Chapter 3: Throwing Chairs
The Uchiha's wedding is soon. I have just entered Konoha for another meeting and find people excited, rushing here and there to tell people the big news! Uchiha Sasuke is finally getting married. Girls are heartbroken, others are proud, the men relived and the old are hoping to see little Uchiha children running around with sharingan in their eyes. Personally, I think that would be...well "scary".
The only one who doesn't seem happy with this is Uchiha Sasuke himself (the bastard).
The girl he's getting married to seems ecstatic. I saw her shopping with her blonde friend (speaking of blonde, where's my Naruto?) both squealing now and then about something or the other.
The best thing about this whole wedding thing (well for me) is that Sasuke will be out of the way and will no longer be able to bother Naruto-kun. Finally, no stupid Sasuke coming in and interrupting our meeting calling us idiots that should get off our lazy asses and actually do something for our villages instead of trying to figure out a way to make super ramen (the best damn ramen human kind will ever taste!). still in progress
But now…I can have so much more alone time with Naruto. With him in thought, I begin walking faster towards the Hokage tower. I almost ran over an old lady just to get there quicker. Luckily, Naruto was waiting for me just outside the tower doors, or at least I thought he was waiting for me. I approached him and he didn't seem to notice me right in front of him! I mean he was looking right at me! So I did the next best thing to get him to notice me; I kissed him on the cheek.
Oh and you know what the rude little thing does? He looks at me and says "oh hey Gaara" as if he didn't want me to be there! So I just raised a non-existent eyebrow at him and asked "What's with you?"
He seemed surprised at the question and then smiled apologetically apparently figuring out why I looked so irritated (he always smiles and showers me with love when we meet!).
"I'm sorry, I was just thinking about stuff…" Again he looked like he was off in another world.
I leaned towards him and kept my eyebrow raised. "Stuff?"
Naruto grinned and walked in through the doors, me following right behind him.
"Yes Gaara, stuff. Now let's just go to my office and begin the meeting."
As we walked the flight of stairs that lead to his office, I was wondering what he was doing at the front doors of the tower. It was obvious now that he wasn't waiting for me. So I voiced my thoughts.
"What were you doing standing in front of the doors?"
Naruto didn't as so much look back at me, he just answered with a simple "I was thinking"
I poked him in the ribs. "And…what were you thinking about?"
He stayed silent for a moment before saying "The wedding…Sasuke's wedding."
I stayed silent for the rest of the way and mentally cursed that damn Uchiha. Even without him being here he still troubles my cute little blonde…I had to make him feel better somehow…
We entered his office where at the side was a small table with two chairs and tea already prepared for us. We sat down and stared into each others eyes waiting for the other to speak.
The silence was unnerving.
After a while, the silence became so unbearable I was even able to hear my own heartbeat. The people outside, the buzz of a fly, and the singing of that damn bird outside the damn window! It all pissed me off! It's never been this quiet before! What the hell was going on! Why was Naruto so quiet? Why did he look so distracted! Why was he looking at me as though I were not here! AND THAT DAMN BIRD!
The silence was broken by the sound of breaking glass and the screech of a chair as I sat back down. Naruto looked at me with a questioning look.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Naruto yelled
"It bothered me" I simply explained. But Naruto kept insisting it was animal abuse.
"You threw a chair at a bird!"
"It bothered me" I said more firmly.
"But to throw a chair at a bird!"
"Blame god for endowing me with such good hearing"
Naruto sighed as he finally gave upon making me feel guilty at throwing a chair at a freakishly loud bird.
"It was an innocent bird, Gaara" Naruto tried once more to make me see the "error" of my ways.
"It was EVIL!" I said before taking a sip of my tea.
Naruto blinked at me before he cracked a small smile which later turned into a grin until he was laughing (very loudly I must say) clutching his sides. I couldn't help but smile behind me tea cup…the Naruto I knew was back and he was laughing. The best thing was that it was me that brought that laughter, that smile.
"Mr. Whiskers?" Naruto ceased his laughter and wiped a tear away as he looked up at the familiar nickname.
"Why don't you grab a cup of tea and we start the meeting?" I smiled at him, my eyes closed. He was really the only one who would see this kind of expression from me. He grinned back at me and nodded.
That meeting we spoke about was about what tea was best to eat a donut with, explosions and what were the best ways to get to the moon.
We'll get the window fixed...evetually.