A/N: I finally have internet! I am seriously so happy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, sadly
Warning: Foul language and some sexy bits that prudes may not like
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The sun was warm on her face as she slowly began to regain consciousness, in those brief peaceful seconds Ino imagined where she was, in her soft warm bed with her teddy bear carelessly thrown to the ground in her sleep. When suddenly a familiar scent hit her, but it wasn't her scent.
Ino opened her eyes to see that she wasn't in her room at all, but an unfamiliar one, looking around the room she realized who it belonged to. Gaara. The room was so obviously his, it was plain and neat. Cream walls and wooden floor, with a pine wardrobe and chest of drawers and a double bed with a navy duvet on it that matched the curtains.
Ino looked down the realization that she was currently in Gaara's bed, with no clothes, on hit her. Then she remembered last night with a gut clenching feeling of guilt and dread.
Flashback
Ino broke the kiss between them after what seemed like an eternity, the pair lay there in the cool water panting for what seemed like another eternity, finally Ino spoke:
'I-I'ts cold,' Ino said, not able to suppress the shiver that emerged, she wasn't lying it was freezing. Gaara blinked and then frowned down at Ino as if he had just seen her. Gaara grunted something and got up, the water in his jeans made then sag down so low that Ino could already see the outline of his…
With one arm Gaara pulled Ino up and out of her perverted thoughts, Ino blushed crimson as Gaara handed her the towel and began to tear off his own wet clothes. Great Ino thought, All I need is for him to be half naked as well.
'Come on,' Gaara said holding out his hand for Ino, 'I'll get us some dry clothes.' Ino walked beside Gaara deciding not to take his hand, she didn't want to confuse things between them even more, and unnecessary handholding is a recipe for disaster. Although the more Ino thought about it, her and Gaara equaled disaster the moment they met.
Gaara led Ino down the hall and into the last room, upon opening it Ino could tell this was Gaara's room, but honestly was not paying too much attention to it all. Her mind was racing, why did she do that? What are they going to do now? Is Gaara mad?
As if to answer her question Gaara, with a pair of sweat pants on, sighed and sat down on the edge of the bed and sighed putting his hands up to his face. Ino shifted nervously, he seemed so tense and angry, not that she really blamed him… he did just cheat on his girlfriend.
'Gaara.' Ino called out to him but no response, Ino took a deep breath and tried again, still nothing. Ino felt a vein in her temple begin to throb, yes he is pissed off but there's no need to ignore her.
'Hey!' Ino shouted, 'Don't pretend that I'm not here!'
'I'm not.' Came Gaara's blunt reply, Ino tutted.
'Fine Gaara, I understand but we need to-'
Suddenly Gaara stood up and turned to face Ino, his expression was unreadable. Ino watched as he began to walk towards her, saying nothing. Ino swallowed, trying, yet again, to get her point across:
'Look Gaara we need to talk about what we are going to do about-'
'Shut up.' He snapped coming closer and closer to the blonde.
'Excuse me!'
'Just. Just shut up.' Gaara said, he grabbed Ino and pulled her into a passionate kiss, grabbing the towel wrapped around her body and throwing it on the ground in the process. Ino responded to the kiss almost immediately, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him closer to her. Gaara moaned and moved his arms down her sides to her thighs, he then grabbed her legs and moved them around his waist using his strength to keep Ino in place.
Ino moaned as Gaara pressed himself to her, causing wonderful friction. She found herself fumbling with the strings on his sweat pants while he carelessly unhooked her bra. The next thing Ino knew she was on the bed and Gaara was on top of her, it started with him exploring her body with his hands, then his lips, then his tongue.
Before Ino knew it the pair of them where shedding the remainder of their clothes and making love, Ino couldn't stop the moans and screams coming from her mouth, she felt as though she wasn't even in her own body anymore, she had never felt such wonderful ecstasy. And then the last thing she remembered was she soft kisses that they shared before Gaara pulled Ino close to him and began playing with her hair as she drifted off to sleep.
End flashback
Ino went to move and she felt the familiar sensation of pain and stiffness. Suddenly a horrible realization came crashing down on her. Gaara was not here. Her thoughts went immediately to the last time she was like this, and then she thought about last night, the party and the video being shown, again! What if she had another tape going around?
No. Ino shook that negative thought away, Gaara wasn't a snake like Sasuke. He was nice. Well actually no he wasn't. He was a dick. Like Sasuke! Oh God! Ino buried her head in the Gaara scented pillow and cursed her life. Why, oh, why did she have to do stupid things with stupid boys?
Knock, Knock.
Ino looked up in time to see Gaara enter the room. He was fully dressed, wearing a nice black polo shirt with dark blue ripped jeans and black converse. He was holding a several shopping bags in his hands. Upon seeing that Ino was awake he smiled.
'I didn't think you would be up yet,' He said sincerely, 'I went out to get a few things.' Gaara sat down on the bed and handed Ino one of the bags. She opened it to see a new dressing gown and pajamas. As well as several tops and jeans.
'What's all this for?' She asked bewildered. Gaara laughed, Ino looked at him, his laugh may have been the most beautiful thing she had ever heard.
'It's clothes. Isn't that the going rate for most women?' Gaara said smirking.
'Actually,' Ino said pushing the bag away, 'I'm an old fashioned gal, I like money myself.' Ino laughed and pulled the bag back, 'Thank you' Ino said looking at Gaara but he was already digging through another bag.
'Here.' He said pulling out two hot drinks, with lids on, and croissants.
'Breakfast in bed, you spoil me' Ino said helping herself. Gaara sat and watched Ino munch away happily on her breakfast while he sipped his coffee.
