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Dare to Love You
Chapter 3: Day 2
Sakura rubbed her eyes as she blinking repeatedly from the sunshine. She yawned quietly as she got off the bed and walking toward the bathroom. Sakura did all her morning ritual and make sure her hair was neat as usual.
Sakura walked out of her apartment and stroll on the road as she enjoyed the morning sun. She greeted every single people who she passed.
Sakura finally reached the hospital and went to her office. She opened the window and looked at the sun. She smiled to no one as she felt the sunshine.
Oh, how she loved the morning so much…
Gaara growled as the sunshine hit his eyes through the wide-opened window. He cursed to himself for not closing the window last night.
Gaara covered his head with his pillow in order to protecting him from the cruel sunshine, or so he said, but it useless. He deepened the pillow on his head, but he felt the sunshine getting hotter.
Now, he was brainstorming. What would he choose? Got off his precious bed to close the windows, or just ignore that damn sunshine? It looked like he choosing the first choice.
He got up and walked toward the windows. He twitched his eyes as he looked at the sun.
Gaara held the windows holder and slamming them hard and shut the curtain as fast he could.
Now, he smiled to himself as he enjoying the darkness surrounded his room. Gaara walked toward his bed and began to sleeping again.
Oh, how he hated the morning so much…
Sakura wrote on a paper, no one knows what the heck that paper was. She ignored the pile of documents as she continued to write on that paper.
Half of the paper was full of her plans for that day. Then she remembered about a thing and all of her mind was controlled by that thing.
Yes, that was about the dare.
'Today is the second day… 28 days left. And I still do nothing…'
She growled. 'Why should I care about it? Okay, maybe I do care. I'm still sixteen! Of course I care about this kind of thing. Come on… It's about winning a guy's heart.'
'I'll make sure that it will be me who laugh at the last. I'll show Ino who I am. I can make Gaara fall in love with me.'
But she felt so wrong…
'How can I say that proudly? I'm so heartless… What if Gaara knows that he is the dare object? He just started to trust people, and here I am, ready to ruining everything…'
She crossed her arms and rested her face on them.
'I have to talk to Ino, before it's too late…'
Gaara read on a document which was Tsunade gave him last day. But he couldn't understand any word. He sighed and rubbed his eyes. Somehow, he hated for being a Kazekage. He still seventeen after all. He began to read it all over again.
Gaara looked at his right hand and completely ignored the document.
He had holding her hand just to stop her for paying the bill. He could just tell her right away without holding her hand! Maybe the changed temperature between Suna and Konoha began to driving him insane…
'Yeah, it must be that…'
Gaara rested his chin on his palm and closed his eyes, to relaxing his mind. But, a picture just came across his mind.
"Sorry, Kazekage-sama. I just wanted to call you in order to make you look at me and—"
Sakura covered her mouth, blushed, again.
"Did I say that out loud?" she asked behind her hands.
Gaara opened his eyes and ruffling his already messy hair.
'Damn…' Gaara stood up and stormed out of his apartment.
Sakura walked across the Konoha Street toward Yamanaka flower shop. She glanced up at the sky. The sun already covered by the cumulus clouds as a sign of the rain would be pouring down.
Sakura sighed at the bad weather and fastened her step. 'I have to say it to Ino, right now!'
A rain droplet landed on Sakura's head. The faster Sakura took a step, the rain pouring her harder.
'Great…'
Gaara looked outside. He watched every single rain drop behind the café window glass.
'The storm is coming. I can't go home for the next hours…But being here is just the same…' he took a glance around him.
There were two girls looking at him as they giggled each other nervously, and trying to hide their red faces. Gaara looked at other direction. A waitress hugged a menu and looked at him dreamily as a blush spreading all over her face when Gaara eyed her.
Gaara let out a sigh and he looked outside. 'Jeez… the storm gets worse'
There was no one on the street. All the villagers were already inside their home which protecting them from the storm. Gaara barely could see the street clearly that time, just a moment after that his eyes caught a glimpse of pink.
'Wait. Pink? Is that Haruno? What is she doing outside in this kind of storm?'
Without thinking twice, Gaara tossed a coin for his coffee and rushed outside.
"Wait! You need this umbrella!" the waitress called him but sighed when Gaara already gone.
Sakura ran as fast as her legs could bring her.
'Why did I so insist to tell Ino? I can tell her another time, not right now. Stupid!'
'Where's her shop? Did I already pass it? I can't see clearly…'
Sakura looked upward and saw a flash of lightning. She covered her ears and she closed her eyes.
