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The whole night I spent just staring at the ceiling and waiting for the chaos of everything to just unfold.

I skipped detention today and decided that I wasn't going back, Kiba didn't tell anyone the entire time I was at school but I didn't see him at all after our argument in locker room. So I just assumed he was planning to make it some huge grand reveal of it just for revenge and to make sure I knew how majorly I fucked up.

I didn't care anymore.

It would still affect Sasuke, but the more I bared the secret alone was the more it affected me alone. It was selfish thinking but given everything I've been through it would be the least of Sasuke's problem.

He'd lose a relationship with Sakura, but maybe that would mean we could finally be together like we both hoped, in truth this time.

"Oi, bro bro." Naruko called as she pushed her head through my door and knocked on the doorframe.

"Hm?"

"Mom and Dad will be home late so you got away with ditching this time around. I had to pay Menma to keep quiet too so you owe me."

"Do I really?"

"Not really, I already snuck in his room and took it back, but that meant going through his stuff which is traumatizing so I need to be paid for therapeutic reasons haha."

"Hm, how traumatic." I scuffed.

"You know you still haven't said what's up with you?"

"I don't really want to talk about it."

"How come? It's clearly something that's bothering you, and we are family Naruto." She tried, but still I was too fearful to tell her, even if it was only matter of time before she knew herself.

"I'm just feeling sick, that's all."

"Well... I hope you feel better soon. When you do maybe you, Menma and I could get back to doing some of our favorite activities again. A little bit of sibling bonding, if that's cool with you?"

"I'll think about it."

"Please do... I'll leave you be now, dinner is ready if you feel hungry."

"Thanks."

Naruko slowly closed the door and I rolled over to face the wall and stare at the ceiling once again. I could feel my throat tightening as tears began to fall down my temples and I silently bawled within an instant of all the pain just being too much for me.

I felt as though I made a mistake, but how could I resolve it when it was just who I was.

I couldn't change it and frankly I wouldn't want too, but that's what has gotten me in this problem in the first place. If it wasn't for that then Kiba wouldn't have caught me and Sasuke together and then he wouldn't have had anything to use against me and I wouldn't have anything to be afraid of.

I fell asleep just wishing all of it didn't have to end like this.

The next day I began my morning routine as if everything was fine. I got ready like I used too, interacted with my family like I used too and behaved like I used too, but mentally I was elsewhere and I was pondering just how bad I was going to have it today no that my secret was out.

Naruko nor Menma seemed to know nothing about it so it was safe to say that it might not be online, but I don't know what was happening in the school. Even if Hinata and Gaara knew, there was no guarantee they'd tell them. Why would they anyway, they probably think I don't even like them.

"Naruto you ready?!" Menma called while standing at my door, startling me.

"Shit! Could you not do that? But yeah, I'm ready."

"You okay bro?" He asked.

"Peachy."

"That's a dumb response."

"Yeah well how about you just pick a response you'd like to hear then."

"Great! Then I'll assume you just chose to tell me later."

"You're unbearable sometimes."

"I love you too. Now let's go!"

We drove to my school and I watched the clouds just drift by on the journey. They had no care in the world just to look beautiful and float for all their existence nothing to tell them they couldn't and nothing to stop them from being just what they were.

Sometimes I wished life was like that for me, but I had responsibilities that needed to be dealt with and that was the difference between us.

That and I didn't fill with water and start raining every now and then.

"Have a great day at school, honey. Remember to behave yourself." Mom cheered as I exited the vehicle.

"I will! I always remember mom."

I said my goodbyes and took a deep breath before looking away from the vehicle in the distance and facing my school and what was to await me on the inside. It all appeared to be the norm for me from walking onto the compound, passing the other students and seeing Sasuke waiting for me at the front gate.

I smiled as we locked eyes and I approached him even more slowly, suddenly feeling light and at peace. It was almost like had forgotten all about Kiba and the possibility that he might've told everyone all because I was happy to see Sasuke.

So it seemed to me for that moment.

"Sasuke-Kun!" A voiced shrieked just as I was in front of Sasuke.

