Title: The Best Medicine
Author/Artist: Omi
Pairing: KibaNarutoKiba
Fandom: Naruto
Theme: #18; "say ahhh ..."
Disclaimer: Still wishing I did, but still not owning Naruto.
Warning: Or something like it. This very cheerfully ignores everything that has happened in the series and most canon knowledge.
“No.”
“Oh, come on Kiba. I know this stuff mortally offends your tender sensibilities and everything, but you need to take it.”
“I do not, ‘neechan! I’ll get better without it.”
“But not nearly as fast as you would with it,” Kiba’s sister countered, “Quit whining and say ‘ahh’.”
Kiba clenched his jaw. “No.”
“You are insufferable and annoying, you know that?”
“Yeah,” he laughed as his sister rolled her eyes - a laugh which was quickly interrupted by a long series of body-shaking coughs.
“There, you see? Now take the damn medicine.”
“No!”
“Y’know, Kiba, you should really do what your sister says.”
Older sister and younger brother both jumped in their seats and whipped around to look at the doorway. Naruto stood there, leaning casually against the doorframe with his arms crossed and a lopsided smile on.
“What’re you doing here?” the siblings asked simultaneously.
“We do have a mission Puppy - Akamaru filled me in on the situation up here and let me in, by the way. Nice dog, that one. Anyway, I figured I should offer a little help.”
“Who’re you calling ‘puppy’?!” Kiba growled.
“You,” the blonde said flippantly, “Now stop complaining and say ‘ahh’. I’m not going on a mission with a sick dog. You could compromise us.”
“Right - before or after your constant yapping got us killed?”
“Only after your lung hacked itself up and out of your body and gave away our position.”
Their verbal bantering was interrupted by the soft sounds of Kiba’s sister laughing into her hand. Kiba pouted, but she only held out the medicine. The pout grew larger and he threw in puppy-eyes for effect, but the effort was wasted. Eventually Kiba sighed and gave into the combined pressures of Naruto and his sister and he opened his mouth.
“Ahhhhhhhhn ...”
“Good boy,” Naruto said smugly as the medicine was shoved into Kiba’s mouth.
Kiba bared his fangs at the blonde, but only half-heartedly. The other half was working on not gagging in front of the two. His sister laughed outright and stood, leaving the room to put the medicine in a travel-safe bottle. The two boys fell silent, looking at each other awkwardly.
“Well ... um ... I’ll see you. Shortly. At the gate. Bring your medicine. Yeah. See you,” Naruto stuttered after a moment.
“Yeah. Sure ... see you,” Kiba said, offering a sideways grin.
Naruto left the room, casting one glance backwards before Kiba was fully out of sight. As he walked back to his house, he saw a younger couple kissing by a store they’d just walked out of. He sighed wistfully, then rapidly shook his head. Thinking about kissing Kiba was not something he should be doing.