Hidden Love

Gaara made a small noise from being pushed back and looked off to the side getting awkward. "Neh...B-But would if there is something in there that a fends you?" He asked and then rubbed his arm a little wincing, he jumped a little when he felt claws dig into his shirt and gave a confused look down at Cailey.

Lee immediately turned red from hearing the noise and pulled his hand away. "S-Sorry!" He yelled out awkwardly and looked off to the side now falling silent because he was too embarrassed that maybe Gaara was upset with him now.

The redhead's eyes widened from Lee yelling and he leaned back. "Ow..thanks for killing my eardrums...what are you saying sorry for you didn't hurt me?" He said sounding confused then took this moment to try and grab the book but ended up losing his balance and falling over into Lee, he turned red and tried to get off only to hiss in pain when he moved his arm to fast.

Lee turned even redder and it was all becoming a problem from him. He set the book down letting it fall open to whatever page was used the most and he helped Gaara sit up. "S-Sorry.. I uh... I am just o-only used to girls making noises like that.. I have never touched a boy and they uhm.. yeah you get it right..?" Lee said before falling into a huge awkward silence with Gaara.

"I-I'm...r-really sensitive t-to touch....w-why do you think I w-wear such a big s-sweat shirt.." Gaara muttered after a moment and looked down in embarrassment his cheeks a dark red. 'Please don't let him see how much I am blushing.' He thought pulling his hood back on and tugging it down to try and hide his face.

Lee tried to find anything to look at besides Gaara and he scooted back a bit feeling a bit awkward, having a few problems from what had just occurred. Not that they were bad though. The older males eyes scanned over the drawing on the book and his mouth fell slightly agape. "Umm.. Gaara-kun why did you draw me?"

The redhead turned as red as his hair and kept his head down. "I...I...y-your i-interesting I w-w-wanted to draw you...I d-draw t-those close to m-me...e-even though we are not close a-anymore..." He muttered and tried to stop stuttering. "I s-should go get my t-things from my house.." He said standing up and stepping over the cat.

"Hey no we are still close! We are friends I would never break a promise! Remember!" Lee said getting up and he jumped over his cat to follow Gaara before he left the room.

Gaara back tracked and picked up his shoes slipping them on then walked out the room. "Yeah...whatever..." He mumbled and went down the stairs.

"Hey!" Lee yelled out and ran down the stairs after Gaara walking right passed his father while he started arguing a bit. "Do not think you should go back to being this mean self..." Lee caught Gaara's good arm and stopped him out in his yard. "Gaara... I am sorry for what I did before.. I was being stupid.. but I swear to you I will not let Sakura glaze over my eyes again.. ok..?" Lee then muttered something to himself mentioning the real reason he joined Sakura's group.

Gaara was still for a moment then bit his lip and turned his head to look at him, hurt easily being read in his green eyes. "I hate fighting with you..and whenever she is around we do...I'm scared to trust you again..knowing she will always be around." He said and pulled his arm out of his grip, he walked across the street and up to the panel next to the gate entering in the code.

Lee caught up to him and slipped into the gate with Gaara before it could close. He sighed looking at the huge house that he used to sneak into and play with Gaara in when they were kids. The only problem is they had to avoid Gaara's father or he would get in trouble. "Gaara-kun I am not lying! When have I ever lied to you?" He asked and moved into the larger doors. The redhead was moving quickly obviously trying to get away from Lee not in the mood at the moment but Lee was being persistent. He followed Gaara through the large hallways and various stairs, all either white tan or red and finally they hit a door that looked plain compared to everything else. Unlike the fancy doors around it Gaara's bedroom door was a simple wooden door with one thing posted on it, 'Keep out.' Gaara never cared for the maids or anyone to bug him, he did not like them waiting on him hand and foot so obviously Gaara thought his room would be a mess. But when he followed in after Gaara the room was completely spotless and clean. Apparently Gaara had a little too much time on his hands. Various drawings of his and painting were posted around the room and a few pictures next to his bed, one of which was Gaara smiling as a kid with his siblings.

"Where should I start? How about...I will always protect you? We will always be friends? I won't let you get picked on in middle school? You fucking lie more than my Dad!" Gaara spat and walked into his bathroom and grabbed a few pain pills which he always had and popped two in his mouth swallowing them not needing water. He found a old duffle bag and started packing things into it though it took him awhile since he could only use one arm.

"Gaara-kun I..." Lee fell silent and looked down, his heart suddenly felt as if it had been crushed. "Y-You do not under.... I only..." The older male bowed his head his hair falling into his face a little bit. Promises.. he really did break all of those promises with Gaara... how could he possibly have done such a thing? Be such a horrible person. "I only joined her group for you..." He muttered out and when it was clear the redhead could not hear him he raised his voice. "You! I joined her group for you... I wanted you to like me more and come join me.. be popular and see you are loved by everyone. But you made the mistake of yelling at Sakura that day and ruined everything... I tried.. I am trying.. Please give me a chance again.. just... if I do not prove to you by the party that I really feel horrible about what I did and that I still want to be friends you can walk away and never speak to me again.." Lee ranted on a little bit and continued to stare intently at the floor.

