Gaara was incredibly happy to finally get out of the Hokage's office. Tsunade had surprisingly done actual work with him… Gaara was happy in a way, but he also didn't like the fact that she had kept him there for four hours to iron out one single point of the problem. Gaara was a little twitchy because of it all. So when he got out he heave a hug sigh of relief, before getting tackled to the ground yet again.
"Gaara-san!" was the extremely loud greeting. Gaara twitched. Two greetings by the two loudest people he knew in one day… today certainly wasn't turning out the way he had expected it.
"Lee!" he heard Sakura cry out. "Get off Gaara-sama!"
Lee unsurprisingly jumped off Gaara, hauling him to his feet. Gaara just looked at his green and orange clad friend. Lee was giving him a nice guy pose, teeth sparkling and hand in a "thumbs up." Gaara sighed.
"How are you Gaara-san?" Lee asked gesticulating wildly. Sakura bopped him on the head and Gaara was surprised that Lee didn't go flying.
"… Tired…" Gaara replied, watching the two of them intently for a moment. Come to think of it, Sakura was being abnormally nice to Lee… "I'm looking for Naruto,"
"Oh!" Sakura said. "I think he and Sasuke-kun are at Ichiraku eating."
Gaara twitched. That damn Uchiha had moved in on his prey while he was at some stupid meeting… the Uchiha would pay. A sadistic smile graced Gaara's face and Sakura and Lee shared a worried look.
"Thank you…" Gaara said and turned around, fully intending to whisk away his precious little dobe.
"What do you think is up with him?" Sakura asked Lee. Lee turned to smile brightly at her.
"He is just excited! The fires of Youth are burning hotly in his veins!" Lee exclaimed, gaining speed and just about starting in on a speech that would leave Gai-sensei in tears.
"Lee," Sakura interrupted him. Lee looked at her. "I think I get it."
Lee smiled and grabbed Sakura into a big hug and spun her around. Sakura just held on and laughed.
Gaara had finally reached Ichiraku and was currently glaring at the back of one Uchiha Sasuke, who dared sit nearly on top of his Naruto. Gaara growled quietly and made his way over to his dobe. Naruto, sensing his approach, jumped on him again. This time Gaara was prepared for it and didn't fall over, holding onto the blond dobe. He glanced over Naruto's shoulder and saw Sasuke glaring at him heatedly. Gaara smirked and decided to hug his cute little Naru-chan. Sasuke growled, apparently more awake and concerned about the possession of Naruto now.
"Hey Gaara!" Naruto said, pulling back from the red head and sitting back down, once again inhaling his ramen. Gaara sat down beside him and ordered a bowl of chicken ramen.
"Naruto," he said, itching to just pull that blonde into his lap. Sasuke was still glaring at him and Gaara took another opportunity to torture him. He grabbed a pair of chopsticks, cracked them apart and snagged some of the noodles from Naruto's ramen.
Gaara wasn't sure what Sasuke was expecting, but was pretty sure it involved his decapitation for daring to eat Naruto's ramen, but it certainly wasn't nothing. Gaara ate the noodles and Naruto finished whatever was in his mouth.
"Hey!" he shouted. "This means I get some of yours!"
Gaara nodded and Sasuke just glared at him. Clearly Naruto never shared his ramen with the raven haired youth. Gaara smirked. This was going to be easier than he expected.