Switches between Sakura's point of view and Gaara's point of view... Hope you like it! (:
Suna. I like this place already. My new neighborhood is amazing! We just moved in today and I've already made friends!
Temari, Tenten and Hinata to be exact. Right now, we're at the music festival. Their boyfriends and Temari's brother were performing. They thought it would be fun to take me with them. They were right!
"Sakura!" Tenten dragged me to the center of the audience. Everyone was scattered amongst the other festival goers. It was weird…
"Hey Tenten?" I turned in her direction to ask her a question but she had disappeared.
What.? Where did she go?
I felt a little claustrophobic for a minute but it subsided when the music started. The redhead. Why is he looking at me? Why am I staring at him? Stop it Sakura!
He was very attractive. I had to admit that much. His voice was really nice. Nothing like James Hetfield… I think that's what he was going for anyway.
I cut-off our eye contact because it was getting weird for me. I had no idea who he was and here I am drooling over him!
Never. Never. Never!
My phone vibrated in my pocket, telling me I got a text. I didn't feel like looking at it though. I'm here for the music! I'm starting my new life here in Suna and no one's going to ruin it!
I know I probably seem paranoid saying this but it felt like someone was watching me. Next thing I know, I was looking back up at the stage. It seriously couldn't be him. Are you kidding me? He was staring at me! I'm not sure if I should be freaked out or melting. I didn't really mind actually.
The band finished their songs and I applauded along with everyone else. They really were good!
I checked my phone to see who called. I groaned when I saw who it was.
"Itachi is going to kill me for ignoring his call!"
I found Temari, Tenten and Hinata and bid my goodbyes. I wished I could have met that redheaded singer but if I didn't call Itachi back soon, he was going to come looking for me. I don't want that.
"Aw… You have to go already?" Temari pouted a little bit.
I rubbed the back of my head and laughed a little.
"Haha, yeah… I forgot to do something at home."
Temari looked passed me and grinned, looking back at me.
"Okay! I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"I'm making breakfast if you and whoever else wants to come over and eat!"
"That would be great! We'll see you then!"
I waved them goodbye and left without looking back. As soon as I got as far away as possible, I called Itachi.
"Sakura! Geez, where have you been? I've been calling you for like an hour now!"
Typical Itachi. So uptight. I rolled my eyes.
"Sorry! I was at the music festival with my new neighbors and friends… I wouldn't have been able to hear you anyway."
"Well, where are you now?"
"Going home, why?"
"Just checking in…" Itachi sighed, "Be careful alright?"
"Of course! Besides, I had the best teacher in Konoha!"
I could almost hear Itachi laugh before hanging up.
He put up such a fuss for nothing… And here I thought someone died.
My house is right down the street from the park. The park was literally inside the neighborhood. The house itself had a small front yard but a really big back yard. It was two stories, having the living room, dining room, one restroom and the kitchen on the ground floor and two bedrooms each with their own bathroom upstairs. The outside was a pale blue color and the inside was a forest green color everywhere but the kitchen and bedrooms. I liked it a lot more than the house I was living in in Konoha. I liked Suna itself a lot more than Konoha for many reasons…
"Hey! New girl!" Someone called after me.
I was about halfway home when I heard someone call me. Of course it could have been anyone else but I was new and the only person outside. I whipped my head around to find a blonde running in my direction.
…The hell is he doing? What's with the stupid grin on his face?
He finally caught up to me because I was nice enough to stop and wait. If he tried anything, I could put his ass on the ground in three seconds.
"Hey! puff I'm puff Naruto! puff puff."
He held out his hand to shake mine but I just looked at him. I was waiting for an explanation. He caught his breath finally and spoke again.
"Right! Sorry! I'm Hinata's boyfriend. I saw you with her, Tenten and Temari and wanted to introduce myself!"
Oh… Hinata's boyfriend. Hm, he's nice enough. His intentions are innocent. I shook his hand.
"Sakura."
"So where are you from?"
"Konoha…"
Naruto smiled wide, "I'm from Konoha too! I moved here a few years back!"
"Really? What school did you go to?"
"I went to the leaf academy."
"So did I!"
I have to say, it was nice to have someone from home. And Naruto's pretty cool too.
"Iruka-sensei's class?"
I nodded.
"I knew I knew you from somewhere!"
He started waving around his arms dramatically and I laughed.
It was starting to come back to me. He must have been the really loud kid that always argues with Iruka.
"I have to go home now but it was nice meeting you! Catch you later, Naruto!"
Naruto nodded, "Bye Sakura-chan!"
We went our separate ways.
"Where did Naruto go?" I asked Hinata.
Hinata shrugged, not making eye contact. She knew exactly where he went. She just wasn't telling me.
I scowled and sat down beside Neji. He wasn't in a good mood either. I think he and Tenten had been arguing or something because she was on the other side of the festival grounds with Lee and some twat. Said twat was flirting mad hard and I could feel Neji's anger flaring.
