Title: Animal Instincts

Meaning: N/A
Pairing: KibaNaru (hinted and actual)
Type: Drabbles
Rating: PG

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Drabble Six - Word Count: 638

“You’re sick,” Kakashi said calmly, eyeing the blonde boy, who looked like he was about to keel over where he stood.
“I am not!”
“Yes, you are. Come on, I’ll take you home, Naruto.”
Naruto let himself be led back to his apartment, and decided that being sick sucked. Royally. The worst part was that he had never been sick before, so it was coming down on him harder than it might have. By the time they got to his house, the blonde teen was resting almost all of his weight on Kakashi to keep himself upright. His teacher stopped then, which nearly caused Naruto to fall flat on his face.
“You really are sick,” the grey haired man said, worry seeping into his tone, “You shouldn’t keep these things to yourself, you know.”
Naruto couldn’t bring himself to answer. Rather than force Naruto to walk up the stairs, Kakashi performed some quick seals and they were transported to the blonde’s bedroom with a loud ‘pyong!’. The older man helped his student into bed, and suddenly was gone with the same loud sound and a cloud of smoke. The blonde frowned vaguely.
“Some caring teacher,” he muttered.
But sickness was catching up to him, and he couldn’t bring himself to care, focusing instead on wallowing in sick misery. Finally the blonde succumbed to drowsiness and found himself drifting in and out of sleep. When he woke up and could keep himself awake, the sun hadn’t moved that much in the sky. Then he became aware of changes. There was a chair next to his bed which hadn’t been there before.
The furniture’s moving... Looking around proved that there were fewer clothes on the floor than previously. Holy shit! My room’s cleaning itself! And someone was making noises in his kitchen. The blonde groaned and steeled himself – he would have to deal with the intruder before he could go back to sleep. Naruto managed to push himself into a sitting position when his bedroom door opened.
“What are you doing?” Inuzuka Kiba asked, his brows furrowed in question and annoyance.
Naruto’s jaw dropped, before he pulled his wits together and scowled. “Getting ... out of ... bed. What’s it ... look like? Knitting ... a sweater?”
Kiba sighed and finished his journey to the blonde’s bedside, placing the bowl (Naruto could now see it was filled with water and had a cloth dipped into it) on the floor. He held out his hand, palm facing the shorter shinobi, “Wait.”
Naruto blinked, “For what?”
The dog lover grinned faintly and pushed Naruto’s chest with two fingers, adding just a tiny bit of chakra behind them for emphasis. The blonde fell back onto the sheets, giving a soft gasp, glaring at his friend.
“I hate you, you know.”
Kiba grinned wider, un-apologetically. “You’re sweating, burning, and Akamaru can hear your breathing from the next room. Face it, mate, you’re sick.”
“I am not!” Naruto snapped, automatically denying the charge.
“I pushed you down with two fingers.”
“You used chakra – that’s cheating.”
“I didn’t use enough to make you do anything you didn’t want to.”
The blonde pouted, but stilled on the bed, claiming, “I really hate you.”
Kiba’s smile turned gentle – something Naruto had never seen before – as he brushed aside some damp bangs from the shorter boy’s forehead. “Everyone gets sick, ya know.”
“Not me,” Naruto grumbled.
The dog lover sighed and reached for the cloth, dipping it into the bowl and ringing it out. He dabbed it against Naruto’s fevered skin, paying special attention to his face. Brilliant blue eyes slid shut under the soothing administrations, and Naruto sighed contentedly.
“Feels good,” he murmured sleepily.
Kiba chuckled and replaced the cloth on Naruto’s forehead briefly with his lips, “Rest, Kitsune. Akamaru and I aren’t going anywhere.”
And that, really, made all the difference.

Author's Note: This might seem a little strange to people, because in this one Kiba and Naruto have not officially started going out. They are still at the 'just friends' point - odd, I know, after all these ones where they're together, but eh. It's just what came to mind.

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