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Putting the "previously in" part cause this is continuing the scene from the last chapter. PLUS it's been so long.
Sorry this took forever…. But thank you everyone for your reviews!
I like the way that you smile at me
And make me feel like nothin'
Can go wrong
Tell me this will last forever
Don't you ever leave
-Jesse McCartney – Without you
Previously in My Demons:
Rin turned and held out the red frosted cupcake with a smile. Gaara blinked before he had to hold back a smile. "You really made everyone cupcakes?"
"Uh-huh!" Rin nodded. Gaara glanced at his siblings, Kankurō headed into the bathroom while Temari went back into her room. Gaara looked back at Rin. "Thanks."
…
"I had originally planned on asking Naruto to use his oven," Rin explained as she sat on the bed. Gaara started to frown at the mention of the blonde boy as he sat beside her. "Then he suggested we go to Sakura's but then we bumped into Hinata on the way and she suggested we use her oven." She started to giggle. "There was such a mess. It's amazing we were able to make enough cupcakes with all the flour that ended up on Naruto." Gaara found himself glaring down at the cupcake. "We should have a baking day when we get back to Suna." Rin said turning to him with a grin. She noticed his frown and blinked, her grin faded. "Are you okay?" Gaara looked up at her suddenly and blinked.
"I'm fine." he said.
"You sure?" Rin leaned closer to him. He nodded. "Okay." Rin smiled. A small smile grew on Gaara's face. He took the wrapper off the cupcake and bit into it. Rin started giggling which made Gaara blink. She pointed to her own nose. "You have frosting on your nose." Gaara looked down cross-eyed at his nose before he wiped the frosting off. He smiled as Rin continued to giggle at him then smirked before poking her nose. Rin blinked and looked down at the frosting on her nose. "Hey." She whined with a pout. Gaara chuckled as Rin wiped it off with her finger before eating it. "Mmm." She smiled. "I make good frosting." Gaara nodded as he took another bite of the cupcake. Kankurō stepped out of the bathroom and headed over to his bed.
"Good cupcake, twerp." He said as he sat down.
"Thanks." Rin said with a smile.
Temari and Rin walked into the boy's room, Kankurō was relaxing on his bed while Gaara was meditating on his. The two looked over at the giggling girls as they entered.
"What's in the bag?" Kankurō asked noticing the shopping bag Temari was holding. "Tell me you didn't get more clothes."
"Technically no." Rin said.
"Technically?" Kankurō asked.
"Well they're not every day clothes." Temari said.
"Meaning?" Kankurō asked.
"Meaning we're commandeering your bathroom." Rin said.
"Commandeering?" Kankurō raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, I say commandeering now." Rin said crossing her arms.
"No more pirate movies for you." Kankurō said as he shook his head. Rin pouted and followed Temari into the bathroom. Kankurō glanced at Gaara to see him also looking as confused as he was.
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A few minutes later the bathroom door opened and Temari walked out.
"What are you wearing? No, scratch that, why are you wearing that?" Kankurō asked as he looked away. Temari rolled her eyes.
"Rin and I are going to the pool and then the hot springs, so we needed bathing suits." Temari said. "It doesn't look that bad does it?" she asked looking down at her white and yellow bikini.
"As your brother, please don't ask me to answer that." Kankurō said.
"Fine, then what's your opinion of Rin's?" Temari asked as the girl walked out. Both Kankurō and Gaara looked over to see her in a white and blue bikini. The two swallowed as their faces went red. Immediately Gaara started glaring at Kankurō who, when he noticed this, turned his head away.
"You look great." Kankurō said. Rin looked at Gaara who nodded in agreement but wouldn't meet her eyes.
"We got you guys some too if you wanna come with us." Rin said pulling out two pairs of trunks from the shopping bag. One was black and purple and the other was black and red.
"Maybe later." Kankurō said.
"Rin convinced a few of the other leaf village ninjas to join us." Temari said.
"They're all a bunch of 12 year olds." Kankurō said.
"Not just them." Temari said rolling her eyes.
