This was written by a Gaasaku fanfest that was hosted in tumbler and organised by mika080. This OS was written to dark civet[pinch-hitter] using the prompts AU- career (adult), college, high school. The original Author's Note was:

Hi! :) I hope you like this OS, first of all I tried to stuck with your prompts, but English is not my mother tongue and with some of the prompts I got scared, so I decided this (?) I don't know if you would like this, if yes YAY! and if not lie to me please, but I read a OS that was about 50th prompts written like this one and I thought: that will do. So, I tried to include as much prompts as I could that you gave to me, and the others I invented them. I'm not sure that this whole thing has a plot, and I hope, really hope, to not decive you. While you read, I'm sure that you will find some mistakes, grammar and vocabulary, but I'm human and I'm not perfect (and a terrible procrastinator that has some social problemas that don't allow her to ask for a much needed help).

It's been two years since I wrote it, and English is not my mother tongue, so there must be some mistakes.

Toda una vida (A whole life)

#1. Highschool.

The fisrt time they see each other it' s in highschool.

People says that the first impression is what matters.

Well... Theirs wasn' t the best.

#2. Scared.

Sakura was really scared. She was fourteen years old, she was young, innocent, and scared as fuck.

She was watching her best friend, Naruto, fighting with Sasuke, his platonic love, another guy. He came from another highschool, in Sunagakure.

They were in an exchange... In an exchange of fist.

Sasuke was knoked out and Naruto couldn't hold it for much longer, but also the other guy seemed pretty bad up. So she did the only thing that she could do, call a professor.

#3. Cry baby.
The pink haired girl was a cry baby.

Gaara was starting to get sick of her. Crying won' t solve anything, and the horrible noise of her sobs was starting to get on his nerves.

He detested to agree with the Uchiha boy, but god was she annoying...

#4. Birthday party.

The next time they see each other was in Naruto's sixteenth birthday. She inmediately recognized him, how could she not? The redhair, his eyes delined with khol, the weird tattoo on his forehead... She had to warn Naruto.

— Hey, Naruto. Naruto... ¡Hey!

— Hey Sakura- chan, what's up?

— I think someone sneaked in your birthday party.

Naruto looked at her and blinked in confusion.

— Who?

— That boy over there, the one with whom you get into a fight with Sasuke- kun two years ago, do you remember?

The blonde looked at the same direction as her and when he spotted the intruder he started to laugh.

— Sakura- chan, he didn' t sneak in, I invited him.
— What?! —Asked her louder than she intended—. Why?! — Easy —he shrugged nonchalantly—. He is my friend.

— He is your... What?

Sakura couldn' t understand why Naruto would befriend someone that that had wanted to punch him to death. However she didn 't have the time to tell that to Naruto, because he, quickly as lightning, grabbed her by the arm and started to pull her towards de red haired guy.

— Sakura- chan talk to him! You will see that he is really a nice guy!

She prefered to be burned in hell.

#5. Sorry.

Sakura was her name. Honestly he didn' t remember much about her, only that the fight started because she pushed her and that she couldn' t stop to cry.

He sighed and looked at her, she was visibly uncomfortable standing there with him, he could swear that she was here against her own will, Naruto probably compeled her to be there, and she was desesperately looking for an excuse to get the hell out of there.

She was polite enough to not run away wtihout a plausable excuse. — I apologise.

For the first time in that party, she looked at him intently in the eyes, he could appreciate confusion and curiousity dancing in her orbes.

— What for?

— For the fight of two years ago, and for having pushed you. I shouldn 't have done that. So I apologise.

She bited her lower lip, clearly insecure of waht to say, or what to do. But finally she spoke. — Why did you do that?

He knew that she deserved some anwsers, however he wasn' t ready to tell the whole truth, not yet at least.

— I had anger issues.

— And how did you solve it?

He couldn' t tell if she was just curious or noisy.

— Pills.

For his surprise she laughed, not at him, or for what someone had said about him, she laughed because of him, for something that he had said. He was starteled... and amazed, that felt... nice.

#6. Message.

