Part XVIII

The next week passed quickly and it was soon it was at it's end. Kiba and Naruto were studying together at the apartment in the early afternoon. Naruto was sitting on the couch frantically writing for his Journalism course and Kiba was laying across the chair next to the fireplace, reading from this book of Christopher Marlowe's plays.

"But when will he come, that we may murther him?" Kiba quoted aloud to Naruto.

"Who do you want to murther now?" Naruto asked absently, having become used to Kiba's use of arcane medieval words in his speech as of late.

"Naru!" Kiba exclaimed. "Will you read Massacre at Paris after I'm done? It's so good! It's my favorite Marlowe play."

"I might take a look at it if I can get this writing done."

"You should!" Kiba said. "You know, Naru, if Marlowe hadn't been killed, no one would even know who Shakespeare was today."

"You think so?" Naruto asked. "How did he die?"

"He was stabbed in his eye!" Kiba enthused.

"You're a very gruesome kid sometimes, Kiba," Naruto said and laughed.

"Well, that may or may not be true," Kiba said. "But anyway, his plays are so entertaining. You would like them."

"We'll see," Naruto said as he started back at his typing.

"What are you clickety-clacking so much over there anyway?" Kiba asked and it was becoming clear to Naruto that his boyfriend had grown bored of reading.

"I'm writing an in-depth, first-hand article on how needy boyfriend's keep their significant others from getting their homework done. I've completed extensive research on the subject."

Kiba stared at him blankly for several prolonged seconds.

"You must have had another boyfriend before me," Kiba said wistfully. "That's something I would never do."

"Oh yes," Naruto continued. "I've had tons and tons of boyfriends, as you know. A different one every week practically."

"Oh really?"

"Yes, and oddly enough, they were all named Kiba…"

"Huh," Kiba said vaguely. "That is strange….I don't know anyone with that name…"

"Liar," Naruto said and threw some crumpled note paper at Kiba, who batted it away.

"Come sit with me," Naruto said, suddenly growing bored of homework himself.

"I'm not sure," Kiba said. "You've had too many lovers for my taste."

Pleeeeaaaase," Naruto implored, "you can sit on my lappy Kibsey…"

"Don't call me that!" Kiba said. "It's as bad as Koji calling me 'Kibie' all the time. Although I guess I've gotten used to it kind of…"

"Well get over here before I come after you!"

Kiba put his book down and rolled off the chair, rolled across the floor, and over to the couch where he climbed up onto Naruto and lay down across his lap.

"You're such a cute Kiba," Naruto said.

"Oh, a pox on you!" Kiba said.

"And you're so medieval, too."

"It's 'early modern' now," Kiba corrected him with a chuckle. "At least that's what Choji always tells me."

"Either way, you're still cute."

"Noooooo, YOU'RE the cute one."

"What are you then?"

"I'm the smart, handsome, sexy one."

"Ooooohhhhhh, that's right," Naruto laughed. "How could I forget."

"You must be getting dementia," Kiba said. "But don't worry, Akamaru and I will take care of you."

"Thanks!"

"You're welcome."

"Are you excited to go out tonight?"

"Oh….are we going out?" Kiba pretended to not know what Naruto was talking about.

"Now don't start that," Naruto said. "I'll have to beat you again if you are disagreeable."

"You fiend!" Kiba said.

"I am, and you love it!"

"Well, maybe a little…"

"Anyway, we're going out tonight, and you're going to have a great time."

"I know…" Kiba said as he pulled Naruto's tshirt up and pulled it over to cover his own head.

"I'll buy you an egg roll from Chen Lee's if you're good."

"Hmmmmmm," Kiba pulled his head out from under the shirt. "I'll agree to that."

"Good," Naruto said. "I didn't really have the energy to beat you anyway."

"Ahhhh, I'm so relieved," Kiba said.

"You know what I like, Kiba?"

"What?"

"Your mouth," Naruto said, bending down and kissing Kiba softly.

