Gaara was lying on his couch staring up at the ceiling, Naruto was up in his room with Sasuke since Itachi had decidedly left for college a bit early after having them press the school to allow him to take all his tests early, which he passed perfectly which surprised no one. The knock on the door broke him from his musings as he darted toward the door reaching it right before his mother did and swinging it open to reveal Neji, "Uh, hi." the boy said nervously at the sight of a slightly flushed Gaara, but the long haired young man was unable to dwell on it too long as he was drug inside and up the stairs at breakneck speeds. Maya stared after Gaara in concern, him and Naruto had been acting weird ever since she had gotten home, and not the normal weird that they displayed at any other time. There were whispered phone calls now that cut off immediately when she entered the room, and sneaking around the house at all hours of the night as if they were doing something wrong by walking through their own damn house. In all honesty it was beginning to irk her not too steady nerves.
Once locked inside the confines of Naruto's room Gaara locked the door and turned to look at the boy as all eyes were on him, "You bring the copies of those videos? Sasuke got his." he said quickly getting a nod in reply as he dumped the videos onto the bed.
"What about yours? Any luck?" Neji replied as the began sorting them through date but first by starred dates, what neat freak put these things in order Neji couldn't fathom.
"I've found some, but not many, and Gaara has too, but well that leaves us with like four. My mom hid them better than Mr. Hyuga or Mr. Uchiha did." Naruto replied placing his on the pile getting a nod from everyone in reply.
"Are you sure these rooms are sound proof?" Neji asked suddenly getting a nod from the other three boys, he did not want to know how Sasuke knew that the room was soundproof, grabbing the first date in the pile Naruto stuffed it into the dvd player as they piled around the t.v. keeping it low just in case they were wrong.
There was giggling in the background as the camera was fumbled with for a moment, "No you all have to be in the footage for it to be worth anything." a young Maya said seemingly arguing with some unknown people then the camera came into focus as the camera had been set on something. There was Maya standing to the side with her hands on her hips a large smile on her face, "Ok so this is going to be an ongoing documentary type thing about… well all of us since High School is supposed to be the best years of your life I don't want to miss a single moment of it." she announced before bouncing to stand behind a angry looking Fugaku who was looking anywhere but the camera, "This is our oh so moody Fugaku Uchiha he's gonna be my personal lawyer when he finishes school!" she announced getting a snort in reply from the boy in front of her.
"Ch, 'cause we all know you're going to seriously need one. Honestly she's nothing but trouble." he mumbled earning himself a fist in the back of his head at the comment.
"Moving on, this is Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga they're going to super huge business tycoons!" she continued, standing to the side of the twins and motioning toward the both of them with a sweep of her hands, before Hizashi moved behind her still smiling, his brother being the more serious one of the twins.
"And this is Maya, she's going to be a famous singer, so she really shouldn't be in High School." he announced as she playfully hit him not aiming to damage.
"Ok, ok so when we all get famous this is going to be our memorabilia type thing, so that we know and always remember how we were in High School. Lord knows none of us want to end up like our parents did." she trailed off at the end her smile dropping for a mere second before reforming on her face. "Well! Anyway you know the names now! Keep them memorized 'cause look out future here we come wrecking everything!" with the she ran towards the camera shutting it off.
When the camera came back on Maya was rolling her eyes, "Ok since I am tired of everyone arguing we are going to make a pact, and so these idiots can be reminded of what they said since they seem to get temporary amnesia when it suits them, I am going to record it. It goes something like we all promise that no matter how mad we are at each other, we can call upon our friends when most of our group decides the stupidity has gone on long enough, and no matter how mad we are at each other, if we get the message we have to at least make an effort to drop the shit." The camera whirred towards the extremely peeved looking face of Fugaku, "Say it or I beat the shit out of you on camera!"
"Fine, I promise." he said looking at the camera and flipping it off.
Then it whirred to the twins who both agreed also looking equally pissed, "Ok you heard it yourself people, they agreed now if they deny it I can beat their asses with the video tape to remind them. Chao!" a kiss was blown to the camera before it shut off once again.
