From Gaara's perspective. Boyxboy references but nothing saucy. GaarxNaru and SasxNaru.
The sun always shines in the village of the Sand.
Not that it ever mattered to me; I always knew it was there, and yet somehow I couldn't feel it, couldn't touch it, and the warmth that everyone else felt seemed to avoid me. I was cold, so cold, always cold. My heart felt dead; and yet, it could still hurt.
As I walked through the village, I saw no one. They were all hiding from me, afraid of me; to them I was a cruel and dangerous demon. I was always alone. Even my siblings feared me.
Sometimes I would be angry, so angry that they could fear me, instead of loving me; and then I would want to destroy them all, to bring them to their knees in front of me and show them how terrifying I could be. But deep within my soul I knew that I could never do such a thing. They were my family, my village, my people - how could I ever even think of harming them?
I walked down an old familiar path, not seeing, not feeling. The world was cold. My heart still ached. I was always alone.
I tried to remember the people I had met in the Leaf, the people who had been so different towards me. They hadn't known my reputation. They hadn't treated me like a devil. Kind-hearted Sakura, lazy yet intelligent Shikamaru, Kiba with his loyal Akamaru, distant Sasuke, pretty Ino, and all the rest...
And him. Always my thoughts strayed back to him, to the one person I could never forget. Uzumaki Naruto. Like me, he was a demon, an outsider. But somehow he managed to win the hearts of those around him, something I had never been able to do. I didn't really understand what it was that made Naruto so different, but there was something amazing about him, something almost unreal. He made you believe.
But all that was behind me now. They all knew, now. They had started to treat me like all the rest, to avoid me and call me demon. It wasn't my fault! How could they not see that this awful power inside of me was nothing to do with me, and that I don't want it? I am just the same as him! Just a boy with a demon inside him, just a lonely boy with nowhere to go...
I don't know how he does it. I honestly don't know how it is that Naruto can capture the hearts of those he meets and turn them into allies. If I knew, then everything could be different... but I am still always alone. There is no one in this world who loves me, and I know it.
I reached the edge of a sand dune, outside the village walls. I sat down, placing my gourd on the sand beside me, and wearily contemplated the horizon. I wish I could stop thinking abot Naruto. I wish I could stop dreaming of him, and seeing his face, and wanting to be with him. Maybe it is because we are so alike, but the attraction I feel towards him will not go away. Despite myself, I hope we will someday meet again, even as I know that such a hope is useless. I know that even if he came to the Sand and we met again, it would not matter, because he is already in love. I have seen his eyes as he looks upon Sasuke, and seen the way he tries to impress him. I have seen the pain in his eyes every time Sasuke turns away, and the joy when he comes back. For someone like me who wears a mask all the time, it is easy to see through Naruto's. He is in love. And I am always alone.
But, I must stop dreaming of him, somehow. I am stuck in this life, because the sand will allow no harm to come to me. I have to get up every morning, no matter how much it hurts, because I am Gaara of the Sand, and my place is here. I cannot spend the rest of my days dreaming of a love I will never have. I am Gaara of the Sand, and I am alone.
The sun always shines in the village of the Sand.