A Twist in fate
Chapter Nine: The Sister's Last words
Later that day Gaara was lying in his room going over his sisters last words. "You need her and that scares you. Doesn't it?" Gaara sighs and says to himself, "She's right…I do need her."
Sakura was lying in her room beside Kakashi. She tells him, "I'm worried about him…He seems like he's trying to run away from me."
Kakashi pulls her closer to him, "He's probably just scared of losing his best friend…his only friend. He moved here to be closer to you and now he can see that you don't need him anymore."
Sakura pulled away from him a little and looked down on him, "Kakashi, you still don't understand…I will always need Gaara."
Kakashi took a deep breath and then told her, "Okay, I understand…He is your best friend I just want you to be happy." Then he got up and walked to the door before turning around and telling her, "I'm going down to the living room to watch some TV…Maybe you should go talk to Gaara for a bit."
Sakura nodded and walked down the hall to Gaara's room, she paused in front of his door before knocking. He told her, "Its open, you can come in."
He sat up when he saw Sakura standing in the door way. He asks her, "Sakura? Is everything okay? "
She nodded and walked over to sit next to him on his bed. She rests her head on his shoulder before talking. She asks him, "Gaara, are you not happy here with me? I can't read you sometimes. I just wish I knew what you were thinking sometimes."
He thinks for a minute before putting his arm around her and giving her a reply. He tells her, "I'm not sure…I have a lot on my mind lately. But there's nothing really wrong."
She looks up at him and asks, "Then why were you trying to run away earlier before your sister brought you back?"
He looks away from her gaze trying to think of a reason. Unable to come up with anything he tells her, "Because of you…I love you, and it kills me to see you and Kakashi together all the time. I just needed to get away for a little while…but Temari helped me realize something I didn't want to realize."
She tries to push him to tell her more, "What did Temari make you realize? I don't want you to leave."
He pulls her closer to him and whispers in her ear, "I'm not going anywhere…I promise I won't ever leave you alone."
She tells him, "You better not! I'd get your sister to find you and kick your ass for me, I don't know what I would do if you just up and disappeared out of nowhere."
He pulls her into his arms and tells her, "I know…I know, don't worry I would never leave you. You will never be alone." He smiles at her hoping that she doesn't bring up her sister again, not wanting to talk to her about his feelings.
Sakura smiled, "So, what did you and your sister talk about…I really want to know what she said to make you come back home."
Gaara sighed thinking of something else to say to distract her from her curiosity. Unable to think of anything he tells her, "Made me realize I was running from something or more like someone I need, made me realize that I need you…As my best friend."
Sakura made a move to look at him but was still unable to read his face, she sighs as she again rests her head on his shoulder. She tells him, "You're my best friend…Gaara I will always need you no matter what the circumstances are, I love you!"
He pulls away a little to look at her as he tells her, "But you don't love me…Not the way I want…No, the way I need you to!"
She didn't respond to this comment, Gaara already knew it was true. She would never be his, never be just his.
