Holy freaking balls, this chapter is long! This chapter has taken me quite a while to write, and yet I loved every minute of it! I'm very very sorry I couldn't update this yesterday, please don't hate me T.T I don't really have anything to say in this starting AN so, uh…bye? Oh and a special thanks to Sygonia and KyouyaxCloud who added my story to their alerts, so if you guys are reading this you get some cookies. And to DarkAngleJudas who always makes my day with their reviews. And also to TheColdprince666 for being awesome and not hating me, now uh it is bye, so bye!
DarkAngelJudas: I know how you feel man, I felt the same way while writing him, stupid lying bastard…yeah, poor sweet innocent Gaara, I feel really bad making Neji hate him, and honestly Neji hate's him for the stupidest reasons, but in the next chapters he will learn that his hatred was really stupid and he will stop…hopefully XD Oh TenTen, I can't wait until you get what is coming to you, you will enjoy it my friend. Oh man, when I saw my name in your review I honestly thought you were going to yell at me, but you didn't, so I was relieved! Oh don't worry, everyone will get what is coming to them soon…
KyouyaxCloud: Thank you so much for reviewing, and yeah, Neji is very stupid.
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Disclaimer:I do not own Naruto, flavours ice cream, Boo Boo Bubble ice cream, Zebra Stripes ice cream, Zellers, OR ShanaLogic, so basically I don't own anything in this except the title and the plot. Don't sure me please T.T
Warnings:Yaoi, Yuri, and het. Yes, I warn you because of het. MajorOOC. Rated T just to be safe. A little bit more, um, advanced, kissing in this chapter, so of you don't like it go back.
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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Gaara woke up the next morning to the ringtone of his phone.
Watch the clouds up in the sky,
in the distant heaven shaping all around,
play like children running down the yellow fields,
having fun reminding small and simple things.(1)
Gaara groggily searched for his phone, still half asleep.
"Hello?" He asked, his voice dripping in the last remnants of his slumber.
"GAARA! WHAT THE HELL MAN? I HAVE CALLED YOU THREE TIMES ALREADY!" Gaara pulled the phone away from his ear as he heard the voice of his dear friend Naruto Uzumaki blaring through the speakers on his phone.
"Ow Naruto! I was sleeping okay! And why did you call me three times?" Gaara asked as he sat up on his bed. No use even trying to go back to sleep now.
"Wah-sleeping? It's 12:30 in the afternoon Pandy! And I called you three times because me and Kiba were worried when you didn't pick up the first time!" Naruto yelled out as he adjusted his position on his desk chair.
Gaara was stunned at hearing what time it was. 12:30? I never sleep that long. "Are you sure it's 12:30 Naru-chan (2)?" Gaara asked while biting his bottom lip.
"Well duh, of course I'm sure!" Naruto replied.
"Huh, weird…anyways, what did you call me for?" Gaara asked.
"…Oh right! I called to ask you how your date went!" Naruto said excitedly.
"O-oh, that…" Gaara said as he trailed off. "Do you think you and Kiba could come over, it would be easier to tell you that way." Gaara said; he already knew that Kiba was listening in on his and Naruto's conversation.
"Sure Pandy! We'll be there soon!" Naruto before he hung up, not giving Gaara to say bye.
Gaara giggled at his friend before it dawned on him that he should get dressed if his friends were coming over. Gaara got up from his bed, putting his phone on his bedside table, and going over to his dresser. He just picked out a pair of dark grey sweatpants and a baggy shirt that had a baby raccoon on it. After he was done getting dressed he left his room and went into the kitchen.
The first thing that Gaara saw when he walked into the kitchen was a note that was written in Kankuro's messy scrawl.
Gaara,
Me and Temari went out for a while, so don't freak out when you wake up. We should be back at around 2:00.
-Kankuro and Temari.
After reading the note Gaara tossed it in the garbage. Gaara started looking around the kitchen for something to eat. After looking through all of the cupboards he decided on eating some Rice Crispies.
After he got his bowl of cereal he took it out to the living room, sat at the table and watched old re-runs of cartoons.
Gaara was just finishing up eating when the doorbell rang. After placing his bowl in the sink he went over to the door and opened it, only to find his vision covered in bright yellow and dark brown.
"GAARA!" Kiba and Naruto yelled at the same time as they tries to squeeze the very life out of him.
"G-guys…can't…breathe!" Gaara managed to say as he tried to breathe and push his friends off of him at the same time.