'I hate thunder!'
"Haruno!"
'Is that the thunder sound?' Sakura blinked dumbly. 'Wait. I know that voice.'
Gaara found Sakura. He looked at her in disbelief. 'What the heck is she doing in the middle of the street, standing like that?'
He looked up as a light crossed the dark sky and he looked at Sakura. She squatted and covered her ears as soon as the thunder came.
Gaara sighed and ran toward her. "Haruno!" he yelled.
Sakura turned around and found Gaara. "Kazekage-sama!"
Gaara stopped in front of her and looked at her pale face. "What are you doing?!"
"W-what are yo-you doing?" she asked back as her teeth chattering.
Gaara took off his jacket and put it around Sakura. He held her hand firmly and bent down until their eyes in the same level.
"We have to go." Without waiting her answer, he dragged her and running.
"W-wait! Where are you heading to?" But Gaara ignored her.
"You are so slow…" Gaara muttered. Sakura snapped her eyes to him.
She felt two arms behind her back and legs, and she yelped.
"Let me down! LET ME DOWN!!!" Sakura demanded hysterically.
"No." Sakura struggled in his arms. Gaara carried her in bridal-style and looked as nothing was happened.
"Just keep still." Gaara said as he jumped on a rooftop to another through the storm. Sakura shut her mouth. She looked downward. 'It's so scary…' She closed her eyelids and bit her lips. She had jumped on rooftop for uncountable times, but never been done that while she was carried by a Kazekage before.
'I have to hold on something, or I'll fall...' She glanced at Gaara's neck and bit her lips nervously. She looked downward and looked at his neck again. 'Should I do this?'
When Gaara jumped again, Sakura lost her balance.
"I said keep still!" Gaara said annoyed. 'I have no choice…'
Sakura circled her arms around Gaara's neck and buried her face on his chest. Gaara stiffened.
"What are y—"
"Sorry… I'm scared…" she murmured on his chest. A blush came across his face, but he ignored it. 'Thanks God she can't see it…'
Sakura knew her face was totally red. She just sighed in relief. 'Thanks God he can't see it…' Then Sakura felt his heart pounding fast. 'Maybe that's because the jumps…'
Gaara landed his apartment balcony. He opened the glass door with his foot and said to Sakura. "We are here…"
But Sakura didn't respond him. Gaara looked down and realized that her heat increasing.
"Haruno?" Sakura opened her eyes slowly and met a pair of worried jade eyes. Wait. Worried?
Gaara sighed and said. "We're here…"
Sakura smiled. "Thanks…" But she closed her eyes again.
"Ha-Haruno? Hey, Haruno!" Gaara called in panic. 'She fainted… What should I do now…?'
Gaara looked at his bed and decided to rest her on it. Gaara took off his wet jacket from Sakura. He looked at her. She was wet from head to toe. Gaara ruffled his damp hair in confused.
'I had to change her clothes to the dry one, but HOW?!'
If he changed her clothes, he would see Sakura naked. 'No way! I can't do that. It'll be the same with disrespect her. And I won't do that.'
He glanced at her pale face. 'She already caught a cold. And it'll be worse if I don't change her clothes.'
Gaara sighed and walked toward his wardrobe. He took out a long sleeves shirt and pants. He got a towel, and then walked to her.
Gaara let out a sigh again. 'I'm sorry, Haruno…'
He began unzipped her clothes as his face began reddened. He focused his eyes to the other direction. He successfully took off her one piece summer dress.
'Her bra… What about that?' He already had a nosebleed and he couldn't take any further risk. Damn hormones. 'I'll pass that.' He buttoned his shirt on her and sighed in relief it was over.
He took a glance at her below part. 'I can't!' his nosebleed became worse. Fortunately the shirt reached her thigh so he didn't see anything.
'I think I can't put these pants on her…'
Gaara dried her hairs with the towel and rested it on the pillow.
'She looks better now…Now, the medicine…'
He began to hesitate again. 'She is asleep, and how can she drink this medicine…?'
He tried to lift her head and gave her a glass of water. As she started to choke, he stopped that. 'I'll just make her worse…'
'This is the only way…'
Gaara took a pill and drank the water. He kept the water and the pill in his mouth and lifted her head again. He bent down to her lips as he closed his eyes.
'I'm so sorry Haruno…This is the only way to give you the medicine…'
Cliffie! Please review!!! It was four pages! It was TOTALLY a HARD job to write this one! So if you have a heart, please give me a review after read it!