REVIEWS:
Corvin: I'm so glad you liked it! I'm updating, though it'll start to get slow with the cramming of the revisions stuff! Wish me luck! Thankies for the review!
Kawaii-Kunoichi: oh, did I leave out the fact there might be naughty-ness in some random places? Oops! I'm glad you liked it though, makes me happy –grins- thanks!
Kuro666: hahaha, glad you liked it darling XP eh heh, I'm working on keeping the length thing, all is going well! We shall find out what exactly happened in the washroom later on! Hold on, and thanks for reviewing!
kittenishone: -claps hands- yay, I love you so much right now! So, that's a selection of pairings for Hinata, thanks! And I'm a yuri fan too –grins- eh heh! Thanks for reviewing, glad you liked it!
TenshiXXX: haha, glad you like it! Though reviews are slow, I'm getting there –nods- go me! Meh heh!
Sanctuary Angelette: I haven't played twister in ages too, I could barely remember the colours … I was like 'is is four by four, or four by three? Hum…' it worked out in the end though! Glad you liked it, and thanks for reviewing!
The Book of Counted Sorrows: -evil laugh- oh yesh, let the games begin! …though I wouldn't do ANYTHING that would hurt Gaara greatly … just embarrass him –innocent grin-
Wolf Citrus: well, that's me told! I do agree, they can ruin the story badly, I've only had one work properly before, bleh! I'm glad you like it though, thanks for reviewing!
Masshiro-Inu: Well, Japanese would be their first language (as they're in Japan) and English would be their second language. I do English (complus.) and French. If I wanted to, I could've done an extra language, but I chose Art instead ..'. Hope that helps! Thanks for reviewing! Glad you like it!
Kitty: -claps hands- ok, thanks to the lovely kittenishone, I have a selection of pairings for Hinata, add more or vote as you wish
Itachi/Hinata
Kankuro/Hinata
Ten-ten/Hinata
Kiba/Shino/Hinata (threesome-ness)
Up to you really –grin-
NejiGaara
All for Our Best Friends
Disclaimer: …I don't own Naruto…
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Gaara was still at the computer, typing away like a madman. No sleep; and sleeping pills would just make him more tired not go to sleep. Not much use really. Yawning slightly, he looked at the blinking red numbers on the DVD player.
'4:55'
Still a good few hours before he had to go get Naruto, so all he had to do was think of what to burn the time with. Walking to his room, he changed into some jogging gear and made his way out the house. If he was lucky he might see Kiba out for his morning run. Setting off in the red hoody and matching jogging bottoms, he turned on his iPod and set off for Kiba's end of town. It wasn't a long jog, about five to ten minutes, and Kiba was often with someone to keep him going, though now Shino and him had fallen out, Gaara wondered who he'd be with.
That's when he saw it: Kiba running on his lonesome. No Hinata, no Hanna, no Shino, no Shikamaru. Perfect chance to find out what happened in the bathroom, those girls!
Gaara slowed down, panting slightly and Kiba stopped in front of him, grey clothes similar to Gaara's. The great thing about the school's winter PE kit: you can have any colour you want. The brunet was slightly flustered, trying to keep a look that said 'I'm not tired' though you knew he was.
"Kiba, how are you?" Gaara asked monotonously. The boy nodded slightly, gaining a grin.
"I'm good, running can make you feel more awake sometimes, get that adrenaline going round you know!" the redhead could tell his friend was putting up a front; it was obvious now they knew each other.
"Really, I bet you're not used to running alone, hum?" Kiba cringed slightly, but didn't drop the grin.
"Yeah, Hanna offered but I wanted to run on my own for once!"
Sighing, Gaara decided to get to the point. "What happened yesterday?" Kiba looked at the floor, tears welling up in his eyes slightly.
"It was…awful. Some guy came up to me and started talking, Shino next to me. I told him I was there with my friends and pointed Shino out, but the guy persisted in getting me to go with him. I flatly said no after a while, but he didn't stop and…and then he…Shino just stood there washing his hands and…he…it was…" Gaara patted his friends back. He'd never seen the usually confident boy cry before. "I know some people have had it worse but… it was just so…"
"I know…I know … I can imagine it wouldn't be nice…" Kiba flung himself into Gaara's arms, sobbing.
