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Sakura and I spent the majority of the morning hunting Hinata down to which was all for nothing cause neither of us knew where she was and it didn't help that we had limited time and that she kept joking about it.

The girl had a really interesting sense of humor that I kind of like. However, I could see how someone like Sasuke wouldn't appreciate her for it.

So after I followed her to her class I then made my way to mine. Along the way I couldn't help but think about earlier I know I said it already but this was a different feeling as all I can think about is Kiba's face and the way he kissed me.

Like FUCK!

The way that he just threw his arm over my shoulder and kissed my temple, if it wasn't for the fact I was petrified I probably would've lost all feelings in my legs and I can't even formulate words for the kiss on the cheek!!

So much in such little time and no matter how small of a gesture it was it's making me flustered but then what can I say about him, that smile on his face spoke volumes about he felt.

Even if it was just a lie for whatever reason. He really looked like he was happy about doing that, a lot happier than when he told my parents about him and Kankuro.

What if I...

No, I shouldn't try and pop his bubble. Maybe I can just let this one slide instead of bombarding him with questions about why he did it or why he had to go off with Sasuke.

Shit!

DID I REALLY JUST ALLOW THOSE TWO TO WALK OFF AND GO TO SOMEPLACE BY THEMSELVES KNOWING THEY'LL PROBABLY KILL EACH OTHER!

OH MY KAGUYA! WHY DID I HAVE TO BE SO FEARFUL! PLEASE DON'T LET THEM KILL EACH OTHER!

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I couldn't find neither Sasuke nor Kiba before class as I didn't have enough time nor did I really know where they would be besides the showers which of course they weren't there because it would be too easy and Kaguya knows I wouldn't want that.

However as time went by I eventually saw Kiba at the end of my class but because of how full the hallway was I couldn't really get the opportunity to talk to him about it so I just kept our conversations neutral.

"You we're waiting for me?" I asked as I exited the classroom.

"Yeah." He replied which I didn't really see anything different about.

"How come?"

"I just wanted too."

"Hm, okay. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

He followed me to my locker, he walked me to my next class, he stayed around me for a bit until the class started and then he left to go to his class. I offered to follow him to his but he said it was okay and that he'd be fine.

I didn't notice any bruises on his face or ruffles or stains on his uniform so at least I knew that he didn't have a fight with Sasuke, but I still felt like something was a bit off with him.

Maybe something else happened between them and Sasuke or maybe it's just because of earlier, I might still be a bit uncomfortable about it. I hope I wasn't giving him a vibe to make him feel bad.

I'll make it up to him when I see him at lunch though so it should be okay.

It definitely is not okay.

After class I looked over to the door and Kiba is there waiting for me again. I know that this might not be such a big deal but it was making me worried because why is he doing this.

"You're here again." I smiled as I saw him.

"Yeah." He replied in both the same tone and facial expressions that he did before.

"Are you okay?"

"Never been better."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course. Are you okay?"

"Yeah."

"Then that's great. Should we go to your locker?" He asked to which I nodded in response and he stood aside. "Alright, lead the way."

He then followed me to my locker again, walked me to my class again, waited until it started again and left to go to his again. When I asked if he wanted me to come this time he said the same thing he said the last time.

The next class it was the same exact thing until lunch, he ate his lunch like normal with all our friends so I didn't think much about him making me feel like I was in deja vu three time in a row.

He was enjoying their company, laughing, smiling and even joking around with me to which Ino and Sakura cooed over. Luckily they all knew not to tell Naruko and Menma but it was a strong possibility that all of them knew and I was okay with that because I guess that i couldn't hide it from them even if I wanted too.

They were all apart of it so it was only fair that they knew about it. I just hoped my family would be as accepting as they were if I ever found the courage to tell them.

"Naruto, are you okay? You've been staring at your juice box for five minutes straight." Ino asked.

"Hm? Yeah haha I just was thinking about some things."

