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Cooler Than Me - Chapter 7

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Chapter 7: Day Two - Sakura

Sakura thinks that Sasuke’s tough guy act is hilarious.

The way he grumbles, pushes at his paperwork, gets real pouty and…

Fuck, it’s cute.

Sakura hates Sasuke’s baby fat. She hates his big eyes. She hates his soft, fluffy hair. She hates the way that even when he’s pouting, he looks good. It’s not fair, not at all. For one man to just be effortlessly pretty—it’s terrible. She hates it and she hates looking at him.

But she likes working with him because it’s her only opportunity to dunk on him.

“This is ridiculous, you realize that don’t you?”

Sakura coughs into her fist, rolling her eyes. “And just what do you mean by that, Sasuke?”

She says it in this sing-song voice that’s annoyed him since they were kids because, at this point, she thinks he deserves to be annoyed by her.

“I mean that this is a waste of time,” he responds, flatly.

“Oh, it’s a waste of time to find out who’s intruding on your girlfriend’s home? Laying traps for her cousin? That seems like a pretty serious issue.”

“You’re kidding me, right?” Sakura turns her nose up at his accusatory tone. “This is clearly a prank.”

“I am so sorry, Sasuke,” Sakura laments, very sarcastically, “sometimes us police officers actually have to do work. The worst, isn’t it?”

“Seriously?”

She ignores his scowl. “You pretend like all this is a game, but it’s not! We have serious jobs, I know you spend all your time at the desk, but—”

“Not by my choice!”

“BUT!” Sakura exclaims, stomping her foot to get him to stop talking. “But it’s our job to protect our citizens. Neji is a citizen with a valid complaint.”

“It’s his baby cousin pranking him—”

“So, we should seek out Hanabi and arrest her then? Hinata’s little sister?”

Sakura sneers at Sasuke. She really doesn’t like the way his scowl looks good on him. “We’re not arresting someone for a prank.”

“Only 3 more trips to go!” Sakura darts her eyes up at a familiar voice. Tenten is guiding her marching genin down the road, each carrying a hefty amount of weight. “It’s strength training! You’ll be thanking me later when you get your hands on some amazing sword, like the Executioner’s Blade! Swinging it around like it’s an aluminum bat!”

“Hey, Tenten!” Sakura calls and Sasuke groans next to her. She doesn’t even bother to shoot him a look this time. He does follow her as she approaches Tenten, which she appreciates.

“Ah, what’s up Sakura?” Tenten asks, diverting her attention away from the genin who all are quietly grumbling something about wishing they had Shino for a sensei.

“Have you seen anything suspicious around the Hyūga compound?” Sakura asks. “Or heard from any of your genin about pranks going on there?”

“Pranking the Hyūga?” Tenten asks, tapping her lips. “Can’t say I have. Someone prank Hinata or something?”

Sakura glances at Sasuke who purses his lips, shaking his head. “Hanabi played a prank on Neji.”

“We don’t know—”

“Neji’s back?!” Tenten exclaims, wide-eyed. “Since when?”

“This morning?” Sasuke shrugs. “Or last night? No clue. Hinata never mentioned it, so I assume it’s recent.”

“He…he didn’t come to see me?” Tenten’s upper lip quivers, slightly. Sakura furrows her eyebrows, reaching out to set a hand on her shoulder.

“He’s a busy guy, Tenten,” she tries to comfort. “You know how Lee is, Neji’s probably busy fixing all of the chaos Lee’s unleashed on the village.”

“Chaos aided by a certain someone,” Sasuke says under his breath from beside her. Sakura and Tenten both give him a look.

“Everyone knows it’s your girlfriend’s dad responsible for loaning out piles of cash to Lee,” Sakura quips, and Tenten snickers.

“Not my business.” Sasuke shrugs again.

Sakura knows that it absolutely is his business but decides not to push it. Just looks back at Tenten, who looks like she’s trying not to cry. She just frowns because she doesn’t think Neji is worth crying about, completely confused as to what Tenten sees in him. He’s too much like Sasuke, but at least she finds Sasuke attractive. They’re both hardheaded, snippy and think they’re better than everyone else.

