Chapter Six: Confusion

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Speaking "Blah blah"

Thinking 'Blah blah'

Inner 'Blah blah'

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When they walked into the theatre, Sakura continued to hold onto Gaara. Gaara didn't want to say anything but, it was kind of embarrassing to him, since he actually liked her holding onto him like that. He didn't know why, he just liked it.

"What's the movie that you wanted to see?" asked Gaara.

Sakura froze and laughed nervously, "Uh...I never actually found out the name of it."

Gaara stared blankly at her. Before he said something and they started arguing, she quickly said something.

"I know the scenes from the previews that they show on tv!" said Sakura. "I'll be able to say which one it is if I see one of those posters they hang up of the movies."

Sakura pulled away from Gaara, much to his disappointment, not that he would say so. She went over to all the posters and found the movie she wanted to see. He walked over and she showed him the movie.

"Oh," said Gaara. "That's the movie I wanted to see. Well, I guess that makes things easier."

Sakura smiled and he bought two tickets and then they went through the metal detectors. Afterwards they got their popcorn, drinks, and Sakura got some candy and then went inside one of the auditoriums for where they would watch the movie. They sat all the way in the back and waited for the movie to start.

Gaara quickly took out his phone and called naruto, "Idiot, leave my car in my garage."

"Hey, don't call me an idiot," argued Naruto. "But, okay."

Gaara closed his phone and slipped it in his pocket.

Sakura took the bucket of popcorn from Gaara and started eating it.

"Can't you wait til the movie starts?" he practically mumbled.

"Nope," she said childishly as she threw some popcorn into her mouth.

"I swear this feels like I'm babysitting or something," muttered Gaara.

"Well, what do you want this to feel like panda?" asked Sakura.

Gaara didn't say anything as he slouched in his seat a bit. That's when an idea popped into Sakura's mind as she smirked. She put the bucket of popcorn on the ground and made Gaara face her. She pulled close to him so that she was leaning a bit on his chest. He seemed a bit surprised and he looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

'What is she doing?'thought Gaara.

"I guess you want this..." Sakura trailed off as she licked her lips in a flirtatious matter. "To feel more of a date. Don't you, Gaara-kun?"

She put emphasis on the "-kun". Gaara could feel his cheeks turn slightly pink as everything suddenly felt hot. He could feel the heat radiating off of her body, from the closeness of her body and his, not to mention the fact that she brought her face really close to his. The smell of her strawberry shampoo was now stronger. He liked that about her, her light smell of strawberries. He found that, compelling. It just drew him to her for some reason. Now that they were immensely close, the smell was practically suffocating him, in a good way. He knew she was teasing him, and he tried to regain his composure. He would not let her win. If she wanted to play; two could play at that game.

He grabbed her chin and gently pulled her closer to him. Whenever he said a word, his lips would brush over hers.

"That's exactly what I want this to feel like," he said in a deep husky voice.

"Gaara-kun?" said a soft voice, making Sakura and Gaara pull away from each other. They both looked behind them to see a girl with short brown hair and dark brown eyes. "Is that you?"

Gaara looked really surprised to see her. Sakura looked at the two in confusion. She was a bit glad that the girl interrupted, considering the fact that she didn't know what to say against Gaara, when he said he does want this to feel like a date, obviously he was trying to tell her that she would lose this little "game".

"Matsuri?" asked Gaara, completely surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm on vacation, I'll be here for another three weeks," said Matsuri, smiling. She looked over at Sakura and frowned a bit. "Who's your little friend?"

"I'm Sakura Haruno," said Sakura as she stuck out her hand and smiled.

"Right," said Matsuri, giving her a fake smile, and completely ignoring Sakura's outstretched hand. "I'm Matsuri, Gaara-kun's girlfriend."

Sakura awkwardly put her hand down and then realized what Matsuri said. She looked a bit upset as she turned to look at Gaara. Gaara averted his eyes from her gaze and looked at Matsuri with a What-The-Fuck? look.

"Oh, Gaara never told me that he had a girlfriend," said Sakura.

Matsuri laughed a little and shoved Gaara playfully, "Why haven't you told her about me?"

