Chapter 2

Gaara was standing alone at the top of the Hokage monuments when he sensed someone approach from behind him. He turned to look at the newcomer, only to come face to face with a wall of sand. He rolled his eyes before willing the sand away. He barely had time to blink before the intrusion of his peace was right in his face. Gaara brought sand around the person's wrists and ankles and dragged them away form him using his sand. Once he was a few feet away Gaara took in the sight of him. This boy was taller than both he and Naruto and he had both back eyes and hair. A realization hit Gaara. This had to be Sasuke.

Sasuke was furious. He was being restrained using almost no effort by his rival for Naruto's affections. He had been livid when Naruto had told him of his new 'Friend', Gaara. He had admitted to loving the other boy in the same manner he loved Sasuke, though he assured him that Sasuke would always be first in his eyes.

"Mine!" Sasuke snarled from his position. "Naruto is mine! You can't have him!"

Gaara sighed, he had sort of know that this would happen, shortly after Naruto had started going on about Sasuke, he could tell that he was the possessive type. Though this was rather ridicules.

"Can't we share him?" Gaara asked monotonously.

Sasuke paused, pretending to think about it. "…No."

"Why not? He's got enough love for us both." Gaara persisted. He wasn't about to let Naruto go over some trifle such as another's jealousy.

"The reason is simple... I'm an evil, psychotic, and overly possessive traitorous beep." Sasuke said with an infuriating smirk on his face.

Gaara frowned. "Naruto wants to be with you as well as me, besides, look at who you're talking to about being psychotic." Gaara's eyebrow raised above his dark eye.

"I suppose you've got me on the psychotic thing, I've heard rumors about you…." He said, eyeing Gaara distastefully. "But Naruto is mine."

"No," Gaara insisted. "He's ours."

"No, he's mine." Sasuke rebutted.

"Let him decide! It's his life!" Gaara insisted

Sasuke wouldn't give in. "He'd choose me over you in a heart beat!"

Pain flashed before Gaara's eyes before quickly retreating. "I know that. He most certainly would choose you. But that's not the point. I'm not trying to steal him from you!" Gaara said fiercely. "I'm trying to share him with you…why don't you ask Naruto's opinion in all of this?"

The sand holding Sasuke in place dropped to the ground and Sasuke turned around to follow where Gaara's eyes were directed. There, a few yards away, stood Naruto.

Sasuke hurried over to him, intent on leaving with him and forbidding him to see Gaara ever again, but Naruto wouldn't leave his new friend.

"I understand him better than you ever will Sasuke. We're the same, Naruto and I, we both experienced the hell of loneliness." Gaara smiled. "He found his way out, with your help, of which I am eternally grateful for…but me…I'm still trapped there, and I'm drowning in it." His voice took a bittersweet turn and his smile became sadder. "He's always talking about you; I can tell how much you mean to him. I'll never replace you, and I'd never try to. You'll always be first in his eyes, perfect, you can do no wrong. But me? I'll settle for being second in his heart. I'm okay with that. I just want to love him, same as you."

Sasuke looked at Naruto who gave him a pleading look and he was torn. Would he surrender and share his prize or make Naruto miserable and leave Gaara to suffer alone? He turned his back on Gaara.

"I'm only doing this because Naruto wants me to." He said simply. Then he walked off down the path back to the village.

Gaara ran after him and tapped his shoulder to get him to stop. As he turned around Gaara leaned up on his toes and quickly pecked Sasuke on the lips.

"Thank you, Sasuke."

Then he ran off, grabbing Naruto's hand on his way and dragging him alongside himself.

Sasuke just stood there blinking before turning around and continuing along the path.