"So, Lee, would you like a tour of the village?" I said as I placed my empty mug down on my desk. I tuned to face him, a smile playing on my lips.
"When? With who?" He said, confused, thinking it was like one of those tours you take at the zoo.
"Now, with me, of course." I said, walking towards my room to get some shoes.
"But, don't you have to stay here? Are you allowed to just leave? You're the Kazekage!" He said, still confused.
"I can leave if I really want to, and I've already finished the paperwork for today anyway. So, do you want to go or not?" I said, turning to face him, placing a hand on my hip.
"If you don't mind, Gaara-san." He said meekly.
"Of course I don't mind. I'm tired of sitting up in this stuffy office all the time." I said, sitting on my bed to put on my shoes. "It's good to get out once in awhile, and I haven't been out of this place just for the hell of it in a long time." I said, trying to recall the last time I had actually gone out. I couldn't remember and gave up on trying to. I got up and walked over to Lee, feeling short standing so close to him.
"You need to do anything before we leave?" I asked, now wanting to leave this place as soon as possible.
"Nothing in particular…" He said, leaning down to kiss my forehead. "So let's go." He said, pulling away from me and smiling. It felt strange, almost surreal, having someone care about me like he did. I mean, a lot of people cared about me, but with him, it just felt more intimate and special.
"First I'll notify Shiya that I'm leaving and then we'll be off." I said, walking towards the front desk, Lee following me. He looked more like my bodyguard than my boyfriend, which was good; it'll arouse less suspicion. As we walked up to Shiya's desk she gave us a warm, knowing smile. But even though she knew, she didn't say anything.
"Going out, Gaara-sama?" She asked, acting as if she hadn't walked in on us making out, and I thanked her for it. The last thing I needed was for her to blurt everything out in front of the group of people in here.
"Yes, it is alright, isn't it?" I asked, knowing I would leave either way. I looked around and spotted a clock. Only 10 am, it wouldn't be too hot out yet.
"Of course it is. Have fun, Gaara-sama." She said, winking. I looked around to see if anyone had noticed but the only person paying attention to our conversation was Lee, and he just stood there smiling. I nodded towards Shiya, instead of waving. She just smiled and watched as myself and Lee left.
"So Lee, where would you like to go first?" I asked, ignoring all the stares. All the townspeople were either bowing or freaking out as I passed by. I decided ignoring them was the best solution.
"Well…" He said, actually stopping to think. I turned to look at him and as I did I heard his stomach growl loudly. "How about we get something to eat?" He said, chuckling.
"Fine." I said, facing forward again and sighing. Because A) I hadn't thought ahead. People were bound to ask questions, too many questions. Questions that'd make me feel too uncomfortable to answer. And B) I had no idea what restaurants were good or not. I never really ate much, and when I did the things I dined upon were strange, to say the least. So I checked the surroundings to find the nearest restaurant, hopefully it'd be a good one. The first place I saw had a sign that labeled it as 'Sunagakure's Finest,' how dull and uncreative. But it didn't look too bad and I decided to give it a try.
"Hey, Lee, how about we eat over there?" I asked, pointing towards the restaurant, which I probably should've done more inconspicuously. Now that I had caught the attention of the few surrounding villagers it was too late. They began whispering to each other, none of them bold enough to actually talk to me. I sighed once more at my villager's gossip before turning around to see Lee nod and lead the way into the small restaurant. The moment we came in there was more gossiping and greetings, I ignored both, smiling politely as we made our way to an open table. The restaurant was small but not crowded, and we found a small table to sit at easily. There were only two chairs facing each other at the table, which was perfect, I didn't want anyone trying to sit at our table if the restaurant suddenly got busy. No one would probably come near us, though, since the villagers are polite towards me but they have and always will fear me, which was how I had always liked it. But now it kind of made me feel a little bad, being feared by my own people. I quickly shook off the feeling as a waiter came to our table to get our order.
"Kazekage-sama, I'm delighted that you've chosen this restaurant to dine at. What can I get for you and your guest?" He said, smiling at me, which made it seem like he was ignoring Lee's presence but he wasn't, and his satisfied smile somewhat annoyed me.
"An order of whatever you have for the breakfast special and two glasses of water." I said, in a slightly harsh tone. I wanted him to leave, his very presence annoyed me.
"As you wish." He said leaving, the smirk on his face retreating. I smiled to myself at his grimace.
"Gaara-san, why did you only order one?" Lee said after the waiter left.
"I'm not very hungry, don't worry about it." I told him, and it was the truth. Have I eaten at all in the past couple of days? No, not really. I've lived off coffee for a while now. And yet I didn't feel hungry. Was that weird?
"But, Gaara-san, you need to eat. You haven't eaten at all today." He said, worry in his voice. I thought it was kind of attractive how he worried over me, and for a moment I considered telling him I hadn't eaten in almost a week. Just so I could see him worry over me. But I didn't. If I told him that he'd probably force me to eat.
"I'm fine, I had something to drink earlier." I said, looking past Lee to see the waiter coming over to us with our water.
"If you live off coffee you'll never grow taller, Gaara-san." Lee said, more concern in his voice. He was just so… dreamy? God, is that the word? I feel like a lovesick sap. Maybe that's what I've become…
"Do you have a problem with me being short?" I spat, trying to regain a little of my old personality. I felt like I was loosing myself to him, but it wasn't a bad feeling, just, different.
"No Gaara-san, I like you just the way you are." He said quietly, as the waiter came up to our table and set the drinks down. I wanted to prolong our conversation but not with this waiter here. He seemed to enjoy interrupting us, and he just radiated annoyance.
"Anything else before I go?" He asked, but with a slight tone of defiance in his voice. This one was brave; I gave him credit for that. If Lee hadn't been sitting across from me I might have broken one of the child's limbs off right then and there. But circumstances as they were, I let his impoliteness slide.
"Lee, would you like anything else?" I asked, happy to face away from the waiter.
"No, I'm fine." He said nervously, as if he was answering a question the determined whether he lived or died. I guessed he was uncomfortable here with all of the alien surroundings and nameless faces. A little homesick, maybe? I looked at him as he looked into my eyes, searching for something he could recognize. His nervousness seemed to recede as I gave him a small almost unnoticeable smile. I didn't want to give anything away to the waiter but Lee seemed to notice that and just repeated himself. "I'm fine."
The waiter stood there a moment, his suspicion of their relationship obvious. He finally nodded and retreated back to the kitchen.
"So you're really not going to eat anything, Gaara-san?" He asked. I just shook my head.
"It's okay, I'm fine just watching you eat." I said and when the waiter came back with Lee's food I was content just watching him eat. His boyish demeanor was very attractive, and instead of feeling hungry like I should've I felt replenished with just the sight of him.