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The Choices Between Friends	By : drivven Category: Naruto AU/AR > Threesomes/Moresomes Views: 2121 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 4
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, sadly that means I do not own it and have gained nothing for writing this.

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Chapter 34: Getting There

A/N: This chapter is titled for what it is. It’s a part of the story that is necessary, but not as fun as what’s coming. :) Patience please, the fun stuff is near.

The waitress only stared a little bit before asking what they'd like to drink. Nara gave her high marks for that. They ordered their drinks and started looking at the menu. Neji had a puzzled look on his face.

"Don't worry. I'll order for ya." Nar smiled happily and snuggled up against his lover. Kiba and Nara couldn't help but smile across the table at the happy look on their friend's face. He had a way of lighting up a room that no one else could ever match.

"Will Chou be joining us tonight?" Neji asked as his arm slid around Nar's back, his hand coming to rest on the sweet man's hip. No one would notice. The backs of the booths were very high, giving each table a very secluded feel.

"He hates the goth scene." Nara answered while sipping his drink. When he leaned forward his hair fell across his face, softening his features. He looked lovely and sweet. Neji felt like he was staring at a decadent dessert. "He's more into the alt and metal scene." Nara continued as he leaned back, brushing the annoying strands away from his face with a grimace.

"That's not it." Kiba grinned ferally. The last two times we went as a group, there were a couple of trampy vampy chicks all hot for him. One of them even bit him on the neck. Freaked him out so bad he jumped up and POW!" He fell back against the booth dramatically. "She fell and hit her head. Nearly knocked her out."

Nara made a face at his friend and lover. Kiba enjoyed other people's discomfort a bit too much. "That's not exactly how it happened." He chided.

Nar turned his big blue eyes at Neji. They were darker, deeper than normal, with a sad feel to them. "He felt so bad about it. He was depressed for weeks. You know Chou. He'd never hurt a flea intentionally." Nar looked so sad and cute as he remembered Chouji's stricken face.

"Anyway," Kiba broke in, this time with less exuberance, which saved him the sharp poke in the ribs Nara had been planning. "He won't go near that or any other goth place."

Nar nodded emphatically. "It kinda traumatized him." Nara just bit his lip and wished for a better subject.

"We should do something next time that he would enjoy." Neji remarked casually. He was a little shocked when three heads turned his way in surprise.

He thought he had made a misstep and could not for the life of him determine what it was as they all just looked at him in silence for a moment. Then, Nar hugged him tightly. "Neji, you rock, you know that?!"

No, he didn't know that and had no idea as to why he 'rocked'. Nara's smile was self conscious and made him look even sweeter as he bit his lip and stared st his hands. Kiba shook his head. "Seriously, can you get any more perfect than this? Not sure we can take it."

The wolfish grin told Neji he'd done something right even more than the warm hug had. Neji had only been being polite. As much as he wanted to monopolize their time, he couldn't bear the thought of deprive them of anything they wanted or needed and the big man was needed; of that he was certain.

When the food came, Neji was pleasantly surprised by his first taste of a grilled ham and cheese. Kiba shared some of his chili cheese tater tots, which in Neji's opinion were revolting. Nar liked them it seemed, he kept stealing more than his share of them which led to a small playful argument between him and Kiba.

Nara ate light. He had ordered a bowl of vegetable soup and didn't even finish half. Neji decided that he would have to do something about his lover's eating habits. It was a miracle the man could still function.

Nar had ordered hot wings, something that reminded Neji of a cornish game hen. Small and barely worth bothering to eat. The blond seemed to love them. He even brandished a fork at Kiba. "Back off Dog-boy!"

"No way, you don't get to eat all my tots and not share." Kiba turned a pout to his right. "Nara...."

"Oh for Kami's sake! We go through this every time we eat here!" Nara rolled his eyes and glared. It seemed to be some kind of ritual for them. A moment later the three of them were laughing so hard they couldn't talk. Then Nar caught sight of Neji's confused face and completely lost control. He doubled over in pain from laughing so hard. This of course only pushed the other two further.

The waitress came by with the check and Neji managed to take care of it before any of them noticed. They were starting to get annoyed with how he always paid for everything. He couldn't understand it. He had the means and for the first time the desire to spoil someone. It a small way it hurt. He'd never wanted to take care of anyone before.