Hi Gaara- kun! :)

It' s me, Sakura. I asked Naruto for your telephone number, I hope you don' t get angry with us :P By the way, if you are free tomorrow afternoon we can go to the Science and Natural Museum here in Konoha.

If you want you can ask Temari and... uh... Kaburo? (Sorry! I'm really bad at remembering names!) if they want to come too. I won' t ask Naruto because the last time I visited a museum with him we almost got banned from there for life.

If you can' t because you are returning to Suna have a safe trip! See you soon XOXO

#7. Awkward.

He felt awkward.

He was enjoying himself quite a little in the museum, but his new acquintance didn' t stop talking. And he didn' t know what to do, was he supposed to talk back? To ask her questions? To tell her to shut the fuck up?

However her explanations were interesting, she knew a lot. And he was enjoying that she treated him like a normal person, like if that incident of two years ago didn' t even happen.

But he was amused. He liked how her eyes sparkled when they saw the dinosaurs' skeletons, or when her nose wrinkled when she didn 't like the Neanderthal part for being "too poor and bad explained", or when she watched for a solid thirty minutes a giant pendulum clock that worked thanks to gravity.

He discovered that they have interests in common, like reading, she liked romantic novels, but like him, she also read historical, science- fiction and crime.

He felt a nice feeling, different of the one that he felt towards Naruto, but it wasn' t disgusting at all. May be it was because it was a girl, or because she was different from his blonde friend. Who knew. So he finally decided to not overthink about it and flow with the conversation, situation, her and everything else on that afternoon.

Nevertheless he still felt awkward. #9. Time.

They barely saw each other in two years. They kept in contact thanks to messenger and another social apps.

And in that period of time, they finally thought of each other as friends.

#8. Accident.

Naruto and Sasuke had had a terrible accident, they were both in urgencies. All their friends and families were in the hospitals' waiting room. He came all the way from Suna only to support Kushina and Minato... And for Sakura too.

She was a mess, she couldn' t stop crying, he was afraid that she will collapse in any moment.

But he couldn' t do anything, he could only wait, wait for news, for the doctor, and pray, pray to a God ,who he didn' t belive at all, that his best friend will be safe and well.

He needed comfort as much as she, so he slided his hand and grabbed hers, she didn' t reject him, adn squeezed his right hand letting him know that she was thankful and that in her way she was also there to offer him support, comfort and shelter.

He sighed. It would be the longest hours of their lifes. #11. Confession.

— It wasn' t a normal accident.

Sakura needed to confess this, and she knew that Gaara will be the only one who won' t run with the juicy gossip.

— I mean... Yes, they were both riding a motorbicke and something happened and that' s why they are here but... It was Sasuke' s fault... He... He has been frequenting bad companies lately. Naruto and I tried to stop him... But it was useless, he won' t just listen to us. And... And that night Naruto and I tried to confront him for the last time and... And everything went so... so wrong...

She started to cry again, however Gaara didn' t make a move to comfort her. He already knew all of this, not thanks to her, but yes from Naruto, he had helped him to investigate Sasukes' s new friends. But he couldn' t tell her that.

— It was my fault... All my fault... If I haven' t pressured Naruto to go and confront Sasuke anything of this would have happened...

He exhaled and refused to look at her, he felt as guilty as her for Naruto having lost his right arm.

#9. Beginning.

They were in another party. But this time Sakura and Gaara chatted freerly and there were no bad vibes at all. Naruto and Sasuke had left the hospital a few days ago, and their families decided to throw them a welcome party.

Gaara was happy for Naruto, despite losing one arm he was still as cheerful as always, and that nearly close to death incident had helped him to start dating Hinata Hyuuga.

He was happy for him, but he thought that Uchiha Sasuke didn' t deserve all of this.

— Hey guys I have the biggest announcement ever! —Cried Naruto who was standing on a table —. You all know that Hinata and me are now dating, but there' s a new couple in town! Finally Sasuke and Sakura are dating!

All the crowd cheered while Sakura blushed and Sasuke seemed as emotioneless as always. No... Gaara thought, he didn' t deseved this too.

#10. Pub
— I hope Uchiha- san would have come with you guys too.

Gaara tried not to laugh at how false Temari sounded.

