Warning: I think you're all good by this point. I mean really, it's chapter four.
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Shades of Attraction
Chapter 4: Sparkling Champagne
Haruna Sakura's birthday party was one of the last places you'd ever expect to see Gaara of the Sand, but that's where he was.
All the people there made him slightly nervous- he wasn't a people person, to say the least. Even though he had grown up in the desert, the atmosphere in the room sent a bead of sweat rolling down his forehead. How was he supposed to find one person in this crowd…?
Gaara's green eyes flashed across the other people occupying the room. There was Sasuke and Naruto; from the look on Sasuke's face, Gaara highly doubted that Naruto would still have his innocence tomorrow morning. And there sat Kiba and Shikamaru, the former of which was rather drunk and flirtatious. But where was…?
Ah, there he was. Beyond the stupefied Ino and Sakura watching Sasuke kiss Naruto senseless.
Breathing an internal sigh of relief, Gaara moved carefully through the crowd until he found himself standing beside Neji, who was talking to his cousin. A small smile graced the Hyuga boy's face, and he said quietly, "Excuse me for a moment, Hinata." Then those two pearly white eyes turned to watch Gaara, and the Sand ninja totally forgot what he was going to say.
This was why he had come to this stupid party. This was why he had braved the massive crowds.
Nothing was too much if it meant he could see Neji again.