"It was awful! I hated it!" Gaara nodded, unknowing of what to say and simply patted the boy's back. "It was awful…and he stood there…he didn't even look at me, he just went by as if nothing was going on! That fucking bastard!"
Gaara looked up as he heard some feet patter down the road, two people running up to them. Big white eyes, long dark hair, only a selection of people fit that: Hyuuga's.
"Kiba a-are you ok?" Hinata asked; putting her hands on her friend's back. The boy nodded, sobbing calming down forcibly. When he looked back up, Gaara's top had a large wet patch on the shoulder, and Kiba's face was wet, bloodshot eyes and a runny nose; but his grin was in place.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine Hinata! I…I don't know what g-got into me!" Gaara looked just past Hinata in her lilac uniform to see Neji behind her in his own. Almost everything about the Hyuuga's matched. Neji caught the green eyes with his own white ones both cold, though Gaara looked slightly confused. He didn't know how to deal with this situation.
"Hinata, maybe you should take him home?" Neji suggested, his cousin nodding and steering Kiba off in the other direction. Neji turned to Gaara and motioned for them to keep jogging before setting off at a steady pace, Gaara just behind him.
"Come out at early hours of the morning everyday?" the taller of the two joked.
"I was worried about Kiba so I came out … do I look like someone who would come out in the early hours of the morning?" Gaara spat back. He didn't know why, but the Hyuuga boy got him angered so easily. The amused look on the other face didn't help any.
"I'm not sure; you're not exactly what one would call 'fit'; though you should eat more…" Gaara felt a growl erupt from his face. "I come out now that I'm in extension class." The two carried on in silence, going quite far. There wasn't really anything to talk about. When the silence started to thicken, the lithe boy knew there was something on his temporary jogging partner's mind.
"Spit it out already, I can't take any more of this awkward silence," Neji smirked slightly, intrigued by his new friend.
"Well, I was just thinking about Naruto and Sasuke," Gaara didn't need to be a genius to know what was coming. "Sasuke wants to try becoming friends with Naruto again I think…"
"I think Naruto wants the same, he's just too stubborn to admit it, and Sasuke does have an iron bar shoved up his ass…rich bastard," Neji smirked.
"I'm a rich bastard too you know…but I see you're point," Neji agreed. Gaara glared slightly.
"Oh, have you got an iron bar up there somewhere too then?" he couldn't help but blush a little at the look he was getting.
"How about you check, hum?" if Gaara had a giant gourd, he'd so beat the other into a bloody heap right about now. Veins popped on his head and his right hand came up round to meet with the dark brown hair with a smack.
"Get lost, looser," Gaara retorted, frowning.
"Anyway, back on track," they rounded another corner, and Gaara found himself in his familiar street. "We need to get Sasuke and Naruto back as friends, because Sasuke's getting all angsty about it."
"Easy solution would be for us to hang out more, seeing as we're their best friend … same as forcibly making them hang out though really," Gaara walked up to his door, panting slightly. He lent against it and pressed the bell to their half of the house. The others would be up by now, and he'd forgotten the keys.
"Well then, looks like I'll be here tomorrow at 4, see you then, Gaara-kun," and with the slight tingle in your cheek you get when you've just been pecked, pale hand touched the spot and watched his new, permanent jogging partner leave…falling back onto his ass as he went to lean on the door. Looking up, he saw blonde hair and blue eyes watching the Hyuuga.
"So that was Neji, huh? I though I recognized the name, ha!" Before he knew it, Gaara was in the tight hold on his elder sister, still on the floor. "Ah, my baby brother's decided his sexual orient already, I'm so proud!" that made it click.
Neji was a boy, girlish boy, but a boy none the less.
Neji had just kissed him on the cheek, affectionate even if it was small.
Did that make Neji…gay? Because Gaara was pretty sure he was a boy.
"Wait, what? Sexual orient! I'm not gay if that's what you're implying!" Temari's smirk widened a little.
"Well, if I'm not mistaken Hyuuga's a boy…who just dropped you off at home and gave you a small good by kiss saying 'be here at 4' with a '-kun' on your name…and last time I checked, you were a guy…not hiding anything, are we?"
