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Chapter 4: Day 3

Gaara tried to keep the pill and the water in his mouth. Those substances started to make him sick. He looked at Sakura's pale face.

'I have to do this… I have to…' Gaara closed his eyes. Breath in, breath out, bre—

"Mmh…" Sakura moved a bit that made Gaara almost choke on the pill.

'Alright… Let's get over it…'

Gaara leant downward to her lips. He put his left hand on the bed while his other hand caressed her hair. At first he kissed her slowly, but after remembered his mission, he opened his mouth slightly and somehow, Sakura's mouth opened too. Gaara pushed the pill into her mouth with his tongue which made Sakura moaned in her sleep.

The blood began to dripping out of his nose again that made Gaara thrown back intoreality. He shook off his perverted imagination from his head.

Gaara stepped back as he trying to hold back his nosebleed. An hour with unconscious Sakura on his bed totally made him insane.

"Gaara…" Sakura murmured in her sleep. Her murmur was success make Gaara choking on the pill then. Yes, he just swallowed the pill in accident.

'Damn… I hate this medicine…' he felt the nausea was climbing up to his throat.

"Gaara…" Sakura began to sobbing. The nausea was completely forgotten by Gaara.

'Did she just call my name?' Gaara sat on the bed beside Sakura. He resisted the urge to stroke her pink hair.

"Gaara… I'm… sorry…" Sakura sobbed again. Gaara frowned at her. A tear rolled down from her closed eye. Gaara wiped it carefully as he stroked his finger against her cheek.

'What did she do to me?' But Gaara ignored it and put the towel on her forehead. He pulled the blanket until it reached her neck. Gaara stood up and left his room.

The sun was shining brightly…

Sakura blinked her eyes. She realized that she wasn't in her room. She touched her forehead and found a damp towel there. 'What happened yesterday?' Sakura felt strange. She sat up and counting one until ten and looked under the blanket.

The birds out there were chirping happily and…

"AAAAAAARRRGGHHHHH!!!!!"

Well, not anymore…

"What happened, Haruno?!" Gaara rushed into the room a second after he heard her screaming. Then he found that Sakura glared deathly to him.

SLAP!

"How DARE you, Kazekage-sama!" Sakura yelled at him. Gaara stood there like a dummy. He touched his red cheek which just been slapped hard by Sakura.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME!!!" she opened her hands widely as if showing Gaara her outfit. She was wearing his buttoned shirt which reached her thigh, nothing else.

"I didn't do anything." He answered in low tone. Sakura's eyebrow twitched.

"You didn't do anything? You DIDN'T DO ANYTHING??? Then how can you explain THIS?!!" She raised her voice again. Gaara just stayed still as he folded his arms.

'Okay… I helped her, and this is what I get? How could she say I was rude last day?' A smirk came to his lips.

"You want me to explain everything, Haruno?" He leant against the wall as he stared at her with his cold smirk.

"Yes, I do! Wait, don't you staring at me like that! And don't smirking like that, perv-"

"Don't you dare to call me like that." Gaara cut her. Sakura gulped. She stood in front of him while she holding the shirt collar tightly as if it could protect her.

"Just—tell me!" Sakura demanded. Gaara unfolded his arms and took a step toward her. "Okay… I'll tell you…"

"Don't come any closer!" she said in panic tone. He ignored her and took another step.

"I said, DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!" she started to yell again. She pointed her index finger at him while the other hand was still holding the collar. Gaara covered her mouth with his palm and bent down until they eyes in the same level.

"You are so noisy. I heard you already, Haruno. There's no need to yell." He said. Sakura raised her eyebrows and slapped his hand away.

"Don't touch me!" she yelled although her face reddened. "Why don't you just tell me?"

She gathered all of her courage ness to grab his collar and yelled at him.

"Kazekage-sama! Tell me!"

Gaara looked at her eyes and then to his collar. He grabbed her arms and turned her around, then pinned her against the wall. He rested his chin on her shoulder that made Sakura held her breath and closed her eyes.

"I said I didn't do anything." He said in a low tone, almost like a whisper. And then, he released his hold and left her in the room.

