Naruto
Running away is always the best explanation for everything right? Running away from Gaara just now seemed to be the right thing since I'm not really good enough for anything since he wants a normal relationship. Its not my fault I cant hide myself well enough like he can. If he wanted I would of put on a hat to cover my stupid animal ears and I would of tucked my tail in as I tried to act normal so we could go on a NORMAL date.
Is that why he's acting like he is now? Is it because I cant be normal enough for him and he's sick of protecting me the way he has? I bet you I'm so much money and he cant even afford me anymore can he…I'm causing him stress and I suck big time for just being a dumb anthro. No stop thinking that way Naruto…I'm possibly over exaggerating right?
I wiped my eyes roughly as I turned another corner. By now I guess I should think that he would be coming after me…if he truly does love me. He doesn't seem to want me though…seeing as how I cause him the amount of trouble I do. I stopped completely and rested my back against a brick wall. Lowering my ears enough as I tried to mess with my hair to cover them. Didn't really work out…maybe I should grow my hair out longer like Jiraiya. Failing miserably I tilted my head back and breathed heavily seeing as how I just ran away without really stopping till I slowed down.
My life sucks…its because of me that Gaara cant really live the normal life that he wants to right? I mean he's a demon but he can fit in with humans. So I would think that he would want to try and live as normal as a life as he can. But with me…he cant really do that because everywhere we go I'm spotted, making him get attention and then he gets angry for me and…I haven't had these thoughts since we started dating. How we might not be good for each other because we are so different. How the world wouldn't want us together because of our species. And really…he said he wants to go and be a normal couple so why cant he just find a demon or a human to be with if he doesn't want me…
Or maybe I blew this up and he didn't mean what he said. Which is the most logically explanation since I seem to do that a lot.
"Kid, move it." I snapped my head to see a guy glaring at me, "You'll make customers go away." I finally realized that I was in front of a cake store. I said my apologizes and started to walk back in the direction I came. If Gaara truly cares about me then he would be coming after me… Or would he leave me out here to fend for myself since I'm probably just wasting his money anyway.
"Naruto?"
I turned my attention to see Shikamaru coming out of the place I was just kicked out for standing in front of it.
"Naruto? Hey what's wrong?" He asked actually worried. I thought he was the smart one, "Gaara?"
"He said he wanted a normal relationship where people don't talk shit about me." I wiped my eyes again.
"So you ran away?"
"How did you…"
"You look tired and you always run away." Yep he's a smart one.
"Correct. What do I do!" I yelled at him hiding my face in my gloves. It wasn't until then that I felt Shikamaru hug me. Actually hug me, something out of his comfort zone.
"Don't cry or it would be troublesome. Okay Gaara probably still loves you. He was just getting frustrated by all the shit that people call you and do shit to you and you're the one he loves. How would you feel if it was the opposite way around. I mean, I've seen the way people treat you, it sucks."
"Okay Dr. Shikamaru Nara I get you…but…what would I do to make him happy?…would sex just make him happy."
"You haven't had sex yet?"
"Not the p-point Shika…"
"You don't have to change. If he loves you, which he does then you shouldn't change whatever." Shikamaru sighed and rubbed my back.
I couldn't say anything because I knew he was right because really…Gaara does care about me…

Gaara
I tried to follow Naruto, but he was going really fast and I was cold. I tried calling him, but his cell phone was probably in my car. After a while, I thought about giving up, but I just couldn't. He'd catch hypothermia again. Or worse.
After a good half hour of searching some more, my phone vibrated. It was a number I didn't recognize, which I normally don't answer. I sighed and put my phone away, then I thought better of it and answered it on the last ring.
"Hello?" I said.
"Gaara? This is Shikamaru." one of Naruto's friends?
"Uh yeah, hi. How'd you get my number?"
"Naruto gave it to me. I just bumped into him, outside of the cake shop on Mayland road."
"Yeah I know where that is."
"Come by and pick him up will ya? It's freezing out here. Cold. It's such a drag." he said sounding bored.
"Shut up Shika!" I could hear Naruto in the back ground.
"Yeah, I'll be there in a second."
I ran back to my car, and drove around, finding them and picking both of them up.
"Not to be a bother, but would you mind driving me home?" Shikamaru asked. "It wasn't snowing when I left and it just got like really cold.
"Sure. Naruto, are you ok?"
"I'm fine... I'm... sorry for running off like that." he said but he didn't look at me but at his feet.
"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have yelled at you. If you don't want me to defend you from people then... fine. I'll ignore them." I swallowed like all of my pride. But for Naruto? It's worth it

