Gaara's thoughts weren't together but in a haze as he stared into the cozy welcoming cottage. He felt wanted and that made him relax more into the older one's arms again. He didn't want to move or leave but he knew he was alive so again he'd be called to serve as leader of his village (to which he had grown to hate). He was ready to leave it in the capable hands of his sister who was just as pig-headed as his brother.
"Yeah! Gaara returns to us!" Zetsu yelled excited but stopped when Pein slammed the bedroom door shutting them off from the rest of the Akatsuki for some alone time (to which Gaara was desperately needing right now).
"Mine," Pein growled out holding tightly but gently and laid on his bed. He covered Gaara up changing his own clothes before joining Gaara in bed. Gaara watched not sure what to say or even if he should say anything right now.
He realized that he had ignored them when they were at the village only because he was forced to but Pein wouldn't see it that way all he would see is that he was left to be alone and abandoned again. Gaara wondered why he was even saved, why Pein even bothered if he had hurt him so badly. Gaara waited patiently for Pein to break the agonizing silence between them. It hurt more in the silence then any icy word that Pein could ever say to him.
A soft gentle hand stroked Gaara's hair bringing his attention back to the bed and not the closet. He hadn't noticed that Pein had made it to the bed and was now sitting beside him eyes closed just stroking his hair. "You know that hurt me, now don't you my Gaara?" All Gaara could do was a small nod trying to keep under the gentle hand and soft words of his only friend. "Why did you hurt me my Gaara?"
"I didn't mean to," he said quickly trying to be calm and not start crying again (he had swore when he had stopped crying when they told him Pein had left the village that he wouldn't cry any more). "I didn't get a choice." The hand moved away from his head and Gaara looked down tears falling in streams (he couldn't tell if Pein believed him or not but he didn't want the attention to stop or be left alone any more). Gaara began to get up off the bed and look for the rope.
I hurt him and that was a bad thing. I must be punished so I shall be. Soft strong arms wrapped around him again and he felt tears on his shoulder. Why won't he let me do it? He'd be happier.
"Gaara please relax. I will make them pay but please just sit down and sleep," Pein almost let the sob into his voice but they were to close to the door and that would have let the Akatsuki see how weak he really could be sometimes (which wouldn't have ended well).
"But I hurt you," Gaara did sob. He couldn't help it, he was hurting for hurting Pein.
"No you didn't. They did. I was angry that they had the audacity to use you in such a way then turn around and hurt you with no second thoughts what so ever." He felt Pein tensing like he did when he got angry enough to kill with reason though and Gaara didn't blame him this time.
Gaara smiled through his tears and kissed his chin. "Okay you win. Let's rest." Gaara picked Pein up and laid on the bed curling into Pein. "I missed you leader."
"I missed you to my Gaara."