— He still has a lot of rehabilitation to do... Besides, in his... rebel phase he really skipped studies, so he has a lot to catch up to...

Sakura didn' t explain anything further, and they didn' t ask.

A few months have passed since that party where Naruto announced the happy couple. Nevertheless the comunication between the pink haired girl and him had abruptely been put in a limbo, they speak but not as frequently and freerly like before the accident, and Gaara suspected that Sasuke and the insane necessity of Sakura to please him had something to do.

He didn' t want to be here, he didn' t feel so well, he was afraid that he could snap in any moment, Shukaku didn' t shut up.

He shouldn' t be there in the pub... The lights were annoying him.

#11. Snap.

It was like seeing a blood lust monster. Sakura couldn' t understand what she was seeing. Gaara, the boy she came to know, the one that didn' t think less of anyone, who was respectful, patient, whose hobbies were doing puzzles and yoga, that boy was trying to kill three boys.

She didn' t know why was he doing this, or how this happened, she wanted to cry, to cry, run and hide from everything and everyone, but he was her friend, so she decided to be brave and save him from getting in jail.

#12. Avoid.
— Sakura- chan is persistent.

Naruto was in his room looking through the window. He understood that after one episode he needed time to recover and readjust to the world that surrounded him.

Now Temari and Kankurou knew how to treat him after one of those, so Kankuro didn't shout or made any loud sound, and Temari brought him a bowl of boiled rize, a cup of orange juice and his pills.

— I don' t want to talk to her right now.

He closed his eyes and started to feel how the pills made their magic. He barely could hear him.

He heard how Naruto sighed and he heard how he moved uncomfortable next to the window.

— Gaara... She tried to stop you.

— I remember everything, Naruto, it' s not how it used to be. I don' t snap so often anymore and I can remember almost everything when I have one of my episodes.

— Gaara...
— Please Naruto...just... Just let me sleep... I' m tired...

The last thing he thought before he felt into unconsciousness was that Sakura couldn't be present if he snapped another time.

#13. Look at me.

— Gaara... Gaara! Sabaku no Gaara look at me!

He stopped dead in his trracks and looked at her. The crazy woman was shouting in the middle of the street. Everyone was looking at them, and she seemed furious, this time it was him who was scared.

— Why the fuck are you eviting me?

Oh... She was really angry, she was swearing, she never said tue four letter words if whe wasn' t furious, or scared as fuck.

— I' m not.
He was lying, and she knew it, she looked at him and bited her lower lip.

— You are afraid to hurt me like the other time, don' t you? I understand, but if you would listen to me...

— No. Listen you to me, Sakura. I' m schizophrenic, Sakura, schizophrenic. You can not get in middle everytime I have a crisis, ona day I might kill you. I aprreciate your necessity of saving every fucking living shit that crosses your way, but this is the real live and you are not prepared to control me when I' m having one of my episodes.

He could see how she shifted uncomfortable and he saw the marks of his finger in her pale neck. He would remember for the rest of his live how he tried to strangle her.

— You still don' t know which business do I have here in Suna, do you?

He blinked confused for the abruptly change of subject.

— No.

— Then go to the stadium at 6 p.m., don't be late. And if after what you see you still want to put some distance between us I will not argue, ok? I think it' s better if you see it.

He didn' t understand a thing, but if with that she would act with more common sense around him, he would be there gladly.

#14. Boxing.

Holy shit Sakura practised boxing. When she said that she had come to Suna because she had some business he didn' t think for a second that her business was competing in the Suna's boxing tournement.

He was amazed, she almost won. She arrived to the finals, but the other competitor was better, it didn' t matter anyway, the next year surely she would win.

— You stayed 'til the end.

He was waiting for her in the exit. Nobody but him went to cheer her, may be she wanted to keep this a secret.

— You did great.
That was his response, he indulged himself to smile a little, and she seated down next to him.

— I understand what you were saying earlier, but about last night... I wasn' t prepared, I admit that I don' t know how to act when you have a crisis, but I'm strong enough to not get killed.

— I know.

They were in silence for a few minutes before Sakura started to speak again.

— Then, this crap about distance and don' t wanting me to get hurt is over, isn't it?

