*Chapter Nine. Midnight and Odd Occurrences*
Gaara waves to Naruto and disappears. Sakura stands up, heading outside with Sai. Hinata curls up with Kiba, talking quietly. Vanille curls up closer to Shikamaru's chest and sighs. Snow walks into the kitchen, searching for food. Temari slaps Snow across the arm, muttering about men and food. Snow grumbles under his breath about abusive freakishly-strong girls.
Fang rolls her eyes and walks outside to where she was before she was tackled into the water and grabs her book. After making sure it wasn't Kakashi's; Gaara sits on his roof, leaning back against the shingles and sighing.
Fang hears the sigh and looks up curiously. "...Anyone up there?"
Gaara rolls his eyes. "Not at all. I'm just the neighborhood friendly ghost."
"...Hardee har har, smartass," Fang says sarcastically when she recognizes the voice and climbs up swiftly. He shrugs. She rolls her eyes and sits down next to him. "You come up here often?"
He rolls his eyes. "Great conversation starter, that one."
"...It was better than saying 'So...'" He shrugs as she sighs and leans back on her elbows, looking up at the moon. "...You never answered my question."
"Yes, I do."
She nods, looking over at him. "It's a good place to think."
"Yep."
A gust of wind blows by, swirling their hair and Fang blinks when something dark catches her eye. Slowly she leans closer, staring at his forehead. "You have something on your head...Here." She reaches toward him. He backs away, frowning. She blinks, raising an eyebrow and moves closer. He stands up quickly."...Something wrong Gaara? I'm just trying to help..."
"It's nothing. There's nothing there..."
Fang glares at him and stands up. "Okay, the not answer questions and all that I can deal with, but don't fucking lie to me," Sshe snarls, her voice laced with venom. "Don't try to insult my intelligence. I saw something on your forehead. I know I did." She crosses her arms and looks him in the eye.
He stands there silently, looking over at her.
"You got something to say Sand Man? Because I know more than what you've been letting on. Like I know that you were the one that was in the woods that night when Blondie got in my way."
He blinks and then sighs softly. The brunette uncrosses her arms. "...I just want to help...I know what it's like to not really have anyone you can go to when you have problems. I also learned that keeping it bottled up isn't the best thing eith-"
"My emotions have nothing to do with it."
"Emotions or not, having to deal with shit on your own is the worst thing you can do to yourself."
He shrugs. "I've dealt with it my entire life. I'm used to it."
"A pebble in the water makes a ripple effect, every action in this world with bear a consequence. If you wade around forever you will surely drown," Fang quotes.
He rolls his eyes, sitting down. Fang tackles him, pushing the hair out of his face and looks at his forehead. "...You were getting all emo because of a damn tattoo?" She rolls her eyes. "And guys say girls are unreal..."
He pushes her off quickly. "No one's supposed to see it."
She falls back on her butt. "Oh well, rules were made to be broken." He sighs, crossing his arms. "...What does it mean?"
"...Love."
Fang blinks. "Why love?"
"Because I love no one but myself and I fight for no one but myself," he answers simply, his eyes widen slightly, listening.
"Hey Gaara!"
"Speak of the devil and she appears..."
"I know you're up there!"
He sighs. "Go away Deidara."
"But why?"
"I don't like you."
"But I like you!"
Fang covers her mouth to keep from laughing. "I feel so bad for you Gaara..." Said red head facepalms and sighs aggravated.
"Fine! I guess I'll just have to come up there then!" Deidara's voice interrupts them.
Gaara curses silently and glares slightly over at the brunette beside him. "A little help would be nice..."
Fang throws her hands up. "What do you want me to do?"
"I don't know... Just come up with something. And quick."
She leans over the edge of the roof, looking down at the blonde. "...Don't you have anything better to do? Hell, go bother that Sasori guy, he looks enough like Gaara!"
Diedara shakes his head and stares up at them. "Come down and play!"
Fang groans and sits back down. "Does she do this often?"
"Yep."
She shakes her head as he grumbles into his palms. Fang gazes over at him, thinking. "...I think I have a plan..."
He looks up. "Really?"
She nods, biting her lip lightly. "It's not the best plan in the world, but it may work..." Fang hopes deep inside that he says no, because if he doesn't then things are going to get really awkward really fast.
"If it works, I don't care."
"…Okay..." she says with a sigh as she grabs his hand and pulls him closer to the edge. "Just...Don't freak out..." she mumbles quietly, looking away.
"Ok..."
Sighing, she leans in closer to him, her lips barely brushing against his. "Just go with it." She whispers against his lips, hiding how mortified she is before pressing hers firmly to his. He blinks several times before, pressing back gently. She carefully places a hand on his neck, kissing him again. Gaara closes his eyes, his hand travelling to her waist to pull her closer. She kisses him slightly harder, glancing over at Deidara who crosses his arms. She pulls away slightly and whispers quietly. "He's not leaving..."
Fang pushes him down onto his back and straddles him. "Sorry..." She apologizes when she sees his confused look and leans down, kissing him harder. Gaara gently runs a hand through her hair and she shivers slightly as he pulls her closer. He kisses her gently, running a hand along her spine as Deidara sighs, walking back towards the woods.
Fang glances over when she sees movement from her peripheral vision and breaks the kiss. "..He's gone..." Gaara sighs as she sits up carefully. "Sorry about that...It was the only thing I could think of..." He shrugs and she unstraddles him and sits down on the roof, uncharacteristically quiet.
Gaara disappears into his room without looking over at her. He flops on his bed, running a hand through his hair and turns onto his side, staring at the wall as he tries to fathom what happened.
Fang pulls her knees into her chest, looking up at the moon and loses herself in thought. She lightly touches her lips, blinking. She tells herself that it wasn't real, all an act…. But then why is her heart still beating so fast? Fang shakes her head and stands up. Closing her eyes she jumps down the roof and takes off running.
He turns slightly, listening intently as she runs. He sits up, going over to his window. Gaara jumps out, stuffing his hands in his pockets and heads after her.
She falls to her knees, when her need for oxygen becomes too much. The scars on her body burn at the contact and she clenches her jaw. Gaara spots her on the ground and leans against a tree, watching her intently. She feels his stare and stands up, looking over her shoulder at him with an unreadable expression. Without saying a word she walks away, not entirely sure what she's supposed to do.
Gaara sits down when she's too far away to see. He bangs his head against the tree, cursing silently. After a few minutes he reappears back in his room, shutting his window and curtains, for some reason an odd feeling floods his chest.
