I A/N: Yeah, I know. Chapter titles are getting less and less imaginative every time XD

Oh, and by the way, I personally have no problem with emo music but it may come across that way. Just remember, I don't mean it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Final Fantasy or Nokia or anything else I may have included X)/I

Welcome to Life

Chapter 8 – The Date (Part 2)

GAARA POV We're still in Sasuke's car and he's humming along merrily to some random song on the radio. The lyrics are really bad, he's going on about how his girlfriend left him and why he's going to slit his wrists. I think the people at school call this 'emo'. I'm having trouble understanding how Sasuke can be merry.

I shrugs my shoulders and Sasuke gives me a strange look.

Sigh. I really need to be more discreet about my thoughts.

Pretty soon Sasuke's pulling up into a car park. He turns the engine off and gets out of the car. I attempt to open the car door and fail miserably. Just my luck, it's stuck!

RHYME!

Sasuke notices that his idiotic date isn't behind him and looks at me quizzically. I rattle the door to show him what's up and he laughs.

Mean!

He opens the door with one hand. I really need to work out more, I feel so…inadequate.

"Don't worry, it gets stuck sometimes"
"You're not fooling anyone boy-o"
"I was trying to save you the humiliation of admitting defeat to a door." He replies, sticking his tongue out and throwing an arm around my shoulders.

Well…touché!

I look towards the building, realising that I have no idea where we are. Oh, thank God, it's just a café. I know that Sasuke's family is pretty well off (hence the nice car) and would've felt so out of place at some posh restaurant.

We stroll lazily towards the door, meandering from side to side. Sasuke pushes the door open with his free hand (the other is currently wandering somewhere around my waist). The woman behind the counter-thingy looks at me with slight apprehension but smiles warmly at Sasuke.

Whatever happened to 'don't judge a book by its cover'?

Sasuke guides me towards a booth in the corner and throws himself ungraciously into the dodgy plastic seat. I sit opposite.

"So, whadd'ya want?" he enquires.
"Nothing thanks, I'm not hungry"
He raises an eyebrow, "Are you sure? You don't look like you eat enough"
"Gee thanks." I mutter.
Sasuke spots his mistake. "No! I didn't mean it like that! I just…gah"
I offer a small smile, "It's okay"
He smiles back, "You're gonna drink something though, right"
"Sure! I'll have a coke please"
"Alright!" he gets up and heads towards the counter.

I sit back in my seat and let my head fall backwards. This is fun. I didn't expect Sasuke to be like this. I guess I expected him to be perfect all the time, get everything right and say exactly what's expected of him. It's really weird to be reminded that he is actually human.

My pocket vibrates and Sephiroth's theme tune from Final Fantasy goes off.

Yeah, so I'm a gamer geek, what you going to do about it?

I grope around until my fingers touch plastic. My mobile phone isn't anything special, it's an old Nokia. I look at the screen and am surprised to be Sakura's name there. I press the green phone button and put the phone to my ear.

"Sakura"
"Hi Gaara. I'm just calling to say that I'm really sorry about over-reacting. You're probably right, Sasuke never even noticed me"
"YEY!" I squeal.
"?" says Sakura. Well actually she doesn't say anything, but I can practically hear the question mark coming down the line.
"I'm just happy!" I explain, "Does this mean we're friends"
"Hell yeah! You don't get rid of me that easily Sabaku!"

I laugh, a content feeling overcomes me. I'm so happy! My grin widens even further as Sasuke slides as quietly as possible into his seat, tray in hand.

"So Gaara, where are you? I called your house first and Temari said you were out"
Oh crap.
"I'm at a café"
"Oh yeah? On your own"
"…no"
"Who's with you"
Should I tell her? She said she doesn't mind about Sasuke, but still, it might upset her and we've only just made up.
"Neji." I lie.

Sasuke looks confused.

"Really? That's good because we all need to catch up"
"Uh, Sakura…I"
"Which café are you at?"

Bollocks, what do I say now?

"I don't know." It isn't a lie because I honestly don't know where we are.
"Gaara…what"
"Sorry, gotta go, bye!"

Okay, that was nasty, but things were getting out of hand!

"Who was that?" Sasuke asks, sipping his Fanta.
"Sakura." I wince, putting my phone back in my trouser pocket.
"Ouch. I was wondering why you said Neji's name"
"I pretended I was here with him. You know that Sakura likes you"
He nods.

I realise now that that was a stupid question, every girl in the whole damn school likes Sasuke. Which brings me back to the well loved question: Why me?

"Listen Gaara, about you and Neji"
"Don't worry about it" I cut him off, "we're just friends…with a few benefits. We stop the benefits part when one of us is dating…we are dating, right"
He nods and looks relieved.

TIMECHANGEBECAUSEI'MLAZY

We're pulling into my drive. Sasuke walks me to the door and stops on the porch.
"We should do this again sometime." He states.
"Definitely." I agree.
He leans down to kiss me and just as our lips meet the front door swings open.
"GET THE FUCK OFF MY SON YOU FAGGOT!" Dad shrieks, shoving Sasuke off the porch step.
"Dad, stop!" I hear Temari scream from somewhere inside, presumeably behind Dad.

Sasuke stumbles backwards, his eyes widening in surprise.
"Get in here boy!" Dad demands, nostrils flared, eyes bloodshot.
"See you at school Gaara!" Sasuke manages to shout rather nervously before Dad drags me inside and slams the door shut.

This is not good.

iA/N: Ohemgee. There you go, another chapter.

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