Hello again you guys! You are lucky, you get a fast update! Don't be expecting these too often; I just have a three day weekend this week, so I am writing a lot! I hope that you enjoy this chapter as much as the first one! This chapter the prank is pulled, and poor Gaara falls for it. I feel bad for the way this story is going to turn out later on.
Disclaimer:Seriously, if I owned Naruto, Sasuke wouldn't have left, Sakura would have never have been created, and Itachi wouldn't be dead. So no, I don't own Naruto, nor do I own the poem in this chapter.
Warnings:Yaoi, Yuri, and het. Yes, I warn you because of het. Rated T just to be safe.
Summary:It is April 1st and, like always, Neji is going to play a prank on someone, but what happens when the prank plays with emotions?
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Neji sauntered through the cafeteria, and over to the table that Gaara sat at with his friends. When he got to the table, Naruto looked up and glared at the Hyuuga, which in turn got Kiba's attention.
"What the hell do you want Hyuuga?" Naruto all but growled out. At the mention of the Hyuuga, Gaara turned around.
"Nice to see you to, Uzumaki. And, not that it's really any of your business but I would like to speak to Gaara." Well, that sure got Gaara's attention.
"Excuse me, but considering Gaara is one of my best friends I think that makes it my business." Naruto said with an air of superiority in his voice.
"Just because he is one of your best friends does not mean you need to know every little detail about his life, Uzumaki." Neji stated with his nose turned up in the air.
"But-" Naruto started to protest but was cut off when Gaara decided to speak.
"Y-you want to talk to m-me?" Gaara asked timidly, with a faint blush painting his normally pale cheeks. He was usually a shy kid, but when he was around the boy he had a crush on, he went into full on 'shy school-girl mode' as Kiba so fondly called it.
"Yeah, I kind of wanted to ask you something. And I think it would be better to ask it alone." Neji finished, inwardly applauding himself at how well he was doing so far.
"O-ok. Hey guys, if I'm not back before lunch is over could you t-take my backpack to our Math c-class?" Gaara asked his two best friends.
"Sure Gaara, no problem." Kiba said, glaring at the Hyuuga. He and Naruto didn't trust that boy one bit.
So, off Neji and Gaara went outside, but not before Neji threw a triumphant glance at his friends, which didn't go unnoticed by Naruto. Neji, just what are you planning?
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Neji and Gaara finally arrived at the spot that they were going to talk, a grove of willow trees, which opened up in the middle, where the sun shone in on them.
Neji's eyes roamed over Gaara, looking him over, scrutinizing every part of him. Gaara fidgeted nervously under the eyes of his crush, his white eyes making it even harder to try and tell what he was thinking about.
"Y-you said that you w-wanted to a-ask me something, N-Neji?" Gaara said in a shy, quiet voice, his cheeks still tinted pink.
Neji stopped looking over Gaara long enough to answer him. "Yeah, well, I wanted to ask you if you wanted to go out with me. You know, like on a date?" Neji asked, perfecting the voice of a boy asking out his crush perfectly. Heheh, everything is going according to plan.
Gaara was shocked to say the least. His crush Neji, was asking him out? This was a dream come true for Gaara! Ever since he first laid his eyes on the milky eyed teen back in Grade 8, he knew he liked him, like really liked him, not like all the fan-girls who fawned all over him, no, he saw Neji for who he really was, a smart, kind, person, who was a little rough around the edges. But Gaara always thought that Neji would never ask out some unpopular loser like him. Neji was one of the coolest kids in the school! And Gaara was just a loner with a couple of friends, so Neji asking him out was everything he had ever hoped for.
"Y-you're asking m-me out?" Gaara asked to make sure it wasn't just some cruel joke. If only he knew the truth.
"Yeah, I am. So, what do you say? Would you like to out on a date with me?" Neji said, still keeping up his façade, while mentally he was dancing at how Gaara was falling for his little joke.
"Yes! I m-mean, I would love to go out with you Neji. Um, but w-when?" Gaara asked, blushing from his outburst. Great Gaara, way to embarrass yourself.
Neji chuckled at Gaara's outburst. "Well how about, since it's Friday, I pick you up at around 6:00 and we go for a dinner and a movie?" Neji asked, still congratulating himself for pulling Gaara into his little trap.
"U-um, that sounds g-great, but first I h-have to tell my brother and s-sister about it, okay?" Gaara said, a little uncertainly. He wasn't sure how his brother and sister would take it; they didn't seem to like Neji for some reason.
"Sure, that's okay, but where do you live?" Neji asked, mentally throwing a party. His plan was finally done, now, for the actual pranking to be done.
"O-oh, right! Um, I live at 3520 Shukaku Drive." Gaara replied, reciting his address for the boy in front of him.
"All right, so remember, I'll be at your house at 6:00, okay?" Neji said, making sure Gaara knew when he would pick him up for their 'date', when really, it was all just a cruel, cruel prank.
"O-okay, I'll be ready." Gaara replied with the most breathtaking smile to ever be displayed on his face. Well, that took Neji by surprise. Gaara hardly ever smiled, and when he did it was only ever towards his friends, or his teacher Orochimaru (1), and even then they seemed fake.
"Okay, see you then." Neji went to leave, but before he did he looked back at Gaara who still had the same breathtaking smile on his face. Before Neji realized what he was doing, he leaned in and kissed Gaara quickly on his cheek, before pulling away, and leaving the grove of willow trees. Why the hell did I do that? Oh well, that doesn't matter, all that matters is that my prank is in motion. Neji didn't dwell on his thoughts for very long though, because the bell that ended lunch rang, signalling the five minutes he had to get to class.
