Gaara
"Leave them alone, let them sleep." Tsunade?
"Are you sure they are going to be ok?" Temari? What is she doing here?
"They'll be fine. I'm more worried about how your father said he isn't going to do anything about this." Tsunade again. What were they talking about?
"He wouldn't do anything against a fellow demon. He thinks we all have to stick together. Plus he has a soft spot for Sasuke. Sasuke's brother killed his parents. He killed a lot of people, he's just a murderer. Father never did anything about him either." Temari said.
"You guys should leave the room if you're going to keep talking, but don't go too far. I need to get back to work." Tsunade said.
I heard a door click shut. It was silent for a while. I concentrated on me, my head hurt but it was fine as long as I didn't move. There was a familiar weight on my side... Naruto? Was he sleeping with me? Oh Sasuke... he was... and Naruto... ow... head... my poor Naruto, I hope Sasuke didn't hurt him! I wish I was able to stop that, cursed IV. I hate them; it's just a leach the doctors use so you can't check out illegally. Naruto seemed to be breathing peacefully and calm, so I figured he was asleep. I couldn't figure out how to open my eyes.
"It was a nice thing you did for Naruto." Temari's voice sounded. Who was she talking to? Tsunade left... wait there was someone else in the room Tsunade talked about.
"Yeah whatever. I owed the kid. For breaking his wrist and all... and Gaara would've been a prick to me for the rest of his life, so I was just investing for myself in the long run." Kankuro? What are they talking about?
"Oh come on, there was nothing more to it than that? Or are you just too afraid to admit you were nice for once and helped out someone? I mean, he's probably a soon to be family member as well, that not so disgraceful is it?" Temari said sweetly.
"Don't tell Gaara... anyway it was you who beat Sasuke anyway... I swear, I'll never call you a bitch again, and that's not because I can see what you can do, but because I respect you. That Sasuke was a tough guy. If you didn't step in he would have had me for sure."
"Well thanks bro. I'll remember that the next time you wake up with a hangover and I'm yelling at you to pick up your clothes take a shower and help me clean the house." Temari barked back. I smiled and snuggled into my Naruto. I hadn't realized I'd done it until the room fell silent at me moving. It was only soon after that that I'd fallen back asleep.
Naruto
My tail hurts. My thigh hurts. My damn head hurts. Stupid head ache. I was wrapped around something that kept me warm and I remembered...it was Gaara. I softly smiled as I cuddled more into him. Hoping I wasn't hurting him. Yes Gaara's main injury was his head but he still didn't get to eat yesterday so he was still weak I would guess.
Now that notice it was the first night in the last 3 days that I didn't have a nightmare. Was it because I was sleeping with Gaara?
I didn't want to open my eyes. I was still tired but I knew I wouldn't be able to fall asleep again. I was perfect where I was.
Gaara was breathing calmly so I guess he was still sleeping.
"I love you..." I whispered.
"I love you to Naru.' Gaara snickered and my eyes opened.
"H-how do you always do that?"
"DO what?" He kissed the top of my head.
"Wake up before me then I s-say or do something really embarrassing"
"I do? Well I don't try to." he smiled and I grinned.
"How long have you been up?" I asked him questionably
"A few hours."
"A few hours!"
"Well...if you count 7 a few." He smirked
"T-That's not a few. Did you eat? Why didn't you wake me up!"
"Because you were tired and u looked like you hadn't slept for days before. Besides...I like being next to you. And because I was unconscious for 3 days I lost some close time with you." I sighed and my stomach growled Gaara laughed.
"I wish I could cook something for you, Naru, but sadly you're going to have to eat the cafeteria food. Which I recommend a partially cooked bagel with strawberry jam." He said in a waiter voice.
I blushed and smiled. He seems so much normal...but even so. Every time I don't look at him I can sense him stressing. I don't want him to hide it but if he wants to then he can. I won't push him.
Gaara
I'm so glad Naru is ok. I would have killed myself if anything happened to him. I pushed a button for a nurse. She didn't look happy to be in here, but Tsunade was her boss.
"Yes?" she asked, hoping we didn't need her to do anything.
"What does it take for a guy to get some grub in a hospital?" I asked.
"What would you like sir-s." she added the s.
Naruto and I gave our orders, and she rushed out the door. I snuggled back with Naruto until the food came, then Naruto had to help me sit up, because I couldn't do it myself. I noticed that when he sat on his tail, not a problem before, he jumped and opened his mouth as if to let out a yelp. But he held it in and moved his tail out from under his butt.
"You ok?" I asked, pulling his tail so it nestled between him and me and lightly stroking it. There was some dried blood in the fur. "N-Naru...? I'm so sorry... this is all my fault." I said.
"How is it your fault?"Naruto asked.
"If I had never been mean to you to get me over to my house, you would have never gotten scared and ran off. And if that didn't happen you wouldn't have gotten lost, and I wouldn't have been at your house that night, and you wouldn't have come down with hypothermia. And if you weren't sick, I wouldn't have been there when your uncle showed up. And if he didn't disown you, then you wouldn't have had to come live at my house, and Kankuro wouldn't have tried to eat you. And I would have beaten up the kids at school regardless, but you wouldn't have been in the middle of things when my father came home and brought Sasuke with him!" I ranted.
"No." was all Naruto could say. He denied this. I didn't want to argue.
"Listen, how long are we stuck in here? This place is boring." I said.
"Till Thursday." I jumped at hearing my aunt's voice. "Then I'll let you leave."
Naruto
"No." I can't believe he was saying this! I...I don't want him to think like that because it scares me to think that he might ask me to not be with him. I wouldn't be able to handle it. I wanted to counter him but he changed the subject
"Listen, how long are we stuck in here? This place is boring." It made me sad that Gaara didn't want to talk about something he brought up. But really...it wasn't his fault. If anything it was all mine.