Nara recovered first and realized almost immediately what they'd missed. He glowered at Neji. "I thought I told you we'd pay this time?"

Neji stiffened. "It's fine."

"No, Neji it's not." The brunette gave him a look he couldn't quite discern. There was irritation, fear, and concern on his lover's face and the young master couldn't possibly determine how his paying the bill would warrant such a look.

"We can pay our own way." Kiba growled.

Nar bit his lip. He'd never really weighed in when the subject had come up before. He'd seen the look on Neji's face and felt like they were hurting him somehow. He saw that look again. "Neji?" he called to his lover in a soft whisper.

The lovely eyes turned to him and Nar could almost see a hint of frost forming around the edges of the violet pool. "Listen to me. We appreciate it, we really do, but we don't want you to ever feel like you have to pay, like we expect it...." He wasn't sure how to get the point across. The cold and the hurt were still staring out at him from Neji's face.

A wadded up napkin bounced off Neji's head and he turned toward Kiba. "We're dating you, not your wallet." The normally sarcastic man stated with dead seriousness.

Nara leaned forward and tapped on the table to draw the man's attention. "Neji, listen up. We love that you want to do stuff for us, but you have to respect our wishes on this. We're all men here and we all have our pride. And there is no way we want you wondering later on, after a fight or something... we don't want you to think we're only staying with you because you do things for us and buy us stuff."

Neji understood now. People had tried to use him for his money and status his whole life, but the thought had never crossed his mind where these three were concerned. He couldn't imagine it ever would. He tried to lighten the mood with a joke, something he would never have done before meeting them. "I promise I won't try to steal your wings or tots, so there is no reason for us to fight Beleza." He offered them a consolatory smile.

They didn't budge on the subject, but they did smile. He continued, "I will respect you, within reason. If you had the ability, you would spoil Nar like a brat, wouldn't you?" The question went to both men on the other side of the table. Nara gave him a small glare, he knew where this was headed. Kiba's smile showed appreciation for the tactic. Nar pouted a little at being called a spoiled brat.

"How can you deny me the right to do for all three of you exactly what you would do yourselves if you could?" He looked at Nar. "If you could, you would give them anything they wanted, wouldn't you?"

The blond caught on then. "Damn Neji, you're good."

Nara wasn't conceding the debate just yet. He decided to table the discussion for the moment. "We'd better get going. We can talk about this more later."

Kiba didn't like the sound of that. He wanted to play tonight, not fight. 'I'll just have to make sure those two bullheaded pricks are too busy thinking with their pricks.' He grinned evilly. 'Yup, that's just what I'll have'ta do.'

Nar saw the look on his face and shook his head. He knew that look and this could either end well or disastrously, there was no middle ground with Kiba. They kept their previous seating arrangements, with Kiba directing Neji to the club. They parked and for the fist time each one felt a little nervous.

This wasn't their normal crowd and they were all a little self-conscious about their own appearance. Nara kept trying to smooth his hair back from his face. It didn't work of course. He gave up grimacing at it in reproof. Nar fidgeted in his short pants and Kiba was very aware of the straps crisscrossing behind his legs as they walked toward the dimly lit entrance. Neji could feel the breeze caressing his flesh through the sheer top. Gooseflesh rose along his arms.

The bouncer at the door was a friend of Chou's. Nar couldn't remember the man's name, but he'd remembered the cute little blond. He didn't even give Nar's ID a second look, which was unusual. Usually he'd catch a ration of crap about how it had to be a fake ID because he didn't look that old. With a sigh of relief he stepped through the door first.

Nara put his hand on Nar's right shoulder when the blond stopped a few feet past the door. There was a pleased smile on his face, his brown eyes were closed as he listened to the music. The band was doing a cover of Voltaire's Feathery Wings and not slaughtering it, which was good. Nara liked several of Voltaire's songs, this one ranked about third on his list.

Neji was just to the man's right side. He could clearly see his lover's face. A warmth spread through him as he watched Nara relax little by little as the song played, his own discomfiture melting away as he watched. Nara began to sway a little to the music, Nar swayed with him.

Kiba's left arm slid around Neji's waist, he rested his head against Neji's right shoulder watching his friend's sway in time to the soothing music. "Band's not bad." He murmured softly. Neji nodded.

The moment was broken by a deliciously mischievous chuckle behind them. "Well well, what do we have here?"

`tbc`
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