Disclaimer: I do not own any of the content of my story, although sometimes I wish I did ^-^, but sadly it all belongs to Masashi Kishimoto and whichever publishing company he and the magazines it goes into.

Warning: my story contains boys love/ shounen-ai/ yaoi/ and slash fiction, only for the open minded or u might get scarred for life ^-^

A/N: I am aware I say boxen instead of boxes, I know it isn't proper, it's an inside joke. If you go on to YouTube and type in 'Naruto stupid in school', you'll understand, it is hilarious. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Well has anyone been reading the Naruto manga lately, omg, I wonder who Tobi is, I know he definitely isn't Madara, and is Naruto gonna become the sage of six paths or what, did he get all of the tailed beast, is he the jinjuuriki for them all now, or what? It's driving me crazy. And what about Sasuke, it seems he's not as much of a psychopath when he's itachi. But, whatever, it will all be revealed in due time. God!

Chapter 4

I stared at the box brought in by Temari on my desk. I lifted it up, it was heavy, everyone must have voted. I felt nervous just looking at it, after all, inside of it was my future. I pulled the lid off the box and put it down on the ground. I cleared all of the stuff off my desk in preparation and put it on the floor. Once it was clean I dumped the boxen contents onto my desk and stared at them.

"So, what are we going to do with them?" I said to Temari. Naruto watched from behind me petting my head while I sat on his lap and stared at the pile of paper holding my fate.

"Well, why don't we put it in a yes and no pile and just put the corresponding paper in their piles." Temari made two clearings on each side of the table and pointed which one was for yes and no, while the uncounted ballots were in the middle. I grabbed the first paper, it said no. I felt my hopefulness sink even more than it was before, like my positiveness, or what little I had of it, was leaking.

This went on for a while, I felt a little more hopeful every time I saw a yes in my hands, but it was shortly dashed when I found another no. I started to feel like I already knew the answer; I would probably end up having to leave.

"How you doing, Gaara?" Naruto said as he petted my hair. He could see over my shoulder and the reactions on my face every time I picked up a paper. I put my hand back and he held it in his hand that wasn't occupied.

"I'm fine, Naruto, I was actually kind of expecting a reaction like this. So don't worry, kay?" I looked into his eyes that were so full of worry. I tried to show I wasn't sad, but what my face hid, my eyes couldn't.

"Don't worry; I don't think your people would abandon the best Kazekage they've ever had." Naruto pecked my cheek while Temari concentrated on the paper, unaware of our little intimate moment.

"You're right Naruto," then I whispered in his ear, "I love you." I looked at our ballot paper so far, the yeses were winning, if it kept going like this I kept my position as the newly-out-of-the-closet-Kazekage.

Unfortunately, it didn't work out how I wanted it to. When we were done, most of the votes consisted of no's, at least three guarters more than the yeses.

"Gaara…" Naruto held put his arms around me and I held on back. Temari looked over at the piles then over to me with a sullen expression on her face. I buried my head into his shoulder and tried to hold back my tears. But you could still hear my breath quivering. I held on tight, clinging to the fabric of Naruto's jacket. The fabric grew more and more wet and I pushed my face into his shoulder. If I had been listening I would have heard the steps walking toward the door.

Then someone once again knocked on the door. I got up and let them in, it was Kankuro.

"Have you gotten the results yet?" asked Kankuro.

"…Yah, it was a no…" Temari answered never taking her eyes off the pile. Kakuro's eyes drifted over to where I sat on Naruto's lap and saw me embracing him in my depression. His expression made him look wounded.

"What are you going to do? I mean, you can't be Kazekage anymore." said Kankuro.

"I don't know," I honestly didn't know.

I could do what Naruto suggested earlier and live with him in the leaf, or live a life full of ridicule in the Sand. I knew which the better of the two was.

"I guess I could go live with Naruto," both my siblings looked shocked.

"Are you sure about that Gaara, you want to live with Naruto?" Kankuro said.

"What's wrong with living with me?" Kankuro looked at him as if he was joking. "What's so funny?" Temari sent Kankuro a sharp look.

"What we mean to say is, you can't leave, you're our brother…" said Temari.

"But I can, in fact I don't have any other choice. If I stay here I'll go back to being an outcast, I might as well be a jinjuuriki again?" it was quiet after that.

"You can come live with me anytime."

"Thanks ,Naruto," I cuddled up against him. "Well, I should go tell the villagers the news, but before that I should finish organizing Chiyo's funeral."I had totally forgotten, since I was caught in the moment.

"Yah, probably" said Naruto. When I was done with the arrangments I nodded at him.

"Ready?"

"Okay" I said and got up off his lap then tried to compose myself.

The sun was bright as I walked over to the only too familiar podium. I put my hands on the oak rock of the stand and stared out at the crowd. There were loud whispers going through the crowd. I felt nervous again, and I felt the nervousness rising inside me again like a bubble ready to burst. My hand was behind my back fiddling with itself, my nervous tick as I so call it.

