Hey everyone. I got this chapter out pretty fast, I think.. I hope you like it. :3 Thankyou to all my newest reviewers; Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, gaara13lover, leilani214, and Kawaii-Aikurushii-Kitsune. If I missed you, I sorry, and I still love you. ;-;

Umm.. Yeah. Disclaimer: As usual, I don't own any of the Naruto characters. But I DO own a sketchpad, which I should be drawing in right now for my friend's birthday. xD
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Gaara blinked awake, rubbing his eyes and smudging his thick black eyeliner. He had went to bed rather suddenly after last nights events.. He didn't really want to get in Kankuro's way.

Kankuro.. Well, he had not taken Sakura's little.. 'Affair' lightly. He first began by throwing a picture of her out the window, accidently hitting a stray cat with it, and yelling at anyone who got into his way. Temari, of course, didn't notice her brother's pain, for she had disappeared for the night, leaving Gaara to deal with his rampaging brother.

After that, Kankuro had locked himself into his room, refusing to come out, even to eat. And then, Gaara pretty much just went to bed, trying to speed up the rest of the night into the next day.

He got out of his messy, crumb-filled sheets, kicking his legs over the side of the bed and yawning. What time was it.. He stood up, glancing over at his alarm clock. He had about a half hour to get ready.. He didn't even need that much time, to be honest, but it was nice to be up so early. Walking over to the piles of clothes by his closet, he opened his messenger bag and pulled out his now-wrinkled work uniform from it. Well, it's not like he had a spare..

He pulled his loose t-shirt that he had slept in off, tossing it to the pile in the corner, adding to the messy atmosphere of the room. Then, he slipped his bare legs into his work pants, buttoning them up before pulling his shirt on. He looked into the mirror on the back of his door. Messy red hair, smudged eye-liner, a bad, slumping posture, and a wrinkled uniform. My, didn't he look lovely today!

Sighing, he walked out into the hallway, grabbing his bag along the way. It was completely quiet.. Which was very strange. That meant his siblings were actually DOING something! Wow! Before going down the hallway, he walked into the bathroom, messing with his hair until it looked halfway decent, then wiping off his eyeliner and reapplying it. That was a LITTLE better.. Sighing, he turned to leave the room, but paused when he heard a scratching noise coming from behind the fish-print shower curtain.

He started, looking over at the curtain. "...Hello?" He asked, staring over at it. More scratching.. What the hell was in there, anyway, a baby or something? Cautiously, he walked over to it, moving his hand slowly to the rim of the curtain.

Pulling back with a snap, he looked down into the tub. Sitting there was a little fluffy black kitten about the size of a hand, peering up at him with still-blue eyes. It meowed lightly, attempting to jump out of the tub. It seemed that the kitten's little visit was planned, too.. Because there was food and water to the side, as well a small animal bed and a litter tin. Gaara stared down at the creature. Umm.. Okay..

Reaching down, he stroked it on the head gently, letting it lick the salt off of his fingers. Somehow, the kitten jumped up to the side of the tub, and was now rubbing against Gaara, purring loudly. Gaara stood, looking down at his digital watch on his right wrist. He had to get going.. Walking away, Gaara suddenly felt the unpleasant sear of pain as claws were dug into his leg. He looked down to see the kitten climbing up his pant leg like a monkey. "Umm..."

Okay, looked like it was time to ask Temari.. He walked out into the hall, going over to the kitchen where Temari was sitting, staring at the wall and sipping at a cup of black coffee.

"Hey.." Gaara said upon entering the room, stuffing his right hand into his pocket and grasping onto the strap of his messenger bag with the other. "Any idea where this cat came from?" The kitten had now moved up to his arm, clawing at the fabric of his work uniform.

Temari snapped out of her trance-like state, looking blankly from Gaara to the kitten before a smile cracked across her face. "Oh, that's Shrimp. I found him all alone when I was coming back from the nightclub yesterday.." She got to her feet, walking over and unlatching Shrimp from Gaara's arm. "Isn't he cute?"

"Sure.." Gaara said, looking over at the ball of black fur. "But you know this apartment usually doesn't let animals."

Temari's eyes softened as she stroked the creature in her arms. "Yeah.. But I was thinking of keeping him in secret. Just for a while, at least." Gaara sat down at the table. Okay.. Well, he usually thought his siblings were complete idiots with the jobs they had gotten themselves into.. But over the past couple days, it was showing that they were actually human, after all. He sighed gently. There was an awkward silence.

Temari broke it, looking up. "Hey.." She said. Gaara looked up to show he was listening before she continued. "Do you have any idea what's wrong with Kankuro?"

Gaara looked away from her at that, staring at the kitten held in her arms. "The girl he thought he loved cheated on him."