"What the hell was so bad about that? Other than your mother had a foul mouth when she younger?" Sasuke asked looking at the screen never having thought his father would react such as flipping someone off at any age whats so ever, the dark haired boy sort of wished he could tell his dad he watched these without getting in trouble so that he could tell the man he wasn't so perfect himself. Deciding to move to the front Sasuke took one of the cd's and placed it into the player next tossing the other one to the side.
The film played out and Maya was standing next to Fugaku who was clutching a house phone looking severe, from the way the film looked it was being taken from the somewhere low everyone in the room and you could tell that no one knew the thing was running. "Yes father, I know. Please don't say that she's really not that ba- No sir bu- I-" finally after countless times of being cut off he hung his head in defeat, "Yes father." came the defeated voice as Maya looked up a concerned look on her face, when Fugaku finally hung up the phone he looked over at the female with a weary look. "He really hates you, do you know that?" he asked while pulling out a pack of cigarettes and lighting one blowing smoke rings at the ceiling. "He's says you're a bad influence on me." the dark haired young man said solemnly before a small smile broke out on his and the females face.
"Me? A bad influence on you? If anything, you are a bad influence on me!" she replied snatching the cigarette from the boy and dropping into a half empty bottle near her feet, wherever they were looked awful and dark, and it so suited the mood.
"Hey! That was my last one!" he yelled getting a narrowed eyed glare from the girl.
"Yeah well it's a horrible habit, you should have never started!"
"Well I don't hear you yelling at Hiashi about drinking! That's just as bad!" he complained back watching as the glare was turned on some unknown figure undoubtedly Hiashi.
"Argh! I can't believe you guys, your fuckin' rich and all you can do is complain about how hard everything is!" she complained throwing her hands up in the air in flourish to her imminent anger at the moment.
"Do we really have to go through this again?" Fugaku asked looking at her with a 'whatever' look on his face.
"Yeah, old families, traditions, disowned, all that shit, but that's nothing unless you abide by their rules, come on is you guys happiness really worth all that money?" she asked, and when she got no answer she threw her hands in the air again and growled she looked over and seemed to caught sight of the camera glaring at it. "Turn that off Hizashi or so help me I will knock you into the next room."
"Yeah, what a threat considering your walls are paper thin." came the mumbled reply as the red headed female stood right before the camera was shut off.
"To think, they would kill us if we drank or smoked at this age." Sasuke said looking over at Neji who began to nod in reply. "Still too small though considering they haven't talked for years." Sasuke said ejecting the cd and tossing it across the room. Gaara rolled his sea foam colored eyes and picked another cd from the pile and popped it inside the dvd player everyone's attention was immediately returned to the screen as it began to play.
They were at school the film was resting on a dark haired young man who looked very angry for some unknown reason, his eyes a plain brown color as he looked like no one significant. "What a loser." came the voice of Hizashi as Maya suddenly took center view of the camera looking very pissed, the close up on her face making her look even angrier.
"Stop that, I'm sure he's perfectly nice." she said scornfully.
"Ch, say what you want but that Sabaku kid is a definite freak." came the refined reply of the young Uchiha boy with a book propped on his lap as the camera whirred in his direction.
"You two are so cruel. No one has ever tried to talk to him."
"Except you which would be why he loves you so." came the venomous reply from behind the camera as it was snatched from the cameraman by Maya who began filming the long haired young man.
"Oh yeah? What are you? Jealous?" the camera cut to black right after showing the very pissed visage of Hizashi who closed in on Maya. When the film began to roll again neither Maya or Hizashi seemed to be holding the camera and both seemed to be hiding and kissing in a dark hallway, they broke apart at the sound of snickering from the position of the camera and Maya turned a heated glare on the perpetrator immediately. "Oh my god, you two couldn't get more immature if you tried!" she yelled before the camera spun to the floor and just barely showing Fugaku and Hiashi getting punched and kicked by the furious red headed girl.
Hizashi took the time to move over to the film and directed it toward himself but the sounds of pain and cussing were still clearly heard in the background, "We should avoid remembering Maya's extreme violence, so uh… yeah." and the film cut off again.
