I dedicate this to the gaahina club on deviantart who inspired it. IT'S THEIR FAULT!
Chapter 1
A Stressful Day
"Hinata!" Naruto yelled as he ran towards her. "Hinata, guess what." Hinata poked her fingers and replied.
"What?"
"I asked Sakura out! And she said yes!" he yelled. If Hinata had had pupils, they would have shrunken.
"Oh." she said, stupefied.
"Isn't it wonderful!" he yelled.
"Congratulations." she said.
When he left, the tears spilled out. He was taken, now. She was too late. She would never be able to confess now. Though Hinata knew she should be happy for him, she wasn't. She was sad, and she didn't know whether she would ever be able to stop crying.
Gaara watched Hinata. The painful memories came, when he had cried. He wished he could just kill her, but he knew he couldn't. Many times, he had tried to, but every time, he would see his mother over Hinata, and stop.
Under her shyness, Hinata was very much like his mother. She stood up for her beliefs, and it wasn't all because of Naruto. He knew she still would, even though Naruto was gone from her life now.
He jumped down beside her. She turned around, startled. She was scared of him, he could see it in her eyes. That's when he knew. He would protect her, and he wouldn't need to kill any more.
"Gaara…" she started, unsure of what to call him.
"I won't hurt you, Hinata-san." He knew that he didn't know her well enough to call her –san, and he should have used –sama instead. He regretted saying it.
"Ah," she backed up. She still though he was a monster. He felt a flare of the monster, and suppressed it. He couldn't kill her.
"Do you need a walk home?" he asked. He knew where she lived. He had wanted to kill her since the Chuunin exam, yet at the same time, there was a different emotion, one that he couldn't recognize.
He's a monster! Hinata thought. But I don't feel strong enough to home. I guess I'll have to trust him. She decided. At least if he kills me, I won't have the pain of seeing Naruto with Her every day. And I thought I could trust her!
"Hai." she said softly.
Gaara blinked. He hadn't thought that she would accept. He walked up to her, and they started towards Hinata's home.
When they got there, Gaara realize how…couple-y they had seemed, and was glad that no one was out at this hour of the night. He was also thankful that Hinata was too shy to have a roommate, as that would embarrass her.
At the door, he said "Good-bye, Hinata-san. I hope I'll see you again."
Hinata felt her cheeks burn and walked inside. "Arigatou." she said quietly before shutting the door.
She sank to the floor. She was stressed and confused. She wondered briefly if she could skip training and missions tomorrow to get her thoughts in order. She quickly shook the thought from her head.
She went to her room, wondering how she would be without Naruto, and why the monstrous Gaara was so kind to her. For that matter, why had he and his team stayed in Konoha? And where was he living?
She gasped. He might now have a place to stay! She didn't think about what she would do about it, but rushed outside in her nightgown.
Gaara was walking away slowly. He wished that He knew what his feelings were. Especially the new one.
"Gaara-kun!" Hinata yelled. He turned around. Hinata was in her nightgown. Gaara felt and urge to… well he didn't know what he wanted to do, but walk away wasn't it. She he walked towards her.
"Do you have a place to stay?" she asked him. She seemed worried. He wondered why, and realized that he didn't.
"No." he replied. Hinata's eyes widened, the way they had when Naruto told her that he was with Sakura.
"Do you want to stay with me?" Hinata asked, then covered her mouth. What am I thinking? I can't invite a murderer to sleep in my house!
"Gomen nassai." she said hurriedly. "I don't know—"
"Sure." Gaara replied. She was a clean person; it would be much more comfortable than sleeping in trees or on the ground.
He walked into her house. As he had thought, it was clean. Clean was an understatement though. It was spotless, and looked almost unused. It smelled nice, too.
He lay on the couch and fell asleep quickly, as Hinata stood there in stunned silence.
Hinata watched him take off his gourd and fall asleep. The ever-present cold look on his face was gone when he was asleep, and he smiled.
It was a strange thing, to see Gaara smile. She found herself thinking that maybe she would be okay without Naruto after all, and maybe Gaara wasn't a monster after all.
It was with these thoughts that she went to bed, and had an extremely relaxing, un-troubled sleep.
Please don't hurt me. It's not my fault.
(And even if you flame me ((preferably not, though)), RR)
