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Remember Me Chapter 7- A lie?
"How did I meet you?" Naruto asked with a tint of blush on his face. "Heck.. Why am I getting embarrassed over this?"
Instantly, Gaara turned his head back to Naruto with slight surprise written on his face. After a minute or two, Naruto decided to give up, as Gaara did not answer him.
"Well.. It's not really that important though." Blond head shook a little as he laughed sheepishly.
"We met when you transferred into my school a few years ago."
Naruto asked with clear interest on his face, "I transferred? Did I tell you why or anything?"
Gaara nodded slowly, "Yeah.. You transferred because of your fa-.."
A Tale of the Past
His eyes widened in shock as he stared at the scene in front of him. What his mind registered was that Naruto was about to be raped.
"What do you think you are doing?" Gaara shouted as he glared at all of them.
"Nothing.. Just having a little fun. Would you like to join in, Gaara?" Rai smirked as he licked his lips.
At that moment, he could feel his blood boiling. Without thinking twice, he charged towards them and knocked them down unconscious. Slowly, he made his way over to Naruto, who was whimpering on the floor.
"Naruto.. We have to go before they wake up. Wear your clothes, okay?" Gaara said softly as he was afraid of frightening the blond boy. He looked so fragile now. So different from the first time he met him.
Naruto nodded silently and picked up his clothes quickly to get it back on him. The red head decided to turn around to give the boy some privacy. After a while, they were out of the filthy toilet and heading back to class.
Just before entering the class, Gaara felt a tug at the hem of his shirt. He spun around and saw Naruto with his head down, expression clearly unreadable.
"Thanks." Naruto muttered softly and entered the classroom leaving Gaara stunned.
Somehow, he felt happy because this was the first time he ever tried to protect someone.
"Weird feeling…" He shrugged it off and entered.
End
"Gaara?" Naruto called out after the red head spaced out for a few minutes.
Gaara shook his head and looked at Naruto, "Yeah?"
"Are you okay? You stopped in the middle of your sentence." Naruto asked worriedly.
"Ah… I'm okay." Gaara smiled a little to reassure Naruto.
The blond boy shook his head a little and heaved a silent sigh, "And so what happened next?"
"You…." Gaara hesitated.
"Gaara?" Naruto called out after he went silent for a moment.
Gaara licked his lips and swallowed back his saliva, "Guess this should do."
"You moved and got transferred to my school when your dad got a new job opportunity there."
Naruto nodded, "I see.. Then what about my mother? I thought Sasuke said I have a mother back in this town called Konoha?"
The red head was stumped, "Okay.. I didn't think of that…"
"Erm.. It was…was" Gaara stuttered.
Sasuke, who was hiding at the side, smirked to himself, "Gaara never stutters."
He stood up and continued his way down, "Your mother and father divorced. So, you followed your dad. Then when you were around 17 years old, you went back and lived with your mother. Case close. Now get your ass to the bathroom and shower, you dirty pig. Quit disturbing Gaara. He's tired."
Naruto shot the raven head a pout and a glare, which was easily dismissed by Sasuke. Then he turned back to Gaara and smiled at him, "I guess that's all.. Sorry to be disturbing ya! I guess I'll go and take my bath before Sasuke starts to mumble like an old lady."
He winked at Gaara and scooted off, ignoring the glare cast by Sasuke.
"Still like a kid." Gaara said with a sweat drop.
"He won't change, it seems." Sasuke added as he dropped himself beside Gaara.
Things seemed like they could never go on between them both either. They just sat there in silence.
"Have you ever thought of what will happen if he knew we lied?" Gaara asked, never turning to look at Sasuke.
"I was only trying to help you. He wouldn't have given up so easily if I hadn't made up that lie. I have already refused to tell him anymore than just about his mother. He will suspect something if you refused to tell too." The raven head explained.
"But-.." Gaara was about to protest but stopped when Naruto suddenly popped out from the stairs.
"Nee neee!"
The two stared at him with surprise and shock written on their face, "Yeah?" They asked at the same time.
"I kind of wondered about something. Where is my dad now?"
They stoned for a moment before Sasuke quickly regained his composure and answered, "In Slums Town."
Naruto nodded and smiled, "Okay! Thanks! Later" He went back upstairs to the bathroom.
After the two boys heard the door locking, they heaved out a sigh of relief.
"Thank god he didn't hear that." Sasuke said lowly.
"Yeah…" Gaara nodded at him.
"Well… If you want to protest about it, it wasn't really a lie after all. It was partially true and the last one is true."
