticipate seeing Sasuke and doing things with him every day before school and even sometimes during and after.

But starting today there was no more Sasuke and I still don't know how exactly I feel about it because instead of him, I was with Kiba, and, it felt good having him next to me like this.

I still wasn't ready to start a relationship with him nor was I ready to reveal it to anyone who wasn't already in the know about it, but it didn't seem to matter this time around.

It's hard to explain, but it just didn't feel as wrong as it did when I was with Sasuke, well at least not until after I realized what type of guy he was.

My parents dropped us off and we said our goodbyes to them, Naruko and Menma before getting off. Once they drove off I just turned and looked at the front entrance, there wasn't a Sasuke in sight, whether he was waiting for me or maybe even Sakura, he wasn't there.

"Looking for someone." Kiba whispered against my ear, startling me in the process.

"Hm?" I paused. "Oh, no. I wasn't looking...for anybody. Just looking for the sake of looking, ya know."

"..."

"What is it?" I asked as Kiba just stared at me.

"You miss him?"

"What?!"

"I'm not stupid. I know why you were looking up there at the front entrance, don't try to hide it."

"..."

"Do you miss him or not?" He asked once more in a lower tone.

"It isn't like that. It's just, it just feels different with you."

"In a good way?"

"So far..."

"What can I do to make it better?" He smirked as he stepped closer to me and leaned forward.

"Definitely, not that!" I rejected as I took a step back.

"Oh, so it's right back to no public display of affection."

"You say that like we ever started it."

"Of course we did, you wouldn't hug me last time, remember?"

"..."

"It's no big deal though. I'll just have to wait until you're ready to claim me." He replied as he locked his wrists together and held them towards me playfully.

"Hm, well technically we've done more display of affection in our private time and with our friends."

"So we should hangout alone together more and with our friends if we ever want to fool around?" He asked. "As a matter of fact don't even answer, it's a deal. Just know you owe me some dates though."

"Dates? For what?!"

"For all this time you've been around me and not ask me out. I know you have the hots for me so you owe me a lot of your time." He teased.

"Hm, I'll get you clock." I joked as I turned and walked away.

Without even a proper second step I was now sprinting and laughing for my life as Kiba chased after me all the way to the front entrance and down the hallway. Luckily I was a sprinter but eventually he'd end up catching me.

Maybe this was what made being with him feel so right, because it was almost like nothing had changed before.

He was still the Kiba Inuzuka I knew, but now I'm beginning to wonder if he sees me as the Naruto Uzumaki he knew.

"When I get my hands on you, you're not gonna like it, Uzumaki!" He declared as he kept chasing after me.

"You might!" I teased as I sped up faster.

"Ha...Naruto! Look out!" He yelled.

All the chasing and excitement must've gone to my head or something as I was running aimlessly like a child would when having way too much fun because once I started paying attention to where I was going that's when I realized I was about to run into someone, but not just anyone.

It was Sakura, but she wasn't the one that my eyes immediately locked onto because all my attention went straight to the person next to her.

"Woah Naruto!" Sakura yelled as she caught me just as I had managed to stop myself from bumping into them but also almost falling flat on my face as well while Kiba held on to my backpack for extra support.

But I don't think all the support in the world could help for what I felt was about to happen.

"Sorry about that Sakura, we got carried away." Kiba apologized on behalf of both us.

"Ha, it's no problem. We all have fun differently sometimes." She smiled. "We really should stop meeting like this haha though."

"Haha, you right-" I tried.

"You two should be more careful next time, the hallway isn't a place for that kind of stuff." Sasuke stated as he look directly at me.

I could tell right off the bat what he was referring too and I didn't like it. The more he behaved this way was the more it got me upset rather than hurt because at this point I realized he didn't really care about me, like at all.

He was only interested in what he wanted from me which thanks to all those inconveniences, he never got. But it still wasn't enough for him to just stop acting like he could just throw words and manipulate people into doing what he wanted and being a complete major asshole.

"Let's go Sakura." He continued as he held her hand and tried to pull her away. She was surprised by his actions especially as it appeared she wanted to talk for a bit but of course he didn't care about that.

But neither did I.

"There's are a lot of things that shouldn't be done in the hallway, but some people still find time for it." I spat quicker than I realized, Kiba even gripped me shoulder as it surprised him as well.

