Chapter 10 – Never Mess With The Sandman

Naruto sat there shocked, he couldn't believe what was happening, Sasuke, his ex, the same one who cheated on him, made his life miserable but ultimately proved himself, was kissing him. It was clear to Naruto that it was a spur of the moment act and that it was not intentional, but here they were, and Naruto was doing nothing, just sitting there completely dumfounded.

Sasuke quickly snapped out of it and pulled away from the blonde, eyes wide he looked very guilty, "Naruto I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I didn't plan on doing that."

Naruto stood up just an attempt to distance himself from the Uchiha, "I need to go," Naruto started to run out of the courtyard.

Sasuke also stood up "Wait! Naruto please!" but that did nothing, Naruto ran out and Sasuke didn't chase after him; he gripped his hair, tugging at the roots, "No!"

Itachi quickly came running through the garden, meeting up with his younger brother he gripped Sasuke by the shoulders in an attempt to grab his attention and screamed, "Sasuke what have you done?! What have you done?!"

"I KISSED HIM!" Sasuke slapped his brother's hands away, "ITACHI I MESSED UP AND FUCKING KISSED HIM! HE'S NEVER GOING TO FORGIVE ME!" Sasuke screamed.

Itachi eyes widened, he took a step back and turned his head to see if he could catch any glimpse of Naruto in the distance but he was gone. The older brother paled, "Oh fuck!"

(Time skip)

Naruto ran straight to his hotel room, he was so distraught and confused he didn't even think about taking the secret route through alleyways to avoid paparazzi, he just ran directly to the hotel, the entire time crying. He ran completely past his bandmates, who were sat there jamming whilst he was out, they stood up as Naruto stormed past them and into the bathroom. He locked the door and started to aggressively brush his teeth.

"Naruto!" Gaara was banging on the door, with his bandmates stood behind him extremely worried, "Naruto open the door!"

"Yeah mate, what happened?" Kiba asked.

Naruto opened the door still brushing his teeth, "Sabskay fuffffing kibpsed may!" he cried.

The three remaining boys stared at him, not entirely sure of what he said "What?" Neji questioned.

Naruto spat the toothpaste out into the sink, "Sasuke kissed me!" he sobbed.

Kiba and Neji eyes changed their direction towards Gaara, they were worried about his reaction but luckily for them, he looked shocked.

The two band members almost breathed a sigh of relief before Gaara interrupted their thoughts, "Guys, can you leave me and Naruto alone for a moment please?"

The two paled, they didn't even bother to respond for they knew when a Hell zone was about to erupt and they knew better than to stick around for it. The two quickly exited the vicinity.

Gaara was totally stone faced so Naruto couldn't make out what he was thinking, nevertheless that didn't matter because his sight was almost completely blurred from the crying.

"Naruto," he said calmly, "Can you please explain to me what happened."

Naruto, still crying, nodded quickly. The two sat down on the blonde's bed and he quickly explained the meeting with Sasuke, every word, every action and every thought that the blonde had during the encounter.

"And that's when he kissed me, but I'm telling you Gaara it was not planned, I know he didn't intend to kiss me, Sasuke has really done well for himself and I know that he wouldn't deliberately do anything to botch that," he concluded.

As Gaara sat there, he tried to accept Naruto's reasoning for Sasuke to kiss him, and as much he wanted to believe Naruto, his anger for Sasuke was clouding his thoughts.

"Naruto, he said he loved you, he held your hands countless times and then he kissed you, you really don't think that he meant to do that?" Gaara sounded extremely hurt.

"Gaara," he took his lover's hands, "I'm sure." Gaara stood up, "I'm telling you it didn't mean anything!"

Gaara glared at the boy, "Naruto you can't be serious." He took a breath, "To you, it may have been but just tell me this, when he kissed you what did you do?"

"What do you mean Gaara?" he asked.

"Did you push him off? Did you yell at him? Did you punch his fucking face?" Gaara now had tears in his eyes.

Naruto's eyes widened, "No, I just sat there, motionless, I was completely shocked. I didn't know what to do."

Gaara was utterly pissed off now, "THAT'S IT!" he grabbed his coat and was heading for the door.

"WAIT GAARA!" Naruto yelled after the redhead

"WHAT?!" he screamed back

"I DIDN'T KISS HIM BACK!" Gaara stopped, "I didn't kiss him back, as soon as I realised what happened I ran away. I came straight home to you because I needed you, because I love you and not him."