"What are you think about?" Sakura asked. "Does it involve wedding bells and a beautiful beach setting haha?"

"Haha no it's not like that."

"Or maybe a nice little cottage with a million doves." Ino cooed alongside Sakura.

"Doves at a wedding with Kiba is a recipe for disaster we'd all have to save them from the dogs that would be scattered throughout the ceremony." Hinata joked.

"You three sure know how to make a guy feel special." Gaara chuckled.

"She's right." Kiba agreed. "But that's the least of our worries because a million doves is a lot of bird shit to clean up."

"Don't say that man, I'm eating." Choji cringed as he laid down his chopsticks.

"I told you not to eat around Kiba while he talks." Shikamaru smirked as he kept looking up from his phone.

"At least he's talking, why don't you stop texting Temari and have a proper conversation with us?" Ino teased.

"Says the one who has Sai on video call?" He dared.

"Keep me out of this Shika." Sai poked from over the phone. "This is old news, let's talk about the new couples."

"New couples?" Sakura asked. "As in plural?"

"Definitely, cause right now Kankuro and Shino are acting all lovey dovey." He informed us. "Babe turn the phone and let them see the pic I sent you real quickly."

"Sure."

Ino turned her phone and showed us all a photo of Kankuro leaning in on Shino in a corner while Shino had such a cute look on his face, easily showing that he was flustered but also enjoying Kankuro's advances.

"Awe look at them, they're so cute." Sakura cooed.

"I've never seen Shino this happy since it was mating season for his ladybugs." Hinata added.

"Kankuro finally found someone he likes, not that it's going to excuse Temari from messing with him." Gaara smiled.

"Haha so we're all basically coupled up, well except for Rock Lee. I'm sure he'll find someone eventually though, he's a really nice guy so I don't see why any girl hasn't taken him up yet." Sakura explained which made all look among each other because we all knew he was crazy about her and her only.

"Right..." Ino trailed. "Hey Sakura could you follow me to the bathroom real quick?"

"Hm, sure." She replied as the two of them got up and left.

"She really said that." Sai said breaking the silence at the table.

"Of course she would, she doesn't know." Hinata replied.

"Well maybe someone should tell her." Choji suggested.

"Yeah, we should make it tenth times the charm." Shikamaru replied sarcastically.

"Shikamaru is right Choji, we've all said something along the lines of it but obviously she isn't going to give it a chance. Especially when she probably feels like she was played by him." Gaara added.

Played by him? Rock Lee? Played Sakura?

Can that even be in the same sentence?

"True, but if that happened to me and Sasuke ended up stealing Ino from me I'd-" Sai tried but Kiba turned down the volume on Ino's phone.

"Can we talk about something else? This isn't the right time to have this conversation again." He requested as they all looked among each other.

"Thanks." He continued as he began playing with his food and looked over at me with a smile. "You okay?"

"Yeah..." I replied with uncertainty.

"Cool, later on coach wanted to know if you wanted to join the team. He liked your performance and I put in some good word for you."

"I said it was a definite yeah last time, so I don't see why not."

"Just wanted to make sure."

"Oh, so we'll be seeing you play some more?" Hinata asked.

"Yeah I guess so."

"Fantastic! I'll be cheering you boys on from the sidelines with ointment ready for when you fall and scrape your knees."

"Haha alright, Nurse Hyūga we'll try not to overuse your stocks." Kiba joked.

"Oh please, you alone use up a lot of my stock with how you play it on concrete."

"He still does that haha?" Choji laughed causing the others to chuckle with him.

"He never plans on stopping. Same old Kiba, always trying to prove himself." She smiled. "I just hope now that Naruto can convince him to take it easy."

"Hm, we'll see." Kiba chuckled as he glanced at me and playfully took a bite of his food.

They continued having their conversation until Ino and Sakura got back and shortly afterwards lunch had ended. I thought that it was still awkward that every time there was a conversation about Rock Lee, Sakura and Sasuke, Kiba never wanted me to hear about it.