We both turned around in surprise as a head of pink locks bounced along with the girl that gleefully ran her way over to us with her backpack in hand, an iced coffee and a piece of clothing that I recognized to be Sasuke's jacket.

The smile on her face, it's how I felt when I saw Sasuke as well. The need to run over to him and just wrap our arms around each other but not being able to do it because it would receive the wrong looks from people.

I envied her for that.

It broke my heart to see that she was so happy with the guy I liked, but I knew it would probably break hers to find out he was with me as well.

Sakura reached the stairs and was just a big jump away from Sasuke who actually smiled at her, completely forgetting about me who stood and watch it all unfold. That is until she missed a step, slipped on the steps and began to fall to the floor.

Luckily for her, Sasuke managed to catch her, but not so lucky for me as her iced coffee slipped from her grip and poured itself all over my uniform that I just cleaned yesterday.

To say I was shocked wouldn't be a lie, but to say I didn't deserve that, that would be the lie.

"Oh My Kaguya! I'm so so so so sorry!" Sakura repeated immediately standing up from Sasuke's arms and covering her mouth as she walked over to me.

"Shit I got your uniform stained!"

"No, no, it's fine." I lied.

"It really isn't. I'm sorry I don't usually wake up this early but I wanted to see Sasuke and now look at this."

"Sakura it's fine. He's fine." Sasuke tried to lighten the situation.

"He's soaking wet in caffeine and ice." She replied while undoing his jacket from around her shoulders.

"Here." She offered it to me.

"..."

"That's mine." Sasuke intervened to my surprise.

"Babe, you have like four more of these. It won't hurt to have one less."

"But I gave that specially to you."

"Well, this is for a good cause. Okay?"

"Okay..."

I looked at Sasuke as he looked at me and diverted his gaze elsewhere. To say I was shocked that he wasn't more willing to offer me any help would be an understatement.

"Here, please take it." Sakura insisted, swiftly moving my backpack and tying the jacket around the spot so that it hid it.

"It's going to get soaked as well but at least it'll hide the stain better than your white shirt."

"..."

"Are you okay?" She asked as Sasuke glanced at us. "I don't believe we've met properly either. You're a friend of Sasuke-Kun, right?"

"I should get going." I interrupted before she went any further. "I better wash as much as the coffee I can put and see if I can salvage it."

"I really am sorry, maybe Sasuke has a spare shirt that he could-"

"No! It's fine. I...I have one in my locker. It's no problem at all."

"Are you sure? Cause I feel bad now."

"Don't worry, it's completely fine, Sakura."

She looked at me as though she didn't believe me for a second but then gave me an apologetic but still kind smile. I thanked her once more for the help which she politely asked me not to do as it was her fault to begin with, by that time Sasuke had already turned his back to us.

As I walked away I couldn't help but think about just what had gotten into him. Why did he behave the way he did?

Was it because of the jacket or was it something else?

Regardless, it didn't make me feel any better as I walked through the halls and down to the swimming pool. Here I was coming early to school to participate in Sasuke actively cheating on his girlfriend once more, only to find out she's actually a really nice person.

He always spoke about her as if she gave him no space and only liked him because he was just one of the good looking guys.

I've never spoken to her except just a moment ago and from that little interaction I could tell that she had more sympathy for people, much more than Sasuke did at least.

He just looked at us both as if we were nuisances.

I reached the locker room and removed my backpack, my jacket, Sasuke's jacket, my shirt and my tank top underneath. The room immediately smelt like coffee beans and if I wasn't awake before then the smell definitely was going to do the job.

I opened my locker and cursed under my breath as I stared at the empty space and remembered that Kiba had my extra clothes.

"That asshole." I sighed, wondering next what I was going to do.

I had time to wash out the coffee scent but that wouldn't hide the stain and I don't even think it would be dry by that time. However I didn't exactly get to think of any other options as I was interrupted again by the last person I wanted to ever see again.

"I wouldn't happen to be the asshole you're mumbling about? Would I?" Kiba smirked as he entered the room and leaned against the entrance.

I kept my back to him and pretended to not acknowledge his existence as I've always been trying to do, but just like all the other times it wouldn't work with him.