"MMMmmmm, your mouth is nice too…"

Naruto continued kissing Kiba, becoming more insistent. His hands began moving over Kiba's shoulders and across his abdomen. Kiba reached up and ran one hand through Naruto's blonde hair and the other up beneath the tshirt and over his chest. Kiba then pulled the tshirt up over Naruto's head and turned to kiss his stomach. Naruto then pulled Kiba's shirt off of him and let his hand wander down across Kiba's stomach and slipped it beneath the waistband of the shorts he was wearing. Kiba was already hard and pressed himself to Naruto's roving hand.

Naruto quickly got up and lay back down over top of Kiba, kissing him more urgently on his mouth, throat, and shoulders. Kiba lay back as Naruto pressed his hips against Kiba's. Naruto was moving farther down Kiba's body, making Kiba writhe against him more and more. Naruto moved down to Kiba's waist and pulled at the shorts, inching them slowly down and nearly driving Kiba's mad in the process. His hand began slowing rubbing across Kiba's lower abdomen. Kiba began writhing against Naruto even more than before. Naruto finally pulled the shorts down further, releasing Kiba from the confinement of them.

"How far do you want this to go?" Kiba whispered as he pulled Naruto back up to him so they could kiss more.

"How far do you need it to go?" Naruto answered, biting at Kiba's throat.

"I want to fuck you…"

"Do it then," Naruto said biting harder at Kiba's throat and collar bone. "We should go to the bedroom…not much room on this couch…"

In the bedroom, Kiba was overtop of Naruto, who was laying on his stomach on the bed. Kiba grabbed Naruto's hips and pulled him back against himself. He pressed against Naruto, positioning himself and pausing for a moment, then grabbed Naruto's hips again and pushed his entire length into the blonde all at once.

"Ahhh, FUCK," Naruto yelled. "KIBA!"

"I am fucking you, Naruto," Kiba said. "I'm fucking you…"

"Kiba…" Naruto tried to adjust his position slightly, but was held in place.

"Shhhh," Kiba whispered as he began thrusting quicker. "I love you…"

He bent down and bit the back of Naruto's neck making the blonde shiver in excitement and he reached back, placing his hand on Kiba's thigh, feeling his muscles contract.

"Kiba…please….," Naruto was now aroused by his boyfriend's forcefulness. "I love you…don't stop…"

"Naruto," Kiba was grasping Naruto's hips so tightly now. "I'm going to fuck the hell out of you…"

Later, after Kiba had finished with Naruto, they were laying snuggled up together under the covers. Naruto, exhausted, and Kiba with his head nestled against Naruto's chest with his arm around Kiba's shoulders. Kiba's hand would occasionally randomly trace circles over a part of Naruto's body…his leg, his stomach, his arm.

"Naruto," Kiba whispered. "We should get up and go eat and go to this social activity of yours or we're going to just fall completely asleep."

"I suppose you're right," Naruto groaned as he attempted to roll out of bed.

"Or we could just stay home…"

"Oh no," Naruto said as he finally managed to stand up, still naked. "You don't get out of it that easily."

"I'm kidding," Kiba laughed. "And your authoritativeness seems to vanish when you aren't wearing anything….I just want to stare at you and not hear what you're saying."

"I can still portray authority," Naruto said, putting a stern look on his face.

Kiba chuckled.

"You're hips are bruised," Kiba said. "Sorry."

"Oh…" Naruto was at a loss for words. "Well, I guess that took the last shreds of my authority."

"I told you that your were the cute one," Kiba said. "Know yourn place, knave."

Naruto stuck out his tongue and proceeded to the bathroom to shower, while Kiba lay still a few more minutes before getting up. He pulled on Naruto's gym shorts and let Akamaru run downstairs for a few minutes. After the dog returned, he shut and locked the door and went to his closet, pulling out a pair of medium blue jeans that had a chain going from the front pocket to the side belt-loop. Then he rummaged through the shirts, selected a black, short-sleeved polo shirt and a long-sleeved black athletic shirt to wear beneath it. He made the bed and then put his clothes onto it and waited for Naruto to get done in the shower.

He heard the water turn off a few minutes later, and soon enough Naruto came back into the bedroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. Kiba had been standing at the window looking out onto the town and turned when Naruto came in.

Naruto walked over to his boyfriend and took Kiba's hands in his and kissed him gently on his mouth.

