A/N: I'm finally updating! Ok, only two reviews and one vote for the yaoi thing and they were all yes, so unless anyone objects, this is officially a SasuGaara yaoi fic :) or GaaraSasu. Either way, it's yaoi. And I am going to immediately throw some fluffy yaoi goodness in your face with the next few chapters ;)

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Oh and I am SO SUPER SORRY for not updating this story in for, like EVER but I have discovered the magical worlds of Death Note, Kingdom Hearts and various other animes, so I was a bit distracted -_-

But WHATEVER I'M UPDATING NOW. Better late than never I guess. NOW READ!

Gaara's POV

Five hours had passed since the last chapter.

"Fine. I give in. We'll name him Sacky."

"We'll name him Sacky?"

"We'll name it Sacky."

A small smile crawled across his face. "Good, we've finally reached an agreement. Now you should probably head home before it gets… too… dark… Crap." We looked out his window to see only pitch black darkness. He turned to face me. "…Do you think you can get home tonight?" I hastily shook my head and he sighed. "Of course not. Ok, I guess you can sleep on the couch or something." He stood up and gestured for me to follow and I obliged.

When I first came in his house I didn't pay much attention to what it looked like. But now that I had the chance to look around, I realized how huge the place was. Almost everything seemed breakable, at least compared to the sturdy décor we had back in Suna. On almost every wall there was a picture of the Uchiha family crest. We walked through hallway after hallway and I noticed some pictures of people. Looking closely, one of them looked like a younger, happier, version of Sasuke standing next to a young man who looked a bit like Sasuke, but with longer hair. I debated asking him who the man was, but I decided against it. Sasuke probably wouldn't tell me where a hospital was if my arm was cut off, so why would he tell me about that man?

Although I saw many people in the pictures, Sasuke and I were the only living things we ever came across when walking through the house. No animals. No people. Nothing.

"Alright." Sasuke said, snapping me out of my thoughts. "You can sleep here." He gestured to a black leather couch before tossing me a wool blanket and beginning to walk away. "Bathroom's down the hall and to the right. My room's at the end of the hall. Come see me if you need me. But do me a favor and don't need me." And with that he disappeared into the dark hallway.

Clutching the blanket, I tried to take in my surroundings, but with no luck. It was too dark to see anything more than two feet in front of me. I held the blanket closer. It's ok, Gaara. It's just darkness. It's just the absence of light; something not being there can't hurt you. Besides, the darkness is intangible, it can't touch you and you can't touch it. I closed my eyes tightly. Just lie down and go to sleep. Everything is going to be fine… I curled up on the surprisingly comfortable couch and hoped my lie would turn out to be true as I slowly drifted asleep.

I was a shallow sleeper ever since I could remember. I would wake up various times each night as a child whenever some loose sand scraped against my window loud enough to be just barely audible. Even today if something stirs in the slightest, I immediately awaken. So you can imagine how disgruntled I was when a cat clawed at the nearby window.

"AAH!" I yelled at the sudden noise. I quickly looked in each direction but couldn't see a thing. The moon was blocked by clouds so it was pitch black in the house. My guess was I had been asleep for an hour or two at most, but that wasn't really of any concern right now. It was dark! The clawing continued and I started hyperventilating. Why the Hell are you freaking out, Gaara? It's just a cat, we can tell by the meowing. But it's so dark I think I'm suffocating! I started running in the direction I thought Sasuke had said his room was in. He may not like me, but he's the only person here and I need condolence!

I was still clutching the blanket when I ran face first into something hard, knocking me onto the ground. I clutched my nose. Damn that hurt! Then I felt an even sharper pain on the top of my head along with the sound of shattering porcelain and I slipped from consciousness.

Sasuke's POV

I was rudely awoken from my sleep by a large crashing sound and loud cursing. Damn that red head, he probably broke something trying to find the bathroom. I slipped out of bed and onto the hardwood floor, searching for my slippers. I was going to take my time looking for him so he can suffer a bit longer. Serves him right, coming into my house and breaking my stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if he ate most of the food in my fridge. He just seems like that kind of guy.

I finally found my slippers and put them on. They were black bear slippers. Bears. Not bunnies. BEARS. They were manly slippers; I don't care how big their eyes were.

Back to the problem at hand. I strolled out of my room to go search for the freak. Surprisingly, after five minutes, I still hadn't found him. I know my house is pretty big, I'm an Uchiha for crying out loud, but still, I told him which direction to go in, he shouldn't have gotten that lost. I started taking random turns, desperately trying to find him. If he gets lost in my house and never returns, I'll be the one in trouble!