"Last time I saw you, was two years ago," said Gaara. "I was starting to forget. I thought our relationship was over anyway."

Matsuri gasped and looked upset, "How can you say that?! Our relationship will never end! Don't ever think that!"

Sakura was starting to feel like a third-wheel or something. She didn't feel comfortable with this, at all.

"Um, I think I should leave you two alone to discuss some things and be reunited..." said Sakura as she stood up and made her way to leave. "Matsuri, you can take him home...right?"

"Oh absolutely!" said Matsuri, smiling brightly.

"Wait, no, Sakura" said Gaara as he grabbed her wrist. "You barely know your way back. I'll take you home. Don't worry about me and Matsuri being reunited, we can do that some other day. Besides, we already bought snacks and the tickets for the movie, aren't you going to watch?"

Matsuri looked at Gaara and Sakura in jealousy as she crossed her arms, 'Why the hell would he rather spend time with her, then with me?! Who the hell is she to him?! Why were they about to kiss before I interrupted them? Ugh, Gaara has a lot of explaining to do!'

Sakura blushed at the fact that Gaara wanted her to stay, and at that fact that in a way, he was choosing her over his girlfriend. But, she could see that Matsuri was getting mad, and she didn't want to get in between their relationship. It's not like she cared anyway, she didn't like Gaara or anything. Sakura reluctantly pulled away from Gaara.

"Don't worry," said Sakura. "If I get lost, I can ask anyone for the directions. Besides, your girlfriend looks like she wants the attention right now. I'll see you tomorrow, bye."

Before Gaara could protest, Sakura left the theatre. She was truly upset that Gaara had a girlfriend, and that his girlfriend ruin their little "date." She didn't know why though, and that's what was bugging her. The fact that she didn't know why him having a girlfriend, made her so upset. Not only that but, his girlfriend was kind of bitchy.

Gaara sighed and turned around to look into the angry face of Matsuri.

"What relationship do you have with that girl?!" asked Matsuri.

Gaara ran a hand through his messy red hair, "That's really none of your business."

"Of course it is," said Matsuri, with her hands on her hips. "I'm your girlfriend, everything that's your business, is mine! And when I came were you about to kiss her? Were you about to cheat on me? Gaara-kun I love you but, I don't want you going around kissing whores!"

"Sakura is not a whore," said Gaara defensively, as he glared at Matsuri. "And my business is my business. How do you come in two years and automatically assume I still want to be with you?"

Matsuri looked at him with wide eyes, 'So....he likes her. He fell for that girl with pink hair. Don't worry, when I'm done with her, he will continue to only be interested in me.'

"You do want to be with me, don't you?" asked Matsuri, acting like she was about to cry. "I know I haven't been here for a long time but, I'll be visiting more often since I just moved to Sand and I'm much closer! Please don't break up with me, I love you. I guess I just got a little carried away because I saw that you were about to kiss her. I still want to know...what is she to you?"

Gaara sighed, he couldn't stand seeing her cry. He would certainly regret this later.

"I still want to be with you," he said. "I wasn't about to kiss her, I was just........blowing something out of her eye. As for my relationship with her, we're just friends."

"Really?" said Matsuri, getting happier. She took out her phone and started doing something. "So, what does she mean to you?"

Gaara hesitated before answering her, 'I don't know....She means something, I know that much. She's becoming a bit...special? I can't tell Matsuri that, she'll flip and get so many girls on Sakura. I could never do that to Sakura....I guess it wouldn't hurt to lie...'

"She doesn't mean anything to me," lied Gaara. "If anything she's just a nuisance. She's always arguing to have things her way. I don't care for her, at all. I just stopped her from leaving because I didn't want to waste your time, making you drop me off home. I never really cared about her getting lost or anything. You're the only one for me, don't think otherwise."

'Ugh, why the hell am I doing this?'wondered Gaara. 'I don't mean any of this crap. If anything, I think I prefer Sakura over Matsuri!'

Matsuri hugged him tightly, the device still in her hand as she smirked, "So, you don't like Sakura, at all? Not even as a friend?"

