Crazy Love

After getting a booth he sat Gaara's gourd down and sat down on his side of the table waiting for the young man to sit as well. But he kept rubbing his arm that used to be broken since it had been over worked in the battle, however he was trying to keep it hidden from Gaara.

Gaara noticed everyone had gone silent when he entered and sighed and sat down across from Lee. He kept his gaze on the table trying hard to ignore the glares. "Where is the waitress?" He asked after a few minutes had passed.

Lee blinked and looked around, "That is odd...Yuki is usually the waitress for this side but I do not see her.." He said and as if right on cue a white haired woman came up to them, her hair pulled up into a messy clip and her piercing red eyes looking them up and down. "Oh hi Lee, the usual for you?" She asked and he nodded, "Yes please." Then Yuki eyed Gaara up and down but unlike the other people around she didn't glare. "Who's the redhead?" She asked Lee instead of asking Gaara himself. "Uh... Yuki this is my friend Gaara get him what ever he wants please.." He murmured out. "Um alright," She said then looked at the gourd, "Heeey is this yours?" She asked the young boy.

Gaara nodded and picked up the menu. "Do you have salted beef tongue?"' He asked and then looked up at the white haired girl. "Yes it is what of it?" He asked his voice in its normal monotone.

"Yes yes we do. It is delicious!" Yuki said with a wide grin then pouted a little as she kicked at the gourd lightly. 'Ow, tell her not to do that!' Shukaku complained. "Well we do not allow weapons in here. Restaurant policy.." "Uhh Yuki it is just filled with sand." "Lee! A policy is a policy!" Yuki stabbed a butter knife into the table in front of him in his napkin then set a fork and spoon down. "Now do you want me losing my job just because I let this gourd sit here?" She asked and Lee blinked and gulped. 'God she is always scary..' He thought then Yuki turned to Gaara and gave a slightly evil grin. "However if you have a knife I will happily let this one slip."

"I have a kunai from Suna." Gaara said and pulled out the kunai from his pocket spinning it around his finger before holding it up to her. "Will this do?" He asked in a bored tone.

"Hmm.. alright~!" Yuki said enthusiastically and grabbed the kunai slipping in into her sleeve before walking away. "Sorry about that she can get a bit.." Lee trailed off hearing Yuki yell. "Oi! Chef look I don't care who you are and if I am only a waitress, I am saying do this order first!" "Pushy...and violent.. but.. it gets quiet when she calms down.." He said with a sweat drop then looked away. 'What did he order before, salted beef tongue? That sounds so gross, I wonder how much he likes it..'

Gaara blinked then shrugged his small shoulders. "I'm used to violent woman..." He replied and folded his arms over his chest then closed his eyes. 'Everyone is so loud in this village.'

'Yes they are it is very odd..' Shukaku responded to his host. When Yuki brought their food Lee raised an eye brow, "How much do you like that stuff..?" He asked taking a bite of his curry.

"Its one of my favs...Why this gross you out?" Gaara asked and stabbed his food with a fork then lifted it up to show Lee. 'I'm sadly starting to get used to the oddness..' He thought back to his demon.

"Oh.. uhh yeah it looks kind of gross.." Lee told Gaara then grinned as he ate more of his food. 'So that is one of his favorite foods hmm..' He thought to himself. 'Yeah well it is hard to get used to,' Shukaku said to Gaara.

"I hear that alot...Want to try some?" Gaara said getting a playful glint in his eyes. 'I'm still trying to get used to talking this much..' He thought back to Shukaku and started cutting up his food in perfect shaped squares.

'Is he a perfectionist?' Lee thought to himself then stuck his tongue out at the thought of eating that. "Ew.. no.. it sounds way to gross!" Lee yelled out of slight disgust and surprise Gaara was asking him to try some. 'Would he really not care sharing food?' 'One is unshaped..' Shukaku murmured to his host then closed his eyes going to sleep.

Gaara frowned seeing the demon was right then grabbed Lee's fork and put some of his food on it then held it out to Lee. "Then I challenge you to eat it." He said smirking slightly. 'Yeah, yeah go to sleep.' He thought back to his demon.

"Uhhh no thanks," Lee said with a sweat drop and let go of his spoon and held up both his hands in front of himself.

"The great green beast refuses a challenge? And here I thought you had gotten stronger." Gaara said the small smirk still on his lips. He wasn't making fun of Lee of course. He was just being a little playful.

Lee blinked then snatched the fork from Gaara's hand quickly. "I would never give up a challenge!" He yelled out and put the beef tongue into his mouth chewing on the piece. After a moment he couldn't help but think to himself, 'Hey.. this is actually pretty good..'

Gaara's eyes widened slightly in surprise. "I'm impressed… your the first to really try it." The redhead said then started eating. He noticed people were still glaring at him and his gaze moved back to the table. He sighed when he remembered something. "Damn it...I am not going forward to finding a hotel in the rain…" He muttered, his siblings and him may have gotten closer but at the moment he wanted to give them a little space since there had been so much stress before the mission.

