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Silent Suffering

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Chapter 2: Scared and Nerves?

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I sighed heavily as I opened the door to my room. After three hours of Tsunade shouting and screaming my ears off, I can now safely say that I have the worst headache in history. I massaged my forehead, hoping to get rid of at least a small bit of pain, but that didn't work. I groaned as I walked into my lavender coloured bedroom and closed the door softly behind me. It was now quarter past two in the morning and all I want to do now is jump into my bed and fall into a blissful sleep. I yawned as I made my way over to my bed.

I changed out of my work clothes quickly and placed them tidily on my desk chair, ready for tomorrow. I couldn't be bothered to put my pajamas on so I jumped into my spacious bed with only my black bra and matching laced panties on. I pulled my lavender blanket over my body to my shoulders and rested my head on my comfortable pillow. I sighed and moved around in my bed until I was finally satisfied with my position.

I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

oOoOoOo Dream/FlashBack oOoOoOo

I opened my locker and stuffed my books inside. I am late to my first class after ages of being off school. Just great! I shuddered inwardly as I remembered flashes of the accident. I shook my head to get rid of such thoughts and took out the necessary books for my first class of the day, which unfortunately is with Mr Kakashi Hatake. Its not that he is not a good teacher, he is just a... well, a pervert. I'd say he and Kankuro-san are the most perviest people I have ever met and I wonder if they secretly meet up somewhere and perv on unsuspecting girls. I wouldn't be surprised.

I shut my locker door and was about to start down the corridor when I heard faint footsteps. Curiosity got the best of me so I stayed by my locker to see who is also late for their first lesson. When they finally turned the corner the first thing that caught my lavender tinted eyes was a big mop of fiery red hair. I groaned inwardly. Anyone but Gaara!

He was running down the corridor and didn't seem to notice me because he just kept running. Usually he would stop and annoy the living hell out of me, making us both late and making everyone in our class think that we were doing... Inappropriate things with each other. Maybe I should get back at him... I smiled evilly. Should I really be as childish as him, or be the bigger person and just walk away...? I decided on the first.

He still hadn't seen me so I stuck my foot out. He tripped over my foot and fell flat on his face, making me burst out laughing. Why was it that seeing Gaara like that made me laugh so hard? Who cares, revenge is sweet!

"Hinata..." He growled out when he looked up from the floor to see me holding my sides from laughing so hard. He growled and glared the glare of death at me as he tried to regain the little dignity he had left as he got up from the floor. He unconsciously rubbed is sore cheek from where he had landed on the floor. "Apologise." He ordered me to do it.

It just made me laugh harder than before. I could hardly keep my legs from buckling.

He growled again and before I could react, he had me pinned up against my locker by my shoulders. I wasn't laughing anymore, but I was still giggling. I knew Gaara would never hurt me, no matter how much he wanted to so I wasn't scared to laugh in his face. "Apologise. To. Me." He ordered me once again. I stopped giggling and looked straight into his gorgeous jade coloured eyes. 'Gorgeous? Okay, that was just a little slip up.' I reassured myself.

"I'm sorry that there was no one around to see this, and that it didn't hurt more." I said and glared back at him.

He pushed me harder into my locker and I just noticed how close out faces are. Our noses were almost touching! "Damn you!" He growled out. We stayed like that for a while, just glaring at each other until I felt Gaara's hold on my shoulders loosen, making my eyes widen. Soon he was only touching my shoulders lightly, and I felt his thumbs run light circles on my shoulders, making me relax a bit.

I looked into his eyes to see he was longing for something, but the question was what? He opened his mouth to say something to me, but then closed it again, as though he had forgotten what he was about to tell me. I raised my eyebrow and decided to ask what was wrong "Uh, do you want to tell me something?" I asked uneasily. I didn't like the weird feeling he was making me feel in the pit of my stomach just from looking at me in that way. I wish he would stop it! Why has he been acting so weird since my accident?

I could see a small battle rage in his eyes. Should he tell me, or not? I wonder what has got him so quiet in the first place. He has never stayed so quiet in my presence before, only making me feel more uneasy.