That’s why she’s with Shino, she thinks. He’s softer, more willing to listen, doesn’t talk a whole bunch. That’s the part she likes best, that he’s quiet. Constantly surrounded by people who won’t shut up, Sakura finds peace with Shino. Even if she is a little unsettled when he speaks to his bugs, at least it’s quiet.

“Anyway, Sakura.” Tenten wipes at her nose, clearly trying to hold it together. It reminds her of when she found out on her 20th birthday that Sasuke and Hinata were an item. Now she’s growing into her 20s and doesn’t think there’s any man worth this reaction. “Uhm, Kiba likes to play pranks. Maybe you should ask him?”

“Aren’t you seeing each other?” Sasuke asks, suspicion in his voice.

“I didn’t know you were the village gossip,” Sakura snaps back. “Maybe we should start inviting you to tea, huh?”

“Yeah, Sasuke.” Tenten laughs a little, eyeing him. His face is the picture of confusion. “Didn’t know you were keeping up on village romance.”

“Whatever,” Sasuke sighs. “Let’s just go find him. Even though it’s not him, you’re going to insist and I’m just tired of it.”

Well, that’s no fun.

“Thanks for your help, Tenten.” Sakura leans in to whisper, “we can talk more about it on Friday for tea.”

“Yeah.” Tenten sighs, waving at them as they begin their trek.

Sakura’s pretty sure Sasuke already knows what ‘tea on Fridays’ means because Hinata probably told him at some point or another, but she must at least try not to let the whole village know that 4 kunoichi (and 1 male shinobi) are meeting weekly to discuss everyone’s business. The only time Sakura feels like she can relax lately is in the comfort of the Akimichi’s Barbeque Diner. For a barbeque place, it’s actually got a fairly modern, hip vibe to it, just with the smell of a smoker. She just hopes after their break from tea brings forth juicier gossip than last time.

“Inuzuka compounds this way.” Sasuke nudges his head while Sakura shakes hers.

“Guess you don’t know as much as you thought,” she quips, feeling satisfied with his frown. “He’s on guard duty ‘til 3.”

“I have never once in my life cared to memorize the schedule of an Inuzuka,” he says, flatly, just typical Sasuke. She huffs because his effortlessly unaffected voice while simultaneously insulting her in an underhanded way really gets under her skin. Thinks that if Shino said something like that to her, as if she was crazy for knowing other people’s daily routines, she’d probably cry. But at least he would care and try to comfort her somehow, not meant for it to be an insult.

“Kiba!” Sakura shouts with her hands cupped around her mouth. See’s him poke his head out from the top of the tower.

“What is it?” Kiba calls back, standing up now to rest his arms on the edge of the fencing. Sakura starts climbing the ladder, looking back at Sasuke expectantly, who is staring off in the distance.

“Earth to Sasuke.”

“I’m not going,” he tells her, coolly. “This is your insane mission. I’m just along for the ride.”

“Lazy,” Sakura spits, shaking her head as she continues up. “Hinata clearly has a type.”

It’s a harsh statement to make and she catches the electricity that sparks between his fingers when she says it. He’d never do anything, so she just hums to herself as she continues up the ladder, satisfied that she finally got under his skin. No one likes to be reminded of their partners’ exes, especially being compared to them. Shikamaru and Sasuke had never been friendly in the past, but since Sasuke and Hinata started dating, things became tense between them. It’s one of the few things Sakura can rub his nose in.

Once she gets to the top, she’s greeted with Kiba leaning on his back against the fencing, hands clasped behind his neck. “What’s up, Officer Haruno?”

Sakura actually doesn’t mind Kiba. He minds his own business, says hi whenever he passes by, and Akamaru being adorable doesn’t hurt either. If she actually thought Kiba had done the prank, she’d feel bad having to confront him right now. Of course, she’s not an idiot. She knows who did it.

��Just investigating an attack,” she says, and he straightens up immediately. She waves her hand. “Attack might be a strong word. A prank, rather.”

“I haven’t pranked anyone,” he responds, quickly, looking guilty.

“It was on Neji.”

“Neji’s back?” Sakura instantly feels a little pang of guilt now, realizing this can’t be good news for Kiba. The little shake in his voice is so pathetic it’s almost cute. She has a hard time feeling too bad, though, because Kiba should know better.

