Chapter 1 Rainy Days
'Sakura…' Sakura snapped her eyes open and looked around "Huh?" Sakura touched her ears "What's the matter, my dear?" Mebuki stopped reading and looked at her daughter "I just thought that I just heared Gaara's voice" Sakura frowned and walked towards the window "You and Gaara are really close, hm?" Mebuki gave her a warm smile "It really makes me happy to see you two together" Mebuki place the book back to the shelves
"Uh-hu! We are best friends forever!" Sakura said happily but her happy mood soon slowly faded as she looked outside "What a shame!" Sakura looked out of the window and watched the rain drops fall "Now I can't play with Gaara today!" Sakura sighed and turned the TV on
"I'm sorry, dear. The news says that it will rain for a few day" Mebuki sat next to her "Days passed fast" Mebuki smiled and cares her cheek "But I want to play with Gaara now" Sakura sulked and looked at her mother "My birthday is in two day! What should I do while it still rains?" Sakura asked in confuse
"There is a lot of things you can play at home! Hide and seek, pretend and other many games" Mebuki stated and turned her attention to the TV "I don't want to play those games! I'll be a teenager in two days!" Sakura crossed her arms. Mebuki looked amused "You are going to be 10! You'll be a teen when you are 13" Sakura stared blankly at her "That's not true! If you are only inteligent and take resposiblity of your actions, you are old enough to be a teenager!" Sakura stood up and walked into her room
'I always take responsibility for my actions…I'm way different than other kids' Sakura lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling 'I wonder if I'll still be friends with Gaara when I grow up' Sakura sighed and pulled on her hair
"Why is it sooo boring?!" Sakura groaned and took the bear Gaara gave her the first time they met 'Gaara…' Sakura smiled at the bear and hugged it
The Next Day-
'Mom is wrong' Sakura watched the rain again 'Why can't the day go faster!' Sakura groaned and trew the pillow at her closed window "It's your fault, rain!" Sakura glared at the gray sky "Because of you, I can't play with Gaara again!" Sakura sighed and picked her bear up "Gaara…I wish you come here" Sakura closed her eyes and hold the bear thightly
Rrrooarr!
Sakura jumped in surprise as a thunder came out of no where "Ahahaha! That sure scared me!" Sakura laughed and walked with her bear downstairs "Mom! Did you heared that loud thunder?" Sakura saw her mother sitting on the floor with flour on her clothes
"Hahaha! Look at you!" Sakura laughed louder and grapped her stomach "That's not funny, dear!" Mebuki stood up and chased her daughter "Ah!" Sakura giggled and ran away from her. Someone knocked on the front door "Are we having a visitor today?" Sakura tilted her head in confuse
"No, it can't be your father since he's over seas" Mebuki replied and stared at the door "Who could it be? I'm sure no one would go freely outside" Sakura got nervous. Someone knocked on the door again "Wait here, dear" Mebuki walked towards the door and looked throught the eye hole "W-who is it?" Sakura thighted her grip on the bear as she slowly walked to her mother
Mebuki slammed the door open "Gaara?! What in the world are you doing in the rain?!" Mebuki pulled him inside and ran to the bathroom to get a towell "Gaara! What are you doing here?!" Sakura's eyes sparkled and hugged him "You are getting wet" Gaara stated
"So what?! My best friend is here!" Sakura smiled at him "Why did you come here, Gaara?" Mebuki came back and dried his hair "I missed, Sakura" Gaara smiled back "Y-you did?" Sakura blushed and hid her face on the bear
"But why didn't you brought an umbrella with you?" Mebuki sighed "I forgot…" Gaara rubbed the back of his head "You can stay here! It's to dangerous to let you go anyway!" Sakura took his hand and dragged her into her room
'Something is wrong. Karura should have inform we if Gaara is coming over' Mebuki took her phone out and tried to call her 'It's the mail box! Maybe she is busy' Mabuki ignored the bad feelings and decided to cook for them
"I'm really happy that you are here, Gaara! Now it won't be boring since you are here!" Sakura let his hand go and trew a pillow at him "H-hey! A warning would be nice" Gaara laughed and hit her with the other pillow "That's kind of weird!" Sakura giggled and hit him back "What do you mean? A warning is always good!" Gaara took her pillow away
"Not that! I kind of wish that you would come!" Sakura giggled and dodged his attack. Gaara froze for a minute "O-oh? It must be…fate!" Sakura looked surprise "You are right! Fate brought us together!" Sakura lay on her bed "I'm happy that I met you, Gaara!" Gaara's eyes widen and lay next to her "You are?" Sakura grinned and nodded "Of course! I always wanted to be friends with you since the first time I saw you alone on the swings. But my other friends told me not to be friends with you" Sakura frowned at the memory
"Then why didn't you listen to your other friends? It's my fault that they left you" Gaara whispered sadly "Nonse! I'm happy that I've got you!" Sakura hugged him "I'll never leave you!" Gaara hugged back "And I'll never leave you too!" Gaara's eyes turned lifeless 'I'll make sure that you are happy…but if it's time, I hope you can forgive me for not telling you'