"What- no!" the blush was back at full force. "Point one: I went to see Kiba- who is my friend, and fuck Neji, he's just some rich bastard who is the cousin of my friend...I don't even like him as a friend, he's an asshole. Now get off me," seeing no point in holding her little, little brother, she let go and followed him into the house.
"I've made breakfast, you where out for a while! Come on, let's go eat, hum?"
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First period on a Wednesday: PSHE, the one lesson where you're meant to talk with your teacher about something in your form time. Gaara and Naruto sat together as always, the two of them at the table happily. That is until the teacher announced they'd be in fours and they were going to do a random quiz about trivial things. Naruto started looking for a friend; Gaara started looking for his death wish. Catching the light coloured eyes, the owner of them beckoned him over.
"Hey, Naruto…do you mind if we sit with my new friend?" Gaara asked, tagging on the blonds sleeve. Naruto nodded, letting himself get dragged across the room.
"…Gaara, are we going to sit with who I think we are?" the redhead bobbed in a 'yes' motion.
"You agreed Naruto…you said we could sit with my new friend," sighing, the blond made no further protesting.
"Gaara, Naruto! Want to be in our group?" Neji asked, smiling lightly. Gaara nodded and sat down next to the brunet, making Naruto sit down next to his rival. Their form tutor came round, passing out papers.
"Now," Anko-sensei started, that mischievous grin in place. "This quiz is about random things we should know, like news of the world, sport, music, things you should know, and will know. Some of you will be able to answer some, and others may not. Begin…it's not an exam people, you can talk!"
Gaara looked over the quiz. He didn't do these things, how would he know the answer? Naruto didn't look much better, though he could answer some probably, the amount of those music channels he watched.
"What kind of bear is becoming an endangered species?" Sasuke read, tipping his head in thought the same time Naruto cocked his own. Gaara couldn't help but chuckle: it was cute, though he'd die if he said that out loud.
"Polar bear?" Neji suggested.
"Panda?"
"Pandas are already endangered, dobe."
"Well s-o-r-r-y if I'm not geeky enough to keep up with National Geographic, teme."
"Koala," Gaara said on a spur of the moment. Neji nodded and Sasuke jotted it down, Naruto grinning at his friend.
"Wow Gaara, never knew you were so sharp!"
"Koalas are bears?"
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Gaara peered over Neji's shoulder to see the canvas. It really was beautiful, and Hinata stood out well. The colours blended well, and it was clear enough to see what was going on.
"It's finished…"
"Yeah, do you like it?"
"It's really nice…when you giving it to her?"
"Later today, make sure she's in the cafeteria later,"
"Of course," he said, returning to my own work. The clown was almost finished, just a few more touches and…
"Ah, watch out!"
"Be careful with that!"
"Gaara!" before the redhead new it, he was sent tumbling down to the floor with a heavy weight on him. He heard something that sounded like his canvas falling on the floor above his head and a large splash which made him think of paint. He opened his eyes when he heard a groan and some whispers, and took in his position.
He felt a hand on his chest and a head next to his own, dark hair splattered around him. Him legs were between someone else's, which were wide open. He blushed heavily when he recognized to weight as the same on that had fallen on him at the weekend. Neji pushed himself up slightly and his head hovered over Gaara's.
"Are you ok?" it was almost like de-já-vu, except they were in an art room.
"Y-yeah…I'm good…" he felt his temple pulsing and his whole body was numb. He was far from ok. That small smile on the Hyuuga's lips made it worth while. The memory of the kiss on the cheek came back at full force, flustering the poor boy even more.
"I'm glad; I was afraid I hurt you," Gaara shook his head stiffly and waited a few moments. The taller boy pushed himself up all the way, straddling Gaara's thighs. The red head sat up himself, head dropping back into the small shoulders. It was embarrassing to say the least.
"N-no…I'm good," Neji stood, leaning forward in the process so that their foreheads pressed against each other. No sleep in about four days and three embarrassing moments with the same person in those four days was too much for Gaara: he fainted.
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"Gaara! Gaara, are you ok?"
"Dude…I don't think he can hear you."