It wasn't even like I could ask any of the three, except Rock Lee who wasn't even present for lunch, speaking of which I haven't seen a lot of him.

Clearly something happened and I want to know about it.

As for Kiba, I thought that maybe it was just my mind playing tricks on me for assuming that he was acting weird but then I remembered I'm not crazy, especially as soon as lunch was over he went right back into the same routine he had earlier. I noticed he was quiet at lunch, at least for him but I didn't think much of it but I'm beginning to think that something definitely had happened between him and Sasuke.

Because if it was about something else I'm sure he would've said something already, but what did it have to do with him following me around like a lovesick puppy?

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For the next few classes Kiba kept up the same act every time. So when we were on our way to detention as it was our last week and even though we didn't have to go I wanted to talk to him.

We both entered the room and the sunlight almost blinded us, it felt like this room was just as we had left it the last time we were here, just a bit more dusty of course.

"Hm, for a room that we cleaned so often it always managed to get dusty so quickly.." I trailed as I looked around and brushed my hand against one of the desks.

"Ha, Kurenai finally removed the lock from the window." Kiba chuckled as he closed the door behind us. "It's a good thing there was never a fire."

"You were the reason it had to be closed though, couldn't keep yourself under control back then."

"So what about now?" He asked.

"What about it?" I asked as I looked around.

"How do you see me now?"

"You tell me, you should know what I'm thinking right, inner thoughts ha?"

"Ha, so I'm guessing this is the part where I'd confession to you about my questionable behavior earlier, right?"

"I don't know what you mean." I replied as I pretended not to know what he was referring too.

"So that means you have nothing to ask me?"

"I never said that exactly." I replied as I turned to him just now realizing that he was standing directly behind me. "I just wanted you to know that I was listening."

"Alright." He sighed as he looked down at me and bit his bottom lip. "I'll explain."

We took a seat on the bench cushion at the back and I prepared myself to hear what he had to say. I wasn't upset with him, not even in the slightest but I just felt so lost in all that he was doing and all I wanted was some clarity.

"Firstly, I wanted to apologize for just throwing you in the line of fire like that this morning. I shouldn't have lied to Sakura or made you feel uncomfortable, but the way Sasuke spoke to you was pissing me off and I couldn't allow him to get away with that." He confessed to which I was relieved about.

"So you told him we were together, because you want to piss him off?"

"Because I knew how much he wanted you and what you could give him and the realization that I now had you and got it first would've made him upset."

"But we..."

"I know we haven't done it, nor are we together officially, but I just wanted to one up him and shut him up without knocking his teeth down his throat."

"I was wondering when your possessive side would sink in." I chuckled earning a smile from him.

"Hm, ha, you're the one that I should be wondering about. I never expected you to be so daring with him so quickly, I at least expected you to be down in the dumps for a few more days."

"I did too, but I guess I just felt differently."

"Differently, as in you weren't really in love with him?"

"How'd you know?"

"It kind of reminded me about me and Tamaki, throughout our whole relationship, from beginning to end and how I just realized that I wasn't with her because of her, but rather because I wanted to prove myself to my father."

"..."

"The way you spoke to Sasuke made me see that you weren't planning on holding back. That you didn't care how he felt because maybe you realized that from the beginning he's never cared about you."

"Like you do..."

"Yeah, like I do..."

"I can admit, maybe it really wasn't love that I felt for him, it might've been infatuation, the strong kind at that but it felt so real at the time but with you it's so different. It's hard to explain but I just feel like I don't know how to feel but everything just eventually makes me feel so..." I trailed in uncertainty trying to understand my feelings myself.

"Good?"

"Even better than good..." I admitted.

"..."

"Maybe that's why I'm so afraid of the idea of us, because unlike what I felt for Sasuke what I feel for you just might be something real."

"..."