Finally, he opened his mouth to talk, but before he could say anything, the late bell rang. And before I knew what was wrong with Gaara, he had disappeared... Leaving me to go over what had just happened in my head, only making me even more confused than before. So, I decided to forget it ever happened and ran off to my class before I was even more late then I already was...

oOoOoOo EndDream/FlashBack oOoOoOo

My eyes shot open and I groaned as the light from the sun shining through my window burned my eyes. I rubbed my eyes and turned away from my window and curled up into a little tight ball. I wasn't ready to go to work yet. I squeezed my eyes shut and thought about the weird dream I just had... Or more like the flashback. Why had I dreamed of that day when I promised myself to forget that it ever happened? That day wasn't even something that I would want to remember. Maybe I had just dreamed it because I had such a shock from seeing Gaara again?

I sighed and tried to push the dream away. It meant nothing to me. Gaara meant nothing to me. He is just someone that I have to put up with to make my friends happy. Nothing more. So why had I felt something similar to what Naruto makes me feel when my eyes caught his last night? Once again I pushed the thoughts away and decided it was nothing. I. Hate. Gaara! And. Gaara. Hates. Me!

I was about to go back to sleep when I heard a knock on my door followed by "Hey, Hina-chan? You awake? Can I come in?" It was Temari-nee-chan. I turned around in my bed until I was facing my door and put a small smile on my face.

"Come on in!" I shouted to Temari-nee-chan. I saw my door knob turn and then my door open. Temari-nee-chan stuck her head in and smiled at me, making my smile widen. Temari-nee-chan is one of my best friends, even if her little brother is my rival. Temari-nee-chan came into my room and closed the door behind her. She walked over to my bed and sat down on the edge of my bed. I sat up also, not caring when my blanket fell and exposed my black bra. I would have turned bright red if it was a boy sitting in front of me now, but I don't really care if I'm naked in a woman's presence, after all, we are both women. "Do you need anything?" I asked and tilted my head slightly to the side, just like a puppy might do.

The blonde haired woman in front of me smiled uneasily at me, then sighed and got straight to the point "Its about my little brother coming back. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but for some strange reason he wanted it to be a surprise." She said.

I frowned. He wanted it to be a surprise? Why? "Why did he want his coming back to be a surprise?" I asked her, confusion shown clearly in my pale eyes. I really don't get Gaara. In fact, I don't think anyone does.

Temari-nee-chan shrugged her shoulders "I haven't got a clue." She told me with a shake of her head.

I nodded. "Well, I'm not mad at you or Kankuro-san. I just wonder why he is back. I remember him saying he would never come back as long as Naruto-kun is still here. So why is he back? And why does he hate Naruto-kun, anyway?" I really wanted to know why Gaara hated Naruto-kun so much. They used to be the best of friends, but after my accident, Gaara became cold toward Naruto-kun. He wouldn't even talk to him. He completely ignored his every existence and as soon as graduation was over, Gaara left, saying he wouldn't come back until Naruto-kun was gone.

I saw Temari-nee-chan tense at my questions and she replied quickly "I don't know, maybe Gaara-chan has a good reason for not liking Naruto-chan, but just won't tell anyone. You know what he's like. He likes to keep things to himself. I'll never understand him, I swear." I raised my eyebrow at her. She's not telling me something. Here we go again! Just another load of lies! Sometimes I wonder why I even bother asking any of my friends questions, when I know they are just going to lie to me.

"Well, I don't really care. As long as he stays away from me, I'll be happy." I said stiffly. Temari-nee-chan knows how much Gaara and myself hate each other.

A flash of emotion shone in Temari-nee-chan's sea green eyes, but it left before I could place the emotion. "Y'know, Hina-chan. Maybe there is a reason why Gaara-chan picks on you and only you." Temari-nee-chan talked softly but sternly to me. I blinked rapidly. What was Temari-nee-chan getting at? Although, then again I've always wanted to know why Gaara picks on me and only me...

