SCARY KIDS SCARING KIDS

-chapter four-

Little critters of nature

I do not own Naruto. WoOT.

Gaara dropped himself on his bed. He was feeling tired, sore, confused and mad at life for giving him a sister, he let out a loud scream while debating on whether he should call the Hyuuga or not. He couldn't believe Sasuke hadn't noticed or if he had why he didn't say anything. It made no sense, for him Gaara must be a nuisance, something that he got into due to his stupidity, he was supposed to want to get rid of him like he was some nasty illness, but instead he had said that he wanted to make this work… what the hell was up with that?

Their chat in the car had been a bit too corny for Gaara's taste; it wasn't like they cared about each other that at least should be taken for granted. So why try to save something that was destined to fail since the very beginning? Sasuke was planning on something; this could no longer be about the bet. But what was it?

He needed to find out and for that he needed to play nice for a couple of days, if Sasuke had something on Neji that he didn't know about, he'd find out. Who knows, maybe he could get something good from it. So with that in mind he grabbed his phone and dialed a well known number.

Scene changer

Neji had just taken a shower and was getting ready to go out and manage some business when his phone rang. He noticed that it was Gaara, hadn't he just left? It wasn't like he wasn't pleased, he loved it when the Sabaku couldn't stay away from him for too long; it just showed how he had the redhead wrapped around his finger. He answered.

"You took my shirt"

Gaara chuckled "Not like it's anything fancy"

"Hn. Why are you calling?"

"Sasuke is picking me up tomorrow morning"

"And I should care because…"

"You don't have to come get me, you asshole"

"I wasn't going to"

"Whatever"

"Was that it?"

"He said he 'wants to make this work'"

The Hyuuga frowned

"Aw, how sweet of him, maybe he'll propose" he said sarcastically

"I'm serious Hyuuga, that's just weird, why would he say something like that?"

"For as much as you would like to think otherwise, I really don't care about your life"

"You know you're a real bastard… I'll see you tomorrow at school"

"If I can't help it"

"I'll wave at you from my boyfriend's car"

Neji chose this exact moment to hang up. Had that little bastard just traded him for the Uchiha? Neji inwardly clenched his fists; he was trying to calm himself as something unknown took over him. No, he wasn't bothered about how Sasuke's will had topped his, or how Gaara had easily gave into Sasuke's commands, he wasn't bothered at all, he'd just have to have a little talk with the redhead and remind him who he belonged to, he needed to calm down and forget how the Uchiha must be mocking him 'he wants to make this work'; Neji was unaware of the deep scowl in his face, his clenched jaw and fists, all he was aware of is that he needed to let something out, hence he threw the closest object, being his cell phone, hard against the wall and watch as the little pieces of the artifact jumped all over before grabbing a chair and throwing it against the door.

There was some knocking followed by a voice.

"Neji, is everything alright? Neji? Open the door" a voice whose owner was unmistakably his uncle.

"Go away!! Leave me alone!" he plopped on his bed.

No he didn't care about any stupid move the Uchiha wanted to pull out, Gaara was his, that much he was sure of. However, the nagging little feeling inside him when Gaara 'informed' him of it, reminded him of his 'relationship' with the Uchiha brat, that really did unnerve him and it was something he didn't appreciate.

Gaara, on his part, only stared at the phone. He was used to the Hyuuga treating him like that, not that it didn't hurt but he was no fan girl. It wasn't like he couldn't handle it. Besides he had told him about what Sasuke said only to see if it was useful to him, not to try and get him interested, or at least that was what he convinced himself of.

Next morning

Sasuke arrived at Gaara's house before he picked up Naruto. Not because it was the best way to do it due to their route to school, but because if he did it any differently, things would get ugly. He didn't have the time or patience for ugly… not in this fine morning.

He didn't honk or anything, Temari spotted the car and called Gaara. She was getting out from the house too. She waved at Sasuke who in response only nodded and then Gaara got out and approached the car, making very noticeable he was not happy when he kicked the tire of Temari's car, who only said "It's not my car's fault you jackass!"