'So,' He said after she was done, 'What are we going to do?' He asked looking at her. Ino looked at Gaara for a few seconds before sighing.
'Nothing.' She said.
'Nothing?' Gaara repeated.
'Yes. Nothing.'
Gaara frowned, he didn't get Ino at all. Ino grabbed Gaara's hand and pulled it to her heart.
'I know, about this whole business deal, I, I just can't come between you and your family that way.'
'It's just money Ino. We can find another way to-'
'In this economy, are you crazy?' Ino said laughing. Gaara didn't reply, he just sat in silence. Ino wondered if he was feeling as heartbroken as she was right now, because it really, really was a shitty feeling. Gaara pulled away from Ino and got up to move off the bed.
'I want you Ino. I was going to break it off with Matsuri but apparantly, that's not what you want at all is it.' Ino could tell from his tone that he was hurting and it broke her heart thinking about it. But she couldn't do that.
'Gaara-' Ino began reaching out to him,
'Don't bother Ino. I don't want to hear it.' And with that Gaara left the room. Ino waited for a while to see if he would return but he didn't. Ino got up and found her clothes and the foot of the bed, she got dressed and left the room leaving the shopping bag under the bed.
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The weekend was uneventful after that, Naruto had obviously wasted no time in grilling Gaara about what had happened after the party, who had caved and told him everything. That's why Ino spent four hours on the phone at one in the morning to a whiny blonde who was complaining that he didn't know immediately after it had happened.
After Ino begged him to not tell a soul, to which Naruto said he had no intention to do so anyway and was deeply offended by the mere thought of it, Ino explained her side of the story as well, apparently Gaara's opinion differed from Ino's quite a bit.
'He's just hurt' Naruto said to her, 'He will cool down and things will be the same as always.'
Oh how right Naruto was.
Gaara had resumed his usual dickish attitude to her almost more than usual, with Matsuri had taken with absolute delight that she felt that anytime with Gaara had to be spent with them making out, much to Ino's annoyance.
It was break time and the gang where in their usual abandoned room, Naruto was currently trying to beat Shikamaru at chess, he had no mission. Kiba, Shino Choji were still discussing the party, with emphasis on the big fight that happened afterwards.
'Hey guys,' Ino called from her spot over at the window, 'I want to thank you all for being such good friends to me. Sticking up for me that night, it means a lot to me.'
'They wouldn't need to stick up for you if you weren't such a huge slut in the first place.' Gaara said before anyone else could speak. Naruto glared daggers at the redhead while the rest of the guys rubbed the back of their heads. Gaara had been in such a bad mood ever since the day after the party, Kiba especially wanted to stay away from his bad side.
'I know. I sleep with the most repulsive guys, I have severe issues.' Ino droned out sarcastically. The glare she received from Gaara was so filled with fury that she was surprised that she didn't burst into flames.
Naruto saved the day by jumping in and telling everyone about the new Ramen shop that had opened a few miles away in the next town over.
'It's amazing!' He declared, 'We should all go.'
'I have my dad's old van, we could all go up there this weekend?' Shino suggested.
'But it's Wednesday!' Naruto whinned, 'It means we're going to have to wait forever!'
'Stop complaining Naruto, it's a great idea' Ino smiled. Everyone else agreed but Matsuri who wrinkled her nose,
'Ew that old Scooby Doo van, really?' Matsuri complained, the group turned to glare at her, before anyone could retort Gaara pulled Matsuri close to him.
'He's the only one who can drive sweetie' Gaara said nuzzling into Matsuri, Ino resisted the urge to throw the nearest thing to her at the blonde. Too bad, it was a stapler, could have done some damage.
'Oh hey!' Kiba exclaimed, 'Did you guys hear the news, the school is doing a talent school this year, me and Akamaru are entering.'
This caused a buzz of excitement through the group. Naruto was suggesting he go on and eat as much instant ramen as he could, Shino was going to go on with his bug collection and Choji was trying to convince Naruto to do a double act.
'Hey Ino,' Matsuri called, 'I hope you're not thinking of entering, we've already seen enough of your talents.'
'Are you sure? I'm pretty sure Gaara wouldn't mind, he's already a fan.' Ino bit back, she said the words without really thinking of the consequences. Matsuri shot up from her desk.
'WHAT DID YOU SAY!' She screamed, 'Are you trying to seduce my boyfriend!' She turned around to face Gaara, 'What is she talking about?!' She demanded.
Gaara was sitting with his arm up on the desk and his head leaning on it, he was looking at Ino with a bored expression on his face.
'I have no idea, why do you care about this girl anyway.' He droned, his tone was so uninterested and bored with the conversation Ino was amazed, he almost fooled her into thinking nothing happened. In any means it seemed to have satisfied Matsuri who went back to talking to Shino about this ants.
The rest of the day passed by as it usually did. Slowly. Ino thought that she would be okay with seeing Gaara and Matsuri together but it was really very difficult, especially with Gaara being back to his usual hotheaded self.
As Ino walked home she began to think about the weekend, Naruto suggested that they all spend the weekend there, as coincidentally it was also autumn break. Ino was skeptic but said she would go nonetheless. Seriously her and Gaara in a hotel probably wasn't the safest thing.
Someone was going to get hurt.
A/N This is a taster chapter, from it I can assume that you guys can guess what will be coming in the next few chapters, a weekend away AND a talent show.
As for Gaara being back to his rude self, he did just get rejected, I think anyone would behave that way. I know I would
Hope you have enjoyed the story so far and I will update very soon Xx