Naruto does not belong to me.
CHAPTER TEN.
"Perhaps they don't want to see me again," Gaara thought to himself. He walked with a slightly slouched posture as he approached the gates of Konoha. As he looked out at the vast forests that laid outside of the village, he could see white clouds fluffing up in the sky.
"Gaara!" the call startled him, Gaara turned to see Naruto smiling beside him. He walked back towards the other familiar faces Gaara recognised, Hinata, Sakura, Neji, Tenten, Sai, Kiba, and Ino. And...was that Lee?
Naruto held out his hand for Gaara, and after a firm handshake, the Hokage welcomed the Kazekage back for another stay if the Sunagakure heat ever became too much for him. Hinata gave a small bow to the Kazekage and said with a smile, "It was nice to see you again, Gaara-sama."
Sakura rubbed his shoulder and said, "It's been quite a weekend you've had."
Sai stood beside Sakura and in fear of both Sai and what he would say; Gaara skipped his farewell with him. He shook hands with Kiba, Ino, Tenten and Neji. Last but not least was Lee, standing at the end of the line wearing a sour expression. They stood looking at one another, neither one of them wishing to break the silence between them, or bring up the events of the previous night. Gaara wanted to say something, anything to him that would make things better between them, but whatever he thought to say didn't seem good enough. Perhaps Lee was right, maybe Gaara was actually afraid of telling others of his commitment to Lee. Even if it didn't initially seem that way, Gaara knew that in the deep dark depths of his heart, he would willingly scream at the top of his lungs that he did indeed love Lee.
"Lee," his name escaped his lips involuntarily. Lee's glance turned to a glare.
He took a deep breath as he looked Lee straight in the eye, emerald eyes and shiny ebony met in a gaze over the vast gulf of space that separated them.
"Lee, I am truly sorry for what happened last night." Gaara could faintly hear hushed whispers from the others intently listening in on their conversation.
"The truth is-" Gaara paused after hearing a loud rumble of thunder several miles away. A grey blanket covered the blue skies above Konoha, Lee crossed his arms tightly across his chest as if he was prepared to hear the Kazekage out.
Gaara bit his lip and let his inhibitions loose, "The truth is that I've been in love with you from the moment I met you!"
Gaara's heart was pounding, his palms sweating as if he were a mad man. Lee looked at Gaara for a moment with a softer expression. He smiled and threw himself in Gaara's arms. Gaara held him close, as if he never wanted Lee to let go. A small droplet of rain landed on Gaara's cheek, he flinched and cupped Lee's chin and kissed him. As the rain continued to pour down from the skies their kisses became more passionate.
When Gaara paused for air, he took Lee's hand and asked, "Would you like to come over to Sunagakure in the winter?"
"I'd like that."
We've now come to the end of Gaara and Lee's ~summer of love~ I would like to thank everyone who left a review and read all ten chapters! Thanks again to Rockleerox93 for being my beta for this story!