Gaara flipped Temari off and climbed in Sasuke's car, once he sat and buckled his seatbelt without saying a word.

"Are you really this mad just because I came to pick you up?"

"No"
Sasuke shook his head and drove off towards Naruto's house.

"Then what is it?"

"Stuff" Gaara saw the look on Sasuke, one of annoyance and he could tell the raven was pissed off too "It has nothing to do you, I had a fight with Temari, I..." he trailed off, uncertain of what he was going to say "I want to make this work too" he offered a smile, even though he didn't even knew what he was doing.

Sasuke was shocked, to say the least. He had thought Gaara will be certainly pissed, that he could deal with (or ignore), because he knew the redhead most likely wouldn't leave him anyways. But this... what the hell! He had been lying, what if Gaara wasn't? No, it couldn't be. For sure something had happened with the Hyuuga to make his boyfriend mad, Temari didn't hold such power. It didn't matter; the more Gaara cooperated the easier it would be for him. He smiled at the younger teen "That's great".

"Let me see your cell phone"

Sasuke rolled his eyes; no tender moments for them.

Naruto's house wasn't close but it wasn't particularly far either, especially from Gaara's house. They got there and honk at the blonde, but both of them knew better than to wait in the car.

Both teens walked over to their friend's apartment and knocked on the door, they heard a muffled 'coming' and a sound of what could be deciphered as the blonde tripping over something and knocking it down.

Gaara saw this like the perfect opportunity for his revenge on Sasuke, when he heard his friend approaching the door he pulled Sasuke towards him and covered his lips with his own, gripping the raven's arm with one hand and slipping his free arm around the taller teen's neck.

Naruto opened the door "Ah, Sasuke-teme you're..." he caught the sight of his two friends making out at his very door and his smile faded immediately "...late".
The other two separated right away, Sasuke trying to hide his mortified look, Gaara looking as though everything was fine with the world, Naruto forced a smile on his face again "Hey Gaara"

"Yo" the redhead responded giving him a two finger salute.

Sasuke cleared his throat "Are you ready?"

"Ah, just a bit, come on in!" and then he ran back inside.

"It's been forever since I last came here" Gaara said absently

"Yeah, I know" the blonde replied from the other room

"Did you ever find your hamster? What was his name?"

"Mr. Spooky? Nah, he disappeared"

"Too bad, he was cool"

"Yeah he was. Ok, I'm ready, let's go!" and everyone got out.

At the car

Naruto kept babbling about everything and nothing, Sasuke was sulking and Gaara was playing with Sasuke's cellphone and occasionally answering to the blond.
"So Naruto, are you still going out with Shino?" asked the redhead.

"Yeah"
"Did you fuck him already?"

Naruto blushed madly and Sasuke shot him a glare

"Shuddup! How can you say that!"

"It was just a question Naruto"

"Have you slept with Sasuke?"

"No!" Sasuke answered rapidly, Gaara stared at him for a bit and then continued his talk

"You should go out with Neji" a very heated, very angry death glare from Sasuke was directed his way

"I don't know, I mean he's nice and all, but..." he looked at the fuming Sasuke "I don't think so, I like Shino better"

And with that Sasuke went back to sulking.

"Ok" said Gaara. Well he tried to get Naruto to date Neji and it didn't work, what else could he do?

After a while they reached the school, Gaara spotted Neji by his car, being mobbed by some fangirls that usually didn't approach him for fear of the redhead biting their arms off. All in all, Neji was collected enough not to try and bite fangirl's arms off, unlike Gaara and Sasuke. Used in the right way, fangirls were a very good resource.

Gaara smirked, and as he promised once they passed by him he waved at him, reclining his head on Sasuke who at the very moment had slowed down. The raven didn't miss the tiny glimpse of rage on the Hyuuga's face, who outwardly waved back and smiled lightly to a very energetic Naruto that was waving too.