"I don't know what you're talking about, Temari-nee-chan. He picks on me because he thinks I'm an easy target. I bet he loves to whined me up!" I huffed out and crossed my arms over my chest.

Temari-nee-chan chuckled at me and said "Haven't you ever seen when you were little, that boys pick on the girls that they like. Y'know, like they pull the girls ponytails and call her names and tell her she has cooties." And that's when I knew what Temari-nee-chan was getting at. There was no way in hell Gaara could... No. Just, no. He couldn't like me in that way. Temari-nee-chan must be crazy!

"Temari Sabaku! That must be one of the most terrifying things I've ever heard coming out of you're mouth! There is now way, never ever will Gaara like me in that way and I will never like him that way too!" I scolded Temari-nee-chan and glared at her. Why would she even think that Gaara could like me in that way!? Its absurd! And what about Naruto-kun!? Okay, so we are having a few problems at the moment, but she doesn't know that!

Temari-nee-chan just laughed at my horror-stricken face. "Alright, alright. I'll stop thinking like that. I would just like you to be my real sister. Looks like it won't be with Gaara-chan. Damn." Temari-nee-chan giggled out.

I giggled along with her and managed to get out "Believe me, Temari-nee-chan, I would rather marry you're pervert of a brother, Kankuro-san, for all enternity then marry Gaara!" I shook my head from the images of Gaara and myself on our wedding day because for some reason I was starting to... dare I say... Like the idea! Okay, that's it! I really am ill! Damn Gaara for coming back and making me all confused!

"Okay, now I'm here to give you some bad news." Temari-nee-chan said with a serious face. I stopped laughing immediately, not liking the look on her face. What could be worse than Gaara coming back? Obviously whatever Temari-nee-chan has to say is not going to be pretty and I am not going to like it. I sighed and nodded for her to just say it so that I can somehow live with it. I wonder what is is. I had better listen to Temari-nee-chan.

"Well, Tsunade-sama is so mad at everyone that she has decided to swap people around. From now on Ino-chan won't be closing the shop with you." Temai-nee-chan said with sadness in her voice. She knew how much Ino-chan and myself have so much fun together when closing the shop up. I gasped in horror. If Ino-chan isn't going to be the one closing the shop with me, then who? I don't want to close the shop with anyone else! I found myself damning myself and my friends for letting our guards down when we were having fun closing the shop. We had never gotten caught before, so why had we gotten caught yesterday?

"W-Who am I going to be closing the shop with th-then?" I asked in a shaky voice. For some stupid reason I kept thinking it i-

"Gaara-chan." -s Gaara! Oh, no! No!! That means I have to work two whole hours alone with him! I can't work with him, I just can't! I will kill him if he gets on my nerves! No, I won't do this...! Okay, I have to, but if I had a choice then I would never work with him! "Um, I'm going to leave you so that you can get ready for work. He will be starting with you tonight." Temari-nee-chan said uneasily then slipped out of my bedroom and closed the door softly behind her.

I bit my lip hard when I finally realized that there was no way out of this. I am going to have to work with him. I can't afford to leave this job. I groaned. Now he's going to be able to annoy the hell out of me every single night until closing time.

I could just ignore him. That might work. Yes! It could! I'll just ignore him and he will soon just give up and leave me alone! YES! I started getting excited. Finally, after all these years, he might finally leave me alone!

With that thought in mind, I jumped out of bed with a smile on my face and walked over to the mirror and started to brush my midnight blue tinted hair. I hummed a tune as I got all the knots out of my hair. Once I was done, I put my brush back in the drawer and looked at my reflection in the mirror. I still only wore my black bra and black lace panties. I can't see how anyone could think that I am beautiful. I really can't see it. I can see all the things I don't like about myself, but if I try to find something that I do like about my body, the only thing that would come to my mind is my hair. I think that is the only thing good about my body. But then again, I'm not jealous of my girl friends. They are all very beautiful but I don't see myself ever wishing for something that they have. As I was looking at my reflection in the mirror, I didn't hear or notice my door open and close silently, or feel the presence of someone standing in my room until...