"Giving me the silent treatment?" He continued.

"..."

"So that's how it is then, huh? You're just going to pretend I'm not here?"

"..."

"You didn't attend detention yesterday. I waited by your class and you never showed, though I was running a bit late. So I thought that maybe you were at my class, but still no show, then I thought you had already gone to detention without me, but you didn't even turn up."

"..."

"Not even an apology?"

"An apology for what?!" I spat, turning around to find that he was standing right behind me now and smiling to himself.

"Got you to talk that time." He teased.

"Tsk! Can you just leave me alone already. I'm not in the mindset to fuck around with you."

"Well I actually like fucking around with you so get used to it."

"Get used to it?"

"Yeah, problem with that?"

"No, because there will be nothing to get used too. I'm done with you and I'm done with this detention bullshit."

"We can get in trouble for that?"

"We or just you? Cause the last time I checked I didn't have anything to use against you that would cause us to brawl five times a week and if they knew what the real reason behind all of it was, I'm confident that you'd be in trouble for harassing another student."

"Harassing? I hardly did anything above provoke you and push your buttons a little." He chuckled.

"Whatever..."

"But speaking about that, that's actually what I wanted to address. I wanted to make a truce with you on this whole detention thing."

"So you're agreeing to leaving me alone."

"No, I don't have that option. What I'm saying is that I want to try at us being friends."

"Excuse me?"

"I know, it's tempting to just be friends with me, but I'm hoping we can both benefit from it."

"I'd benefit from you choking on your own tongue."

"Haha that's an amateur move." He laughed before taking a seat next to my belongings.

"What is this about?" I asked, finding his behavior suspicious.

"What?"

"This! It doesn't look like you told anyone about my secret despite the fact that yesterday I told you what I should've told you a long ago."

"Change of heart?" He suggested.

"Hm, I find that hard to believe that you have anything under that rib cage."

"Hm, well if you must know I Iistened to what you said and realized it was fucked up of me to do you the way I did. I never planned to tell anyone either, truth be told I just liked fucking around with you."

"..."

"Yeah you actually got me upset sometimes when you get physical, but even after that I still liked that about you. You're easy to study, but sometimes you still surprise me."

"Hm, I'm not buying it. What's the real reason?"

"Ha, real reason? So what do you want the truth, the real truth or nothing but the truth?"

"Whichever one makes you feel like I'd ever be willing to befriend the likes of you after the hell you always put me through."

"Oh I see now. You truly hate my guts."

"Why wouldn't I? It's only fair to hate you just as much as you hate me."

"..."

"Now if you're done being a dick to me why don't you just go find a pussy to fuck and leave me alone. Unlike you I have things I need to do." I spat before turning my back to him once more.

"Okay, I think it'll be easiest to just wash my shirt out and hope it dries before class starts and-"

"I'm sorry." Kiba interrupted me once more.

"Just because you know that word doesn't mean you should use it in vain."

"Are you even listening to what I'm saying?"

"Trying to block out all of it as we speak." I replied without hesitation.

"Kitten!"

"Stop calling me that and just leave me alone you asshole!" I spat, getting fed up with him the more he opened his big mouth. "I said it before and I'll say it again! I don't need friends and especially don't need a friend as hatful and irritating as you!"

"You don't mean all of that."

"I do!"

"Whether you planned to tell everyone my secret or not doesn't change the fact that you used it against me every chance you got. It's something I'm fearful about but you take it as one big joke! Well it's not fucking funny to me, it's my feelings you're fucking around with!"

"..."

"Do you understand that?! Do understand why I'm not just going to sweep any of this under the fucking rug as if it's nothing!"

"What about Sasuke?"

"What about Sasuke?" I repeated what he said in irritation.

"He treated you pretty shitty out there, but I'm guessing you're okay with that just because it's him."

"You saw that?"

"How else would I have known where to follow you." He replied.

"That's a different situation."

"That's the same situation, but the difference is I'm me and he's him."

"..."

"Turn around and tell me that that isn't it and that I'm just going off my own annoying bullshit."

"..."