Temari raised an eyebrow at that. "You say it so bluntly, little brother." She said with a slight smile. "I guess I'll talk to him about it before he leaves for the clothes store and stuff.." Gaara nodded slightly. At this rate, he was going to miss his daily visit to Starbucks.. Temari seemed to notice his agitated body language, blinking. "You can go, you now, you don't need to sit and talk to me.. You're gonna be late." She smiled at him, gently, letting Shrimp climb up her shirt onto her shoulder. Gaara nodded. "Yeaah... Right." He turned, walking from the cramped room. Well.. That was the most he'd said to Temari in a bout 3 months! He really was on a roll with his siblings lately. Walking out the apartment door, he made his way down the shady road until he reached the more popular part of town, walking quickly and stopping in front of Starbucks.

As usual, he entered, looking around for the one he had come for. But Sasuke was no where in sight, and as the clock ticked away at the time, Gaara grew more anxious. Soon enough, he had to leave, and he stepped out onto the side-walk, moving quickly towards the bookstore. Where was Sasuke? Where had his loved one gone? There hadn't been a day that he hadn't seen Sasuke working in that Starbucks ever so nonchalantly, but where was his beloved now?

The questions littered his mind as he entered the bookstore, the bell ringing to show that someone had arrived. He took up his post at the cash register, as usual, sitting there, feeling puzzled and incomplete. As usual, no one was here yet but employees chatting in the back or stocking the shelves.. And, unlike yesterday, there was no sight of Sasu–

"Hey."

Gaara froze, turning wide-eyed to the sound of the voice. So much for no sight of Sasuke.. The guy himself was standing there with a bored look on his face. And what was more, he had a uniform on. A uniform not for a Starbuck's employee, but for a Barnes & Noble one.

The only things that crossed Gaara's mind were two words.. Holy shit.

"H-hi." Gaara said, looking down with a slight blush. What had happened to him? He had been talking to this very same guy last night, bu back then, he hadn't stuttered, blushed or anything. What happened?

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, and was about to say something when Kakashi, ( The manager if you don't remember. ) interrupted the sentence. "Hello, Gaara-kun, Sasuke-kun. I see you've met, then?"

Sasuke nodded slowly, not breaking eye-contact with Gaara. "Yeah, we've actually met before."

Kakashi seemed delighted at this simple statement, and smiled happily. "Oh, good, then! Gaara, please show Sasuke around. He is the new Café worker that I've been trying to get." With that, Kakashi took his leave, walking to the DVD section of the bookstore to check on someone else.

Gaara stood there silently, too stunned to say anything. Sasuke was working.. At the bookstore? THE Uchiha Sasuke was going to be working in the same store as him from now on? AND he was single. AND he was Bi. Could this situation get any better? Gaara hid his happiness, looking up at Sasuke with a very small grin.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "You seem surprised."

Gaara nodded slightly, looking back down and tapping a few keys on the keyboard as if he was actually doing something of value. "W-well.. What made you want to work here?"

Sasuke shrugged, looking down at his new name tag and wiping something off of it with his thumb. "Trouble at my old workplace... Plus, the employees here are just to damn cute." He looked up with a slight smirk.

Gaara, at this point, felt as if he was going to pass out. Was this a dream? Nothing good was supposed to happen to him. Gaara just wasn't an all-around lucky guy.. So how could all of this be happening?

"W-well, I guess I should show you the employee areas.." Gaara mumbled, coming out from behind the register. Sasuke continued staring at him as he walked past, and followed the younger boy, awaiting guidance.

Gaara headed towards the back, opening the 'Employees only' door, holding it for Sasuke. The dark-haired boy glided past, and Gaara let the steel door close on it's own.

"This is the lounge.." Gaara said quietly, looking around. It was pretty down to earth.. A coffee machine, chairs, vending machine, a table, and a few open windows at the back of the room. Sasuke didn't fit in in such a bland room.. Ah well, he made it look better, at least.

"A-Across the hall from here is the storage room, but you probably won't have to go in there very often since you work at the café."

Sasuke nodded, still looking around the colorless area that they were in right now.

"So.. That's pretty much it, than?" Sasuke asked, not turning around. He was staring out the window, dark eyes distant.

Gaara said yes, nodding even though Sasuke wasn't looking at him, and staring down at the white tiled floor, kicking at it gently with the toe of his black shoe. He felt eyes watching him, and looked up to see Sasuke staring at him. "You're a nervous kid, aren't you?" He asked. Gaara blushed more deeply before turning and opening the door to the lounge, walking out into the hall. "W-what makes you say that?" He asked quietly.

Sasuke came out the door after him, letting it fall closed. "You're always stuttering and blushing and stuff." He took a step closer to Gaara. Gaara felt Sasuke's breath on his neck, and the older teen whispered into the younger's ear. "It's cute."

And with that, Sasuke walked past the stunned kid, disappearing behind the shelves and shelves of books. Gaara stood there, dumbfounded, staring at the spot where he had last seen Sasuke. Wow.. Looked like his life was going to take a sudden turn of events.
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Chapter 4 complete. Sorry for the lack of.. Well, story. I'll keep trying to improve it, I promise. And also, I'm wondering if you guys want me to write a lemon in the end of this story. I'll have to raise the rating on it, but if you guys want me to write one, I will. ( It would be my first lemon, but.. I've read plenty. xD )