"Kiba," he began. "Let's make an agreement before we leave. I really want to have a good time tonight, and I want you to also. I know you don't always like being around lots of other people, and I don't want to nor am I implying I want to do this every weekend, but just try not to think too much about everyone else, ok? I don't really know what I'm saying…"

"I accept your agreement," Kiba said, then teased Naruto. "But I still can see your bruises…"

Naruto laughed and gave Kiba a hug, pulling him close and getting him wet because he hadn't completely dried himself before coming out.

"Ewwww," Kiba said trying to squirm away. "You're getting me damp!"

"You're always damp," Naruto said as Kiba grabbed at the towel and pulled it off.

"You're always naked!" he said and ran away, throwing the towel back to the blonde as he left the room.

Kiba returned a short while later in a pair of red silk boxers. Naruto was dressed and sitting on the bed looking through one of Kiba's magazines. He was wearing a pair of black Adidas track pants, a gray CDCBU hoodie, and a white baseball cap over his blonde hair. He looked up and smiled as Kiba came into the room.

"That's a good look for you," he teased.

"Silly, I'm not going out like this," Kiba said. "Besides, it's February. I'd probably freeze."

"Ok, we'll save that till summer," Naruto said. "Are you almost ready? I'm really hungry."

"So am I," Kiba answered. "Just need to put my clothes on."

A short while later, they left for Chen Lee's.

xXxXx

After they had eaten, they were driving over to Eddowes Hall on campus to pick up Konohamaru.

"We should have asked him to come to dinner with us," Naruto said.

"Oh, I didn't really think of that," Kiba agreed. "We could have though."

"Will you send him a text please," Naruto said. "We're almost there."

"I don't have his number," Kiba said. "Lend me your phone."

"Oh, it's in my coat pocket…"

Kiba fished it out and opened the text screen, sent Konohamaru a message asking him to meet them at the entrance of the dorm in a few minutes.

They pulled up to the front of the dorm building and a light snow began falling. Kiba looked out the passenger window and saw Konohamaru coming out of the elevator in the lobby. He got out of the car and put the seat forward so Konohamaru would be able to get into the back seat. They were then on their way.

The party was being held by some of Konohamaru's friends he knew from the first dorm he had lived in. They were mostly freshmen, but there was a pretty good mix of people there. It was in an old house that had been rented out to house students, similar to the one where Shino's graduation party had been, and in the same part of town as well.

Inside the house, it was a mass of people, all hanging out. Music was playing loudly from one of the upstairs rooms, and a group of people pushed past them to go outside as they came into the house.

The three of them went into the main room and Kiba found an open chair and sat down in it.

Konohamaru began looking around for his friends and went off in search of them. He came back a while later with three beers and handed one to Naruto and one to Kiba, keeping the third for himself.

"Aren't you too young to drink?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah!" Konohamaru said.

Naruto laughed and Konohamaru spotted one of this friends who had just entered the room and he went across to talk to him.

"Hey, Idate," he said. "How are things going?"

"Hey, 'Hamaru, what's up?"

"Not much, just got here," Konohamaru said.

"Nice," Idate answered. "I'm already high and half drunk!"

"You always are," Konohamaru said. "That's why I moved out of our room."

"Yeah, I moved out too," Idate said. "Too many restrictions and too many people watching all the time to see if you do anything wrong."

"Uh huh," Konohamaru said. "Which you always were."

"Hey, do you know that hot blonde kid you were standing with over there?"

"Yeah, that's my friend, Naruto. Why?"

"He's hot."

"He has a boyfriend. Kiba is sitting in the chair there next to him."

"Ha, he looks boring."

"He's a nice guy."

"I'm sure…but you should introduce me to the blonde kid…what did you say his name is? Naruto?"

"Yeah, Naruto, but I'm telling you he has a boyfriend."

"I just want to meet him, just talk…"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, just talk."

"Ok, come over with me then."

"No," Idate said. "Boyfriends get jealous and are boring. Bring him over to meet up in the next room. Just for a little bit, then we'll go back to boyfriend."

Konohamaru rolled his eyes and looked skeptical.

"Seriously!"

