"School of love"
Declaimer- I don't own the anime "Naruto" or any other anime or manga in the world. They are all property of their creators.
"-I just want to say I am very sorry for this late update. I wanted to post this chapter hours after I had finished the second, but I guess I was just lazy. I hope you will forgive me. This chapter is a little short, but hopefully it is good…."
Chapter 3---"Surprise!"
Lee was staring at Gaara, wide-eyed with his mouth opened, as if the boy had just slapped him with a water balloon. The fact that the red haired boy was sitting and smiling at him made Lee's blood boil. In fact it made his mind blank, too. As blank as a dark hole…
The teacher had finished talking about the lesson and was now walking slowly among the students giving them tips and advises about their notes. Soon, he reached Lee and Gaara's tables:
"Let me see them!" the teacher said.
"What?" asked Lee confused as his eyes parted Gaara. "Notes? WTF???"
"Your notes, Rock Lee, the notes you had to write during class.
"Uhhhh…notes…uhhhh…"
"Excuse me sir" said Gaara to the teacher. "Yes, Gaara-kun? Can't you see I am busy?"
"Yes, I can see, but I have Lee's notes."
"No you- OUCH!" tried to say Lee, but was kicked by Gaara under the table.
"You do? Well, let me see them."
Gaara handed a copy-book to the man. The teacher quickly examined it, gave a nod and gave it to Lee.
"What about your notes?"
"I haven't got notes, sir."
"Oh…and why is that?"
"Wait, this aren't my- OUCH!" tried to explain Lee, but was again kicked by Gaara.
"The reason why I haven't got any notes is that I wasn't interested in what you were saying…"
The whole class exploded into loud, monkey-like laughter. If Lee hadn't been confused in the start of this crazy week, he sure was now. Why would somebody risk getting and "F" just so he can defend someone he doesn't know. It was true that Gaara was a little special. He was good, polite and kind, not like most people Lee knew. What the boy didn't understand was why Gaara did all this…
"That's enough!!!" shouted the teacher with a furious look on his face. "You are in school FOR GOD'S SAKE. Try to act CEVILISED! And as to you…report to my office right after school. I didn't expect this from an excellent student like you. But I guess what people say about you is true. Class dismissed!
The room quickly emptied. Only Lee, Gaara and the still red-faced teacher stayed behind.
"I know what you are going to say, sir, but-"
"No, Gaara this doesn't concern you…for once…I want to talk to Lee."
"Me?" asked the boy next to Gaara. His round black eyes widened as he said that, which made Gaara wonder if he had ever seen a cuter thing. Lee truly was amazing. He had known him for a small period of time but in fact…he felt as if Lee was the closest person in his life. And Gaara didn't have a lot of friends. He had none, as a matter of fact. People would usually disappear from wherever he would go. Nobody would want to spend time in his company, because of that…That thing that everybody blamed him for…The thing that put a shadow in his mind every time he thought of it… Even his own brother would keep aside from him…
"What do y-you want to t-talk me for sir?"
"Do not worry Mister Rock. You haven't done anything wrong. I wanted to talk to you in class, but somebody" he gave Gaara a dirty look (which Gaara gave him back) "interrupted me! Since you are new here I wanted somebody to show you around. Have you made any friends?"
"Uhhhh, well yes I met a lot of people. They were very nice…"
"I see," said the teacher redirecting his thoughts to the person who had just entered the room. "Uzumaki? Come here for a second!"
"Hey guys!" greeted the boy " What's up?"
"I wanted to talk to you about something. I presume you have met Lee before, have you not?"
"Yes, we are buddies. Why?"
"So…you wouldn't mind showing him around."
"No no problem. You don't mind don't you Lee?"
"It sounds fun. Gaara-kun? Would you like to join us?"
Gaara looked at him. He really was cute. "What? Am I loosing my mind?!"
"Uhhhh, no thanks I have something I should do. See ya."
He gave them all a nod and left the room with incredible speed.
"Well, he sure was in a hurry…so what's your next class Lee?" asked Naruto with a shiny smile on his face. Lee thought that he looked silly smiling like that all the time, but kept the information to himself.
"I have biology."
"Cool, your in my class. See, sometimes school program becomes to hard for the students to follow, so the teachers fuse some of the classes. Cool, huh."
"Yeah. But where is the cabinet?"
"I'll show you…"
And both of them left the room, leaving the teacher alone.
"Kids these days…" said he before he threw the books he had in his hands and went for a coffee, but on his way, something started bugging him. And then he remembered.
"Damn Gaara…I forgot to give him detention!"
