Disclaimer: Don't own it. Fanfiction for a reason! Jeeze, I'm getting tired of saying this…

Summary: Gaara has a crush on a certain white-eyed brunette, but that certain person is none other than Hyuuga Neji. Who has no idea that Gaara even likes him. Some people can be so dense when it comes to that certain thing called 'love.' Will Gaara ever be able to get through to Neji how he feels?

R&R Please! I want to know what I'm doing right and wrong! Oh, and Shukaku may be OOC…he's funnier this way

"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Shukaku'

Day One: Eating Out

"Temari? Remind me again why we are back in Konoha." This was from the red-headed Kazekage, who was trudging behind the abnormally energetic blond. Who seemed to overlook the red-head's scathing tone.

"Why, because I want to be!" came her far too buoyant answer, and Gaara was swift in knocking her mood down to his level of depression, with one well-placed comment.

"Yeah, well, what if Shikamaru isn't in?" he asked, and Temari turned to glare at her little brother, who smirked at her. And the one brother, who was lagging behind, sighed. Kankuro was bored, and didn't know anyone well enough to go wander off by himself…which he dearly wanted to do at this point. If those two got into a fight, well he would some how probably end up in the middle of it, and not by choice either. He still had bandages from the last time! And yes, they were at it…he randomly thought of darting off, and running for it, and hoping they wouldn't look for him when a voice broke into his plan.

"Oi, Temari! Jeeze, you came straight to my favorite spot…" Shikamaru complained, and Temari resisted the urge to hit the Nara over the head. They were going out, for Kami-san sake! The blond settled for glaring and reaching for her fan. Which brought both of Shikamaru's arms up, to fend off the impending concussion-by-large-iron-fan, courtesy of Temari. Gaara decided to step in, before something happened.

"Shikamaru. Do you know where Team Gai is?" Gaara asked, not wanting to say that he too liked someone the same way his sister liked the lazy genius. That stopped his sister from cracking her boyfriend over the head, and the said boyfriend pointed off in a seemingly random direction.

"Hospital, visiting their Sensei." With this the genius stood up(careful to avoid the huge fan still hovering around the vicinity of his head) and brushed himself off, mumbling something that sounded like 'too troublesome' under his breath. Gaara simply turned, and began his trek towards the hospital.

'Ah. A crush hmn? That's certain-' a voice entered his thoughts, a voice he recognized. He cut it off.

'Shut up you stupid raccoon.' He grumbled. It was bad enough that the stupid thing kept him up with endless ranting, and such, and now it was diving into his love-life?! If Shukaku had his own body, he would strangle him-with his bare hands.

'Aww…but hey is it-' once again, Shukaku was using a very annoying tell-me-now voice, mainly to see how far he could push Gaara's temper.

'I SAID 'Shut up!' now can it!' Gaara snapped, scowling so heavily in that general direction that a shinobi walking his way scurried to the other side of the street, causing Shukaku to break into a fit of laughter. And Gaara mumbled a few words that are completely unrepeatable, even for adults.

He finally reached the hospital, more or less without killing something. He was about to go in, when, to his surprise, Neji, Tenten, and Lee came out of the hospital, Tenten more or less dragging Lee away. Neji just looked irritated.

"Lee! He needs his rest, now come on! You can see him tomorrow!" Tenten snapped, as she continued to drag the taijutsu specialist away.

Until she saw Gaara.

Who Neji had already seen, and had stopped to see what Gaara wanted.

This was making Gaara a bit uncomfortable, and he was beginning to have second-hell even third and fourth-thoughts about coming out to see them…one in particular. And that damned raccoon's laughter wasn't helping!

'Oh! Oh! Which one is it?!' the ever-annoying…thing asked. And Gaara had to fight hard to keep his expression blank. He managed it, somehow.

"I was hoping someone could show me around, I mean, I don't know much about here and…" Gaara asked, and Team Gai was in a state of shock for a few seconds. That was the longest sentence that they had heard him speak! Still, he was the Kazekage, and they were going to be courteous, so they snapped out of their daze quite quickly.

"Ah, right. Um…Hey, Neji! You lead him around! I got work to do!" Tenten exclaimed 'volunteering' her teammate, and then dashing off before he could protest, dragging a confused Lee behind her. Neji glowered at her retreating back, before turning around to regard the Kazekage.

"Well…I suppose you have a place you want to go first?" the brunette asked, and Gaara simply shook his head, struck mute at the turn in his luck. For good or bad he couldn't tell, but he was left alone with Neji…

'Ah-HA!!! He's the one you're in love with!!!' the demon exclaimed, and Gaara almost fell over from the sheer shock of hearing that voice, sounding that energetic.

And because he had forgotten the raccoon demon for the time being.