"Shut up Kiba! Gaara wake up!" Green eyes slowly opened to brilliant light, mouth cursing and complaining about the sudden change. Blinking a few times, the small boy looked to his side to see his best friend right next to him, his other friend just behind him. Turning his head the other way, he saw the very cause of fainting and glared. He glared hard.
"Gaara, can you talk? Does your head hurt? Can you remember anything? How many fingers am I holding up? What time is-"
"Shut up Naruto before I kick your ass," he yelped in surprise as said idiot hugged him tight.
"You're ok! You can talk! You're not all weird and forgetful! I was so worried!"
"What part of 'shut up Naruto' don't you understand?" Gaara asked, fuming. The turned round as someone cleared their throat and saw the nurse at the door: Chiyo.
"Please don't make so much noise, this is a medical room, not the playground!" she snapped, walking over to the bed. She was an old lady; goodness knows why she wasn't retired already. "How are you feeling, Gaara? Still tired, your sister and brother should be here shortly.
"I'm fine, now what happened?" frowning, she sighed and shook her head.
"Always in such a rush, you young people…" she muttered to herself. "It seems you fainted from lack of sleep and added stress; has anything been worrying you?"
Gaara thought for a moment before it clicked: Neji had triggered something earlier. "Yeah, but it's nothing big…" he said quietly.
"Maybe you should talk to someone about it; get it off your chest?" she suggested, only to have the idea rejected.
"Nothing I can't manage on my own, old lady."
"Just because I'm not your teacher, doesn't mean that you can be so disrespectful. Now, if you're feeling well enough to be so snappish, you're well enough to get up and go to class. Make sure you catch up on what you've missed; you've been out for a few hours. Off if you all!" she said shooing them out the room. The four of them exited and Gaara turned to look at the three who had been with them.
"Thank Neji!" Naruto whispered, though the boy probably would've heard him anyway. "He brought you here!" His two friends were grinning at him, while Neji looked completely uninterested. Sighing, he turned to the taller boy with a slight glare: if it wasn't for the boy he wouldn't be in this position.
"Thank you Neji," the taller smirked slightly, throwing the other off balance.
"You're welcome; it's the least I could do after you fainted on me. I guess I'll see you at lunch, hum?" he asked before leaving, Temari and Kankuro arriving from the same direction. Temari said something to Kankuro, who sniggered at whatever it was.
"Gaara, I'm so glad to see you wake! I heard what happened in your art class from Sakura, you know her right? She's in your art class to I think!" Gaara groaned as she hugged him. "Oh, it's like a fairy tail!"
"Temari told me everything, Gaara! I bet you're pleased, huh?" the two who weren't related to the family stood there in puzzlement.
"How many times do I have to tell you people? I knew getting involved with a Hyuuga would be nothing but trouble…" he said, giving up.
"Well, look on the bright side, you've missed part of math…"
Oh no: MATH?
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If the ground would open up and swallow him, Gaara would be the happiest man alive. There where the two of them, gossiping away with the occasional glance to him. He didn't know what they were says, and wasn't sure he wanted to know, but the glances made the redhead uneasy.
"G-Gaara-kun, are you feeling better?" the pink haired girl asked, worry shown in her eyes. Why was everyone calling him 'Gaara-kun' recently? Had to given them permission to: NO!
"Yeah, I feel fine thanks, just a bit tired is all," smiling, she turned back to Ino and they continued with their work.
"…on Saturday, or Sunday was it?"
"Saturday…Itachi, right?"
"Yeah, and then…did it go well?"
He wasn't really listening, but what he heard had him on his toes. Girls were dangerous.
"Sensei…hospital?"
"It's hard on…wants to go visit…evening," he looked up slightly. They must've been talking about Asuma-sensei; that was the only teacher that was in hospital.
"Gaara, are you and Temari going to see Asuma-sensei with Shikamaru?" Gaara nodded. "Are you going tomorrow evening, or this evening?"
"Not sure, probably today, you'd have to ask him…or Temari," the two nodded.
"Hey Gaara," they never stopped, did they? "You're art is ok, you're lucky it didn't get any of that paint on it, or didn't smash when Neji knocked it on the floor!" now he was curious again.
"Neji…what?" the blonde leaned over to him with a scowl.
"Didn't he tell you? There was a guy who tripped and almost spilt his paint on you, but Neji knocked you out the way and pushed your canvas off the table: you're lucky he was there!" Gaara scoffed.