"Ah, gomen-nasai Panda-chan!" Kiba yelled as he jumped off of Gaara. Naruto however didn't fully let go, instead he grabbed onto Gaara's hand and pulled him into the living room and threw him onto the couch. Jeez, he was getting thrown onto this couch a lot lately wasn't he?
Naruto and Kiba sat onto the couch on either side of Gaara, sitting right in his face. "Well?" Kiba asked.
Gaara backed up and into the back of the couch. "A-ah, could y-you guys b-back up p-please?" Gaara said while smiling at his two best friends.
"Oh! Sorry Panda-chan!" Naruto said as he and Kiba immediately backed up from Gaara.
"I-It's okay." Gaara said as he relaxed somewhat.
Naruto and Kiba smirked at each other. "So, don't keep us waiting any longer, tell us what happened!" Naruto mainly squealed.
"O-oh well…first we went to this really nice restaurant that his family owned then we went and saw Hop at the movie theaters…" Gaara trailed off, not wanting to meet either of his friends' gazes.
Naruto and Kiba shared a sceptical look. "Oh come on! That can't be all that happened! Give us all the juicy details!" Kiba said while leaning forward to try and look at Gaara.
Gaara mumbled his response.
"What Gaara, we couldn't hear you." Kiba said with a sly smirk on his face, already knowing what Gaara had said, but wanting to hear him say it.
Gaara bit his lip. "We kissed three times, and he asked me to be his boyfriend and I said yes!" Gaara said while not looking at either of his friends and blushing a bright cherry red.
Naruto and Kiba shared a satisfied look before they pounced.
"EEP! Gaara that is so cute!" Naruto squealed out as he and Kiba squeezed Gaara like they did when they got to his house.
"So so cute!" Kiba gushed as he squeezed Gaara tighter then humanly possible.
"C-can't…breathe…"Gaara said as he struggled to get breath into his lungs. Temari and his friends were going to be the death of him one of these days.
"Ah, sorry Gaara!" Naruto and Kiba cried as they immediately let go of Gaara. Gaara was glad for the opening to breath.
"Hey, where are Temari and Kankuro?" Naruto asked, only now noticing Gaara older sibling's absences.
uh"Huh…"Oh, they gave me a note that said that they were going somewhere and would be back at around two which is in…" Gaara looked at the clock that was over the TV. "An hour. Do you guys want to watch TV until they get here?" Gaara asked.
Kiba and Naruto smiled at their friend. "Sure Gaara, we would love that." Naruto replied for the both of them.
Naruto, Kiba, and Gaara were in the middle of watching an old re-run of The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show when Temari and Kankuro came home, but they came with a guest.
"N-Neji?" Gaara asked as he stood up from the couch, and stared at his boyfriend, confused.
"Hey Gaara." Neji greeted his 'boyfriend' with a smile. "I hope you don't mind that I'm here, I was coming to see you and Temari and Kankuro were driving by and just happened to see me." Neji said as he walked up to his boyfriend and gave him a chaste kiss on the cheek which caused one giggling girl, three smirking boys, and two blushing boyfriends.
"N-no, I d-don't mind." Gaara said as he smiled up at his boyfriend.
Neji smiled down at his 'boyfriend' "That's good, because I was wondering if you wanted to go on another date with me?" Neji asked.
Gaara looked over Neji to his brother Kankuro who nodded his head in a silent 'yes'. "O-okay, I would l-love that. Let me just go get c-changed." Gaara said before leaving to go to his bedroom, leaving an awkward silence after him. Naruto was the first person who dared break the awkward silence.
"So, you and Gaara are boyfriends now, ne?" Naruto asked with a scowl on his handsome face.
The obvious look of contempt on Naruto's face made Neji worried. "Y-yeah, why?" Dammit Neji, you're a Hyuuga, Hyuuga's don't stutter!
Naruto smirked at Neji. He loved making people squirm. "Take good care of him, and I swear to Kami that if you hurt him…" Naruto trailed off letting Neji fill in the threat himself. Neji gulped, then put on a calm face.
"I wouldn't dream of it Uzumaki." Neji said, although he already knew what he was saying was a lie.
Gaara walked out of his room fully changed and ready to go. He was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, a plain white figure fitting V-neck T-shirt, and a zip up hoodie that had a panda on the back of it.
"I-I'm ready to g-go now N-Neji." Gaara said while walking over to the door to put on his shoes that he wore to the date he and Neji went on the night before. Gaara stood up after he put his shoes on. "A-are you and Kiba going to s-stay here?" Gaara asked as he directed his question to Naruto.
