Authors note: Here's chappie 12. once again… I couldn't find get the help from the great Katharine… so this one I did by my self. Hope you likey.

This story contains YAOI!! If you don't like YAOI then don't read!!

Kk just wanted to get that outta the way.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto or any of the other Naruto charries. But Shan and the fan club DOES belong to us.

Chapter 12

"You know Naruto… I understand that you were mad at Sasuke for molesting me, but you didn't have to take it out on the music box…" Gaara said as he pointed to the shattered music box that lay on the floor of Naruto's bedroom. Naruto's blue eyes widened and he stared at the broken box in horror.

"I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I…." Naruto stuttered, still frozen where he was standing. "I'M SOOOOOO SORRY GAA-KUN!!! I didn't mean to throw that! It's just that I- but I didn't know what I grabbed- And That Uchiha-bastard was-" Naruto started to apologize loudly. Gaara walked over to Naruto and put his hands on the blonde's shoulders to try and calm him down.

"It's OKAY, Naruto. I was just kidding. It's not your fault…" Gaara said to try and sooth the hysteric boy in front of him, but he just shoved Gaara's hands away and started walking around in circles. (A/N: Never a good sign…) Gaara sighed as he watched the blond rant and wave his hands around. He knew it wasn't really Naruto's fault for breaking the music box.

After Gaara had calmed down Naruto, they went back to Naruto's house. Gaara got Naruto into the house and they walked back into the bedroom, but Sasuke was still in the bedroom. That got Gaara pissed because he specifically told the raven-haired boy to leave before he got back or else it would get Naruto going again. Sasuke had tried to tell Naruto something but, like Gaara said, the blonde threw a tantrum. He started yelling at the Uchiha, but when he wouldn't leave Naruto started throwing things around and he eventually threw the music box. Gaara had finally grabbed the slightly taller boy by the collar of his shirt and threw him out the window. (A/N: Go Gaara!! Sasuke got pwned!!)

"No! It's NOT okay! I'm sorry!! I-I'll go get another one.. Yea that's what I'll do!" Naruto was just about to leave the room but Gaara moved himself in front of the door so he could block the way out.

"Naruto… I said it's okay… It's JUST a music box. As long as YOU'RE okay, then I don't care wait happens to the music box." Gaara said and pulled Naruto into his arms before he continued. "You know… I got that box, so it would make you feel better. And if hitting it against Sasuke's head will make you feel better then that fine." Gaara finished as he continued to hold onto the smaller boy. Naruto clung to Gaara and rested his face into the base of the red-head's neck.

"B-but that was one of the best presents I ever got… actually… it was one of the ONLY presents I ever got…" Naruto admitted and he held back tears that were starting to form. Naruto was tired of being a crybaby, so he tried to hide the tears that escaped from his eyes. Naruto tried to escape from Gaara's grasp so that the red-head wouldn't find out that he was crying, but Gaara only held on tighter. Naruto tried harder to escape but Gaara's grasp was like an iron trap, you couldn't escape his strong arms. And yet Naruto felt comforted by them.

"Naruto?"

"Mmm?" Naruto answered while rubbing his face against Gaara neck.

"Wanna get something to eat?" Gaara asked, even though he already knew what the answer was…

"Heck Yea! I'm starving!!" Gaara rolled his eyes and then let Naruto go. The boy sped down the hall, chanting, "RAMEN, RAMEN, RAMEN!!"

"Figures..." Gaara smirked. He was about to walk out of the room but then he stopped and turned to face the disaster of a room. Amongst the chaos he saw the music box. Gaara sighed and walked over to it. He towered over the shattered remains for a while before picking it up and tossing it in the garbage. ' Knowing Naruto, he'll probably forget everything that happened today anyway.' Gaara turned on his heels and walked away from the garbage pail.

Gaara only took a couple steps when he heard a crash, splashing noises, followed by a loud yelp.

"OWCHIES!! HOT-HOT-HOT-HOT-HOT-HOT-HOT!!" yelled a certain blonde dobe. Gaara smirked and then started to walk faster towards the kitchen. Once he entered he saw a large pot spilt over, noodles everywhere, and a sobbing Naruto on the floor. He was waving his hands around and Gaara noticed that they were red.

"Let me guess…. You forgot to use a pot holder." Gaara sighed.