It was Gaara's turn to growl and toss a cd to the side, "Well that apparently didn't last considering me, Neji, and Naruto are all here. And I'm sure Neji's mother wasn't our's because his birthday is far too close to my own." the red head huffed crossing his arms over his chest. As everyone looked at each other in shock before deciding to leave movie watching for a later date so that Maya wouldn't get too suspicious. Naruto quickly hid the movies before allowing Neji and Gaara to depart to the red head's room with a sigh.
Once inside his room Gaara fell back to stare at the ceiling of his room and mull over the movies, "I don't understand it." he mumbled to no one but himself, only when the bed sunk in beside him did he realize that Neji was in the room also.
"What?" he asked looking over at his green eyed obsession.
"None of that was bad, it was actually a lot happier than what my mom made her past out to be." Gaara said sitting up and looking at Neji who sighed softly before scooting further down the bed and placing one arm on the other side of the red head.
"Forget it for now. There has to be a reason, maybe something at a later date. For now though, don't think too hard on it." the lavender eyed teen replied before leaning forward slowly and capturing plush lips which became pliant almost immediately, and sooner than either boy could keep track of they were tongue wrestling for dominance Gaara's head was propped back against his pillows again and his arms were around the other boy's neck. When they broke apart both boys were panting, their eyes dilated and lips were swollen, "Can I do more?" Neji asked knowing how badly things ended up if the red head was unprepared for whatever was happening.
After a moments hesitation Gaara nodded in reply his lips being captured briefly before the nipping and licking sensation began on his neck making him close his eyes and curl his toes slightly, soft sucking was next as a bright red hickey was left in the place of Neji's lips as he raised his head to examine his handy work with a smirk. "Nice." he said softly his voice huskier than usual.
A bright red that rivaled his own hair was dusting across Gaara's face as his hand went immediately to the slightly wet spot on his neck, "You didn't." he said softly getting a smirk in reply, with a panicked yelp the pale eyed young man was pushed into the wall as Gaara rushed across the room to check the bright red mark on his neck. At the sight of the mark he groaned before unleashing a glare on the unsuspecting teen on his bed, "How dare you! You marked me!" he yelled before launching himself across the room and at the young man tackling him to the bed.
"Well you did say I could continue." Neji replied lamely waiting for the onslaught that was about to happen, when nothing did he took in the red heads lost look for a moment before smiling slowly to himself, at the bright red blush on the boys face as sea foam eyes avoided lavender ones. "I'm sorry, although it is pretty hot." Neji said with a slight smirk before getting hit upside his head by the red head.
Gaara shook his head and sighed as his thoughts travelled back to the video's of his mother, "What could've happened that they stopped talking?" he asked, not realizing that he had actually spoke the question aloud until Neji came to rest next to him his head propped in on hand.
"I don't know, my dad isn't around to tell me stories anymore. Hiashi doesn't really like talking to me all that much, since apparently I remind him of my father. It's just too painful." Neji trailed off a bit before looking up suddenly, "Well what about you, what do you know about your mother's past?" he asked watching as Gaara rolled over to look at him.
"I know mom was with my dad for a while but, he started getting real possessive so before it could get dangerous she left him for Naruto's dad. Arashi. While she was with him she had me, my dad fought for custody because... well because he thought it would hurt her the most. Then they had Naruto, shortly afterwards my mother came back and got me."
At the end Neji stayed silent, not wanting to tell Gaara that he thought there was a lot that the red head was holding out on. Like how did his father go from having full custody of him to not even having visitation rights. What happened to Naruto's father? Was he kind to Gaara?
Gaara on the other hand was already thinking back to that time, as he was staring at the ceiling now...
A/N
Ok so I was gonna continue this a lot further and I am so sorry that it took so long to post. I was in the process of writing this. And fixing all the errors in my old stories when, my computer broke. So now I'm using someone else's computer and it sucks, so I was just appologizing for the major delay and any spelling or grammatical errors. I promise to fix them when my computer get's back up. Love all you fans!
-Yuri Kasamoti