"We're more of....acquaintances," he said...feeling so much guilt inside for all the bad that he was saying about Sakura, espacially since none of it was true. "She's of no importance to me, she's just a new girl at my school that thinks she's all tough."

"That's good to hear," said Matsuri as she let go of him.

'I know he's lying,'thought Matsuri. 'The way he was defending her and shit, he likes her. Too bad, cuz she can't have him. I won't allow it, and I'll make sure that they never get together.'

She put her phone away and looked at Gaara innocently as the lights turned off and the movie started, "Well, let's watch the movie!"

Gaara nodded his head and they sat down and watched the movie together, Gaara didn't feel comfortable with her. He wouldn't lie he felt much more comfortable with Sakura and he knew that he didn't like Matsuri, she had changed front he girl he use to know. Hopefully she'd end up changing back, if not, then he'd break up with her before she left back to Sand.

The Next Morning

Sakura was already dressed up and ready for school. She grabbed her car keys, book bag, and phone and walked out the front door of her house. When she looked up, she surprised at what she saw-well, who she saw. In front of her house, was Gaara in his car. Sakura was confused but decided to go over and ask what he was doing there.

She opened the door and got in so that she could talk to him face-to-face.

"You take forever to get ready," muttered Gaara.

Sakura raised a pink eye brow, "You were waiting for me?"

"No shit," said Gaara as he started the engine.

Sakura rolled her eyes, "You can try telling me that, before you assume that I want to ride with you. But then again, you'll be wasting gas, not me. So, ride away panda!"

Gaara just shook his head and went on his way to school.

"Ugh, well you're my ride home!" said Sakura. "We both have detention after school today anyway. Since, we sorta skipped yesterday's."

"We?" asked Gaara. "You're the one who left, and my excuse is that I didn't have a ride. Naruto took it, and I had to make sure you didn't get lost or something."

"Psh," scoffed Sakura as she fastened her seat belt and turned to look at him. "That's no excuse! We both left! If you rat me out, saying I went out first and then you followed, then you better expect to be die at an early age!"

"You wouldn't actually kill me," mumbled Gaara, not even believing what he said himself.

'She's psychotic!'thought Gaara. 'Of course the girl would kill me!'

Sakura crossed her arms over her chest, "You know I would."

After a few minutes, Gaara finally arrived at school and he parked his car in the parking lot. They both got out, closed the door and walked to the front of the school building.

"Why did you come pick me up anyway?" asked Sakura curiously.

Gaara just shrugged in response as he went up the steps and just leaned his back on the railing. Everyone else was already there, waiting for school to begin. Sakura stood next to Gaara and gave him a You-Better-Tell-Me-Before-I-Kill-You look. He seemed unfazed.

"Answer the damn question," demanded Sakura with hard eyes.

"What's going on?" asked Kiba as he appeared behind Sakura.

Sakura turned around and smiled at Kiba, blushing a bit at the memory of what happened between them yesterday.

"Hey Kiba," greeted Sakura happily.

An unnoticeable blush spread on Kiba's cheeks as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "Hey Sakura, you look nice today."

"Aw thanks!" said Sakura, smiling brightly. Then Sakura looked at Kiba's attire. "You're looking quite good yourself."

Unknown to the two blushing teens, Gaara was watching the whole scene with clenched fists and gritted teeth. Did they really have to flirt like that in front of him?

"Ah that's gross!" was Naruto's input as he walked over to them. "Don't lie to Kiba like that Sakura-chan!"

Kiba glared at Naruto, and thus, their daily argument started. Sakura laughed a little and turned around to look at Gaara. She was a bit startled to see him angry. But, decided not to ask him about it.

"Well?" asked Sakura, and saw that Gaara was a bit puzzled. "Why did you come pick me up? There must be a reason. Damn, won't Matsuri get mad?"

Kiba and Naruto stoppedd arguing and looked over at Gaara in shock, the rest of the group did to.

"You told her about Matsuri-chan?" questioned Tenten, confusion evident in her soft chocolate brown eyes.

Gaara cursed under his breath, 'Dammit, why'd she have to mention Matsuri?!'