He laughed and looked at her.

— Absolutely.

— Fine, because if you turn to do something like that again te voy a a dar una ostia que te va a molestar el cielo pa' dar volteretas.

He didn't understand a thing, but he could feel the threat in her words. #18. Demon.
— I call him Shukaku.

They were having dinner and finally he was being honest with all his problems, only Naruto and his brother and sister knew that the voice had a name. Yes, he was schizophrenic, but if he took his pills and followed all the instructions that the psychiatrist had told him, he wasn' t dangerous at all. Of course he had good and bad days, but like everybody.

— He calls himself the sand demon.

Sakura swallowed and smiled.

— It's fitting, since you live in the desert, you know?

She laughed and he couldn' t stop to notice that even with a purple eye and hers lips broken she looked beautiful.

#15. Congratulations.

Hey,

Congratulations for having entered in the medicine school. But it' s not necessary that you send me a picture when you start practising with corpses. Thanks.

I will try to visit you this summer, Temari thinks that we don' t know that she is dating Shikamaru. I hope that she will stop pretending because she will stop being so grumpy.

Gaara.
P.S.: I WON' T SAY XOXO

#16. Break up.

— Sasuke and I broke up.

Sakura was sad, but not as sad as she should feel. She knew that she had been pinning after Sasuke for ten years, however after two years almost dating she couldn' t stand it anymore, her relationship with him wasn' t what she was expecting absolutely. She tried to feel bad, but she couldn' t.

— I feel so guilty...

— I alredy told you, Sakura —Gaara spoke frome the phone trying to not sound as pleased as he was for the news—. You can' t save everyone, as a future doctor you have to learn how to live with this, there will be times that you won' t be able to save someone. And that' s fine, you are a human after all.

— I still feel bad, what can I do to ease the feeling?

She tried hard not to cry, but some treacherous tears slided down her checks.

— Talk with me.

She laughed and so she did.

#17. Spanish.

— I have really humble origins. I studied in Konoha's high school because of a scholarship, my parents couldn' t afford pay it.

— Is it there were you learned how to speak Spanish?

They were on the phone, they almost talked everyday, and that one he decided to ask her what did she say that night after the boxing' s tournament.

— No, I' m pretty bad at learning lenguages, I konw how to speak Spanish because the woman who used to take care of me was from Spain, it' s been almost four years that she retired and returned to her homeland. She did swear a lot, gods, what was really usefull because neither my parents or techers never knew what I was saying.

They both laughed an Sakura continued speaking.

— The exact translation of what I told you that night would be: I will blow you so hard that the sky will bother you to do somersaults. It sounds more threatening in Spanish.

— I agree.

#18. Move.

She was complaining that she had no one in Konoha, that all her friends seemed to leave her behind, and she hated that. All of them had already finished their degrees and now they were looking for a job, working or starting they new family, Ino and Sai were expecting their first child.

And she was stuck in the longest degree of alls, she loved medicine, but she felt alone. So the suggestion come easily to him.

— Why don' t you move to Suna and end your studies here? You won' t need to pay for rent, you can stay at my place, you know the house is big for the three of us.

She thanked him and said that she aprreciated the offer but that moving won' t solve anything. Despite all of this she called three days after asking if the offer was real and that if he and his siblings were ok with that the following semester she would be doing it in Suna.

#19. Wedding.

Temari and Shikamaru were marrying. Sakura was happy for them, they were meant for each other. It was hard returning to Konoha after almost one year of studying abroad, but she didn' t feel as bad as she thought she would feel. Sasuke had a new girlfriend, Karin, and honestly she was happy for him, for the first time in years he seemed genuinely content.

When the music started to sound she got up and looked to the church's entrance were Temari, Kankuro and Gaara were standing, The blonde woman decided that her two brothers will accompay her down the asile.

Temari was beautiful, but she couldn' t help to blush fifty shades of red at how good Gaara looked with his tailored suit.

#20. I love you.

It was rain season in Sunagakure.

Sakura thought that she would never come to love the desert, however she was deadly mistaken. She adored the desert, because love... She was in love with Gaara, and it was then that she realized it.