"Mmmm…. Well…" Naruto looked down in shame and then looked up and gave Gaara one of his adorable pouts, though it didn't last long because his fingers were throbbing painfully so he tried blowing on them. Naruto tried blowing harder but it didn't help much. Gaara shook his head and turned. He jumped nimbly over the noodles and water on the floor towards the sink. He made the water run on cold and then he walked over to the whimpering blonde, picked him up from under his arms and easily brought him over to the sink. He set Naruto down right in front of the sink and stayed right behind the boy.

Gaara gently cupped Naruto's hands in his and brought the boys hands under the cold water. Naruto winced and let out a hiss as his burning hands made contact with the cold water. Gaara let his smooth fingers roam over the kitsune's hands to try and sooth the pain. He felt Naruto start to relax and he guessed the pain was subsiding.

Naruto let out a sigh of relief as the pain started to go away and then he leaned his head back against the taller boy's chest.

"Thanks, Gaa-kun. That really hurt, but Gaa-kun makes everything better." Naruto piped happily. The overactive boy turned around so he was face to face with Gaara and then gave him a big a hug before he walked over to the over turned pot and start cleaning the mess he made.

"DANG!! And that was my last bunch of ramen! Grah!! Gaa-kun!!!!" Naruto started whining, while he picked up the empty pot.

"Why don't you have something OTHER than ramen. You shouldn't eat ramen all the time anyway… it's bad for you if eat it all the time." Gaara explained as he turned towards the cabinets to see what else he could make for his kitsune.

"You're starting to sound like Iruka-sensei and Tsunande-baachan." Naruto huffed and then started to think. "Oh! Let's make a brownie!" Naruto suggested happily. He threw his fists into the air a started to jump around excitedly.

'That's still not healthy but… at least it's not ramen' Gaara thought and sighed in defeat.

"Okay, Naruto. Let's get those ingredients together." Gaara clasped his hands together and walked over to the refrigerator. Naruto out a triumphant whoop and went to get the mixing bowl and other utensils.

Gaara stopped in his tracks. He just thought of something to ask Naruto even though he knew what the answer was gonna be…. (A/N: Naruto's so predictable…)

"Hey Naruto… you want to practice that tea ceremony? You know…? The one you never really mastered…" Gaara asked. Even though they were at the house and stuff, he still had to do his job, and he was sent here for a reason…

"Umm… I think getting burned once is enough for today. I don't wanna push my luck…" Naruto said while he shook his hands in the air when he remembered about the pain his hands went through.

"Yes, That's true." Gaara agreed and then turned towards the fridge again and gathered the ingredients for Naruto's brownie. Gaara grabbed a couple eggs, milk, then he went to the cabinet and grabbed the brownie mix. He took the stuff and and set it down next to the table, where Naruto had put a big mixing bowl, large spoon, and a cookie sheet.
"Let's get started then!" Naruto yelled to no one in particular.

5 Minutes Later

It had only been five minutes but Naruto was already covered in most of the brownie mix, and Gaara didn't know how that happened. Most of the mix was on Naruto and not in the bowl. Though Gaara had to admit, Naruto looked pretty yummy covered in chocolate. Well, you can't blame Gaara for thinking naughty things while Naruto is making brownies while covered in chocolate.

Naruto continued to mix the concoction together until he saw that it looked mixed enough. Naruto licked some of the chocolate off of his hand, which almost caused Gaara to have a nose bleed.

"Naruto why don't you go take a shower, so you can get all the brownie mix off of you and I'll finish up around here." Gaara suggested. If Naruto was in the kitchen any longer then Gaara didn't know if he could control himself. There's a limit to how much cuteness he can take before he 'breaks'.

"Okay Gaa-kun! I'll be right back. Don't eat all of the brownies while I'm gone." Naruto said and disappeared down the hallway.

Gaara finished up making the brownies and then cleaned up around the kitchen. He put the brownies on a plate and brought them into the living room, then sat on the couch alone in the dark room, waiting for his blonde to return from the shower. He didn't wait very long until Naruto appeared by the living room door way.

"Hey, Gaa-kun. Isn't it a little dark in here?" Naruto asked cautiously as he made his way to the couch and sat down next to Gaara and the brownies.

"Yes. So? Why, are you afraid of the dark?" Gaara teased.