Gaara decided to ignore her question, and ignore their stares.

"Oh, we bumped into her yesterday," said Sakura, looking at Tenten. "I honestly didn't think that Gaara had a girlfriend, nevertheless the fact that they are still together after two years. She seems really nice, a bit on the jealous side bu-"

Gaara covered her mouth and glared at her, she already told them everything he didn't want them to know, so what was the point of trying to cut her off now.

"Do you ever shut up?" asked Gaara coldly.

Sakura glared and ripped his hand off her mouth, "Sorry that you didn't make it crystal clear that you didn't want them to know about what happened last night. I mean, I don't see how you would, considering the fact that I didn't get to watch the movie when we went. I ended up leaving just so you two could spend some time together!"

"No one told you to leave," fought back Gaara. "In fact, I told you to stay. You left because you wanted to."

"Well excuse me," said Sakura. "It's not my fault I was starting to feel like a third-wheel. Besides, you two seemed like you needed to clear some things up. It was obvious to me, and I was considerate enough to leave you alone with your girlfriend, instead of interrupting!"

"Well, then don't complain about leaving, if you were the one trying to be considerate!"

"I wasn't complaining!" said Sakura angrily. "I was simply stating the facts."

"You don't got to act like a bitch in order to state the facts," said Gaara angrily.

Everyone except Gaara's eyes widened a bit.

"You're taking this a little too far-"

Sakura cut Naruto off, "Bitch or not, I was still the one who ended up feeling upset. If you weren't such an asshole, maybe you would have tried harder to make me stay. But wait, I forget you are too much of an ass, and it's not like you care about what ends up happening to me anyway. Just go fuck yourself Gaara, and don't bother picking me up and dropping me off at school next time. There's no need for it, I already know how much you dislike me."

Ouch. That definitely stung. He winced a bit as she pushed past him and went inside of the school building.

Kiba glared coldly at Gaara, "Stay the hell away from her!"

Kiba followed after Sakura as the rest just continued to look at Gaara.

"Whatcha gonna do bout this?" asked Naruto.

"Hn," was all Gaara said as he entered the School building.

They all gave each other looks of confusion as they shrugged and went inside.

At Lunch

Sakura had ignored Gaara the whole day; it was driving him crazy. She wouldn't even insult him or anything, she pretended as if he wasn't even there. When she wanted to pass by, she didn't even say excuse me or her usual demand, "move!" ...she just pushed past him or went another way to reach her destination. He really didn't like things this way but, he did not want to apologize. The thought didn't even cross his mind, he would never apologize, no matter how bad things got. It's not like he cared anyway. Like Sakura said;

"But wait, I forget you are too much of an ass, and it's not like you care about what ends up happening to me anyway. Just go fuck yourself Gaara, and don't bother picking me up and dropping me off at school next time. There's no need for it, I already know how much you dislike me."

It really surprised him and greatly confused him at how much Sakura's words were effecting him, well more than her words, the fact that she was acting so coldly towards him instead of her usual playful, happy self.

He didn't want to go and apologize to her or something, the thought was retarded; in his opinion. I mean no one could imagine him doing something like that anyway. But, when he raised his head and saw her laughing and fooling around with Kiba; he clenched his fists and knew he had to do something in order to get her to speak to him again. She was all happy because Kurenai already gave up on trying to discipline her. She knew she wouldn't go to any detentions, so she decided to do her best to ignore Sakura, Gaara, and Naruto.

Still, he couldn't stand seeing her with Kiba, he didn't even know the reason! Surely he couldn't be jealous. Okay, slightly jealous but there had to be another reason. He was never this angry when a guy was flirting with Matsuri, and that must mean something cuz Matsuri's his girlfriend. What's so different about Sakura? That's what he wanted to know. All of this was giving him a headache.

"So Sakura," said Kiba. "You got any plans for tonight?"

Sakura's cheeks flushed a light pink but, Gaara gritted his teeth in anger.

'He better not be asking her out on a date!'thought Gaara. 'Hell no!'

"Not that I know of," answered Sakura.

"Wanna go out somewhere?" asked Kiba.

