Chapter 4

The hopeless jester

Note: halo people! Well as you have observed… chapter 3 is inserted on chapter 2. Sorry for that… do we need to write disclaimer stuff in the beginning of every fics?

Disclaimer: Well, everybody know that I, musk-mallow, do not own the anime entitled Naruto and would not any stupid way claim it.

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So they were there on a shade of my favorite oak tree. Naruto opened the lunch box and using a fork cut the contents in half.

" ito o… sayo ung sa kanan, akin yung kaliwa…" he said while handing the box to the other boy.

"… I'm not hungry" Gaara muttered.

" naman o… kumain ka na lang.. hindi naman kita lalasunin eh"

"…" Gaara was persuaded and ate slowly. Naruto on the other hand, literally gulped it down at once. Please note that the food was not a soup or any other kind.

With nothing else to do after eating, they stared at anything nearby. Abruptly, Naruto remembered that he was supposed to do one of the suggestions today. He 'secretly' opened the notebook (in front of Gaara), thinking that Gaara was not really paying attention.

He started the move with this "Gaara gusto mo ng jokes?"

"no". That's rude but anyway Naruto ignored the reply and said:

"no.1 Ano ang sabi ng eyebrow sa katabi nyang eyebrow?"

"…"

" Hi, Bro!" with that the blonde ninja laughed at tapped his stomach for about 80 times before noticing that Gaara did not, in any way, smile. The Sand ninja is not dumb but just lacked that sense of humor.

"no.2 ano ang sabi ng armpit sa kapwa nya armpit?"

"…"

" pare, wag mo ko putukan ha!" he again laughed, now rolling on grass.

"…"

" no .3 eto na last…" the leaf ninja. Gaara didn't listen to the 3rd joke for the reason that he thinks that the jokes are completely nonsense.

"hayyyy… hindi ka man lang ba natawa?" he knew the answer but he still asked for the sake of having a conversation. We don't need to hear the reply because there was none.

" Gaara… pwede tayo' ka sandali?" Naruto then asked

the listener followed and stood up. Naruto reached for him and poked his waist. Some poke on the left, nudge on the right, poke again here. Then he sighed. "salamat" . Hearing that, Gaara sat without questions. " sabi ko na… hindi rin bebenta sa iyo yun" the pitiful boy said.

They parted leaving Gaara more confused about humankind. He walked slower than normal, thinking, why would Naruto tells and does things to him just like that?

Another boring day has yet passed. Gaara made his way towards a store that sells alarm clocks. He didn't really need it for obvious reasons but he would like to own one. He entered the place and picked two clocks, one colored brown and the other orange. While paying for his stuff, he saw Naruto, too, entered the shop. His face wore a frown as he carefully selected another orange clock. ' ngayon hindi ko na talaga sisirain to' Naruto thought, reminding himself to be more careful in waking up.

So, naturally, Naruto saw Gaara while paying his bills. He wanted to ask Gaara why on earth he needed a clock. But dropped the question as he pushed forward and greeted Gaara with his fox grin. Gaara accepted the greeting with a simple nod. They left the store together and passed by a pet shop.

" Gaara, sandali lang, pasok tayo dito…" it was not actually a plan but going into a pet shop to buy an animal of his 'friend' is on his list. ( psst.. ung suggestion galing kay Kiba) So, they wasted another 2 hours just to look at the cute little baby animal displayed in the place.

" sa tingin ko mas cute ito Gaara…" Naruto said while pointing on a rather rabid stray dog ready for rehabilitation.

"hnn…"

"oo ba un?"

"I really don't care"

"baket naman… eh para sayo to eh!".

"why?" eyebrows raised ( if there is some)

"kasi nga…" he didn't continue but said "basta"

They eventually bought the deadly dog which is now on Gaara's arm crazily breathing the urban air.

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As soon as Naruto reached his bed, he started planning on how to do the next suggestion on his never-ending list. He wickedly smiled and tried to sleep off his excitement. At 11:30 pm, he reached for his notebook and reread the instructions on the bottle he was holding.

Approximately before 12:00, Naruto was shuffling his feet towards the apartment of his target. He wore his usual grin, while holding a brown paper bag on one hand. He jumped to the roof with slight noises and managed to enter the red-haired boy's room.

" ang cute naman!" Naruto noticed a worn-out teddy bear on the corner of the room and picked it delicately. There were other nice things in the room but our character here is quite more interested on the colored mattress of the bed. It was colored red, just like Gaara but it has cute Sand country symbols engraved on it. Where does he buy neat mattresses like this? he wondered. After pondering for hours… he decided it was custom made. He then brought out a bottle and an injection from the bag. "Ooohhh… tingnan natin ngayon kung di ka pa tumawa!" he murmured under his breath, rather wickedly and proceeded towards Gaara.

" Naruto.. ano yan?"

"ano..." that were the only word Naruto have uttered before his whole bosy collapsed into the floor. He felt like the world had erupted on him. (Naruto, did anyone forgot to tell you Gaara rarely sleeps?) Yes, as a matter of fact, no one ever made an effort to tell him until now.

Regaining consciousness, Naruto shifted his eyes towards Gaara. He was just standing there, waiting for some short explanation. " hi Gaara! Kumusta na?" What a nice question to ask. He afterwards added " bahay mo pala to! Ganda ah"

Gaara stared at him. No emotions, just plain stare. Naruto sweat dropped and felt that we had wet his pants. Oh no. he touched his pants and thanked God that it was just sweat. Eewww…

" it's quite late…" Gaara started. He sat down on his bed and stared at him again. Naruto sat on the floor. He was thinking. Wow. He asked himself if he would just tell Gaara his problem and prayed for salvation.

" ganito kasi un…" Naruto began and ended his story with "…un nga". Gaara listened intently. He didn't have anything to say than " pasensya na ah…"

after long moments of reflection and silence, he just couldn't stand it anymore. Naruto again, apologized and started to leave. The Sand ninja just stared confused, still, but allowed him to go.

Unconsciously, as Naruto invaded his room, he sighed his 435th sigh for the last thirty minutes. He had somewhat hoped that Gaara would understand him and tell him that it was all ok but he just looked at him strangely.

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