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I've felt some ones fingers on my shoulder, pressing it gently.

"Excuse me, but could you please help me?" I sighed.
"Go away" my voice sounded like hard metal.

"Please, I only need little of your time" I sighed. Again. I truly hate this. They just can't leave me at peace?

I've turned around. She had hair collared in some kind of gentle purple, eyes colour of the night. She was about my age, maybe younger. She wasn't too tall or to short. Maybe medium. She was actually very pretty, though. She smiled, bit. In one hand she holds a map and with the other hand she tucked a small bit of her hair that a second later jumped out of its place. I almost smiled.

"What?" my feelings started to doubt. The monster in me wanted for me to kill her on the place, but some who I did won't to. She didn't anything wrong, right? She's probably just asking for directions. It is troublesome, but I can take it.

"I'm looking for the hidden village of the sand. Well it seems like I got lost a bit" her eyes started scouting around the desert. Surely she was lost. Pathetic.

She started opening the map. Well she tried. Clumsy girl, she even can't open the map right. I've sighed again and reached out and helped her open the map. In one tiny moment my hand brushed hers and it felt like fire rushing throw my tissue, my muscles, my body. What is happening to me? Is it some hidden genjutsu to trick me? Are they trying to kill me, again?

"So we are here, I think" she pointed in the map.

"Hm. No, we are here" I pointed a bit farther to the north then she did. "Ou" she said. She sighed.

"Well, you've gotta go here. But it's a long walk" her eyes grown.

"I'm never gonna get there" she said. She sounded weakened.

I've sighed. "It's not that much. The terrain is pretty easy and... Well I'll help you" she looked up and smiled.

Now Temari can't say anything about me being impolite. She tried to get her map in order. It made me smile to see her try. She looked up and smiled. "You have a nice smile" she said and tried to fold the map back together.

It seems that she is a nice person. There aren't many nice people in the village. I think. I don't really like mixing with people. Or talking to some.

Maybe because there isn't anyone to talk to.

"My name is Hatake Yuuki. What's yours?" she said, putting the map in her backpack. She looked up and shakes her head to move hair from her face. She smiled, nervously, because I was looking at her for some time, probably.

I looked the other way. "They call me Gaara of the Desert" I said and started walking. Yuuki started walking by my side quietly. We didn't talk. I was walking peacefully and she was making more steps and quicker than me. After an hour and a half she was tired. Her eyes started closing and she was always at a point of falling.

"You are tired?" I said. She looked at me. She smiled, a bit, and nodded.
"hm." To the village we have about half an hour. "How about a break then?" I said. She looked up.

"Ok, Gaara-kun" she said and literally fell to the floor. "ahh" I heard her.

"Are you ok, Yuuki?" she looked up and smiled a bit. "No broken bones, here" it made me smiled, from the inside. I don't really know, but that girl is something I never saw before. No one could make me smile. Only Yasahamru did, but sometimes.

But, she... she makes me smile more than anyone, ever. That's new, though. I sated opposite to her. She reached to her bag and took out a piece of bread rapped into paper towel. She broke it in two and offered me some. I was a bit of surprised. She's kind, though and took it.

I took a bit. It was actually pretty delicious. She smiled. "Is it any good?" she asked. I nodded and quickly finished the sweet bread. She quietly laughed. I looked up at her. She broke her bread into a one more half and offered me again some. "I can't take it. You need strength. There's another half an hour." She smiled. "You were training, right? You are tired too and I already eat, so" she stretch her hand. I took it. "Thank you" I said and quickly eat it. She laughed quietly and eats her small part.

I got up and offer her my hand. It was somehow weird, because I never actually helped anyone before. But she is somehow different. Well, did you ever see a girl wandering around the desert, not even knowing where she really is? She took my hand and got up.

"Thank you, Gaara-kun" she said and dusted her legs. "Do you wonna get going then?" I nodded, I was actually glad that she decided to go again so quickly. She did looked kind of fragile. She looked pretty pale and small, like she was sick for a long, long time. We started walking silently.

"Say, Yuuki why are you going to Hidden village of Sand?" I didn't like starting topics and I wasn't curios type of person, but still Yuuki intrigues me very much, so why shouldn't I? It's not like I'm doing something bad, right?

