The thoughts of rejections passed through my mind as I sat next to the hotest boy in school. His head was down on the desk sleeping and the way the light hit his red hair made it look like it was made of fire. I sat next to him every day and it was the hardest thing to do. Why couldn't I just tell him how I felt? Well that all changed when one day our English teacher told us to come and read from the famous play Romeo and Juliet.

"Okay. Naruto, Gaara get up here!" Iruka told us. "I know you are both guys, but since you both have the highest grade in the class I want you to read my favorite scene from Romeo and Juliet." He grinned as he looked at me. "Naruto I want you to be Juliet and Gaara you are his Romeo."

I blushed. I knew what he was trying to do. Iruka is my foster and he knew my affections for Gaara. Gaara and I walked up to the front of the class and Iruka gave us our play books. Gaara started first.

Gaara: If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

He looked up at me waiting for me to start and I stumbled at first but I said:

Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.

Gaara looked at his book and continued: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?

I didn't have to look at the book for I knew Romeo and Juliet by heart: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.

I looked at Gaara as he said: O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;
They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.

I continued: Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.

Gaara looked up at me as he said: Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.

I smiled as I said this: Then have my lips the sin that they have took.

Gaara got a smile on his face as he said: Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again.

I finished the lines we were supposed to say with: You kiss by the book.

I couldn't look Gaara in the eye after that. I asked Iruka if I could go to the bathroom and just stared into the mirror. I must have been too caught up in my thoughts to have noticed that someone walked into the bathroom. I turned the sink on and splashed my face with cold water. I turned to leave and saw Gaara. I took in his tight leather pants and his form fitting black Bring me the Horizon shirt. I also noticed that he got a new tattoo. It was the kanji for love in Japanese on his forehead. I saw that he was talking to me and cursed myself for not paying attention.

"What?" I asked.

"I asked if you were okay." He walked closer, "you're pale." His raspy voice rolled over my skin and made me shiver. Gaara took his hand and held it to my forehead. "You're warm."

That was the last thing I heard before my world turned black.

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Opening my eyes I saw that I was in the nurses office. I looked around and saw a silhouette of someone sitting next to my bed. the nurse came over when she noticed that I was awake.

"Mr. Uzumaki! You're awake." I cringed at her voice. Our nurse is Sakara Haruno. She makes me want to punch her in her face. There's nothing wrong with her, it's just she's just really annoying and always trying to rape our math teacher, Sasuke Uchiha.

My eyes adjusted to the light in the office and saw that the silhouette was Gaara. I sat up and rubbed the back of my head. "Why am I here?" I asked her.

"Your friend over there brought you here. He said that you passed out in the bathroom during 2nd hour." She smiled and answered the unasked question; "It's 7th hour now." I looked over at Gaara and she did too. "I tried to make him leave but he insisted that he stay." I smiled at that.

He was worried about me.

I looked at the nurse. "Do you know why I fainted?"

"It looks like it was from stress." She answered as she looked at some chart. "You should take care of yourself better." I looked at Gaara again and saw he was starring at me. He smiled and that made my stomach do summersaults. He went to talk to the nurse and I felt my face burn.

An hour later I was walking home annoyed.

"Why are you following me?" I asked Gaara after about six blocks.

"Well, Iruka had to stay and talk to the principle about a student." I stopped to look at him, "and I don't want you to pass out again." I wanted to punch that grin off his face.

We continued to walk for about five more blocks until we stood outside of my house. I was wondering whether or not to invite him in or not.

"Do you think I can have a glass of water or something?" he asked. Guess I didn't have to after all.

"Yeah come on." I unlocked the door and told him to go into the front room. I went to the kitchen and stood there for a second.

What am I going to do? Gaara is sitting in my front room! I thought to myself. I got his water and went into the living room. I didn't know how to start a conversation so we sat there and watched TV.

After a while I felt the couch shift and I looked and saw that Gaara was starring at me.

"What?" I asked, "Is there something on my face?"

He shook his head and I thought I saw him smirk. We sat there in a comfortable silence till Iruka came through the door. He saw us there and smirked. "Oh Naruto, Gaara. I have to go grade papers so I'll leave you two alone." I glared at him as he disappeared up the stairs. Is he trying to embarrass me to death?

I was to deep in thought to notice that Gaara moved. When I went to ask him if he wanted something to eat I froze. I couldn't believe what was happening right now. Well I saw it happening but my brain didn't know how to process it.

Gaara is kissing me!