Ohai! How are you guys? I hope that you are doing well! Well, here it is the third chapter of Fooled. I am really enjoying writing this story; I just like having something to call my own. Also, a special thank you to my first reviewer DarkAngelJudas, this chapter is dedicated to you, simply because you are great! Also, I am going to be replying to reviews in my authors notes, so don't kill me if I don't respond, I am simply going to reply to you here! Man, this chapter was a bitch to write, halfway through the chapter my brain died, and I couldn't think of anything, so I just rewrote the whole damn thing. That pissed me off, but one good thing came out of it; when I was rewriting the chapter a major idea hit me and changed the whole course of the story! Originally this was only going to be a few chapters, maybe 10-12, but now it is going to be a hell of a lot longer ;D I would say the change is fairly obvious, but here's a hint; it has to with Neji's dare! So, I'm going to end this note now…it's getting to be pretty lengthy…oops –sheepish smile-
DarkAngelJudas: Eheheh, yeah, Gaara isn't going to get crushed in this story…well, not now anyways, later on in the story; probably.
Disclaimer: -sighs- no, I don't own Naruto. No matter how many times I pray at night to somehow own, I still do not. CURSE YOU MASASHI KISHIMOTO!
Warnings: Yaoi, Yuri, and het. Yes, I warn you because of het. Major OOC. 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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3:00. Just thirteen minutes until school ended, and three hours until Gaara's date with Neji. Gaara's first date. Ever. So, like most teenagers, Gaara was quite nervous, more so then usual. I mean here he was, sitting in his Math class, which was very boring today, staring at the clock, waiting anxiously for it to be 3:13 so he could go home, and get ready for his date. But it seemed as though the gods were against today because the clock just wasn't moving. Naruto could sense Gaara's anxiousness, so he turned around to see what was wrong.
"You know Gaara, staring at the clock will only make it seem to go slower." Naruto said in a whisper, so as not to let Asuma-sensei know they were talking.
"O-oh, I guess your r-right. It's just that I'm really n-nervous about my date and all." Gaara finished, while fidgeting with his hands in his lap, another thing he did when he was nervous.
"I can understand why you're nervous; I mean you've had a crush on Neji for what, two years now?" Naruto asked with a slight smile on his face.
This caused Gaara to blush slightly. "Y-yeah…I've liked him since I first saw him in Grade 8." Gaara finished off with an even brighter blush.
Kiba joined in on the conversation after hearing what Gaara said. "You've really liked him for that long? Awww, that's really cute." Kiba cooed. It was just too easy to mess with Gaara.
This caused Gaara to blush even harder (how is that even possible?) "Y-yeah…I've really l-liked him for that l-long." Gaara said, smiling slightly at the thought of Neji. Seeing Gaara smiling so genuinely caused Naruto and Kiba to smile also.
"Well, as long as you are happy, that is all that matters."
BRING BRING!
Naruto finished his sentence just as the ending bell rang, signalling the end of school. That sound was all Gaara needed to put his binder away in his backpack, and rush out of the room before Naruto and Kiba could say anything.
Naruto and Kiba shared a glance, one that said the same thing; Gaara, please be careful.
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Neji was walking through the hallways to his locker when he heard his name being called.
"Neji, hey Neji, wait up!" TenTen yelled as she ran through the crowded hallways, trying to catch up to the brown haired male.
"Hmm, oh hey TenTen. What's up?" Neji asked as he dug in his locker trying to get his backpack and books that he needed for his homework out of it.
"Oh you know what's up! I want to talk to you about what happened at lunch with Gaara!" TenTen finished with a sly smirk on her face
"Oh, that. Well, I asked him out tonight, and he said yes. We are going for dinner and movie tonight at 6:00. Oh don't give me that look, I know it's cheesy, but it was on very short notice, what does it matter anyways, it's just one date, and then I tell him 'April Fools'. It doesn't matter what the date is." Neji finished with his own smirk on his face.
