Sleep

3] Insomnia

"So you... can't sleep? Ever?"

"If I tried, the Shuukaku would go berserk with my body. I might hurt people. I don't want that to happen," he replied quietly, his clear teal eyes inspecting the buildings around them, automatically looking for signs of danger, even in the assumed safety of the village. He was walking her home from the east entrance of the village, where she had gone to see him return from a B-rank mission.

"You wouldn't have minded before." She was startlingly blunt when she said that, and he frowned at her, puzzled, until she elaborated. "Why didn't it happen? Were you afraid of the Shuukaku? Or afraid of your father?" She stopped herself and shook her head. "I apologize, Gaara-sama. I shouldn't have asked. In any case, you've changed, and you don't want to hurt anyone anymore, and that's all that matters."


A/N:

I swear, this and the next two or three installments used to be part of the same chapter before I decided it was too long and split it. I really dunno how it happened, but it happened =/

Enjoy =)


Review Corner:

to fishgirlclw (Fishy): Yay, Gaara! 8D

to Wolf's Girl Mika-chan (Mika, for future ref): Um, I'll try...? I'm bad with updating, but at least i have the next five chapter mapped out ^^;

to Mika again (for chapter 2 =3): Short is kinda the point of a collection, although 11 seems to be extending itself =/ Enjoy the drabbly goodness =D

to chitana: Different is good, cute is good =)