'SHUKAKU!!! Shut UP!!' Gaara screamed back, mentally. And people wondered what was the cause of his dwindling sanity. The answer was from one very demented, very sadistic, demon by the name of Shukaku.

"Hmn…well are you hungry?" once again Gaara had to snap his attention away from the crazed demon, and look at the person standing in front of him. Hyuuga Neji. His crush, and now his tour guide.

Before he could answer the question, his stomach answered fore him. It growled, loudly, causing a faint pink tinge to creep to his cheeks. Neji just raised an eyebrow, and smirked.

"I'll take that as a yes. Now, do you care what you eat or do you not mind?" was the next question.

"I-I don't care…" Gaara stammered, and his faint blush deepened slightly. Oh, he cursed the fact that he stammered, he sounded like he had no backbone!

'Hmn? Gaara just stammered, and he's blushing…is he okay?' Neji thought, as he moved forwards to check, by placing the back of his hand against Gaara's forehead. Hinata's caring nature was definitely rubbing off on him. Gaara simply turned a deeper shade of red.

"Gaara? Are you feeling okay?" Neji asked, when he noted the fact that Gaara was simply getting redder, and looking down at his feet. Gaara nodded, and continued to curse, mentally, at…well just the world in general.

'Ooohhh…did he just-?'

'Do NOT finish that statement!' Gaara snapped, cutting the raccoon off again. He was quite used to having to silence the crazed thing, and today was one of the worst days…He didn't notice that Neji had started walking, until Neji stopped and called him.

"Kazekage-sama! Come on, before tomorrow!" Neji called, and Gaara all but ran to catch up with him, turning almost as red as his hair. Neji noticed this, and shook his head, a faint smirk on his face.

"Heh, we had better just go somewhere close, or you may wander off and get lost." Neji teased, and Gaara's blush, if possible, got deeper.

'Oh my! This is too funny! He just teased you! Or was it flirting?'

'Will you shut up for longer than ten seconds you crazed, overly energetic, demented, raccoon!?!' Gaara demanded, and Shukaku was quiet for a few seconds.

'…no. I don't' think I will. It's more fun to tease you than just watch. Oh! You're scowling again! Better stop before he turns around!' Gaara didn't have to ask who the demon meant by 'he', and hastily looked back up, straightening his expression back to blank. Neji was still walking, pointing a few things out here and there, and didn't seem to notice that Gaara hadn't been paying attention.

"Well here we are. Closest place." Neji finally announced, and Gaara noticed, with a faint smirk of his own, that it was Ichiruka's Ramen. Naruto's favorite place.

"Heh, you noticed too? Figured it was safe, seeing as Naruto is out for two more years to train. No crazed tackle-hugs from overly excitable shinobi." Neji commented, and Gaara rolled his eyes.

'Tell him! Tell him! C'mon! Tell him! Or I'll continue talking!' that annoying voice said, and Gaara twitched, mentally. Oh, if only Shukaku had his own body…

"Food. Now, before your stomach growls again, and makes people think that a wild animal is loose in the streets." Neji said, moving the flap aside, and taking a seat, Gaara close behind him.

After they placed their orders, Gaara stared down at the table, trying to ignore the thing jabbering away in the back of his mind…

"Gaara? Are you okay?" Neji asked, after Gaara continued to bore a hole through the table, and ignore the things going on around him. Gaara's head snapped up, as he turned pink again.

"I-I'm fine…" Gaara stammered, and Neji raised a delicate eyebrow at this. He was about to ask something else, before he was interrupted by Ayame putting the food down in front of them. Gaara immediately dug in, grateful for the distraction. Neji blinked, before he too began eating his food.

When they were done, Gaara looked up, to see that he was definitely the messier eater of the two. And slower. Neji had finished before him, with hardly any mess, and seemed to be waiting for him to finish. Though Gaara thought that shouldn't count seeing as how Shukaku hadn't shut up through the entire time he was eating.

"So. Where to next?" Neji asked, as he rose from his seat, after paying for the food.

'Where does he live?! His house!'

"The Hyuuga compound." Gaara answered, not knowing he had just said that aloud, though he did notice Neji's confused look.

'HA! GOT YOU! You just-' Shukaku crowed, before Gaara cut him off, now thoroughly pissed off.

'I'm gonna kill you!' He screamed, making the demon's ears ring. Said demon shut his mouth, and shook his head, while Gaara tried to salvage the situation.

"I mean I don't know where you live, and I thought you were heading back home, so…I thought…" he rambled, and only caught himself when he noticed he was rambling. Neji just shook his head.

"Why don't I show you around more. I don't have to go home right now." Neji said, and Gaara nodded.

'…you are so lucky he didn't take offense to that comment you stupid thing…' Gaara grumbled. Still he nodded, trying not to go redder than he already was.

Shukaku simply snickered.

A/N: Review please. I want to know if anyone finds this story interesting…