Not sure how really, but this idea popped into my head and I had to write it. Enjoy! :]

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Rule One

"Gaara, could you please put that book down and look at me? Now?"

A sigh was heard and a book was closed and put down. A redhead around the age of 24 turned his gaze towards the attractive woman who sat beside him on the couch, her long, pink hair in a messy bun. She looked irritated, it pleased him very much.

He smirked.

"Gaara!" she whined and sighed before standing up and making her way into the kitchen. He followed her without a sound.

She walked to the sink, took out a glass from the cupboard above it and filled the glass with water. She took a few sips.

"You know", she began – knowing very well that he was standing in the doorway looking at her, "going to visit my parents isn't like getting a death sentence"

He snorted and looked out the window for a few seconds. It was a sunny afternoon in the middle of June. People were starting to make their way home from a day at the beach, or from a day of having cadged their friends' pools.

"You've never even met them yet! I'm sure that they will love you", she turned to look at him with that smile that he loved so much.

"If I say yes", he began, "I want rules"

".. Rules?" she asked, eyebrows risen.

"Yes", he nodded and walked up to her and put his arms around her small waist.

"What kind of rules?" she asked, confused as to why he wanted rules.

"Your parents live in Konoha, Sakura", he looked down at her, "and we live in Suna"

"So? Why does that have anything to do with it?" she looked back at him, still confused.

He smirked, "In what way do you think we would get there?"

".. By car?"

It was not possible to get to Konoha by plane at the moment, since the whole airport was shut down completely. Massive vandalization by some seriously thickheaded teenagers. No one was really sure how they actually managed to get inside the airport unnoticed, but they did and apparently the people running the place though it was a good idea to close the whole place down for a while. Idiots.

He nodded, "do you remember the last time we were in a car alone, for hours?"

She had to think for a few seconds.

"Oh", she sighed. She remembered. It hadn't been fun.

They had been to a birthday part, Naruto's birthday party. And for some reason, the hyperactive blond had decided that it would be somuch fun to have the party in Konoha – but since he lived there it wasn't so weird. Though, the idiot had "forgotten" to tell Sakura and Gaara about it until around nine in the morning, the day of the party. It took seven hours to get from Suna to Konoha by car. By plane it only took about two. But they didn't have time to get to the airport, so as soon as they were done; they had hopped into the car and driven to Konoha.

They had only been dating for about two months when this happened, so a car trip, just them, hadn't really happened yet.

The first hour was fine. They talked, teased and just enjoyed each others company. Around hour two, Sakura started to get sick of sitting in a car; she had never had patience with spending a long time in a car – though they had only been in the car for two hours, she still knew that they had many more to go, she couldn't take it. Poor Gaara had to listen to her complain about this and that for the next two and a half hours. Hours five, Gaara had had enough and just ignored her and everythingshe said. Every. Single. Thing. Hour seven, they practically hated each other. They made it to the party in time, though, and Naruto seemed happy to see them, especially Sakura sine he hadn't seen her since she moved to Suna three months earlier.

They didn't say a word to each other during the whole party, both of them still irritated like never before. Gaara was still irritated to hell by the fact that the woman just couldn't shut the hell up, Sakura was pissed that he had ignored her for two hours.

Naruto tried to get them to talk to each other during the whole party, didn't really work. That is, until both of them realized that it was all Naruto's fault. If he hadn't forgotten to tell them about the party, they wouldn't be angry at each other.

They left the party together, happy. The birthday boy, not so happy. The petite little pinkette sure could hit hard.

"Do you want to risk going through that again?" Gaara suddenly asked, bringing Sakura back to reality.

She bit her lower lip slightly. She really didn't, but she had promised her parents that she would bring her boyfriend of over a year with her the next time she came to Konoha. And she was going in two days. She was more afraid of her mother than of spending seven hours in a car with the man that she loved.

"I do", she finally said and looked up at him.

He raised an invisible eyebrow. She smiled at him, stood on her tip toes to give him a quick peek on the lips before she made her way out of the kitchen and into the living room. He followed her again, confused for ones.

"You do?"

"You don't know my mother, Gaara", she said, "I promised to bring you the next time I came to Konoha and if I don't, she won't be happy"

She visibly shuddered at the thought of her mothers reaction if there was no redhead at her daughters side when she opened the door. Ten times worse than the car trip a year ago.

She sat down on the couch and turned the TV on, flipping through the channels before she decided that she wanted to watch a rerun of Bones.

"She won't?" he asked and sat down beside her.

"No", she answered and put her head on his shoulder.

He put his arm around her and stared at the TV. Maybe he should go? She would be happy if he did and he liked it when she was happy. She was gorgeous when she was happy. Okay, she was gorgeous no matter what mood she was in.