"Eh, we might, we might not. Depends on if Temari kicks us out or not." Naruto said while laughing.
Gaara giggled at his friends. "O-ok. Neji are y-you ready to g-go?" Gaara asked his boyfriend.
Neji grabbed his 'boyfriends' hand as he answered him. "Yeah, let's go." Neji said while he led Gaara over to the door.
Gaara looked over his shoulder to his friends and siblings. "B-bye you guys!" He called out before the door shut behind him.
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Gaara and Neji were walking along the streets, hand-in-hand, completely content with each other. Neji however was lost in his thoughts so he didn't hear Gaara when he was trying to talk to him.
"-ji, Neji?" Gaara asked his boyfriend, concerned as to why he was so quiet.
Neji snapped out of his thoughts about his conflicting feelings of his red-headed 'boyfriend' just in time to hear him talking to him. "Hmm, what is it?" Neji asked while turning his head in Gaara's direction.
"O-oh, you've j-just been r-really quiet, so I-I was just wondering if a-anything was wrong." Gaara said as he turned his head up to gaze at his boyfriend.
Neji smiled down at his red-headed 'boyfriend'. "No Gaara, nothing's wrong, just thinking." Neji said.
Gaara smiled up at his boyfriend. "T-that's good! Also, I was just wondering where we were going?" Gaara asked, genuinely curious where his long-haired boyfriend was taking him.
Neji chuckled at this. "I can't tell you that." Neji said while smirking.
"Why not, Neji-kun (3)?" Gaara asked as he stuck his bottom lip out and made eyes bigger than they already were in just about the cutest pout known to man. Neji almost caved at this. Almost. If he and Gaara were actually dating he would have caved in an instance. This was not the case. So cute…wait, no Neji, you don't think he's cute you absolutely do not think that he is…ok, yeah he's cute. But I don't like him, no no no!
"Because it's a secret Tanu-chan (4)." Neji said.
The use of this nickname made Gaara blush. "T-Tanu-chan?" Gaara asked.
Neji smiled down at his 'boyfriends' obvious confusion at the nickname. "It's my nickname for you. It's a short form of Tanuki, which means 'Japanese Raccoon' in Japanese (5). Why, do you not like it?" Neji asked while tilting his head to the side a little.
Gaara shook his head furiously at this. "N-no, I like it a lot! You j-just surprised m-me a little w-with it is a-all." Gaara said with a smile on face as he looked up at his boyfriend.
Neji could feel his façade breaking with every breath-taking smile Gaara directed at him. "Good, I'm glad you like it. Come on the place I'm taking you to is this way." Neji said as he directed his 'boyfriend' to the right.
"O-okay." Gaara said as he let himself be led to a place where he had never been before.
As Gaara and Neji made their way to the secret place their date was going to take place more and more trees started popping up along the sidewalk.
"U-Um Neji, where exactly are we?" Gaara asked as he kept look at the different types of trees. There were Willows trees, pine trees, cherry blossom trees, you name it and they were here.
"We are nearing a place called 'Forest Grove' (6), my family owns most of the land here." Neji said as he continued walked along the sidewalk turned dirt path as him and Gaara got closer and closer to their 'date' spot.
"I-It's really pretty Neji-kun." Gaara said as a cherry blossom petal blew off of one of the trees and landed on his cheek, which Neji plucked off his cheek before he decided to answer him.
"I'm glad that you like it Tanu-chan." Neji said as he dropped the cherry blossom petal onto the ground. "We're here Gaara." Neji said as he stopped on the middle of a grove of cherry blossom trees. The sound of a waterfall and chirping birds completed the picture of a scene straight out of a cheesy romance book. "So, what do you think Gaara?" Neji asked as he turned to his awe-struck 'boyfriend'
Gaara turned to look up at his boyfriend. "I-It's beautiful Neji. I love it." Gaara said before he leaned up and gave his boyfriend a sweet kiss on his lips. This stunned Neji at first before he put his arms around his 'boyfriends' waist. Gaara then reached up and laced his hands together behind his boyfriends' neck, before he pulled back from the breathtaking kiss he had just shared with boyfriend. "So, what did you bring me here for?" Gaara asked as he stared into his boyfriends milky-white eyes. Neji was still shocked after the kiss to remember why he brought his 'boyfriend' here, and then it dawned on him.
"I brought you here so I could spend some time with my boyfriend, is that so bad?" Neji asked while pouting. What the hell am I doing, Hyuuga's don't pout goddamm it!