"Fine," Konohamaru gave in. "You're really a pain in my ass though."

"Thanks, I'll be waiting."

Konohamaru went back across the room.

"Hey Naruto, do you want to meet my friend, Idate?"

"Sure," Naruto said. "Was that who you were talking to just now?"

"Yeah, that's him," Konohamaru said with a grin.

"He just left…" Naruto said.

"What?" Konohamaru turned around, thinking Idate would have waited for them to come back before going to the other room. "Well, we could go find him I guess."

"Sure," Naruto said. "Come on, Kiba, let's meet this guy."

"I'm ok, if you just will bring me some beer back," Kiba said, then quickly added when Naruto gave him a tense look "I'm not being anti-social, I promise! I just like sitting here. I'm fine, go find your friend and maybe come back and hang out. And some beer too…"

"All right," Naruto said and he followed Konohamaru out of the room.

xXxXx

"Hey, what's up?" Idate asked as Konohamaru and Naruto walked up to him where he was standing next to another freshman. He leaned over and kissed the other on the mouth for a long moment before turning back to where Konohamaru was rolling his eyes excessively and Naruto had an amused expression on his face.

"We were looking for you," Konohamaru said with exasperation.

"Oh yeah?" Idate replied then turned to his friend. "Hey, I'll catch up with you later…don't leave without finding me."

"Hi, I'm Morino Idate," Idate said holding out his hand to Naruto. "I was roommates with 'Hamaru for a while."

"Hey," Naruto said. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto. Nice to meet you."

"Yeah, likewise."

"I guess you could say I'm his current roommate," Naruto said. "In a manner of speaking anyway."

"Yeah, I thought you might be," Idate said. "Hey, 'Hamaru, would you mind running to get us some beers?"

"What?" Konohamaru said. "Did you forget where they are?"

"Uhhh, no, but we're talking…"

"Fine," Konohamaru gave in. "I'll be right back."

He moved off and Idate turned back to Naruto.

"So, what's your major?"

"Literature and teaching," Naruto said.

"What?! No way…I'm thinking about taking that also. I'm undecided at the moment."

"Really?" Naruto said. "That's pretty cool."

"Yeah, maybe we can meet up and talk sometime," Idate said. "You can tell me what classes to take and which professors are good…"

"Well, the classes are all charted out…" Naruto began.

"Let's not talk here," Idate interrupted. "It's too crowded and too loud. Let me take your number down though."

"Oh, sure," Naruto said as Idate pulled out his phone. Naruto recited his number as Idate entered it into a new contact.

"Hey, thanks," Idate said. "I'll text you next week and we can meet up. Maybe on campus or something. Huh…I don't know where that kid is with the beer. Come on with me. I've got something more fun anyway."

"Ummm, he'll probably be back in a minute," Naruto said, thinking of Kiba sitting in the next room.

"Come on," Idate said taking ahold of Naruto's arm. "We'll come right back."

xXxXx

Konohamaru did return a few moments later to find the two had gone. He sighed and went back out to where Kiba was sitting.

He handed Kiba one of the beers, then gave him a second as he had picked up four on his excursion.

"Oh, two for me and two for you?" Kiba asked as Konohamaru sat down next to Kiba on a kitchen chair that someone had earlier brought out to the living room.

"Sure," Konohamaru said, keeping an eye out for Naruto.

"Did you find your friend?" Kiba asked. "Or did you lose Naruto?"

"Oh, no!" Konohamaru said quickly. "We found Idate, but I'm not sure where they've gone to."

"Well, they'll return soon I guess," Kiba said. "They can't get far, Naruto made me hold the car keys."

"Ahhhh," Konohamaru said, looking around nervously.

xXxXx

Idate was climbing up a spiraling staircase to the third floor of the large house. He was still lightly grasping Naruto's arm as as they went up the stairs. He then went down a short hallway, opened one of the doors and brought Naruto into his bedroom.

He switched on a small lamp that was on the desk, which sat near a window. He then pulled his black tshirt off over his head.

"Hot in here, isn't it," he said.

"It's February," Naruto said.

"Oh, yeah," Idate said and put his shirt back on.