"When are we leaving?" he suddenly asked, startling Sakura a bit.

"You mean that you will come with me?"

"Yes"

She smiled, but the smile suddenly faded as she remembered something he had said, "what rules then?"

Gaara smirked, "I'll tell you when we leave".

He leaned closer and then proceeded to give her a few soft but passionate kisses on the lips, which after a while escalated into a make out session that very soon didn't require any close. If they had things to do that day, it didn't get done, to say the least.

Sakura called her mother the next day to inform the woman that her daughter was finally bringing her boyfriend to visit. Mrs Haruno couldn't be more thrilled, she had been dying to meet the mysterious, but handsome, man that had succeeded to make her daughter fall in love with him. She had only seen a few pictures of him and, from what she had seen so far, he was not a bad catch – at all. Handsome face, tall, muscular…

Sakura had had to interrupt her mother from continuing to go on and on about how right she though Gaara was for her daughter. Sakura had heard those things time and time again; she didn't need to hear them again. After she had said goodbye to her mother, she called her very close childhood friend, Suzu. They had known each other since they were five years old and since Suzu lived in Suna too, they could spend a lot of time together.

They met up at the big park in the middle of Suna and decided to just walk around in the park for a while and just talk.

Suzu was a very sweet and caring girl with pitch black hair and eyes to match, she wasn't tall – but she wasn't short either. She was quite pretty and could stand up for herself if she had to. One of Sakura's best friends.

"Wow, so you're finally brining him to meet your parents?" Suzu asked.

"Yeah, it's about time", Sakura said while looking at a bunch of kids playing soccer a short distance from where they were currently walking, "and, besides… Mom's wanted to meet him ever since I started dating him"

"Oh yeah… Why is that, by the way?"

"Why is what?"

"Well, you've been dating the guy for more than a year now, but every time you go to visit you parents, you always go alone… Why is that?" Suzu asked.

"Oh… Well…", Sakura sighed, "to be honest? I'm afraid of how my dad will react when he actually meets Gaara. He's never really approved of any of my boyfriends. Remember Daichi?"

"The guy you dated in junior year?"

"Yeah, he and my dad didn't really get along, that's why we broke up in the first place", Sakura ran a hand through her hair, "I guess I'm just scared that if Gaara don't get along with my dad… It might happen again"

"I don't really think you would break up with Gaara because of your dad not liking him, Sakura", Suzu smiled, "and besides, I'm sure your dad and Gaara will get along great!"

"I wouldn't be so sure", Sakura said, "Gaara's not exactly the most social person…"

"When it comes to you he is", Suzu said, "seems like the two of you can talk about… Well, anything really!"

"That's different…", Sakura said, "I think I'm one of a kind when it comes to that, if you don't count Naruto – who will befriend anything that moves… In public, Gaara's just the seemingly cold hearted ice cube he apparently was in high school, if you listen to what Temari and Kankuro says."

"Okay, whatever. Let's talk about something else, okay? How was your week for example?" Suzu asked and smiled, "it feels like I haven't seen you for years!"

Sakura smiled. Maybe she shouldn't worry about what her father thought of Gaara, it was silly to worry anyway. She could be so childish sometimes, who cares if her dad didn't like her boyfriend? It was her choice and even though she loved and respected her dad very much, she didn't give a crap if he didn't approve.

The next day, they were off. They decided that it was best to leave early, so that they could beat the morning traffic. Sakura wanted to drive, but Gaara insisted that he should (and when he said it, Sakura almost expected him to add 'it's safer that way). When she tried asking him why she couldn't drive though, he didn't exactly answer her, just said that he really wanted to. Though, she was sure that in his mind, the argument "It's 'cause I'm a guy, babe, and you're not" made a lot more sense than "I just really want to drive". She could see it in his eyes that that was the exact thing he was thinking. Jerk.

They hadn't gotten further than leaving the driveway of the apartment building's parking lot when she remembered something.

"Okay, we've officially left, what's the first rule?" Sakura asked and looked at her boyfriend.

Gaara didn't say anything, just kept his eyes on the road while he stuck his right hand down the pocket of his jeans. Sakura was going to ask him what he was doing, but he found what he was looking for before she could.

He held out a small piece of paper towards her, she took it without a word and unfolded it. She read the two simple words written on it before looking at Gaara with raised eyebrows.

"Seriously?" she asked.

"Seriously", he said, still not taking his eyes off the road.

"But, Gaa-"

"Ah-ah! 'No complaining', or can't you read?" he said, looked at her for a second and smirked before turning back to look at the road, having just spoken the first rule.

"Hmpf"

Sakura crossed her arms, and glared at the road in front of her. Gaara just kept on smirking, this was going to be a very interesting road trip.

There you have it, the first chapter. What did you think? Review and tell me!