Naruto
I didn't really know what to say. Think about it…we just had a minor fight and now what was supposed to happen? Nothing like this had happened before except when the whole Deidara thing happened but that was mostly when he was frustrated at himself and that he was feeling guilty. He never really had gotten mad at me and yelled at me before and it just sort of freaked me out.
But I didn't want to talk about anything with Shikamaru in the car watching outside the window with a bored expression. I just wanted to clarify if maybe he's weird today because of the stress about having to protect me or how people treat me.
So an uncomfortable silence ensued after Gaara asked Shikamaru where he lived. I tapped my foot a bit restlessly as I tried to not think of the silence. And I knew that Gaara was getting annoyed by it as well.
"So…Shikamaru." I said a bit softly but the lazy boy heard it as he looked at me out of the corner of his eye, "Why were you at the cake place?"
"Visiting Chouji."
"Chouji?"
"That was his families place." He said lazily.
"So…that guy who…you know." I said a bit softly and Shika understood.
"He's just a person that works there. Not his actual family and really he's Gonna get fired soon." He shrugged.
"So about visiting…"
"Oh yeah. He got wasted last night and he had a horrible hangover. His parents aren't as demanding as others are and they know there child is a good boy and that he didn't know the punch was spiked. So I thought I would visit the idiot." He sighed a bit sadly tanned my cheeks turned pink. So he's an idiot for getting drunk? Guess I'm an idiot to! But I already knew that.
"So he's an idiot?" I spoke looking back at him and he nodded.
"I told him to not drink the punch but he didn't listen to me like he always never listens to me."
It got silent again and I took a quick glance at the red head to see that he was looking at me out of his peripheral vision causing me to look away quickly and down at my lap.
"Shikamaru." Gaara's voice cut into the air like a knife as to get rid of the silence, "Are you coming for Christmas eve party?"
"Naruto invited me and I said I would go." He said bluntly.
"You said you would go if it wasn't to fricken troublesome." I mumbled.
"Well it depends if my mom finds me before I leave the house."
"You would out smart her and convincer her to let you come so don't give me that crap." I turned around in the seat to stare at him accusingly, "What's your real reason to not come unless its your sleeping."
"Depends on somebody."
"And who would that be."
"Someone who you know and someone I could actually hold a conversation with the last time I saw her."
"So it's a her." I grinned fully knowing who he was talking about. I'm not that clueless.
"Why wouldn't it be a her? I told you I'm not gay Naruto no matter how many times you accuse me of being with Chouji." He gave a small shiver and I chuckled.
"I never accused anything. Just hinted. And why would you bring that up? Have a crush."
"Hn." He grunted to me as we pulled up to his place, it finally being dark out, "thanks for the ride Gaara. Be okay Naruto." He said before he got out of the car entirely leaving me alone with Gaara.
"Gaara…I'm sorry." I repeated.
"Don't be sorry I said that already."
"I know but…I'm sorry for being the one to cause you stress."
"What?"
"You know how you had trouble eating today? I think it was because your getting sick of people treating me like crap. And I probably said something when I was drunk last night that caused you to realize it." I said honestly.
"But-"
"No buts okay? There's something else I want to bring up." I started, "I think Shikamaru has a crush on Temari."

Gaara
I nearly hit the breaks with my foot, but decided against it. I kept my eyes on the road. "You what?" I asked. my throat felt like glue.
"I think Shikamaru has a crush on Temari." Naruto shrugged.
"Why would you think that?"
"Because they were talking at thanksgiving." he saw my quizzical look. "You don't understand. Shikamaru thinks women are 'troublesome' which is why I kept hinting he was gay. But he was talking to her, and trust me, the only girl he talks to is Hinata and all he tells her is "shut up will Ya? your such a drag!" I have to say he says to everyone to shut up... then he mumbles something about 'troublesome' and we all laugh." Naruto rambled.
"I still don't understand, how do you know he likes my sister..." I said shaking my head.
Naruto sighed. "Just trust me Gaara."
"Women's intuition?" I snickered.
Naruto blushed and smacked my arm. "You're such a... meanie sometimes."
"Meanie!" I snickered some more. "You're ad-dor-a-b-ble." i stuttered on purpose, making him blush even more.
"St-o-p" he put stress on the o. I laughed some more.
"Come on, today sucked. Lets just go home, and lay in bed, and get some sleep. Kay?"
Naruto shook his head. "No. All of your ideas turned to crap today. It's time I came up with something." Naruto said. I waited for him for finish, but he just stared out the window.
"I'm listening." I said after a few moments.
"You'll find out." he said, not even glancing at me. I found this odd, but I left it alone