"Just so. I heard it was very special, so I would like to see it" she said looking forward. I nodded. "It is special"

"You are a shinobi?" she said quietly playing with her hair. I nodded. "A chunin. And you, Yuuki?"

"I've heard that in the dawn sand shines like diamonds. Is it true, Gaara-kun?" she said, cracking her joints.

"Ouh. Well, yes. Like thousands, and thousands of sparkly diamonds. It's very nice"

"Really? Hmm.. I should one day wake up earlier and see it" she whispered talking to herself, probably.

"Well, if you would like to go you should go to the highest point of The Hidden Sand. At the walls around the Sand have a pretty good view I suppose" she looked up and nodded. "Thank you for the advice," she smiled and blushed a little.

We walked without saying anything. She looked like she was deep in her thoughts, thinking about something. She bit her lip. "Would you like to go with me?" she looked up and smiled. Her cheeks were blushed.

"Ahh. I – I would like to" I said and felt warmth rushing into my face. She looked at her feet and kept going on forward.

When finally the walls of the village started to appear she looked up and said "Wow."

"Hm? What is it?" I said.

"It's so, so impressive. I've never seen something so impressive. Beautiful. "She looked amazed, standing in the place. "It's not like Konoha's gate, all from wood. That's sand?" she said, blinking hard with wide eyes.

I chuckled. "Yeah. The first time I was in Konoha it did look somehow shabby. But, I'm used to this gate so to me it's like" I shrugged. She looked at me and smiled a bit.

We started to walk again, sand rumbling underneath our feet. When we came to the gates everyone of the guards stared at Yuuki, like she was some freak. Then some ninja from the group ran to Yuuki. "Yuuki-sama! I'm so glad that you are finally here! I thought that you got lost in the desert."

"Ouh, hello." Yuuki said and smiled wildly. She looked so nice and kind like she couldn't hurt a fly.

"Gaara-kun helped me through the desert. I thought that I was lost forever", she giggled; "it was great luck that I ran into him" she looked at me and smiled.

"Thank you very much Gaara-san. Yuuki-sama will be giving some classes about many poisons. You should come to" ninja said.

"Yeah, Gaara-kun you need to come!" Yuuki said and smiled so happily.

"Ouh. Of course I would come Yuuki-chan" I said. Yuuki's face brightened like when a child comes out to play on a sun after rain.

"Thank you "She said. She moved swiftly to me and putted her arms around my neck. I was startled and confused. What the hell is she doing? Is she trying to strangle me?

But no, she didn't put her hands even with any strength, she didn't pull, didn't do anything that could hurt me. And it felt... warm.

She moved away as swiftly as she came and smiled at me. She turned on her toes and said to the ninja "Where am I staying? My journey was pretty bad." Ninja smiled and nodded. "I will take you there and if you maybe want a tour later-"
"Oh no thank you, maybe tomorrow." She smiled to him looking so innocent that it made me smile. A bit though.

She and the ninja started to enter the village. I watched at her back for some time and then I went home. It was a long, long day. I've looked at ninjas who were staring at me. Uncomfortable.

I went to the village and as quickly as I could I came to my home. When I've closed the door I stretched to the bathroom to take a shower. Very long one I could say. I've felt so stiff, like I was made from plastic.

When I came out of the shower I've felt better. I was drying my hair with a towel when remember Yuuki's beautiful and special face pressed against my hair and neck. I ran to the mirror and looked all over my neck to find some markings that could hurt me. But there wasn't any. I put my hand on my neck and sighed. I'm paranoid as always.

"Gaara!" someone yelled from the door. I've went to the door and opened it still going with a towel over my head. Temari smiled and Kankuro sighed.

"Told ya the he will be probably be to busy to have a dinner with his family" Kankuro said and Temari rolled her eyes. "Can we come in?" Temari said and smiled a bit. I nodded and went to my apartment to check the fridge.

Sometimes always unannounced Temari and Kankuro would appear at my door asking to 'be a family' and 'eat dinner' and that stuff. I don't actually know why but OK. I can take two hours.