"Be right there." Kankurō said hopping off his bed, grabbing the trunks and going into the bathroom.
"What about you, Gaara?" Rin asked as she walked a few steps closer to him. He swallowed and kept his eyes down.
"Maybe later." he said. Rin pouted.
"Awe." she whined. "Okay."
"Rin?" he asked.
"Hm?"
"You're…" Rin blinked and tilted her head. "You're not going to walk around the village like that are you?" he asked. Rin shrugged.
"I guess so." she said. Gaara glared down for a moment before getting up and grabbing the red pair of trunks from the bag Temari had put down. Kankurō left the bathroom and Gaara went inside a moment later, shutting the door behind him.
"Is he coming too?" Kankurō asked in disbelief.
"Mhm." Rin said with a big smirk.
"How did you-?" Kankurō looked very concerned knowing that Gaara would probably never willingly go to a hot springs or pool. Temari chuckled while Rin just continued to smirk.
"Can I take this off yet?" Rin whined as she tugged at the large shirt and sweatpants Gaara made her wear over her bathing suit.
"No." Gaara said. Rin let out a loud sigh.
"But we're almost there." Rin said with puppy dog eyes. Gaara shook his head. Rin sighed again. A moment later her eyes lit up and she ran ahead towards a group of girls. "Tenten!"
"Hey Rin!" The brown haired girl called with a wave. Temari walked over to join them.
"This is Temari. She's pretty much my big sister." Rin said. Temari smiled.
"Why are you wearing that?" Tenten asked with a slight laugh. Rin started to pout and pulled off the shirt.
"Gaara made me put this over my suit." Rin whined. The group glanced back at Kankurō and Gaara who were taking their time walking over.
"Your suit is so cute." Ino said.
"Ya think so?" Rin asked with a grin.
"Uh-huh." Sakura nodded.
"Is anyone else coming?" Temari asked.
"A few of the guys said they'd try to come. They might be too busy training." Tenten said.
"Is Sasuke going to come?" Temari asked.
"I don't think so." Tenten said as Sakura and Ino started to glare at Temari slightly. Kankurō sighed and looked at Gaara who gave him a blank look.
"Is Naruto coming?" Rin asked. Sakura and Ino looked annoyed as they nodded. As Rin smiled Gaara began to frown.
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Gaara sat, practically fuming, by the side of the pool. Rin and the rest of the girls were in the water, Kankurō was flirting with a few older girls on the other side of the pool and a few of the genin guys had arrived. Shikamaru was cloud watching on a chair, beside him Chouji was eating a bag of chips. Kiba and Akamaru were playing in the water, the small dog staying on Kiba's head as the boy slashed the girls. Missing was Sasuke, Neji, Lee (for obvious reasons), and Naruto. After about ten minutes the blonde ran in, slipped on the ground and fell into the water, splashing the girls.
"Naruto!" Sakura screamed at him. He popped out of the water and smiled with a sheepish chuckle.
"Sorry!" He said as he scratched the back of his head. He looked around and grinned when he spotted Rin close by. "Rin! Whoa…" He blinked and stared as his cheeks started to go pink.
"Hey Naruto!" Rin called with a wave. Naruto waved back and suddenly noticed Gaara who was giving him a death glare. Naruto headed over to Rin.
"What is he doing here?" Naruto whispered.
"Huh?" Rin looked back at Gaara who, as soon as he saw her start to turn her head, had stopped glaring and settled on a blank face. "I invited him." Rin said as she turned back to Naruto. Naruto glanced over at Gaara to see he'd returned to glaring at the blonde.
"Hey, Rin," Tenten said as she waded over. "The girls are all gunna hang out at Sakura's and sleepover, you wanna come?"
"Sure!" Rin said with a big smile as she jumped up and down in the water.
"Hey!" Kiba called. "Let's play chicken!" Akamaru jumped off his head and onto the side of the pool and over to Ai before Kiba dived under the water. Ino suddenly let out a loud squeak as Kiba lifted her up onto his shoulders. He shook his head, spraying water from his hair everywhere, as he laughed.