TenTen's smirk changed into a sadistic one. "Yeah, about the prank, I want to change it slightly." TenTen said.
"Oh, and what change would this be?" Neji asked, slowly catching onto what TenTen was saying.
"Make Gaara your boyfriend." TenTen stated like she was talking about the weather. Well that caught Neji slightly off guard.
"W-what?" Neji asked, his smirk wavering slightly.
"Yeah, you heard right, make Gaara your boyfriend. I mean, think about it; if you just go on one date with him and then just tell him it was a joke you won't really get a reaction out of him, but if you make him your boyfriend, you will get a much bigger reaction out of him." TenTen finished, her smirk growing with every word she spoke.
Neji sighed; this was going to get messy. But he agreed anyways. "Fine, how long do I have to be his 'boyfriend' for?" Neji asked while he shut his locker and positioned his backpack on his back.
"Until the end of the year, then you break up with and say it meant nothing to you. It's perfect." TenTen finished while turning around and leaving to go get her own stuff from her locker.
Neji stared at her retreating back, when a tugging on his sleeve alerted him of someone else's presence. "N-Neji nii-san, are you ready to g-go?" Hinata asked timidly, still tugging on her older cousin's sleeve.
Neji looked down at Hinata with a smile on his face. "Yeah, let's go Hinata." Neji said while walking with Hinata by his side and out into the fresh air of the courtyard of his school.
"U-um, Neji n-nii-san?" Hinata asked timidly.
Neji looked down at his stuttering cousin. "Hmm, what is it Hina-chan (1)" Neji asked while smiling at his younger cousin.
"W-well…I was just w-wondering why you are d-doing this to G-Gaara? I mean he i-is really nice a-and he l-likes you, so…w-why?" Hinata asked while biting on her lip and staring at the ground.
Neji looked down at Hinata and made her look up at him by putting his finger under her chin and tilting her head up at him. "Oh Hinata, it's only a simple little prank, nothing bad is going to happen, I am going to make sure of that. Okay?" Neji said while smiling down at her.
Hinata looked unsure, but agreed anyways. "O-ok Neji, I b-believe you." Hinata said while smiling slightly.
"Ok. Hey, let's go before we're late." Neji said while tugging slightly on Hinata's sleeve in the direction of their house. Neji, I really hope you know what you are doing. Was Hinata's thought as she and Neji started walking in the direction of their house.
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Gaara had a genuine smile on his face as he Temari and Kankuro walked to the house that they shared. He was really excited for his date for Neji, but nervous about what his siblings' reaction would be.
Temari and Kankuro were puzzled at Gaara's obvious happiness, not that they weren't happy themselves for Gaara, they were, just confused as to why he was so happy, when he was normally melancholy.
Temari and Kankuro shared a look as they entered their house, only to be almost run over by Gaara as he rushed into the house.
"Whoa Gaara, slow down! What has got you so happy today?" Kankuro asked his younger brother.
At the reminder of what made him happy, Gaara immediately stopped rushing around his house, and started fiddling with his hands.
"Gaa-kun (2), what's wrong?" Temari asked, concerned as she knelt down to Gaara's height.
"W-well…." Gaara said in a rush, trying to get out what he wanted as fast as he could.
"Ebi (3), you're going to have to talk a little slower for us to understand you." Kankuro said while also kneeling down in front of Gaara.
"I s-said, that Neji a-asked me out on a d-date, and I said…y-yes." Gaara finished nervously while biting down his lip, and looking down at the floor away from his siblings shocked faces.
Kankuro shared a shocked look with Temari. "Neji H-Hyuuga asked you out?" Temari asked, still disbelieving.
Gaara looked up just long enough to see the disbelieving and shocked faces of Temari and Kankuro. "Y-yeah…he did…today at l-lunch." Gaara said with a small smile remembering when Neji asked him out.
Temari and Kankuro shared another look before standing up and leading Gaara to the couch. "Sit down Gaara." Kankuro said firmly. Oh crap, he was in dad mode now.
