I am so sorry! I'm turning into one of those authors that stop halfway through! …i'm not even halfway through with this! I'm so so sorry! …but here it is! Chapter 4! …once again, sorry!

Chapter Four

"You talkin' to Neji again?" Temari asked from the front seat, then smirking to herself she added, "Damn, that boy is hot!"

"Temari, please," Kankurou groaned sitting next to her.

"Come on, you know you think so. I mean, he's a little girly, but in a really masculine way…" The youngest Sabaku smirked to himself; he had to admit Neji was pretty hot. About five minutes later, Kankurou let out an enormous sigh of relief.

"I thought I was never going to get away from that place! Don't make me go back tomorrow! Please!"

Temari scowled, "Suck it up, Kankurou. It couldn't't't have been that bad."

Kankurou turned around, a wide smile on his face, "Gaara, won't make me go? Right, Gaara? You won't make me go, will you?"

Temari smacked the eldest boy on the head, "You are not actually asking your younger brother to tell you not to go to school. That's not up to him." Kankurou grumbled to himself the rest of the ride home. When they got back to their house, the two elders went to their rooms. They actually had rooms, not just futons. Gaara took up his station in front of the computer screen, simply surfing the web. Not that he could actually focus. His head was filled with what Neji might do now that he actually knew. Or, maybe he didn't know? Either way, Gaara didn't regret it. Not yet.

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The next morning, Gaara barely even noticed his siblings stumble down the stairs. Gaara heard a loud crash and left the TV on to go and see what had made the loud sound.

He walked into the kitchen to see Kankurou clutching his forehead, "Dammit! I just can't get used to this house!"

Temari looked over the fridge door drowsily, "What do you mean…oh." Realization dawned on her face as she realized that they were in Konoha, not Suna.

"Don't worry, Kankurou, if you keep up the habit you'll break through the wall and then you wont have to worry about there not being a door there," Gaara said, a smirk on his face as he sat down at the table.

Kankurou muttered to himself, something about annoying younger brothers and snippy comments. Gaara just smiled. He was used to his siblings having a hard time getting up in the morning, and he enjoyed making fun of them. None of them took any of it personally. Gaara waited for the coffee to finish and grabbed a cup, then went upstairs to get dressed.

The small red-head threw on some pants that were only slightly too big and a black shirt. (I'm bad at making up outfits) He then walked to the bathroom and skimmed the counter, not seeing what he was looking for. "Temari!"

"What?!" She was in her room.

"Eyeliner! Where?!"

Temari's head popped in the room, only two of her four ponytails in place. "Don't use it all."

"'Kay." Gaara wiped off the smudged black rims around his eyes that were there from the day before and proceeded to put on a very thick layer of eyeliner around each eye. By the time he was done, Temari was in the bathroom, waiting for her turn and Kankurou was applying paint that he wore on his face most of the time. Now that Gaara thought about it, they must look awfully weird together, but there were some…interesting people in Konoha too.

Gaara was done first, he went downstairs and waited for everyone else to finish up. Kankurou jumped down half the stairs and waited with Gaara. After ten minutes of just standing around he leaned down to Gaara and muttered, "Women and their beauty."

Temari appeared at the top of the stairs, looking only slightly annoyed, "Kankurou, you and Gaara wear make up too. I just know how to apply it better." Kankurou was ready to respond, but the Temari cut him off, "Gaara, breakfast."

The small boy grabbed a banana and followed his siblings out to the car. The drive to the high school was much like it had been in Suna. With Temari muttering to herself about how nice she was, Kankurou fiddling with the radio and Gaara just enjoying the ride. Too bad the car ride wasn't the only thing that was like it was back in Suna.

When they got to the High School, Kankurou and Gaara stepped out of the car. "Bye, Temari," Gaara called over his shoulder. The blond smiled and waved before driving off. Kankurou put his hand on his little brothers head, slightly ruffling Gaara's already messy hair. "See ya later, Gaara. Good luck." Gaara absentmindedly watched his older brother walk away. It was still really early and hardly anyone was at the school yet, where could Kankurou be going off to so soon? He usually stuck around for a bit.Gaara shrugged and started walking.

"GAARA!!!!"

Gaara turned around, startled by the rather loud disturbance in the quiet of the morning. 'Something seems familiar...' Gaara thought as he saw a blond blur race towards him. All of a sudden his arm was ripped from his socket as he was being dragged along by Naruto.

When the rather energetic boy finally stopped they were standing in front of Neji. Neji smiled a little, "Careful, Naruto, or you're going to break poor little Gaara."

A concerned look came over Naruto's face as he looked Gaara up and down, as if to make sure the small boy actually wasn't broken. Once he was sure that Gaara was intact he started bouncing up and down again. 'Where does this kid get the energy?' All three boys walked to the building together, going their separate ways as they each headed to their own lockers. As it turned out, Naruto's and Gaaras lockers were pretty close to each other.

"So, Gaara, how was your night?" Naruto looked at the red-head expectantly. Gaara just shrugged. Naruto smiled and started rambling on about his own night and what he had done. Once they got to their lockers, he abruptly stopped, "Hey, Gaara? Do you want to do something tonight? You're not busy, are you?" Naruto's moth was still open when a heavy hand came down on his shoulder.