"N-no! I was just curious is all." Gaara said while giving his boyfriend a chaste kiss on his lips before fully pulling away and walking over to the creek and sitting down on the bank of the creek, letting the cold temperature of the water roll over him in waves.
Neji followed his 'boyfriend' and sat down beside him. For a couple of minutes they just sat in silence, just enjoying each other's company, until Neji stood up, took his shoes and socks off, rolled his pants up to his knees and stood in the creek.
"Neji, what are you doing?" Gaara asked as he tilted his head to the right cutely. Neji smiled at how…cute his 'boyfriend' was being at that moment. Yeah, Neji had admitted it, Gaara was cute. But he didn't like him. No; never.
"It was getting warm so I decided to come in the creek to cool myself off…and so I could do this." Neji said with a smirk before he cupped his hands, filled them with water, and splashed his red-haired 'boyfriend'. Gaara sputtered at his boyfriend.
"N-Neji! Why did you that?" Gaara squealed out as he shook his head trying to the water out of his hair. Neji chuckled at Gaara's antics.
"I was bored and that was funny." Neji said, still chuckling at his 'boyfriend'.
"Oh, you're going to get it now!" Gaara said before he leaned down and splashed his boyfriend with water. Neji was semi-shocked that he got splashed that he fell back into the creek and landed right on his butt. Gaara started laughing at this. And this wasn't just slight giggling like Neji had heard him do before, no; this was pure unadulterated laughing, full of joy. It was the most beautiful sound Neji had ever heard. But that didn't stop him from leaping out of the creek and chasing his 'boyfriend' around the clearing they were in.
"Got you." Neji said when he finally caught his 'boyfriend'. Standing there with his arms around Gaara's waste Neji felt oddly whole; like this was what he was yearning for his whole life. But surely this couldn't mean anything could it? No, it couldn't.
"Neji, let go!" Gaara's cried fell on deaf ears however as Neji picked him up bridal style, which caused Gaara to giggle and blush uncontrollably. "N-Neji, what are you doing?" Gaara shrieked as he and Neji neared the creek. Neji smirked.
"Revenge." Was all Neji said before he lowered Gaara above the rushing waters of the creek. Gaara started squirming trying to get out of Neji's arms, not wanting to get drenched in the creek.
"N-Neji, out me down!" Gaara cried as Neji lowered him even closer to the cold waters, so close that Gaara could feel the spray of the water on his face.
"Mmm, maybe, if you say sorry for getting me soaked." Neji said with a playful smirk on his face.
"Okay okay, I'm sorry! Now put me down!" Gaara squealed as some strands of his red hair fell into the water. Neji laughed as he lifted Gaara away from the water.
"Okay, I guess I forgive you Tanu-chan." Neji said as he, still holding Gaara, backed up from the creek and laid the both of them down on the plush, green grass. They lay there in silence for a few minutes, Gaara in Neji's arms, both completely happy.
"Hey Neji?" Gaara asked as he looked up at Neji.
"Hmm, what is it Tanu-chan?" Neji asked as he looked down at his 'boyfriend'.
"Why are you wearing your headband?" Gaara asked Neji as he reached his hand up touched Neji's headband that concealed his tattoo. "You don't have to hide you tattoo, I don't care that you have it." Gaara said as he smiled slightly up at his brown-haired boyfriend. "How about this, if you take off your headband around me I will show you something that no one besides Temari and Kankuro know that I have. Deal?" Gaara asked as he stared up at Neji, innocently blinking his eyes. Neji melted a little at his 'boyfriend'. Only a little though. He swears.
Neji thought about this for a moment before he reached up and took his headband off. "Why do want me to take this off so badly Gaara?" Neji asked as he laid his headband on the ground him. Gaara smiled up at his boyfriend.
"Because, I don't want anything to mar your beauty." Gaara said as he leaned up and softly kissed Neji's tattoo. After he leaned back he sat up and turned towards Neji. "Now, I need to show you something." Gaara took a deep breath before he lifted back a chunk of his red hair on the left side of his forehead, revealing a tattoo that was as deep a red as his hair. It the kanji 'Ai' which meant love. After Gaara revealed his tattoo Neji sat up and brushed his fingers gently across it.
"When did you get it?" Neji asked softly, as though talking too loudly would break Gaara.