As they walked towards the school, Sasuke and Gaara were holding hands, unlike the first day Gaara made small talk with Naruto, as much as he was able to anyways; Naruto didn't need replies, he needed listeners.

Sasuke and Gaara were used to pretending to care about each other, it looked really natural, even if holding each other hands were for them the same as holding a bottle of water, you might be more comfortable without it, but it doesn't bother you as much and you need the water.

School

The first classes went by uneventful. And then lunch break came.

Gaara was still wondering what the hell had gotten the Hyuuga in trouble and the older male refused to tell him, which irked him to no end. So he had to look for the other people involved in the mess: the kid Neji allegedly beat the shit out of, the other dude, and Sasuke.

Of course the latter wouldn't say anything, so he had to look over for the weaker ones that could be easily targeted. Except, the guy Neji beat up didn't show up and was rumored to leave the school, partly because Hiashi, Neji's uncle and Hinata's father, had said that he would not tolerate to have his kids in a school where they were being disrespected, threatening to leave with his large contributions if the kid wasn't suspended. The school had bended over for him, like always.

The other thing that made the kid not want to fight (after all he was the one who got beaten) was that the pressure of one angsty Hyuuga who wanted to kill him was too much for him to bear. The weight of those eyes silently threatening to leave him lifeless if he said a word... too much.

So that only left the guy who was with him at the time for Gaara to interrogate. So the plan was to approach the guy at lunch and ask him politely what had happened.

Gaara spotted the guy entering the bathroom and followed him, once inside he grabbed him by the collar and pushed him against the wall. So much for his plan. Before he could say a word all the other kids had gotten out, probably to give them some privacy or for fear of Gaara's murderous look.

"I want you to tell me what happened yesterday with your friend and the Hyuuga"

The guy meeped, and stared at Gaara trying to decide what was better: being murdered by the psychopathic redhead or having his life ending in the cold hands of the Hyuuga...

"H-he was s-saying some s-stuff..."

"About what?"

"H-Hinata-san..."

Gaara narrowed his eyes "Liar"

"I-It's the truth!"

"Don't lie to me or I will kill you! Just tell me the fucking truth and I'll think about leaving your limbs in a shape in which they'll someday recover!"

"T-that w-was i-it! I-I s-swear on God!"

"Liars go to hell" he said in a low threatening tone

"And bullies to detention" Gaara looked back and saw Kakashi holding his perverted book leaning next to the door not looking at him "for 2 weeks or till I get bored of you being there, depends on how fast you let him go"

"I wasn't bullying him, we were just talking" he said while releasing the guy who immediately ran out muttering a 'thanks' to the teacher.

"Do you really want to spend all your school years on detention?"

"Of course, I have nothing better to do in the afternoons" he motioned to the door "See you after class, Sensei" and then got out. Utterly frustrated at his failure on getting information, until he remembered who else had detention and then he went off humming in glee.

Later
Gaara met up with Sasuke once classes were over, Naruto was there but Shino wasn't.

Gaara walked up to them and hugged Sasuke by the waist burying his face on the raven's neck "I have detention"

"What did you do now?" Sasuke didn't push him away but didn't embrace him either.

"Threatened to kill a guy"

"What did he do to you?" asked Naruto

Gaara shrugged "Nothing at all… Where's Shino?"

"Fixing stuff for Science Club. He's president now and they start recruiting new people next week"

"That sounds rather boring" said the redhead

"Shut up" countered the blonde

"I can't wait for you; I have to meet up with Itachi"

Gaara released his grip from the boy "I'll be fine on my own"

"Surely"

"Let's walk him to detention and you can walk me to science club"

"Who will walk me to my car?" he said jokingly to the blonde

"What are you six? You can walk on your own"

Sasuke rolled his eyes "Whatever, let's go"

Detention!