Sakura stood there for a minute. She blinked and put her hands on her cheeks then shook her head and ran outside the bedroom. She found Gaara on his way toward the kitchen.

"Wait…" she called him and stopped her step then. Sakura put a hand on her forehead as the dizziness came to her again. Gaara turned back and looked at her.

"Haruno?" he walked toward her. Sakura couldn't stand anymore and lost her balance.

"Oh no… Not again…" Gaara growled. He caught her as fast as he could before Sakura made a contact with the carpeted floor. Unfortunately, he stumbled on his way to the rescue.

"Sakura! Are you here?!" someone barged in.

"Sakura! You are here! Oh…" she gasped. "Oh, my God…" she put her both hands on her mouth.

"I-Ino…?" Sakura said in hoarse voice. She frowned at her friend's reaction and looked aside. Sakura gasped when she looked directly to red hair.

Gaara was on top of her while his head was beside hers, and his left hand was behind her head as if protecting her from the floor.

Gaara supported his body with his right hands on the floor, at Sakura's left side. He looked down and sighed.

"Are you okay, Haruno?"

Sakura glared at him and put her both hands on his chest. With that, she pushed him hardly, which was making Ino gasped again.

"Get off me!" and she punched him at the cheek. Then Sakura collapsed again.

"What did you do to her, Kazekage-sama?" Ino asked him again. Gaara ignored her as he continued to carrying Sakura back into his room.

He put Sakura carefully on his bed and pulled the blanket. Ino blinked at that guy and shrugged. She chose to close the curtain in order to block the morning sunshine. And then she turned back to Gaara again.

"Wow, you are becoming to such a gentleman, huh?" Ino commented.

"Is that a compliment?"

"What do you think?" Ino folded her arms.

"Never mind." He walked outside and said. "Let's talk outside." Ino just followed him.

Gaara closed the door and faced Ino. "Leave this apartment, right now." He demanded. Ino blinked. "What?"

"You heard me."

"I did. But you don't answer my question yet!"

Gaara raised his non-exist eyebrow. "What question?"

"What did you do to Sakura? Why does she wear your shirt???" she asked hysterically. Meanwhile, Sakura woke up in sudden because of Ino's voice. She heard Ino and Gaara's voice outside. She wanted to know so she listened to their conversation outside.

"Low you voice!" Gaara said.

"Sorry…"

"She caught a cold when the storm yesterday. So I brought her to my apartment until the storm ended. But just a moment after we arrived, she collapsed." Gaara explained.

"Aaand…"

Gaara sighed. "I changed her clothes because her outfit was completely wet. It just made her cold worse if she still wore the wet clothes. Am I wrong?"

Sakura gasped but covered her mouth as soon as the gasp escaped. 'So that's why…' Sakura looked at Gaara's shirt and the damp towel.'He took care of me, but I accused him, slapped him, even punched him… I'm so bad…'

"No… but…" Ino said.

"Now, get out of here." He stated. "You know where the door is. Leave."

Ino grumbled. "Alright… I'll leave." Then she left the apartment.

Gaara sighed and opened his bedroom door again.

Sakura startled when the door opened, and pretended to sleep again.

Gaara sat on the edge of the bed beside Sakura. He reached her forehead and put his palm on there to check her cold. He started to caress her cheek but stopped it when Sakura held her breath.

"I know you are awake, Haruno. Don't pretend to sleep anymore. You looked stupid."

'Busted…Baka Sakura…' she scolded herself. Sakura opened her eyes and met his eyes in the darkness.

"You don't get insulted although I said you looked stupid, huh?" Even in the darkness, Sakura knew that he had a smirk on his cute face. 'Wait. Cute? Uh oh… something wrong with me…'

"Actually, I do. But I am stupid."

Gaara raised his brow, again.

"I'm so sorry for accused, slapped and punched you. I didn't know that you were taking care of me."

"So you heard that?"

"Sorry, I don't mean to…"

No one said anything until Gaara said, "It's okay…"

There was a dead silence between them. They didn't know what to say.

"Why did Ino come here?" Sakura asked breaking the silence.