"Boo."

I screamed and span around, just to come face to face with the devil himself. Gaara. He was standing in nothing but blood red boxers and had his arms across his chest and that damn arrogant smirk of his was plastered on his face. I would do anything to wipe that smirk off his face! I was about to scream at him for coming into my bedroom uninvited, when I remembered that I was only wearing my bra and panties. My face went bright red and I quickly grabbed the blankets off from my bed and wrapped them around myself. "Gaara, you pervert! You're getting like you're brother, I swear you are! Now get out!" I shouted at him, one hand clutching my blankets and the other pointing to my bedroom door.

He just laughed at my obvious discomfort. "Are you scared of me, little one?" Okay, I'm sure he just purred that out. And little one is his pet name for me. He hardly ever calls me by my name and just because I am the smallest out of the group he calls me little one.

"... Eh!?" I couldn't think of anything else to say. My mind was in a bit of a miss. I was trying not to stare at his muscular and toned chest, but I have to admit, I never new Gaara was so well built! I mentally slapped myself. Did I just complement Gaara? My rival, Gaara Sabaku!? I need to go to the doctors, there is defiantly something wrong with me, and I want it cured NOW!

While I was having a mental battle with myself, I failed to notice Gaara walking toward me until I felt his warm breath against my right ear. My eyes widened and my breath caught in my throat. "I asked you if you are scared of me." He once again purred out. I felt his hand take hold of my own. The one that was holding the blanket to my barley clothed body. "Do I make you scared?" His lips were pressed against my ear now and I tried with all my might to move my hands to push him away from me, but for some reason I couldn't do it. He squeezed my hand until I let go of the blanket and it fell to the floor. "Do I make you nerves?" He asked, once again is lips were pressed against my ear and I couldn't contain the shiver of pleasure I felt.

What's wrong with me!? I kept screaming in my mind to stop this and push him away, but I liked the feel of his lips against my ear and his body heat so close to mine. But then I thought of Naruto-kun and I felt so guilty. "W-What are you doing?" I managed to get out. I felt him smirk against my ear then he brushed his lips against my soft skin from my ear down to my shoulder.

"What does it feel like I'm going?" I asked in a low, sexy voice. I gulped hard and I felt him start to nip lightly at my shoulder. I thought my legs were going to give out on me and I think Gaara knew this too because he used his free hand to slide around my waist and pull me to his muscular chest. I gasped. How could I let this happen? Why aren't I stopping him!? 'Please, oh please Kami stop this somehow!' I was begging in my mind.

Just as I finished begging, there was a knock at my door, making Gaara and myself stiffen. Ino-chan's voice came through from the other side of the door "Hurry up, Hina-chan! You've got to be at work in less then half an hour!" And with that she left, not knowing what was happening on the other side of my door. And the stupid thing is, I don't either. How the hell did this happen anyway? One minute I was screaming at Gaara to get out of my room and the next I am literally melting into his arms. You know what? Life's a bitch!

Gaara still hadn't continued so, before he could do anything else, I managed to step away from him and glare heatedly at him. "What the hell!?" I shouted. I was beyond pissed. But not just at Gaara, but at myself. How could I be so weak!? I hate this man in front of me! I shouldn't let him do that kind of stuff to me! I have a boyfriend, and I would never trade him for my rival.

But, damn the bastard, he just smirked sexily at me again and moved so fast I couldn't even see him. He had both his arms wrapped around my waist and pushed me into his chest "This is only the beginning" I heard him whisper in my ear. He gave me one final squeeze then he let go of me and walked out of my room, as though nothing had just happened! I gulped at the meaning of his words. Why did it scare but excite me at the same time? Damn him! Damn him to hell!

I decided to forget it for now and foces on getting ready for work before I'm late. As I got ready, I couldn't help but feel scared and nerves about tonight. I am going to be working alone with Gaara, and by the way he had said those last words to me, I knew I was in for one hell of a night tonight.

'Yes, Gaara. You do make me scared and nerves, but I'm starting to wonder if its the good kind of scared and nerves...'

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