Gaara obeyed Kankuro. He knew not to mess with him when he was like this. "H-hai." Gaara said nervously, while he sat down on the couch, and stared up at his siblings.
"So, Neji Hyuuga, the same Neji Hyuuga that you have a crush on for since we moved here, asked you out today, on a date?" Kankuro asked, while sitting down on the table in front of Gaara.
"H-hai. He asked m-me today at l-lunch, and I said y-yes…"Gaara finished nervously, chewing on his lower lip again.
Kankuro sighed, while Temari just sat down on the couch silently. "When?" Kankuro asked, while leaning in towards Gaara.
"T-tonight at 6:00…we are g-going to d-dinner and a m-movie." Gaara finished blushing.
Kankuro snorted, how cliché. "Ebi that is so cliché." Kankuro said while he chuckled and Temari giggled.
This made Gaara turn an even brighter shade of red. "S-shut up!" Gaara said while ducking his head to try and hide his embarrassment.
Kankuro stopped chuckling and went into 'dad mode' again. He tilted Gaara's head up so he could see his face better. "Okay, I will let you go out with him, but on one condition." Kankuro said, making Gaara semi-confused.
"O-okay." Gaara said uncertainly.
"You have to be home by 9:00, okay?" Kankuro said, a smile growing in his face at the smile that was on Gaara's own face.
Gaara leapt at Kankuro and just about squeezed the air out of him. "Thank you so much Kankuro! I love you so much!" Gaara said in pure glee as he kept squeezing Kankuro.
"Ebi…can't…breath!" Kankuro said while struggling to loosen the hold Gaara had on him.
"Oh! I'm sorry Kankuro!" Gaara said, immediately letting go of Kankuro. Temari started pouting.
"What about me? I want to be hugged too!" Temari said while pouting like a three year old.
"Ah! Gomen Mari-chan (4)!" Gaara said as he, once again, glomped his sibling, only this time giving Temari the ability to breath.
Temari giggled at Gaara's happiness. He hadn't been this happy since before they moved here. But her giggling soon turned into squealing when Gaara pulled away. Well, that startled Gaara.
"U-um…Kankuro…what is she doing?" Gaara asked slightly backing away from Temari.
Kankuro just laughed. "Well Ebi, she is in what I like to call 'Yaoi Fan-girl Mode'." Kankuro said still laughing.
"'Yaoi Fan-girl Mode'? What is that?" Gaara asked, getting ready to run to his room without a moment's hesitation.
"Oh, you'll see." Kankuro said, while getting off the table and leaving to the kitchen.
Temari was still squealing when she said; "OMG! GAARA! YOU'RE GOING ON A DATE! Oh my god…you're going on a date…with Neji Hyuuga…in 2 ½ hours…YOU NEED TO GET READY!" Temari screamed while pulling Gaara off of the couch and all but dragging him to his room.
"Ack! Temari let me g-go! I can walk by m-myself!" Gaara said while taking his arm out of Temari's grasp.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Gaara!" Temari squealed while running back to Gaara, making sure she didn't hurt him. "Did I hurt you at all?" Oh great, now Temari is in 'Mom mode'.
"N-no Temari, I'm fine." Gaara said with a slight smile, hoping that would be enough for Temari to not act like a mom.
"Well then what are we standing here for? Let's make you look sexy!" Temari said with a wink as she continued walking to Gaara's room.
Sexy? Gaara thought, why does she want to make me look sexy? "U-um….Temari, what d-do you mean by making me look s-sexy?" Gaara asked timidly, not really sure if he wanted to know the answer.
Temari smirked at this. "You'll see." She said in a sing-song voice as she and Gaara finally reached his room which was at the end of the hall.
