Just Stay Awhile

Sasuke growled to himself as he ran out of the village. He skidded to a stop noticing a small redhead leaning against a tree, he could hear the obvious sniffling coming from him. "What are you crying about this time?" came his rich smooth tone as he walked closer to Gaara.

Gaara froze for a moment then ran his sleeve across his eyes before glaring up at the black haired male. "What do you want?" Gaara asked getting up and dusting himself off.

The older male's lips tugged up in a smirk as he shrugged his broad shoulders. "Just, running from the annoying knucklehead as usual, figured I stop to see why the baby is crying," He mused out as he stopped approximately three feet from the smaller ninja.

"Go away Uchiha.." Gaara said narrowing his eyes and picking up his gourd. He got to work strapping it back onto his vest and then ran his sleeve across his eyes again to make sure no more tears were left.

The Uchiha's smirk faltered momentarily before he figured he would have some fun with the smaller male. "Hm.. No I think I will follow you," He told him as he looked in the redhead's eyes, knowing that he still wanted to cry.

Gaara blinked then frowned and turned walking into the woods. "Why don't you go back into the village I bet your fan girls are looking for you." Gaara said and folded his arms over his chest.

Sasuke let out a harsh laugh as he followed. "Tch, everyone in the village is so annoying... I still do not understand why I came back," replied the black haired male. "Plus...They only like me for how I look, even Sakura doesn't know me fully," He said obviously moping about what he was talking about.

Gaara glanced back at him then looked at the ground. "Well people only like me for my rank...if I was not the Kazekage they would not want anything to do with me.." He muttered and looked a annoyed when a bee buzzed by his head and waved it away.

The taller guy pursed his lips together for a moment as he thought something through then couldn't help but laugh lightly as he said, "I guess we are alike in more then just our eyes huh?" He said. After the words and laugh slipped his lips though he shook his head. 'What am I doing..? I am following him.. and making jokes... I hate everyone... I hate him.. so why...' Sasuke thoughts trailed off into his mind as he looked at the younger male's back.

Gaara shrugged and waved the bee away again getting annoyed with it. "Damn bug." He said and leaned back when it flew to close to his face, he took a step back and accidentally back into the Uchiha's chest. He sweat dropped hoping his gourd hadn't knocked into him and glanced over his shoulder.

Sasuke shot Gaara a slight cold glare as he was forced back a bit. He rolled his eyes at the sand ninja and slipped is sword out of its sheath easily, slashing the bee in half and putting his sword away all in a flash of time. "Better.. wimp?" He asked, his smirk returning.

Gaara glared at him. "I was about to say thanks till you said that jerk." He started walking again and stepped over the cut in half bug that was now twitching, he normally didn't have to deal with bee's in the desert but he had seen Naruto get stung by a lot of them when the blond ninja was being a baka.

"Tch... I wouldn't want your apology anyways," he replied ignoring the fast it hurt him to have yet another person calling him a jerk. He gracefully caught up speed and walked besides Gaara. "Am I annoying you?" He inquired with a smug look.

"Only when you insult me." Gaara replied looking at the taller male out of the corner of his eye. He noticed Sasuke's hair had gotten a little longer and his eyes didn't hold that deep hatred anymore.

"Hm, That is too bad, that was what I was trying to do..." the other person uttered, his voice a mere whisper now. A thought occurred to him and he casually asked, "Hey...Um.. Would you like to go get something to eat so you can tell me why you were crying like a baby earlier?" He asked. "Of course you have to pay though," He added trying to sound like his normal self and not the curious worry wort that was bubbling up in him. For some reason, he oddly was worried about what might have happened to cause Gaara to cry.

Gaara twitched at being called a baby and turned around to glare at him. "Why the hell do you care?" He snapped then bit his lip trying to get him self back under control. 'why am I letting him get to me?' He thought and walked past him back toward the village. "Fine whatever.." The Kazekage said and stopped bitting his lip since it was starting to hurt.

The older male gave a sly smile as he turned on his heel following the redhead back into town. "Shushuyas ok with you?" He asked as he playfully pushed the small boy, trying to make him trip while carrying the heavy gourd.

Gaara almost tripped and turned around walking backwards to glare at him. "What is your pro-" He was cut off as he ended up tripping over a root and reached out grabbing a hold of Sasuke shirt trying not to fall.

"H-hey You are-" Sasuke got cut of realizing Gaara was too heavy to hold up. He pulled quickly back so they fell the other way however, not wanting the redhead to fall on his gourd and get hurt. A low groan slipped out of Sasuke's mouth as he closed one eye, "You are a baby and a klutz great, g-get off you are too heavy.." Sasuke murmured out.

Gaara froze seeing he was laying on the taller male and felt his face heat up. "Its t-the s-sand a-armor thats h-heavy n-not me baka!" Gaara said cursing himself for stuttering and quickly got off the leaf ninja, he got up and used his sand to snap the root so no one else would trip on it.