Gaara turned around and looked at the older male. "Lee...alright...we can try and be friends again..just don't betray me..ok?" He said and walked over to the corner of his room to feed his spider. 'He wanted me to be popular?...I guess the group wouldn't let him leave once he joined..' He thought and put in a few crickets for his pet to eat. "There you should be good for a week with that much." He said to the inset and straightened up. "I could never be part of that group...they treat people to mean.." He said in a low tone.

Lee sighed, "I know.. but.. it is hard.. Sakura-Chan hits really hard and if you even say one thing about leaving she gets everyone to hate you and even beat you up.. and I do not want to deal with that..." Lee said moving over to Gaara and he hesitantly hugged him for a minute then pulled back. "I promise I will be the best friend you ever had and will have..." Lee said gently.

Gaara found himself blushing faintly when Lee had hugged him and reached up to set a hand on his shoulder. "Ok...and you need to remember if you left that group you would still have me and Naruto.." He added playfully pushing him then sweat dropped when he heard a small thud knowing his spider had fallen off the side of his cage and landed on his back. "Oh that damn thing.." He said opening the lid and moving his pet back onto his feet.

"Is he going to be ok with you not being here to be able to do that?" Lee asked looking at the insect. "Umm.. what else do you need to spend the week at my house?" Lee asked glancing around the room and his eyes fell on a picture that was shoved under Gaara's mattress and he was half tempted to ask what it was but decided against it since they already had argued about it.

"Wanna see him?" Gaara asked and picked up his tarantula holding it in his hand then held it up to Lee's face. "His name is Bob...odd name I know but my brother named him. Yeah he will get himself up after a few minutes...his denseness reminds me of Riku though." He said smirking.

Lee blinked and shook his hands backing away. "Uhh no.. I do not like spiders.. especially big ones Gaara-kun," Lee told him. Then the leaf ninja could not help but crack up laughing at the Riku joke. "Hey Gaara-kun if you make jokes about him and dislike him so much why are you dating him?"

Gaara's smile faded and he set his spider on his shoulder. "It's hard to explain...he liked me when I was a freshman...back when I had no friends.. Naruto moved to this high school for me after I got in a few fights, which Riku helped him out with...and Riku is the only one who likes me..." He muttered the last part and had to catch his spider when he slipped off his shoulder.

Lee was going to state something but caught himself and coughed. "Umm.. so should we get going back to my house now that everything is solved?" He asked and picked up Gaara's bag for him.

"Can I bring Bob?" Gaara asked smirking as he walked up to Lee and held the spider up to him, the spider just stared blankly not even putting up a struggle.

"N-No.. uhh.. Cailey will try and eat him," He lied trying to convince Gaara. There was no way he was just going to tell him the truth that spiders freaked him out.

Gaara set his pet back in its cage. "Well I'm all packed...do you want to grab another one of my art books to look through?" He asked pointing to a neatly stacked pile of books in the corner. "It kind of makes me happy to know you like it.." He added blushing faintly.

Lee smiled and moved over grabbing the entire stack of the art books he never had the chance to look at. "Of course!" He said happily and started to walk out of the room then he sweat dropped. "Uh.. which way is out again..?" He asked looking down both ends of the huge hallway.

Gaara laughed a little under his breath and walked out of the room then shut it behind him; he started down a hallway making sure Lee was next to him. "Uh? Why did you grab the whole stack?" He asked blushing again.

Lee started looking through one of them while he was walking next to Gaara. "Because I love your artwork and I want to see it all..." He said to Gaara following him, glancing up every now and again.

Gaara rubbed his elbow getting a little awkward and then sweat dropped when one of the maids gave them a confused look. "Uh old friend.." He said and the maid just nodded. "They are used to Naruto and Riku but that's it.." He explained looking at Lee.

"Oh uh.. sorry.. am I still not welcomed..?" He asked remembering when Gaara's father would order the maids to chase him from the house since Lee was too loud. Then he sweat dropped a little when he bumped into a table and scrambled to catch a vase that started falling.

Gaara ducked down and reached out catching it with his good hand. "Oop that was close...my dad hates everyone so don't feel bad.." He replied and stood up setting the vase back on the table.

"S-Sorry.. Maybe I should not be walking while looking at your artwork.." He muttered and closed the book setting it on the stack. "So.. um.. leading the way out?" He asked a little awkward now.

Gaara smirked and playfully elbowed the older male. "I have broken worse..I messed up the fountain real bad outside...I kinda crashed my bike into it." He said with a sweat drop and rubbed his arm.

Lee laughed lightly. "You got hurt I am guessing?" He inquired glancing over to the redhead next to him before looking away and he slipped out of the house out the front door.

"I now have a scar on my thigh." Gaara said pointing at his inner thigh and sweat dropped a little when one of the butlers walked up to him. "Sir? Are you alright I noticed you have a cast." He said and Gaara rubbed his shoulder. "Uh about that...don't tell my father alright? It should heal before he gets home.." Gaara muttered looking down at the ground, his Dad could be on trips for months.

