Naruto cracked an eye open and squinted at Kiba, who sprawled on the grass a couple of feet away. They were both still drenched from romping through the stream, more drenched than Akamaru, even though he was the one they'd been supposed to wash.
A few seconds ago they'd both been laughing, chuckles dying slowly and with many false ends. But now Kiba looked kind of embarrassed.
"... Yeah?"
"Uh. You know you're one of my best buds, yeah?"
Naruto grinned cheekily. "Aw Kiba, that's so~ romantic."
Kiba grumbled and threw a handful of grass at him, but the response was half-hearted. Naruto blinked when Kiba's tanned face started reddening. "No, seriously."
Naruto scratched his cheek, embarrassed in turn. "... Yeah, I know. You're my friend too."
"That's good."
"Yeah."
They pretended to watch the sky for a couple of seconds.
"Unless you mean same-way-as-Uchiha, friend."
Naruto blinked and then laughed a little. "What, you don't want me to beat you up? You weirdo."
"Shit, I don't care if you beat me up -- like you could anyway! -- but if you're gonna... I mean, if one day you decide... I mean -- shit." He groaned and threw an arm across his eyes, laughing a nervous, not that amused laugh.
"Kiba?" Naruto prompted in confusion, sitting up so he could peer at his friend. Kiba threw him a look over his forearm that Naruto wasn't sure how to read.
"I thought you were sleeping with Sakura."
Naruto froze.
"Um... I am." He blushed. "How d'you know that? We didn't tell anyone. Well, I guess she might have told Ino..."
Kiba snorted. "Um, DUH. Sex reeks."
Naruto's face started burning, but then he grinned even more at the memory of those particular escapades. "You're just jealous you don't have a hot babe in your bed like I've got. Man, she's amazing." In bed, that was. On top of being an amazing person in general, but between guys there were rules. Telling your buddies that your girl was a firecracker was one thing, but Naruto would need a bit more alcohol before he started mentioning how fluttery and happy she made him feel just by smiling. Or just by remembering that he was entitled to call her 'his' now.
Kiba wasn't grinning or elbowing or anything. He pushed himself up on his hands and stared. Naruto blinked in confusion.
"Is Sasuke amazing too?" Kiba asked, disapproval clear on his face.
Naruto stared at him. And then stared some more. Kiba's frown deepened. Naruto's shoulders went tense.
Strange how he had never expected that kind of judgmental reaction from Kiba. Others, yeah, but not Kiba.
"You got a problem about me and Sasuke?"
Kiba threw a hand in the air and growled, dog-like, frustrated and getting angry. "Fuck, Naruto, I don't care who you sleep with, but I thought you were a decent guy -- I encouraged Hinata, damn it, and if you can really do that kind of stuff then I'm really glad you never dated her!"
Naruto blinked. "... What the hell, 'decent guy', it's indecent now to sleep with a guy? It's -- what? Inappropriate? Not wholesome?"
"When you're cheating on your girlfriend, yes it is!" Kiba shook his head. Even Akamaru was looking at Naruto with disappointed eyes. "Shit, sometimes it smells like you leave one bed just to jump to the next."
Naruto groaned, sank back on the grass, and then started to laugh.
...Whoa dude four pages. XD
Naruto cracked an eye open and squinted at Kiba, who sprawled on the grass a couple of feet away. They were both still drenched from romping through the stream, more drenched than Akamaru, even though he was the one they'd been supposed to wash.
A few seconds ago they'd both been laughing, chuckles dying slowly and with many false ends. But now Kiba looked kind of embarrassed.
"... Yeah?"
"Uh. You know you're one of my best buds, yeah?"
Naruto grinned cheekily. "Aw Kiba, that's so~ romantic."
Kiba grumbled and threw a handful of grass at him, but the response was half-hearted. Naruto blinked when Kiba's tanned face started reddening. "No, seriously."
Naruto scratched his cheek, embarrassed in turn. "... Yeah, I know. You're my friend too."
"That's good."
"Yeah."
They pretended to watch the sky for a couple of seconds.
"Unless you mean same-way-as-Uchiha, friend."
Naruto blinked and then laughed a little. "What, you don't want me to beat you up? You weirdo."
"Shit, I don't care if you beat me up -- like you could anyway! -- but if you're gonna... I mean, if one day you decide... I mean -- shit." He groaned and threw an arm across his eyes, laughing a nervous, not that amused laugh.
"Kiba?" Naruto prompted in confusion, sitting up so he could peer at his friend. Kiba threw him a look over his forearm that Naruto wasn't sure how to read.
"I thought you were sleeping with Sakura."
Naruto froze.
"Um... I am." He blushed. "How d'you know that? We didn't tell anyone. Well, I guess she might have told Ino..."
Kiba snorted. "Um, DUH. Sex reeks."
Naruto's face started burning, but then he grinned even more at the memory of those particular escapades. "You're just jealous you don't have a hot babe in your bed like I've got. Man, she's amazing." In bed, that was. On top of being an amazing person in general, but between guys there were rules. Telling your buddies that your girl was a firecracker was one thing, but Naruto would need a bit more alcohol before he started mentioning how fluttery and happy she made him feel just by smiling. Or just by remembering that he was entitled to call her 'his' now.
Kiba wasn't grinning or elbowing or anything. He pushed himself up on his hands and stared. Naruto blinked in confusion.
"Is Sasuke amazing too?" Kiba asked, disapproval clear on his face.
Naruto stared at him. And then stared some more. Kiba's frown deepened. Naruto's shoulders went tense.
Strange how he had never expected that kind of judgmental reaction from Kiba. Others, yeah, but not Kiba.
"You got a problem about me and Sasuke?"
Kiba threw a hand in the air and growled, dog-like, frustrated and getting angry. "Fuck, Naruto, I don't care who you sleep with, but I thought you were a decent guy -- I encouraged Hinata, damn it, and if you can really do that kind of stuff then I'm really glad you never dated her!"
Naruto blinked. "... What the hell, 'decent guy', it's indecent now to sleep with a guy? It's -- what? Inappropriate? Not wholesome?"
"When you're cheating on your girlfriend, yes it is!" Kiba shook his head. Even Akamaru was looking at Naruto with disappointed eyes. "Shit, sometimes it smells like you leave one bed just to jump to the next."
Naruto groaned, sank back on the grass, and then started to laugh.