Gaara took a deep breath before telling Neji the story of his tattoo. "My uncle Yashamaru h-he gave it to m-me. He ismy m-moms younger brother. My mom died giving birth to me, and Yashamaru hated me for it, he would always tell me that I was worthless, that I would never amount to anything. So o-one day w-when my d-dad was a-at work a-and Temari a-and Kankuro w-were at f-friends' houses h-he took me i-into the b-basement of m-my house a-and gave me this," Gaara said while pointing at his tattoo. "In a-a reminder t-that no o-one could o-or ever w-would love m-me. Then w-when my d-dad came h-home with T-Temari and K-Kankuro he s-saw what Y-Yashamaru did t-to me a-and kicked h-him out o-of the h-house. I h-haven't s-seen h-him s-since (7)." Gaara finished as he broke down into tears after remembering the event that had scarred his otherwise unblemished face. Neji was shocked to say the least, and he used to think that the reason he had his tattoo was bad, but compared to Gaara's it might as well have been small cut.
"Shhh, Gaara. It's okay, I'm here." Neji said as he wrapped his arms around his 'boyfriends' much smaller frame and pulled him into his chest, his tears dropping onto Neji's already soaked shirt. Gaara looked up into his boyfriends' eyes, before leaning up and kissing him on the lips. He and Neji stayed in their position for a few moments until Gaara pulled back.
"T-thank you." Gaara said as he nuzzled his face into Neji's neck, breathing in his scent.
"For what?" Neji asked, genuinely confused.
Gaara pulled back and looked up at his boyfriend. "For listening." He said as he smiled sadly up at Neji.
Neji smiled at his boyfriend before he used his thumb to wipe away his rapidly drying tears. "You're welcome. Hey, want to see something?" Neji asked as he stood up, bringing Gaara with him.
"What?" Gaara asked, curious.
"You'll see." Neji said as he led him and Gaara over to the waterfall that water was rapidly rushing down from. "Watch your step, the rocks are a little slippery." Neji said as he walked up on top of some rocks, and onto a bigger rock that led behind the waterfall. Gaara stared I awe at the small but bright cave that was behind the waterfall.
"Neji, it's…it's beautiful." Gaara said as he turned towards Neji with a breathtaking smile that would put the sun to shame. Once again Neji was dub-struck at how beautiful his 'boyfriend' could be. Neji was now starting to seriously wonder why he hated this boy before, because there was honestly nothing to hate about him! He was kind-hearted, nice to everyone, and beautiful; there was nothing bad about him.
"Yeah it might be, but you are ten times as beautiful as anything I have ever seen." Neji said as he leaned down to kiss Gaara. At first Gaara was shocked but then he stood on his tip-toes and put his arms around Neji's neck, when in turn Neji put his arms around Gaara's waist. Neji made a move to deepen the kiss when Gaara suddenly pulled back.
"I-I…sorry, I'm just not exactly ready for that just yet." Gaara said as he looked down at the ground. Neji smiled softly down at Gaara as he tilted his head up with his pointer finger so he could look into his eyes.
"That's okay, I understand." Neji said as he pushed Gaara's hair back and placed a chaste kiss on his tattoo. "Hey, what do you say we go get some ice cream?" Neji said as pulled back from Gaara, but not completely as he still had his hand in his.
Gaara's eyes lit up at the suggestion of getting ice cream. "Yeah, I would love to." Gaara said as he practically dragged Neji out from behind the waterfall. Neji chuckled at Gaara.
"A little eager are we?" Neji said with an amused smirk, causing Gaara to pout. "Oh don't give me that look, I know that you are adorable, no need to make me turn into a pile of goo (8) right here on the spot." Neji said as he leaned down to give Gaara a chaste kiss on his lips. Neji had given up denying thinking that Gaara was cute by now; only one person can lie so much to themselves you know. He might even be, dare I say it, attracted to the cute red head. Damn it Neji get these thoughts out of your head! You are not attracted to him, you aren't! Neji mentally berated himself as he leaned down to pick up his headband and put it around his head.
"I like ice cream okay! You can't blame me for that can you?" Gaara said while pulling off the puppy dog face perfectly. Neji had to try his hardest not to melt at the puppy-dog look Gaara was giving him. Did this kid practice his looks in front of a mirror or something?
Neji just smiled down at his 'boyfriend' before grabbing his hand and giving him a gentle kiss on the cheek. "No I can't. Let's get going." Neji said before leading Gaara and him out from the clearing and in the direction of the town.