"NO! Of course not! Dattebayo!" Naruto shouted, a little TOO loudly.

"Well even if you were afraid of anything…" Gaara wrapped his arms around Naruto. "I will protect you from it." Gaara whispered to Naruto. He leaned back so that he was lying on the couch. He grabbed Naruto's wrist and brought the blonde with him so he lay on top of Gaara. Naruto rested cheek on Gaara's chest.

"Thank you Gaa-kun, but I don't need protecting! Baka! " Naruto said and then he sat on the floor near the table, stuffing his mouth with brownies. Gaara sat up straight on couch.
"You know that if you're going to become Hokage then you're going to need protection 24/7?" Gaara said and looked at Naruto to see his expression.

"What?!" Naruto yelled enraged, but then he calmed down. "Well I guess that makes sense though." Naruto admitted. Gaara pulled up Naruto so they were sitting together on the couch. Gaara just shook his head at the dumb kitsune. Naruto shrugged and went to change the topic.

"You gonna eat any?" Naruto asked, looking at the plate and then to Gaara. And when Gaara shook his head Naruto devoured the rest of the brownies in one second. Gaara looked a little surprised by Naruto, but then he smirked when he saw the blonde's face.

"Your face is covered in chocolate." He said more to himself to the messy blonde. And he tried not to think of anything perverted, but that was a hard task for Gaara. Naruto took the sleeve of his shirt and wiped away some the left over brownies on his face, but he missed a lot. Gaara looked at him for a while and he couldn't help himself any more. He leaned towards Naruto and placed a hand on the back of the boy's head so he could pull him forward. Once Naruto was close enough Gaara licked at the corner of the boy's lips where there was still chocolate.

"Gaa-kun! Don't lick me! That's gross!" Naruto yelled and tried to move his face away but the hand behind his head wouldn't let him move. Gaara smirked and then he kissed Naruto's tempting lips.

"Gaa-kun! Mmf!" Naruto tried to talk but it was hard to talk when hungry lips were on yours. Naruto gave in after a couple minutes of struggling and kissed back. Gaara pushed the blonde lightly back so that he was lying on top of Naruto. He leaned on his forearms for support as he continued to kiss Naruto. Gaara's fingers wound through blonde locks and he started to deepen the kiss. He swiped his tongue across Naruto's bottom lip. Naruto wrapped his arms around Gaara's neck to try and pull him closer as he opened his mouth allowing entry to Gaara's tongue. Gaara quickly swept his tongue in and licked all around the wet cavern, known as Naruto's mouth. He licked at Naruto's tongue to try and get the blonde to lick back. Naruto eagerly wrestled his tongue with Gaara's and he moaned into the kiss. Gaara broke away abruptly so he could breathe but Naruto just pulled him back into another heated kiss. Gaara kissed the blonde senseless. Naruto's body squirmed underneath Gaara; he was trying to get a little more comfortable. Gaara let out a low moan when Naruto's knee accidentally rubbed against his 'special spot'. Naruto heard Gaara and he smiled evilly. The boy rubbed his knee against Gaara a little harder this time. The red-head leaned his forehead against the base Naruto's neck and let out another low moan.

"You're evil…" Gaara mumbled into Naruto's neck.
"Why thank you." Naruto snickered, as he continued to rub his knee against Gaara, but the red-head wanted more now. Gaara moved himself so that Naruto couldn't move his knee anymore and he grabbed hold of the boy's hips and started to rock himself against Naruto. He rocked harder and harder, Naruto felt the friction the pants caused as Gaara rubbed against him. Naruto threw his head back and bit his bottom lip trying not to moan. Gaara took this chance to attack the blonde's neck with his mouth. Gaara nipped and sucked at the tanned neck. The smaller boy couldn't help but let out a long moan and he moved his hips back and forth so he was rocking in sync with Gaara. The red-head moved his hands from the boy's hips down towards his ass. Naruto let out a tiny yelp as Gaara grabbed his ass. His breathing was becoming uneven and he let out soft groans. The red-head lifted his head from Naruto's neck to see that there was now a fresh hickey there. Gaara laughed mentally when he thought of how the blonde was going to hide it.

Naruto nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard a knock at the door. He was about to get up to answer it but Gaara only pushed him back onto the couch.

