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twenty and five squirrels

.::one::.
Sia Uchiha had never claimed to be normal. She didn't really even know what normal *was*. So, when engaging in a conversation with Gaara no Sabaku for the first time, she didn't realize that, to *normal* people, "squirrels" wasn't an acceptable icebreaker topic.

.::two::.
Let it be noted that squirrels and ferrets are the only topics that run through Sia's head when she gets nervous.

.::three.::.
Again, let it be noted that Gaara finds it quite amusing (couchcutecoughcough) when Sia+nervousness=squirrels.

.::four::.
On Sia and Gaara's first *picnic* date, a squirrel came and made footprints in the pie. Sia said this was a sign that they were meant to be together. Gaara just smirked and engaged her in their first *real* kiss.

.::five::.
When asked by her best friend how the date went, Sia simply said "Squirrels came and ruined the pie."

.::six::.
Another few weeks into their relationship, a plushie squirrel appeared in Sia's locker.

.::seven::.
She spent the next seven days going nowhere without it.

.::eight::.
Two days later, she couldn't find her squirrel and was in a fit of distress.

.::eight and a half::.
That same day, Rock Lee, the mini version of the gym teacher, pronounced his love to Sia and presented her with a very green t-shirt with a squirrel on it.

.::nine::.
Gaara promptly set to burning the shirt and, after the shirt was gone, handed Sia her squirrel plushie which, he informed her, she'd left at his house.

.::ten::.
Sia named the squirrel "Panda". Oddly, she called Gaara the same thing.

.::one and ten::.
When Gaara first set foot in Sia's room, he was overwhelmed by a giant poster of a squirrel and a ferret hugging each other. He also noticed a picture of Sia hugging her younger brother while wearing a necklace that read "Squirrels".

.::two and ten::.
When asked about it, Sia mentioned it was a gift from from her older brother which she'd lost.

.::three and ten::.
Gaara went out the next day and had a "Squirrel" necklace-and-bracelet set.

.::four and ten::.
Sia, on a random mall trip with Gaara, her best friend, Sakura Haruno, and her brother, Sasuke, saw a mini t-shirt of a squirrel attacking an acorn.

.::five and ten::.
She bought it and promptly shoved it on her squirrel plushie.

.::six and ten::.
By request of Gaara and all Sia's close friends, the bakery made a squirrel-shaped cake for Sia's birthday.

.::seven and ten::.
When, one day at school, Gaara found himself being presented with a squirrel plushie that matched Sia's by Sia herself, he smirked, grabbed his squirrel and Sia's, and made them "kiss". Sia blushed as he dragged her in for a kiss.

.::eight and ten::.
Gaara named his squirrel "Sia".

.::nine and ten::.
When Sia first handed Gaara her e-mail, he raised a (non)existant eyebrow. "2squirrely4u?"

"You forgot the atdirectionsdotorg,"I Sia said nonchalantly. "And I am."

.::twenty::.
The first time Sia's brother's closest friend, Naruto, insulted squirrels, Sia went berserk. She went so berserk that it took twenty-two minutes, Gaara, and her squirrel to calm down.

.::twenty and one::.
After she calmed down, Gaara left her along with "Panda" for twenty minutes.

.::twenty and two::.
The next time Sia saw Naruto, he was covered in stickers of squirrels.

.::twenty and three::.
When the carnival came into town, Gaara took Sia. When they discovered a "Make a T-shirt!" booth, Gaara sent threatening looks to anyone who questioned Sia's squirrel-themed shirt.

.::twenty-and-four::.
When Sia presented Gaara with a "Property of Sia Uchiha (and her squirrel buddies)" shirt, he pulled it on and wore it around school that day.

.::twenty-and-five::.
One day, when Sia said "I squirrel you", Gaara replied "I love you too."

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blargh:

I wrote this to help combat my writer's block like three weeks ago, as part of a writer's group i was in with several of my friends. One read it recently and thought it was cute, and promptly bullied me into posting it.

Sob.

No flames please. If you don't like it, i respect that, and tell me why in a respectful way. If you can't say it nicely, don't say it.

Cliched ending, WOOT! XD.

-will hopefully be writing Joys soon-

Ta ta for now,

An Order of RAWR