Arkh… I hate school.

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Dare to Love You

Chapter 2: Day 1

Sakura gulped, as Gaara just stared at her.

'Why is he staring at me like that???' Sakura thought in panic.

"Does your head hurt?" Gaara asked calmly.

'Is something—huh?' "Huh? What?" Sakura blinked in surprise. Does Gaara just say something nice?

"You hold your head like that all the time." Gaara stated. "Does it hurt?"

Sakura looked up and realized that she was still holding her head from collide with his head. She blushed. "No, it's not anymore." She put her hands down.

Then she realized that her head hit his head. His head supposed to hurt too, right?

"Oh my God… did I hurt your head??? I'm so sorry…" she bowed again, totally embarrassed.

"No… you didn't. Cut it out already. I'm just fine." Gaara stated, annoyed of Sakura's reaction. Sakura looked at him again.

"Sorry…"

"It's okay…" Gaara growled in frustration.

Few minutes passed, Sakura ended up sitting across him, stirred her spoon in her tea cup, while her eyes took a few glances at him.

Gaara just read some scroll, barely drinking his coffee.

Sakura thought again about the dare. She had to make him fall in love with her within a month. She looked at him again. Ino was right. There was no consequence in it. If Sakura failed, there would be nothing happen. They were just friends after all.

But, if Sakura success, it was the other story. He would be fall in love with her, and they would be…

Sakura blushed because of her thought. She would be so lucky then.

'Look at him… he is changed for the better, free Shukaku, Kazekage, good looking…WAIT! Did I just say that out loud??? Oh, I'm talking in my mind… Silly.'

Sakura shook her head and cleared her throat.

"Ne, Kazekage-sama." Sakura called out. Gaara still had his gaze at the scroll, just gave her a short answer.

"Hn…"

Sakura gritted her teeth. "Look at me! It's not polite, you know?"

Gaara sighed and turned his gaze directly to her eyes, which was success to make her gulped again.

"Happy?"

"Totally." Sakura grinned and sipped her tea.

"What now?" Gaara asked.

"What what?" Sakura blinked.

Gaara growled. "Never mind."

"Sorry, Kazekage-sama. I just wanted to call you in order to make you look at me and—" Sakura covered her mouth, blushed, again.

"Did I say that out loud?" she asked behind her hands.

"Yes, you did." His lips formed a small smile.

Sakura looked at him. Not a grin, not a smirk, just… small smile. And it fitted him perfectly.

"Is there something on my face?" Gaara asked as he put his hand on the face.

Sakura was thrown back to the reality. "Un… nothing."

Gaara collected his scroll and put his money on the table to pay the bill. Sakura put her money too, but something stopped her.

It was Gaara's hand. He held her hand and shook his head.

"It's okay. I'll pay." He looked straightly to her eyes.

Sakura's hand became weakened and it didn't strong enough to hold the coin. She dropped it unconsciously.

Gaara took the coin back with his other hand while his right hand was holding Sakura's.

"Here's your coin. You dropped it." But Sakura didn't respond. "Haruno?"

"M-My hand…" Sakura squeaked. Gaara looked down and released it immediately.

"Um… sorry." Then he turned back and walked out of the café.

Sakura was really regret for said that. She looked at her hand and sighed. Sakura then walked to follow him.

"Ne, Kazekage-sama…" Sakura tried to catch her breath. 'Duh… he walked so fast.'

Gaara turned his head aside as he walked. "You followed me?"

Sakura growled. 'Now, the cold Gaara returns.'

"You leave me just like that! Without saying a word and—"

Again he cut her. "We never planned to meet before, right?"

"You have a point. But at least, say something before leaving! It's not hard, isn't it?"

"Why would I?" he turned his gaze forward. Sakura shot a glare as Gaara glanced at her.

"Fine. I'm leaving." He crossed his arms and walked faster. Sakura was dumbfounded.

"W-wait!" But Gaara ignored her.

Finally she could reached him after a few minutes.

"So, what are you doing in Konoha?" Sakura tried to drop the last topic and asked him.

"None of your business."

"You are so rude!"

"Everybody said that… So, yes, I am rude."

Sakura gulped. "Sorry, I'm not mean to…"

"It's okay."

SILENCE

"Where are you heading now?" Sakura tried to ask again.

"Hokage building."

Sakura shut her mouth. Maybe he was not in mood to talk right now…

Just a few minutes then, they reached the building. Gaara continued walking but Sakura stopped her step. Gaara turned back and looked at her.

"You are not come in?"

Sakura shook her head and smiled. "No, I have to head back to hospital. Duty calls."

"Fine then." Gaara was about to leave her as she eyed him.

"What?"

"Say the magic word, Kazekage-sama." She smiled innocently.

"What—oh, that. I'm leaving. Happy?" Gaara lifted his non-exist eyebrow as he said that.

"Yes, I am. Now, see you, Kazekage-sama!" she waved her hand and turned her heels.

"Wait."

"Huh? Do you need something, Kazekage-sama?"

"Yes, I do."

"Alright. What is that?" Sakura waited patiently.

"Just called me Gaara, like you used to."

Sakura stood there like a dumb again, but gave him a smile.

"Okay. See you, Gaara. And have a nice day! Bye…" then she turned back again.

Gaara let out a small smile and walked into the building.

Sakura looked back and smiled. She left the building, but stopped again.

'Wait… he is not carrying his gourd.'

Sakura shrugged it off and continued to walk.

"Ino! INO!" Sakura yelled to call her best friend.

"What is that Sakura?" Ino came behind her counter and gave her a questioning look.

"Wait. What did you do behind that counter?"

Ino lifted her hand which was holding a pen. "I dropped my pen. Now, what's bringing you here?"

Sakura slammed the counter. "He IS HERE!!!"

"Who is he that you talking about?" Ino blinked.

"Gaara! Gaara is HERE, Ino!"

Ino clasped her fingers. "Isn't that great? You don't have to wait any longer!" she grinned.

"But—"

"Oh, today is the first day of our dare, Sakura." She stated again.

"But I—"

"Oh my… our little Sakura turned bad… She is ready to playing a man's heart…"

"Ino, I—"

"Oh! Don't you hear the wedding bells already???"

"INO!" Sakura yelled. "Cut it out, now!" Great. Now she acted like Gaara.

"Sorry, can't help it." She grinned.

"It's about you last statement. No one turned bad! It's just because your stupid dare."

"But you accepted it."

"Yeah, but—"

"So, how was it going?" Ino eyed her with her hungry-of-gossip eyes.

"Un…" He said it's okay although she had hit her head, hard. He gave her his smile because her stupid babbling. He paid her bill. He held her hand. He handed in her dropped coin. He actually asked her to call him by his given name.

"Nothing happened." Sakura stated

'Let it be my sweet secret memories that I won't tell anybody until my last day in the world…'

"Oow…" Ino let out her disappointed sigh.

"Well, today is the first day. You still remember the dare, don't you?" Sakura nodded.

"Relax… you still have 29 days left." Ino smiled.

"Like I have any other choice…" Sakura said gloomy. "Well, see you later Ino. I have to go to hospital. Bye!" she left the flower shop.

"Bye, Sakura. Hey, don't forget to tell me the progress! I want a daily report, okay?"

Sakura stuck out her tongue and left.

Sakura walked slowly to the hospital. She looked at the Hokage building from a far and smiled.

'Even if I have any other choice, I still choose to make him fall in love with me.'

I don't think Gaara is OOC here. He is still cold, yet he has kindness. Just like in the manga after they saved him from Akatsuki. He is so nice!

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