A/N: In this chapter he characters migh get alitle OOC ( its so hard to hold them in character >. sorry )

The next chapter will take a while sorry ; But I have school to take care of

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Chapter 2: In love?

She could see her house now and was that Neji sitting on the doorstep?

"Hinata!" He rose and run to her, taking her in his arms. "I was so worried about you! Do never, ever do that again, you understand?" He was now looking at her.

"Neji-niisan, gomen ne…" He releases the hold on her and smiles. "We really need to get your mobile fixed you know?" Hinata looks up at her cousin.

"Neji, when will mom and dad come home?" He opens the door for her and answers.

"Well, I'm not so sure but I think in about two – three weeks maybe?" Hinata wasn't really sad about her parents being far away so long because they really didn't care so much about her or Hanabi and because she had her overprotective cousin. The day went by pretty interesting sometimes. It will be when a peculiar little sister was around. But now the only thing on her mind was to call Sakura.

"No way! You serius Hinata-chan!"

"Yes! For real, I promise!" Hinata assured her.

"So… This guy, Gaara-san? Saved you? HOW COOL ISN'T THAT?"

Giggles could be heard from Hinata's room but little does she know that Hanabi was eavesdropping outside.


He was just in the middle of his favorite show,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the most anticipated show ever when all of a sudden, Naruto, Kiba and Akamaru came through the door.

"Well, isn't it Mr. Hero?" Naruto throws his jacket onto the floor.

"Nice one Naruto, but I prefer Prince Charming." The trio laughs at him. Dogs can't even laugh but he did!

'Kill…KILL…KILL!' Gaara's inner mind speaks.

'NO, they are my friends. Maybe I'll try to ignore them…Yeah, ignore them.'

"Well, she looked really good. Really sexy if you know what I mean, Kiba." Naruto winks at him.

"Oh! Yeah, absolutely. Those curves, and those shiny lavender eyes of her that can easily kill a man in one wink." Kiba picks Akamaru up and mimicked Gaara and Hinata gazing in each others eyes in a pathetic way.

"Hehe you know Gaara, are you like…dating with Hinata or something but you don't dare to tell us that?" Gaara turns his head in Naruto's direction with a creepy expression.

"Hell no! Who will want a stuttering and zero to no confidence girl anyway?" He ogled at the TV even harder than before.

"Well, then you won't mind if I want to know her better then?" Naruto and Kiba winks at each other before Gaara could see. He switches off the sound and glares angrily at him.

"You are a complete retard Naruto. You only met her once, and talk to her twice, so back off!" Both Kiba and Naruto laugh harder at him, so hard that tears were running down their eyes.

"What!" Was the only thing Gaara can say.

"You fell for it, Bwahahahaaa"

"Yeah! You are in love…in love I say! Naruto…" Kiba turns his head to his friend and hugs him dearly. "…Our little Gaara is growing up."

"What the heck is with you guys? I'm getting out of here!" Naruto and Kiba ignored him and keep on laughing. Gaara walks to the door and before he closes it, he looks at the two.

"Do not say anything, you hear me. I don't want to hear anything from you two." And that makes them laugh so hard that they needed to lie down on the floor to support their shaking body.


'What the heck are they thinking anyway? I'm not that kind of guy! Hell no! And they should know that.'

'Hahaha, you don't even know what loooooove is, my boy. '

Gaara's eyes became softened than before and he was now showing a sad expression but he soon put that away and continued to wear the same "expressionless face".

'Where should I go now?' He asked himself. There was no school because it was a holiday week so that included no training. He could just sit on a bench and scare the hell out of the kids that walk by. Naah… He stopped doing that a long time ago. He never goes to the mall, well not alone, or maybe he can call Hinata?

'What! NO! That will sound like I'm desperate or something…' He sighed and walk to the mall, grumbling about it.


"Oh, Hinata! Wanna go somewhere today?" Sakura sounded eager to go out but Hinata have had enough adventure for the week.

"No but thank you Sakura-chan. I'm so tired after everything that has happened yesterday…"

"But I can come over and we can do something fun or something relaxing. I know we can try out my new beauty-stuff." The both giggled and then it was settled.


Half way to the mall he saw a couple of guys walking towards him. He recognized some of them but he couldn't put where he hade seen them. He walks past them as one of them grabs his arm. According to Gaara, the guy made the biggest mistake in the world. He grabs the guy's hand and threw him in a nice bow too the ground and as he landed he twisted the guy's wrist.