Whatever’s going on between him, Tenten, and Neji, it’s messy.

Tea Friday can’t come fast enough.

A/N: Thanks to anyone patiently waiting for this fic. I'm working on SasuHina month so everything got put on the back burner, but I got a sudden wind of inspiration for this fic so here's Sakura doing her best to ruin Sasuke's happiness.

#crack #crack fic #crackfic #sasuhina #shinosaku #nejiten #sasuke #sakura #naruto #shino x sakura #sasuke uchiha #sakura haruno #tenten #kiba #kibaten #messy #naruto fanfic #fanfic

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melyule · 2 years

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"Hanako Mitsashi is the daughter of Neji Hyuuga, heir to the Byakugan! She could never be an Inuzuka!"

"The Inuzuka recognize her as my daughter, Hiashi-San. I'm sorry if that fact offends you."

During Hanako's short life, there was never a face she could call father. But in that instant, while staring with a certain stupor at Kiba Inuzuka, Tenten discovered that, in the middle of all that bluffing, there had appeared someone truly willing to complete that picture.

And feeling the hardness of the exquisite floor of the Hyuuga Clan's main house, the mistress of the weapons understood that she herself would be the very price to pay for all the story they were telling.

The Flower of May, Ao3.

#naruto fic #kibaten #kiba inuzuka #tenten #tenten mitsashi #naruto fanfiction #ao3fic #fic writer #naruto fanfic #ao3 fanfic

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kankuroplease · 1 year

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An interesting what if kid would be kibahina

Kiba is incapable of making an uninteresting child! They should’ve let my man procreate 😤

KibaTama - feral cat-dog kid (safe palette, good entertainment)

KibaHina - Feral Hyuga (again, a little safe but would cause Hiashi some stress he deserves)

KibaShino - creepy tracker (they use wolf spiders and put Shino and Shibi’s original messy hair to shame. Literally the first Aburame to directly pick a fight)

KibaIno - Feral flower child (immaculate tan, dirty blonde with Inoichi’s eyes)

KibaShika - Feral genius (mesh royalty that would cackle like a madman when you make a dumb shoji move. Hates Sheila’s smoking because of the smell. Hates Kiba’s war hero act)

KibaCho - Feral big boy/girl/ wolf (basically a giant werewolf that thinks ‘all you can eat’ restaurants are a PERSONAL challenge. Att cheek designs)

KibaNaru - Kurama?? (Basically Kurama. We want to see that Uzumaki red hair again)

KibaSaku - Hunter (could track your smell and punch through a wall to get ya)

KibaSasu - emo puppy (lowest energy Kiba offspring, but those Uchiha genes would make them a stunner + dangerous. Probably would choose a cat and upset Kiba)

KibaTen - feral joker (pretty cute until you realize their dogs have swords in their mouths and they have metal clovers for their claws to add extra damage)

KibaLee - energetic youth (Kakashi’s not sure if this child is a menace or just a fun kid that likes to play catch and tug-of-war with his dogs.. like a dog)

Etc, etc. you can keep going and come up with fun ideas for Kiba kids

#ask

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spellcasterlight · 3 years

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I love your smut SO MUCH it's SO GOOD! And because I love it so much I have a really awful ask but would you ever write a consensual gangbang for Tenten? Who would you use?

Hi there Bold Bandicoot Anon! ✨

Okay, first off, can honestly tell you, didn't see that coming when I opened the email! 😂

Gonna put the rest of this under the cut even if it doesn't get graphic!

Warnings: Mentions of gang sex. Praise kink.

Right, first question:

"Would you ever write a consensual gangbang for Tenten?"

Because the word ‘consensual’ is in there we can discuss this. Anything between consenting adults can of course be thought about! If you didn’t say consensual the instant answer would have been ‘no’, but it is so we’ll roll on!

I have a terrible thing were if someone mentions an idea I think about it and can't resist jotting down some ideas and a summary, so, apparently yes! I have a vague idea for it!

Second question:

"Who would you use?"

Well, a gang bang is:

"A gang bang is a sexual activity in which several people, usually more than three, engage sexually with one specific person sequentially or at the same time."

