Breathe In the Rain

King of Sand has a CRUSH

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I do own Kumo Dokusatsu, Keo Soma and Rio Soma

When I put the words into itallics, it's 3rd person fixing on Gaara's view while normal text is fixed over Kumo.

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Song: I'm yours

artist: Jason Mraz


Kumo sat on her bed, glaring at the candle.

"Traitor!" She growled.

It had been blown out the night before.

"Talking to inaniment objects?" Kankuro chuckled as he passed by her room.

"PROUD OF IT TOO DING DONG!" She shouted after him as she dusted up the small grains of sand out of her room.

Who in the world could be in charge of sand?

and how come they got the cool power?

Kumo sighed, leaning against her bed post.

She had jinxed it the day before by saying Gaara didn't have any missions lately.

The three siblings had a mission today and she was all alone.

"Now who's going to help me?" Kumo whined, letting her head hang.

"We can!" Rio cried from the window.

"Yea!" Keo chimed in, sliding in behind his brother.

"Only on one condition!" Kumo giggled.

"What?" Rio asked.

"I bathe you two!" Kumo mumbled, holding her nose and waving the air in front of her.

"A bath? We stink?" Keo grumbled.

"Duh Dumb-head, she wouldn't need to give us a bath if we didn't stink!" Rio spat, smacking Keo upside the head.

"You're the dumb-head!" Keo growled, punching Rio back only to have Kumo separate them.

"Regardless... you two are having a bath!" Kumo laughed, pulling them by the ears to the bath-tub across the hall.

The Ninja's had left and Kumo had the whole house to herself.

Dumping the naked boys into the tub full of hot water, there was a bit of screaming at first but then it turned to splashing and the sound of scrubbing, steam rolling out from beneath the door.

Soon the boys were clean and had their hair brushed, but spiked up just so they looked manly, their clothes cleaned and patched thanks to the maids among the house, and sandles made for the boys.

"Where do you two live?" Kumo asked, looking at the two clean boys.

They looked at each other, then shrugged.

"What!" Kumo cried, looking around.

They had to live somewhere.

Kumo pulled their hands in hers as she skipped through out the town, and not one person would take the two in.

"What is wrong with people today?" Kumo growled, looking to the two, petting their heads as she looked over the city.

"GAARA-SAMA!" The boys screamed and went to run off but Kumo grabbed their wrists and forced them to stand still.

"Hey Gar-rawr!" Kumo giggled, waving to his with the hand that held Rio's.

"Kumo..." He whispered, eyeing her over before looking to the boys who trembled.

"Hello....Hello Lord Gaara" Rio stumbled over his words before bowing.

"Lord Gaara" Keo chimed with, bowing as well as Kumo rolled her eyes and smiled at Gaara.

"I'll see ya later, I gotta find a place for these two to stay" She laughed, winking at him before taking the two boys away gently.

Gaara watched Kumo walk away, clearly stunned by her actions before turning to Temari and Kankuro who were waiting for him in the resturant.

They had plenty of paper work to do before they got any rest.

Gaara took a deep breath before sitting down at the table, looking to his pile of paper.

"So... what's with you and Kumo?" Temari asked nonchalantly.

"Nothing" He retorted, scribbling down on the scroll.

"Really... then how come when she winked, your face lit up like a fire?" Kankuro mocked, looking to Gaara who glared at him.

"It's nothing" Gaara growled, closing his eyes and looked down to the scrolls before him.

Silence.

one minute.

two minutes...

Five minutes later someone finally spoke.

"I think you like her" Temari said it, her voice completely bland but inside she was scared.

Both Gaara's siblings were scared.

What happened if Kumo hurt him, what would happen.

What if someone else fell in love with Kumo, what would Gaara do?

Gaara looked to the paper, rolling his eyes.

They were just being bother-some,

Gaara could never like anyone, even if they treated him like a human...

Even though every time when he would visit her at night, she would let him be him.

She confessed herself to him.

She was perfect in every view.

She was obnoxious and loud, but she gave him a reason to talk, a reason to breathe.

Gaara gasped, glaring at the paper, shoving it away from him and stormed away.

No!

Gaara stormed into the house only to see the decorations set up, the dinning room was extremely made up, along with the living room.

He couldn't read to get his mind away from her.

"Stupid girl!" He hissed, storming onto the hall before stopping by her room.

The candle.

She really was clueless, she couldn't figure it out it was him.

Even after the kiss on the cheek,

Kumo seemed to be helpless in the dark... as if she cared.

Did she care for him, the real him?

NO!

Gaara stormed past her room and into his at the end of the hall, directly in front of the bathroom.

Gaara slammed his door shut and threw himself on his bed.

Useless furniture but it was comfortable.

Gaara glared at the ceiling, trying to push her from his mind.

She was becoming such a nuisances.

He enjoyed seeing her at night, and in the morning.

He wanted to hold her in the light like he would in the dark.

