Gaara reved the engine on his motorcycle as he raced down the street. Weaving precariously through the traffic befor turning into the subdivision. His eyes darting to the houses looking for the adress of the house that belonged to nerd boy.
Upon finding it he pulled up and parked putting the kickstand down and took off his helmet. Despite what people thought he was not too cool to wear a helmet. He liked his face too much.
Looking up at the two story average house with its dark grey siding and white trim. He knocked on the door and rang the doorbell just in case the iknocking wasn't loud enough. After a few moments the door opened and there stood his teacher..
"Hello Gaara. I take it your hear to work on your report with Naruto?"
"Uh... Mister Hitake? This is your house."
"Yes it is. Come in. come in" he gestured wavin Gaara in the house.
"He's up the stairs second door on the right. If its not open youll still know which one it is.. Trust me." he just grinned and gave Gaara a light push up the steps.
"Gaara just nodded and started up the stairs giving one last wary glance over his shoulder at his science teacher. The stairs creaked just a little has his boots hit the hard wood they were made of. Finally reaching the top he heard the sound of gunfire coming from an open door. As he approached he saw the open door and realized what his teacher had ment. All over the door was different street sighs and what looked like police tape with teh words 'Caution' and "Do not enter ' taped and mounted all over it. He raised a brow before knocking on it.
"Hey Nerd Im here."
"My name is Naruto. Not nerd.." Came an indignant voice from within.
"Come in if your coming in."
So Gaara did. The room was clean with a huge bay window complete with built in bench. It looked out into the next door house which was light blue with white trim. The window directly across was also a huge bay window that looked into a dark room. Lights off, Gaara guessed. befor he spun around and ploped down on the window bench.
Nerd boy's room was painted a dark kblue with black shelves that held anything from books to model cars and some action ficures. Also some trash and dirty plates which Gaara wrinkled his nose at. He turned towards the sound of more gunfire to see his project partner in front of a computer clicking away while the scren moved around the scenes that was some random first person shooter game he was playing.
"Give me a minute Gaara. Im almost done with this ... OH MAN!" He stopped as his screen turned red and the words 'You have been eliminated' flashed on the screen
"I was two kills a way from the next level." he whinned as she turned the game off and turned around in his desk chair. Gaara just looked at him boredly.
"Okay, what species of fish are we working on?" The blonde finally asked
"Dont care Nerd."
Naruto sighed this was going to be a long night. If they even really got any work done.
"Fine. The Morray Eel facinated me so we'll just work on that."
"Fine"
Naruto just looked at Gaara blankly for a second befor he turned back around in his chair and clicked the icon to acess the internet.
"So your dad is Mister Hitake?"
"Adopted father"
"Oh."
He didn't know how to answer. It was strange all of a sudden. This kid was adopted just like him. Something in common. But he wasn't about to start rambling his history to this kid just because they were both adopted. He wasn't a pansy and the idea seemed really gay to him. so he just sat there feeling awkward.
"So you know Sakura eh?"
"Only since forever" Naruto said blandly as he clicked away on the PC.
"Oh." God he sounded lame. How was he supposed to find out about this girl from nerd boy without being too obvious
Looking around his seat he sotted a walkie talkie while picking at various items strewn acros the window bench.
"A walkie talkie? I haven't seen one of these in a while. Does it work?"
"Yes it works."
"Where's the other one.?" Gaara asked looking around the room.
"Its at Sakura's. We use it to talk to each other at night sometimes. So we save minutes on our phones."
This news surprised Gaara he knew the range on those things wasn't tat far maybe a couple blocks at best given the cheap look of the device.
"She must live pretty close then."
In answer Naruto just pointed out the window towards the house next door. Gaara's eyes widened.
"You mean?"
"Yep."
"Is she?"
"Nope."
"Do you know where.."
"With her boyfriend."
"Boyfriend?"
"Sasuke."
"Douche.."
"Agreed"
"Seriously what the fuck does she see in that guy? "
"Probably big muscles and his sports car. Not to mention he's the most popular guy in school and he is the first guy to ask her to do anything more than friend like in her whole life."
"He isn't that great. Im just as popular as he is."
Naruto stopped what he was doing briefly and turned around sighing before he began to speak.
"Let me put it to you this way in the cocial world that the girls of our school exixt in if I was to compare you both to seafood. He would be lobster and you would be shrimp. While equally good he is just more visually pleasing on their men we want to eat plates."