Gaara turned around facing him, "Please Gaara," Naruto begged.

Gaara softened slightly, he looked at Naruto's face, it was tear-stained and he looked pale, his whisker marks almost looked darker, it was almost as if he was disgusted with himself. The redhead walked back towards Naruto who was now kneeling up on the bed as if he was trying to narrow the distance despite Gaara's attempts. As he reached his lover, Naruto tugged at his shirt and wrapped around Gaara's waist, Gaara responded to his touch, also wrapping his arms around him and placing his head on top of the blonde's.

"I do mean it Gaara, Sasuke means nothing to me, I just want to forget," Naruto whispered.

Gaara kissed his boyfriend's hair, "It's okay, I understand."

"Gaara?" the blonde timidly asked.

"Yes Naruto?" he whispered.

"I love you."

Gaara smiled a small smile and kissed his hair again, "I love you too."

Gaara kneeled down onto the bed so he was at the same height at Naruto, the two kissed. Whilst Naruto intended for it to be a delicate kiss Gaara, on the other hand, was far more passionate. Naruto responded eagerly and opened his mouth to Gaara's skilful tongue, Naruto felt so overwhelmed he didn't realise that they had taken off his shirt and that he actually lost his balance causing himself to fall backwards with Gaara on top.

The two broke apart but Gaara continued to peck little kisses down Naruto's torso, "Gaara what are you doing?"

Gaara stopped he was at Naruto's waistband, it was there he decided to add a bit more pressure to his kiss, leaving a hickey, he looked up and smirked, "I'm making love to you, what dya think I'm doing?"

The blonde blushed as his lover was reaching down the blonde's pants, "Oh," he said.

Gaara moved back up and began making out with Naruto again which Naruto immediately responded. Gaining more confidence he quickly started to remove his boyfriend's clothing.

(Time skip a few hours later)

Gaara sat naked at the side of the bed whilst Naruto slept beside him, his arm draped around Gaara's waist; despite what they had just done he was still angry at what the Uchiha bastard did. In Gaara's mind, he completely betrayed Naruto's trust when he had done nothing but be a friend to the duck butt, but he had to admit that he also felt that Naruto acted naïve, nevertheless, Sasuke Uchiha had completely taken advantage of the situation and that just didn't sit right with him.

He looked back at the sleeping blonde, he looked so innocent when he was sleeping, he stroked the boys' head and he nuzzled Gaara's hand.

Gaara sighed; he knew he couldn't let Sasuke get away with this. He quickly, but quietly redressed and headed to the door, he took one final look at his lover but leaving the room. Little did he know that Neji and Kiba were waiting outside.

"Have you two idiots been there the whole time?" he asked, clearly agitated.

Instead of answering, Neji replied with a question himself, "Where are you going Gaara?"

"Out," the redhead stated.

He started to walk down the hallway but the two remaining bandmates were following him, "Wait Gaara! You're not going to see Uchiha are you?!" Kiba asked quite loudly.

"Be quiet Kiba, you don't know who could be listening," Neji whispered quite sternly.

"I'm going out Kiba, where I go and who I see is none of your concern," Gaara said bluntly as he entered the elevator.

"WAIT GAARA!" Kiba screamed back trying to catch him but it was too late the doors closed.

(Time skip)

As night fell at the hospital Sasuke had finally calmed down about the 'thing' that occurred with Naruto mere hours ago. He just sat in his room, on his bed, with a book in his hand once again. He couldn't even bring himself to look at his easel, not that it mattered since the painting of Naruto was covered he just felt so ashamed of himself he couldn't bear to look at Naruto even if it was in pictorial form.

Then in the distance, he could hear some rather loud screaming, "WHERE IS HE?!"

This was quite unusual since he was situated in a rather calm ward, he looked towards his open door to see if he could pinpoint the screaming but then he heard the shuffling of clothes as if someone was running towards him. His premonition was correct. Almost immediately, a Gaara, his old rival, appeared at his door but luckily for Sasuke, his brother was blocking the entrance to his room. The redhead was clearly pissed off as he was trying to push past Itachi, only for the elder Uchiha to keep dodging him.