But the chaste kiss Neji gave Gaara on his cheek had a completely different effect on Gaara. Gaara slowly placed his hand on the cheek Neji kissed, all the while his smile growing. Gaara heard the bell ring, and slowly made his way to his second period of Science with his favourite teacher, Orochimaru-sensei. Wow…I can't believe that I am actually going out on a date with Neji Hyuuga! Gaara thought as he made his was to his Gaara, if only you knew reasons for this.
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As Neji made his way into his class, he spotted his friends Sasuke, and Shikamaru, sitting in their usual spots at the back of Iruka Umino's English 10 class. And, as always, they were surrounded by a horde of fan-girls, all professing their undying love for the Uchiha and Nara, and then when Neji arrived at his usual desk and sat down fan-girls started getting even crazier (is that even possible?) and making even more love professions. That is, until the bell rang signalling the start of the fourth block of the day.
"Okay class, settle down, settle down." Iruka Umino said as he walked into the door of his class just after the bell rang. "Please take out your Poetry and Language books, read the poem on page 129, and write the idea of the poem down. You may talk, but just try and keep the noise level down to a minimum please." Iruka finished saying the assignment, and went and sat down at his desk as his class started working.
Instead of doing the work Iruka assigned them, Sasuke and Shikamaru turned expectantly toward Neji who was working on the poem. Neji felt their eyes on him after a few moments of working.
"What?" Neji asked in an irritated voice, if there was one thing he hated it was being stared at.
"Well?" Sasuke asked.
"Well what?" Neji asked. Sasuke and Shikamaru shared a look that said 'seriously?'
"You know what," Shikamaru said, "What happened with Gaara?" he asked.
"Oh, that. He said yes, we are going on a date tonight at 6:00. We are going to a dinner and a movie. It's cheesy I know, but it's the only thing I could think of." Neji said with an air of superiority in his voice.
Sasuke and Shikamaru shared another look, only this one was one that was purely smug. A look that said 'hook, line and sinker.'
"Now, if you would excuse me I would like to get back to my work." Neji said as he turned back to his notebook.
Now I have nothing. Even the joy of loss- Even the dreams I had I now am losing. Only this thing I know; that you are using My heart as a stone to bear your foot across… I am glad-I am glad-the stone is of your choosing…(2)
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Gaara walked to his last class of the day. He had just got out of his favourite class of the day, and now the only class he had left was Math with Asuma-sensei, and also the only class he had with his two best friends Naruto and Kiba.
As Gaara entered the class he took his usual seat in the back right hand corner of the class. Then a couple moments later Kiba and Naruto rushed into the class, took their seats in front of Gaara, and stared him down.
Gaara felt their eyes on him. Much like Neji he hated being stared at…unless Neji was the one staring at him, then he didn't mind.
"W-what?" Gaara asked timidly. Being stared at also made him even shyer then he usually was which made him stutter.
Naruto and Kiba looked at each other in disbelief, surely he knew what they were staring at him for.
"Well what happened with Neji?" Naruto asked.
"W-what? O-oh, you mean at lunch? W-well…he asked me out…tonight…a-and I s-said…yes." Gaara finished with a slight blush on his ivory cheeks.
Naruto and Kiba looked at each other in shock. They both had the same thought; Neji asked Gaara out? What the hell?
Gaara didn't like the look that the two friends gave each other. It unnerved him. But just as he was about to say something Kiba cut him off.
"Well, we are both very happy for you." Kiba said with a slight smile that matched the one Naruto wore, even if they weren't completely genuine. They were sceptical about the Hyuuga. Seeing his two friends smile made Gaara smile to.
"So, when is the date?" Naruto asked curiously.
"U-um, tonight at 6-6:00. We are going to d-dinner and a m-movie." Gaara finished with a slight smile on his beautiful face.
Kiba snorted. "That is so cheesy, Panda-chan (3)." Kiba said while he and Naruto giggled, which in turn made Gaara turn bright red and slump down in his seat a little lower.
"We're just kidding, Pandy (4). Oh, here is your backpack by the way." Naruto said.
"H-hey, don't call me Pandy!" Gaara said in embarrassment. That made Naruto and Kiba start giggling again. But one thought still ran through their minds; Gaara, what have you gotten yourself into?
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Ending AN.
(1) Orochimaru is going to be nice in this story. End of story.
(2) Poem is called 'Now I Have Nothing' and it is by Stella Benson. It is in this story for a reason, and its reason with be kind of important later in the story.
(3) Yes, you read that right, Panda-chan. This is what Kiba calls Gaara.
(4) Oh yes, Pandy. This is Naruto's nickname for Gaara.
I had a teacher this year who talked to us just Iruka did. I hate that man . Also, if you can guess why I chose the numbers of Gaara's house, you are amazing and I will love you forever!
Well, what did you think? Was this good? I hope it was. This is almost 5 pages, a record for me! I hope that you enjoyed this chapter, because I thoroughly enjoyed writing it! Next chapter will have the date in it, so look forward to that! I hope we can meet again in the next chapter!
Gaara: WHY THE FREAK AM I SO OOC IN THIS STORY?
Me: Because you are.
Gaara: BUT I AM NICE THIS STORY! I AM NEVER NICE E-
Neji: Gaara, shut up.
Me: Well, bye bye!