"Im not a fucking shrimp! I could kcik that douche bags as any day of the week."
"Yea well, just be glad your not plankton." Naruto said dejectedly as he turned back towards the computer and began clicking again.
"What the fuck is plankton."
"Not even on the radar"
"Sucks to be you. Anyway I got things to do. see you later nerd."
"What about the report?"
"Ill come back tomorrow."
"Okay."
And with that Gaara left. In turth it wasn't that he really had anywhere to go. But for some reason he just didn't want to be there when Sakura got home and risk having to see her with that asshole. As much as he wanted to see her again, even if it was from a distance. The idea of seeing her with Sasuke set his blood on fire. He had to get out of there.
The next night Gaara walked into Narutos's room and threw a small stapled bunch of papers on the keyboard in front of Naruto.
"Whats this?" he asked picking up the papers.
"The report. It needs work but Im not great at grammar. Fix it however. add to it or edit it. Whatever."
"You did all the work?"
"No nerd. Did you not just hear me? Read over it and mae it better."
"Gaara this is 5 more pages more then the requrirement."
"Yea so?"
"Are you okay? Did you hit your head? Why did you basically do all the work?"
"Your not plankton.'
At this Naruto turned around giving him a confused stare.
"Huh?"
"I need your help."
"With?"
"I want to steal Sakura from Sasuke."
At this Naruto bstarted laughing that is until Gaara held up his phone displaying a video. Naruto got up and moved closer upon seeing hisself moving on the screen.
"Whats this?"
"Jusst watch."
The visual of hisself was in the lunch line getting his food earlier that day. The scene moved to a girl he knew well his eyes narrowed and he started to look a way.
"Keep watching Nerd."
Returning his eyes to the screen he noticed it getting closer to the girl. Unbeknown to her the angle looked over her shoulder where what Naruto saw made his eyes widen in shock causing him to back up and fall into his desk chair and just stare at the smiling face of Gaara.
"Your that girls Lobster."
In the video, what had shocked Naruto so much was her notebook. inside the cover was an elaborate doodle of a heart with his name in it. What was even more shocking was who the girl was.
Hinata Hyuga. His crush since freshman year.
He suddenly got a very serisous look on his face. as he looked at the red head.
"What are we doing?"
Gaara grinned wicckedly
"Recon" while holding up the walkie talkie.
naruto blanched.
"Im not going to ask her about you. That girly! Do I look like a girl?"
Gaara just shook his head and rolled his eyes.
"Not that Nerd. Don't be an idiot. This is what your going to do. I want you to sneak over there when she's not home and find her walkie talkie then tape the button down so we can hear whats going on in her room when she gets home." He grinned.
Naruto looked a little sick.
"Why do I have to go over there and do it?"
"Dude, its not like I can do it. Your her friend. It won't look like your breaking in. Unlike me who will probably get arrested."
"Good point."
Gaara nodded giving the blonde a duh look.
"Fine" Naruto said as he got up and grabbed an adapter off the shelf.
"Wall charger so it doesnt wate her battery."
"Genius."
Naruto rolled his eyes and walked o our the door. Gaara turned and waited a few minutes later he saw Nerd boy walk across the lawn seperating the two houses and knock on the door. Which was answered by who he figured was Sakura's mother and grinnedc as she smiled and nodded letting Naruto in the house. A few seconds later he saw the light turn on in her room and naruto enter and start digging around near her window.
Gaara picked up the walkie talkie and pressed the button.
"Hey!" he had to chuckle a little as he saw Naruto jump and grab his chest obviously not expecting to hear anything.
"Dude hurry up. before she gets home and you get caught."
Finaally seeing him pick up something and talk into it.
"You scaredd the crap out of me you asshole. Just shut up im doing this for you you know. So you better be greatful."
"Yea yea just hurry."
naruto flipped him off and continued to plug the adapter into the other walkie talkie and then turn and search her desk ripping something off and then fidddling with the devicce.. and hten hiding it under some random things that Gaara couldn't figure out what thye were.
"Testing testing." he heard over the reciever while Naruto looked at him through the window to which he gave a ghmubs up. Naruto nodded and then turned out the light a few moments later he came rushing into his room just in time to see lights pull into the driveway next door.