"But I also fear that we might end up like me and Sasuke or you and Tamaki. That we won't be happy with each other, or that what we feel isn't how we truly feel and that we're just wasting each other's time and I don't want to rob you of any ounce of happiness that I think you deserve."

"You're overthinking it Kit." He chuckled lightly but to me it sounded like he was getting nervous.

"I don't want you to fight a battle that in the end isn't worth all the trouble you've gone through." I admitted as I didn't want to waste his precious on all my insecurities.

"Wouldn't that be for me to decide for myself?" He asked. "These are your feelings and they are a hundred percent valid, but I have feelings of my own and none of them discourage me from you."

"..."

"Kit, if I wasn't sure about you then trust me I wouldn't have given you the light of day. I wouldn't have let you into my house, have us meet each other family, have you meet my friends, tell you my darkest secrets, have you show me that it's possible for me to change and be sitting here with you trying to convince you over and over that I'm all yours."

"..."

"Whenever you want to claim me, just know that I've been yours since the day I woke up and I realized that what I had for you wasn't just some silly high school teasing."

"..."

"I know that this is something fearful for you and that I might not take it like you do, but I have fears too and one of them is that I'll never be able to get the chance to make you happy the way that you've made me." He expressed as he placed his hand on my knee.

"But you do make me happy."

"Well, then I want to make you even happier."

"..."

"I've cut down my obnoxious ways to make myself more tolerable around you and it wasn't even that hard because I knew that it was worth it. I knew that you had something for just like I did so there was no need for me to tease you anymore, instead I should treat you like the way that you should be treated."

"Which is?"

"Like someone important to me and whose feelings matter." He smiled as we locked eyes.

I hadn't noticed that throughout the conversation we had gotten closer it was like his touch drew nearer to him without me realizing until I felt his shoulder bump into mine. I watched his lips once again parting and it was like every time my heart skipped a beat as I anticipated them and how much they always proclaimed how much they wanted to capture mine but the fear of what would happen if they did always managed to linger behind it.

"..."

"Also, about the reason I've been following you around it is because when I ran off with Sasuke I talked to him and told him to leave you the fuck alone or I'd punch his face in so hard that he smell his thoughts coming before he could think them." He explained. "He didn't respond, but he knew I wasn't joking around I made that very clear to him that I wanted him nowhere near you."

"..."

"But then I started thinking about us and how things would work out. I've never thought much about my future like this before and each thought that I didn't have you in was incredibly bleak and saddening to think about. What I have for you isn't just some little crush at his point..."

"You mean..."

"I know I'm still young and that I may not know much, but this I'm confident about and being back where it all began just makes it all so surreal about how far we've come and honestly I'm not willing to let all that go down the drain." He explained as he caressed my thigh.

"So I guess I'm valid to say that I'm actually in love with you now."

"Kiba..."

"Hm, from here on out." He concluded as he stood up in front of me. "Until you're ready to claim me, I'm not going to sit by and just be your lousy boyfriend. I'm going to make sure you appreciate every bit of what I have to offer and smother you with so much of me that you'll have no choice but to succumb to your fearful desire."

"..."

"That and I guess earlier I was worried about you a little bit and just wanted to make sure you had a good day without Sasuke trying to get to you." He chuckled as he scratched the back of his head and looked off to the side.

"Hm, you know I'm not a child, right?" I smiled as I looked away from him, my eyes beginning to form tears as I've never had someone speak those words to me before, even a confession like that wasn't something I received everyday.

And coming from him, it just struck the right string in my heart.

"I couldn't have confused you for an old man, now can I?"

"I can handle things myself too. I handled you after all."

"Maybe I let you win." He teased.

"Either way I'll kind of miss your obnoxious side, he was always more blunt and daring." I admitted as I scratched my eyes so that the tears wouldn't fall.

"Really now?" He chuckled. "Well, why don't you stop the crying and just kiss me then?"

