Complicated

Hinata sat under the training post, fidgeting with the package in her lap. Kiba had told her to meet him and Shino at the training field, so they could spar. Tsunade - sama hadn’t been giving them missions lately, so they had plenty of free time on their hands. “Hmm…” She’d been waiting for almost an hour and a half now. Did they forget…? She brought her hands to hear ears and shook her head violently, banishing the thought from her mind. NO! They aren’t like that!   She felt horrible that she would think that about her friends. She released her head and looked up at the sun. But I have been waiting for a while…  She sighed, looked up at the sun again, and got to her feet.   I’ll go to Kiba - kun’s house later…

As she was turning to leave, she heard the thumping of feet on the forest floor. She turned towards the sound, her Byakugan on, deactivating it when she recognized Kiba’s figure. He stopped in front of her, hands on his knees, panting. “Hello, Kiba - kun…” she trailed off when she noticed he was alone. “Where’s Akamaru?” It was unusual to see the bestial boy without his canine companion. “He’s … he’s at… at home,” he replied, still gasping for air. Hinata suddenly got worried. “I-is he o-ok? “ Kiba shook his head. “Yeah, he just needs to rest.” He looked up at Hinata’s still concerned face, finally catching his breath. Grinning, he said, “It’s nothing. Yesterday, when I wasn’t looking, he polished off my dinner. Gotta bad case of indigestion. But he’ll be fine,” he assured her. “O-oh… well, this is for him,” she murmured, holding the package out for him. “They’re strengthening herbs and treats I made,” she explained. “Thanks, Hinata,” he chirped, gladly excepting the package.

He brought his had to rest on the back of his head. “Sorry ‘bout bein late,” he said, giving her an apologetic smile. Her pale eyes narrowed as she smiled shyly. “Have you seen Shino - kun?” Kiba blinked at her a few times, before his hand dropped to his side, his eyes studying the ground, cheeks turning a light pink. “Actually…” he mumbled. Hinata stared back at him. Open your mouth, DAMNIT!!! Are you a man or aren’t you?! He took a deep breath and started again. “Actually, Shino isn’t coming…” Hinata stared at him, bewilderment plastered across her porcelain face. “I… I just asked you to come. I-I wanted to talk to you. Alone.” He put emphasis on the last word, hoping she got what he was saying. The look she gave him told him she didn’t. He sighed, turned on his heel, stalked towards a nearby tree. He sat down, his legs crossed, back to the tree, and fixed Hinata with a stare that said, ‘You coming’.  She was still baffled, but she followed him any way.

Kiba tensed when she seated herself less than an inch from him; he tensed up even more when he turned to see wide pools of ivory/violet staring back at him. He swallowed hard. “H-Hinata…” “Yes, Kiba - Kun?” His heart was beating like a jackhammer, his face becoming hot at the innocently cute way she said his name. “Y-ya know how we’ve b-been fr-fr-friends for a while, a-and…” Great you sound just like her when she’s freaked!! Just be a man and ask her out! He clenched his strong jaw, his teeth bared in frustration. “Kiba - kun…” His head snapped up at the sound of Hinata’s tiny voice. She was fixing him with a concerned stare. “Hinata…would ya like to go Ichiraku’s sometime; ya know…just the 2 of us…?”  He studied his hands, to embarrassed to look her in the eye.  

Hinata sat gapping, mouth slightly open, at her team mate. She opened her mouth to say something, only to close it again when nothing came out. She began to study her own hands, casting nervous glances at kiba from the corner of her pale eyes. Was he asking her out? No, of course not! Kiba - kun only liked her as a friend…but it did sound like a date…  An awkward silence past over them for 3, agonizingly long, minutes. Kiba dug his fang - like teeth into his lower lip. Was she going to turn him down? “K-k-Kiba -kun… I d-don’t th-th-think th-that’s a g-good id-idea…” her unease and panic were throwing her into a stuttering fit “I-I-I-I  m-mean, g-g-going o-on a d-d-d-date..” she whispered, a deep blush appearing on her pale cheeks. Kiba bit harder into his lip, drawing blood. He didn’t expect her to say yes, but still…

“K-K-Kiba - kun…” “Che! What? Do you feel like you’d be being unfaithful to Naruto if you did,” he muttered bitterly. There was a small gasp, and when he looked up at her, her eyes were huge, her cheeks becoming cherry red, her hands gripped together, with a curled finger raised to her trembling lower lip.   I didn’t mean it!!! Why is she getting so worked up?!  

When he realized why, his chest started to burn with irritation and anger. “Ya gotta be freakin’ kiddin’ me!! That’s really why?!” Hinata shrank away from him, wincing at his enraged tone. He grabbed the shocked girl’s shoulders. “Is that seriously why?!” “K-k-Kiba-kun,” she stuttered trying get out of his steel-grip. “Why do you do that,” he practically screeched, giving her a shack. “That idiot has NO interest in you! You’ve seen how he drools over that Haruno girl! Even after all the nice things you’ve done, and said, he still takes no notice of you!!” Kiba’s face was so red, the red fang marks on his cheeks were barely visible. Hinata was trying not to break down in tears.

“K-K-Kiba - k-k-kun!” Hinata was far past being nervous; she was actually terrified of her team mate. Kiba turned his face away from the petrified Hyuuga, his fingers still digging into her trembling shoulders. She relaxed only a hair when his grip on her loosened, before she tensed up again at Kiba’s small snarl. “How long are you going to wait for Uzumaki?” He spat,  wrinkling his nose, the blonde ninja’s name like it was a dirty word. “How long are you going to stay quiet, hoping he’ll notice your kindness and affection?” “K-Kiba - k-kun…” She placed a trembling hand on his tense shoulder. He seemed to relax a little, letting one of his hands slide off her shoulder.

“How long are you going to wait for someone who’s oblivious to you…” “Kiba-kun, I –“  She let out a little squeak when she saw how close Kiba’s face was to hers. “I already know how kind you are…and how cute,” he whispered, tilting her face up to his. Her breath caught in her throat, her heart beating hard enough to burst through her chest. WhatdoIdowhatdoIdowhatdoIdo WHATDOIDO?!   Kiba’s lips were now less than a centimeter from her’s; she could feel his hot breath on her nose, his bushy hair tickling her forehead. Now she was really panicking.

A second later, Kiba was gapping at her, her middle and index finger pressed to the middle of his forehead.   Oh. My. GOD! All that came out of her mouth was a tiny squeak. In her panic, her Byakugan had activated, and she automatically pressed the chakra point in the center of his forehead!!