Sorry that it's been so long! My computer broke and I finally got it working. Had to get a new hard drive Chapter 2!
Disclaimer : I don't own the Naruto
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Hinata looked down to her feet, pawing at the dirt with her foot awkwardly. Slightly emboldened, though still extremely shy…
"And why shouldn't I?" Stern, stoic, tinged by shame and self doubt.
Gaara's anger flared. He flung the kunai away, embedding it in a tree nearby. Sand rushed from behind him in a torrent, outlining him, pulsing. Gaara stamped a foot down, stepping towards Hinata.
"You have no right to, you… Do not do that!" Gaara's teeth clamped down. His mind was rocked by shockwaves, raging with emotion. Fury. Indignation. Frustration… And something else. Something he could not describe, something foreign. He pushed it aside, drawing on the anger he knew so much better.
Hinata built her courage, crying out.
"No one could love me! What do you care?!" Her tears began to flow again. She collapsed, crumpling into a fetal position at the base of the tree, holding herself tightly and crying into her sleeve.
'Love…'
'Care…'
Gaara froze at the words, eyes widening, mind clear. The feeling he had pushed out, the feeling he had been pushing out for months. Love? Care? Why did he care? He had killed enough in his life, why should he care for this small girl's life? Why did he care about her? What was he feeling? He was not sure. He wanted to be with her, her wanted to make her happy. He knew not where these wants came from, but he was ashamed of them. They were foreign, alien. He wanted to say something, anything, but words lodged in his throat and refused to budge further. He thought, lost like this, for what seemed a long time. Then it hit him. Like a truck, the obvious slammed right into him. Love? Did he… love her? Was it even possible for him to love? He did not think so, he had never allowed emotions into his life before, how could it have snuck in? Especially when he barely knew the girl.
All his stoicism faded, his emotional barriers collapsed. He felt horrible, his heart ached. He wanted her to be happy, he felt horrible that she wasn't. He broke down, literally collapsing, crawling up in a fetal position, mirroring that of Hinata. Sitting next to Hinata, he whispered to her.
"Because.. I think I love you"
Hinata was dumbfounded. Her tears abruptly stopped, looking up to Gaara from her tear-wet sleeve. What she saw astounded her further. Not that his walls were gone, but as she gazed at him it was apparent that he was crying.
Gaara sat there crying, ashamed and disgusted with himself for reasons he did not pretend to know or understand. He could not stop. He wasn't sure he wanted to. His mind cleared, and there was only a hollow ache. Suddenly he felt something.
Hinata had flung herself at him, hugging him and pressing her head into his chest. He instinctually put his arms around her, and they stayed like that, crying in each other's arms. A perfect pair of loneliness.
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I've got writer's block for chappie 3!