He sat down on the edge of the bed, reached over to the nightstand, opened the drawer and took out a joint and a lighter.

"Care if I smoke?" he asked.

"It's your place, dude," Naruto said.

Sit down," Idate motioned to the bed.

Naruto sat down about three feet from him and watched him light the joint and inhale for what seemed like an hour. He held it for another hour before slowly exhaling and turning to Naruto.

"You want some?"

"Sure," Naruto said after only a second's hesitation.

Idate then, instead of reaching over, lay down toward Naruto across the space of the bed which separated them. Naruto felt the other's brown hair brush against his arm and a slight chill went through him. The joint appeared before his face a moment later and he took it, breathed in and exhaled quickly. Then he handed it back. Idate took another two hours to offer it back to Naruto.

"Nope, I'm good, thanks," he said standing up.

"Oh, you sure?" Idate said as he quickly put out the joint in an ashtray on the nightstand. He then lay back on the bed against the pillows. "Wow…I need to relax for a minute…come lay back down with me."

"I'm going to head back downstairs," Naruto said. "My boyfriend has been waiting for me…"

"What? You have a boyfriend?" Idate said, then thinking better, "Wait, maybe 'Hamaru did tell me that. Sorry."

"No, it's cool," Naruto said.

"K…thanks," Idate said, a sheepish smile crossing his face.

xXxXx

"I should go look for them," Konohamaru said to Kiba. "I'll be right back."

"Noooooo," Kiba said. "It's fine. He'll be back soon."

"Aren't you jealous or worried though?" Konohamaru asked. "Your boyfriend is with some other guy right now."

Kiba sat deep in thought for several minutes, biting at one of his thumbnails. A smile crossed his face and he turned back to Konohamaru.

"No," he said. "I'm not jealous or worried. If this were even just a few weeks ago, I am certain I would have been. But I'm not now. I know he'll be going home with me, always now."

"Ohhhhh," Konohamaru stared at Kiba, slightly in awe. "I see…that's pretty cool."

"It is, isn't it?"

A short while later, Naruto and Idate came into the room.

"Kiiiiiiibbaaaaaaa!" Naruto called and ran over to him, kissed him and sat down next to his chair on the floor, grinning wildly.

"Hey," Kiba said, chuckling.

"Hey, what's up?" Idate said as he held his hand out to Kiba. "Are you this guy's boyfriend? We were hanging out and he was telling me about you. I'm Morino Idate."

"Hi," Kiba said. "I'm Inuzuka Kiba. How do you do? And, yes, I am his boyfriend."

"Cool," Idate said. "Well, I need to go find someone before he leaves. See you around."

"Are you ready?" Kiba asked Naruto.

"I'm reaaaaaaddddyyy, Kiiiibbaaa," he said.

Kiba looked at him curiously and then stood up. The three then left and went back to Kiba's Civic, which was parked a couple blocks away. He placed Naruto into the passenger seat, where he sat grinning wildly still. Konohamaru climbed in back and Kiba got in the driver's seat. He started the engine and they began driving back across town.

"What exactly happened while you were gone with Idate?" Konohamaru asked.

"Oh shit, I forgot…Kiba don't be mad, he had some weed, and I smoked a little."

"I don't care," Kiba said. "Sasuke might though…"

"Oh shit," Konohamaru said. "There was probably opium with it…"

"Huh?" Naruto said.

"Greaaaaaat," Kiba said. "Leave it to my Naruto to get mixed up in opium…"

"That fucker," Konohamaru muttered.

"You're staying at the apartment, right, Konohamaru?" Kiba asked. "I'll make the couch into your bed and I don't want the RA in your dorm to see you after you had six beers."

"Yeah, I guess I better stay," Konohamaru admitted. "Thanks, Kiba."

"THAAAANKS, KIBA!" Naruto suddenly said very loudly.

"You're so silly," Kiba said. "Just wait till I get you home…and you thought you had it rough this afternoon…."

"What does that mean?" Konohamaru asked suspiciously.

"OH! You're gonna find out!" Naruto said. "We're both loud as hell…"

"Oh great," Konohamru sighed. "It will be just like being back in the dorm with Idate."