"I didn't need him to play hero," Sakura sighed slightly and patted the black fabric on his back.
"Gaara, Gaara, Gaara…you know, you'd be walking around with bright pink paint on your back if it wasn't for him: think how badly that would clash with your hair!" she exclaimed, flicking a bit of the red. He wasn't sure if they were being friendly, or mocking him.
"Bright…pink?" he asked, twitch in his eye. The two nodded at the same time. "Fuck."
"You three, I hope you're doing your work! And Sabaku, you better be keeping your language use clean!"
"Sorry sensei."
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As always, there was the five of them at the table, two nattering away, four eating, and one stealing the other's food. When the only girl at the table stood and announced she needed to go there was an unusual reaction.
"Wait, Hinata! Don't go just … yet," he looked round to meet the strange stares he was getting. "Err…just stay a bit longer, please?" he begged. Not being one to upset her friends, Hinata sat back down and listened to the two at the end of the table talk.
"Hinata, can you come see something, I need your opinion…" said a voice from behind Gaara. He looked up to see Neji above him, who in turn looked down at him with a thankful look. The girl stood and followed her cousin off to where Gaara supposed the art room was.
"Man Gaara, you sure are becoming friendly with Neji, huh?" Naruto asked, wrapping an arm round his friend's shoulders.
"Oh yeah Gaara, if I wasn't wrong, I'd say you two were getting real close, huh?" Kiba asked, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
"Shut up or I'll punch you both in the face! There's nothing going on!"
"Hard to believe…"
"…from what Shikamaru said Temari told him."
"WHAT DID SHE SAY?!"
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Today officially sucked: Neji sucked, Naruto sucked, art sucked, math sucked, PSHE sucked, Kiba sucked, the nurse sucked, Temari sucked, Shikamaru: sucked big time. Today seriously sucked…badly.
"Hey Gaara, you finished your inner monologue yet, I'm trying to ask you something here," the redhead looked up at his blond friend, who was waving a hand in front of his face. "Where'd you go?"
"Out, now what do you want, I'm contemplating."
"Contemplating my ass, now I don't get this question," Naruto replied, pointing at the paper. Sighing, Gaara leaned over and noted a few things to help. He turn round as Kiba tapped him on the shoulder from the table next to him.
"Hey Gaara, Hinata said that you jog with Neji now, is this true?" Gaara looked at the girl, who looked just as curious.
"Yeah, seeing as we're now in extension group we thought it was a good idea,' Naruto wrapped his arms round Gaara's waist playfully and rested his head on the covered shoulder.
"Aw, Gaara's growing up! Does he cuddle you like this?" Gaara stuck his hand into the blonde's forehead and pushed, successfully removing the pest, however not removing the laughter that followed.
"Stop it, fools! I'd like to make something's clear!" the three listened. "Point one: I've known Hyuuga boy for less than two weeks. Point two: I don't cuddle people. Point three: I'm not gay!" they didn't look convinced.
"Come on Gaara, have some gay pride! Nothing wrong with it!" Kiba argued, grinning.
"Easy for you to say," the other snapped. Naruto cut in at that moment.
"Temari said you were going out this evening, right?" he asked, Gaara nodded.
"Yeah, I think so…we're going to see Asuma-sensei with Shikamaru. It'll be fun…"
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Naruto, Gaara, Kiba and Hinata walked over to the gate, Kiba running to get his bike. Hinata got into a car that had her younger sister in, who finished school earlier, and Kiba, Naruto and Gaara went to walk to the apartments again. They where stopped however, by a nice sleek black car with 'UCH1HA' written on the front that pulled up beside them. Gaara could've screamed when the window rolled down.
"Hey, want a ride?" came the smooth voice. Gaara felt his eye muscle tighten.
It's all for Naruto, he wants to be friends with Sasuke again! Sasuke's bound to be in that car!' Gaara told himself.
"Well, I'm off!" Kiba said, mounting his bike and riding down the road. "See you guys tomorrow!" Naruto looked at Gaara almost pleadingly.
"Sasuke'll be in there! Let's just go!" he said, however Gaara couldn't.
"Sure, a ride would be nice for once," he said. The doors open and the two entered.
