Lonely Faces (*aka. -Roommates) | Chapter 23

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Lonely Faces (*aka. - Roommates)


Chapter 09


Naruto became very solemn over the weeks leading up to Christmas break. Kiba knew that this time of year must be very painful for him, considering that his parents died while he was so young. But Kiba wouldn’t let him feel like he didn’t have a family, because he did now.

“Naruto, are you doing anything for Christmas?” asked Kiba one morning after a particularly passionate bout of sex.

“No …” he replied, still laying his head on Kiba’s shoulder.

“Come to our place then, my mom said it’d be great to have you over.” he said, caressing Naruto’s hair gently.

Naruto looked up and smiled with an expression of being deeply touched.

“… Thanks Kiba, you’re so good to me.” he said as he stoked Kiba’s chest and played with the sparse hairs.

“It’s what any good boyfriend would do.” said Kiba, dismissively.

“Yeah, I suppose so …” said Naruto, kissing Kiba lightly on the cheek. “Well, I think we’d better get to class. We’re going to be late again.”

“Oh well. I don’t care.” said Kiba, swinging his legs out of bed and sitting up.

“You’ll care when they kick us out.” said Naruto, following suit.

“Sure I’ll care then.” said Kiba, struggling to pull on his boxers and pants, certain appendages being uncooperative.

“Well we just might get the boot now, this is the second time this week we’ve been late to that class. I don’t like that we both walk in a few moments after each other and everyone watches us take our seat; they know what we’ve been doing.” he said, now fully clothed.

“I guess it doesn’t take a rocket scientist, and considering our teacher is one …” Kiba trailed off, pulling his shirt over his head.

“All the more reason we have to stop doing this.” he explained, grabbing his bag.

“Oh, you don’t enjoy our little morning screws?” asked Kiba, raising his eyebrow.

“I just think we should get up earlier.” he replied, wiggling his eyebrows.

“Ok, let’s get to class.” said Kiba, taking up his rucksack and heading for the door.

“We’ll talk about this later.” he said, giving Naruto a firm smack on the ass as he passed.

Naruto giggled and replied. “Oh, we will.”

-

The winter vacation was upon them at last. Most of the students had already left, but Kiba and Naruto weren’t leaving till the day before Christmas; tomorrow.

They enjoyed the free reign over the deserted common room by making out on the couch by the fire. Kiba loved the smell of burning wood, it reminded him of home.

When they heard footsteps descending the stairs, they got a few last kisses in before quickly opening their books and pretending to be doing homework. Admittedly, this was a stupid cover up, as none of the teachers had assigned homework for the break. But hopefully, nobody would think too much of it.

“There you two are!” said a familiar voice.

They looked up and saw that Hinata was the one who had interrupted them.

“Oh, it’s just you.” said Naruto, closing his book.

“What do you mean, ‘just me’?” she asked incredulously, as she walked over.

“Never mind. Did you want to see us?” he asked.

“Yep, here you go!” she said, presenting them with two identical wrapped boxes.

“Oh Hinata, I thought we agreed no presents. I didn’t get you anything.” said Kiba. They had established earlier that they couldn’t afford to get each other gifts on their university student budgets.

“It’s just something small. I thought they’d be perfect for you.” she said, thrusting the boxes into each of their laps.

“Hinata …” sighed Naruto, as he began to unwrap the gift.

Naruto opened the lid on the small container to reveal a necklace. He pulled it out to examine it. A half heart pendant hung from the black cord. It wasn’t a girly pendant either, the heart was a dark silver, and the outline was jagged, giving it a masculine look.

Kiba looked equally impressed with his own. It was something sentimental, yet somehow held a manly quality.

“Hinata, they’re beautiful. Thank you so much.” said Kiba, moving the box off his knees and hugging her.

“I’m glad you like them. You two make such a good couple.” she said, patting him on the back.

“They really are gorgeous.” said Naruto, inspecting the sheen by the flickering light of the fire.

Kiba released Hinata and pulled the necklace over his head. He flicked his hair over the string and looked down at it appreciatively.

“Well, you two have a good Christmas. My mom’s outside waiting for me, so I’ll see you after break!” she said, waving as the jogged towards the door.

“Thanks Hinata, and merry Christmas.” said Kiba.

“Yeah, happy Christmas.” said Naruto, waving back at her.

Hinata chuckled and exited the common room.

“Great, my sister’s going to have a field day.” said Kiba, flipping the jewelry over in his fingers.

“Yes, she will. Common, we need to get some sleep, our bus leaves early tomorrow.” he said, walking to the stairs.

“We can just get a little ‘exercise’ in, before call it a night.” he said seductively.

Kiba leaped off the couch and followed him without waste.

-

The following morning, Kiba woke in Naruto’s bed; still naked from the night before, and stretched. He removed Naruto’s hand from around his waist and dragged his feet to the floor. He reached out his hand groggily, and turned the clock to face him.

“SHIT!” he exclaimed, jumping off the cot.


Naruto muttered incoherently and rolled over in his sleep.

“Get up, we’re going to be late!” he said, whacking Naruto over the head with a pillow.

“Mm-up.” said Naruto, sleepily.

Kiba was dressed and had brushed his teeth by the time Naruto was finally standing. He scratched his naked butt absentmindedly as he shuffled through his dresser for a fresh pair of underwear.

“Crap, I packed all my shit.” he said, walking to his gym bag.

“Hurry up! We have to go!” said Kiba, throwing a few loose ends into his carry-on bag.

“I’d say keep your pants on, but we both know I don’t want that.” he replied, pulling a shirt over his head.

“Get some undies on!” said Kiba, throwing him a pair of briefs.

“I notice how you always give me the briefs, and never the boxers. You like the bulge don’t you.” he said cheekily.

Kiba blushed. “So what. Let’s go, get your jeans on, the bus leaves in fifteen minutes!”

Naruto laughed, making sure that Kiba saw him pull on his denims and push his protrusion in at the crotch.

‘Damn it!’ thought Kiba. ‘This is no time to get fucking randy!’

They finished getting ready; Kiba was done five minutes before Naruto, and left the dorm room. After departing from the school grounds, they ran to the nearby bus station. Thankfully, they had gotten there just in time.

Taking their seats in the nearly empty bus, Kiba and Naruto got out some cards and began playing blackjack. Usually they would bet articles of clothing, but as they were in public, the peanuts they had brought with them would do fine.

The bus would take them to the small village where Kiba’s family lived.

-

Six grueling hours later; Naruto had decided to go in depth about his obsession with ramen, they arrived at the village of Konoha. After exiting the bus, Kiba’s mother and sister met them on the platform.

“Hello dears!” said Mrs. Inuzuka, hugging them both.

“What’s that around your neck?” asked Hana, laughing as the examined the piece. “Aw, look at the love birds. They’ve got little heart shaped pendants!”

“Shut up! They were a gift from a friend.” said Kiba, glaring at her.

“Aw, is the wittle wuvy duvy mad?” she asked in a mock pouting voice.

After a few minutes of fighting and foul language, they all got into the Inuzuka’s car and headed for their house.

They pulled into the driveway of a beautiful little home. It looked more like a cottage than a house, something that Naruto loved.

“Come on, Naruto. This is going to be your home for the next week.” said Kiba, treading up the snow covered path to the door.

As Naruto made his way up the lane, memories of his past lonely Christmases played across his mind. This time would be different, this time, he had Kiba.