"AoooOoow! What's your problem!" The guy screams, caressing his wrist.

"That's your fault," He turns away from him and muttered. "Pathetic…"

A boy with spiky black hair come up to him and speaks.. "Well, we just wanted to talk to you, Gaa-chan." Gaara stops and slowly faces the boy.

"And you are?" The black haired boy's right brow twitched.

'How can he not recognize me? We fought against each other. God damnit!' He was talking to himself. "Ahem! I'm Uchiha Sasuke, you know, we fought each other in the school championship…"

Gaara narrowed his eyes at the Uchiha. "…Eh?"

'Seriously, he don't recognize me!' Sasuke was getting pissed. "Umm… well we look forward to the next mach against your team."

Gaara made a face that show he was not really interested in him. "…and your team's name is?" He asked.

Sasuke wanted to strangle Gaara for being so dense but remain calm. "We are from the Kodakuu school's material art team." Gaara blinks at them in a "I'm not so interested" kind of way.

"Oh… Nice to meet you." He starts to walk towards the mall as the Uchiha spoke once again.

"I'm not gonna let you win next time!" Gaara didn't care and proceeded to the mall. 'Let's see about that Uchiha, lets see…'


Hinata slept well that night too. Strange enough but she had her mind full of Gaara, the red headed prince, according to Sakura. On the makeshift bed, Sakura was still asleep. Hinata could hear how she dreamed about a certain someone… a boy, but she didn't reveal his name. It was fun to lay there and listens to it.

The phone ring and Neji went to get it. "Hyuuga Neji here…"

"Whatever… Is Hinata there?" Neji was shocked by the behavior of the caller. 'How rude!' He thought.

"And you are?" Neji' asked, his voice becoming a little bit irritated.

"Why must I tell you… emo?" Neji wanted to strangle this guy for being so rude, and for wanting to speak to Hinata?

"Wait a sec." Well, he couldn't be too stony. Now he was curious about why Hinata knew this guy.

"I'm not going anywere" Gaara had pretty fun irritating Hinata's cousin.

"Hanabi, take this to your sister, some guy wants to speak to her." Hanabi's eyes started to shine, in an evil way.

"Of course Neji-niisan." She took the phone and when she was out of ear range, she speaks to the guy on the phone.

"Hellooo Who is it?" Well… Gaara wasn't stupid, when he heard the voice that this wasn't Hinata.

"None of your business." He said in a way that he was suggesting to her to leave.

"I am… Hinata, who are you?"

'Yeah right, and I'm the president of Sweden.' Gaara thought. "Can I speak with her now?"

'Well, well… He has a sexy voice. I want him already.'

Hanabi knocks on the door and hands Hinata the phone.

"Here. A hot guy wanna talk to you. What is it with this world!" Hinata gave her a sister smile and took it.

"Hello?" She said and her eyes became wider when she heard who it was. "Sabaku-san! You want your T-shirt back ne?" She nodded to herself. "Oh, where do you wanna meet then?" She asked him, waiting for his response. "Yes I know, I'll be there in one hour. See you." She looks at Sakura and smiled. "Sakura, wake up."

"Yaaawn, what is it?" She rubs her eyes.

"Get dress. We are going to meet my friend I have told you about."

"Your prince?"

Hinata blushes. "No, Gaara."

"The same." Sakura said and grins at her.


"Oi, Gaara!" He turns around and saw Kiba and Naruto standing in front of him.

"What?" He had his shoes on and was reaching for his jacket.

"Where are you going?" Gaara peers at Kiba and then turns his eyes to the door and then back to Kiba.

"…Out" Kiba grins and beams at him.

"Yes! Then you don't mind our company, right? Me and Naruto are taking Akamaru out for a walk so…"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Gaara waves at them. Damn you!´ He cursed. And they went outside in the chilly autumn weather.


"Where are we gonna meet them?" Sakura pulls her clothes closer to her body.

"At the park Sakura-chan." Hinata answers her.

The park was a thirty minutes walk from Hinata's home. They missed breakfast because they don't want to be late. When they walk into the park they searched for Gaara.

"Oh my..! Hinata, look at that cute guy over there!" Sakura pointed at the three guys standing by a bench. "The blond Hinata, the blond!" Hinata looked at the direction Sakura was pointing at.

"That's them Sakura. Come on, let me introduce you to them." Hinata grabs Sakura's arm and drags her along in a half running, half skipping pace.