I looked up to see his big goofy grin and he stared down at me. The way he managed to be cocky yet respectful and playful yet serious all at the same time made me feel a lot better and not just about us, but myself as well. So without hesitation I stood up and returned the kiss to his cheek that he had given me earlier.

I could see his cheeks getting flustered causing me to smile at how into that he was. I would've never assumed he was the type of guy to be affected by that type of thing, but I guess I had to learn about that side of him and then I remembered what Sakura said about change in relationships, maybe with me he was a lot more sensitive.

Maybe it was even because he was in love with me so every small thing I did just had that effect on him.

"Don't tease me like that." He grinned as he bit his bottom lip.

"Hm, and what will you do about it?"

"I just might kiss you instead, be that daring guy that you missed so much, maybe even do more to you right now for giving me blue balls again."

"..."

"Ha, not so fun now, is it?" He chuckled.

"I don't know...this room is the place where what happens in here, stays in here."

"Well maybe I don't want it in this room, maybe I want it out there, for the whole world to see me claiming my boyfriend." He said playfully as he held my hand.

"Pfft! Can you stop with that word, you're making me cringe." I chuckled as he smiled at me.

"If it's something that makes you laugh then how do you expect me to stop."

"Are you going to be like this the entire time?"

"Why, does it bother you?"

"No, I actually like it, but let's just hope that you're able to keep it up."

"You don't have to worry about that, once I'm up, I'm up, in more ways than just one if you understand what I mean."

"What if I don't?" I smirked as he leaned closer to me and placed his lips against my ear, sending a sensation that made my whole body tingling by his actions and words.

"You're always welcome to touch it and find out." He smirked.

"Do you think we have time to squeeze in a little lesson right now?" I asked as I felt my body heating up from the conversation and him being so close to me.

"Eh!? Are you serious?" Kiba quickly replied as his eyes widened and his smile grew brighter than the sun.

"Haha, don't get to overworked. I didn't mean anything all the way, maybe just a little touching here and there, maybe even some long awaited kissing?" I suggested shyly as I wasn't really used to this type of thing.

"Ha, don't act shy while saying such provocative things and there won't be a little bit of nothing so you better prepare yourself cause I'll be wearing you like a glove." He promised before biting his bottom lip and smirking to himself.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Your body of course, but also that maybe we should clean this place up a bit, for old time sakes."

"Cleaning? So you're not going to kiss me?" I asked in disbelief.

"Not right, I figured you made me wait so long and suffer so much blue balls that I'd return the favor of having you wait for me this time around." He smirked as he began moving the chairs around.

"Are you serious?"

"As a judge."

"I'm beginning to hate your obnoxious side now."

"Too bad cause I also need to use up a lot of my energy that way I don't end up fucking you during our little touching lesson." He smirked as he winked at me.

"You're the worse."

"Hm, I hope you don't regret those words later."

"I'm never promising you anything ever again."

"That's okay, I'll still love you even more."

"Tsk, fucking tease." I half smiled as I watched him happily exit the room to go for the cleaning supplies if it wasn't for what I felt about him then he'd come back to an empty room.

But I guess at least now we both had a sense of security and I knew a lot more about now and what to expect from him if I ever finally am I able to return the feelings, but I guess after we're done then there won't be any space for me to think about him.

The fact is that I'm officially into Kiba Inuzuka, the only question I have now as it relates to just me is whether I like him or I'm also in love with him.

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FINALLY OMG!!!

We're through with the questioning of one's self and I couldn't be happier, the drama isn't finished cause we've just grazed the tip of the iceberg but I couldn't have it be over 50 chapters and they haven't done anything like 💀

I myself hate reading stories where it takes forever for the love interests to get it going but this was honestly so fun to write about emotions, characters, relationships, mindsets and situations but I got carried away lmao so expect some lime or is it lemon, there won't be sex yet though but bare with me.

I'll see you all next update ❤️