They were sitting confortable on the sofa, She had a cup of hot tea in her hands and he was just showered and his hair was still wet. They both were reading, and only the noise of the rain could be heard, Kankuro wasn' t at home, they were alone.

She said the words without giving it much of a thought.

— I love you.

#23. First.

Sakura was his first in everything, he was a virgin a terrible inexperienced, she was not.

Their first kiss was in their rooftop while they were seeing the sun setting in the desert. The first time they hold hands as a couple were when he took her to a concert, she didn' t want to loose him in the crowd, their first date was in Suna' s greenhouse...

Gaara was amazed at how wonderful his life had become since Sakura was his girlfriend.

He knew he sucked the first time that they made love, she simply smiled and said that he only needed to gain expirience, and he told her that if she was up to teach him, that he wasn' t really a good student, but for her he would make the effort, she laughed and kissed him, she laughed at hers unique and amazing way, the one that used when she was with him. And was then when Gaara said the words for first time.

— I love you, Sakura Haruno.

All their first times were amazing for both of them.

#24. Elope.

They eloped.

Temari and Naruto were terribly angry about it, but they did anyway. As natural as Sakura had been saying "I love you" the first time, iThe "yes" had come also natural when Gaara proposed.

— Let' s elope.

She just licenced and had two weeks until she had to start her stage in Sunas' hospital. They had money, and they wanted, they didn' t need anything else.

They travelled to the Land of the Rivers, she bought the first white dress that she saw in a store, and he wore his favourite jeans. The rings were bought in the cheapest jewelery, and nobody aside of them, the officer and God were witness of their wedding.

The honeymoon were there too. They did some sport, they laughed, they made love, they shared silences filled with love, they started to plan their live together, and on top of all they were happy.

#25. Children.

It' s Gaara who after three years brougth up the subject of having children of their own. He finally had a steady job, as did she. They have compatible schedules, so they will both be able to take care of the child, Kankuro finally moved out and they had some savings, he really wanted to have a child.

And again, without thinking much of it, she said yes.

#26. Fault.

She, they, tried to get her pregnant for a year, but they didn' t succeed. She felt like a failure. She cried everyday, she barely sleep nor eat, she was loosing weigth and Sakura started to only get off their home only to get to work. Gaara was concerned, so he suggested that they went both to the hospital and made a proove, to see what was happening.

— I'm fine! —Shouted her when she recieved the inform—. I'm perfectly fine! Then why I' m not concieving?!

— I know Sakura, it' s not your fault, calm down, it' s not your fault. It' s mine, I'm sterile.

#27. Adopt.

After that they didn' t talk about children for a solid month, until Sakura came up with an idea.

— Why don' t we adopt?

#28. Shinki.

His name was Shinki, and he was the oldes boy in the orphanage. He had autisim and that' s why nobody adopted him, it wasn' t a severe case, but it was obvious that the child had something, and nobody wanted to adopt him.

However Gaara and Sakura were different, they weren' t like everybody, and after four long months, they finally and officially become Shinki' s parents.

#29. Family.

They become a family, a family of three, they thought about adopting another kid, the world was full of kids who needed love, but finally they decided to not to. Instead of this they gave money every month to the orphanage and participated in the public events that it organazied.

Sakura found that this wasn' t the family that she had planned having when she was a child, but she wouldn' t change a think, all that she had overcomed had brought here to this point, where she was happy with Gaara and Shinki, they were the love of her life, and she was their.

Everything was like it had to be, it was perfect. #31. Part.

They grow old together, they had fights, they had love, they had crisis, they had a family, they had everything they ever needed.

Shinki left home and married a men, they always supported him, and he had the job of his live, he was a biologist that studied tha fauna' s desert. And he also adopted two beautiful little girls from his same orphanage.

Gaara and Sakura grow old together, and with old it cames also death, Gaara was the youngest of them both, but also he was the first to part away. He did in his sleep, Sakura woke up one autumn mornind and realized that Gaara wasn' t breathing, she cried because her best friend, the love of her live, had gone without her.

It was between sobs that she noticed that there were a fine smile in his lips, and for the first time in his life Gaara seemed to be, finally, completely, at peace.