So we need four guys minimum, I'll work with four, that's enough limbs 😂

Yes I incognito Googled to get a definition shush.

So player one, to start a fire you need a spark, who's gonna create a spark?

I would want someone with a little bit of a mischievous streak, says what they're thinking despite who's around vibe, wouldn't be shy about stealing the first kiss, so I'm thinking Kiba.

So Kiba's got the conversation sexual, where do we go from there?

After that I'm wanting two guys who would heavily try to eliminate Tenten's fears about not being attractive or desirable enough, of course I'm gonna use my boy Shino but I'm also leaning towards Lee.

They're both sweethearts, both don't like people feeling bad about themselves, obviously this is a umm strange scenario for that to apply to but I'm working it!

So that's three, we need a fourth.

I'm thinking Shikamaru, he can plan and uhh coordinate everything before joining. Him getting his in control voice on and maybe throwing in a little bit of a praise kink directed at Tenten which Kiba would jump on too would be beautiful 👌

And finally yes, the summary!

Centre of Attention - [Kiba x Tenten] [Shino x Tenten] [Shikamaru x Tenten] [Lee x Tenten]

"I'm never the centre of attention Kiba don't be dumb," Tenten sighed with a half laugh but it was obvious from her body language there was something more to her words. "Not when there are people like Ino or Sakura about."

"Well, they aren't here are they?" The Inuzuka grinned, one of his long canine’s grazing his bottom lip in the process, throwing one thumb towards Shikamaru and Lee and the other in Shino's direction. "And I can tell you, right now, you have all our attention's" [Kiba x Tenten] [Shino x Tenten] [Shikamaru x Tenten] [Lee x Tenten]

Thanks for the, most definitely, unforeseen, ask! 😂✨

#naruto smut #kibaten #shinoten #shikaten #leeten #tenten #kiba inuzuka #shino aburame #shikamaru nara #rock lee #WIP #thanks for the ask!#love to the anons!#story requests are closed #Asks are open!#🔥🔥🔥

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asking-tenten · 5 years

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Kibaten

kibaten+akamaru

#ask #tenten #the ship thing #akamaru #Kiba Inuzuka #kibaten

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piixiefawn · 5 years

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You like kibaten?

SWEATS

#kibaten #naruto #tenten #kiba inuzuka #DONT LOOK AT ME #YOU COME #INTO MY HOME #AND QUESTION ME #????

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yulathha · 6 years

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HEY I saw you also ship KibaTen and I want you to know I support you and it's the best Tenten ship where she isn't a big lesbian

This is the best thing I’ve ever read AHAHAHAHA but hell yeah

#tenten #kiba #kibaten #minutemanxc

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oneyanderegirl · 7 years

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Top 10 Naruto Ships

Tagged by @goatville and @fher43 It was wayyy more difficult than I thought LOL. Also, this turned out to be super fking long, wayy longer than needed LOL.

Honestly, I don’t really hardcore ship anyone outside of the first one lol... Soo besides the first ship, these are not in any particular order. They are ships that I like, but generally I don’t hardcore ship them. Also, this is all mostly based on the manga.

1. Sasuhina - My favorite ship since middle school! I just love the dynamic between these two. Even though it is a crackship, I feel it is the crackship that had the most potential to become something more. Honestly, I love the dynamics that these two bring. Their contrasting personalities, physical appearance, and background just seem so well meshed that if the manga was written differently and better, they could have definitely had some sort of relationship with each other (romantically or not, shame Kishimoto didn’t flesh out their backgrounds more.) Another reason why I like this ship so much is because of how much freedom it gives me to develop the relationship between other characters since they are so connected to one another as well as their backgrounds, something that I felt wasn’t done enough in the manga. It just gives me so much room to develop everyone around them because it takes a lot of imagination and creativity to connect these two characters and develop their relationship. Fanfiction, Fanart, Doujins - I love them all! Although I haven’t contributed much to this ship (but I do try), this will always be my OTP of OTPs <3

2. Nejiten - I WILL NEVER GET OVER NEJI’S DEATH. Honestly, I don’t know when I started shipping these two. I just always thought that they would naturally end up together in the manga, but sadly that didn’t happen. When I first saw them together, my first thought was “oh, they’ll probably end up together.” I can’t really explain it, but that’s just how this ship was for me. Fanart is amazing and while I don’t read fanfics for this ship, this was usually a common ship in a lot of SH fics that I’ve read. It really made me like this ship more because of the way their relationship was presented in fanfics, aside from the manga of course.