Lee noticed the glares and glared back at everyone and they immediately looked away. "Well it does taste kind of good but I would not eat a lot of it.." Then Lee continued to eat his own food he smiled at Gaara. "Uh.. well.. I know you just got back and we did not leave off on a good note.. but I have a spare room.." Lee pointed out to the redhead.

Gaara blinked and looked up at Lee. "You want me to stay in your house?" He asked his voice slipping out of his monotone for a moment out of surprise.

"Well.. yeah.. we could play games and watch movies and stuff and get closer as friends, right? But.. I doubt you would want to stay with me.. I probably still annoy you huh?" Lee said rubbing the back of his head looking down.

Gaara tilted his head a little. "Don't I creep you out?" He asked and looked a little confused as he glanced around. 'Huh...people are not glaring anymore.' He thought then finished up the rest of his food.

"No not really, I think you are interesting and youthfully fun!" Lee said with a wide grin and took out his money. Yuki popped out of nowhere beside their table. "Have fun you two," She said slipping the money off the table and slipping away. "Still so strange.." Lee muttered then looked back to Gaara with his still wide grin.

"I'm interesting?" Gaara asked confused then stood up and picked up his gourd. "You really sure you want me to stay with you though?" He asked then pulled his wallet out of his pocket.

"Yes yes you are interesting Gaara-kun.. and no no no! I already paid for both, it is alright," Lee said and grinned. "And yes, I think it would be fun!" He said loudly and everyone in the restaurant tried to ignore them.

Gaara blushed faintly and looked off to the side and stuffed his wallet in his pocket. No one had ever said he was interesting before. "Alright...I guess I will stay with you if it is not to much trouble.." He replied and walked out of the restaurant and into the rain.

Lee followed happily and grinned even wider. "Yosh! This is going to be so youthful!!" He yelled out and started walking towards his house. "This way!"

The sand ninja tilted his head looking at Lee. "Rock Lee your a strange one alright.." He said and fallowed the older male down the street.

"Strange is youthful!" Lee yelled and turned around walking backwards to see Gaara. "You are strange.. but a nice kind of strange. I really like it. It is odd no one else can see it.." He told the redhead a soft smile playing on his lips.

Gaara found himself blushing again and would have rubbed his elbow if he wasn't holding the gourd. "It is because I'm a Jinchuuriki Lee...and your strange in a good way as well.." He replied and looked down feeling awkward.

"Sooo? I still do not get that! You act no different then a normal person most of the time! You are sweet and kind and always willing to try new things! But people always cast you aside, it is wrong.." Lee said and folded his arms pouting a little bit as he walked backwards.

"S-Stop saying things like that...I'm not those things...and people have a deep hatred for Jinchuuriki.." Gaara replied and looked back up at Lee hoping he wasn't good at reading eyes since his had filled with sadness.

Lee stopped walking and since Gaara was not paying attention he walked right into him. Once the redhead backed up a little bit the leaf ninja put his hands on Gaara's shoulders. "Gaara-kun... who cares what other people think.. people used to say I would never be a ninja and make fun of me.. now look I am a ninja and happy... people think you will never love and will always be an outcast.. yet you already have two friends.. me and Naruto-kun.." Lee said softly to the younger boy who was upset.

Gaara felt his heart beat faster at their closeness and looked up at him. "Lee...I..Thank you...that was very kind to say." He replied a blush once again forming on his cheeks. 'I think I am really going to enjoy having Lee as my friend...' He thought.

'He is blushing! That is so youthful! That means he likes us right??' Inner Lee yelled happily, but the outer one still kept himself cool and relaxed. "I was just stating the truth.." Lee said and hesitantly took his hands off of Gaara and turned around to hide the satisfied smile that came across his lips. "This way to my house.."

The redhead could feel his shoulders were now warmer from where Lee's hands had been and rubbed them. He walked forward so he wasn't just standing there and fallowed Lee. "Your...very kind Lee.." Gaara said and almost smiled but when he noticed something pink out of the corner of his eye the feeling to smile faded. "Lee-san!" Sakura yelled and ran up to Lee. "Oh your ok..I heard you fallowed on the mission to get Sasuke-kun back.." She said still not noticing the redhead.

"Yeah.. We could not get Sasuke back.. sorry Sakura.." Lee said bowing his head a little bit knowing the pink haired girl was going to freak over hearing so. 'She still loves him so freaking much even after him abandoning the village...' He thought to himself then his inner self said, 'Gaara came back... he may have left but he came back.. he has always kind of been there and been a friend even though Sakura pushes us away so much..'

"Yeah...I went to the hospital to talk to Naruto...Thanks for trying to help bring him back Lee-san.." Sakura replied then looked over Lee's shoulder, she gasped and backed up a few steps finely noticing the sand ninja. Seeing this reaction Gaara's face went back to expressionless and he made himself busy by putting the gourd back on. "W-What's he doing here?!" Sakura asked her eyes wide.


Lee looked over his shoulder at Gaara then frowned a little bit. "What do you mean..? Gaara-kun came and saved me from this one guy while I was trying to help get Sasuke back.." Lee told her.

"What? Saved you? Why? He crushed your arm and leg before! ..And his village attacked ours!" Sakura said moving back more. Gaara closed his eyes to hide a slight wince then finish getting his gourd on his back. He turned and started walking not wanting be there anymore...he was getting so tired of people reacting like this.