Temari and Gaara walked into Gaara's room. Gaara's room was the standard teenage boys' room; it had a bed, a dresser, a nightstand, wastebasket, all the usual stuff of a teenage boys' room. But the thing that Temari paid the most attention to in her visit to Gaara's room was his closet. Temari started tearing through the red-headed boys closet, when she finally found what she was looking for; a black shirt that had fishnet near the neck, waist, and bottoms of the arms, a dark red button up shirt to go over the fishnet top, tight black pants that flared out at the bottom, criss-crossing belts to wear over the pants, a raccoon necklace, and to top it all off, red converse. Not exactly something that Gaara would have picked out for himself, but then again that was kind of the point.
"Well, Gaara, what do you think?" Temari asked, very happy about the clothing she picked out for Gaara.
Gaara stared at the clothes. "W-well…I don't k-know, their so d-different from what I usually wear…" Gaara trailed off, not knowing what to say about the clothes.
"Oh come on! I know for a fact that you will look amazing in these clothes!" Temari said, grinning like the Cheshire Cat. "At least try them on!" And with that said Temari picked up Gaara's clothes, threw them at him, and pushed out of his bedroom and into the bathroom. "Don't come out of there until you are done changing!" Temari yelled through the door.
Gaara sighed; he wasn't getting out of this, was he? Gaara looked over his clothes once again and sighed, they were so different from what he usually wore, what he usually wore were loose pants, a loose T-shirt, and a loose sweater, very different from the tight pants, tight shirt and button up shirt Temari gave him.
Gaara sighed one last time before he decided he would change, lest Temari change him herself. So he took of his baggy T-shirt and replaced it with the black mesh shirt, took off the sweat pants he was wearing and replaced them with the super tight black jeans, put the belts over that, put on the red button up shirt, and buttoned it up all the way, and to top off his outfit he put the raccoon necklace on over his shirt. Before leaving the bathroom he looked at himself in the mirror and what he saw shocked him, he looked…hot. With that thought in mind he stepped out of the bathroom.
"Oh…my…god…Gaara you are so cute!" Temari squealed as she glomped Gaara.
"Temari...I can't…b-breath!" Gaara said while struggling out of Temari's hold on him, well now he knew how Kankuro felt.
"Oh, jeez, sorry Gaa-kun!" Temari said while releasing Gaara immediately. "But let me look at you!" Temari squealed while checking her younger brother out. "Eep! You are adorable! However, just one change needs to be made…" Temari trailed off as she approached Gaara.
"W-what needs to be c-changed?" Gaara asked, a little nervous about what Temari was about to do.
"Oh, nothing major…just your shirt, and your hair…and your eyes…"Temari trailed off, still approaching Gaara.
"H-hey wait! You s-said one thing needed to be changed!" Gaara tried to protest as he was pulled into the bathroom.
Temari giggled at her little brother. "Oops, I guess I lied!" Temari said as she dragged her brother into the bathroom, picked him up, and sat him down in the counter. She then unbuttoned his shirt all the way, ignoring his protests, starting messing up his hair, and then added a small amount of eyeliner to his eyes. When she was finally finished she was amazed at how well she had done. "Well Gaa-kun, you are now done. No thanks necessary." Temari said as she moved from her brother so he could look at himself in the mirror. Well damn, if he was hot before, now he was just downright sexy! His hair had that 'I-just-got-out-of-bed-so-I-don't-really-care' look, his unbuttoned shirt showed off his mesh shirt, and just a sliver of creamy ivory skin where it showed off his stomach, and his eyes…oh man, his eyes, now normally his eyes stood out anyways because of the circles around them from lack of sleep, but that small touch of black eyeliner that Temari had added made his sea-foam eyes stand out even more. In one Gaara could be described; gorgeous.
"Wow…is that, is that really…m-me?" Gaara asked in astonishment. He couldn't believe he could look like this!
"Yes Gaa-kun, it's really you just a hell of a lot sexier!" Temari finished off with a smile so big it reached her eyes.
"Wow…thank you so much Mari-chan!" Gaara said with a smile that rivalled the sun. This caused Temari to stop and stare at him.
"W-what's wrong?" Gaara asked, his smile faltering slightly.