Sasuke put his book on his table and calmly said, "It's alright Itachi, you can let him in."

Itachi refusing to stand down said, "Sasuke I don't think that is a good idea-"

"It's okay Itachi," Sasuke interrupted, "Let him in, he needs to do this."

Itachi hesitantly backed down and let Gaara in.

"Itachi closed the door and leave please," Sasuke said quickly.

"Sasuke that's not a good-"

"Go!" he said sternly.

Itachi, again hesitant, did what he was told and left the room, leaving the two old enemies alone.

Sasuke looked up at Gaara as he was starting to stand up only to be knocked down by a punch in the face. The punch forced Sasuke backwards, hitting his head against the wall and as Sasuke was about to speak, Gaara punched him again.

"DON'T YOU DARE YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" He punched Sasuke again.

"HE TRUSTED YOU! HE FORGAVE YOU" he slammed Sasuke's head against the wall, "HE TRUSTED YOU AND BELIEVED IN YOU AND YOU COMPLETELY-" Gaara then kicked Sasuke in the stomach, "Betrayed him."

He started to back off the dark haired patient when Itachi burst into the room, "GAARA! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"

He looked at his brother and could see the bloody nose and bruised face that had formed.

"What? Did you really think that we were going to have a nice little conversation?" Gaara asked rhetorically. He angrily walked to the easel and Sasuke's eyes widened, although it was obvious to him that Naruto had told him about the kiss, he couldn't have been sure if he had told his boyfriend about the painting and he had to admit, he feared getting the redhead even more enraged.

Gaara ripped the tarp off the easel, again revealing the unfinished art piece, "Look at him Sasuke. You did this to him, you made him suffer."

Sasuke looked down in an attempt to divert his eyes.

"LOOK AT HIM!"

Sasuke's' eyes snapped back up to the painting, "Face the truth Uchiha. You did this to him. Because of you Naruto suffered and practically destroy himself. You made him feel like he was worth shit and that he was lucky to have you despite that. Naruto is a strong, powerful person, he does not need you in his life yet he is such a loving and forgiving person that he would allow you to be in it anyway, despite what you've done.

Well, I am not that naïve. I have never believed you would change." He advanced back in front of Sasuke who had not moved from his spot, "Because you are a possessive," he poked Sasuke's shoulder harshly, "feeble," he pushed Sasuke's other shoulder, "sorry excuse for human being. You have not endured nearly enough pain to deserve mine, let alone Naruto's sympathy. You are nothing but a spoilt, little rich brat, who has done nothing but bully and undermine people, and you think you deserve pity? Pathetic."

Sasuke did not move or speak, because he knew to a certain extent, Gaara was right, he was this person once and because of that, he didn't deserve Naruto. But he also knew that trying to speak the truth about his journey would fall upon deaf ears, despite that, he didn't care, he knew Gaara's feelings towards him had been boiling for years and that little outburst he had at the court house was not nearly enough for all the pain he had caused him. Naruto may have gotten closure but Gaara certainly hadn't.

"Why don't you just let him move on, let him be happy? Because he deserves far better than a piece of shit like you."

"That's enough Gaara," Itachi said, a little too late.

"It doesn't matter, I'm done," Gaara pushed past the elder Uchiha and walked calmly out of the room and through the hallway past multiple of shocked nurses and orderlies who, although had not seen the fight, most definitely had heard it. He left the hospital, into the night.

Itachi walked up to Sasuke and put his hand on his shoulder, "Are you alright Sasuke?"

He slapped his brother's hand away, "Leave."

"Sasuke I-"

"GO!" He shouted.

Itachi sighed; he left the room and shut the door. Sasuke sat up leaning against the wall and staring at the unfinished painting, his bruised and aching face started to tear up as the stood and walked over to the easel. He barely touched the image of his ex, before he grabbed the entire canvas and split it in half over his knee. He was in so much pain and so upset, not just about the confrontation with Gaara, but the kiss with Naruto, the way he treated people both before and after the divorce, everything. It was all just spinning in his head, like a whirlwind. Everything came back to him in that instant, he could remember every conversation, every act he had done and it was tearing him apart. Unfortunately, he took it out on his artwork. He destroyed the portrait of Naruto, smashing it against the easel and the floor, wanting to completely eradicate it from existence. Once that was done he pushed the easel over and crouched down to cry.