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Neji and Gaara arrived at the small ice cream parlour called 'Flavours Ice Cream' (9) after about 15 minutes of walking. After they got their ice cream they went outside and sat down at one of the picnic tables. Gaara got a Boo Boo Bubble large waffle cone ice cream, and Neji got a Zebra Stripe large waffle cone ice cream. (10) They sat in a comfortable silence eating their ice cream in silence when Neji decided to break it.
"So Gaara, what do you want to do after this?" Neji asked as he took a lick of his ice cream, turning his head to look at Gaara who was sitting on the picnic table bench beside him.
"Umm, I was wondering if we could maybe go to the mall?" Gaara asked as he took his own lick of his ice cream. He stared up at Neji, waiting for his response.
"Sure, I would love that Gaara." Neji said as he smiled down at his red-headed companion.
Gaara smiled at Neji's response. "Okay!" Gaara said as started eating his waffle cone, getting a small spot of ice cream on his nose. Neji chuckled at this. "What?" Gaara asked as he continued to eat his ice cream.
"You have a little bit of ice cream on your nose." Neji pointed out which caused Gaara to go cross-eyed trying to look at the ice cream on his nose. Gaara went to pick up a napkin but Neji stopped him. "Don't worry, I can get it." Neji said with a smirk as he leant down to Gaara's face and licked the spot of ice cream off of Gaara's nose, causing him to blush immensely.
"Neji!" Gaara hissed embarrassed. Neji only tilted his head and looked at him innocently.
"What, I was only helping you out Tanu-chan." Neji said in a tone that was completely innocent. His eyes however were shining in amusement.
"Tch, just eat your ice cream." Gaara said smiling as he finished his cone. Neji saluted him.
"Yes sir!" Neji said as he to finished his cone. After Neji and Gaara cleaned threw out their napkins they left hand in hand to the mall.
"Hey Neji, what time is it?" Gaara asked as he and Neji neared the town center where the mall was. Neji took out his phone to check the time.
"It's 3:30, why?" Neji asked as he put his phone back in his still semi-damp jeans.
"Oh, just wondering when I need to be home is all. Temari and Kankuro will probably want me home by 5:00 though." Gaara said as he and Neji turned left to go into the parking lot of the mall.
"Oh okay, that's cool." Neji said as he and Gaara went into the north entrance (11) of the mall. The mall that they were in, Zellers (12), was quite big as it had a whole bunch of stores inside of it. It had dollar stores, craft stores, clothing stores, music stores, and just your everyday average stores that sold random knick-knacks. For now though Neji and Gaara were in the main part of the store that took up half of the bottom level. This store had everything in it; clothes, shoes, food, music, you name it, they have it. Neji and Gaara were just walking through the store when they came across one of Neji's friends. Sasuke or something Gaara thought his name was.
"Hey Neji!" Sasuke said as he walked over to the couple.
"Hey Sasuke!" Neji said as he waved to his friend with his free hand. "What are you doing here Sasuke; I thought that you hated the mall?" Neji asked as Gaara just stood beside him, awkwardly shuffling his feet.
"Oh I do, but Itachi dragged me here." Sasuke explained as a look of disgust appeared on his face. "He said something about getting nail polish for his art group the Akatsuki or something like that; I didn't find it important enough to listen really." Sasuke said as his disgusted face left and a bored expression crossed his face.
"Hey, my cousin is in the Akatsuki too!" Gaara said and then started blushing when Sasuke redirected his gaze towards him.
"Oh, and who is your cousin?" Sasuke asked.
"S-Sasori Akasuna (13)." Gaara said as he stared at Sasuke.
"Ah, I thought so." Sasuke said before his gaze dropped down to Neji and Gaara's joined hands. A smirk formed on his face. "Oh Neji-kun, are you on a date?" Sasuke asked in a teasing tone of voice which caused Gaara to blush greatly, and to cause a slight tint of pink on Neji's cheeks. Neji knew just what Sasuke was doing.
"Yeah…" Neji trailed off. "Gaara this is one of my best friends Sasuke Uchiha, Sasuke this is my boyfriend Gaara Subaku." Neji said as Gaara and Sasuke shook hands.
"Hn. It's nice to meet you, Gaara." Sasuke said when they let go of each other's hands.
"L-Likewise." Gaara said as he blushed and looked downwards.
"Otōto!" Someone said as they came running towards the three boys. "Otōto there you are! Where did you run off to…oh hi Neji, and Neji's friend!" The mysterious raven haired boy said.
"No Otōto, this isn't Neji's friend this is Neji's boyfriend." Sasuke said with a smirk.