"We'd all love to go hang out somewhere!" said Naruto, smirking when Kiba glared at him.

"No you idiot!" said Kiba. "Mind your own business next time. I was asking Sakura if she wanted to go somewhere, as in only the two of us, as in, a date!"

"I'd love to," said Sakura smiling, interrupting Naruto from saying anything.

Kiba grinned, "Great, I'll pick you up at 6 o'clock. You live on Gaara's block right?"

"I guess," said Sakura. "567 Tercshe Road..."

"Oh my god," said Ino. "Kiba you better be good to her! Then we'll all be couples! It sucks that Matsuri doesn't go to our school. But either way, Gaara's still her boyfriend, therefore he's still going out with someone, therefore, no one here is single anymore! Well, if Kiba doesn't screw things up and Sakura decides to keep seeing him, then I'm sure that there won't be any single people here!"

Kiba glared at Ino for having such a big mouth, Gaara did to but they did it for different reasons. Kiba did, because she was making him feel a bit pressured about how the date might go; he really didn't want to screw things up. Gaara glared, because he didn't want Kiba and Sakura to end up together; the reason left unknown to him. Dammit, he hated being confused.

Sakura just giggled lightly, and after a few minutes, the period ended and they had to go to their next class. On her way to her locker, Gaara gave her a note. She was going to crumble it up and throw it away but, thought that was a little too mean, she decided to give this a chance and she opened the note and read it.

Sakura,

Look you evil person, I didn't mean to be so harsh on you.

I just don't know why I'm not happy that Matsuri is here.

Don't get the wrong idea- I really don't care much for you or what you think.

I just wanted to make it clear that I didn't mean much of what I said- blame confusion.

Either way, I still think you're a bitch.

Sakura looked at the note blankly and then shook her head and started laughing. She threw the note away and smiled.

'He needs some help on how to apologize,'thought Sakura as she took her books out of her locker and went to her next class. 'But either way, I accept his apology. I'm sure it must of taken a lot out of him to write this. Haha, he's so cute.' Sakura narrowed her eyes at her thought, sure she joked around about him being cute like a panda but, did she mean it? Were his actions "cute" in her opinion? Na, he wasn't cute, he was hot and fine as hell. But, she wasn't interested in him because of his cocky, egotistical bastard self.

She entered her math class and waited for Asuma Sensei to start the class. The whole period went by so fast, as she found herself thinking about Gaara the whole period. She didn't know why but, nor did she care. She didn't feel like wasting her time trying to figure things out, the confusion will all sort out on its own; was what she thought.

The bell rang and Sakura walked out of the class after all of the other students had left. She had English now, with Kakashi. But, unlike in her math class, she had some friends in her English class. Gaara, Kiba, and Shikamara all had English with her right now.

'Ooo, Gaara will be there,'thought Sakura. 'I can tell him that he's forgiven. Ah, Kiba's there too! Yay! Hmm I wonder if Kiba and I will end up becoming a couple. Haha, who knows? Maybe...I mean he is pretty hot.'

Sakura entered the classroom and saw that Gaara was already sitting at his seat. She walked over to where he was sitting and quietly went behind him.

She went over to his ear and whispered; "You're forgiven panda-kun."

Gaara, was again being intoxicated with her sweet, light smell of strawberries. He swore, she would end up making him addicted to her scent. He didn't know why it was just so...sweet...innocent...irresistible....and it was making him all frenzied. She didn't notice this but, she giggled because of what she said and then walked away. Gaara's eyes opened for a fracture of a second in surprise as he watched her leave to her seat. He grinned and shook his head.

'The things this girl makes me do,'thought Gaara. 'I just met her two days ago, and already she's got me all confused. She's getting me all tangled up on her. But the weird thing is....I think I like it.'

Kiba had watched the little scene between them and balled his fists, 'You're not talking her away from me Gaara. She's someone that I won't accept losing.'

At The End Of The School Day

Sakura, Gaara, Kiba, and the rest of them were still standing at the front of the school. Gaara was going to go drop Sakura off but, then outta nowhere, Matsuri came. Sakura stiffened a bit and looked up at Matsuri, giving her a small smile.