It was like a frigging mini-van! Two rows were opposite each other, and another row behind that. In front there was a driver who Sasuke told to go to the apartments. Gaara sat next to Neji, leaving Naruto next to Sasuke. The atmosphere was slightly uncomfortable, but they could manage. The two rivals where sat as far apart as they could, not facing each other. One thing ran through Gaara's head: revenge!
"Come on you two, you look like lovers who've just had a little spat!" those glares where nasty.
"At least we don't look like lovers who've just had sex or something…" Sasuke mumbled, making Gaara flush.
"Shame to ruin your perverted fantasies Uchiha, but there's nothing, I repeat: nothing going on. And never will be," Gaara shot back, glaring and sinking into his seat. He was going to start counting how many people paired him off with Neji, and every tenth person would get a special beating. Sasuke scoffed and turned back to the window, cheek against fist with a slight pout. Gaara didn't miss the glance Naruto stole of Sasuke, or the darting of the eyes from Sasuke to Naruto. He turned to Neji, who gave him a knowing look.
"So, what area we all doing this evening?" Neji asked, smirking at Sasuke when he turned to look at the white eyed boy.
"Nothing really…hoping to play some games," Naruto said, smiling slightly.
"Hospital visit," Gaara explained. "We're going to visit Asuma-sensei with Shikamaru."
"Say hi for me," Neji said, Sasuke nodding in agreement.
"Tell him to get well and come back soon!" Naruto exclaimed, checks puffing vaguely. Gaara nodded at the three.
"What about you two?" Gaara asked with little interest. They needed a conversation to get rid of the awkward atmosphere.
"Homework," Sasuke said.
"Me too," Naruto grinned at the two.
"You guys are boring! Come to the arcade with me and Gaara at some point! You should see him go on the dance machines!" Gaara buried his head in his hands.
"No, not the dance machine…seriously Naruto…" he whined, but the boy next to him was having none of it.
"Is he any good?" Neji asked. Naruto nodded furiously.
"Hell yeah: he's so fast and stuff! You should see him, really! It's so much fun; though I'm not as good…I beat him at the gun games!" Neji laughed slightly, highly amused.
"We'll have to go sometime, the four of us," he suggested. Naruto glanced at Sasuke skeptically.
"Sure, sounds like a plan! Right Gaara?" Naruto asked, deciding it might be a good idea.
"No, it doesn't…" he winced as he felt someone pinch his leg.
"You ok buddy?"
"Yeah Naruto, I'm good … going to the arcade sounds like great fun, let's go this weekend!" Naruto nodded and pumped his fist in the air.
"Arcade: woo!" Sasuke pointed out the window.
"Oh look; isn't that your apartment block?" Naruto grabbed his bag and opened the car door, jumping out before it stopped. "Dobe, that's dangerous!" the blond simple stuck out his tongue and pulled at his cheek in response. Telling the driver to carry on, he turned to Gaara.
"Where do you live?" he asked, putting his feet where Naruto had just been.
"It's close, you'll pass it probably…" he said, looking out the window.
"We do pass it, but you have to go the long way round," Gaara glared at Neji at that comment, and Sasuke perked up a bit.
"Neji, how do you know where Gaara lives?" he could feel the embarrassment already.
"Oh, did I not tell you, he's my new jogging partner!" Sasuke raised a fine eyebrow.
"No, you didn't…why are you two suddenly so close?" he inquired. Gaara blinked in surprise as he was pulled into Neji's side.
"Because; we're in a relationship,"
"WHAT? Since when?" Gaara cried. Neji shook a finger.
"He's my best friend Gaara, he won't tell anyone…you know what this means, don't you, Sasuke?" everything bad and confusingly terrible started when Neji first talked to him. What was going on in his sick, twisted mind? "You, Naruto, Gaara and I will be spending a lot more time together."
"I…Naruto…time together…" the Uchiha was in shock. The two across from him didn't move an inch. "I bet you planned his, asshole!" Gaara yelped and ducked into Neji as Sasuke threw something at them. When the looked up, Neji was holding a text book.