My fridge was empty as always. "Don't ya worry Gaara. We brought food" Kankuro said and putted the bag full of food on my table. I sighed and nodded.

Kankuro started to empty the bag. Temari came to him and checked the ingredients murmuring their names. I turned around and checked for clean dishes. Ok, there are enough of them. "Do you guys want a drink?" I said and took three glasses out of the cupboard. There was murmured 'yes' and 'sure' so I poured down some cold water into the glasses. I turned around and putted them on a round table. Temari was assorting the ingredients. Kankuro was leaned at the wall looking through the window. "Nice view" he said. He says it every time he comes to visit. I sighed.

Temari started to cook. It was as usual. We didn't talk to much. We didn't ask questions. We were silent as we were when we lived together. I was the first to move out. Kankuro followed. Temari never left our home. I didn't actually know why. We didn't have any nice memories. Maybe Temari and Kankuro did, but me? Hell no. I thought that it will be better when I start new. It didn't.

Nothing changed everything was the same. I don't actually know why. And most importantly I didn't care.

"Say, Gaara, everyone in the village are talking about it." Temari said not looking away from the stove. I looked up. "About what?"

Kankuro sighed. "The girl." I looked at him. "What 'girl' ?"

Kankuro rolled his eyes. "Don't play dumb, little brother. The 'girl' you came in the village with it. Everybody says that you looked close. Very close." Temari turned from the stove and Kankuro looked at me closely. "You never told us about her" Temari said and she sounded a bit sad.

"That's because I've met Yuuki-chan today."

"Yuuki-chan?" Kankuro said and smiled. "Wow, Gaara I didn't know that you could even use the word –chan" Kankuro laughed and Temari giggled. "Could it be that our brother, heart of sand, in love?"

I was confused. "In love?" I've heard of that expression, seen it, heard it, but I was never in love. I've never fallen in love with any girl in the whole village. So, how could I know that I'm in love with Yuuki? I don't even know anything about her. I know just a few things, but nothing much.

But still. That doesn't matter does it?

"Gaara. How does she make you feel?" Temari said still looking at the stove. "Look, Gaara, it doesn't matter how much time you spent with her, what matters is how you've spanned it. If you don't like her that you can't stand her it's ok. You act like that all the time" Temari giggled "But if you want to keep her at you side, don't want to let go. Well, Gaara, I have some bad and some good news for you"

"The good news is well, you'll be happy like you've never been before. That's what 'love' makes to everyone. The bad news is... well there isn't any. Maybe you won't like it that you will be different, but believe me" Temari turned away of the stove "you will like it." Temari winked and returned to the cooking.

I've looked at my feet then. "Change? What do you mean that I will change?"

"Well for starters you will give every minute of your time to her. Then you won't think about anything else, then her. You will do everything that could make her smile. You will become her slave, if you want it that way" Kankuro said and laughed. I became curios.

"Then you will-"
"Say guys, do you have the one you are in love with?" I said breaking into Kankuros's sentence.

Kankuro's mouth hang open and Temari stopped coking.

Then Temari spoke "That's none of your business, Gaara." Her voice was shaking and so where her shoulders.

Kankuro looked at her for some time and then spoke "its ok, Temari. He'll get to his senses." Then he looked at me" not me Gaara", he grinned" I'm still looking."

I nodded.

"Temari, I'm sorry" I said, quietly. Temari turned around and smiled. She nodded and got back to her cooking.

I don't know exactly what happen to Temari one month ago. Kankuro just said that Temari and Shikamaru got into a big fight about who should move... "move where?" I asked him,a few months ago.

"To Konoha, or here" he didn't say anything else. I didn't ask anything. We always had that quiet agreement.

Since then I noticed that they are coming here more and more often. At first I wanted to kick them out, but still. I didn't cared that much. Temari turned and asked "Where's salt?"

I went to her and moved some things and gave her the salt. She looked at it and said "Gaara, that's sugar" I looked at it. "What's the difference?" Temari sighed. "Gaara, get lost I will handle the dinner."

I went out of the room. I heard Kankuro saying "Temari you know well that he doesn't know the difference"