Naruto
Shit why did I say that! I have no clue what we can do and if we do do something else what if what I chose made this day completely horrible! And now I'm acting all mysterious even though I really don't have any tricks up my sleeves. I'm not a magician!
I stared forward trying to think up of possibilities in my head. What could we do? Go to a store so late tonight and look at clothes, or maybe we could go on a hill and cuddle while watching the snow fall. But then again I could get a cold and he would be fretting over it…plus he doesn't like the cold. Or since its more like Gaara's style, go to a sex shop because he might want some bondage tools. That's it!
I think I kind of owe it to him to try some bondage…since he had so much more he wanted to do with it. Plus since I ran away from him and caused him trouble that's the least I could do…or I think that's the best I could do for him.
"Naruto."
"H-Huh?" I looked a them and he was confused
"We're home already or did you want to go somewhere else." He said
"Um…no. I wanted to come here. Gaara…you know a few days ago we tried some…bondage?" I spoke as if he wouldn't remember something only 3 days ago.
"U-Uh huh?"
"I mean…I sort of want to try it again. Not only for you but for me since…well I need to get over my crap."
"Naru-"
"And I mean…we can do it again its just…no blindfold now please? If I don't know where you are at all times I will defiantly freak out and probably hurt myself even though your trying to help me by being as gentle as possible and I know you want to do this so don't lie okay? I wont promise you it will be completely okay but I know it wont be bad like last time and if you don't leave me it can go longer and you can try more…I think." I spoke mostly to myself not even seeing Gaara's eyes on me. I even forgot that we were still in the car really.

Gaara
"You don't have to rant." I said gently. "Was it completely horrible or did you like any of it?" I asked.
"Well... I didn't mind most of it and at the end it felt good. The whole thing would have been smoother if I didn't have the blind fold on." Naruto explained.
"Well, is there anything you wanted to try?" I asked.
Naruto shivered. "To be honest, I never explored too much bondage in my writing... I mean. what else is there? What do you have in that bag?"
"I don't have much else in that bag to be honest. But I do have an idea." I started the car and drove over to a store that said 'adult store' the signs on the windows said 'adult books' 'lingerie' 'bondage' 'fetish items' and others. "Wanna go in?" I asked him before I made him really uncomfortable.
"What if..." Naruto looked nervous. "what if they don't like me." Naruto asked.
"No." I laughed. "You see, the owner of this store, is Deidara's old apprentice, before Deidara ran a tattoo business. his names Tobi, and he will really freak you out." I admitted.
I opened the door to the store to be glomped. "Oh Gaara! It's so good to see you it's been forever" XD "What will it be today? Obviously not porn this time because you have someone with you. Who is this? He's so cute! An anthro? Oh you bad boy." Tobi said.
"He rants worse than you." I said blushing at the fact I used to come here for porn which is why I didn't want to come here before, but the mall is closed. "Tobi this is Naruto. Naruto, Tobi. and Tobi... he's my boyfriend." I made sure I said it.
"Oh so he's not your sex slave? Why might you two be in a fetish store?" the annoying kid asked.
"We're just looking ok, give us some space." I said. he just shrugged and walked behind the counter.
"Gaara?" Naruto asked, holding up a small ring. "What... is this?"
"I have one at home, in that bag. I can use it if you want." I said. He read the back of the cardboard it was tied to.
"This sounds... horrible actually."
"So will 99.9% of the things in this store." I said. Naruto shivered and picked up a pair of hand cuffs.
"Have those too." I said not meeting his eyes.
"I know you have these." he held up the leather straps. "Please tell me you do have one of these." he closed his eyes as he placed the object back on the shelf. It was a crop, one of those whips you use to make a horse trot.
"No. I don't have anything that should cause you pain." I said.
Naruto walked past the whips, and picked up a vibrator. "What about-"
"No. If I'm going to shove anything up your butt, it'd be me." I said.
"Good to know." Naruto said, but I had a feeling he was becoming uncomfortable. I was just about to suggest leaving, when Naruto picked up an object I would never have dreamed of picking up. Panties. Frilly pink ones. "And what about these?" Naruto asked innocently.
"To be honest, I'd never even thought about it. So you don't have to worry." the image in my head was quite sexy though, I had to admit.
Naruto's face fell just a little as he put them back with a quick "oh"
"Don't tell me you like them?" I asked.
He turned to look at me. "is it bad to?" he asked quietly.
"Wait you do? It's not bad... just... they are for girls. But I mean... if you wanted a pair..." I let the sentence hang, ready to offer him that he can buy some if he wanted.