"Naruto..." He whispered trying to gain my attention but I wasn't having it.

"Hm, sounds like you have something to confess." Sasuke smirked as he turned back around and faced us.

"What gave you that idea?"

"Because your statement sounds very specific, as if there's something else you've done in the halls that you want us all to know."

"Maybe there is. I'm sure you've done the same." I dared as I locked eyes with him.

I had already told Kiba so there wasn't a doubt in my mind that I wouldn't do it, but every time Kiba gripped my shoulder it brought me back to reality and made me see why I shouldn't do this, at least not right now.

Sakura looked between the two of us in confusion and I figured that was the reason he was holding me back and calming me down. I figured he didn't want me to do this to her so suddenly, even if it was the right thing to do we had to break it to her as best as we could, not like this, not out of spite over Sasuke's control.

Especially when I was part of the reason she would be even more hurt in the first place.

"Well go ahead." He replied, which I couldn't respond to as I had lost all the courage to do so. "I know what I've done, so tell us about what you've done."

"..."

"What's the matter?" He pressed with a confident smirk. "Puppy got your throat?"

"I-"

"Oi Sasuke!" Kiba interrupted as he stepped in front of me. "It's been a while since we've last seen each other, huh?"

"Hm, I'd say, but it's expected seeing as you and I never really see eye to eye."

"Well, if it isn't broke I don't see why we should fix it."

"I agree, somethings are just better left as they are."

"Coming from you that's actually funny cause you never seem to let things go."

"Hm, well I'd say the same about you, at least we have that in common."

"We have nothing in common, you should know that by now."

"I can respect that, but maybe you should get off your knees sometimes and get on my level and then maybe we can." Sasuke smirked, if Kiba hadn't confessed about what he did with him then maybe that would've gone way over my head.

But the way that he eluded it showed just how much he didn't care about other peoples feelings.

"Hm, right... I can see this isn't going to end well so for Sakura's sake I'll leave you be." Kiba smiled as he raised his hands in defense and backed away.

"You do that."

"Now wait, come on you two. This isn't how friends should behave. We're all friends here so we should just talk it out and find a middle ground to work with." Sakura tried, pleading with both of them but it was all falling to deaf ears.

"Believe it or not babe, somethings are meant to be and somethings aren't." Sasuke stated.

"But...Naruto can you talk to Kiba please?" She pleaded.

"I-" I tried, but Kiba interrupted me as he threw his arm over my shoulder and laid his head against mine.

"I actually have to agree with Sasuke on that one, somethings are meant to be and somethings aren't and I'm afraid Naruto isn't in the right frame of mind to try and convince me either as we're both pretty tired from last night." He stated as he kissed my temple and held me firmly. "Right baby?"

WHAT?!

"What?" Sakura asked as Sasuke stared on.

WHAT DID HE JUST DO?!

It was like I froze and that all my brain could process was the fact that Kiba just kissed me on the temple in public, in front of Sakura and Sasuke.

"What do you mean by that?" She asked.

"Isn't it obvious? I don't want to go into much details cause I'm actually a bit flustered myself." He continued even using his smug tone of voice. "I literally couldn't control myself with how much I had to work with."

"Are you saying that you two..."

"Yup."

"So that means you two are..."

"Yup."

Sakura stared at us in a expression that I didn't quite understand but my heart was racing like crazy and how terrified I was. I was afraid that one day Kiba would expose my secret and even now after all we've been through he's finally done it and you think I would've been able to handle it.

WRONG!

"Oh my Kaguya! Why didn't you tell me earlier?! Congratulations to the both of you, I'm so happy for the two of you." She beamed as she ran towards us and engulfed the both of us in a tight hug.

"Sasuke did you hear that they're together, isn't that incredible!" She continued to cheer.

However, he remained silent much like me who was still in a great amount of shock.

"Haha, don't say it so loudly, Sakura." Kiba advised her, but why did he say it at all to begin with.

"Oh, you're right, my bad. But wait, does that mean we're the first to know?" She asked.

"First and only, well besides Kankuro." He replied as he hugged me tighter. "We didn't want to just drop the news so early but I thought we could trust you to keep it under wraps for us."

"Kankuro? Did you two break up first?" She asked.

"We weren't together like I said. We just kept each other company until I finally had the guts to tell Naruto and he felt the same, but you can't tell anyone else. Can we trust you?"

