Just Came To Say Hello
Yeah I think you're cute
But really you should know
I just came to say 'hello.'
-Hello, Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette
Naruto's hand twitched sporadically in his nervousness when the bell rang. He assumed it was lunch time, but that gosh darn GayMo hippie best friend of his had to disappear somewhere and leave him without any knowledge of the school. Pfft, some kind of best friend he was.
"Hm. Are you lost?" A deep voice literally purred somewhere behind him. The blonde spun around, only to face an intimidating and hot redhead with a heavy dose of eyeliner.
"Y-yeah, what's it to you?" He backed away, swallowing his fear (and a small hint of lust) down his throat. He didn't need a scary, attractive tour guide distracting him with his overwhelming aura and beauty.
The red head chuckled and turned to leave. "Well, I was planning to show you around school, new kid, but you're obviously scared of me…so, I'll just be going now."
"No! Wait! Don't leave me!" Naruto pleaded when he realized that they were the only ones left in the deserted hallway. Not to mention he had no idea where the darned cafeteria was. The stranger smirked with an 'I-knew-it' expression.
"I thought so," the redhead crowed, walking past him. "Okay, first off. Lunch starts now, and ends in forty minutes. The cafeteria is down these stairs and out that door. From the quad it's pretty easy to see, so I doubt you can get lost around there." Gaara chuckled in amusement when Naruto jogged to keep up with his strides.
"Where are the other school buildings?" Naruto pulled on Gaara's sleeve. The redhead found it absolutely adorable, and he made note to spend alone time with the new kid. "I mean, I doubt there's only this one huge building and a cafeteria…"
Gaara ruffled the blonde's wild mane, despite the fox's protest. "Those are way over on the other side of the campus." He glanced at the smaller boy's schedule from the side. "There's only one other building you need to know, and that's behind the cafeteria. It's the Iwa-200 building. Can't miss it, it's a huge block of stone."
Naruto nodded gratefully. "Okay, so we're in Suna-100 right now. Out on the quad is the cafeteria. And behind that is the Iwa." When Gaara grunted in confirmation, he grinned brightly and offered a hand. "Well thanks, um…well…"
Gaara, momentarily blinded by the shorter boy's glomp-worthy face, let a small smile slip. "Gaara. Sabaku Gaara." He firmly took Naruto's hand, but lifted it to his lips with a smirk and pecked the boy's knuckles.
The blonde's cheeks flushed. "Ah y-yeah. T-Thanks Gaara." Naruto noted that his heart wasn't supposed to beat that fast when a random (but intense and sexy, his hormones crowed) kissed you on the hand. He could well be beating Gaara up for even trying it, but the mysterious redhead was already walking a good distance away from him. To save face, he quickly added, "I was so not scared of you!"
Gaara stared at the flustered fox, amused. "Oh really? Then maybe you were just checking me out?" With a deep chuckle, he entered the quad, leaving an annoyed, blushing Naruto in the building.
…
Meanwhile, Naruto covered his blushing face with his hands. "Agh! He's so…eurgh!" He groaned in frustration. He was tripping. Seriously. Jeez, he just met a mysterious, intense, and helpful guy (he wasn't that good looking, a mortified Naruto denied) and he already went five inches under his skin.
Sighing, he shrugged off the tingles that came with Gaara's and his brief encounter. "Well, no point being embarrassed about that…" He looked down pointedly at his churning, roaring and very empty stomach. "I gotta hit the cafeteria."
He swallowed down the lump in his throat that came with his emotional turmoil when he entered the amassed quad. Almost immediately, the usually fiery blonde shook at the feel of lustful eyes and demeaning ones on him as he walked through the expansive area.
"Oh damnit, they better have instant ramen."
…
Even from a distance, Gaara could see Naruto's tense shoulders and stiff walk. He shrugged off the foreign urge to grab the adorably sexy fox boy and just leave the freaking school for the blonde's comfort. Besides, they just met. He'd have plenty of time to see if the blonde was worthy of something more than a one-night stand.
Neji raised a brow. "Falling for him already? That what quick."
"Hardly. I've yet to see if he's worth more than a tryst." The redhead growled.
"Wow, he messed you up. Since when did the great Sabaku monster ever think about anything other than a fling?" The brunette munched idly on an apple.
"At least I've made progress with my target. You don't seem to have anything to show for." Gaara countered weakly. Stupid Philosophy kids with their stupid insights.
Neji swallowed a mouthful of fruit before replying. "Says you." He smirked. "He's already accepted my invitation for Ino's party on Friday night. Buurrnn."
Gaara scoffed. "Oh shut it, white-eyes."