"Kind of violent there are we..?" Sasuke asked as he got up as well, dusting himself off. "You are not hurt right..?" He asked his head tilting as he looked Gaara up and down for any sign of injury. upon seeing none he felt himself want to smile, but he kept his face dull.

Gaara looked at his hand to see the sand armor on it was a little cracked. "No the sand kept me safe." He said showing his hand and then let the sand fix its self the cracks disappearing. He blinked after a moment and looked at Sasuke a little confused. 'Why did he even ask that he doesn't care about me..' Gaara thought and started walking again.

Sasuke shook his head and turned following Gaara once again. 'Why am I so concerned what happens to him..?' he thought to himself. Feeling he needed to change the subject he muttered behind Gaara, "Soooo... why are you here anyways?" He asked.

Gaara looked at the ground frowning slightly. "I needed a break..." He said and folded his arms again.

"From? Oh wait.. you are the new Kazekage huh? Surprised you haven't been assassinated yet," Sasuke said as he picked up speed so he was closer to Gaara to be able to talk to him easier.

"I kinda was when the Akatsuki took Shukaku.. and a few people have tried to attack me but failed horribly." He said tilting his head back to look up at the blue sky that he could see through the trees. Gaara closed his eyes half way as a strong wind blew past them it pushing his bangs into his eyes. "Heh a bit windy today.."

Sasuke closed his eyes when the wind blew into his face and he sighed softly seeing the gates of the village. "So, why were you out in forest?"

Gaara glanced over at the Uchiha and then moved his gaze back to the ground. "I needed to be alone.." He said in a low tone.

"Hm... are you even going to tell me why you were crying earlier?" he questioned.

Gaara looked away from him and bit his lip. "Why do you care..." He asked trying to keep his mind off what was upsetting him not wanting to cry again.

"I do not have to answer that unless you answer my question first," The black haired guy responded as he walked past the guards at the gate, them giving him glares and politely nodding their heads at Gaara. "assholes.." Sasuke mumbled but looked at Gaara seriously.

Gaara made his face become expressionless as people looked over at him and walked a little closer to Sasuke when a few people glared, he wasn't sure who they were glaring at but he still felt nervous. "I had a fight with my brother..." He said looking down.

"You cried because.. you had a fight with your brother..?" Sasuke asked feeling a little for the redhead because he too had fought with his brother many of times. "Nothing too bad right?" He asked not wanting Gaara to end up doing what he had ended up doing to his own brother.

Gaara bit his lip and tried to keep up the mask he always hid behind. "L-Lets just say we are not on talking terms anymore.." Gaara said his eyes showing his sadness.

"Oh... Well... I hope you two get back on those terms.. or that would be.. er upsetting.." Sasuke said his voice tinted with awkwardness as he walked to Shushuyas opening the door for Gaara.

Gaara just nodded and blinked in surprise when Sasuke opened the door for him. He walked in and picked a booth in the far back away from anyone else, he removed his gourd and set it down next to the table.

The Uchiha shifted his sword and sat down in the booth across from the younger male, his eyes shifting to the few people in the restaurant before shifting back to Gaara's face. "So what was your fight about wit your brother?" He asked as a waitress came over and set tea on the table and menus then walked away.

Gaara stared down into the tea cup not meeting the black haired males gaze. "He says I keep everything hidden...I never open up...we ended up yelling at each other and he stormed out saying he no longer wished to speak to me.." Gaara picked up his tea and took a sip.

"Well you seem pretty open to me..." Sasuke murmured and ordered for both him and Gaara, giving the small waitress the menus. "Maybe you should go back and have a long talk with him about why he feels that way.. try to change things before they get.. well worse..' Sasuke said. he felt like he was giving good information because he had experience with older brother trouble.

"I have to stay here for a week my sister forced me into taking a week long break." Gaara said folding his arms on the table and closing his eyes as he sighed

"Well then tell him after your break," Sasuke replied as he looked to the side out of window. "Do you have a place to stay?" he then inquired wanting to make sure the redhead was sheltered properly. 'Why is it I keep getting concerned for him?' Sasuke asked himself as he glanced at Gaara then back out the window.

"I.." He started only to jump when a hand landed on his shoulder, he looked up to see Naruto grinning down at him. "Hey Gaara! It's great to see you can I have a best friend hug?" The blond asked and glanced over at Sasuke. "Oh this is where you went off to." He said as Gaara was getting to his feet. He hugged the Kazekage tightly then pulled back feeling the sand armor. "Aw come on redhead your safe in Konoha take your armor off." Naruto said pouting.

Sasuke's eyes rolled back over to Naruto looking bored, "Oh come on, I just got away from you Naruto, can't you just jump off a cliff so i don't have to deal with you for a moment?" He asked resting his head in his hand.