3. Nejihina (BROTP; one-sided) - This ship really grew on me to be honest. I didn’t like it at first because of how rocky their relationship was at the beginning. However, fanart and manga overtime really had this ship grow on me. While sasuhina is still my OTP, this ship is a guilty pleasure. I mostly ship it as a brotp or one-sided on Neji’s part, but almost never mutually romantic except for the occasional fanart (SH is my OTP afterall). Not a lot of people would agree with me, but I felt that Neji at one point or another had secretly loved Hinata romantically. I really didn’t see it until his death, but that was probably the point where I started believing it. BROTP-wise, I think this ship is really underrated and underappreciated. I think they have a strong sibling-like relationship that I wish the manga would have went into more detail with (I hated how it was introduced and then brushed aside -_-). Afterall, you don’t just stop hating someone overnight, it takes time to really develop a strong bond with one another, especially if that hate almost caused the other person to die. Not to mention, their bond was strong enough for Neji to throw his life away, including his dreams and goals for himself and the clan (WHICH I WILL NEVER GET OVER).

4. Sasuneji (BROTP; Rivalry) - Alright, this one is purely due to reading fanfics. I never really thought about this ship, but it was always there in a lot of SH fanfiction so it eventually grew on me. I think this ship would have made a great rivalry in the manga. While Neji never grew to be as strong as Sasuke by the end of the manga, he was still regarded as a prodigy genius and was still very strong for his age. If the manga was written better, Neji could have become one of the strongest Shinobis, not as strong as Sasuke and Naruto of course, but still one of the strongest. I really wanted to see these two fight each other and hoped that the manga would have given it to us. I mean seriously, 2 regarded geniuses from the two most powerful clans in Konoha, each with one of the three great eye dojutsus never fought each other????? Then again, the manga didn’t do Neji any justice anyways >_> (BTW he’s not even my favorite character, but can you tell how salty I am?)

5. Narusaku - I always thought they were cute together. This was also one of those ships that I thought would naturally happen, but sadly didn’t. I like the relationship between these two and thought that the manga didn’t do a good job developing their growth as the characters that I thought they could be and were. However, fanon narusaku makes up for it, especially with their amazing fanart :D

6. Kibaino - Saw cute fanart one day and instantly fell in love with them~ I wish there was more fanart of them TT-TT I think this dynamic is interesting because these two are both very impulsive and hotheaded, yet are completely different from one another. This ship also leaves a lot of room to explore since they never got to interact much in the manga, so there are many possibilities in which this ship can be developed (romantically or not) without taking away from the characters. While I multiship Ino a lot, this is definitely my OTP out of them all. Plus, they are a cute couple in general <3

7. Shikatema - I felt that the manga really did a good job developing their relationship, even though they were side characters. The relationship was subtle, but hinted nicely throughout the manga. It was also developed in a way that didn’t take away from their characters nor did it make them seem OOC, something that I appreciated. Out of all the canon ships, this was the one that I liked and agreed with the most.

8. Itasasu (BROTP) - I wish the manga would have given them a happy ending =( They were siblings and had a good relationship going until things happened and UGHHH I really wish they would have been able to share some good moments together before the manga ended TT-TT I feel a lot of people, and the manga itself, downplays how much trauma Sasuke went through because of what Itachi was forced to do in order to preserve Konoha and with what Itachi had to go through as well. I know we all joke around and make memes about Sasuke and Itachi, but it’s honestly really tragic and sad with what they had to go through. Seeing your entire family murdered by the person you had loved, trusted and admired is something that affects you for the rest of your life. Being the person who had to slaughter your own family, lover, friends, and comrades is something that will always haunt you. This relationship was not explored enough and could have definitely been more developed (I mean wayyy better developed) than what the manga gave us.