A dark haired boy that Gaara remembered as Sasuke stood their glaring at Naruto, a rather dark expression on his face. The small boy was glad that he wasn't Naruto, he was a little freaked out and he felt bad for Naruto, who Sasuke was glaring at

"Are you asking another boy out, Naruto?" Sasuke's voice was a deep rumble. Gaara took a slight step back and quickly busied himself with getting his books out of his locker.

"Sasuke!" Naruto wasn't even phased by the glaring Uchiha. Gaara tuned them both out, the both disappeared behind his locker door. He didn't ant to hear it if they were going to start yelling. When Gaara had all of his books, he closed his locker and turned around, immediately feeling really awkward. 'This is what i get for coming to school so early.'

Sasuke had Naruto pinned to the lockers, Naruto clutching Sasuke's dark shirt. Sasuke's hands were in the blond's hair and around his waist, holding him tight against his own body.

"You know, not all of us enjoy watching you two tongue each other so early in the morning. I for one don't and I don't think Gaara does much either," Neji's voice came from over Gaara's shoulder, a smile evident in his voice.

They broke apart, a light blush apparent on Naruto's face. the taller boy on the other hand was now glaring darkly at Neji. "Do you mind, Hyuuga?"

Neji smiled lightly, "No, not any more I don't."

Gaara could practically hear Sasuke growling, "Come on, Naruto, we're leaving."

As Sasuke dragged Naruto away the blond looked longingly towards his locker. He had never gotten his books. Neji shrugged lightly, "So, Gaara, you know where you're going?"

"Umm..." The short boy looked down at his schedule, he still didn't know how to read it. One thing he hated about block scheduling, it seemed like the first day for a week. All it did was drag out the first day.

The long haired boy looked down at Gaara's schedule. "You have English with me...You take advanced English?" Gaara nodded. "I suppose that should't surprise me," Neji said chuckling as they headed towards their first class.

Gaara bit his lip, "Neji...are they always like that?"

"Who, Sasuke and Naruto?"

"Yeah."

Neji laughed, "You're lucky you weren't here when they weren't dating. They got in so many fights, constantly breaking things. They're still competitive, but not nearly as much as before." Neji nodded, as if agreeing with himself, "They're not nearly as bad as before...as long as you don't mind watching them make out at random points during the day."

"Oh...What about you?"

Neji gave Gaara a funny look, "What about me? Am i gay? Little personal, don't you think?"

The small red-heads face erupted into an instant blush, he had been a little rude. He had just been curious, but still... "R-Right...s-sorry that was r-rude.

Neji grinned, "You're kind of cute when you blush like that..." Neji watched with amusement as Gaara's face turned an even darker shade of red. Chuckling he added, "Does that answer your question?"

"Umm...yeah..." Gaara mumbled, the blush still evident.

"Alright, your turn."

Gaara turned towards Neji, confused, "My turn?"

The pale-eyed boy smirked, "Well, yeah. You asked me a question, so now i get to ask you a question. Alright...so, what's up with your family?"

Gaara looked startled, he had been expecting something about why he had broken into Neji's house. "What do you mean?" He wasn't sure if he should be offended by the question.

"Oh, sorry I guess that came out wrong. i mean, your brother, he's the one with the paint on his face? the senior? He got...really defensive at lunch yesterday. It just seems like he really cares about you. And then your sister..."

Gaara scowled at himself, "I guess we do look a little odd to some people..." They had reached their classroom, but because it was so early the door was still locked. The red-head leaned against the lockers, slowly sliding down. Neji joined him. "Kankurou...he does care about me, he cares about Temari too, but i suppose he's more concerned with me because I'm smaller and Temari can take care of herself. He's not really what you always expect though. I mean, Kankurou's big and can take care of himself, he's really good at sports, but he can be really immature, too. Temari...she's sort of like the mom with Kankurou and me. But, more towards me really. She makes sure i eat and stuff and she drives us places...we all sort of take care of each other."

Neji nodded, processing the information, "What about your dad? Isn't he around?"

Gaara frowned, his voice getting slightly quieter, "He's around sometimes...but he goes on trips a lot, too."

"And your mother? What about her? Where does she fit in?"

Gaara looked down, the look of pain on his face made Gaara immediately regret asking the question. "She doesn't...fit in, i mean. She's dead...She died giving birth to me."

Neji scrambled for what to say, "I'm sorry, that sucks, i know. My parents are dead too." Gaara nodded, mutely, his fists clenched so tight Neji was worried that he'd make his hands bleed. Neji felt bad for Gaara, but something told him there was more that Gaara wasn't telling him about. The small, fragile-looking boy couldn't get out of Neji's head all through first block. He kept thinking of the small boy, who looked sad much to often.

Neji smiled, Gaara was cute and Neji wanted to get to know him more.

blak-flame: haha! i love making kankurou child-ish! it's fun! sorry for mistakes and stuff and un-upper-cased things. i don't like the shift button very much. and sorry if things dint match up well, i had to go back and reread what i wrote, but i ended up just skimming. tell me what you think though please!