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Chapter 6

Gaara was in his British literature class where they were reading a play called 'Othello'. He had previously read it and to him it didn't quite make sense on how things happened and the choices the characters made. It was about a couple that loved each other but one of the main characters' friend filled him up with lies about his lover, which he believed, leading him to kill his lover out of jealousy.

Usually, Gaara would be very focused on the topic they would be going through, even though he had already read that play, his thoughts would wander to Sakura. The girl who suddenly appeared outside his window asking for help the the night before.

He wondered where she had come from, and where she had gotten her wounds. She only told him her name and he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable by asking her questions. Although it did drive him crazy not knowing what happened to her, he asked himself if it was a good idea to keep her in his house. He knew nothing of her but he still wanted to keep her safe from whatever she was running from. He didn't understand it though, he would never feel this protective over someone he had only met once. But with her it was different, he felt a pull towards her as if he was-

"Hey Gaara!"

Gaara was too deep in thought to notice that his blonde friend had been calling out to him. Getting back to reality he answered "Hey Naruto"

"Whats wrong with you Gaara? You seem to be spacing off lately, did something happen?"

Gaara didn't know it would be this obvious to other people.

"Nothing happened, it's just that I'm a bit tired but I'm fine" Naruto looked at him with a puzzled look, but shook it off then said "Do you want to get ramen during lunch today"

"Sure"

After they had eaten their lunch he started thinking about her again, and he realized that he didn't even leave her any food in his room for her to eat, and what if she went to the kitchen and she got seen? Then his mom would know that he was hiding a girl in the house and he would get in a lot of trouble. Even though he was almost 18, he still had to follow the rules of the house.

When school was out Gaara rushed to his house as fast as he could, When he got to the house he noticed that no one was home yet and was thankful for that. He ran up to the his room and burst through the door to his room. He saw Sakura laying down on his bed, and she had turned to him when he went through the door. She looked shocked at how he had entered, but he didn't put much thought to that.

The first thing he said was "Have you eaten yet?"

All she did was shake her head and he was out the door as fast as he had come in. She didn't even have enough time to call out to him to ask why he had asked that. Until she realized that he didn't know that she wasn't human. Of course he would worry if she had eaten or not, but since she was a faerie she didn't necessarily need to eat everyday if she was in the human world. But he didn't know that.

Gaara ran out as he saw her nod and ran directly to a store that they lived by. He had enough money to buy things for Sakura to eat. He decided to buy her fruits since that was something he didn't need to cook, because if his mom or his brother came home while he was cooking something they would be suspicious. Especially if he took the food up to his room. Fruits and snacks were probably the most easiest things he could sneak in with out the others realizing he had someone else over at the house.

While he was at the register he suddenly remembered it was Tuesday, "oh god.." Tuesday was laundry day, which meant his mom would go inside his room to collect clothes. He then quickly asked the cashier what time it was, " um.. its 4:50" said the cashier, Gaara then paid and grabbed the fruits and yelled a quick "Thanks!" before running out the store leaving a puzzled cashier.

Gaara ran as quick as he could without dropping the fruits. His mom would get back from work at 5:00 which meant he had 10 minutes before she came home. " I hope..she didn't get home early" Gaara thought as he ran across a street.

If Gaara's mom saw Sakura she'd probably freak out. He shuddered remembering the time that Kankuro snuck his girlfriend in the house. His mom then found them passionately kissing on his bed; the night ended ugly. Since that time his mom made it clear that they shall never Ever sneak girls in the house.

As Gaara turned the corner of his street his eyes went wide "Damn" he whispered as he saw his mom's car parked in front of the house. He then ran up the yard and opened the door, he was semi breathing hard after running. While he was trying to even out his breathing he saw his mom coming down the stairs "are you okay Gaara?" she asked as she saw him trying to control his breathing "I'm...fine did..you go into my room?" His mom raised and eyebrow at him "well yes I just got your dirty clothes... why is something the matter?" "no...nothing" Gaara said as he passed his mom on the stairs. 'Sakura must have hid' Gaara thought in relief.

When he opened the door he quickly closed it and locked it after entering. He then threw the bags on top of the bed and started looking for Sakura. Gaara found her watering a plant he had in his bathroom. "I brought you fruit to eat" Sakura looked up at him and smiled "Thank you"

She went back to the bedroom and sat down on the bed. Gaara handed her the bag with the fruit in it and she took it and started to take out what was inside. He had bought strawberries, grapes and peaches. When she started eating a strawberry he was in awe. She was nibbling on it as if she was a small animal. Gaara thought she looked almost like a chipmunk when she ate. She must have noticed that he was staring because she looked at him and gave him a knowing look.

"Ooh you should have one too, I don't want to be the only one to be eating something that you bought." Gaara took a strawberry and started eating it slowly, still glancing at Sakura. It had barley been two days since they met and Gaara was still somewhat nervous to be around Sakura, He felt himself blush at the thought of her when he was at school and being this close to her felt soothing to him. It made him feel as if he had butterflies in his stomach.

They were eating their fruit in silence when there was a knock on the door and Gaara almost choked what he was eating since he had gone almost in a trance just by watching Sakura eat.

He heard his mom saying that dinner was ready and he let out a "Y-yeah I'll be there in a minute" He looked at Sakura and she just smiled at him "you should go eat"

He felt guilty that he couldn't take her with him to eat. He must have given her a sad look when she said "Don't worry about me, ill have enough with what you brought me" He heard the plates downstairs and he knew that his mom would come get him if he didn't go, so he got up and went to the kitchen.

He ate his dinner and before he excused himself his mom asked him if everything was okay. "Yea everything's fine, it's just.. uh.. exams, yea. I have some exams I'm concerned about" "Well as long as It's just that, I was just wondering if you had any girl problems." At that Gaara felt his cheeks burn up and he tried to not look at his mom "I know I told you boys not to bring any girls to the house but that doesn't mean you can't have girlfriends, if it's about a girl, I could help" Gaara's mom gave him a smile but then he just got up and went to his room. "He's been acting weird lately I think it is a girl problem, I want you to figure out whats been bugging your brother" Gaara's mom said to Kankuro. Kankuro just nodded while chewing his food.

When he got to the confinement of his room he exhaled a long breath, he couldn't believe that his mom was asking about girls. He had to be careful, if he wasn't, then his mom would find out about Sakura.

He looked around his room and he saw Sakura lying down in his bed sleeping so he grabbed a blanket and covered her. It would have been better if she was under the bed sheets but he didn't want to wake her, so he just took one of the extra blankets he had.

He made himself a little sleeping place on the floor as far as he could from her.(which would be close to the bathroom door) 'It would be quite ungentlemanly to sleep close to her' he thought. Before he fell asleep he peeked over at her and wondered why in the world was he even helping her out? Gaara had never put in so much effort to help anyone out. He couldn't understand it but a feeling inside him was just pulling him to her. 'This is so confusing!' he thought, he couldn't figure out what the feeling was.

Looking at Sakura he was asking himself 'Why was she so beaten up? Who is after her? Is she real? Am I just dreaming all this?' But before he thought too much he calmed his thoughts down and told himself that he'll try to ask her the next day, and so he forced himself to fall asleep.

When Gaara woke up the next morning he almost had a heart attack. When he opened his eyes he saw Kankuro slowly opening his door. When realization hit him he quickly did something that he would quickly regret.