Book Three in the Konoha Academy Series
It is Junior year at Konoha Academy and after a long summer apart Kiba and Sakura are more than ready to start their newfound (and official) relationship. With all the drama of last year finally in the past, t...
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It's been a few weeks since Sasuke kissed me and I wish I could say that things are okay but they are far from it. That evening after Kiba took me home, I spent half the night curled up next to him, fighting the flashbacks of that terrible night with Kankuro that I had worked so hard to forget. Thank God my relationship with Kiba is unwavering in our chaotic social life. The way we are able to ground each other the way we do is something I hope I never take for granted.
Unfortunately, I can't always be there to remind Kiba he doesn't need to avenge me and that has resulted in several fights breaking out in class between Sasuke and Kiba. Unlike on Halloween, the fights aren't one-sided anymore and both have ended up with split lips and bruises. They spend most of their after-school time in detention together which I'm sure is not helping the situation at all.
The news that Sasuke could be in love with me has had the gears in my mind turning since I found out. It makes absolutely no sense why out of the blue that we would decide that he wanted me again. He made it perfectly clear that he was over me when he continued to see Karin after our break up. Maybe if he had decided this freshman year it could have been a possibility but it was something I long ago decided I didn't want.
He was almost two years too late.
Regardless of his intentions and his actions the last two years I'm still worried for him. There were things that I knew, about him, about his family situation, that made me feel like his actions are a cry for help, completely misguided and meant only for me to decipher. Only thing was, Kiba didn't believe me, no one but Naruto did. Sasuke had dug a hole deep enough with all his friends that not one of them other than me and Naruto was willing to peek down into it.
"Something on your mind kiddo?" My father asks from behind his laptop screen at the kitchen table as I mindlessly stir my ramen noodles in their boiling water.
Looking up I catch the light blue stair of my father watching me closely, dissecting my every move. I sigh heavily and look back at my noodles hopelessly. "I just wish I knew why Sasuke was acting the way he was. Kiba tells me to ignore him but..."
"Well, what do you think?" He asks, his words the very ones I have been chewing over in my mind the past couple weeks. I knew what I thought, I have for a while now. Something wasn't right and it wasn't the fact that he was chasing after his ex-girlfriend.
"I think he is crying out for help," I mumble, slightly embarrassed that I even feel this way after everything he has put me through. Out of everyone, I am the last person that should be wanting to help him.
My father says nothing, though I know he is not judging me like my friends have when I bring these thoughts up. Instead, he continues to type away at his laptop leaving me to my thoughts and giving me time to process them.
I know what I should do, I knew before I had spoken to my father. His silent confirmation has solidified my resolve though and I know that Kiba isn't going to be happy with what I'm about to do.
