A/N: Um hum. They kissed. Now this chapter will take place when they kiss and after the kiss, through Gaara's POV and he's talking to Shukaku(Cocky Bastard)if you're wondering. Who bitches at him. Sorry for OOCness. Enjoy my sweets!

Discovery

Without thinking, like my body had moved on it's own, I had pressed my own lips against hers. I swear, when our lips met, something had slapped me mentally across the face and growled something at me. I could barely make out the words myself, but I could tell who it was. I mentally sigh, angrily, to myself.

"Pathetic boy." I here the beast mutter behind me. I turned around to face it. Him. His arms are folded across his chest, his eyes stared at me with disappointment. I hadn't done anything wrong, had I? I stare halfheartedly at the monster that I had to share a body with. It was burden to share a body with a death eater, and an it that liked to kill when I found it less amusing than before. Doing more good made me feel better than doing bad. I am satisfied with where I am now, but apparently he hadn't been satisfied.

"What happened to the blood thirsty boy I knew." He tsked, shaking his head disapprovingly. His arms unfolded, falling to his side, which I had to point out, were longer than his abdomen. I growl under my breath, unintimidated by his words.

"He's gone. It's just me you are talking to." I barked, his head hung disapprovingly. He had showed signs that he wasn't happy with me, non the less saying he was ever happy with me. The only satisfaction he was granted was the smell and the touch of blood. I shudder inwardly.

"I've tried so hard." He began, taken a moment to let his words sink into me. It had failed. "So hard. To keep you away from that girl." He continued, eyes closed and mouth held onto a frown. I stare at him with disbelief. One kiss can't mean love? Can it? And I hadn't mention once that I had fell in love Reiko? Sharing a body and half a mind with a demon wasn't worth it at all if he only read my mind for fun. I was going to snap something at him, saying I was isn't love with Reiko, but he had stopped me.

"I thought you were stronger than this. But I had thought wrong." He continued, walking to and fro, making me more anxious. I wanted to know where he was going with this, but he just paced to and fro. This time, I folded my arms up against my chest, making him stop.

This time I shook my head in disapproval. "Shukaku-san." I said with a roll of my eyes.

"I hadn't once mention I was in love with Reiko. And yet I am not." I stated. He grinned at me, knowing he was talking to the boy he once knew, yet again. But his grin faltered, he wasn't finished with his questioning.

"In deed you are not. But I need to know why." He paused, " You had kissed her." He finished. I took a moment to consider this, going over the words in my head. Why had I kissed Reiko? I know and knew all along that I wasn't in love with her, but yet I had gone a kissed her.

I was intrigued with myself as well as Shukaku was. His eyes swept over my face, reading me like a book. "Answer me, boy." He growled. I sighed, letting my arms drop to my side.

"I don't know." I confessed sheepishly. I didn't know, in fact. I just knew that something was holding me back, and I needed to take advantage of it. Was I falling? Falling for Reiko? The only person who was a complete opposite to me? She, by far, has been the only person to question my actions, and yet once I answer her, she goes and attacks me with words I sometimes don't even listen to.

If I wasn't in love with her, then did that mean she was in love with? No it couldn't be possible. She hated me so much that I wonder if she even likes her job. But if I let her go, would I still be the same person? Something in me told me that if she left nothing would be the same. Like she was the color in my blank world.

Shukaku growled in front of me, I looked up to see him standing in front of me.

"'I don't know' isn't an answer." He hissed. I take a moment to comprehend. In deed 'I don't know' wasn't an answer, but I didn't know why.

"I guess... I've changed." I finally say, breaking the bleak silence. His frown slipped, throwing on a scowl. I knew what he was thinking, he was thinking of how I became too soft. I wasn't soft? Was I? I've just changed, doing good for my village. Our village. He growls at me, stepping away, walking into the darkness of my cluttered mind.

I break away from Reiko, just to see us staring at each other. After what seemed like forever, I watch as her eyes slide closed, her body leaning towards mine. I catch her affectionately, surprised at my own actions. I sigh inwardly, lifting an angel-like body off the ground and head for the door.

Walking down the sandy road, I make it to her apartment building. Going up, down, left, right I finally stop in front of her apartment door. Pulling out a ring of keys, one distinct key stood out and I tugged on it. The door croaks and creaks open as I pushed it open. The smell of clean and sweet pushes past me, I shudder at how cool it is in her room.

I walked around the whole one-room apartment, not looking for the bedroom, but just observing her home. Everything was either black or white, only specs of color puddled here and there. I give up on finding anything of interest and go back to the bedroom.

Her bedroom is no bigger than the kitchen, and the kitchen is small. I set her down on her bed, sitting down on it next to her. I threw the wool blankets over her fragile body and look around once more. Looking at the window, something grabs my attention. It's a small picture, of Reiko and her family. I hadn't known Reiko had a younger brother. I pulled the picture from the window, looking over it. Her parents looked happy, and her brother as well. He looked about the age of ten, and Reiko when she was probably sixteen. I flip over family photo to find messy writing. It read:

"Don't worry, Daisuke. I'll never forget you."

I stare blankly at the photo. Was Daisuke her brother? The boy had raven black hair just as Reiko, but his eyes were blue. I look at her parents' eyes to see that her mother's were green and her father's green. That must've been how Reiko got her peculiar eyes. And what had she meant by she'll never forget him? The bed began to move, I looked back at Reiko, she was awake. She stared at the photo expressionless, before reaching out to it.

"Daisuke was only ten." She whispered, running her fingers over the picture. I stare at her, waiting for her to go on.

"I couldn't help." Reiko went on. "Mom and dad were on a mission and left me alone with him."

Reiko stated. I watched as she stared at the picture of her family, tears building up.

"I just passed the chunin exams and was in the work of becoming a jounin. I was in charge of watching him. I let him go outside for one second and that's when they came." She went on, wiping away a single tear. I know I had never listen to her stories, but this one must've meant the world to her.

"I just watched, scared and stupidly as they killed him. I tried to help, but it was too late." I watched another tear stroll down her face, I reach out and brush it away. She looks up at me and I stare back. The night went on like. I had never knew how much pain she had gone through before now.