Gaara walked into the room destined for detention. Usually he was always there, and the first couple of weeks nobody joined. He wondered if he should feel bad about the Hyuuga breaking his perfect strike of being the first soul who got detention every year. Probably not.

Said Hyuuga was already there, sitting on the front row, looking straight ahead; the teacher wasn't even there yet, still he was there sitting quietly like an obedient little kid.

"Well, hello there partner" the redhead said grinning

"For fuck sakes Sabaku, is it impossible for you to do something without getting caught?"

"Kakashi was onto me" he replied as he calmly approached the seats

"Sure" he said in a monotone, not even bothering to look up to Gaara anymore.

"Ok I lied, I wanted to keep you company"

The Hyuuga looked over at Gaara, his face showing slight distaste.

"No, actually you were trying to pry on my business and failed at it"

"Cause my life revolves around you? You're so full of yourself Hyuuga"

"Stay out of it"

"Just tell me what happened already"

"It's none of your business and you better leave it alone" he spoke in the same cold tone and impassive face.

"Well, what if I don't?" he sat in Neji's desk and move to hold a strand of the elder's hair between his middle and index fingers.

"Don't get on my bad side, Gaara"

"Just admit that you threatened those kids" he was met by the same serious face "You're so mean to me"

"Stay out of it"

The redhead sighed letting go of Neji's hair "Sure..."

"You're such an idiot; I don't even know why I favor you, you could at least have been more discreet about it"

"I was... in my mind"

"Baka"

Gaara chuckled "Yeah, yeah… let's cut to the part where you touch me inappropriately"

Neji grabbed the redhead's arm and yanked the shorter male towards him until he was on his lap, the Hyuuga slid one of his hands under Gaara's shirt, pulling it up and exposing most of Gaara's back; the other hand was gripping tightly the redhead's ass, the younger did nothing more than blush.

"Like this?" Neji whispered seductively

"No…" he said with a wide grin prying the older male's hands off and seating on his lap instead.

"That little stunt you pulled" the Hyuuga spoke while placing butterfly kisses on Gaara's neck "better not turn on me" he nibbled on the younger's earlobe "cause that would prove to be very, very bad for you".

"And here I thought you liked the stunts I pull to turn you on"

Neji chuckled and bit Gaara on his jaw line. It wasn't a proper bite it was more like pressing his teeth on Gaara's flesh.

"You're so stupid"

"Come on, let's see what's in the teacher's desk"

The Hyuuga raised an eyebrow but allowed himself to be dragged over. Gaara pushed him into the chair and sat on his lap before he started fumbling over the drawers;

"So what did you tell Sasuke?"

"About what?" He responded while inspecting some folders, the elder rolled his eyes at the answer

"About what he told you yesterday" Gaara threw the papers back in and shut the drawer

"I thought you didn't care"

"I don't" he pushed Gaara off him and got up, Gaara sat on the desk

"I told him... that… I wanted to make it work too" he spoke slowly, as if double thinking saying it, trying not to look at the other teen, Neji smiled at him.

"That's good" he walked towards him placing himself between the younger male's legs, hugging him by the waist and kissing him. Once they broke from the kiss the redhead spoke

"Let's sit down, the teacher is about to come in" there was some noise outside that supported the shorter teen's statement.

Neji let go of Gaara and allowed the latter to climb down the desk, just as they heard the teacher walking towards the door, the Hyuuga pulled Gaara by the arm and slammed him on the chalkboard pressing his body against the smaller frame.

"What th-"

The redhead was silenced by a pair of lips, his hands were in between the two bodies, not having time to comprehend what was happening was sporting a frown, though his eyes were closed. They broke apart when they heard someone clear their throat.

The Hyuuga took a step back as Gaara jerked his head to the door frame to see a scowling Kakashi leaning on the door frame, the redhead glared at the Hyuuga since he was sure he had done it in purpose.

"Sit down and be quiet".

During the whole time they spent in detention Kakashi didn't stop glaring at Gaara, he didn't even read his porn or made them do something stupid to get out of their punishment for the day.