"Doesn't seem so different now does it? But all I'm saying is that at least for us, we can be friends. We can work something out and make this work between us and if it doesn't then fine, but I'm hoping for it to go well."

"Why?"

"Hm?"

"Why all of a sudden do you want us to be friends, the truth this time."

"There's more than one truth I could give you, but before I give you the next one, I need to know that you'll give us a chance. Because I don't know about you but I'm not too confident telling people the truth whilst their backs are turned to me."

"Well I won't face you then."

"I'm okay with that, but if you really want to know the other truths then I'll give you the chance. You'll know when I see you at detention, if you don't show I'll see how it is and accept that you rather give Sasuke a chance than me."

"What?" I asked, turning to face him to see him smiling again.

"Made you look." He chuckled.

"Asshole..."

"Okay, but I'm serious though. I'd really like to try this friendship thing with you Naruto. But we got to be in this together."

"Okay?" He asked.

"..."

"It's fine, don't have to answer now. I just hope I see you at detention later."

Kiba picked up his backpack and tossed it on his shoulder as he began walking out of the room. I watched him and couldn't help but feel like there was a different aura about him, normally a conversation like that would have us rolling on the floor while throwing heavy blows at each other, but this time it was a lot different.

Was he sick or something? Sicker than usual for him at least.

"I left something next to your backpack. It's not your uniform, but you can at least wear it and just say you have a cold or something. Also your muscles look really good, you should consider doing an after school activity with a body like that." He commented before leaving me alone. "Later, hopefully."

I felt nervous and flustered by...what would I even consider that just now? A compliment?

I stared at the item he folded up next to my backpack and noticed it was his jacket, the jacket he wore for his sport team, differently to Sasuke's own. I picked it up and pondered and examined it while pondering on his words.

Kiba Inuzuka, complimented me and gave me his jacket.

"Pervert..." I mumbled under my breath as a soft chuckle escaped from my lips.

I wasn't laughing because of what he said, I had just inhaled too much caffeine at this point and I was beginning to get hallucinations. I didn't even laugh actually you just also hallucinated that.

Yes you did, don't argue with me.

Later that day, as I was walking down the hallway I noticed Sasuke with Sakura. He looked at me and then looked away while she was talking to him about something, that was really weird of him to do.

I didn't know why he was acting like that towards me, but I figured it must have something to do with his jacket, but why would he be so weird about losing one if he had more of the same thing.

I wondered if it was because he was possessive, but just then he glanced back at me and smiled shyly while Sakura was searching for something in her locker.

I smiled back of course and he winked at me and mouthed 'tomorrow'. I could've just drifted off into the air at how romantic that was. It really did help ease my mind about us and made me realize that he might be acting like that so that Sakura doesn't expect anything between us.

Brains and good looks, that's what Sasuke Uchiha was made of. However, all good things must come to an end and for me they always involved Kiba unfortunately.

"Kit!" He called out as he ran up behind me.

"I really wish you'd stop calling me that." I replied rolling my eyes at his annoyance.

"Pfft as if."

"What does that mean anyway?"

"It means you look like a fox so deal with it."

"Whatever man. What do you want?" I asked, ignoring his last comment and rushing to the point of this conversation.

"What do you mean? We're heading to detention."

"Oh you're heading to detention? As in you alone?" I asked mockingly.

"No, we as in me and you. Don't fuck around with me." He spat, holding my arm before I pulled out of his grasp.

"I don't fuck around and don't talk to me like that." I retorted, attempting to walk away again.

Kiba held onto my arm once more and pulled me against the wall. He stood in front of me and blocked me from moving off as he stared at me with irritation in his eyes just as it was in mine.

"Well stop it and I won't have to talk to you like that."

"I'd prefer you not talk to me at all."

"Are we really gonna do this. I thought we had an agreement in the locker room?"

"That's what you thought, I never agreed to anything and there's nothing you can do to convince me!"

"We can get into worser trouble."

"I don't care. As far as I see it, you're the one who had been bullying me over my secret and that's what got us to detention in the first place, right?"

"..."

"So you're the one who'll get in trouble, not me."

