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CHAPTER 2: Money Troubles.
Gaara walked into the cafeteria trying to ignore the looks he was getting. It was always the same. He was always the new kid. And people always stared at him like he was a freak. It got a little annoying.
But today, admittedly, it wasn't so bad. Not when Naruto was walking beside him, although the blonde may have attracted even more attention, Gaara found he didn't care. Not with the smiling bundle of a boy beside him. He would have smiled, if he wasn't Gaara.
The redhead followed Naruto, as he looked for Sasuke. They found him sat with a large group of people all chatting amongst themselves. Sasuke, leaning his head on his hands, wasn't talking but was staring unseeingly in front of him.
As the pair approached the table, several people turned to wave at Naruto but their smiles faded slightly as they saw that he was accompanied by the new red-haired kid. Most looked welcoming, if a little apprehensive but Sasuke, whose attention was now focused on Gaara, did not.
"Hey Guys!" Naruto smiled, "How was your summer?"
Nods and comments answered him so he continued confidently, "This is Gaara. Gaara this is...well everyone. Ok so you know Sasuke already," Naruto continued not noticing the glare that both boys shot each other. "Right, that's Sakura next to him and Neji on his right." A tall, pale boy with long brown hair nodded, while a pink haired girl smiled warmly.
"Nice to meet you." she said brightly.
"That's Kiba and Lee and Shino. Shika's the one that's asleep at the end." As the blonde commented his friends all acknowledged Gaara in their own way. Whether it be a bark like laugh, a proclamation about youth or a silent nod. Gaara remained silent.
"Who's left? Ummm Tenten and Hinata are over there, Hinata's Neji's cousin," he added as an afterthought "And Ino's in the queue with Choji. HEY GUYS!!!" he yelled across the cafeteria, waving madly as the pair waved back.
"Ok Gaara. Got it?" The blonde wrapped his arm around said teens shoulders and laughed delightedly when Gaara inclined his head ever so slightly. "He doesn't talk much guys so don't take offence. Oh and he hates everyone so don't worry about it!"
Gaara stared at Naruto as he rambled on. "Might as well get it out the way eh Gaara? Yes he is wearing eyeliner and yes the hair colour is natural..."
"Shut up." Gaara growled.
"Why? People always ask these questions might as well get it out of the way, like I just said...He's got one brother and one sister. Are they here? Oh yeah and the clothes." he continued not waiting for an answer and completely ignoring the glare he was receiving.
"Uzamaki."
"I know the clothes are tight,"
"Uzamaki. I'm warning you." Gaara said menacingly. Naruto merely grinned, while the others sat round the table flinched at the aura that was radiating from the taller boy, 'Sheesh if looks could kill..."
"But Gaara likes tight clothes don't you?" Naruto said pinching the pale boys cheek.
"I'm going to kill you."
"Haha! You do that. Anyway many people think Gaara's gay. And with clothes like that I'm not surprised but I think Gaara just likes to wear tight clothes to make himself feel pretty."
Everyone gaped at the blonde and seemingly suicidal teen who was currently laughing his head off at Gaara's expression. Or lack of one, they weren't sure.
Gaara narrowed his eyes dangerously when naruto continued to laugh at him and pushed the blonde roughly. Shocked, Naruto went flying and fell into Neji who was stood by the end of the table, a pitying expression in his pale eyes.
"Sorry Neji." Naruto mumbled as he stood up and turned expecting to see Gaara still stood there however all he saw was the taller boys retreating back. Naruto laughed again and ran off after him leaving surprised expressions and one dark scowl behind him.
Naruto reached Gaara quickly and grabbed his hand pulling him backwards. Gaara stumbled slightly but didn't pull away from the touch. "Gaara come on, don't be mad!' Naruto whined, a delighted smile still plastered over his face.
"I'm not mad."