"Kiba!" Ino smacked his head.
"Ey!" He flinched.
"I wanna play!" Rin said with a big smile. "Naruto!" she called.
"Huh?" He blinked. "Oh!" His eyebrows went up before he smiled. Gaara glared as Naruto went under the water before coming back up and lifting Rin onto his shoulders, his hands just above her knees. Rin laughed.
"You're going down!" Kiba called.
"Like you went down in our match?" Naruto laughed.
"Grr- you-!" Kiba glared at him. "You're gunna regret bringing that up! Go Ino!" They two pairs moved towards each other and the girls locked hands. "Come on, Ino!"
"She's stronger than she looks." Ino said as Rin giggled.
"Go Rin!" Naruto cheered.
"Go Ino!" Sakura cheered. Rin squeaked as she almost lost her balance. Gaara jumped slightly. His gourd sat beside him and the cork shifted slightly when he'd jumped.
"Come on Naruto!" Shikamaru called after he'd glanced over.
"Go Rin!" Chouji cheered.
"You're going down!" Ino said with a laugh as she tried to push Rin. Rin laughed.
"No way!"
"Come on!" Kiba shouted. Suddenly Rin pushed enough to make Ino fall back into the water, but she pushed too hard for she also fell forward pushing Naruto and Kiba under the water along with herself. Gaara flinched again and his knuckles turned white as the four popped back up, Kiba's hands were on Rin. "Whoa!" Kiba laughed. "Rin's on my team now!"
"What?!" Naruto shouted. "That's not fair! Your team lost!" he shouted as he point at him.
"Yeah, now I got a new team!" Kiba said with a laugh as he put an arm around Rin's shoulders. Gaara noticed her face turned pink and glared down at the water.
Gaara was frowning as Rin packed an overnight bag for the sleepover.
"I…" Rin stopped and looked back at him. "I thought you couldn't sleep without your..." Gaara swallowed. "…your Gaara-bear." he muttered as quietly as he could. He felt his cheeks heat up and avoided looking at her. Rin grinned as she sat down on the bed next to him and hugged him with a giggle.
"I can't." she said putting her head on his shoulder. "How about I stay until everyone else goes to bed then I come back?" she asked. Gaara put his arms around her and nodded.
"Okay." he said. Rin pulled away slightly to smile up at him. A small smile slowly formed on his face as he looked down at her. She leaned up to kiss his cheek making his face go pink. Rin stood and continued to pack. Ai meowed as he rubbed his head against Gaara's elbow. Gaara gently pet the cat's head a few times as it started to purr.
"Ai, you coming with me or staying here?" Rin asked. Ai jumped off the bed and rubbed against Rin's legs. Gaara sighed. "We'll be back tonight." Rin said as she put her bag over her shoulder. Gaara nodded. Rin walked up to him and kissed his kanji. She giggled as his cheeks went pink. "See ya later." She turned and Gaara stood.
"I can walk you there."
"Hm? Okay. You don't have to though."
"I want to." He said. Rin smiled.
"Okay." She said. The two left the hotel and Gaara surprised Rin by taking her hand as they walked.
Rin said goodnight to the girls before she and Ai left. The two started walking back to the hotel when Gaara jumped down from the roof.
"Were you waiting this whole time?" Rin asked as she blinked. Gaara nodded.
"I didn't want you walking alone so late." He said quietly. Rin smiled and kissed his cheek.
"Thanks, Gaara." She said. Gaara nodded as he tried to ignore the colour that came to his cheeks. He took her hand and they headed back to the hotel. Ai jumped onto Rin's shoulder before walking across to Gaara's. Gaara turned his head to look at the cat as Ai rubbed his face against Gaara's. "Ai missed you." Rin said with a giggled before giving his hand a squeeze. Gaara smiled slightly and reached up to pet Ai with his other hand.
I can't really think of anything else so I think I'm going to be getting into show events again soon… unless anyone has any suggestions.