"Ohayô!" Gaara was sitting on a bench, when he heard Hinata's voice. His heart ached and he got up from the bench, can't stop gazing at her. Akamaru barks and skips ahead, meeting them half the way. Kiba waves his hand at them and Naruto's eyes shines in a loving way.

"Ohayô Hinata-san!" Naruto greeted and run to them. Gaara's eyes widen as he saw what Naruto did.

'Oh my God, he's hugging her.' Gaara's face went pale and hatred fills his heart.

'Kill Him!' His inner self urges him.

' Yes kill… NO! Wait… What is this feeling? I don't hate Naruto!' He convinces himself.

'But he touched your girl!'

'Hinata isn't my girl…' He told him.

"O-o-ohayô Sabaku…san" He was face to face with Hinata now. An aching feeling started in his heart and he still, he can't stop gazing into her eyes. 'She is beautiful… No it's too soon, I can't love anyone, love hurts.' Hinata's face was red and she could feel her heart beating faster.

"Ohayô, Hinata" He greeted at last.

"Domo! My name is Sakura, nice to meet you guys." Naruto's heart skipped.

"Hello, I'm Naruto and this is Kiba." She giggles and Naruto felt like he was the happiest guy ever. Kiba went to them and whispers.

"Hey! Look at them…Love birds, isn't it?" He smiled a very perverted smile.

"Yeah! How did she do that? Gaara is like a rock with no feeling when it comes to love!"

Sakura look at them and then she tries to speak to them. She didn't want to be left out when someone is discussing such an interesting subject.

"Maybe it was love in first sight?"Kiba and Naruto glance at her. 'We need to make a plan to get them along. Are you with me? I have been planning this since Hinata told me about him.' Sakura points at Gaara.

"Humm… Ca-" Naruto cut Kiba off and say.

"But it's Gaara for God sake!"

"But look at them! They both look confused." Sakura filled in. Kiba smiled at her.

"Well, should we help them?" All three smiled and glanced over at Hinata and Gaara.

"He-here you go… Saba-" Gaara cut her off.

"Just call me Gaara." Hinata smiles at him with a light pink blush on her cheek. Gaara could just stare at her smiling face. He grabs the shirt and accidentally touches her hand. Their eyes met and a nearly unseeing blush crept up on Gaara's face.

"Oi! Lovebirds!" Both Gaara and Hinata reacted to the call and looked in Kiba's direction.

"What did you say?" Gaara's eye twitched. Kiba knew that this means 'back off' but he couldn't resist.

"What? You guys are all covered up in love. It's so obvious!" Gaara take a step forward but Hinata reached out for his arm.

"Gaara-san…" He stops and looks at her, a little bit calmed.

"Do-don't… let the-them te-tease us. We know it i-isn't true." She smiles at him.

'Why must she always smile? Every time she does, my heart ache.'

'… pathetic' His inner self scolded him.

Sakura caught them off guard. "Well everyone! Hinata and I need to go but can we see each other again?" Sakura said.

Naruto walks to her. "Sure! This is our phone number and this is my mobile number if you wanna call me and our school starts again in… umm.. Kiba, when does it start?" Kiba laughs a little.

"Hehe… In four days Naruto. All school does around here" Naruto smile, feeling kind of stupid for not knowing it.

"But you can give us a call tomorrow if you like, and when the school starts, you can only reach us after 4am." Sakura giggles and inserts the numbers on her cell phone.

"Thank you Naruto-kun, and bye everyone!"

"Bye Gaara-san." Hinata said as she looks at him one last time for today and then to Naruto and Kiba.

"Bye Naruto-san, Kiba-san." She joins Sakura that was walking a few step away.

"Geez Naruto! What an explanation! Do you really think she is interested in you?" Kiba pointed a finger at the blonde.

"Hehe, what are you saying Kiba?" Naruto scratches his head, trying to look innocent.

"Not you too! Come on!" Akamaru jumps up on Kiba's head and growled at Naruto.

"Wha-What have I done?" Kiba muttered something under his breath that Naruto didn't catch.

Gaara was in his own little world, debating with his inner self again. 'What's with me? I can't love her! It's so… not me!'

'Why can't you love her?'

'Because… I…' He snaps out of his thoughts when Kiba patted his shoulder.

"Ne, Gaara? What are you up to with Hinata-chan?" Gaara smacks his hand and walk away from them.

"What's with him anyway? Why is he always like that?" Kiba asked and then he turns to Naruto. "By the way, what should we eat tonight?"

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End of chapter 2


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