"Yes you are, but at least they won't ask you all those questions now!" Gaara didn't respond but let Naruto drag him back towards their table. As they approached the group Naruto said loudly, "Anyway I like your clothes, they show off your ass. Which by they way is still as hot as I remember."
"I'm going to kill you." Gaara said, pretending that he couldn't see the people in front of him. "In your sleep. Slowly."
Naruto laughed and patted Gaara's backside affectionately, "Sure, sure. Just make sure you wear those black pants you used to wear ok. You've still got them right?" Gaara tensed and narrowed his eyes again, this time looking over the group of friends as if daring them to say anything.
Slience followed Narutos comment and he laughed again, highly amused at his friends reaction to his usual banter with Gaara. "Right I'm hungry, wanna get something to eat?" The redhead nodded slightly.
"Good." Naruto began before he remembered that he had no money with him. "Oh bugger." He moaned, shoulders slumping as he double checked his pockets. Damn he was really hungry.
"Wait a sec Gaara," he said walking coyly up to Sasuke, who promptly looked away knowing what was coming. Not that he had been watching Naruto and that Gaara kid. He wasn't interested. Nope, not at all. 'He doesn't really think that Gaara's ass is hot does he? What?! I did not just think that!' Sasuke shouted to himself.
"Sassssuke..." the blonde wheedled placing his hands on Sasuke's shoulders and resting his chin on top of his head, successfully breaking the Uchihas thoughts.
"Dobe."
"Can I please borrow some money?"
"You already did." At this Naruto sat down next to him and pouted.
"I know but pleeeease. I'm soooooo hungry. It's hard being a senior, did you know I've had no free periods yet!" Naruto continued as if outraged at the injustice of it all.
Sasuke watched Naruto as he grumbled cutely, pout still in full force and had to physically restrain himself from leaning forward to claim those full soft lips. Naruto blinked at Sasuke's unfocused expression and leant forward slightly, a frown forming on his face.
"Suke?" he inquired quietly, why was Sasuke so out of it today?
Sasuke jumped backward as if he'd been burnt when he felt Naruto's breath ghost across his face. His eyes immediately cleared and he felt the smallest blush creep across his cheeks. "How can you still be hungry after all that crap you ate this morning?" he sneered.
"Ramen is not crap! And anyway you brought me there to buy it." Naruto yelled, pointing a finger at Sasuke accusingly, "Sasuke-teme don't be mean."
Sasuke smirked and was about to tease the blonde further when the fucking new kid interrupted him. "Kit." Sasuke frowned. 'Who the hell was Kit?'
Naruto turned away from Sasuke and faced Gaara, "Hmmm?"
"I've got some extra money, just hurry up." Naruto's face split into a grin and was about to reply but Sasuke interupted.
"It's fine Sabaku, I got it." He said venomously. How dare this freak barge into his life and make him seem inadequate in front of his Naruto? That's right you heard, HIS! And what was with the nickname? Sasuke stood up and took his wallet from the back pocket of his black jeans, feeling everyone's eyes on him, wondering why he'd used such a tone.
Gaara raised his eyebrows at Sasuke's possessiveness and folding his arms across his chest he waited for Naruto to join him. Which just made Sasuke angrier, not that he showed it of course. "Here idiot." he muttered, handing the blonde the wallet.
"Thanks Sasuke-teme!" Naruto cried as he stood and smiled up at Sasuke.
"Hn. Whatever Dobe." Naruto grinned again and winked when he saw Sasuke's mouth turn up at the corners slightly.
"A smile? Oooo Sasuke! I'm privileged." the blonde swooned in a high pitched girly voice, placing the back of his hand on his forehead as if he felt faint. Sasuke rolled his eyes at the personal joke and sat back down, once again ignoring the other. Naruto ruffled his dark hair affectionately, giggled at the glare and practically skipped over to Gaara.
A few minutes later Naruto and Gaara returned to the table laden with food. Well, Naruto was laden with food. They sat roughly in the middle of the the group of friends and immediately, to the annoyance of the less hungry boy, Naruto was the centre of attention.
