Gaara walked to his class and sat down in his seat and few minutes later kizumu walked in and sat down as well.
Few minutes later anko walked in
"Alright guys! Lets continue in the chapter about war!" She said enthusiastically and everyone groaned out loud which just made her smile and she started her lecture
To gaara it just felt like time was going by slow and painful as well
"Alright, I'm going to have you do a major project that is due in three months and is worth 30% of your final grade. And I will be the one to chose your group" She smirked when everyone groaned thinking they get to do it with their friends
She pulled a paper out and called names for their group
Gaara didn't pay attention till he heard his name
"Gaara, kizumu and kiba" anko pointed at each of them and gaara looked at kizumu who looked a bit uneasy
Everyone went to their group and started their projects and started talking except of gaaras' group
"Ummm...so what do we want to start with?" Kiba said trying to break the ice
Kizumu looked down not saying anything and gaara just kept looking out the window
"Umm...how about...we make it...about...japanese folklore?" kizumu asked quietly
"Hmmm...which one?" kiba looked at her
"When I was small...my mother always told me one about the koi fish...how they got their color..." she looked up at them
"Eh? I never heard that one, what's it about?" he looked at her intently
"When god created earth...he created all types of animals including the fish...the koi was born white...it was so plain that humans paid no attention to them...because of this they got sad, so they begged to give them a better color. God was impressed of this fish, on how they continued fighting on and never gave up til they died, so he decided to give them the color of the sun ad said "I will give you the strongest color of the world, th sun because you do not give up life and give life till the very end" so he gave him those color of gold and everyone wanted them because they were so beautiful" she looked down and smiled more to herself and gaara couldn't help but notice this
"Wow, that is a beautiful story" kiba smiled
She nodded "My mother always told me that story when I was small"
"Alright sounds like a plan, what you think?" kiba looked at gaara
"Y-Yeah...alright" he said looking away
As the hours commenced and the more gaara couldn't help but stare at kizumu, something about her enchanting.
Anko banged her book loud enough to scare naruto awake with a scream and everyone laughed
"Alright seems that's enough for today...you can all go to lunch now...as for you mr. uzumaki, I think you will have to stay and clean the room today..." she said walking away as he groaned
Everyone walked to the school cafeteria to get something to eat, as for gaara he went to the roof since he doesn't like the food there and forgot to make his lunch.
He decided to take a nap under the warm sun and he heard footsteps and he opened one eye and saw kizumu walking up to him and he sat up surprised.
"I wanted to thank you for yesterday...I made a bento for you...I hope you like it..." She said handing it to him and he took it too a bit surprised and she bowed and left
He sat there surprised and opened the bento and could smell the delicious aroma and picked up the chopsticks and grabbed and egg omelette and bit into it and his eyes got wide on how good it was and started eating the rest. Before he knew it, he ate the whole bento and headed back to class.
Once he got there he noticed kizumu wasn't there yet and thought that was weird since she's always on time and for some reason he felt like he should look for her.
He went walking around the school and noticed she was in an art building and was painting in the corner with her back towards him, so he walked in silently watching her paint and heard her faintly singing a song
"I always smile like this even though the world is difficult. I will never show my tears, even if you do don t know my feelings...even if it is from far away, I am grateful that I can cherish your smile..." he couldn't help but stare as she painted a picture of a mother holding her baby under a japanese cherry blossom, the colors seemed to make everything so beautiful so much that it brought him sadness for some reason
Kizumu finished painting the last of the cherry blossom petals falling and she sighed and stretched as she smiled feeling accomplished and got up to put her painting to dry when she saw gaara and gasped but was surprised that he wasn't paying attention to her but at the painting she did
"It's really beautiful..." He said looking at the painting and walking up to it as he traced the tree trunk carefully not touching the wet paint, kizumu couldn't help but notice how serene and in a way...sorrow gaara looked but to her it filled her heart with understanding almost.
"It's a painting I'm making dedicated to a mothers' love to her child..." kizumu said quietly
"You are an amazing artist, never knew you were so skilled...I can't help but stare at it" gaara said in a hushed tone
"Thank you..." she couldn't help but smile
Gaara stood up and gave the bento box to her "Thanks for the food, I was staving"
She shook her head "It's the least I could do to thank you for saving me"
"Yeah net time don't just stand there and look innocent, it makes guys want to take advantage of you"
She looked down not knowing what to say and gasped out of surprise as gaara got extremely close to her by putting his arms on either side of her face suddenly and he looked at her.
Kizumus' heart was racing and she stood there as gaara moved closer enough that if she leaned forward they could kiss
"So what are you going to do know?" he chuckled at her reaction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sorry for it being late! I had writters block for the longest time!
