Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, its plot or characters. I own any OC, my plot, and anything else you don't recognize unless otherwise stated.
SNicole25: No she won't take away every problem, don't worry. Also in case anyone was wondering Gaara doesn't sleep just like in canon, even thought I put things like them having sleepovers. Obviously Gaara stays awake the whole night.
It's so hard
To find someone
Who cares about you
But it's easy enough to find
Someone who looks down on you
-Someone Who Cares – Three Days Grace
Gaara and Rin laid on the roof sharing a blanket as they looked up at the stars.
"Hey Gaara?"
"Yeah Rin?"
"Do you think we'll still be doing stuff like this in… 10 years?"
"We said friends forever, didn't we?" Gaara asked turning his head to look at her, his eyes wide. Rin nodded.
"I know, we'll still be friends, but do you think we'll do stuff like this? Looking at the stars when we should be in bed?"
"Hmm.. In ten years.. I'll be..." He counted on his fingers. "16. You'll be 15."
"Nu-uh, I'll be 16 too. I'm only a few months younger than you."
"I don't see why we wouldn't do things like this." Gaara said with a shrug. Rin hugged him and put her head on his shoulder.
"You're my best friend in the whole universe." She said.
"Forever and always." Gaara whispered as he hugged her back.
Gaara came home one day and sat down in the kitchen with a sigh.
"What's wrong?" Yashamaru asked.
"Rin didn't show up today." Gaara said. "She's always there." His eyes widened. "What if something happened?" He quickly got out of the chair and grabbed Yashamaru's hand. "We have to go see if she's okay!"
"Gaara, I'm sure she's fine." Yashamaru said. "But we'll go check on her if you want to." Gaara nodded before pulling his uncle from the room.
…
Yashamaru knocked on the door of the Hayashi house. Mrs. Hayashi opened the door and smiled when she saw Yashamaru. She glanced down and saw Gaara peeking out from behind Yashamaru's legs.
"Is Rin okay?" He asked. "She didn't show up today." Mrs. Hayashi smiled slightly.
"Rin's sick in bed." she said. Gaara's eyes widened and he gasped.
"I'm sorry; it's all my fault." he said. Mrs. Hayashi and Yashamaru blinked in surprise. "It's because we were outside on the roof the other night, we only had one blanket and it was cold out and-" Mrs. Hayashi crouched down with a soft smile.
"It's not your fault; Kenta's been sick for the past few days, she probably caught it from him."
"Really?" Gaara asked.
"Mhm." Mrs. Hayashi smiled at the concern on his face. Gaara turned to Yashamaru and tugged on his pant leg.
"Yashamaru?"
"Yes?" Gaara motioned for him to crouch down so he could whisper. Yashamaru smiled and nodded. He and Mrs. Hayashi stood back up. "Is is alright if we come back in about an hour?"
"Of course." Mrs. Hayashi said with a smile.
…
"Why can't you come with me?" Gaara asked with a frown as he looked from the door of the Hayashi house to Yashamaru. He had a bag of medicine and a container of soup in his arms with Rin's headphones around his neck –she'd left them at his house the last time she was there.
"I have to get to the hospital, they called me in." Yashamaru said. "You'll be fine." Gaara looked back at the door and nodded.
"Okay." Gaara said. He walked to the door and balanced the container and bag on one arm so he could knock. Mrs. Hayashi opened the door and smiled at him. He smiled nervously back at her. Mrs. Hayashi noticed Yashamaru about ten feet away and waved to him. He wave back before walking away.
"I'm sure Rin will be very happy to see you." Mrs. Hayashi said.
"I brought extra medicine for Kenta too." Gaara said. Mrs. Hayashi blinked in surprise but nodded with a smile.
…
"Rin, you have a visitor." Mrs. Hayashi said as she opened the door. Rin coughed as the two entered the room.
"Gaara!" Rin said as her eyes lit up. Her nose was all stuffed up so her voice sounded nasally.
"Gaara brought you some soup and medicine." Mrs. Hayashi said.
"I brought your music too." Gaara said as he put the container and bag on the bedside table. He took the headphones from around his neck and the CD player from his pocket before handing them to her. He opened the bag and pulled out a spoon.
"Rin needs her rest so not too long a visit." Mrs. Hayashi said. Gaara nodded.
"Mhm. I know." He said with a smile. She smiled back before leaving the room. Gaara climbed up onto the bed and grabbed the container of soup.
"You didn't have to bring me soup." Rin said with a smile.
"You're sick, you have to get better and soup helps."
"Thank you, Gaara."
"You're welcome." He said opening the container. "Here ya go." Rin sat up and took the soup. She smiled when she saw what kind it was.
"My favorite."
"I know." Gaara said with a light blush dusting his cheeks. Gaara scooted over to sit closer.
"Don't get too close; I don't want you to get sick too." Rin said. Gaara shook his head.
"I can't get sick."
"Really?" Rin asked. Gaara shook his head again. "How come?" she asked before eating some of the soup. Gaara shrugged.
"I dunno. I just know I've never been sick before."
"Lucky. I hate being sick." Rin said with a pout. "I tried to go outside but mom stopped me."
"You have to stay in bed to get better." Gaara said with a frown.
"I know but I wanted to go see you. I didn't want you to worry." Rin said. Gaara's face went pink making Rin giggle.
…
Mrs. Hayashi quietly opened Rin's door and peeked inside. She smiled seeing the two asleep, the empty container of soup on the bedside table. They were hugging each other under the covers with Rin's headphones on. Mrs. Hayashi walked in and pulled the blankets up a bit higher. Gaara blinked his eyes opened and she smiled at him.
"Good night, Gaara." she whispered.
"Good night, Mrs. Hayashi." he whispered back with a small smile.
"Spider!" Rin squeaked as she clambered up onto a kitchen chair. Gaara jumped and immediately climbed up to stand next to her.
"Another one?" he asked with a frown.
"Gaara use your sand!" Rin said holding onto his sleeve. He nodded once and extended his hand out. The sand floated above the spider before solidifying and dropping down. "Ew." Rin said wrinkling up her nose. "but yay!" She cheered hugging Gaara. "My hero." His cheeks went pink.
"I'll always protect you Rin." he said hugging her back. She looked at him with a big smile.
"Promise?" she asked. Gaara nodded.
"Promise." Rin made a happy sound and buried her face in his shirt as she hugged him tightly. Yashamaru walked into the room and Gaara's face turned a deeper shade of red. "I got the spider." Gaara said. Yashamaru smiled.
"That's great. Is Rin okay?" He asked looking at the girl.
"I'm great!" She squeaked as she pulled her head away from Gaara. "Let's go play outside!"
"Okay!" Rin took Gaara's hand and they jumped off the chair before running from the room. Yashamaru chuckled before sighing as a frown formed.
May or may not post another chapter today depending on how much I get done on the chapters I'm working on now. I do know that I'm going to post 8 and 9 in the same day so maybe tomorrow I'll post those? What do you think?