Title: Exotic Light
Authoress: Darka-Chan
Summary: Gaara is a dancer, a stripper, and Neji is always there to watch him dance. NejixGaara, SasukexNaruto

Chapter 06: Unrequited Love Hurts So Much

Neji is lying on his bed, still fully clothed, his legs crossed at the ankles, arms crossed behind his head. As he stares at the ceiling, he can only think of one thing;

'Gaara… Am I starting to fall in love with you?'

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"Moshi Moshi, Hyuuga Hinata speaking."

"Hey, Hina-chan!" sounds a perky voice at the other side of the line.

"T-T-Tem-chan!" Hinata almost squeals, stuttering on full force, blush rising to her cheeks.

"Ne, ne, I finally talked to Neji-kun today." Temari says, before continuing; "He was the hotty that was always looking at Gaa-chan from the bar."

Hinata grimaces when she hears Temari's description of her cousin. A lot of people thought as Neji as hot, and Hinata could slightly see why, but they could call him that, not Temari… Never Temari…

"T-Tem-chan?" Hinata asks, mentally slapping herself for the stutter in her voice.

"Hai, Hina-chan?"

"D-Do you t-think N-Neji Ni-i san is a h-hotty-y?" Hinata asks, biting the inside of her cheek.

"Eh? Oh, iie, well, hai, but not in an; 'I'm-interested-I-want-to-fuck-him' way." Temari replies, being her normal blunt self, making Hinata's blush grow darker. "Iie, I'll leave that kind of attraction to Neji-kun and Gaa-chan."

Hinata could practically hear the grin in her best friend's voice. "N-nani?" she stutters, eyes widening. She can hear a strange sound, indicating that Temari is most likely playing with the telephone cord.

"Hina-chan." Temari laughs. "Your brother is as queer as the Q in extacy!"

"… T-That doesn't-t have a q-q."

"I know, but who cares. All I know is that Neji-kun is interested in my little brother."

Hinata can hear the distant cry of "WHAT?" coming from Kankurou.

"W-Why t-think t-that?" Hinata asks softly.

"Oh different reasons." Temari replied. "Ne, ne, Hina-chan, you remember I told you about that lazy boy, right?"

Hinata feels a pang in her heart but still nods before realising that Temari can't see her over the phone and replies with a quivering; "H-hai."

"Well, he was in the club again. I can't believe that guy! He keeps calling everything 'troublesome'." Temari continues, mocking the last word. "I swear, if I wasn't interested in him in the 'I'm-interested-I-want-to-fuck-him' way (another; "WHAAAAT?" courteously of Kankurou), I wouldn't bother, really."

Hinata just smiles sadly as her love interest continues about the lazy but cute guy that currently holds her own interest, replying with "hai" and "iie" in the right places.

Even if she can't be with Temari, she is just as happy that she can still hear her voice and be her friend, no matter how much it hurts.

Gaara lets out a tired sigh from his position on the roof. His siblings have gone to bed about two hours ago, and here he is, watching the sky with a bored face. He blinks when the clouds are gently blown away by the wind and show him the vision of thousands of stars; something Konohagakure hasn't seen for a few days now. It is truly a marvellous sight.

As the clouds cover up the start once more, the young Sabaku starts letting his mind wander. Gaara looks back at what happened these past few days. He has gotten promotion, but is now working twice a day, a fat bald man is always staring at him from a table on the side of the club, his hand dangerously low sucking his cigar slowly as if trying to be seductive.

Gaara laughs softly at that thought. The ever so lustful look and all that fat that give the man this 'I get what I want and I want you' look is everything but attractive. That, and he is simply too old.

Rolling his tired and sore muscles slightly, Gaara let's a small groan escape his lips before continuing his musings.

Temari was hanging all over this black haired guy that was seated on a bench and looked like he was about to fall asleep, and then that Neji…

Even when people think he doesn't look, Gaara does. He sees the same people every night, watching him, wanting him, mocking him. He knows the white eyed boy is looking at him for almost a year now, but somehow can't seem to mind too much. Those eyes can't possibly make him feel dirty.

Smiling slightly, Gaara let's the name role over his tongue in an experiment.

"Neji…"

And as he looks up at the sky again, the young Sabaku is granted the sight of the stars once again…

Yay, Gaara's thoughts on Neji ¤grin¤
About time too, chap 06 now, I danced around it enough
Show the lurve you have for GaaraxNeji xDDDD

And as you probably guessed, TemarixShikamaru has the most votes, though as I still know some ways to change it to TemarixHinata, you can still vote xD
If it does end up with TemarixShikamaru, it's also gonna be HinataxTenTen o,O"

Right…