Too Scared (Kiba Inuzuka) - Part 1
A/N: I wrote this back in 2019. @tired-biscuit has convinced me to resurrect it. I had to rewrite it because my writing style has (oddly enough) gotten better. If you think you don't like your writing... just keep going. Cause I'm not the best, but I definitely write a lot better than I did in 2019! 🤭
You'd give anything for your aloof best friend to notice you as more than one of the guys. You've been pining for him since you were little. Having him in your life as a best friend was better than nothing at all, so you kept those feelings bottled up tight. But... what happens when he finally attracts someone of the opposite sex? Can you still call him your best friend when you hardly see him?
Warnings: None whatsoever! Sakura being the best, Kiba being dumb, and Lee being too sweet.
I lay in bed, quickly scrolling through his Instagram feed, rolling my eyes so strongly that I was even annoying myself.
“What does that big dummy even see in her?!?” I asked myself quietly, scrunching my nose at Kiba’s new girlfriend filling up his feed as of late.
Sakura pinched my plush thigh, making me squeak a small wounded cry at the unexpected action.
“Leave him alone,” she chuckled, “they’re cute together and she’s really nice. Besides, you can’t blame anyone but yourself. Since you never made any sort of move on him.”
“He’s my best friend, Sakura. Or have you forgotten that fact?” I sighed heavily, rubbing the back of my neck, my eyes not meeting hers since I was feeling crappy about being stupidly in love with my best friend and being too utterly chicken to ever tell him. “Besides, he never seemed interested in me anyhow. Why ruin what we have?”
“And what, may I ask, do you two actually have as of recently?” she asked, quirking her brow.
My face contorted in annoyance at Sakura and her smart attitude. I pushed her off the bed, a loud thump following her, as she lightly chuckled from the floor.
I looked over the edge of the bed to assess the damage.
My eyes met her jade gaze in shock, realizing she wasn’t angry at my harsh action. She pushed herself onto her elbow and sighed, looking at me.
“You two just don’t seem to be hanging out as much. I know you don’t want to see him with her. But I swear she’s not that bad. I know it’ll hurt for a little bit. But are you willing to throw your friendship away, something you’ve basically had since birth, because of one girl?” Sakura reasoned.
“I just…” and I looked at her, my hands nervously wringing together, “I’m not ready.”
“Well, when you are… I can be there for moral support.” she smiled my way outstretching her hand for me to help her up.
I smirked at her, wrapping my hand in hers. She, all too quickly, pulled me down onto the floor causing me to land with a hard thud next to her.
“You deserved that!” she laughed at me as I lay there groaning in agony.
“Fair,” I chuckled through the pain, spinning to stare at the ceiling.
“I gotta head out. I’ll see you tomorrow, sweet cheeks.” she smiled, kissing my cheek and standing to leave my room.
“Thanks, Sakura, for being a really great friend,” I spoke into the room my eyes not daring to meet hers.
“Sure (Y/N), you got my back, I got yours. Love you, bug. Now go out and get some damn fresh air!”
“Yes, mother! Love you more!” and she closed the door behind herself, leaving me alone with my thoughts.
I came to the town square to shop from our local vendors and try and get out of my head. Retail therapy always did wonders for my mood. So long as I didn’t look at my wallet.
I heard a really loud, nasally laugh and looked up, catching them both in my sight.
Of course, they’d be here.
My heart beat erratically in my chest, not wanting to deal with either of them in any capacity. I quickly turned to put the cute hairbow I had found back on the table when I bumped into someone at full force. My eyes lifted and met the jet-black eyes of Rock Lee.
“Careful there, (Y/N). You could have gotten hurt.” Lee mock chastised, using his million-watt smile to ensure that I knew he wasn’t being mean.
His hands were gently holding my elbows in his grasp, keeping me planted firmly in my place at a safe distance apart. Blush still dusted our cheeks at the contact we shared.
A slimy, cold feeling pressed against the back of my bare calf, making me squeal and push further into Lee’s personal space. I quickly spun to find out what the foreign object was. With my heart now hammering in my chest, perched tightly in Lee’s sturdy arms, I was able to face Akamaru.