Gaara could not stop himself from smirking though he knew he should not, "Yeah. He is in Slums Town. Six feet under, you mean?"
They stared at each other before breaking out in laughter.
"I never knew you could joke, Gaara." Sasuke said after he calmed down.
The red head smirked, "Though it's not something to be joke about…"
Sasuke lose his smirk and went quiet, "Yeah…"
"I still hate that bastard though. He's the cause of everything." Gaara added solemnly.
XXX
"Everything was a lie?" Naruto thought as he slid down onto the floor and sat under the running water. He was still fully clothed as the water drenched him, yet he made no attempt to remove his clothing.
Slowly, he leaned his head backwards and the showerhead came into view. He stared at it as the water hit his face and trickled down.
"What is it of my past that I shouldn't know?" He closed his eyes tiredly.
He wondered to himself; whom should he believe? Was he alone after all?
XXX
He frowned at the stack of papers in front of him. He was supposed to figure out how the advertising should be done but to his dismay; no inspiration was in his head now. Sai had bigger problems now.
Flash Back
He wanted to get a drink since it had been some time working on his latest assignment but when he opened the door, he saw Naruto hiding at the staircase with a sad look on his face.
Sai quickly closed his door; leaving a slight creak to listen to the conversation.
He could hear Gaara asking, "..-ever thought of what will happen if he knew we lied?"
Then the next person whom he presumed was Sasuke answered, "I was only trying to help you. He wouldn't have given up so easily if I hadn't made up that lie. I have already refused to tell him anymore than just about his mother. He will suspect something if you refused to tell too."
Then he saw Naruto pulled his face into a small smile and jumped down the staircase, "Nee neee!"
That was where Sai left off. He closed the door and returned to his desk.
End of Flash Back
"He heard everything… Now what will you do, Uchiha? Can you still regain back his trust?" Sai smirked a little but soon, it faded into a worried frown.
"Will everything be alright with you, Naruto?
XXX
Sai whistled as he cooked the last pancake till it was a golden color. Then when everything was done, he took it out and placed four glasses next to the plates on the four sides of the table.
"Done." The raven head smiled happily.
"Seems like the frilly apron suits you more." Sasuke mocked to get back for last night.
Sai glared at him for a moment before he sat down at his place.
"Where's Naruto?" Sai asked.
"Probably still sleeping. I'll get him." Sasuke answered. He was about to make his way upstairs before Gaara stopped him.
"Let me go.." The red head muttered softly. Sasuke stared at him for a moment before nodding and went back to the dining table.
XXX
Slowly, Gaara made his way upstairs. How long had he not done this?
Ever since he moved to Konoha Town with Naruto, he always woke him up for breakfast because the blond just would not get up on his own.
Though it was not like Gaara to reminisce back his past but he could not help it. He could never forget about his past with Naruto. It made him feel more alive than ever. More than those anger controlled years he had lived.
He knocked the door softly but received no response. He tried a few more times but he received the same result, so he decided to try the turn the knob. To his surprise, it was locked.
He frowned, "Did something happen to him?"
Quickly he turned back downstairs.
XXX
Sai was whistling happily as he spread the butter on the pancakes for Naruto, which caused the raven head to get more and more irritated.
"Can you stop whistling?" Sasuke shot Sai a glare. It happened almost everyday. Sometimes the Uchiha wondered how Sai could actually stay so happy in the morning. For someone who was not a morning person, he preferred a much quieter morning, especially when the noise was made by Sai.
The older raven head just stared at him for a moment before turning back to the pancakes and started to whistle again.
Sasuke clenched his fist, "I really hope I can chop him into pieces now. If it wasn't because of Naruto.. "
Suddenly, the whistling stopped, breaking Sasuke out of his thoughts. He turned to Sai and then turned his head towards the direction where Sai was staring.
"Gaara? What's wrong?" Sasuke asked in confusion.
"Naruto…. He didn't answer my knocking. And his door…it's locked…"
Sai quickly stood up and went upstairs to his room while Sasuke and Gaara followed him. He retrieved a bunch of keys from his room and opened the door to Naruto's room.
He took a seat on Naruto's bed and stared gently at the sleeping boy who was curled up in a fetal position. Then, he brought his hand to the blond boy's forehead before turning to Sasuke and Gaara.
"He's having a fever."
-End of Remember Me Chapter 7- A lie?-
Yeah.. I know it's kind of short but I just want things to end there at the moment.. I do have something in mind for the next chapter.. Sorry for the late update.. I hope this chapter satisfy you all again. . Sorry for any mistakes in spelling or grammar. Please review and I'll see ya in the next chapter. Till then