Naruto
I couldn't help the blush rush to my cheeks. Remember when I said that I had possibly 3 percent of anything male in my system? Well I think It just went to 1. And that one is only because I do have a dick. But…it's not my fault that they did interest me, "Is it bad to want a pair? Don't lie to me" I said a bit quietly not looking at Gaara's face.
"No its…not bad at all. I mean…no its perfectly fine to." I could tell that Gaara's head was swimming with ideas…don't ask me how I know this I just did.
"Fine forget it." I blushed lightly trying to forget about them.
"Naruto, I'll get them for you if you want okay?" He spoke and picked them up himself. Just thinking about wearing them…in front of Gaara. Wow… I grinned a little bit but shook my head out of it. My Gaara's pervertedness was rubbing off on me. I kept looking around as I kept on following Gaara wanting to ask what something's were but Gaara would just say read the back of the covering and then I would ask him if he had it in his mysterious bag of wonder and he would answer with a simple yes or no or would I want to try it because really…I never really used any of this stuff and I didn't know what half of it were. There were a few things from my stories but I had learned that from other things I have read.
"No Naruto, I don't have those." The red head sighed as I put down another object back onto the shelf. I could tell that Gaara was sort of in his own little world actually picking up items I didn't ask him about and looking them over. Wow…he was so much more comfortable with this type of stuff but that's to be expected. While he was in his own little wonderland I thought since there wasn't really anyone in this store so late that I would go wander a bit around myself. As weird as it seems I'm getting story ideas because of some of the items in this store…some lemon one shots I think.
I mean I wouldn't go so far. I walked into some aisles until I saw some books. Not porn magazines but some books as in novels or manga. Well of course I did see Uncle Jiraiya books, not that hard to find them in this type of store. I picked it up and sighed a bit seeing as how my uncle always fights back that his writing is not porn yet…they sell them in this type of store. I also saw some manga, some yaoi and they weren't like the yaoi that Gaara had and I didn't really want to open them up seeing as how I saw they were 18 and up.
"Hi hi!" I jumped as that one Tobi guy yelled and tapped my shoulder.
"Uh..h-h-hi." I stuttered trying to settle my heart rate.
"So your with Gaara!"
"Yeah…for awhile now." I smiled to myself.
"Long relationship huh!"
"Yeah."
He stopped and stared at me for awhile as if looking over something. Was he going to judge me? Not something I need right now.
"Come with Tobi!" He yelled randomly and pulled my wrist to further back into the store, causing me to drop the book. It didn't take long for him to start throwing things into my arms.
"You would look great in these and Tobi is not just saying that!" What was he talking about? Then I saw he was pushing outfits or costumes in my arms…great, "And these are special ones for anthro's so they will fit with your ears and tail. Which are adorable by the way. Gaara picked a good one when eh picked you!" He rambled on…wow he did rant more than me and I speak a lot, "Now Go into that room and change into…this one and this one…and then show me! Oh and then try this and this one."
I didn't even get a word in before I was pushed into a changing room. And then I finally saw what he had given me.
Mostly semi normal…nurse stuff (girl) maid outfit (girl) police outfit (another girl) and some others that I would rather not say because there weird. But it seems like I'm stuck in here with a rather hyper person on the other side of the door…I want to take my chances with the costumes.
I wonder if Gaara noticed I'm not tailing and asking him questions anymore?

Gaara
I was having fun in my own little world. Gosh how long will it take for Naruto to get comfortable with bondage? How long until I have him begging me for... where is Naruto? He was over by the books, but now...
I walked over there. And looked at the books.
Jiraiya? I saw his penname of the book that Naruto had that was now lying on the ground.
His books are in here? I snickered. So where did Naruto get to? I looked around.
And where the hell it Tobi?
"Oh oh Tobi likes that one!" I heard him shout. I followed the voice to the back room, where I saw Tobi giggling and Naruto wearing a black and red maid outfit, he was giggling and pivoting in the mirrors and looking at himself.
"Yeah, but will Gaara like it? I'm such a girl." Naruto said looking at himself really hard in the mirror.
"Gaara loves it." I said, smiling.
Naruto turned horror struck, and his cute blush filled his face. "G-Ga-Gaara..." he stuttered.
"Hello b-b-beautiful." I said. Naruto looked away.
"I like the costumes, but they get annoying. All this fabric... I like the panties better." Naruto blushed not believing he was even talking about this.
"We can get some panties for the lady." Naruto shot me a glare. "But I think we should get this outfit too... just in case."
"I might never wear it."
"And why not?"
"Because it's not lady like." Naruto teased me. I laughed.
"Come on, it's getting late. We won't have time to play with our new toys if we don't hurry."

