Back to where I was, it was midnight and I was sitting up in my bed, restless. When I was young I knew Gaara didn't sleep and I knew his secret spot too.

I went over to Gaara's favorite rooftop, the Kazekage tower's rooftop that is. Since it's the tallest building in the village Gaara likes to sit up there and look at the stars and the moon. I landed on the roof finding him gazing up at the sky; he didn't even notice me come behind him until I started shivering. Damn it was bloody cold out, especially for a desert.

"Hope?" His gaze averted from the sky and moved towards me, "why are you here? You look cold…" his eyes trailed down to a spot on the ground, soon back up at me.

"I couldn't sleep so I decided to come here and talk with you, Gaara." I began to smile; I really did enjoy every moment with him.

He began to smirk but quickly shut it out. "Come here then, I've been wanting to talk to you." His eyes trailing back up to the sky.

I sat down beside him, he had a blanket around him and he had me huddle closer to him for warmth.

Both of us looking up at the moon I finally said, "So what did you want to talk about Gaara?"

Gaara cleared his throat and shifted his position so he could face me, giving me the blanket. "Hope…" he began, sounding slightly uneasy, "do…do you think I'm a monster? Because of this damned Shukaku inside of me?" He clenched his stomach and grimaced at it as he said those words.

"Gaara, I've known you all of my life-" he cut me off with "So have Kankuro and Temari. But I'm pretty sure they think I'm a beast that needs to be killed. Don't even get me started on my father."

"That is not true!" I yelled at him trying not to be too loud, "Kankuro and Temari love you. They don't want to kill you just because you have Shukaku inside you. They're not even scared when you use the ultimate defense, they just say 'OH GAARA'S USING THE UNTIMATE DEFENSE!' every time you use it as if it's a surprise," both of us gave smirks and laughed a bit, "Your dad for that matter, well I'm sure he had good intentions for you but he was just over whelmed with the power you possessed, and I think he could have been jealous." Gaara nodded in agreement, "I don't think you're a monster at all. In fact, I see you and Shukaku as two completely separate things, when I think of you the first thought of you is never Gaara that jinchuriki kid, or Gaara that pest. Or anything along those lines for that matter."

Gaara just sat there and looked at me, stunned at how deep I was. He's never seen much of this side before.

"Hope… I-I don-" I cut him off by kissing him on the cheek.

"Don't worry about it Gaara, you're my best friend and I love you for that. Who cares if the higher ups are scared of you? You'll always have your friends here to protect you through every step you make." By this time it was beginning to be sin rise, "Well looks like it's time for me to get going, if Alix finds out I haven't been sleeping again she'll kill me." I gave a big smile, handed him the blanket and jumped off back towards my house.

AN; I don't know if its just my iMac or I'm just writing short chapters ._. I don't know. THEY SHALL BE LONGER I PROMISE! If they're not come to my house and slap me *cough Alix will I know cough* Next one I plan to be pretty long, either up tonight but tomorrow is more likely.

~KingdomPanda13