Kiba and Kin -REQ-

Kiba was walking down the street with the five Inuzuka dogs, Akamaru, Kuromaru and the Haimaru triplets. Hana was too lazy to name her dogs to three different things, so she called them Ichi, Ni and San.

Kiba was glad all the dogs were so well trained, then it wasn’t so hard to take a walk with five large lumps of muscles.

When they arrived at the park, Kiba unleashed the dogs and they ran off to play. Usually, Kiba would play with them, but today he needed to think. The day before, he’d met a few old friends to Natsumi. Their names were Kin, Zaku and Dosu, they we’re triplets, but surely didn’t look like it. Well, not that you could tell how Dosu looked like, he had bandages all over his face, the only thing you could see was his right eye.

But Kiba didn’t care about them, who he really was thinking about was Kin. She was pretty, and Kiba usually didn’t like pretty girls, he liked them tough, but Kin was different. He felt a connection with her right away when they started talking.

They started talking about dogs, they found out they both loved the animal, and they didn’t notice how long they’d spoken until Zaku and Dosu said it was time to return to their school. That’s when Kiba understood he and Kin had been talking about nothing but dogs for at least six hours.

Natsumi had teased him because of it at first, then she’d turned serious and said that she’d never seen Kiba look happier or talk as freely about his family’s dogs.

Kiba sighed and looked up at the clouds, when he felt something land on his thigh. He looked down and met Akamaru’s eyes. He smiled as he stroke the dog’s white head before scratching him behind the brown-spotted ears. “I’m okay boy,” he said.

“Kiba?” a voice said.

Kiba turned his head away from Akamaru, and saw Kin standing there, holding a leash. In the end of the leash he saw a Rottweiler. “I thought it was you,” she said smiling.

“Hi Kin,” Kiba said, returning the smile. “Wanna sit down?”

Kin nodded, released the dog and sat down. Akamaru and the Rottweiler sniffed each other, and then they ran off playing. Soon Kuromaru and the Haimaru triplets were playing with them too.

“He’s nice,” Kiba said, nodding towards the Rottweiler. “He’s yours?”

Kin shook her head. “No, Tenma belongs to a lady who lives in my neighborhood, I just walk him sometimes. And since Kiyoko-san is so old, she gladly let’s me do it.” She looked at Kiba. “A Rottweiler isn’t a dog for a tired old lady, but Kiyoko-san got Tenma when they were both younger.”

“How old is he?”

“Tenma? He’s soon to be eight.”

“That old? You couldn’t tell, he’s as lively as Akamaru, and Akamaru is only three.”

Kin laughed. “Well, Tenma is a handful, he’s always been. Except for Kiyoko-san, I’m the only one he listens to.”

“Really? How come?” This interested Kiba.

“I helped Kiyoko-san to train him, so he felt it was natural for him to listen to me, as well as he listened to Kiyoko-san. But I must’ve done something wrong, since he only listens to me and Kiyoko-san.”

“Well, at least he isn’t attacking others because of it,” Kiba said smiling.

Kin laughed, and Kiba thought he’d never heard something as beautiful in his life. “That’s a positive way of looking at things.”

“Look at the life in a positive way, and you won’t get depressed over nothing,” Kiba said with a finger in the air. “Natsumi says that all the time.”

“Yeah, I thought I recognized it,” Kin said.



They stayed in the park for another hour or so, then they decided to go home. Kiba thought it might be fun to talk some more, so he gathered all his courage before he asked. “Hey Kin, how about I walk you home?”

First Kin just looked at him, then she smiled and nodded. They leashed the dogs and started walking. After Kin had dropped off Tenma, Kiba followed her home. Akamaru and the others didn’t seem to mind the extra exercise.

They stood in front of Kin’s door and were saying their goodbyes. “I had fun today,” Kin said. “And I’m sure Tenma had fun too.”

“Yeah, me too,” Kiba said. “Maybe we can do it again some day?”

Kin smiled and nodded. “Sure, I’d like that. In fact, I’d like it a lot.” She leaned forward and kissed Kiba’s cheek before she walked into the house. “Bye Kiba, see you later.” Then she shut the door, leaving Kiba standing dumbstruck outside.

Kiba shook his head, had Kin kissed him? Yes, she had. He smiled and started whistling to himself as he walked home. He turned around once to look at Kin’s house, and then he saw her in a window, looking at him. He waved at her and wiggled his eyebrows.

He saw that she laughed as she waved back. Then he unleashed the dogs and had a running contest home with them. He lost of course, but didn’t care as he usually did. He felt he’d won something way better.