I stole a glance at him. His face was red…
Naruto finally showed back up after about thirty minutes.
"Hey! Where'd you disappear off to, troublesome?" Shikamaru asked not even glancing up at the blonde.
Naruto ginned and sat next to Hinata. He grabbed her hand and started playing with her bracelet.
"I just saw an old friend and thought I'd try and catch up!"
Everyone gave him a questioning look but he shrugged.
The night went on but I never saw that girl again. My mind kept going back to her, no matter what I did to make it stop.
"Oh yeah! Gaara, we're going to have breakfast at Saku-chan tomorrow morning! Be up by eight!"
Who the hell is Saku-chan and what the hell makes Temari think I'm actually going with them?
"Trust me, bro. You'll want to go. She's an amazing cook!"
I rolled my eyes. I didn't care how amazing of a cook she might be. I wasn't interested in seeing or meeting her!
"I'm not going." I was blunt.
Temari's smiled turned into a death glare. I couldn't help but to look her straight in the eyes.
"Come on Gaara. It's just breakfast." Someone, probably Naruto chimed in.
Temari's glare suddenly turned into a cheery smile.
"Yeah! Just breakfast!"
How come I felt like this was a bad idea?
"I can't believe you're making me do this." I growled over the computer.
I was talking to a friend from the capital. His band was working on a music video in which they took videos of their friends dancing to their song, which had a dance to it, and put the clips of them dancing throughout the video. Lucky me.
"Come on Sakura! We really need you dance for the video! Please?"
I rolled my eyes and sighed.
"Do I have to look a certain way?"
He laughed.
"No! You just have to dance. Come on, I'll dance with you!" He sang the words to me.
I'm so glad he's gay. Really.
"Fine Sai…"
Here, it was one in the morning. There, it was eleven.
Sai and I go way back. He went to the academy with me and Naruto too I guess. We were basically inseparable since we were always together. Literally. The two of us had every single class together until graduation. Sai's like my brother. When he and his band moved to Capital city, I was heartbroken. Itachi said I resembled a dog that had been separated from its pack to long and developed depression. I only recognized the fact that he was comparing me to a dog.
"You're lucky you're two time zone away because I'd kill you if you weren't."
Sai chuckled.
"Why is that?"
"I have plans in the morning."
"Well let's hurry up and get this over with then!" He sang again, "Three, Two, One..."
We started dancing and let me tell you something. I can dance circles around Sai any day. Tonight must have been my night then! I saw the perfect guy, met someone from home and beat the crap out Sai in a dance off over video chat! Score! This whole day had been great. I made so many new friends already and I hadn't been in Suna twenty-four hours.
I wondered about that guy again. The singer. His eyes were my favorite color and his hair was so red. It reminded me of Sasori-sempai's hair but brighter… He had a lip ring. A lip ring! When I would look up at the stage, he was staring at me. No one else. Some people would argue it was just a coincidence and he wasn't looking right at me but sometimes… You can just tell. It made me blush just thinking about it!
Of course, it's just a tiny crush. It'll never be anything more than that. I'll probably never see him again.
Something told me this was all going to be over soon. I needed to be happy with it for now because tomorrow will be a new day. New days in a new city with new people. It may seem refreshing but something was bound to go wrong. So, I wanted to live in the moment and be happy just dancing with Sai in my new house.
Tomorrow's another day.
We finally finished dancing and I dead beat tired. Stupid Sai. I had to go take a shower and go to bed for just two hours before I had to get up and make breakfast for me and my neighbors.
"Oh yes, Sakura. We must talk about something very important."
Damn it!
"Yes Sai?"
Why is he so serious all of the sudden?
"I have something I need to tell you. I've been meaning to tell you for a while now but… Sakura, I think I'm in love with you."
I almost fell over. My mind went completely blank. You've got to be kidding me.
"Sakura? Did you hear me?"
I panicked. What am I supposed to say? I don't love Sai like that! He's supposed to be gay!
"Oh! Look at the time! Gotta go! Bye!"
I slammed the laptop shut and felt like dying. Great. Just great. My supposedly homosexual best friend just confessed his love for me.
Shower then sleep. No more thinking about it.
I glanced out my window and scowled. What the hell was going on in that house? The light from one of the windows was shining directly into my room. Not like I was asleep anyway but still.
I saw a shadow of a girl dancing. The curtains restricted my view though She was dancing by herself. I could already tell she was a very odd girl. How is it that I haven't seen her but Temari and possibly everyone else has? What was that about? I had the urge to meet this girl. Just out of curiosity.
My mind automatically wondered to the pink haired girl. She had the most beautiful eyes I'd ever seen. My heart basically stopped right then and there. The girl of my dreams was there and gone just like that. It kind of pissed me off. Some may say love at first sight but no. I don't think that's what it was. I've never loved a girl besides my sister and my mother anyway. I wouldn't know what it felt like.
I laid down on my bed and tried my hardest to ignore the light shining in my window.