A/N: My obsession right now is Lee Hong Ki!
He's the most cutest guy in the WORLD!
Plus, I really, really love his music that he writes. ^^
Hwaiting! Hong Ki! xD

-21-

When I get out of the shower and put over-size clothes on, I plop onto the sofa, drying my hair with a towel. I click the TV on and begin flipping through the channels. It didn't take very long until I was disturbed - Uzumaki-kun comes walking through the door with a frown on his face and he plops on the other side of the sofa. He folds his arms across his chest tightly and gazes at the TV screen with hard eyes. I thought about asking him what's wrong but in the end I decided not to. He's probably furious because he has to clean the whole gym and probably have to clean the cafeteria for a month.

"I'm mad," Uzumaki-kun suddenly announces.

My eyes flicker towards him. "And why is that?"

His eyes narrow together as he studies me for a second. "Did you tell your sister about the plan?"

"What sister?" I ask dumbfounded.

"SETSUKO!" he cries out.

Oh yeah! I forgot for a split second. "Err...yes. Yes I did."

He puffs out his cheeks like a little kid. "Because of her, all of us have to clean the cafeteria for a whole month."

"Eh?" I blurt. "Exactly who is this 'we'?"

"You think I'm going to clean the cafeteria all by myself! Hell no!" he exclaims.

"Well, that's just...that's just...Do you want to play ring-around-the-rosy?" My head tilts to the side a bit.

"Ring-around-the-rosy? That doesn't even sound right."

"Eh? Isn't that how you say it?" I ask.

Uzumaki-kun opens his mouth to comment on that but Hyuuga-kun walks through the doors and so does Gaara. He glances at them and then turns his attention back at me, ignoring them completely. "No, I don't think so." He shakes his head no a couple of times.

"No. It's Ring-Around-The-Rosy because it goes like this 'ring around the rosy. A pocket full of posies. Ashes, ashes, we all fall down!' It's common sense!"

"No," Uzumaki-kun firmly disagrees. "It's not. Your lying."

I stare at him as if he's on crack. "YES IT'S TRUE!"

The both of us snap our heads towards Hyuuga-kun since he's smart...ish...hopefully. "Tell HIM!" Uzumaki-kun and I shout in unison. We both point a finger at each other.

Hyuuga-kun sits in between us and glances at me. There must be something on my face because he keeps staring at it. "Yuki is right," he states, not even looking at Uzumaki-kun. I glance past the two of them to see what Gaara is doing and he's in the kitchen getting something to drink. For now on, I think to myself. I'm going to try to get closer to Gaara and try to understand him. Hwaiting!

I leap to my feet to bolt over to the kitchen and I stand right behind him, going onto my tippy toes and lock my fingers together behind my back. As he turns around from the fridge, he becomes startled when he sees me. He even almost dropped the cup of milk in his hand too. The corner of my lips curve up into a smile. He tries to walk past him but I just get in his way. He goes to the other side but I end up getting in his way again. We do this little dance for a while until Gaara frowns and glares at me darkly.

"What do you want?" You can he the coldness in his voice.

"Let's go to the hot springs!" I pipe up cheerfully.

His eyes narrow together suspiciously. "Why?"

"So we can bond in the nude! Of course, silly!" I smile sheepishly, holding back my sudden urge to stick my tongue like how a five-year-old would do.

He slips past me and walks into our room, ignoring me. I rest my hands on my waist, studying his back as he shuts the door from behind me. This is going to be a lot harder then I thought it will be, I cursed in my head.

"Forget about him, Yuki! We can bond in the nude together!"

Yeah, this will be definitely hard to do. Oh! I have an idea! I grin evilly to myself and I rush to my room. Well, first I run right into it since I forgot that Gaara shut the door. I shut the door from behind me and I notice that Gaara is sitting on top of his bed with that old worn-out teddy bear in his hands. He swiftly gazes at me when the door shut from behind me. He rests the teddy bear back beside him and he gets to his feet, probably ready to leave. Without even thinking I grab onto his arm, not letting him go.

"What?" he asks dully.

I let go of him arm and spread out my arms with a smile on my face. "Let's sleep together!"

He goes towards the window, ready to jump out of it. I trip over my feet somehow and I grab on the bottom of his pants leg. "I'm sorry! I was just kidding! I swear! Don't commit suicide!"

He stares down at me with a puzzled look. "Commit suicide?"

I get to my knees and fold my hands together in my lap. I nod my head yes once. "Aren't you the type of guy that will commit suicide in a second? Plus, it doesn't surprise me since your a ghost wannabe as well."

He kicks me off of him and sits on the edge of his bed, staring down at me with an expression in his face that I don't quite understand.

"What?"

He looks out the window swiftly and then back at me. "It's late, you should go to sleep."

"Me?" I point a finger at myself. "What about you? You should go to sleep as well."

Silence

"I can't sleep."

"Eh?" His words take me off guard. "You can't sleep? What person can't sleep?"

"I just can't." His voice was deadly and so was his face expression.

I get to my feet and sit beside him on his bed. "Then we should fix that problem, no?"

"What?" My words take him off guard completely - he was probably not expecting me to say that.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" I make him lie down on his bed and I cover him with his blankets. He turns his head to and opens his mouth, readying to tell me something, but he just closes it back up. I take his hand and fold both of mine over his. "I'm going to stay like this until you fall asleep, do you understand?"

"Do whatever you want," he replies without a care in the world. He flips to his side that his back is facing me.

"I will!" I declare. Now what should I do to make him fall asleep faster? ...Aha! The lights! Of course. I let go of Gaara's hand and rush towards the door where the light switch is at. I flip it off and rush back to Gaara's side, taking his hand again. Since that lights are off, it' completely dark in here. I sit on my knees to get more comfortable since I'm probably going to have to stay by his side for a while.

"Don't you know that Gaara's a demon?" Those words that pinkie has told me suddenly runs through my mind. A demon, huh? I thought to self. But he doesn't even seem like one, though. I don't know why, but I feel as if I have to stay by his side. Everybody needs a friend.

A/N: I'm planning to write in Gaara's POV for most of the chapter...
in the next chapter. ^^
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