9. The Girls (Hinata, Sakura, Tenten, Ino, Temari, Karin BROTP) - The manga never gave them enough positive development independently, with each other, and with their teams. I love seeing how they interact in fanfics. Although it’s really difficult to find ones that don’t feel too OOC to me, but this is more of a personal preference than anything. I think it’s interesting to explore since they are all different from one another. I especially like seeing Hinata and Tenten, Sakura and Ino, Temari and Ino, Sakura and Karin, Hinata and Ino, Tenten and Ino, and Sakura and Hinata.

10. Kibaten (BROTP) - Honestly, it was really hard to decide the last ship, but this one really grew on me as of recently. I never thought about this ship until I came across a particular fanfiction, where they both were interacting together to help Hinata. I think their personalities would match pretty well together, and I could see them being good friends.

Well, these are my top 10 Naruto ships (bound to change of course). Don’t know who to tag, but if you’re a Sasuhina fan who hasn’t done it yet, I would love to read about it :D

#personal #sasuhina #nejihina #narusaku #nejiten #sasuneji #kibaino #shikatema #itasasu #kibaten #ask #answered

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dailyfandomaesthetics · 7 years

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#Naruto #Naruto couples #tenten #kiba inuzuka #kibaten #naruto aesthetics #papabey

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fangbled · 5 years

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-- SHORP. bc i’m a sucker for good ships, i’m changing from ship exclusive to ship selective !! & here’s a little ship tag dump bc gosh darn do i love ‘em.

#❥ KIBAHINA → ‘ LIKE A DOG HOWLING AT THE MOON / I CAN’T HELP BUT LOOK UP TO YOU. ’#❥ KIBAINO → ‘ FLOWERS & PERFUMES / YOUR SCENT IS MY GREATEST ADDICTION ’#❥ KIBATEN → ‘ MISTRESS OF CONTROL / STRUCK MY HEART ONCE & THATS ALL IT TOOK ‘#❥ KIBASHINO → ‘ LIKE YING & YANG / YOU BRING REASON TO MY CLOUDED WORLD ‘#❥ NARUKIBA → ‘ FOX & DOGS NEVER HAD MORE IN COMMON / YOUR BACK IS ONE I ADMIRE ‘#❥ KIBASHIKA → ‘ LOGICAL MIND & PLAYFUL HEART / LONG DAYS ARE A BLISS WITH YOU ‘#❥ KANKUKIBA → ‘ CUT MY STRINGS & HOLD ME CLOSE / SHOW ME HOW TO BE MYSELF ‘#❥ KIBASAKU → ‘ HEAL MY WOUNDS & SET ME STRAIGHT / SHOW ME HOW TO NAVIGATE ‘#hpiukjTWEFSDC hi i'll add more as i come up w/ them but just #also hi i was looking at his ship tag a while ago & just damn i love

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kiljoius-writes · 8 months

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Cooler Than Me - Chapter 8

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Chapter 8: Day Two - Kiba

Fucking Neji.

Kiba watches Sakura climb down the ladder and his heart doesn’t feel so good right now.

Neji’s back.

Does Tenten know?

Kiba’s not an idiot.

Not a fucking idiot, he’d say.

There’s no doubt in his mind that now that Neji’s back, Tenten’s going to drop him like a bad habit. Probably because he is a bad habit. His sister tells him it all the time. As much as he’d like to call her a bitter old hag, she’s doing better than him and he actually respects her opinion. His sister knows him better than he knows himself, and if she says he’s just another dumb man, he believes it.

But so is Neji, right? So what makes him so much better than him?

Suddenly, he wants to ditch out on his watchtower duty. Maybe he could rope someone else into covering him under the guise of a medical emergency.

“Hanabi!” Kiba shouts without actually being able to see her, just able to detect her scent.

“Huh?” He swings his leg over the side of the watchtower and lets himself fall halfway, grab on, then fall the rest of the way with Akamaru on his tail, whining.

“Hey, hey pretty lady.” He finds her spinning around under the watch tower, coming to a halt when she hears him. She glares her little glare at him, probably because she knows what he’s here for.

“I’m not covering your watch tower duty.” Hanabi folds her arm and sticks one foot out to tap dramatically. Kiba itches the back of his head.

“Ahh, c’mon Hanabi. What’ll it take? I got something kinda…pressing.”

“Pressing?” She swings her hair over her shoulder, raises her eyebrow. “Gimme a little more detail than that and I’ll consider it.”