I tapped on the microphone and waited for the familiar hush that I got once I had their attention. It eventually came after a minute of waiting and then I started talking.

"Hello Sand village, I am here to tell you the results of your poll…well, you decided and… I am not longer your Kazekage I will leave it up it Elder Ebizo to decide. I will be leaving tonight. The funeral for Elder Chiyo will be tomorrow at 3, we will commemorate her life and what she achieved through out it. So that is all, thank you for your time…" I turned around and I heard the crowd was quiet. I walked off the stage and into the Kazekage building.

I felt a familiar hand on my shoulder and put my hand on. I turned around and saw the sad smiling face of my favorite blond-haired knuckle-head ninja. I smiled back at him sadly and put my hands around his waist.

"Let's go back to my house." I whispered into Naruto's ear. He blushed.

"Anything you say, Gaara"

"I love you so much…"

"I love you too." Naruto leaned in and kissed my lips. I blushed again; it was pretty common by now. We walked to my house slowly, holding hands. I was still in my Kazekage outfit, and once I took it off I would probably never put it on again. I smiled at him the whole way.

Once we reached the house I let go of the hand and opened the door for him.

"Why thank you, Gaara." He said politely.

"No problem." I smiled at him and he smiled back. I reached out for his hand and he held it firmly in his.

I dragged him through the entryway and into the living room. I brought him other places in my house finally ending the tour when we stopped in front of the door to my room.

"This is my room", I said shyly.

"Really, I would love to see it!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Okay, just one sec, it's a little messy." I went in and shut the door behind me, trying to hide the view of inside from the blond outside. I rushed around my room, trying to tidy up what little mess I had left before I was kidnapped. I was gone for about a couple days, but a lot happened in a couple days. I had my tailed beast ripped from me, I died. Then Naruto saved me. Naruto… I longed for his touch, I loved him so much it hurt, like an ache in my heart the I could never make disappear.

When I was done I poked my head around the corner of the door, "I'm done, come in."

"Okay!" Naruto flung open the door in a fit of joy and jumped on top of my bed, cuddling with my bear. One of its button eyes hung loosely from the string that held it to the head. My uncle had given me that bear when I was younger, to show that he loved me, unfortunately, he lied.

"Having fun?" I asked as I saw him rolling around on my bed like a dog.

"Tons!" I could detect a hint of sarcasm in his words but ignored it. I sat down beside him and petted his head as he held fiercely onto the bear.

"I see you found my bear," I smiled at him.

"This is yours? I thought Temari must've left it in here, it's so cute!" Naruto squealed as he looked at its droopy eye/button.

"Yah, my uncle got it for me when I was younger. So, how do you like my room?" I looked at him with a curious expression.

"I love it; it's so much neater than my room. My apartment's pretty messy. When you come I'll have to clean it up for you, I don't want you to see how messy it is, it's embarrassing!"

"It can't be that bad, can it?" I knew Naruto lived by himself, so that probably meant he had no one to tell him to clean up after himself. Naruto's house was probably worse than I imagined it to be. I smiled to myself as I imagined him sleeping in his bed, surrounded by a mountain of trash and dirty clothes.

"When I move in with you, where am I going to sleep?"

"I never thought of that, I suppose you could sleep with me, I mean, if that's okay with you?"

"Of course, I would love to. How bad is your house?"

"It's not the best looking, or cleanest place I've ever been, but I still think it isn't horrible, after all, it's my home."

"Yah, your right…Naruto?

"Yah?"

"Since you have your own house and everything and you've lived by yourself since you were born, who raised you when you couldn't do it yourself?"

"Uhmm… Well, when I was younger I had caretakers, I would get a new one every week, I guess they didn't like the fact that they were taking care of a demon," he sighed, "But it doesn't bother me, I think I turned out fine, how do you think I turned out?"

"Absolutely perfect, I wouldn't change anything about you; well I would get rid of your tailed beast for you, so you no longer have to live with that burden on your shoulders. I'm glad I no longer have mine, I'm so excited to see what sleep feels like!"

"Oh yah, you don't sleep do you, when I was younger I used to think your bags were eyeliner," he laughed to himself, "Do want to sleep with me tonight, make your first time a special experience…" I wasn't sure what he meant by that, me sleeping with him or… well you get the gist of it.

"Okay…"

TBC …

A/N: ooooo, it's about to get spicier between Naruto and Gaara, I'm not sure if what is in the next chapter will have to be rated M or if it can stay T, I don't know. What did you think of this chapter, was it boring, did it go by too fast, was it lacking something, or, did it leave you wishing for more. Please review so I can fix the things I did wrong, or the mistakes I made, kay. Well thanks for reading my story, I try to make a chapter a day so I don't leave you waiting forever like some people, not mentioning any names, so I'll will try my best to deliver what I promise! ^-^ thanks for reading! (fun fact: If you get a goldfish and leave it in a dark room for a long time, it will turn white, want to try this so bad!)