Gaara cursed his luck. Kakashi never attended detention and when he absolutely couldn't get out of it, he came up with any excuse to leave early. When Kakashi's phone rang and the silver haired man ignored it Gaara knew they were stuck there for a while. He knew he was screwed, since the teacher wouldn't keep what he witnessed to himself, he could see a new great fight with Sasuke coming up. Gaara took a glance at his companion who was calm as ever and grunted the Hyuuga was always trying to screw him in more than one way.

After detention Kakashi told Gaara to wait, motioning Neji to leave.

"I'll wait for you outside" the brunet whispered to Gaara as he passed by him, but it didn't go unnoticed by the teacher. The redhead nodded and walked over the desk.

"I hope you know I will inform Sasuke"

"There's no need, I'll tell him myself" the man gave a mocking grin before answering.

"Listen, I don't particularly like you, as a matter of fact I dislike you. A lot. I can't butt into Sasuke's business but let me tell you something, you keep this shit going and I will make your life a living hell"

The redhead snorted "I didn't know teachers were allowed to threaten their students"

"Oh, but it's not a threat, it's a promise. You can go now" Kakashi looked down at some papers that were sprawled over the desk; Gaara refrained from telling off his boyfriend's guardian and went towards the door, stopping before getting out.

"You can tell him, it won't change a thing. And you can go on and try to fuck me over, but just be aware that I will bring him down with me"

Outside

Neji was outside waiting for Gaara, he saw him walking out fuming and smirked in a very satisfied way.

Gaara approached him and punched him hard on his forearm but he just laughed at it.

"Not funny, you fucking asshole"

"Actually, it was"

"Bastard"

"The look on Kakashi's face was priceless"

Gaara's lip twitched upwards in a weird smile but fought it back

"Shut up"

They were making their way to Neji's car when Gaara's cell phone rang, it was Naruto.

"What?"

"Hello"

"What is it?"

"Say hello first"

"I'll hang up on you"

"I'll call you again and again"

Gaara sighed

"Hello"

"Hey! How are you?"

"Just peachy"

"Want to come with us for a ride?"

"Us?"

"Kiba, Shika, Shino, Sasuke-teme and me"

"Sasuke is going?"

"Yeah, I'll convince him"

"Where to?"

"Anywhere, Kiba's sister is lending him her truck"

"Ok. Come get me at Neji's?"

"Yeah we will, see you in an hour or two, k?"

"Sure, see ya"

He flipped his phone close.

"Who was it?"

"Naruto, we're going for a ride or something, they're picking me up at your house in two hours"

They arrived at Neji's car and climbed in.

"Whatever. I need to go get myself a new phone first"

"What happened to your old one?"

"Accident"

"What kind?"

"Hiashi"

"Oh, so by accident you mean you threw it at Hiashi's retreating back once he closed the door?"

"Shut it"

Gaara chuckled, he was typing something on his cell phone.

"By the way I got something for you"

With Sasuke

His phone vibrated on his pocket, he was on a meeting with Itachi; he would take him on occasion to let him see how he handled stuff at the office or when he was meeting with important people. He had a message.

We need to talk. See you with Kiba.

Gaara

The raven's eyebrow rose and then he got a call.

AN: Author Notes and such

I finished! I finished!

Thanks to Darka-Chan for editing this and stuff.

Thanks to all the people who read and to those who also review, really, you make my insides flutter with joy.

You have no idea how that made me laugh.

I got a job. Two jobs. I have no time to do jobs. But I got 'em.

This chapter was supposed to be done by some sunny day in April but didn't happen… so I discovered that when I start a chapter I need to sit down and finish it at once or else it'll take me ages… But still isn't it awesome that it only took me two months this time?

I suck I know.

Laying down on the pervertedness. I think that's not a word but whatever. I think I was going out of hand, so yeah.

I noticed that there hasn't been any ShinoNaru yet, it's weird, so next chapter there will be some… stuff… see ya!