After about a half hour, I finally found him. Well, not so much found him as tripped over his unconscious body. Picking myself off the ground, I noticed the shards of porcelain around where his head lay. That dumb ass. I sat him up and cradled him for a moment. If you squint really, really hard, he's kinda cute. Whoa, what the heck? I did not just call another guy cute. Especially this creepy stalkerish weirdo.

Snapping out of my thoughts, I started shaking him. "Hey dumb ass, wake up. You gotta pay me for that vase you smashed with your head." Slowly, his eyes opened. He stared at me with a dazed look on his face. He suddenly bolted upright and started screaming, before curling himself into a ball.

Okay… I decided to just let him calm down on his own. Was he having a night terror? Or maybe he's just got some mental problems nobody felt the need to warn me about. Great. I let out a sigh. Eventually, he calmed down enough to turn his violent, bloodcurdling screams into a whimper. I crawled up beside him. "A-Are you ok?" I asked, hoping he was just having a night terror and wasn't mentally disturbed.

His face was buried in his arms and he didn't move. "Y-Yeah. I'm f-f-fine."

"You don't sound fine."

"Well I am."

"Liar. Tell me what's wrong."

"Why? You and I both know you don't care."

Ouch. Was it that obvious? "So what? If you have a mental/emotional breakdown in my house, I'm gonna be held responsible. And that is some shit I don't want to get dragged into. Now spill."

"I-I woke up… and it was… dark…" He started shivering and he cringed a bit at the word 'dark'.

"Go on."

"W-Well… there was this c-cat… and it was… dark…"

"Yes, we have established that it was dark. In fact, it still is dark."

"Isn't it awful…" It was more of a statement than a question.

"I suppose… But are you gonna tell me what happened or not?"

"It was dark and… and I was scared… s-so I ran to f-find you… b-b-but I got lost and… bumped into this… because it was d-dark…" I rolled my eyes. This guy's pathetic. "Something hit me in the h-head… and then it all got even d-d-darker… And then here we are."

"…So a cat scared you, you freaked out and ran around, and then you broke my vase with your head and passed out."

"A-And it was dark…"

"I know it was dark it still is dark!" I yelled. This kid's like a broken record. He whimpered and I immediately felt bad. Like I had just kicked a blind puppy with cancer and a broken leg. Damn his cuteness! Wait! Not cute, uh, I mean, cuddly? No no, uh, I meant to say, uh, helplessness! Yeah that's right. Pathetic helplessness.

"Hey, sorry I yelled. Just calm down." I tried to say in my nicest voice possible, which was very hard since I'm not a nice person most of the time. He stopped whimpering, but still didn't move. "Gaara… Are you afraid of the dark?"

He buried his face deeper into his hands. "M-Maybe a little…"

"No, I think it's a lot." I chuckled. He's like a little kid…

"Only a little…"

"Gaara, you are shivering with terror. The dark obviously scares the crap out of you."

"…"

"Are you gonna sit like this all night?"

"I don't wanna…"

"Then get up."

He didn't reveal his face, but he tried to shake his head.

"Why?"

"I'm still scared…"

"What am I supposed to do about it?"

"…My sister would hug me and stuff…"

"…So you want me to cuddle you?" I asked with a looked crossed between disgust and slight joy spreading across my face.

"Yes please." He whimpered.

I let out a sigh before wrapping my arms around him. Just for the record, I am not doing this willingly. No matter how cute he is, I refuse to enjoy this.

Gaah! I said cute again!

Immediately responding to my touch, he wrapped his arms around me and buried his face in my shoulder. I could feel tears seeping through my shirt. He was crying? Really? Wow, he is like a little kid. But despite his patheticness, this was a little bit…Enjoyable. Only a little, though. And he was really warm, like a blanket that hugs you back. I felt a small smile slide across my face. His breathing had evened and it appeared that he had fallen asleep. My eyes drooped. It had to be like, three in the morning. I let myself fall backwards into a lying position as I passed out on the hard wood floor.

Third person POV

Back in Sasuke's room, the cat that had startled Gaara was clawing at Sacky, trying to get at the floury goodness behind it's burlap shell. Of course, neither of Sacky's "daddies" noticed, as they were a bit preoccupied with their cuddling.

A/N THE END! Once again I am soooo sorry I haven't updated this in for like EVER! But there's yaoi! Yay! And if you oppose it, too bad, you should have said so earlier.

I didn't know I had so many pro-yaoi readers. That's awesome :D

Will Gaara get over his fear of the dark? Will Sacky live to see another day? How did that cat get into Sasuke's house in the first place? All will possibly be answered in the next chapter! Reviews are loved!