"So you think just because of that you can skip out something that you're supposed to be participating in? Meaning it's mandatory that we both do this and if we don't it'll be bad for us." He replied.

"I...That won't matter."

"Yes it would." He continued, leaning closer to as he lowered his voice and glared into my eyes. "We fought, remember those times? I might've provoked you but all I did was say things, most of the time I didn't even touch you until you launched at me."

"..."

"See how this becomes an us problem now?"

"I'm not letting you force me into this."

"Then come to the detention and tell Miss Sarutobi that you want to end this between us. That's the only way I'm letting you out of this." He dared me.

"Fine, I will. Just so I can finally get rid of you once and for all."

I pushed Kiba away from me and stormed off as he followed me shortly after chuckling to himself. I know what he did for me in the locker room was kind of him and even a bit sweet.

After all the caffeine wore off of course.

But he was just so irritating and awful to be around. I couldn't stand the likes of him and the fact that he knew such a hidden part of me and used it against me made it worse.

I wanted to be done with him, forever and always.

We turned the hall and finally made it to the door at the detention room. I opened it up to find Miss Sarutobi sitting there with quite the large amount of paperwork.

"Naruto? Glad of you to come, but is Kiba taking the day off this time?" She asked, not seeing that he was just casually walking behind me.

"Hey Kurenai, we made it!" He greeted her.

"Hm, well there's a bittersweet greeting." She replied while massaging her temples.

"I love you too." Kiba grinned before taking a seat in the room.

"Are you going to sit down as well Naruto?" She asked.

I stood there a bit hesitant, I don't know for what reason but it felt something in me was afraid of doing this. Was it because of the kind gesture that Kiba displayed earlier?

For all I know that could've just been bait in trying to get me to come here. But also, what if it wasn't?

"Actually there is something I need to say..." I began.

"What might that be?" She asked as she looked at me in concern and Kiba just sat there looking at me with a confused look on his face.

"I..." I paused wondering why he looked at me like that. "I don't want to waste any more of our time and our energy on this. I've already been grounded for the month and to come here with him and go through all this as well, it's just too much for me."

"..."

"..."

"Quite frankly, I dislike Kiba with every single nerve in my body. He's annoying, a complete class clown and lacks the compassion, empathy and emotional intelligence of any human being that has a good heart, he care about nothing but himself and it makes me sick to even think about spending another wasteful day cleaning every inch of this room while he does nothing but prove to me every day that we both hate each other's guts."

"..."

"..."

"So please Miss Sarutobi, I know that you're probably hoping to get positive feedback from this mission of yours, but it isn't going to work out between him and I."

She stared at me with obvious shock in her face as I finished pouring my heart out. However, I didn't feel light like I should've, but rather I felt heavy and as if something wasn't right. It felt like my chest still weighed a heavy burden that should've definitely left when I finally confess to someone the relationship between Kiba and I.

But why did I feel this way instead?

When I looked over at Kiba my mouth fell open as he looked back at me and his face was drenched in tears and he was full on bawling his eyes out.

"Kiba..." Miss Sarutobi mumbled looking just as shocked as I was, her eyes watering just the same.

"I..I..I..I thought that...that we were fri...friends. I..I don't know wha...what happened. I..I..I'm sorry ahhhhhhhhhh!" He cried, very loud and hard if I might add.

This bitch was really hollering at the top of his lungs and squatting down in his chair like a grown ass child throwing a tantrum.

"Oh no! Kiba don't cry, I'll be back with some tissues, you boys stay here!" Miss Sarutobi, announced before rushing out of the classroom, leaving me in even more confusion.

Immediately as she left, Kiba stopped, stood up, wiped his face and smiled at me with that infamous smug grin of his.

"You fucking bitch."

"My sister did drama when she was in high school so she taught me a few things. Was I good?" He chuckled.

"Good? Are you insane?!"

"No, but I should ask you the same fucking things."

"What are you talking about?"

"That confession of yours! Just what the fuck was that!?"

"Me trying to get rid of you."

"Oh well, that wasn't going to happen."

