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Recap: "O-Otosan?"
Sakura couldn't see the man entirely, not being able to see much without her glasses, but by the way he stood, the dark clothes he wore, and his mumbling, husky voice, she knew at once who this man was. "Otosan…"
"Come on, Sak-u-ra-ssan…" the man hissed, clenching his jaw as he said her name. No…There's no way I'm going with that…thing… She stood up, dropping her pencil on the carpeted floor.
"I thought you were recovering, father?" Sakura, this time clenching her jaw as she said his name.
"They said I was free to go… since I healed rather well…" He raised his arm, showing the hundreds of stitches running from his wrist all the way to his shoulder blade. "A large piece of the window shield went through it… so I had to get it removed… and get stitches in… Come on, Sakura…" Her father inched closer and closer to her, smiling evilly. "Don't give your father a harder time than he's all ready had…" The man grabbed Sakura's shoulder, putting her in front of himself and walking towards the door, Gaara standing there watching the entire thing. "Thank you, kind sir…" Sakura struggled, trying to get out of his grip, but he tightened his hand on her shoulder, causing her to wince in pain. Just as they were walking out the door, Gaara tapped said man on the shoulder, making him turn around. He punched the man square in the face.
"I don't think Sakura-san wants to go with you…" The redhead growled, stepping back, making sure "father" didn't fall on top of him. There was a loud thump as the man hit the floor, his mouth bleeding along with two teeth knocked out. Tears came to Sakura's eyes as she smiled, ever so slightly, at Gaara.
"A-Arigato… Gaa-"
"Why didn't you want to go with him?"
"…" I'd forgotten…
"Tell me… or I'm kicking you out along with your 'Otosan'." Almost…Tears welded up in Sakura's eyes, her face becoming pale very quickly, from her tears or from the fear of her past, Gaara didn't know. Sakura tried to take a step forward, but resulted in tripping over her father's body. She let out a small yelp as she landed in strong arms, and a warm chest.
"M-My Mom…" Sakura sniffled, "My Mom died today… in surgery… she was in a car accident… and my Otosan… I can barely call him Otosan. Never mind… You don't care…." Sakura wrapped her arms around Gaara's back, not looking him in the eyes. He sighed.
"…Fine… if you aren't going to tell me, get out…"
"Wha-"
"Tell me or get out…"
"But I just did…"
"You didn't tell me the entire thing." Gaara started to push Sakura back towards the door, but she resisted and jumped towards Gaara, knocking him to the floor.
"Please, don't make me go with him…" Sakura cried into Gaara's chest, as her father stood up behind the two lying on the floor.
"You're gonna get it now, brat!" The man came towards Sakura, reaching for her hair, but instead, stopped halfway as Gaara grabbed his wrist.
"Unless you want to be killed, I suggest you leave." Gaara growled, glowering at the man before him.
He smirked, sending chills up Sakura's spine as she continued to lye her head on Gaara's chest, staring up at the man before them. "Pfft, how can a little brat like you kill a man like me? I'd be the one kill-" He suddenly stopped as there was a loud popping noise, coming from where Gaara's hand was. He yelled in pain. "You asshole! My wrist!" The man pulled back, holding his broken wrist. Gaara grabbed onto Sakura's back as the man pulled out a gun, pointing it at his head.
"Hang on…" Gaara whispered into Sakura's ear, keeping one arm wrapped around her back, moving with the other arm to flip over so that Sakura's back was facing the floor. He kicked the gun out of the man's hands, the gun hitting the other side of the kitchen and firing.
"Kuso…" He murmured, looking to where his gun was lying. He practically dove for it, earning a kick in the stomach from Gaara. He choked, having the wind knocked out of him.
"Leave," He started, standing up, Sakura's arms wrapped around his neck, hanging on as if her life depended on it, while Gaara's hands rested on her hips, "Before you die." The man looked to his gun, then back at Gaara.
"I'll be back for her…" The man slowly walked out of the apartment, wincing as he felt his broken wrist even more when thinking about it (1). Gaara let out a deep sigh, slowly putting Sakura's feet back on the ground (2). She didn't let go of Gaara, though, her hands still wrapped tightly around his neck.
"Gaara…kun…" Sakura's tears ran down her face and onto Gaara's shoulder. "Ano… where'd you learn how to fight like that?"
"Don't try and change the subject, tell me."
Sakura raised her head, staring at Gaara with her wet emerald eyes. "Why do you care about what's happened to me?" The boy looked away, obviously not wanting to see the girl cry.
"… Fine… don't say anything…" Gaara backed away from Sakura, or at least attempted to, but stopped as she held on. "Let go." Sakura snuggled up against his chest, causing the redhead to raise a brow. "Let go." He said, in a colder, sterner tone. Sakura didn't respond. "Fine." Gaara started walking towards the living room, Sakura lifted her feet so that they wouldn't be dragged against the floor, holding on to Gaara's lower half.
"Ano….. Gaara-kun?" She started as Gaara sat down on the couch, flicking on the TV, "Ano… would you tell me anything that I wanted to know… about you if I told you… about my father?"
"…" He sat there, not saying a word for another five minutes, but finally responded with an emotionless 'fine'. He turned off the TV, giving his full attention to Sakura, staring down into her emerald eyes.
"Ano… etto… My dad… he…"
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(1) You know how… you had forgotten about the pain of a cut or something, but when you think about it, it seems to hurt again? Or when you look down at it, it seems like… yeah, well when you think about it hurtsXP
(2) He just put her feet on the ground, 'cause she was holding on to him
Okay, hopefully this chapter wasn't too short… And sorry if I made Gaara seem a bit OOC… I tried to get him back on track by being in the killing mood (wait, why am I happy about him being in the killing mood0.o) Oh, and someone's about to fall for someone... later on... but I'm not telling you who! Just know that these events have to happen in order for the falling to happen anyway, domo arigato to everyone that reviewed! Next time might not be… this soon of an update, 'cause I might be a bit busier this coming weekXP but review anyway! thanx