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Song Inspiration: TATU- Gomenasai, clowns (can you see me now), imperfect girl, all about us, we shout, how soon is now, and I don't swallow ( Yes I like TATU, They have good music.)

Word of the day from my thesaurus: Gaara- Fusty (?), also had another one I liked. Trick-or-treaters: Tribute

Words without these stupid notes at beginning and end (also not counting random Author's notes in story): 1376 (since the last about 608 with notes, this should be nice…)

Chapter 14

The next day was Halloween! Several kids dressed up in their costumes in school, as long as it followed the dress code and didn't involve wearing a mask. The teachers decided to slack off and instead do 'fun' things related to Halloween.

Orochimaru- sensei decided to spend all of class explaining All Saints Day, which was on November first. It was rather boring.

In art, they got to stop their current project and draw their own pumpkin and its face or picture. Sasuke kept glaring at Gaara, seemingly angry, annoying Neji to heck. Either Gaara didn't seem to mind or else he wasn't aware of the glare being sent his way. Avoiding confrontation, Neji finished his project for the day.

Manami and Shino seemed to be enjoying their private table in the back, drawing romantic pictures in their pumpkins.

Third, they just did those crosswords that you do all through grade school.

Fourth, they watched a movie about 'the terrors of the world'. According to Iruka, it was perfect for Halloween. Everyone else just found it boring. The question remains. If the movie was so good to Iruka, why did he disappear out the door when Kakashi peeped in the classroom?

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Gaara's mother was working late, so Neji volunteered to take Gaara and Temari home. He didn't really like taking Temari anywhere because of the way she liked to analyze him and Gaara together, but he'd do it if it gave him more time with the red haired boy.

They got to the Sabaku residence safely. Temari took her time getting out, leaving an irritated couple in the front seat. Eventually she got out, giving Gaara and Neji some alone time.

"I had fun last night…"

Neji looked over at the boy. He really was too cute for his own good. Neji smiled and leaned over to kiss the boy. Their lips met and his heart fluttered once more. Gaara blushed, remembering the night before.

"I had a good time too."

Flashback

They had been dancing to the loud music for about twenty minutes. Gaara started to get thirsty. As if reading his mind, Neji asked him if he was thirsty. Nodding his head yes, Neji went to get some drinks.

Gaara sat down at a table where he spotted his friends. Shino was dressed as, you guessed it, Man in black. (A.N. Yep, from Men in Black! What? Didn't guess it. Sorry, Shino is the real man in black anyway. Be the way I don't own MIB.)

Manami was wearing a short red dress with a see though scarf wrapped all the way down her. Red jewels and glitter randomly scattered across her face and a pair of sparkly, red fairy wings on her back.

Sitting across from the happy couple, was the dog himself. Literally.

Kiba sat up, in a doggy costume, like a mascot for a school. The large white, furry costume covered with brown spots even had a large red collar around the neck.

Gaara gave Kiba a questioning look. He was a bout to ask when Kiba put his hand up and shook his head, signaling Gaara not to ask about his current predicament.

"I lost a bet."

Explained it. Neji soon came to the table and sat down. He nodded hello to Shino and Manami and introduced himself to Kiba, who was still slightly irritated. At least he, Manami and Shino were all still friends. They soon found out why as Hinata came out and sat closely beside Kiba, whose mood instantly changed to a happy one.

Hinata was dressed as an angel, including a robe, wings and a halo. Hinata introduced herself to Shino and Manami, though she didn't need to since they had art together, and murmured a hello to Gaara and Neji. Shino and Hinata held their girlfriend's hands on the table while Neji held Gaara's under the table.

The two boys hurried and finished their drinks while chatting together. Kiba teased Gaara and Neji for not having dates, which caused the whole table, except for a confused dog boy, to burst into bouts of laughter.