"Shut up teme!" Naruto yelled making a few people look over at them. Gaara sighed and closed his eyes the sand slowly falling off his body and going back into his gourd, when the armor was off everyone could see his hair was a much brighter red and he was a bit more pale, his kanji was a little brighter to and more noticeable on his forehead though his bangs still blocked it from being seen clearly. "Dude you look better with out the sand." Naruto said and Gaara sat back down. "Well how long you in the village?" Naruto asked ignoring the black haired male. "A week.." Gaara replied. "Well I would offer you to stay with me but I have a 5 day mission to go on sorry Gaara...oh crap! I'm late to meeting up with my team crap!" He quickly hugged Gaara again then looked at Sasuke. "Bye grumpy be nice to redhead!" He yelled as he leaped out the window and rand own the street. The Kazekage smiled and shook his head in amusement.

Sasuke growled at how annoying Naruto seemed to him. Then he leaned back when the waitress set the food on the table. "How can you stand that annoying dobe?" he asked Gaara as he broke his chop sticks and started eating.

"He's my best friend..he helped changed me I guess I'm used to the randomness.." Gaara said and split his chop sticks as well and started eating but very slowly.

The Uchiha ate half of his meal then pushed it away as he rest his elbows on the table, inner locking his fingers as he always did. "So again, do you have somewhere to stay?" he asked as his gaze fell onto Gaara's soft green eyes rimmed with black.

Gaara's gaze moved up to lock with the taller males. "No.. I guess I'll get a room at a inn or a hotel." He said and poked at his food.

"No need to pay for a room.. I have a spare bedroom in my apartment if you would like to stay in it," He stated. "Well that is if you do not mind me for company," asked the older male, patiently waiting for the waitress to come back to ask her for the bill.

"Um..sure.." Gaara said looking down and rubbing his elbow awkwardly. "I don't..mind your company. When your not insulting me your pretty nice to talk to." Gaara said picking up his chop sticks and breaking them in half before setting them in his bowl.

The small woman came over and left the flimsy pace of paper on the table. Sasuke pushed it over to Gaara and smiled, "You agreed to pay." After that he averted eye contacted with the younger male, finding that it made him a bit, well awkward to say the least.

Gaara sweat dropped then reached into his pocket muttering as he pulled out his wallet and paid for the food, he shot Sasuke a glare as he put his wallet back into his pocket then stood up picking up his gourd under his arm.

"Hey, You are the kazekage ok, I am an anbu, think of the difference in income there," Sasuke said, playfully glaring back. Wait playfully. 'No.. glare at him for real.. god Sasuke what the hell is wrong with you??' He asked himself as he got up.

Gaara shrugged his small shoulders and walked out holding the door this time for the taller male. "Wheres your mask?" He asked looking back at the Uchiha.

"Why would I carry it around with me? Then other ninja would easily recognize me and attempt to kill me," Sasuke muttered as he walked out of the door only to be rushed by a heard of fan girls. "See see see! I told you Sasuke-kun was here!" One of them yelled as they all squealed screaming Sasuke's name. Another one noticed the small redhead and pointed, "hey look gaara-kun!!" She yelled and they all started rambling a mix of Gaara and Sasuke's names. Then, it split, 'Wait.. if they are together were they on a date?!" All the them started yelling about their Gaara and Sasuke couldn't possibly be taken by the other and they started arguing to each other about which one might possibly be better.

Gaara blushed and really wished he had his sand armor on to hide it, he looked down and tried to move past the girls. He glanced at Sasuke to see how he was reacting to this and moved his gourd to his other arm. 'Why the hell am I blushing?? Its not like that was really date we just sat and had food.' Gaara thought.

Sasuke sighed and tried to walk passed the girls then glared when two grabbed onto his arm. "Sasuke-kun! You can't possibly be dating Gaara you have to love us!" They said. The raven haired male's eye twitched as he forced his arm out of their grip. "What if I do? Will you leave me alone, ever since I got back you have been annoying me, go the hell away!" He yelled at them. When more started complaining he sighed and walked forward thinking, 'don't slap me for this..' Quickly he grabbed Gaara's arm, yanking hi into his chest and brushing his lips to the other guys. "See, I do, now go the hell away.." He murmured blushing faintly. The fan girl's jaws all dropped and they started murmuring amongst each other, a few with nose bleeds others had upset faces, and even some that looked pissed off stared at both males.

The Kazekage turned a dark red and stood there shocked, he blinked a few times trying to get his brain to work and the first thought that came to mind was. 'T-Thats w-was my f-first kiss.. and it was t-taken by Sasuke..' As hard as he tried he couldn't get mad, instead he now felt really shy and really awkward.

When the fan girls where too dazed to react Sasuke grabbed the small arm in front of him and dragged the redhead off. He stopped in front of a building not far from Shushuyas and uttered an apology, "S-sorry.. I figured it would get them to shut up so..."

The black haired male rubbed his temple as he walked over and plopped down on the couch, letting out a long sigh. 'Am.. am I falling for Gaara..?' He thought to himself as his eyes shifted to the hallway looking at Gaara door but he quickly looked away. Sasuke got up after awhile finding himself tired and he walked to his bed room, stripping down to only his boxers like he was used to and he got in his bed, falling asleep with ease.