Naruto
I gave him quick nod as I hurried back into the dressing room and took off the costume. I mean, it had it all. The dress was one thing but then the stockings came with it along with one of those head wear things that you put on the top of your head, so it took awhile to take it all off and change back into jeans and my long sleeve shirt. I will admit that if it was anyone other than Gaara I would have been even more embarrassed than I was for actual liking to wear the dress. But in truth…it looked okay. It was just so much material and like I said the panties just seemed so much easier!
I came out of the room still blushing a bit as I held the maid thing on its hanger. Tobi had gone back to the counter with Gaara who was standing there with a little conversation going on. Probably waiting for me.
"No he's doing fine. I thought you talked to him just the other day. He answered his phone a little bit annoyed."
"Then…why did he sound annoyed. Tobi just wanted to call and say hi and to say that there was a new shipment of bondage materials…which you seemed to look at today."
"I didn't knew there was going to be new stuff honestly and really he wasn't even doing anything but not doing work. He was doodling."
"Hmm."
"Yeah he's doing fine." Gaara repeated and I assumed they were talking about Deidara while I walked up to them. Tobi turned his head and grinned in my direction.
"Sorry it took so long…" I apologized when Gaara looked in my direction.
"Its okay." Gaara said almost quickly seeing as how he really seemed to want to get home and, like he put it, play with our toys before it got to late.
"Okay…all of this together is…one lollipop and a pack of skittles!" Tobi said childish and Gaara rolled his eyes before slapping the guys head softly.
"Just scan it on the card. You can be so weird." The red head said gently as he saw Tobi's onyx eyes become innocent with tears that were just dramatized. But he soon was happy again in a matter of a second. And then we were in the car with our bags while Tobi waved goodbye and screamed, "Tobi better see you again Naru-Naru!"
As we drove home I couldn't help but think that…I'm getting really comfortable with everything.

Gaara
"Gaara... why were you guys talking about Deidara?" Naruto asked in a way that said he was just trying to make conversation.
"Tobi used to have a crush on Deidara. So now Deidara doesn't like to talk to him. Tobi's to young for him anyway. Besides, Deidara has Sasori, who not only puts Deidara in his place, but those two are really perfect for each other I'm surprised at how that worked out." I explained.
"Oh." was all Naruto said. Then it got silent again. I didn't like the quiet, it made me feel tired. I pulled into our spot and we both got out of the car.
We grabbed all the bags and lugged them into the apartment. I set them on the bed and got the bag from Spencer's.
"Gaara, which ones do you like?" Naruto asked pulling out four separate ones, one black, one pink, white and the other one orange.
I chuckled. "I like the pink ones, but you probably look good in the orange ones too." I laughed knowing his favorite color was orange.
He blushed. "I'll save the orange ones for a special occasion." Naruto said.
I rolled my eyes. "I love you." I said, leaning over him for a kiss. He kissed back, completely comfortable. I sensed no nerves but I didn't want to jump to tying him up. I loved him no matter what.
I tickled his sides, making him laugh into my mouth and then break the kiss to try and get some air. He kept laughing. And so did I.
"I love you." I said, kissing him on the forehead.
"I love you too." he giggled. "Something's making you really happy right now." he looked down, so all I could see was his mop of blond hair.
I lifted up his chin to look him in the eye. "No. You make me happy. All the time." I corrected

Yo. I did no make you wait long did I? And i probably made half of you worry your balls off *rolls eyes* seriosuly this wasn't the cliffehanger you need to be worried about...its one further on (which iw ill be updating soon? Its in the 60's i think. Anyway that one i will be delaying updating becuase of the Cliffe and what its supposed to do! God i'm a bitch!

Tobi will be a bigger character later on so get used to him ^^ anyway, review and sorry for worrying your ass off!...well not really... I also am not the one who edited this chapter. Chapters 56 onward has been edited from my partner. Just saying!