Oh my garwsh…school is gonna kill me and I've only been in it for a week! rips out her hair just kidding, I'm so happy to escape and update though, I have nothing else to do since that hurricane is bringing lotsa rain over here where I live…anyways…on with the story…I don't own this anime…blah blah…

Afraid? Go On And Hurt Yourself.

"Afraid of what? Gaara-san?" Naruto repeated his question. Gaara just stared out into nothing.

"the feeling…how do I know it? Someone will take her away…she's"

"She's what? WHAT?"

"She's lying to me."

"You don't know that for sure! You heard her! She told you she loves you right? What's the big deal?"

"Exactly."

"HUH?" Naruto was way too confused. Gaara couldn't tell her how he felt for the reason that is: the one time he ever loved someone, he ended up killing them, they never loved him the way he loved them. (Remember? In his childhood…yeah…) Gaara wanted to make sure that he could have her, and no one else could. He didn't want anyone to take her away, cause then…she might just turn away…and the fact that he can't say those words show that…he feels that he'll still be vulnerable. Once he tells her, he'll be trapped for good. No way out of the feeling…

"If I tell her then she will become superior to me. I won't be able to control anything…if she were to leave then I'd have no way out. She'd know how it'd hurt." Naruto hummed for a few seconds.

"Well…I still say that if you love someone, you're already sucked in, you can't control it! And besides, Sakura would never do that! Whether you got married now! Or when you're in your forties! She'd never do that!" Naruto said, trying to cheer up his redheaded friend. But then he calmed down, a bit or sterness in his voice, "But if you think that she'd do that…then maybe you don't' love her as much as you think, you have to trust her you know!"

Trust. Grr, don't we hate that word? It's so troublesome sometimes…Poor Gaara didn't' trust anyone for most of his life…until Sakura came along…

"hn." Gaara replied, thus ending the conversation for the night. Naruto yawned loudly before cleaning up the ramen.

"I'm tired, I'm gonna get some sleep…seeya Gaara-san!" And Gaara sat at the table…waiting through the night.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Sakura stood in front of the mirror, her naked body was cold. More cold then usually…and no, it wasn't just because she just came out the shower. She looked at her eyes, knowing that she could not be seen in the condition they were in. Maybe she'd go to the spa or something…with a close friend. Like Ino? Or Hinata! Or Tenten!..

"Maybe I'll hang out with Naruto…wait." She paused thinking about what she just said aloud." Wait, that'd be odd…a spa…with Naruto…err…" She then looked at her reflection once again. It all played back in her mind…though she could see it all before her in the mirror.

The first time they even kissed.

Sakura grabbed a kunai and scratched up the mirror completely. She made one deep cut though the glass, accidentally cutting part of her wrist. She bit her lip to keep from screaming out, not only from the cut, but the pain her heart felt. She realized that the pain in her wrist wasn't so bad. She looked at her wrist bleed, before finding a bandage. The thought of healing it crossed her mind but…for some reason…

She didn't want to.

Sakura walked out the door, making sure her parents didn't' see her, and walked over to Ino's house, making sure that she held the jutsu on her face up to cover her depression. Ino answered the door after Sakura rung the bell.

"Hey girl? What's up? I was about to go to the spa-"

"Good. Let's go" Sakura simply stated, grabbing her friend out the house and they ran to the spa.

"Omigosh you are soooooo lucky I was able to grab my purse! Cause if I didn't…" Ino rambled on and on, though Sakura didn't care too much.

"Ino-pig, please shut up!" Sakura blew up at her friend. This was more than usual though, she seemed stressed. Ino calmed down and looked her up and down.

"I'm not that dumb, forehead-girl. Undo that jutsu-"

"Not till we get there-"

"We are there." Ino butted in as they came to a stop at the building. The two kunoichis walked inside for their treatment. Sakura let go of the jutsu, taking in a few breathes since it took up a bit of chakra.

"Heavenly…my god what did you do? Late nights with Gaara?" The blonde joked.