"Naruto do you need all that food?" asked the pink haired girl that was sat opposite them next to the Uchiha. Was her name Sakura? Gaara couldn't remember.
"Yup." Naruto answered as he took a huge bit out of the burger he had brought.
"But Naruto...it's not healthy...you don't eat any vegetables of any real meat..."
"Ramen is all I need."
"You're an idiot. No it's not, you know tha-...wait. You're not even eating Ramen!" she cried exasperatedly.
Naruto just looked at her confusedly for a while, as if she was mad. And then kept on looking...then some more... The pink haired girl was beginning to get uncomfortable when he simply said, "I know." with the same dumb look on his face.
Silence followed Naruto's special moment until a boy with spiky brown hair burst out laughing. He tried to talk but couldn't as laughter bubbled through him. Naruto shot him a confused look, which only made him laugh harder and soon everyone had joined in and was laughing along at the blondes expense.
Looking at Sasuke briefly, who was smirking at him in a superior way, Naruto shrugged and turned to Gaara, the only one that was not laughing in some way.
"So how is Temari?" Gaara shrugged.
"What about Kankuro?" Gaara shrugged again.
"What does that mean?" Naruto asked impatiently. "This is going to take forever if you don't talk."
"They are both fine. Everything is fine. I'm fine. Are you fine?"
"Jesus Gaara, you know I'm fine. I was only asking."
"I was only telling."
"Fine." Silence stretched out but Gaara didn't bother talking. If he remembered Naruto's personality correctly he would continue to ramble any second now.
"So we go to school again together again. That's amazing, who would have thought that we'd end in the same school again! It's pretty incredible!" Gaara nodded glad that Naruto wasn't drawing attention to him any more.
However not everyone had gotten over 'lets all stare at the new kid' routine.
The Uchiha was still glaring at him quite openly, trying to give the impression that he didn't care that Naruto was focusing all his attention on him. But Gaara could tell that behind the cool demeanour Sasuke was probably thinking of ways that he could slowly disembowel him.
Gaara's attention was drawn to the tall pale boy sat next to Sasuke, as a dark chuckle left his mouth. "Sasuke, green is not your colour." he muttered only loud enough for Sasuke and Gaara to hear.
Neji laughed quietly when Sasuke turned to glare at him. "Shut your mouth Hyuga." he spat, only causing Neji to smile knowingly. Sasuke turned away from him coldly, proceeding to ignore him, while Neji turned his attention to the new addition to their party.
Making eye contact with Gaara, Neji gave a small smile and nodded before he got up and walked away towards the exit.
Gaara blinked in slight surprise, knowing that no-one was watching him and let his eyes follow the Hyuga boy out of the room. 'Well that was interesting.' he thought, mildly aware that Naruto was still talking, unaware of what had just taken place.
The bell signalling the end of the period sounded and the room was filled with the sound of scraping chairs. Naruto stood up, holding his tray and yelled, "Rubbish!"
Everyone on the table leaned forward and deposited their rubbish on the tray, thanking the blonde as they left for their respective classes.
Naruto headed towards the bin when Sasuke stood up. "Wallet Naruto."
"Oh right, wait a sec, hang on" he said as he tried to hold the tray and reach into his back pocket.
"This isn't working. Gaara can you pass Teme his wallet. It's in the right hand pocket."
Gaara nodded and from his seated position he reached around Naruto's back and ran his pale fingers into his pocket. Eyes never leaving Sasuke's.
"No it's in the right pocket."
"Oh my bad." Gaara said as he removed his hand and reached further round the blonde boy, smirking at Sasuke.
"Got it?" Naruto asked. When he saw Gaara nod he turned towards the bin and hurriedly disposed of the rubbish.
"Here you go Uchiha." Gaara said smugly as he handed him the wallet.
Sasuke just glared and stomped out of the room, not waiting for either the blonde or the damn redhead.
tbc
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