Lee was sitting on a desk, near the window, with a biology book in his hand and a pen in the other. The teacher had given them 20 minutes to finish their drawings and to give it in order to get a mark, but obviously Lee's mind wasn't in a mood for drawing. Well, at least not in a mood for drawing human skeletons and what lay inside of them. No, Lee preferred drawing more…beautiful things.
"Five more minutes!" said a man in a white coat looking at his watch.
Lee looked up from his own picture and looked around. More than half of the class had finished and were now coloring their papers. Even the blond next to him had managed to make something that, kind of looked lire a skeleton. If it wasn't for the words in the corner of the list that said "Human body", Lee would definitely mistake it for a hat and coat rack. Naruto definitely didn't have any talent in drawing.
"See, Lee-kun, see, isn't it pretty!!!" smiled at him Naruto and waived his picture. Lee smiled at him and thought: "No brains either! Damn blonds. At least he is cool."
Looking back at his own drawing, Lee noticed there was something missing. As a matter of fact, his drawing didn't really look like a skeleton. It was more like a human with red hair, dark mysterious eyes and nice dark robes. Lee didn't know who this guy reminded him of, but he had the strong feeling he knew him. Every time his dark, lovely eyes met Lees, something rose inside of him. The feeling this person was somewhere near, somewhere very close. And maybe, just maybe, he was…
"Ok, give me your papers."
Lee looked up from his drawing and saw that the class was over. He quickly took out his rubber in order to erase the hair and some of the human parts, so that it would look more like a skeleton, but Naruto pulled it away.
"Give it to me, Lee-kun. I'll hang it over."
"No...no let me…" tried to protest Lee, but Naruto was too far away. He could just watch as his createon was slowly observed by the teacher.
"Rock Lee? Come here, please." She said with a deep almost dead voice which scared the crap out of Lee. He slowly stood up, took his bag and walked to where Naru-chan and Sensei where standing.
"Yes."
"I want to have a word with you about what we should do in class. Is this yours?" pointed the woman at the paper.
"Yes, miss. But I can explain-"
"No butts, I am very disappointed. Now you and mister Uzumaki…come with me…
Without leaving any time to respond, the old woman left her books on her desk and left the room with both Lee and Naruto, who looked a little miserable. In front of the door, the three of the met no other, but Gaara who bumped into them.
"Oh, sorry I-Oh it's you two." Smiled at them the boy. "I didn't see you!"
"It's ok, we didn't see you either. What are you doing, right now" asked kindly Naruto pushing Lee against Gaara's chest (accidentally) making the boy blush "Wanna come with us to the cafeteria?"
"Wait, there is food after the second class?" asked Lee."
"Well of course there is" started explaining Naruto as he put his hands on his waist imitating a teacher "When young people are growing, they need a lot of food and rest. That's why our school has a thirty minutes brake after every class. That way nobody will get tired."
"But nobody will study either?" smiled sarcastically Lee.
'That's right!" laughed Naru-chan and grabbed Gaara's hand. "How about it?"
"It sounds good, just let me fetch something from your classroom and I'll catch up with you?"
"Oki doki!"
Gaara made sure the two had gone far enough and opened the door, closing it firmly behind himself. It sure was a hell of a day today. And it was only the second recess. He slowly opened the inside pocket of his uniform and pulled out a cigarette and a matchbox. He lighted it and moved to the other part of the room so he can open the window. Cigarettes were the only thing that calmed his nerves now. Cigarettes and alcohol. He knew he was still 17, but…bad memories were a burden for his young soul. If anything was left of his soul…
But today, Gaara had done something strange and very different from his usual activities. He had smiled. He had smiled in front of other people. And particularly, that boy! That new kid, who nobody knew, had made him smile. Gaara had even sacrificed some of his time to take on the punishment Sensei had wanted to give Lee…
Not looking where he was going, Gaara accidentally bumped into the teacher's desk. He felt a sharp pain in his foot as some of the books fell and scattered all around. Putting the cigarette out he bent down and started gathering. But when he thought he had finished, something caught his attention. A peace of paper, with a drawing on it. Slowly picking it up, Gaara's eyes widened as his mind took in the information. This drawing was of him…and it was signed by…Lee!!!
"What a nice surprise!" smiled to himself the boy putting the sketch carefully inside his bag before opening the door again. "A very lovely surprise indeed..."
"Yes I know it is short and yes I know it isn't good, but I promise next chapter will be ok!! I intended to make a dramatic ending to this, but I gave up the idea. Personally I think It turned out quite well.
I was wandering, did any of you have problems with uploading new chapters or new stories. I had. I don't know why, but I couldn't do it! "