"NO!" He snarled, punching the bed and pulling a pillow over his face.

Why did he even go and see her that first night?

That's right...

She was screaming.

Every night she had a nightmare, and he would hear her and instantly appear in her room.

That first night was out of curiosity and pure pity for her till she confessed.

Now he couldn't leave her alone if he tried.

Gaara sighed, banging his head back against the bed, pushing the pillow closer to his face before throwing it to the floor with a glare at the ceiling.

"I hate her so much!" He growled, closing his eyes,

She drove him crazy.

Kumo walked into the hall, admiring her handiwork before racing to her bedroom only to hear thing being thrown around.

The sound of sand scratching across hard wood, large amounts of it, and furniture being shattered, reached Kumo's ears.

Kumo walked toward the room across from the bathrooms, where the noises were coming from and stupidly opened the door.

"CHICKEN FINGERS!" Kumo cried, falling back as a book went flying over her head and smashing into the bathroom door behind her.

"Kumo..." Kumo looked up and found Gaara glaring at her.

"I... I heard crashing sounds" She whimpered, rubbing her butt before getting up.

She hit her bum pretty hard.

Kumo saw his eyeing over her, as if a flick of concern ran across his face.

"I'm fine... just bruised my butt" Kumo laughed, scratching the back of her neck.

"Sorry" He whispered.

"It's'kay" Kumo slurred her words together, looking around him before smiling at him.

"Need some help destroying the room?"

"It's... It's mine" He whispered, looking away.

"Ohh... Need help destroying your room?" Kumo giggled, tilting her head at him.

"No..." He whispered, walking out and shutting the door behind him.

That's when she saw the small piles of sand crawling into a gourd inside his room and Kumo gasped.

Was Gaara her midnight visitor?

"What?" Gaara asked.

Kumo jumped, fumbling for something.

"Ramen!" She cried, turning to Gaara who eyed her weird.

"I need Ramen, come with me and get some!" Kumo asked, giving him her pleading look.

"Sure" He grumbled, extending his hand.

Kumo could tell, he was so used to her just grabbing it and running, he was ready for her to run.

But instead,

Kumo grabbed his hand and walked down the stairs, leading him into the kitchen.

"Help me make it!" Kumo giggled, tugging on his wrist in a pleading tone.

Gaara rolled his eyes but nodded and began grabbing bags of noodles as Kumo grabbed a big bowl and a tea-pot.

Putting water in the tea pot, she put it on the stove and began to make flavor for it.

"What about this?" Gaara asked, handing her a small cylinder of artifical chicken flavoring.

"PERFECT!" Kumo cried, hugging him before dumping some in the small bowl of flavors.

Gaara began to find chicken and chop it up before putting it in the oven, ofcourse they were rolled in flavoring that Kumo had prepared for the chicken.

"This is going to be so... Great!" Kumo laughed, pouring the steaming water in two bowls for eating, and letting noodles sit in it and soften.

Adding the flavor and the baked chicken, they clapped chop sticks and began to suck it down.

Both had looks of disgust, but ate it all.

"That was so disgusting" Kumo whined, wiping her mouth and cleaning the counter.

"Next time, lets let the professionals make it" Gaara mocked, washing out the bowls.

"I'm going to blow chunks!" Kumo whined, looking around only to have Gaara hand a glass of bubbling liquid.

"Drink, I promise it tastes good and is good for you" Gaara stated.

"Okay.... as long as you promise" Kumo laughed, downing it before smiling.

"My belly thanks you!" Kumo joked, winking at him as she washed the glass out.

"Your stomach doesn't talk" Gaara whispered, turning away from her.

"Yea... but it's the thought that counts!" Kumo laughed, turning only be chest to chest with Gaara.

He let his hands slid down her arms before wrapping behind her back.

Kumo's face instantly lit up cherry red before getting redder, if possible, as Gaara pulled her close.

Kumo's hands slid up his chest and clung to his shoulders before letting her head rest on his chest.

"Ahem!"

They broke apart as they turned to Korjo standing in the doorway.

"What on earth is that smell?" Korjo snarled, plugging her nose.

"Horribly made Ramen" Kumo laughed, putting her hands on her hips, as if a superhero.

Gaara just followed Kumo out as she grinned until she got to her room and turned to Gaara walking toward his.

"Hey... We need to decorate this hall... what are you doing tomorrow?"

"You're asking?" Gaara retorted, smirking at her.

Kumo blushed and looked down before smiling at him.

"Yea"

"I'm free..." Gaara stated before having Kumo hug him with a giant smile.

"GREAT! We'll go at 10 ish, and be back by lunch, eat, then decorate! Kay" Kumo smiled before skipping into her room.

Kumo leaned against her door, some-how feeling Gaara's hand on the other side, as if somehow he wanted her back in his arms again.

Kumo smiled and slid down the door, like a crazy school girl with a crush.