I let out the biggest sigh, resting my forehead on the side of Lee’s neck, noticing how severely warm he was. I pulled away from his grasp, my eyes going wide when I took in just how incredibly red he was. I blushed and pushed gently out of his arms, muttering a quiet ‘sorry’ and turning my attention to the furry companion that gave me a fright. My mood shifted knowing that his master would be coming to collect him any minute now. Escaping was definitely futile.
“There you are, Akamaru!” I heard behind Rock Lee and myself.
I muttered a quick ‘fuck’ under my breath and turned, bumping shoulders with Lee, coming face to face with Kiba and his new girlfriend, Asami. She was wrapped tightly to his side. Suddenly the cool autumn air felt overly warm and suffocating. I planted a fake smile on my face, fidgeting with my hands.
Lee quickly noticed how uneasy I became, pulling my hands to rest in the crook of his elbow. His eyes found mine and he offered a small smile my way, doing his best to calm me down and handle the situation.
“Hey guys,” Kiba said, showing off his sharp canines in his wide smile, “I was worried that Akamaru was pestering someone. But I see he just came to visit our favorite girl.”
My heart picked up its pace at the mention of being his favorite while his girlfriend was melded so closely to his side. Asami cleared her throat and Kiba nervously laughed, rubbing the back of his neck, but didn’t do anything to correct what he previously said.
“Good afternoon Kiba, Asami. How are you two doing today?” Lee asked, his overly bubbly tone doing good to change the subject and cut the awkward tension that was brought on so quickly.
Akamaru moved to sit between us, facing the group, his head cocking back and forth between us as we maneuvered this weird conversation.
“We’re doing great! It’s a beautiful day and Kiba brought me shopping. Look at this cute hairbow he got me!” she explained excitedly, pulling the item from her bag.
I saw that it was one similar to what Kiba had gotten me in our youth together. My heart sank a little as I tried to remind myself to throw the stupid hairbow away when I got home.
“That’s really pretty. Though,” and Lee turned my way, “(Y/N), don’t you have something similar.”
“I did,” I said, peering into Kiba’s amber eyes for a second, to show him just how hurt I was at the action.
He seemed worried at my comment but didn’t get to press on the matter as Asami kept powering through to keep the attention on her.
“Well, Kiba and I are heading out. You two enjoy the rest of your date!” Asami quickly quipped, quickly pulling Kiba away, his furrowing brows engrained into my brain as he looked us both over without being able to question if that’s what we were doing out together.
Akamaru sat still, planted in his same spot, as he gave me obvious puppy dog eyes. I laughed, kneeling down to hug him tightly while ruffling his fluffy head.
“Better head out with them before you get in trouble.” I lightly chuckled at him as he licked the whole side of my face and did as I told him to. “Be good!” I shouted his way as he ran to catch up to the two.
“I’ll try!” Kiba shouted back, making me roll my eyes and laugh.
I turned to Lee and smiled at him.
“Thank you for staying with me during that.” I exhaled, feeling my heart sink into the pit of my stomach for inadvertently involving Lee in my mess of a love life. Or lack thereof.
“How long have you been in love with Kiba?” Lee asked, turning to pick up the previous hairbow I had been admiring, signaling to the clerk that he wanted to purchase it.
“Since I was five. I didn’t know it at the time though. It took me many years to understand my feelings,” I sighed, watching Lee intently, wondering what he was doing, as he handed over his money and spun to face me, outstretching his hand with the forest green bow.
I quirked my eyebrow at him and attempted to push the bow back his way. He smiled at me and pushed the bow back in my direction.
“It’s a gift. To replace that bow you’re going to go home and throw into the trash,” before I could grab it from him, he gently clipped it to the base of my updo. “There, it even matches your shirt.”
I blushed and dropped my gaze to the floor. I wasn’t sure what Lee was up to, but I knew there was no way that I could return any sort of feelings for anyone. I was hopelessly, stupidly in love with my very taken best friend.
Before I could think too much on the matter, Lee looped his elbow with mine and pulled me towards Ichiraku Ramen, rambling about how he was supposed to meet Naruto for lunch and how I was now required to join him, his treat.
This has a part 2. Very ambitiously of me, I wrote two different "endings". One with Kiba... and one with Lee. 🤭 Lee is just too sweet to not have an ending.
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