"Of course you can! It's safe with me." She promised.

"Great, but now that you know I kind of feel bad for not telling Hinata and she'd be upset if don't so how about we go tell her together?"

"Can we?" She joked. "Of course we can what am I talking about! Come on, let's go!"

Sakura happily walked passed me with Kiba but stopped once she realized neither I nor Sasuke have moved since the news had been revealed.

"Babe, aren't you coming?" She asked.

"No, I have no time for that, just go without me." He responded plainly.

"Are you sure? It wouldn't be the same kind of excitement without you."

"I'm sure it would be."

"You don't seem okay though. Do you want me to stay with you instead?" She offered in a worrying tone.

"No, I'll just go down to the field until class starts. We can meet up afterwards."

"The field? Why would go down-" She tried but Kiba intervened.

"Actually Sakura, I'm kind of nervous about telling Hinata, so maybe you and Naruto could go and since you're so worried about Sasuke I'll follow him to the field and keep him company."

"You will? Are you sure about that?!"

"Yeah just make sure you two put in some good words to Hinata for me ha." He chuckled alongside her.

"We'll do." She smiled. "So I'll see you later okay, babe?"

"Hm." Sasuke scolded as he turn his back to us and walked off without another word.

"We'll see you both later." Kiba promised as he ran after Sasuke but stopped.

I was still in my own little dazed world of confusion about the series of information that had been thrown back and forth right in front of me. So I wasn't even prepared for when Kiba ran back over to me and leaned in to kiss me on my cheek.

Our eyes locked as the new sense of shock travelled through my body and he smiled at me apologetically but also a hint of something else that I couldn't quite understand.

"We'll talk later, alright." He assured me. "Don't miss me too much."

Then he flicked my chin and ran off after Sasuke leaving me with a mixture of emotions that I didn't know how to feel about. It was a good thing the halls were empty at this time, but still the fear that was in me was so high that I couldn't imagine if what he said was actually true.

Would I be more comfortable with it, or would it still fear me so badly that I wouldn't know how to behave afterwards?

"That was so cute!" Sakura exclaimed as she jumped on my back and hugged me. "Why didn't you tell me you two had hooked up? I mean it was really soon considering it was last night like Kiba said and then I thought he was with Kankuro but woah another set of friends dating, this is the best."

"Ha ha, it happened so suddenly it's almost like it's still new to me..." I replied nervously with a small laugh that I hope she bought.

"Totally understandable, everyone has a different mindset when it comes to their first love." She explained. "Mine with Sasuke was something that I always wanted and when it finally happened I just feel like it made me into a much calmer person."

"Calmer person?" I asked as we began walking in the opposite direction of Kiba and Sasuke with Sakura's arm over my shoulder.

"Yeah, I used to be so timid and kind of easily upset at least when it came down to Ino, but when I finally got my chance with Sasuke that all changed and I just became a better person."

"I see..."

"Yeah they say this happens with every relationship, there's always a different side of you that comes out and I feel like Sasuke brings out the more confident side of me."

"Is that all he brings out?" I asked.

"Yeah..." She trailed as she looked at the ground for a second and her smile seemed to soften. I wasn't sure what to think about that but I decided not to press her for more information. Although it did explain why she wouldn't believe if anyone told her Sasuke was a cheating and manipulative bastard.

The less I know about Sasuke was probably the best, but for Sakura that was the opposite.

"I'm glad you're happy then, Sakura." I admitted, not because of him but because of her own ignorance that managed to keep her happy.

"Why do you say that ha?" She asked as her smile grew brighter.

"Because, you deserve it."

"Hm thanks, Naruto." She smiled as she hugged me tighter and continued walking down the hallway to find Hinata. "I hope Kiba makes you just as happy as I am."

"I hope I can make him happy too."

"You two better, or I'll have to beat both of you." She warned as she placed her fist to my forehead causing us both to laugh with each other in the hallways like a pair of idiots.

She really did deserve true happiness but before she could I knew that she had to know the truth and judging from what she said, it would definitely impact her a lot more than any of us can even imagine.

As for me, this thing with Kiba it looked neither like a good or bad thing. I know he didn't care about what other people say but for me, I couldn't but help worry about it, not just for me but for him as well. I wanted to be happy like Sakura wished and I wanted him to be happy too but how can I grant him that happiness if the happiness himself was unsure about literally everything.

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