"What The Hell?!" shouted Naruto in alarm. Most people would find a spider, a bug, or a snake in their bathroom, but no he happens to find a severed eye sitting on his bathroom sink! A live eye that moved to keep sight of him as he moved side to side.

"What is this?!" yelped the scared blonde, he grabbed a wash cloth and put it over the eye and stared at the lump. What does he do now? He couldn't just throw it in the trash can seeing as it is alive and could probably crawl out. Maybe he could tell someone, but would they believe him or just think he was pulling a prank? The blonde didn't have any more time to ponder any further.

Naruto felt his stomach drop to the floor when he saw the rag flatten. 'Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap!' He thought as he lifted the rag in a lame attempt to see if it was still there. Of course it wasn't, but instead there was a small pile of sand.

"Sand? What is sand doing here?" Naruto asked himself. There was only one person he knew that used sand, but it couldn't be him could it?

Being the ninja he is, Naruto ran into the living room and shouted. "Gaara, is it you? Are you the one that's been spying on me all day?!" His words echoed off the walls, earning a shout and thumping from a neighbor then it went silent.

Then he heard the sound of shifting sand and saw a slight movement out of the corner of his eye. Sand started coming in from under his front door and begin to form a humanoid shape.

'Well, I feel safe in my home now.' Thought Naruto sarcastically as he watched, with a baited breath as sand continued to pile and add more detail to its shape before it finally changed into his stalker. Emotionless sea foam green stared at shocked, indignant blue for a moment.

"Have you been spying on me all day?" asked Naruto getting straight to the point, still feeling violated from the incident in the bathroom. What the hell was that all about?

"I have." Said Gaara in his usual raspy voice. The blonde waited for the explanation, but it seems the red head only answers questions in a straight forward manner and won't explain himself unless asked to.

"Well, why have you been spying on me?" demanded Naruto in exasperation. "Also, was it really necessary to put an eye in the bathroom with me?!" That was just so creepy and unexpected! It was like something that would happen in his nightmares. A bathroom is supposed to be one of your sanctuaries, along with your bedroom.

"I could not see you from where I was." It was weird how someone with an emotionless voice can still sound like they are pointing out the obvious, but Gaara seems to be able to do it. "You make me feel strange."

"….What?"

"You make me feel strange."

He did not know what to say or even think. What does he mean by strange? Maybe the red head was feeling gratitude towards Naruto for saving his life and he does not recognize it? Gaara does seem the type that never owed anything to anyone.

"You're probably feeling gratitude." Answered Naruto with a hint of uncertainty. "I mean when someone is saved from a near death experience it is normal to feel thankful."

The red head looked thoughtful, but Naruto couldn't tell what he was thinking until the boy slowly shook his head.

"No, it is not that, which I'm feeling." Gaara even had the gall to look at him expectantly, obviously waiting for another answer. What was he a mood ring? Not to mention, it was strange that he hasn't received Gaara's famous death threat, yet.

"I-I can't just tell you what you are feeling!" exclaimed Naruto. "Why don't you ask those teammates of yours? They know you better than I do, so they will probably have an answer."

"You are the one who is causing me to feel strange." Answered Gaara stoically. "So I figured you would know."

"I can't tell you what you feel!" said Naruto exasperatedly. "I'm not a mood ring!" The blonde sighed deeply. "Where do you feel strange; is it in the chest or the stomach?"

"In my chest." Came the short reply. Okay, that narrows it down, it couldn't be anger because Gaara seems to have that emotion down. Not to mention the fact he would be dead by now if it was any kind of emotion like that. He had a guess on what the red head is feeling, but it is ridiculous because it certainly can't be right!

"Is it a warm…tingling feeling?" Please say no, please say no.

"Yes." Damnit. Okay, try to buy some time. Think, think!

"I have a guess on what it could be." Started Naruto slowly. "But I need more time to think it through. How about you go to your teammates and ask them then come back tomorrow?" The sand-nin narrowed his eyes in, what he hoped, thought. For a moment Naruto was scared Gaara was going to demand him to tell him right now.

"Alright." Conceded Gaara. "Tomorrow." The last word sounded like a threatening promise than an agreement. With a swirl of sand, Naruto was standing alone in his living room. Releasing the breath he didn't realize he had been holding, he collapsed on the couch. There was a hint of sun showing on the horizon, but he felt like crashing right here and never wake up.

"I had to say tomorrow." Muttered Naruto. "But I don't think he would have waited any longer." He gulped. "Seriously, he couldn't be feeling…that could he?" No, there was no way Gaara had a crush on him. Him. Right? The sand ninja looked as if he has never loved anything in his life.

"Argh!" He plopped his into the arm rest. "At least I bought some time. I feel bad for his teammates, though." The mischievous grin could not be held back.

-NxG-

There wasn't any sound in the room except for the soft clicking of gears as Kankuro worked on his Karasu diligently. His sister already retired to her room leaving him alone in the living room.

"As if beauty sleep would be able to help her." Chuckled the puppeteer, but keeping his voice low. He heard the front door opening then closing, but didn't bother to look up since he knew who it was and did not wish to accidently make eye contact with his younger sibling. However, there was no sound of footsteps leaving the room and the feeling of eyes boring into him causing him to look up slowly.

"Uh, what's up, Gaara?" asked Kankuro, preparing to bolt if necessary. Apparently, Gaara noticed because all the exits were suddenly blocked by sand.

"I have questions for you." Stated Gaara in a low voice. "You are going to answer them."

Who doesn't love torturing Kankuro?

Sorry for the long wait! Hope you liked it!