Chapter 13: The Hate We Breathe
When it was all finished, Gaara laid on the forest floor, thoroughly exhausted, injured, and baffled at the outcome.
He had fought to prove that his existence wasn't futile, hating everything the orange knight represented.
He wasn't prepared for this orange knight to fight back, all while pleading that he understood.
The only difference between them was that while Gaara breathed out hate, Naruto breathed out empathy.
Despite having gone through everything Gaara had.
They lay on the forest floor, and it was the first time Gaara had felt fear.
But it's also the first time he hadn't felt hatred.