Since you guys have complained about the cliffhanger I have written the next chapter already ;) The next couple of chapters are going to become more and more angst, just so you know it

Chapter 14

Gaara's POV

My alarm went off and signaled that I had to wake Naruto up now. I had been looking at the key for the past two hours. It felt weird to lie here with the key to his room. I didn't know why, but it did. I got up and began walking towards his room.

I locked myself in and closed the door. Naruto was breathing fast and was whimpering. I didn't know what to do, but thought it was best to wake him up. When I was just about to shake him, he abruptly sat up, and I jerked back. The look in his eyes was hard to watch. He looked so frightened. I wanted to make it disappear but I don't know how too.

He turned on the light and I closed my eyes, trying to avoid the sharp light. I heard a gasp and looked back at him. He was starring right at me

"You wanted me to wake you up, but it seems like you managed that yourself" I said indifferently trying to get out of this weird atmosphere. He looked at the brim of tears

"C-could you sit here for a bit" he said in a brittle voice. He was pointing at the end of the bed. I sat down and was careful not to sit too close to him. I didn't know what he had dreamt about, but I was pretty sure it was related to the issue about physical contact. Normally, if I didn't know what to say or do, I would just ignore it, but I couldn't do that seeing him like this, I couldn't just ignore him.

"Is there something else you want?" When I didn't get a respond I looked at him. He seemed to be deep in thought or still stuck in the nightmare. I looked around and found a shirt. I threw the shirt at him, hoping he would snap out of it. He shook his head and blink before looking at me. He laughed, but I could hear it was fake.

"Sorry, I got a little… distracted"

"Is there anything else I can do?" I ask again.

"Normally you have to talk a lot about all kinds of things and then I could get myself distracted from.. this. But you don't talk that much, so that is out of the question then" He smiled sadly. I looked around the room, and saw a book lying by the bed.

"Have you read that?" I tried, hoping to help him somehow.

"I'm in the middle of it" He said confused.

"Tell me about it, what is it about, what do you think would happen?" Luckily my plan worked, because he began talking and talking about the book. At first he was hesitant, but he quickly began to smile more and more and gestured wildly while he explained. I looked at the clock.

"Maybe you should begin to get ready?" He noticed too and jumped out of bed. He quickly got out of his shirt and threw it somewhere. For some reason I had a hard time not looking at him while he ran around in only his boxers and tried to find some clean clothes.

"See you tonight" He yelled as he ran out the door in only his pants and a shirt in his hand.

Naruto's POV

I finally relaxed when I got on the bus. It didn't seem like I was going to be late for class today. I closed my eyes and tried to get some sleep. I was really happy Gaara had been there when I woke up. Normally I had to deal with this myself and therefore it felt a little weird that he had seen me like that. I didn't like others seeing me when I felt that vulnerable. But I was happy anyway.

He had tried to help me and I knew I wouldn't have been able to think about anything other than my past and wouldn't have been able to go to class, if he hadn't been there. I couldn't help but smile. Gaara had actually wanted to help me and had seemed a bit worried. He still seemed to shut me out sometimes, so I liked these moments when I could feel we were friends and not just dorm mates. I suddenly remembered that we had left Sai all alone. I sighed. I had to make it up to him today somehow.

- Later that day -

I had met with Kiba on my way home and had tried to make him try to befriend Sai too. He still thought he was strange, but he had promised he would try. I had decided to talk to everyone and hopefully he would have some friends other than me too. It didn't seem like Gaara would like that I bought him with me, and I didn't want him to be lonely.

So far I had talked to Kiba, Shino, Shika..something, Sakura, Ino and Hinata. And yeah, I was pretty proud of myself that I had remembered so many names already. I was on my way to the kitchen and was looking forward to seeing how people would react to Sai now.

Gaara's POV

It was dinner time and I was contemplating whether I should go or wait till tonight to see Naruto. I was still a little uneasy about what had happened this morning and I wanted to see how he was. Before I knew it, I was already walking towards the kitchen. I sighed. He really had to much control over me sometimes.

I stood in the doorway and looked at him. He didn't seem to feel bad anymore. Hopefully he was better now. He saw me and waved. I decided I might as well eat now.

Naruto didn't pay as much attention to me like usually. He was busy trying to include Sai in conversations with the others. I quickly ate and decided to go again.

"Can I come to your room tonight?" The room suddenly got silent.

"Does that mean your lovers?" Sai asked bluntly. Naruto blushed

"No" He spluttered. "We're friends"

"But in my book i-"

"I don't care about that. We're friends" Naruto's face was completely flushed right now. He looked at me

"I just wanted to talk with you.. it wasn't like that.. you know.. I.."

"I know, you can come" I said before walking back.

I sat down in my room and found my computer. I had to make an assignment. In this assignment I had to make a digital picture, using different methods and write about them afterwards. I continued what I had already done and waited for him to be done. Before I knew it, I heard knocking on the door.

"Come in" Naruto quickly came in and closed the door. He sat beside me on the bed.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm drawing something for an assignment"

"Can I see?" He asked excited. I patted the place beside me. I saw him stiffen and suddenly remembered that it was a stupid idea to make him sit this close to me. I took my comforter and draped it around my shoulder and down my side.

"There, now we won't touch even though we sit close" Several emotions flashed across his face. Surprise, relief, sadness, gratitude before happiness took over. Naruto smiled and moved over to sit beside me. I continued drawing. He watched my every move and I found that I liked it more, when we were alone.

"Your keys is on the table, so remember to take them with you"

"No that's alright, you can keep them. Sometimes I'm lost in my own world when I'm reading or listening to music. If you want to talk to me, you can just go in. I trust you with them, plus then you can wake me up some other times too. I have a hard time getting up" He grinned.

"Oh" I remembered this morning.

"Are you alright?"

"What do you mean?" He asked confused

"About this morning?" He stiffened and his face became void of any emotion.

"Yeah.. and thanks for this morning" He gave me a small smile. "I really appreciate that and this" He pointed towards the comforter. I just nodded. I zoomed out on my drawing and Naruto looked at the whole drawing.

"Oh my God it's amazing." He smiled at me. Suddenly he was just as cheerful and energetic like usually.

"I like that about you" The words somehow slipped out" He froze

"What?"

Naruto's POV

"I like how you obviously have had a terrible past, but you still are this bright and energetic person. I like the fact that you are so expressive and you can always see what you feel" He said without looking at me. He continued drawing. I was still frozen. Had he really said that? Was this person really Gaara?

He couldn't have said like. That was just.. I shook my head. This just seemed unreal. A feeling of sadness overwhelmed me. He said he liked how I was a bright person. Apparently he didn't know me then. He doesn't know how big a mess I really am. How much of a freak I am. Am I really a bright person? I don't feel like one. I can feel the darkness inside me trying to swallow me. Can't he see that too? Am I that good at deceiving others?

I suddenly wanted to get away. To hide somewhere. I wanted him to like me, but he didn't like the real me. Would he abandon me when he would realize I'm not that bright a person. I didn't want to experience that. I quickly got up

"Sorry, I have to go" I tried to keep my voice steady.

Thanks so much for all the lovely reviews. They make me want to keep writing non-stop to give you more chapters. And that is why I have decided that for the next couple of days, I'm going to write a new chapter each day. That way the suspense from the cliffhangers shouldn't be too much :P

I can already say they they are going to be more and more intense and angsty, but I hope you will like them anyway.