Matsuri completely dismissed it and went straight to Gaara, hugging him and then placing a chaste kiss on his lips. Then she looked at Sakura and smirked, Sakura was confused.

'Is she trying to make me jealous or something?'wondered Sakura. 'Cuz it certainly ain't working, I don't even like Gaara! Ugh, this girl has problems. How am I suppose to show her that I'm not interested in her little boyfriend?! Gah! Ooo, me gots an idea!'

"Matsuri!" called out Sakura as Matsuri looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "I was wondering....do you and Gaara want to go on a double date with Kiba and I?"

Kiba and Gaara both looked at Sakura with shocked faces.

'When the hell did I agree to this?!'thought Gaara. 'Matsuri better say HELL TO THE FUCKIN NO!'

'It was only suppose to be me and here....'thought Kiba. 'Oh well, maybe this way Gaara will see that Sakura likes me better and he'll back off. Besides, I'll be much less nervous and have higher chances of having Sakura as my actual girlfriend.'

'Perfect!'thought Matsuri. 'I can show the brat how in love Gaara is with me! Ha, and if something happens to go wrong...I still got Plan B. Hahahaha, but that evil plan should be used much later on. It will completely crush her!'

"What a splendid idea!" said Matsuri, giving Sakura a fake smile as she swung her arms over Gaara's neck. He didn't look too pleased.

"Meet us at Konoha's Best Seafood, at like seven," said Sakura.

"Okay, we'll be there!" said Matsuri. "Gaara-kun, I came here walking. Can you ride me home?"

"I need to drive Sakura home," said Gaara.

'Again....he's picking he rover me,'thought Matsuri. 'What the fuck is he hiding from me?!'

Matsuri looked at him with sad eyes.

Again, Sakura being the nice person that she was.....; "Don't worry about it Gaara, I can go home walking."

"I can take you home Sakura," insisted Kiba.

Sakura gave him a small smile and shook her head, "You're on the opposite side of town from where I live. You have a date to be getting ready for, you got no time to spare. Get your butt home!"

She said it all in a playful voice and he laughed a little.

"Okay fine," said Kiba. "But get a ride home! Don't walk."

He hugged her and left towards the parking lot. Everyone else said bye and left Sakura, Gaara, and Matsuri alone.

"You're not going walking," said Gaara. "It's quite far from here."

"It's okay," said Sakura, adjusting the strap on her book bag as she started stepping down the steps. "You should really be concerned about your girlfriend first. I'll be fine, I can use the exercise anyway."

Gaara unconsciously looked down at her body and had a light pink tint on his cheeks, 'Damn, she don't need no exercise. She got like the sexiest figure, not anorexic, and not fat. She even got muscles and curves...fuck, why the hell am I checking her out?!'

Matsuri noticed this and turned away angrily. Gaara was a bit surprised with what he had done and knew he had to settle things with Matsuri.

"Whatever," muttered Gaara as he walked over to the parking lot, with Matsuri following close behind. She turned around and glared really hard at Sakura.

Sakura was dumbfounded again, 'Why does she keep acting like I'm the one doing shit?! It's her boyfriend! ugh! Stupid people these days...'

"Well, got to get ready for the double date!" chirped Sakura as she started walking home.

A/N: Gah, I am so f'kn mad! Oh and so sorry! I would have updated yesterday but, I forgot about this cuz I didn't even come home yesterday-i mean 2days ago?*its 12a.m alreadyy*. After school I went straight to my friends house and then ended up having a sleep over with my besties.

Today, well yesterday considering its now 12:45a.m ...I visited my little brother but then went out over to one of my parents' friends house and we NEVER came home. I was mad cuz I didn't want to be there in the first place and they prevented me from updating earlier today- erm yesterday which was Valentine's Day so.....ik it's like an hour or two late but, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL YOU COUPLES AND PEOPLE!=)

But grr my family sucks sometimes yet, I love 'em and can't live without the fools.=)

I hope you liked the chapter....I really was planning on updating like 2days ago but...ended up being quite busy.

Please review!!=)

-x Emerald Goddess Of The Night x-