"Oh! And does Neji's boyfriend have a name?" The boy, who Gaara thought was Sasuke brother, asked as he turned his onyx gaze towards him.
"My names Gaara Subaku." Gaara said as he shook the older ravens' hand.
"My name is Itachi Uchiha, and this ingrate is my little brother." Itachi said with a smirk. "Sasuke, we really need to get going. You know how dad gets when we we're late." Itachi said while dragging his brother away from the two boys.
"Bye Neji, bye Gaara!" Sasuke said with a wink that went unnoticed by Gaara.
"Well that was…odd." Gaara said.
"Yeah, well those were the Uchiha brothers, they are very odd themselves." Neji said with a light chuckle, making Gaara giggle as well. "So, is there any store in particular you want to go to?" Neji asked and he and Gaara started walking through the lower level of Zellers.
"Umm, not really. Juts anywhere is fine." Gaara said as he and Neji walked by a couple of music stores.
"Mmm, okay. Sounds good." Neji said. He and Gaara were just aimlessly walking through the store when they came to the escalators. "Do you want to go upstairs?" Neji asked as he looked at the escalator then back at Gaara.
"Sure Gaara said as he and Neji stood on one of the steps and just let the moving stairs take them where they were going. They walked around for a couple more minutes until they came across one store in particular that caught Gaara's attention.
"Oh Neji, can we go in there please?" Gaara asked as he stopped in front of the store turning to face Neji. Neji took one look at Gaara and his mind was made up.
"Sure Gaara." Neji said with a smile as he saw how happy Gaara looked.
"Yay! Thank you Neji!" Gaara said as he pulled Neji into the store behind him. Neji and Gaara made their way into ShanaLogic (14). As they walked inside of the brightly lit store the first thing that caught Gaara's eye was a crocheted raccoon hat.
"Neji, look at this hate, isn't it so cute!" Gaara asked as he put the hat on his head. Neji smiled at how happy his 'boyfriend' was.
"It's cute, but it's even cute on you." Neji said as he approached Gaara.
Gaara blushed at Neji's comment. "T-thanks Neji." Gaara said. Just as he was about to put the hat back a hand stopped him.
"How much is it?" Neji asked as he took out his wallet.
Gaara however stopped his hand. "Y-you don't have to b-buy it for me." Gaara said as he started biting his lip. Neji smiled at him.
"I know, but I want to. So how much is it?" Neji asked again as he took the hat over to the cashier.
"U-um, it's 10.00$." Gaara said as he followed Neji to the cashier.
"Okay." Neji said as he stopped at the cashier and took out a 10.00 bill. The cashier smiled at the two boys.
"Okay, ten dollars exactly." The cashier said as she smiled sweetly at the two boys. Neji paid the women and then took the hat and put it on Gaara.
After saying bye to the cashier Neji and Gaara left the store hand-in-hand.
"N-Neji you didn't n-need to buy this hat for me." Gaara said as he looked up at his boyfriend. Neji smiled down at his 'boyfriend'.
"I know that but like I said before, I wanted to." Neji said.
"At least let me buy you something, you know to make up for it." Gaara said as he looked up at his white eyed companion.
"Gaara you don't need to, you being with me is enough to repay me for anything." Neji said as he leaned down and kissed Gaara on the top of his head.
Gaara giggled at Neji's actions. "Hey Neji, what time is it?" Gaara asked as he and Neji went down the escalators getting ready to leave the mall.
Neji took his phone out and looked at the time. "It's 4:15. Do you want to go home now?" Neji asked as he placed his phone back in his now fully dried pants.
"Umm, well could we maybe go to the park near here for a while?" Gaara asked as he and Neji stepped out into the April air. Neji smiled down at his 'boyfriend'.
"Sure. Let's go." Neji said as he led his red-haired 'boyfriend' to the park.
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When Neji and Gaara arrived at the park they sat down on a bench that was underneath a willow tree. The air that was blowing blew a few catkins into Neji's hair. Gaara took them out gently, not wanting to pull his boyfriends hair.
As Neji and Gaara sat on the bench they watched as young kids on the playground joyfully ran around chasing each other; happy, carefree, not needing to worry about things.
"Hey Neji?" Gaara asked as he turned away from the joyful scene in front of him to stare at his boyfriend.
Neji turned towards Gaara. "Hmm, what time is it Gaara?" Neji asked.
"I just wanted to say that I had a really great time today." Gaara said with a breathtaking smile. Neji smiled at this.
"Good, I'm glad that you did." Neji said as he put his hand on top of Gaara's.
