AN: Okay, after this will be Itachi and Hidan. Sorry for the wait, by the way. decided it wouldn't be uploading stories. D:
1.30.10
(January Thirtieth, Two Thousand Ten)
As a child, Gaara is startlingly astute. He doesn't only notice the whispers of the children, the dirty looks that their parents throw his way, but he also catches the tightening of his sister's muscles when he walks through a door, the way his brother's eyes widen almost imperceptibly when he approaches. He doesn't want to be this way, mean to be this way. He wants to sleep, wants to play, wants to love and be loved. But he cannot lose the monster, cannot fight it and its superior power. And they say if you can't beat it, join it.