"That's not going to change anything Sasuke, you'll have to live with it," Gaara decided to adopt a relaxing chant: This is All For My Best Friend…
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Four teenagers walked into the ward, looking round slightly. One girl and three boys. The nurse pointed to the far bed, where a man was sleeping. Thanking her, the four walked over to their teacher. The boy at the front shook the man awake, who grinned when he saw his visitors.
"Shikamaru, it's so nice to see you! I see you brought Temari and co. along, huh? So nice to see some friendly faces…" the man said, almost oblivious to where he was.
"How are you, Asuma-sensei?" Temari asked, walking around to be next to Shikamaru. Gaara and Kankuro moved to be opposite the two.
"I'm good, I'm good! And how are things with you four and school? Anything happened recently?" Kankuro plopped a hand on his little brother's head.
"Gaara got himself a fish…" the boy blushed.
"He's not my boyfriend, for the last time!" Kankuro shrugged and shut one eye.
"Whoever said I was talking about Neji, you have that fishing game, remember?" Gaara would've stabbed himself in the stomach if he could. Shame he didn't have a knife. Their teacher laughed joyfully at their actions.
"Neji, eh? I bet Sasuke and Naruto aren't too happy about that!" Gaara rolled his arms and crossed his arms.
"The point is to get Sasuke and Naruto to be friends again, that's all. After that, I shall have nothing to do with the evil bastard again!" he said, Temari frowned.
"Watch your language Gaara! We're in front of the teacher!"
"Watch out from your actions too, Gaara! You're turning into your sister!" Shikamaru joked, getting a hit upside the head from the girl.
"Quiet you!" the others laughed at the two. Kankuro decided to have a jab at the two.
"Stop it guys, we're visiting, have your lover spats somewhere else would you?" Gaara sniggered at the colour that now dominated the 'lover's' faces.
"Ch, troublesome…"
"Wait till we get home…" she threatened. Straightening herself, she declared her exit: "I'm going to get a drink!" Shikamaru followed slightly, complaining that he was thirsty and poor. Asuma turned to the other two.
"They still flirting around rather than actually trying at something?" he asked, the two nodded.
"You know what they say: love is blind," the man nodded. "But still, you would've thought one of them to make a move…"
"You know how Temari is; she'll wait for the guy to ask her: it's a requirement for her guy to be brave," Gaara explained. Kankuro nodded.
"And Shikamaru is just too gosh damn lazy to do anything about it…maybe you should try playing matchmaker, Gaara?" the redhead looked horrified.
"Me: why?"
"You're the one who's basically pairing Sasuke and Naruto up; you could do it with Temari and Shikamaru…" the redhead was about to retort when the two objects of the conversation came back, Shikamaru munching on some crisps happily.
"Really, why didn't you bring any money with you?"
"Because: I knew you would bring money with you!" the girl growled slightly at the answer.
"Idiot…"
"Shikamaru, you mind having a word?" the older man asked. The three siblings bade their goodbyes and left the room, walking into the hall.
It wasn't too long before Shikamaru exited, walking down the hall without a word making the three look at each other. They followed none the less, and Temari trotted up to Shikamaru's side.
"Shika, are you o…k?" she said, eyes going slightly wide for a moment, before she shut them and grabbed the boy's shoulders, pulling him into a embrace. "Oh Shika…I know it's hard…"
"Why…why now?" Kankuro steered Gaara around the couple and to the exit.
"Come on Gaara, let's go to the car."
The redhead turned back slightly to see the two falling to their knees, Temari's arms around Shikamaru's back, and his head submerged into her shoulder, his own shoulders bouncing from the short sobs he tried to stifle. Temari was muttering things to the boy, occasionally kissing the top of his head affectionately.
"Will they be ok?"
"They'll be fine, come on…" Gaara turned back to the road as the doors shut; obscuring his view of the two.
Maybe you should try playing matchmaker, Gaara?
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Kitty: my GOODNESS that took forever --''' review, please; I'd like to know all that effort didn't go to waste.
Thank you!!
R+R
Ja ne
Kitty
Preview –
"Arcade, arcade, arcade…"
"Shut up, dobe."
"Make me, teme!"
"Guys, shut up, you're giving me a headache…"
"Well, why don't you go off and make-out with your boyfriend?"
"ARGH!"
Thing's aren't going well for Gaara, are they Oo