Kiba’s face falls because he doesn’t want to admit he’s about to be a creep and go stalking around for Tenten. When he takes too long, Hanabi snorts and turns on her heel. He reaches out. “Hey! C’mon, what do you want? Whatever it is, just let me know.”

Hanabi stops in place and reaches her finger up to tap her chin. She looks over her shoulder, this mischievous smile on her lips. “I want you to come to my party!”

“What? No!” He protests immediately. “I’m too old to do shit like that.”

“Too old? Give me a break!” She whines, turning to face him now. “You’re barely 25! Mid-twenties! People party into their 30’s!”

“Okay,” he huffs, rolling his eyes, “I mean I’m too old to party with babies. It’d be weird for me to go to your little party of kids.”

“I resent that,” she snaps back, squinting at him. “We’re all legal adults.”

“Baby adults.”

“How about this.” She holds out a hand towards the tower. “I’ll cover this shift and I’ll get you back for that prank, one that’ll piss you off so bad because you’ll be downright impressed.”

Kiba crinkles his nose when he catches a whiff of Tenten’s scent, not fully registering what Hanabi’s saying, just knowing that he needs to find her now. “Yeah, yeah, fine little Hyūga, whatever. Can you please just?” He gestures to the tower while trying to hold onto the scent.

“And you come to my party!” she shouts before he can get too far. “It’s a deal! And you know what happens when you break a deal!”

“Right,” he calls over his shoulder, “break a deal, break a bone, got it!”

Kiba curses under his breath when the scent starts to get dimmer, but Akamaru makes a sudden turn, and he’s compelled to follow after him. Akamaru’s always been smarter than him anyway. Her scent gets stronger, and he scans the plaza filled with vendors and street performers until he lands on a jewelry stand. In front of it, an odd sight: Ino, Shino, and Tenten.

He stops in his tracks, trying to pull back to his mother and sister. Trying to channel all of their bitching and complaining about men and their terrible ways into making himself not one of those men. Inhales a deep breath.

At least pretend to be interested in a woman for gods sakes!

Even better, actually be interested in her!

Ratty men check out, cheat, and leave.

When’s the last time you actually cared about a woman’s thoughts on politics?

Don’t you fucking tell me you made a face when she said she was on her period.

Look her in the eyes, but not too much. Don’t be weird.

Make it about her, not you.

Both his mom and sisters voices yell at him in his head, even when he’s not with them. It’s a cursed life, living in a house of women, but it’s prepared him to be better than some stupid guy like Neji. Or at least, he thinks it has. Years of watching his sister cry over dumb men, his mother be cold to any man that even thinks of looking her way. Kiba’s better than them.

“Hey –“ he interrupts whatever conversation that had been going on, and curses himself again. This is the exact behavior they had encouraged him against. “Sorry to interrupt.”

“Are you sorry?” Ino asks in that snippy tone and Kiba makes a face at her because she’s not the one he’s interested in. “If you weren’t so rude, maybe you’d know your friend has a dilemma.”

Kiba blinks, looks at Tenten, who gives him this annoyed look. “Your friend Kiba? Shino?!”

“Oh!” Kiba shakes his head, then looks at Shino, who isn’t paying attention to anyone, just simply staring down at the jewelry. “Uhh, I’d love to help buddy, if it could just wait a second – “

“I’m looking for something for Sakura,” Shino tells him without looking up. “I want to get her something nice.”

“Err – “ Kiba looks helplessly as Tenten rolls her eyes and turns on her heel. “I’d really like to help, but am I really the guy to ask about jewelry?”

Tenten’s already walking away when Ino leans in towards Kiba. “He won’t believe us when we tell him to get her a nice anklet, so maybe hearing it from another guy will help.”

“Uhm, okay?” Kiba feels himself becoming increasingly exasperated as Tenten gets further and further away. “Shino, get the anklet, it’s the only answer! I gotta go!”

Ino huffs irritably when Kiba bolts after Tenten, leaving her with Shino.

Shino’s fine, Kiba thinks. At least he has a loyal girlfriend. Kiba’s just trying to hang on to what he has.

Shino doesn’t seem to notice, anyway.

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