Also, there is one more thing I want to ask you," Gaara blushed at what he was going to ask. "I want to try…kissing…" Gaara trailed off, his face as red as a tomato. Neji was shocked for a moment but then he smirked.
"So, you want to try kissing huh Tanu-chan?" Neji said as he moved closer to Gaara.
Gaara nodded in response, by now he was completely and utterly embarrassed. Neji tilted Gaara's head up.
"You need to be looking at me in order to kiss Tanu-chan." Was all Neji said before he leaned in and kissed Gaara gently. The two boys' lips moulded together perfectly, like they were etched out of the same piece of stone. After a few moment of getting used to each other Neji slipped his pink tongue out of his mouth and swiped it across Gaara's pink lips. Gaara hesitantly opened his mouth, only to have it invaded by a hot, wet muscle. This was all so new to Gaara that he almost pulled back. Almost. He didn't though. After a few moments of getting used to the intrusion in his mouth Gaara poked his tongue out and hesitantly touched it to Neji's own tongue. It was magic. That was all Gaara could describe it as; magic. When the need for air became too great the two boys pulled apart at the same time, completely breathless.
Gaara started blushing at the intense stare he got from his boyfriend. "I think we should go now." Gaara said as he stood up from the bench and held his hand out for Neji to take it.
Neji got off of the bench and took Gaara's hand in his own. "You don't need to be so embarrassed Tanu-chan." Neji said chuckling at how flushed his 'boyfriend' was.
Gaara elbowed Neji in the side as they walked down the street. "Shut up." Gaara said. Neji's laugh echoed down the street.
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Ending AN.
So. Many. Annotations.
(1) This song is 'Life is a Mystery' by Nightcore. I am obsessed with Nightcore so expect a lot of their songs in this story.
(2) Gaara's nickname for Naruto.
(3) Gaara's nickname for Neji. Cute huh?
(4) This is Neji's nickname for Gaara.
(5) I am pretty sure that the word 'Tanuki' means Japanese Raccoon when it is translated, but don't hate me if it isn't T.T
(6) There is a place near my house that me and my brother call Forest Grove.
(7) This is the story I made up for Gaara's tattoo and, le gasp, Yashamaru is alive! He probably won't be in this story though. I hate him.
(8) This is the way my friend described my puppy-dog face to her, it just makes her almost turn into a pile of goo. Lovely picture huh?
(9) This is the name of and ice cream parlour in my town. It is amazing.
(10) Yes, the ice cream shop in my town has these flavours. Boo Boo Bubble is a bubble gum flavoured ice cream, that has pieces of bubble gum in it, and Zebra Striped is vanilla and dark chocolate ice cream mixed together to make zebra stripes. Yum.
(11) My mall has a north and south entrance in it, so this one will to.
(12) This is the name of my mall in my town.
(13) I know that Sasori and Gaara aren't related in the show but in my story they are.
(14) ShanaLogic is a site I worship, but they don't have stores so I just made this part up…and the price of that raccoon hat, it is actually 42.00$ on the site. So I lowered the price down like 32.00$. Yeah…
Well, this chapter didn't take long to write at all! Note the mass amount of sarcasm back thurr. I'm not going to lie to you guys though; this chapter took me quite a while to write! And I'm sorry about not updating this story yesterday like I was hoping to but my grandmother decided she would stop my house unexpectedly so I couldn't work on this story while she was over at my house T.T but I hope that I made up for it with the length of the chapter, it's like 13 pages, and all time record for me! I was originally going to split this chapter up but then I kept getting new ideas half way through writing scenes and I couldn't find any good places to stop and, UGH, this chapter was just a freaking bitch to write, and yet I somehow loved it. I do believe I have overused the word 'boyfriend'. I hope that you understood why I used boyfriend for Gaara and 'boyfriend' for Neji. Also, I have no clue if I am making Neji and Gaara's relationship go way too fast because I have never been in a relationship (forever alone T.T) so I don't know how the whole process of dating really works, so don't be afraid to yell at me if I am doing something wrong. I am going to end this now, for it getting to be much too long. I hope to meet you again in the next chapter!
Gaara: Maddie, did you actually just write this piece of crap, like did you really?
Me: Yes Gaara, I did. And don't call it a piece of crap, I worked really hard on it -pouts-
Neji: Gaara stop being to moody, just because you are the uke in this story does not give you the right to be a bitch. -smirks-
Gaara: Grrr…
Me: well, I'm going to end this before things get out of hand so, bye bye!