Temari started smiling again. "Nothing, you just look 10x more beautiful when you smile." This caused Gaara to smile again.
"Thank you Temari, for everything." Gaara said while getting off the counter.
"Ebi! What time did you say Neji would get here for your date?" Kankuro yelled to Gaara from the kitchen.
"U-um…6:00, why?" Gaara yelled back.
"Well then you better get out here, it's already 5:55!" Kankuro shouted back at Gaara. Temari and Gaara shared a look; surely it hadn't been that long…had it? They both took a look at the clock in the hallway that way across from across the bathroom, and sure enough it read 5:55.
"Wow…time sure flies." Temari said after looking at the clock.
"Yeah, it sure do-" Gaara was cut off by the sound of the doorbell. Temari and Gaara looked at each other; one looking nervous, and the other smirking slyly.
"Hyuuga." Gaara heard the gruff greeting of his brother in the other room.
"Kankuro." Came the smooth reply of the milky eyed teen that stood in the doorway. Hearing Neji's voice Gaara walked out of the bathroom nervously.
"H-hey N-Neji." Gaara greeted his date timidly.
"G-Gaara?" Neji asked in disbelief. This was the boy he asked out on a date, he hardly recognized him! He looked so…different, but a good different. "You look…amazing." Neji said breathlessly. This caused Gaara to blush a deep scarlet red.
"T-thank you…you look quite a-amazing yourself." Gaara said, his blush deepening further. It was true; Neji was even more gorgeous than usual. He was wearing a deep black, silk button up shirt, which had the first few buttons undone to reveal a teasing bit of milky white flesh to be shown off, dark blue, almost black tight jeans, a bandana over his forehead, and white and grey converse. He looked hot.
"Thanks…I like your necklace." Neji said while stepping forward to look at it more closely. The raccoon necklace Gaara wore was very simple, it was just a brown raccoon, but for its eyes were small black jewels, that shone in the light. Neji lightly grabbed the necklace. "It's…beautiful, much like you." Gaara's blush came back full force after hearing Neji's comment.
"T-thank you." Gaara said. Neji was being very nice to him. Everything is going smoothly. But if only his being nice was for genuine reasons.
"Well, I think that you two should get going, ne?" Temari said with a sly smirk on her face.
"O-oh…right." Gaara said, not remembering they were in the room with him and Neji. "L-lets go Neji." Gaara said while he slipped on his red converse, said a quick goodbye to Kankuro and Temari, and was out the door and into the cool night air with Neji.
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Ending AN.
(1) This is Neji's nickname for Hinata. I love it when Neji is genuinely nice to Hinata.
(2) Temari's nickname for Gaara.
(3) I'm pretty sure that 'Ebi' means shrimp in Japanese, and I used this because Gaara is short, so I called him shrimp.
(4) This is Gaara's nickname for Temari. Gosh, there are more nicknames then I thought in this story.
Well hello there again everybody! Man, you guys are lucky, getting such fast updates :3 just don't expect these too often, I just have a long weekend this week. So during the week I will try and get out an update every couple of days and on weekend's one maybe every day? Oh well, don't hold me to that. Also, I know I said that the date was going to be in this chapter but this chapter was already fairly long (It's 8 pages!) so I just decided to cut it short, plus the date is probably going to have be cut into two parts, so the dinner will be the first part, and the movie will be the second part. Also, I haven't picked a movie yet, so if you have any movie ideas I would like to hear them! Man, Gaara is so OOC in this story :P when I originally had the idea for this story Gaara wasn't to be nearly as OOC as he is now but, eh, it makes the story more original…yeah…Temari was quite OOC too…oh well, this story is all about OOCness! I hope we can meet again in the next chapter!
Gaara: Maddie, why am I so shy in this story?
Me: Because I said so –smirks-
Gaara: I hate you.
Me: -pouts- that's harsh Gaara-chan.
Gaara: Yeah, well that's life.
Me: Fufufufu…
Gaara: See you next time.