Neji led Gaara back to the dance floor. They finished up the rest of a techno song when a slow song came on. They looked to see if anyone was watching them in particular. Everyone looked to busy to notice, dancing with their own dates.

They saw Temari and Shikamaru, making out in a chair near the back corner of the room. Kiba was dancing with Hinata, near where Shino and Manami moved slowly with the music.

They saw one of Neji's friends, he'd introduced to Gaara the week before, Kabuto, dancing with someone who looked suspiciously old and kind of familiar. (A.N: Kind of snaky isn't it ((Get it, snaky, sneaky… okay it's not funny))…XD)

They even saw Lee dancing with Tenten. What a shocker. They saw a few other people dancing closely from their other classes, including the pink haired girl and blonde haired girl from Gaara's third. Now Gaara didn't feel so weird. If the two girls could dance so romantically in public together, then so should he.

Gaara and Neji positioned their selves (XD) into a dancing position, bodies pressed closely together, a blush rose to Gaara's cheeks. They slowly moved together, bodies fitting perfectly into each other, Gaara felt safe in Neji's strong arms.

As the song came to an end, the boys mouths met into a blissful, heart soaring kiss.

End Flashback

"See you tonight!"

This brought Gaara back to the reality. Neji, Manami, and him were spending Halloween at the Aburame household so they could watch horror films and eat candy, while passing it out to the little trick-or-treaters. The boys would be spending the night (A. N. maybe that's not such a good idea, had to switch whose house we went to…XD) and Manami said her mom would pick her up at around eleven, which probably meant eleven fifteen based on what the boys had seen of Manami's punctuality.

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At around five, Gaara gathered his things he needed for school and his mom drove him to the Aburame residence. She and Gaara were stunned by the massive size of the place, driving incredibly slow to take in the large house.

They went to the door and the butler got the door. He led them to the kitchen, where Shino and Manami were sitting on the stools of the island bar in the middle of the room, chatting with Shibi.

Upon seeing Gaara and his mom walk in, Shibi walked up and introduced himself to the Gaara's mom, having met Gaara after school many times. As soon as she left, Neji arrived. He obviously wasn't as memorized by the size of the house. He was after all a Hyuuga, one of the richest families in Japan.

The two couples went into the den and Shibi left them to their privacy, going into his study.

Neji sat down on the edge of sofa and Gaara sat down beside him. Neji smirked at him and picked the petite boy up and placed him in his lap. Shino sat down on the other side of the couch and Manami closely beside him, leaning on him as a pillow.

They watched one movie before the maid came into to ask about snacks. They asked foe some drinks and finger sandwiches to watch during the movie. While they ate, trick-or-treaters came and went like flies.

Once when the doorbell rang, Gaara and Neji went to answer it. When they left, Shino had been talking about a swim meet that he wanted Manami to go to and she was asking him to come to one of her games.

When the two came back, they were just in time to see the two's first kiss. Getting an idea, Neji scooped Gaara up in his arms and began kissing him senseless.

A coughing broke them apart as they turned to a blushing maid ask them if they wanted anything else. When she left the room, they all burst out laughing. They out in the next movie and pulled out the candy bowl, since most of the trick-or-treaters had already stopped coming. They got a total sugar high, Gaara and Manami at least, squealing and hiding on their boyfriends when ever the dramatic music started to play.

By the time the movie was over, it was eleven-thirty and Manami's mom showed up to take her home. Shino walked her out to the car.

When he came back, he saw that his friends had fallen asleep, Gaara laying across Neji with his head resting on Neji's shoulder. (A.N. Almost wrote Gaara was laying on Shino here. Awkward. )

He went and got a blanket and placed it over top of the two peaceful boys.

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Yes my chapters are small. At least it's 1,000 words. (I'm still a littleupset) Don't like it, review… I really don't know why I continue… 14 chapter's and only 15 reviews? Wow… I had twelve at five so shortly after that I must have done something wrong…

Update 1-4-09 Wow, I was very pissy back then...