Gaara shrugged. "Don't know, don't care." Sakura sighed.

Silence again…

"Was it hurt?" Sakura asked again. Gaara blinked and looked down. "What was hurt?"

"You know…"

"Oh, that. Yeah, It was hurt my cheek so much…" he touched his cheek unconsciously.

"Really? I'm so sorry… I'll heal your cheek right know." Sakura sat up in panic but Gaara pushed her back to bed.

"I say it was. It isn't anymore." Gaara stated. Sakura blushed.

"S-sorry."

Gaara looked at her face. "You are blushing, aren't you?"

"I-I'm not!" She stammered.

"Yeah, right…" Gaara said. Sakura gritted her teeth but she gave up then.

"Kazekage-sama…" Sakura called him, but Gaara ignored her.

"Hey, Kazekage-sama…" She called again. No respond.

Sakura pinched his hand which made him twitch. "Kazekage-sama!"

He grabbed her hand and told her, "Drop that formality. Haven't I told you to call me by my given name?"

Sakura bit her lower lip. "Sorry, I forget it."

"Apology accepted." Gaara said carelessly. Sakura rolled her eyes at his word.

Then she realized that he still holding her hand. But she let him did it because she didn't want to regret again.

They began to silent again…

"Hey, Haruno."

"Hmm?"

"How do you feel?"

'I'm feeling happy…so happy…' "I'm feeling better, Kazeka- I mean, Gaara." She cleared her throat.

"It sounds better…" he said, hold back his chuckle.

"Ne, G-Gaara…"

"Hm?"

"Can you… err… never mind." She looked away.

"What is that?"

"Err… can you just call me by my given name?" she said without turned her head to him.

"Why should I?" Gaara asked innocently. Sakura snapped her head back.

"Just call me like that. Is that hard to call me Sakura?" she raised her voice.

"Alright… I'll call you like that, Haruno." He sighed. Sakura gave him her smug face although he couldn't see her clearly.

"It's Sakura!"

"Okay, Sakura. That. Happy?" Sakura nodded.

"That sounds better." She flipped back his words and grinned.

Sakura felt that Gaara released his grip on her. Gaara stood up from his position and looked at her. "Get rest." Then he spun his heels to leave the room. But soon he stopped. Sakura pulled his shirt from behind.

"What?"

"Can you just…stay here?" Sakura asked, trying hard to hide her embarrassment. She didn't know that Gaara's face began reddened at her reaction.

He had no choice and sat back beside Sakura. But a moment after he sat, Sakura pulled him by his collar.

"Wha—" Gaara turned his face to her.

They lips met. But as soon as it happened, Sakura pulled back.

"I-I'm so sorry! I meant to kiss your cheek! I'm so sorry…" Sakura covered her face.

Gaara looked at her in disbelief. His heart was beating so fast at Sakura's action.

"What was that for?" he tried to act as normal as he could be. Sakura bit her lower lip.

"I haven't say thanks for your help yet. So I…" Sakura couldn't continue her words. 'Oh my God… I just kissed him in accident… But it feels great… although it was just a peck. Wait, Sakura! It's not the time for that!!!'

"So, it was your way to expressing thanks?" Gaara asked. 'It feels great…'

"I'm so sorry…"Sakura squeaked. Gaara pulled his lips into a small smile. He removed her hands from her face. "You have a funny way to expressing that…" he said.

Gaara looked directly to her eyes. He pushed Sakura to the wall behind the bed and leant closer to her.

"Wa-Wait!" Sakura looked at him in panic. Gaara brought his finger to her face as if about to caress her. Sakura shut her eyes and bit her lower lip again.

TUCK!

"Ouch!" Sakura opened her eyelids and glared at Gaara. She touched her sore forehead. "What was that for!" She yelled and looked at his index finger which was just hit her forehead. Gaara smirked at her.

"It will leave a mark, you know!" Sakura told him.

"I know. It's a warning to not kiss me without permission, ever again." Then he pushed her on the bed back.

"Now, rest."

In a blink of eye, he disappeared. Sakura looked at the darkness and sighed…

-tbc-

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