"What?! That was the agreement we made-"

"No Kitten! That's was the agreement you made. I never agreed to that but neither did I try to stop you what I did was just change the tactics."

"What tactic?"

"You telling Kurenai all that shit obviously."

"I was being truthful."

"You were being stupid. What do think she'll do when you tell her all of that?"

"..."

"Hm?"

"She'd stop us from doing this."

"Possibly." He replied. "You see Kit, you tell Kurenai all that would shut all of this detention shit down, but she'd have to contact our families, and your family I'm sure would love to know what would've happened between the two of us for you to hate me so deeply."

"..."

"Do you think you're ready to tell them that you're gay?"

I fucking hate when he makes good points.

"..."

"Exactly." He continued. "You made an error and I'm willing to forgive that, but under one condition. We have to be friends."

"Why are you so adamant about us being friends..."

"You can't admit it right? That's what you want to say to me first?"

"I won't repeat myself."

"Hm, fine. I'll tell you what I wanted to tell you earlier if you had just worked with me to begin with. My mother and sister suspect that we're in detention because of something I did so if I fuck this whole thing up with you by the end of the month then they'll send me to another school as punishment and I can't have that."

"So you want us to be friend so you can stay here and fuck Tamaki in front of me?"

"No, she's actually apart of the reason. The day when I borrowed your uniform because her dad had caught us and I ran off, apparently he went to complain about me sneaking onto his property and corrupting his daughter, to my mother. So that's a strike there and messing this up with you will be the final one."

"So what?"

"So what? Kit, I don't want to change schools, all my friends are here and I actually like living in Konoha."

"So you'd have to move too?"

"Possibly."

"I don't know, those sounds like a lot of excellent outcomes to me."

"Oh my Kaguya Kit..." He sighed while scratching the back of his head.

"What? I'm being honest. All you want me to do is sit here and suffer some more for your benefit. Fuck no!"

"You'd benefit from this too."

"How could I possibly-"

"You said your mom wanted us to be friends, remember that?"

"So?"

"So you don't have any friends to begin with because I always see you alone, and judging by the fact you're fucking around with Sasuke out of Sakura's eyesight then I'm guessing he isn't a friend of yours either. So we'd both be doing each other a favor by getting along."

"This sounds like you're benefiting from this more than I am?"

"Well, think of anything else you'd like to benefit from that involves this and let me know. Cause as long as I can stay with my friends, I don't care. But here's what's also going to happen, anything we say or do in detention, stays in detention."

"..."

"It should be our little secret. Got it?"

"I'm going to hate this."

"It doesn't have to be forever, just until the end of the month and we just avoid each other until we graduate, after that you don't have to deal with 'a complete class clown who lacks the compassion, empathy and emotional intelligence of any human being' ever again."

"..."

I don't why I felt bad hearing that come out of his mouth. It's something I was so confident to say earlier yet now I'm not so sure.

"And for the record, I don't hate you. In fact, I mess around you so much because I actually like you, you're an interesting guy to be around." He confessed.

My chest felt light suddenly hearing him say that. It was the first time anyone had commented about my character so nicely, especially when it came from the guy that I'd literally launch at and tackle while we both fell down a flight of stairs.

"Thanks."

"Should I say your welcome?" He asked.

I feel like I've hurt him. He isn't usually this snarky and distant with his responses, but I was only being honest.

I think.

"About what I said, I wasn't lying but I also wasn't trying to hu-" I was interrupted before I could finish my question.

Kiba engulfed me into a big hug. My arms fell limp as I didn't know what to think or what to do, the scent of his cologne filled my nostrils, his body felt so warm next to mine and the way he nestled his face into the crook of my neck and his breath brushed against my skin like a warm breeze as he mumbled over the same thing.

I didn't know why at first, until I saw Miss Sarutobi's reflection in the glass. That's when I knew why he did it and in response as I hadn't verbally made clear that I was both sorry for hurting him and accepting the plan, I hugged him back and rubbed my palm in a circular motion on his back.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you..." He repeated over and over, trying to convince Miss Sarutobi that we had made up.

This was going to be our little secret, never to make a confession outside of detention.

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