"Till Thursday." I turned my attention to Tsunade. My ears picked up her shoes clacking away at the floor so I knew she was coming even if I was distracted by Gaara.
"Then I'll let you leave."
I sighed and looked at Gaara. He did have that stressed look but he also did have that bored expression on his face.
"Ts-Tsunade?" I asked.
"Yes dear?"
"Could you bring the stuff that I brought from the car?" Gaara looked at me oddly and Tsunade just smiled and nodded.
"What's in the car?"
"Your sketch book and my flash drive." I responded. It was silent but I could tell that Gaara's mood turned up some bit.
He hugged me more and he kissed my cheek. Softly rubbing my tail.
"I really am sorry your beautiful tail...got hurt like it did." He frowned.
"It's okay Gaara...it just hurts and is a little soar." He continued to softly pet my tail and it made me feel better.
I lightly purred and then blushed.
"I'm sorry to interrupt." Tsunade coughed at the door and my blush deepened, "But Gaara this is yours." He handed him the sketchbook and wallet."And Naruto here are the others." She handed me my flash drive and the framed picture Gaara drew. When I saw it I smiled.
"U-Um Tsunade...can I borrow a laptop or something." She nodded and left again.
Gaara
It didn't take Tsunade long to get her laptop out of her office and bring it to Naruto. He plugged it in and began typing away. I lay back down for a bit. All I did was sleep for 3 days at least, but I still felt tired. After a while though, of listening to the sound of Naruto taping away at his key board, I sat up slowly ignoring my headache and began to read over his shoulder. The scene he was typing was painted in my mind, and I grabbed my sketchbook and opened it to the next empty page. after a while I had a couple, two boys, cuddled up together in the middle of a living room, sitting on a lazy boy chair, both with steaming drinks in their hands and smiles on their faces. Outside the window behind them was a field and some trees covered in a soft layer of snow. The uke was on the semi's laugh, his feet facing me and his seme facing the fire. The uke was leaning against the opposite arm rest, both hands on his steaming cup. The seme had one arm over his uke's shoulder, and the other balancing his cup in his uke's lap.
Naruto looked at the picture and his jaw dropped. Then he looked from me to his story. "Did you... from my story...?"
"You're writing inspired me." I explained.
"Really?"
"yeah, but can I ask you something?"
"Anything." Naruto said turning to face me a bit.
"Why snow in the back ground?" that's what had caught my eye. His description of the snow. I don't know why. He talked of it as almost a pure heavenly substance. I always thought of snow as something that would appear on the bottom level of Dante's inferno.
"I've never seen snow before. Uncle Jiraiya hates it because he's not a winter fox, but my mom was. she had the white fox ears. Even though I look my dad, I loved to hear my mom's stories of snow. That's why I asked for a place this far north. I want to see it." Naruto told me.
I smiled. "Oh you'll see it alright. It's only starting to get cold. You wait till we get closer to Christmas." I kissed my uke.
Naruto
Gaara lightly placed a few pecks to my lips and I responded by blushing and doing the same to him. I don't know why it felt like forever since we even kissed like this.
"And when it snows well play in it and then cuddle up together to keep each other warm." Gaara smiled and lightly kissed me again.
"That sounds nice..." I nuzzled my head in his neck and he wrapped his arms around me.
"If I ever hurt you please tell me. I don't want you in pain." Gaara sighed at this and began tracing circles on my lower back.
"I should be saying that to you by what I've put you through."
One hand absentmindedly stroked my tail and I purred lightly.
"I-I love you Gaara."
"Love you to Naru." He smiled and kissed me again softly.
After a few more minuets I changed from writing my story to reading an old one. I didn't know which one I chose, but it was a one-shot that I never named. I wish I had though.
Gaara:
I read it over his shoulder. It was a cute story, but I could tell I would be bored in here for three days. I slept after that, and later when I woke up Naruto was asleep. I cracked open the computer and read some of his one-shots. I usually read graphic novels or watched porn, reading about it and having my own images was just as good though. I looked for one of his chapter stories and started them from the beginning.
The days were slow, but the next day when Naru was asleep I couldn't help but think about what my father said. "If I wanted to date Naruto, I couldn't do it under his roof."
"Tsunade? What do you know about real estate?" I asked.
"If you want a place of your own, you need a job." was her only advice to me. I took it to heart.
Thursday rolled around, and I insisted to my sister that one, I could drive home. I didn't want to leave my car in the hospital parking lot anyway. And two, I needed to see some fresh air. I thought maybe Naruto and I could go to a park or something. I wouldn't stress myself, I promised her, but I just wanted to sit in the sun.
Naruto and I got in the car, we were all but healed now, I still had stitches but they weren't visible behind my hair, and Naruto still had his cast.
On the way to the park I stopped on the side of a street to buy the news paper out of one of those box things... I dug a quarter from my pocket, and grabbed the paper, getting back in the car and drove to that park.
"What's the paper for?" Naru asked me. I smiled at him.
"I was asleep for three days and stuck in the hospital for more. World war 3 could have started." I said.
"Oh."
That was only half of the reason, but I wasn't sure of my other reason yet, so I went with the safer answer. Naruto had fun chasing squirrels while I opened up to the classifieds.
Houses and jobs, houses and jobs...
"What are you doing?" Naruto asked sitting next to me, some sweat on his forehead.
"What would you think if I bought a place for us? No outside... troubles." I asked.
"Will you have enough money?" Naruto asked me.
"I can get a job. The tattoo artist I got this from was looking for co-artist. I bet I can land a sweet job there. Temporary of course, until I can find something...better." I said.