Room 17
A/N Hi! I really want to thank everyone who reviewed my first chapter!
Chapter 2.
"Gaara-kun…" Mr. Inumi said looking at Gaara's art block
Normally his drawings are a lot more … disturbing he thought as he looked at some previous pages and then again at the latest one.
"What" Gaara replied annoyed, he hated his stupid psychiatrist, he hated being forced to go one every other day and most of all he hated that he was forced to let the man see his drawings. Those were private.
"Well, this drawing" Mr. Inumi began, ignoring the boy's death glare, he was used to Gaara's violent behaviour but felt like Gaara was improving, slowly, very slowly but surely.
"What's wrong with it?"
"Here have a cookie" Inumi offered. He offered cookies to all his patients to create an easy atmosphere, however he was so distracted by the drawing that he forgot that Gaara was not any other patient.
Gaara pushed the plate away forcibly, causing Inumi to loose balance and he fell of his chair.
Oh, I forgot NEVER offer Gaara anything, I am surprised there is no spilled blood Inumi got up again pushing his glasses back up his nose.
"Why don't you tell me what inspired you to draw this picture"
"None of your business"
"Ok… Who is the girl?"
"None of your business"
"How do you know her?"
"None of your business"
"What is she doing in your kitchen?" Inumi kept on asking, although he knew that Gaara wasn't planning on telling him.
"None of your business"
"Is she the one who gave you your new pencils?"
This took Gaara by surprise "How do you know about that?"
Bingo
"I can see because the lines are lighter and smaller than your others. But she did give you your pencils?"
"None of your business"
This is going to be a very long session Inumi thought. It was always like this with Gaara, right on the moment you think you've convinced him to open up, he shuts down again.
Gaara was Inumi's most difficult patient closely followed by Uchiha Sasuke. Both boys still in their teens, but both so unwilling to receive help that it sometimes seemed like everything he tried was useless anyway and he could better spend his time than to waste it on them.
He looked at the art block again. Most of the drawings were about Gaara's other personality. It always looked like a big monster made of sand. The pictures were usually based on death. The picture that scared Izumi the most was the one were his own dead body was lying in his chair, the monster covered in his blood and Gaara standing in the corner, emotionless.
There were some more normal though, like the one with the blond girl with the four ponytails and the boy with the make-up on his face. The girl had a basket with her. Inumi remembered asking Gaara about this picture
Flashback
"Who are the two on this picture Gaara?"
"…"
"Ok, why don't you tell me about the boy with the make-up?"
A glimpse of a smile occurred on Gaara's face. Inumi didn't understand that Gaara thought about Kankuro's reaction about someone calling his face paint, make up.
End flashback.
Inumi looked at the latest drawing again.
Ring, Ring
"Great shrink time is over" and Gaara turned his wheelchair and rode away.
"Gaara, wait!" Inumi said grabbing a little box with pills and hurried towards Gaara.
"You forgot these" and he gave Gaara his pills. Gaara stared at him for a second, and stared at the pillbox, and then he went back to his apartment.
On his way he saw his next door neighbour Sasuke walking towards him, he was supposed to be with Inumi 5 minutes ago, but Sasuke wasn't punctual. Gaara rode past him, and could hear the giggles of multiple nurses. He saw several girls going in room 16 to clean it, and Gaara saw them leaving small heart shaped packages and letters. He opened up his own room, and noticed a package on his own doorstep, he picked it up and went inside. He looked in the package, noticed they were fresh chocolate cookies, he went to his table, grabbed one of the cookies and took a bite.
He heard knocking on the door and heard a soft voice
"I'm sorry, Gaara-san, are y-you home?"
Gaara went to the door, and opened it. He saw Hinata with several bags.
"Hi, how are you today" she said happily and walked in.
"I've bought some things for you" replying to Gaara's unasked question about the bags.
She looked inside one of the bags and showed him a sand coloured sheets
"Do you like it?" She asked giving it to Gaara,
He looked at it and placed it on the table,
I guess that means he likes it
And she grabbed something else,
"Uh, well I looked at your books and I thought you w-would like these to, these are some o-of my favourites'" and she blushed a little while handing him the books.
He looked at them read the covers, and placed them on the table again. Hinata looked relieved. And she looked in the bag again.
"Oh and I brought you a new pillow" she said happy
"It's exactly the same as the one you have now, only newer and c-cleaner, it l-looked at bit run down"
Gaara looked at the other bag.
"Oh! I've brought some food, uhm, I-I mean, if you w-want me to m-make you l-lunch" she said, blushing.
She looked at Gaara hoping for a sign, Gaara looked around,
Where is my art block, oh shoot I must have left it at the shrink's place Gaara thought and went to the door?
Where is he going, oh does he want me to leave?
Gaara opened the door, and rode though it.
He, he is running from me Hinata looked sad and wanted to run away, but Gaara rode back, standing in the door opening, looking at her
"Oh" Hinata said, she was wondering what he meant. If he didn't want her to go away he must wanted her to go along so she followed him, closing the door behind her.
"Where are we going Gaara-san?" she said, having to run every other step to keep up with Gaara's speed. Gaara suddenly stopped and knocked roughly at the door.
"What is it?" She looked at the door as it slowly opened. Mr. Inumi opened up and looked at the angry looking Gaara, and then he noticed the girl, the girl from the drawing, she was very recognisable due to her eyes.
"Gaara what is it, I'm in a session right now" Gaara ignored his words, rode past him and grabbed his red art block rode back
"You forgot your art block" Hinata said, more to herself.
"Hello, my name is Inumi; I'm Gaara-kun's psychiatrist"
"Oh h-hello, m-my name is-is H-Hyuuga H-Hinata, I-I am a volunteer here " Hinata looks around seeing that Gaara already left. She was flushed, standing in a room when a session was clearly going on.
"I-I'm sorry that we bothered you Inumi-sensei" and she ran towards Gaara. When she was next to him again, he suddenly stopped. Looked in his art block, tore a page out, and gave it to Hinata.