"I wish." Sakura said sadly. Ino realized that her friend was joking around.

"What happened?" Ino asked as nice as she could, though impatiently.

"Gaara can't tell me he loves me…and I know that he does but…my dad..."

"Don't' get bent out over that! Screw your dad! He doesn't' know crap! Just get married without him walking down the aisle with ya!" Ino practically yelled as she stepped into a mud bath.

"But I can't. He's my father, Ino…"

"So is that the only reason why you're all messed up lookin? Cause that'd never bring you down this bad"

"No…Gaara…" Sakura paused for about a minute, not able to finish.

"Come on…this drama is killing me…" Ino rolled her eyes, tired of it all.

"He left last night. He wouldn't' kiss me goodbye…and…" Sakura could feel her self about to tear up.

"I don't know what that even means. He said that he can't get me into trouble…and that he'd go." Sakura finished saying. Ino didn't' say another thing. They both just let theirselves enjoy the treatment.

While they walked home, Sakura played with her nice and silky pink locks, she looked completely refreshed now. Ino looked well too. Ino looked over to the pinbhead and noticed her wrist.

"What the heck did you do now? Can't heal yourself anymore either?" Ino laughed, they were both in a slightly lighter mood now.

"hah, yeah, I guess...this morning I was kinda crazy so I broke my mirror and accidently cut myself…haha" Sakura said to her friend, smiling a bit.

"cheh, that's stupid. Why would you go and do that?" Ino asked, still laughing at Sakura's strange behavior in the morning. Sakura then paused.

"i...don't know." Ino paused to look back at the girl, then laughed a bit.

"What do you mean you don't know, accidents happen…"

"But the mirror…it reminded me of Gaara, which reminded me of my dad…which is why i…" Sakura thought alod for a few sconds while Ino rolled her eyes again.

"oh come on…not the drama again…"

"Shut up, Ino!" Sakura barked.

"What? Don't' tell me you let it get worse? You just didn't find the need to heal a small cut right?"

"Right…" Sakura lied. Ino just laughed and took her friends wrist and unwrapped the bandage. She closed her eyes before looking.

"Yeah, since it was so small then don't' need to bandage it idiot!" She then looked towards it. And stared. Almost glared. The blonde looked up in Sakura's eyes.

"I'm fine."

"this isn't a small cut forehead-girl! HEAL IT!" Ino demanded. Sakura snatched her amr back, wrapping it in the bandage once more.

"I'm fine. It's a small cut like I said.-"

"there's nothing SMALL about that! You don't' want an infection do you!"
"no. I guess not…I'll heal it when I get back to my house. No worries." Sakura smiled to her friend sweetly. They were already at Ino's place.

"Well, seeya laters then, hope you and Gaara make up or whatever, bye for now!" Ino walked into her house, leaving her best friend off to walk alone. Sakura walked home silently, she didn't dare think of a thing, she left her mind blank...or as blank as she could.

Though Gaara just kept coming back to her mind.

Sakura walked into the house, her parents weren't there, greatfully. They must've been off shopping or something. She walks up to her room, chewing on her nails and pocking at her cut. It burned, and she knew it. But she didn't care. And she wasn't she about the reason why she didnt' care.

Or at least that's what she keeps telling herself.

She opens the door to find…

"What's with the broken glass, daughter?"

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

YAY! When this was some hard decision making…and for anyone that thinking I'm gonna turn Sakura into some crazy cutter whos gonna make sure that whenever she can, she'll take out a kunai or something…then you're wrong! With Gaara…I dunno if I made sense but, I'm saying that he's afraid that once he tells her that he loves her, she'll either turn on him, or he'll become weak vulnerable. He's also afraid though, at the same time, that if he doesn't tell her, then she'll move on and he won't…but anyways I'm lookin at the shortness of this chappie..i thought for sure it was longer...grr...well, i wasn't sure if i wanted to expand it or not, btu i've decided not to cause i think i'm just gonna update right now...