Stuffing Love
Chapter 4:
The bus ride had started off with the blond excitedly following the redhead and doing just as the other boy did. Naruto had placed the coin in the slot and smiled at the driver before taking a seat towards the back beside Gaara. Before the bus had been in motion a full two minutes Gaara was already wishing he had let the energetic boy sit by the window, currently he had the tanned boy draped across his lap looking out the glass. Gaara was glad the boy had re-framed from asking questions though. Naruto seemed content with just watching the world go by as the bus moved down the streets going further into the town.
Narutos blue eyes were wide and dashing from side to side as they took in everything they could. He had never seen so many things before. There were tons of people waiting to cross in front of the thing Gaara had called the bus, they were dressed in many fashions and ranged in age and height. It was amazing that so many people could exist. The colors on shops, the size of buildings, everything had the boy amazed. He looked up as Gaara pulled a string and the object he was inside stopped. Naruto stood and let Gaara lead the way once more.
The first stop was to gather clothes, since the groceries would go bad if they were bought first, Gaara started walking and soon stopped. The boy he had brought was not behind him. A frown graced the red heads face as he started to retrace his steps. Had the boy been caught in a crowd? He found this to be correct when he found the boy trying to locate himself. Gaara sighed lightly as he grabbed the tan wrist of the blond. He didn't want to lose him again. It the area it was hard to tell when the rain would start and Gaara was not one to like to get stuck in thunderstorms. Naruto didn't seem to mind as he was lead like a child to the section of shops that held clothes.
The scent of leather and fabric dyes hung in the air upon entering one of the shops. Naruto smiled at the new scent and then the rows of clothes. It was all very new to him. He wasn't for sure what to do, where to look first, could he touch the items, was there a way to see if they'd fit? He was about to ask the questions to his only friend but, a man walked forth with a smile on his face.
"Hello, can I help you two?" The man asked looking between Naruto and Gaara.
"We are looking for some clothes in his size." Gaara replied lightly.
"What size are you? Any style that your looking for?" The man asked in a professional tone.
"We are not for sure what size. He's staying with me for awhile and doesn't know his size." Gaara answered for Naruto, who was confused... He was normal size right? For a human anyways.
"Okay, we can fix that." The man nodded and lead the way to a rack of jeans. "Lets go ahead and start here. You can go ahead and look through these, when you find a pair you like take a few sizes and try them on. I'll go see what I have in the shirt section I think you might like and that will fit." The man headed off to the front of the store and Gaara started to go through the jeans, Naruto followed his lead.
"So, what kind should I get?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"Any kind you like." Gaara held out a pair of denim pants that were a faded light blue. Naruto looked them over and shook his head. He lightly touched a pair and held them up a darker blue with pre-made rips in the knees.
"I kind of like these. What do you think?" Naruto liked the way they looked and the fact that the back pockets had a fox like image sewed onto them. They were rather simple but, he didn't need anything fancy.
"Let's follow the salesman's advice and take a few sizes." The two rummaged around and the man returned with a stack of shirts. Naruto took a load of clothes to the dressing room and started the task of trying them on. He keep the hat on when exiting the small room to show the clothes to Gaara, the salesman had offered to stay but Gaara had turned the offer down. After finding enough clothes to last the boy a week Gaara paid and the two headed out to look for some shoes, a coat and the personal items that were needed. They entered a shoe store and Gaara almost walked back out.
The raven headed boy from school had already spotted his redheaded prey... And his prey's friend. Sasuke Uchicha stopped looking at the new line of sneakers and headed over to where the two other boys were at. "This is your plans?" He asked looking at the poorly dressed boy beside Gaara. "Charity work?" He asked looking back at Gaara.
Gaara ignored the comment and tried to ignore the boy. Apparently the raven headed fellow didn't pick up on this as he stood there waiting for something. Gaara wasn't for sure what.
"Who are you?" Sasuke asked the new comer.
Naruto smiled brightly as someone wanted to talk to him it seemed. "Oh, my name is Naruto! Whats yours?"
Sasuke was a bit annoyed at the level of excitement in the others voice. "Sasuke. What are you new to town? Never seen you at school."
"He's home schooled." Gaara answered as Naruto tilted his head.
"Well, how do you know Gaara then?" Sasuke continued his interrogation of the boy.
"I've always known him. Well, I guess not always, always." Naruto laughed lightly.
"Were childhood friends." Gaara supplied.
"Oh, that's interesting." Sasuke didn't sound very interested about the subject though. "Do you think you can manage to leave Gaara alone long enough to let him come to my house tonight?" It really was more of a command then a statement.
"I have no plans on going to your house." Gaara really wished the boy would just give up on the idea. "The rest of my family will be there, so your father should be pleased."
"Why, whats happening at your house?" Naruto asked looking at the raven haired male with curiosity. Sasuke almost felt a bit of embarrassment. The boy seemed to have no ability to hide his feelings from his expressions.
"A party for my brother." He smirked lightly. "Would you like to come?"
"Yeah!" Naruto grew excited by the invitation. He had never been invited to any place, well shopping with Gaara had been part of a deal so it didn't count.
"You can't." Gaara looked over to the blond. "Your staying over tonight." He did not need the blond going to some party and making a fool out of himself. Naruto seemed to catch on as he made the face that said 'oops'.
"Are you his father or something?" Sasuke asked annoyed now. He had thought the redhead would come if the other did as well. Though he felt he could just settle on the blond. Either would work really.
"No." Gaara was tired of speaking to the boy now.
"Oh, are you his boyfriend then?" Sasuke smiled as he hoped to get a reaction out of either of the boys. Neither seemed to take the bait though.
"No." Gaara answered but, Naruto thought out loud.
"Your not?" The blonds face was scrunched in thought and confusion. "Your a boy and my friend, right?"
"That's not what he means." Gaara was gong to have to step up Narutos computer lessons before taking him out of the house again. "We have shopping to do, leave us alone." If only it was that simple though. Instead the Uchiha followed the two and suggested they buy different things. He made fun of Naruto and teased him about the things he liked or said. Naruto was soon catching on about how to throw insults back. Gaara felt like a babysitter for siblings or something as he fought the urge not to beat the crap out of the two and leave them there in the middle of the shoe store.
After they had paid Gaara had hoped to be free of the annoyance, but Sasuke offered to buy them all lunch. Naruto had been excited to get food and Gaara had passed on the offer for them both. He agreed when Sasuke said he'd stop bothering the pale skinned boy about tonight's party if he had lunch with him instead. So, Gaara had to endure the annoyance for a tad longer as they found a place to sit down and eat.
A/N: Well hope you enjoyed! Review if you wish and I have a few replies for you:
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TechnoAngelPrincess: I'm glad you seem to be liking the story thus far. I think its a bit funny as well, that's what I'm going for so I hope it happens! Thanks for the review and hope you enjoyed this chapter and the ones that follow.