"Just pretend you're not here. The person will go away." Gaara said as he continued to kiss and lick Naruto's neck. Naruto's body shivered. He nodded and was about to lay back down when he heard the insistent knocking growing louder and louder. He leaned back on his elbows and he tried to block out the sounds coming from the door.

Gaara was about to take off Naruto's shirt when he heard a voice coming from the door. He stopped to hear what the person was saying.

"Naruto Uzumaki!! Get your ass out here!! I know you're there!!" The voice yelled. Gaara sighed and was about to continue what he was doing but Naruto had gotten up and was jogging towards the door. Gaara whimpered at the loss and collapsed face first into the couch mumbling a bunch of curses. He wanted to kill whoever was at the door.

Naruto opened the door to see Sakura in front of him. She was breathing heavily, her face was a little red, her pink hair was a mess, and all in all, she just looked exhausted. He also took notice that the sky was really dark now, he was a little surprised by how late it was.

"What happened, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked, bringing his attention back to the frantic looking girl.

"It's Sasuke I can't find him any where! I looked every where in Konoha! I even looked in the forest. He just disappeared." Sakura answered. Her voice was squeaky and she sounded really desperate.

"Good riddance!" Naruto heard Gaara yell from the couch, but he ignored that.

"Do you want us to help you look for him?" Naruto suggested. He didn't like the thought of looking for the bastard but he couldn't help it. The feeling in his gut told him it was HIS fault that the Uchiha went missing, and he felt guilty. Sakura's face lit up at Naruto's offer.

"No way in HELL are we looking for HIM!!" Gaara yelled, his face was still buried in the couch, but for some reason everyone could hear him clearly. Sakura's hope and happiness vanished and was replaced by confusion and fear. She was a little confused as to why the Kazekage felt so much hatred towards Sasuke. Naruto guessed that she didn't know what Sasuke had tried to do to Gaara this morning. Naruto still ignored Gaara's comments and asked Sakura if she needed help, again.

"Umm. Yes please. I'd really like it if you helped." Sakura said. Hope was starting to flicker in her eyes once more.

"Okay I'll help you in one sec. I have to do something real quick first. I'll meet you by the ramen shop, okay?" Naruto said quickly. Sakura was about to ask what was more important than finding Sasuke, but she closed her mouth and blushed a deep crimson when she finally noticed the bulge in Naruto's pants and the hickey on his neck. She looked at Gaara, who was sitting on the couch looking irritated and then she looked back at Naruto.

He laughed nervously when he realized that Sakura noticed his erection. She nodded hesitantly before prying her eyes away from Naruto and walking away. Naruto quickly closed the door and let out a long sigh. He walked over to Gaara and sat on the taller boy's lap.

"Sorry Gaa-kun but we're gonna have to put this on hold, okay?"

"Why do you want to go looking for him, after what he did…" Gaara said. Naruto just shook his head and gave Gaara a quick kiss.

"Because… I sort of feel responsible for this mess." Naruto finally admitted and he gave Gaara another kiss before he started walking towards the door. He sighed and was about to open it when Gaara walked over to him.

"I hate to ruin your dramatic exit but are you sure you want to go wandering around Konoha with that bulge in you pants?" Gaara said and wrapped his arms around the smaller boy's torso. Naruto looked down and blushed. Naruto pulled away from Gaara's arms and marched towards the bathroom.

about 7 minutes later

Naruto walked out of the bathroom and stretched. He had gotten rid of his 'problem' and was walking towards the door. Gaara came up behind him holding two coats.

"Here, it's pretty cold out." Gaara handed one of the coats to Naruto and also put on a coat.

"Wait. Where are YOU going? I thought you didn't want to look for Sasuke.." Naruto said while he tugged on the coat he was given.

"I DON'T. But I'm not going to be LOOKING for him. I'm just gonna keep you company. I'm not leaving you alone, Naruto. Who knows what'll happen to you if I'm not there. I can't even leave you alone to make ramen without you burning yourself." Gaara said and opened the door. Naruto was about to argue with Gaara's last comment but he kept quiet, because he knew that Gaara was right. He just didn't want to admit it.

Gaara held the door open for Naruto. The pissed off blonde folded his arms and stormed through the opened door and out of the house. Gaara smirked. 'He's kinda cute when he's angry' he thought to himself and then followed the blonde out of the house, closing the door behind him. They both walked down the street towards the ramen shop.