Hey… I know… myDare to Love You fic is not finish yet, but this idea just popped in my head few minutes ago, and I chose to type it down. Eheheh…
In this story, the life is normal, which means Gaara is Shukaku-free, but he is gifted and he can controls sand. About his black rimmed eyes, in this fic, he had born with that. Gaara with normal life, it's not a common idea, is it?
Now, enjoy!
-My Pink Haired Friend-
That day Kazekage of Suna with his three children had arrived in Konoha, because he had a business with the hokage.
He told his children to stay in hotel until his business done, and he gave the charge to his oldest child, Temari.
In the hotel room…
A seven years old girl stood proudly on a king sized bed, and looked at her two little brothers, whom cross-legged on the carpeted floor.
"So, chichi said that I'm in charge, and I'm the boss now." She stated smugly. Her younger brother, Kankuro, stuck his tongue out. And their baby brother, Gaara, just looked at his sister with bored look.
"No! I'm in charge here, Temari!" Kankuro, whom refused to call his sister with nee-chan. Temari glared downward, to his eyes.
"No! I am your sister, and I'm older than you, Kankuro! Don't forget, you are still six years old, shorty!"
Kankuro gritted his teeth, "I'm six and a half! And stop calling me shorty! I'm not short!"
Temari smirked and hopped to the floor. She compared her height with his. "See? You are shorter than me, shorty!"
"I'm not!"
"You are!"
Gaara watched his older siblings with amusement. Although he knew, Temari always win in the end.
"Fine!" Kankuro crossed his arms. Temari smirked again as she put her both hands on her hip. See?
Temari took a glance to a fridge and ran to it. She opened the door and her eyes were gleaming in joy.
"Chocolates! Many-many chocolates!" She claimed. Kankuro's and Gaara's head snapped to her.
"Me!!!" Kankuro ran to her side, so did Gaara. Temari grinned and gave a chocolate bar to them each.
"A chocolate with peanut for me!" Kankuro said. He took the bar from Temari's hand and unwrap it and took a big bite.
Temari smiled to her other brother, "And a milk chocolate for you, ne?" Gaara nodded and smiled to her.
In a minute, the sibling war had forgotten, just that simple.
xxx
After munching some chocolates and watching cartoons, Kankuro and Temari fell asleep on the bed. Gaara looked at his siblings and sighed. Maybe a little walk could entertain him.
He looked at his teddy, and chose to leave it behind.
xxx
Gaara came to a park, and saw a group of boys around his age were playing soccer. A smile came to his lips, and he approached them.
Somehow, he felt relief he had left his teddy in hotel.
"Hey, can I play too?" he said. Those boys stopped and looked at him. One of them grinned and said, "Sure!"
Gaara grinned too, and played along with them happily.
An hour later, they stopped and rested below a shady tree as they licked on their ice cream.
"You are great!" A brunette boy said to Gaara. Gaara smiled, "Thanks!"
Another boy said, "Yeah, you are! What's your name?"
Another boy looked at him too, "Yeah, we forgot to ask. What's your name?"
Gaara licked on his ice cream and said, "It's Gaara."
The brunette boy munched on the cone. "Gaara? You are not from here, are you?"
Gaara shook his head. "I'm not. I'm from Suna actually."
The second boy's eyes widened. "Suna? You are from Suna? Are you the Kazekage's son?" The other boys stopped eating and looked at Gaara.
Gaara blinked in confused. "Yeah, I am."
All the boys' eyes showed… fear. Gaara blinked even more. "What? What's wrong with that?"
The third boy stood first. "I-I'm sorry. Gotta go." Then he ran.
The second boy looked at his friend and shouted, "Hey wait!!!" then he left. The other two boys ran before him. Below that tree, only the brunette boy and Gaara left.
Gaara looked at him and said, "If you want to go too, and then go now."
That brunette smiled nervously to him. He stood and so did Gaara.
"It's nice to meet you, Gaara. Can we befriend?" he lifted a fist to Gaara. Gaara looked at the fist and to that brunette. He smiled at last.
"Sure." Gaara punched his fist lightly. "Friend."
"Cool! Anyway, my name's Kei. I'll see you around! Oh, you can keep the ball." He handed the ball to Gaara and left him.
"See you, Kei!" Gaara said. Kei turned and grinned.
xxx
Gaara looked at his gift from his new friend. He kicked it from one foot to another as he walked.
But soon he stopped as he heard a… sob. Gaara frowned to a tree, where the sob came from.
Gaara's eyes widened as he found another kid around his age crying. Gaara assumed that was a boy. He had messy hair, with messy cut too. It looked like his hair had cut randomly. He brought his legs to his chest, hugged it and buried his face in it.
His eyes widened even more because that boy's hair color. It was… pink.
Gaara cross-legged before him and put his ball beside him. That boy sensed his presence and lifted his face.
He had a pair of jade eyes. Gaara had to admit that the boy in front of him was too feminine for a boy.
He wiped his tears and looked at Gaara. He bit his lower lip. "Who are you?" Even his voice was so girly.
Gaara ignored him. "Why are you crying?" That boy sobbed once again.
"I got bullied with some boys. Look at my hair. They cut it with kunai." He touched his mid-neck length hair.
"I'm sorry to hear that… But are you okay?" Gaara asked. That boy smiled. "I'm okay. Thanks for asking."
Gaara felt the air heat suddenly increased. He scratched his neck. "It's… okay, I guess…"
That boy giggled. "Ahaha… your face is red…"
Gaara pouted and stood then. That boy stopped his laugh and stood too.
"No! I'm sorry… Please, don't mad at me…"
Gaara smiled a little. "I'm not. Hey, want to play soccer?"
That boy's eyes widened, "Really? No one has asked me to play that before…"
"It's okay, I'll teach you, although I'm not the master…"
They played in a half hour, but the boy asked to stop.
"Sorry, but I'm exhausted…" he said, trying to catch his breath. Gaara sat on the ground beside him. "Me too, actually…"
"What is your name?" that boy asked out of blue.
"It's Gaara. Umm… the kids in Konoha are just the same with in Suna." Gaara murmured. That boy tilted his head.
"Why?"
"I won't tell you… Because you will like them, they ran away when they know me…"
That boy shook his head. "I won't… please tell me…"
Gaara sighed. "They ran when they know I'm Kazekage's son." He looked at him, and confused when he stayed still on his spot.
"You do not hate me?"
He smiled. "Nope. I won't. You are my first friend."
Gaara gave him his rare grin. "Thanks… It's so difficult to find a friend, isn't it?"
"You are right… I'm sorry Gaara, I have to go home now, lunch time. My mom had told me to not come home late." He bit his lower lip. Gaara nodded.
"Okay, bye then. Wait! What's your name?" Gaara held his hand. Gaara confused when he saw his face reddened.
"My mom actually calls me Saku-chan…"
Gaara nodded again. "Bye, Saku-chan." His face reddened again, he nodded. "Bye Gaara, nice to meet you." then he ran away.
Gaara blinked confusedly at his new friend. That boy was so… un-boyish.
"There he is! Temari, I found him!" someone yelled. When Gaara about to looked behind, someone hugged him.
"Oh, Gaara! I'm so afraid!!! I think you were kidnapped!!! You know, I'm in charge, and I'll in trouble if you disappear just like that!" Temari said when she hugged him.
"Stop that Temari. Let's head back to hotel, or chichi will angry with us." Kankuro cut her. Temari nodded and walked as she hugged Gaara's right hand.
No one asked about Gaara's new ball in his other hand…
Gaara somehow smiled a little when he remembered his two new friends, Kei and especially Saku-chan, his mid-neck pink haired friend.
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