CHAPTER 2
(Sasuke POV) Oh God I can't believe I said that to Gaara and just hung up on him. I got so nervous; I hope he doesn't think I'm an eejit now. Agh but I can't keep daydreaming like this. I have work to do. Hmm… Now… Where is my school bag…? Oh I left it down stairs. Better get started on my homework, it's getting late…
NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL:
(Normal POV)
Gaara was early for school again and was waiting in the classroom attempting to read a book called 'The Fur', but his mind kept wandering back to what Sasuke had said. I wonder if he will come in today…
"Gaara, I um…" Sasuke was standing at the front of the classroom. It was just the two of them.
"I feel the same way… I like you"
Sasuke looked shocked, but then a huge grin came across his face.
"Ah how sweet". A boy who looked like an older version of Sasuke walked through the door with a look of disgust on his face.
Sasuke went paler, if that was even possible. The older Sasuke came up behind Sasuke, bent over, and spoke in a cold voice. "Is this a new friend of yours… little brother?"
Sasuke hesitated for a moment before answering shakily "yes, this is Gaara".
Sasuke's brother shifted his gaze to Gaara and gave him a smile which could cut through the toughest metal, "Hello Gaara, my name is Itatchi. That's quite a bruise around your eye how did that happen?"
"I believe that's none of your business, Itatchi" replied Gaara in his steel cold voice, he was back to his defensive self.
Itatchi flinched in annoyance, but put on a fake smile and said, "Well I guess you are right about that, but I should really be going before the bell rings. Nice meeting you, Gaara".
His voice was chilling and made Sasuke shiver slightly before Itatchi swept away out of the room.
"Sasuke are you ok?" Gaara asked with concern, "You're shivering".
Sasuke seemed to not hear for a second, gazing at nothing, then noticing what had been said to him and looking up to Gaara, "oh I'm sorry, yeah I'm fine" he said forcing a small smile.
Just then the bell rang and the two boys looked around and noticed that there were a few people in the classroom they hadn't even noticed and quickly sat down before Kakashi came in with other students running in after.
(Gaara POV) That Itatchi is a freak. Sasuke seemed really scared of him though, I wonder why. And I didn't even notice all these people come in, God I hope they didn't notice how relaxed I was with Sasuke, I really like him, but I don't want people to start thinking I'm weak or I'll get beaten up like the old days.
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(Normal POV) During the first three lessons before recess Sasuke and Gaara didn't even look at each other. They just sat there doing there best to keep their minds on their work.
At recess they sat down with their fruit in a circle with Naruto, Neji, Shikimaru, Kiba, Rock-Lee, Shino and Choji. They said little to anyone and just kept their heads down and ate.
The next two lessons were double art (which was Gaara's favourite and best subject), Sasuke was told off for not trying hard enough in his paintings and Gaara was praised for his, (he didn't try even remotely hard that lesson, in fact, he had no idea what the hell he actually painted, it was just a swirl of colours to him, but to his art teacher, they were an expression from somewhere deep inside him and it was something magnificent.
At the beginning of Lunch Sasuke finally spoke up.
"I'm sorry". Gaara looked at him confused.
"For what?" he replied.
"I'm sorry about my brother, he can be a bit… weird sometimes".
"Oh, that's ok, it's not your fault" Gaara replied smiling.
Sasuke thought for a moment, and then said nervously "I need to talk to you in private after school".
Gaara nodded, "Sure".
After that they joined with the group and ate their Lunch talking every now and then.
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Sasuke and Gaara walked towards a nearby park after school.
Gaara asked, "So what did you want to talk about?"
Sasuke replied, "Well… umm, it's about my brother".
"Oh it's ok, it's not your fault what happened today".
"No, that's not it. If I tell you, you probably won't believe me".
"If you look me in the eye and tell me, I'll believe you. It's weird, I hardly know you, but I feel like I could trust you with anything", Gaara looked down and Sasuke saw a slight blush.
"I know, I'll feel the same way, and I don't want you to get hurt later, so I'm going to tell you now so there are no secrets between us"
Gaara looked into Sasuke's dark eyes and could tell he was being serious.
Sasuke took a deep breath and said as calmly as he could "My brother, Itatchi, is a vampire".
Gaara looked shocked and he took a moment to take it in then replied.
"You're right, that is hard to believe, but you looked me in the eye and I trust you. But I don't understand why you are telling me this"
"It's because, well he's gay and he really loves the taste of boy's blood. He always takes mine, see." He tugged down his shirt collar to reveal to big bite marks across his neck.
Gaara gasped and looked at Sasuke, "Does it hurt?"
"Yes" Sasuke looked down.
Gaara stepped forward and couldn't help but wrap his arms around him tightly. He wanted to take the pain away. He didn't understand why he felt this way but he did. He drew back form a shocked, but happy, Sasuke.
"Sorry" Gaara said with embarrassment.
"That's ok, I liked it" Sasuke replied.
They stood there staring until Sasuke broke the silence.
"Oh, by the way, how did you get that bruise?"
Gaara felt a pang of pain. How could he tell Sasuke about his father? He had always been ashamed of his father, but more ashamed that he couldn't do anything about it.
"I'm sorry, you don't have to tell me if you don't feel comfortable" Sasuke said worriedly.
"No, I want to tell you" Gaara paused to gain courage and then said, "My Dad did it"
"Your dad?"
"Yes he hates me because… because he says I killed my mum. She died while giving birth to me, and so he and my two siblings are always hurting me with every chance they get".
"You should tell someone, if you tell the police they can help"
"No, I can't. I have something unbelievable to tell you now… I have a demon inside me. In the town where we used to live we were always under attack from nearby towns, so to protect our town they placed a demon within me, but it failed. It only brought unhappiness and destruction. Sometimes, I can't control myself. We were chased out of the town by all the people. I am terrified of my dad, and when my dad isn't around my brother and sister is terrified of me. My dad has close friends in the police force to stop me from getting away from his grasp. He has his own gang and he turns everyone against me. In fact, I shouldn't even be telling you this, if dad finds out, he'll kill you."
Sasuke didn't know what to say. He just copied what Gaara did and hugged him, then said.
"I believe you", he smiled and they hugged each other once more saying goodbye and went their opposite ways to their houses feeling something that neither of them could quite put their finger on…