"Umm.. HI?" Lee said awkwardly then reached and gently grabbed Gaara's shirt starting to drag him. "I am stealing Gaara for a week ok?" He called to the butler while trying to get away.

Gaara blinked and looked back at Lee a little confused. "A week? I thought only a few days.." He said confused. The butler stared at them a moment then sighed. "Please take good care of him Lee." He said then turned to go back inside.

Lee let go of Gaara and frowned a little freaking out. "I-I am sorry.. I thought that... is that not ok?" He asked thinking he had did something wrong again. He really did not want Gaara yelling at him again.

The redhead looked back at him then gave a rare playful smile. "You sure you can put up with me for a week? We will have to pop into my house a few times then so I can check on my tarantula." Gaara explained and stretched.

"Of course Gaara-kun," Lee said and grinned widely seeing the redhead smiling. Then he took off in a sprint back to his home. "Bet I can beat you to my room!" He yelled out over his shoulder.

Gaara blinked in surprise then ran after him. "Of course you can your way to fast!" He said and went into the house after Lee and sweat dropped when he almost ran into Gai. "G-Gomen." He said and Gai raised a eye brow at him. "What are you boys up to?" Gai asked and Gaara looked up at Lee and gave a playful glare. "Uh..just in a hurry.." He said and tried to slip up the stairs.

Lee laughed and grinned at his dad, "You are not allowed to know!" He yelled playfully. Of course he was joking. It had always been a fun game him and Gaara played when he would sneak Gaara away from his home as kids. They would play a game of chase but anytime Gai asked what they were doing Lee would yell it was a best friend secret.

Gai looked up at Lee and chuckled and reached out ruffling up the redhead's hair. "Haha alright then just don't break anything." He said grinning. He was happy to see his son so happy again. Gaara almost pouted and shook his head to make his hair go back to normal before walking up the stairs to Lee's room. "How can you run with all my art books? You have odd skills." He said and sat down on the bed slipping off his boots. "I'll admit...I missed you.." He said and pulled his hood back up.

Lee took off his shoes and set the bag down on the floor. "Yeah I know," He said and happily sat next to Gaara with all of the art books. "I missed you too... a lot," Lee muttered the last part out quieter but the quickly changed the subject. "Now show off your artwork to me!" He yelled happily.

Gaara blinked and grabbed one of the books and opened it. "Ok your making me embarrassed.." The redhead said blushing again and started showing him his work. "Um..this book is full of all my landscape drawings."

"You are really good at scenery too Gaara-kun.." Lee said leaning into the smaller boy a little so he could look over his shoulder down at the sketches. He smiled staring down at them. Ever since they were little even drawing with crayons, Gaara had always been an amazing artist, way better then Lee and Lee had always wanted to look at every one.

The redhead felt his heart beat a little faster from how close Lee was getting and kept turning the pages. "Um..thank you...maybe at some point you could come to my art class after school..." He said and then handed the book over to him, he rubbed his arm getting annoyed with how sore it was.

"I would love to do that... but am I allowed?" Lee questioned and took the book continuing to flip through it while him and Gaara spoke. It was going to take them awhile but they were going to talk about every little thing they had missed not being friends with each other.

"Yeah it's fine...but you can't tell anyone about it ok? ...Changing into my art clothes is going to be hard.." Gaara muttered looking at his cast. 'I can't take a shower unless I put plastic around the cast...I really hate this..' He thought and sighed deeply.

"I promise I will not tell a soul! And I can help you change," Lee said while finishing up the scenery book and he grabbed another one of the books grinning to see it was small comics of cats and he started reading them and laughing occasionally at the funny ones.

"Oh..uh you sure?..Heh I make those when I am bored and need to cheer myself up..you like them?" Gaara asked and rubbed his arm again, he started to feel tired and without thinking he laid his head on Lee's shoulder.

Lee blinked and blushed a little but he didn't complain to the younger boy instead he just rubbed his back a little bit while reading. "Yes I like them, they are funny."

Gaara felt himself relax right away when Lee rubbed his back and closed his eyes. "I'm so tired..." He muttered and leaned into the older male more. "I should...teach you how to make comics.." He muttered then yawned.
The man found himself relaxing since Gaara was as well, sensing it and he slid the books off his bed. Then he gently hugged Gaara, "I would enjoy that.. and if you are tired you should go to bed.." Lee said softly.

Gaara blushed faintly and looked up at him for a moment before closing his eyes again. "Your...sweet.." The redhead mumbled before falling asleep to tired from all that had happened that day.

Lee sweat dropped a little bit. "Uh.. Gaara-kun.." He muttered out but after it was clear the redhead was asleep Lee sighed. He tried to move but then regretted it not wanting to harm Gaara's arm and he carefully moved so he was laying down, having Gaara's head resting on his shoulder and half his body laying on him. Lee was awkward but found himself relax, used to them cuddling when they slept since when they first met as kids they used to share a sleeping bag in a tent in the backyard. Lee finally fell asleep not minding Gaara one bit.