"So?! People change Sakura..." He said a little angered by Sakura's outburst. Then when he noticed Gaara walking away he turned around quickly and grabbed his arm. "Gaara-kun.. where are you going?" He asked. 'Huh? What did I miss?' Shukaku murmured tiredly yawning as he woke up. Then when he noticed Lee touching Gaara he blinked unsure of if he should push him away or not.

Gaara froze from the warm hand on his arm and looked down at it before looking up at Lee. 'Uh...you have missed a bit..' He thought back to his demon his heart starting to beat faster. Sakura blinked looking at them. "I don't understand why are you touching him?? And he's letting you.. Lee-san he's not a good person! You didn't see what I saw when he was fighting Naruto." Sakura said and Gaara flinched knowing she meant when he was half transformed.

"Sakura-san! You are being mean! What happened in the past is gone. All that matters is right now! He went out of his way trying to get Sasuke back! You are being ungrateful..." Lee murmured. 'Why am I yelling at her and defending Gaara...I like Sakura..' Lee thought to himself. Inner Lee sighed, 'No, we like Gaara... you pushed our feelings away because he left after yelling at us then betrayed the village.. but.. we still like him.. by far more then Sakura.. Sakura is always mean.. he stopped once in awhile..' Inner Lee told himself. 'What the hell.. oh.. her.. why is the pink haired girl here? I dislike pink..' Shukaku murmured on tiredly.

Sakura gapped at him then reached out and grabbed his hand. "Come on Lee-san.. I think you should go to the hospital your covered in cuts and your acting weird.." She said. Gaara frowned looking at their hands then pulled his arm out of Lee's grip. "You should go with her..." He said in monotone and turned again starting to walk down the street. 'I know Shukaku...I know..' He thought back to his demon.

Lee looked down at the hand in his then winced and pulled his hand out of it. "Sakura-san.. I am perfectly fine..." He said and moved over back to Gaara. "Gaara-kun please do not leave..." 'Do you want me to push him back since you are still a bit out of chakra..?' Shukaku asked yawning and sitting up inside of his cage.

Gaara stopped and sighed as he folded his arms and looked back at Lee. 'Why does he want me to stay? He has her..' He thought and looked at Sakura who glared at him. "You don't seem fine but whatever...I am going to go walk and get some tea you want to come Lee-san?" She asked trying to ignore the sand ninja.

Lee struggled up all of his courage to say the next words to Sakura. "No thank you Sakura-san.. I am going to go home and play a game with Gaara-kun..." He gently grabbed Gaara's wrist trying to ignore his mind that was shooting off fireworks. 'He is softer then Sakura..' Then he pulled the arm out of the folding stance and dragged him back over and around Sakura, "Maybe Naruto-kun would like some tea though, you should get some and bring it to him. That would be a youthful thought.." 'What is with this guy? Why are you letting him drag you around..?' Shukaku thought.

Gaara blushed from the touch and his eyes widened as he was dragged away, he glanced back at Sakura who looked extremely confused. The pink haired ninja shrugged then walked away down the street. "Uh Lee..." Gaara started looking back at the older male.

Lee stopped and let go of Gaara turning to face him. "Uh.. s-sorry.. sudden urge.." He muttered out and rubbed the back of his head. 'Interesting..' Shukaku said and stretched then laid back down yawning.

The redhead rubbed his wrist feeling how warm it had become. "I don't understand.. why didn't you go with her. I thought you wanted her as your mate." Gaara said and folded his arms over his chest again as he tilted his head staring up at Lee.

"W-W-What?!" Lee yelled turning red then he looked down and coughed. "I uh.. well.. I did.. but.. I uh.. found someone better.. so.." Lee coughed awkwardly. 'Oh my.. god! Why is he asking me this?! It is so awkward!!' Lee thought inside of his head spazzing.

Gaara blinked surprised by Lee suddenly yelling then nodded. "Oh so you have found a new mate...I see..." He tried to ignore the little pain he felt in his heart at that. 'See told you Shukaku..he already has a mate he wants...so you were wrong.' He thought to his demon knowing Shukaku hated being wrong.

'No I am not... Look how red he is, ask him who it is, if he refuses.. then it is you.. if he tells you then you know it is not you.. if he over exaggerates it then you know it is not you..' Shukaku muttered to his host unwilling to admit he may be wrong. "Um.. yeah.. I guess you could say that.. but.. I really really care for the person more then my silly crush to Sakura.." Lee muttered out then turned around still rubbing the back of his head. "Uh come on now, enough wasting time let's go! Yosh!" Lee said with an awkward laugh.

'I think Lee would be upset with me if I kept asking him things...I will maybe ask when we reach his home..' Gaara thought then walked so he was next to Lee as they made their way to his house rain still pouring down around them.

'Fine suit yourself..' Shukaku said and yawned again closing his eyes. 'I am going to sleep once more..' He murmured. Lee got to his house and pulled a small key out from under the mat opening his door and stepping to the side to allow Gaara to walk in. "You first it is alright."