Sweet Tooth-Chapter 4

It was supposed to be easy. Really easy, but Gaara was left with a strange feeling that had been simmering in his gut since Kankurou had brought them home earlier that evening, it was a feeling that he couldn’t shake off. So here he was laying wide-awake in his bedroom at 1:15 am in the morning, unable to sleep, the redhead could feel the cool softness of his dark blue comforter beneath his head as he lay on top while staring up at the plain white ceiling of his room littered with glow in the dark stars and sighed for the umpteenth time that night.

He had been surprised by the lack of conversation on his brother’s part as they exited the apartment complex, got into Kankurou’s old beat-up red Nissan truck and headed home. Kankurou for the most part had ignored him like the plague, the redhead wondered if it had anything to do with the fact that he knew Naruto and just didn’t want to talk about what he had witnessed between them, after all (according to what his brother had told him) Kankurou was straight, so he probably hadn’t liked the fact that Gaara had kissed another guy he knew.

Thoughts about his older brother’s reaction lead to thoughts about his sister, Temari and how she would take the news. He knew she tended to have a lot of lovers, none that he had personally talked with, so perhaps she might be more open to discussing the situation involving him, Naruto and that bastard Sasuke.

Their was a sudden dip on the right side of the bed, making him sway a bit to the left, Gaara didn’t need to look to know who the flowery fragrance, that wafted towards his nose, belonged to, “Long night?” It was as if his thoughts about her had conjured Temari to his side.

The redhead turned to look in his sister’s direction as she sat on the other side of the bed staring down at him, her normal hairdo had been left undone, leaving her long straw colored blond hair flowing in gentle waves down her back. Temari was currently wearing a hideous looking fluffy pink robe tied around her waist that reminded him a little of cotton candy that had been left sitting on the counter in the sun… not a good combination. Underneath the robe was a black t-shirt that read ‘Bitch Magnet’ in white thread along with Carebear printed pajama pants.

Gaara scrunched up his nose at the disgusting vision that came to mind of how the pink color of the robe reminded him of that bitch Sakura that was in his class… and how ironic that it was the same exact shade, before turning to look up at the ceiling of his room, “Isn’t your date going to wonder where you’ve gone?”

Temari gave a dramatic sigh before pushing her little brother to the side so that she could lie next to him on the small full sized bed with her hands behind her head, “Nope out like a light…” Turning to look at the oddly thoughtful look on her younger brother’s face, she found herself curious over what was going through her brother’s head, considering that he never let anyone in and had in fact avoided the majority of human life at his school… or the world for that matter, like they were the Black Death.

So it had come as a rather big shock for Temari to overhear Kankurou, earlier that evening, muttering about the evils of seeing his brother dating and getting kissed by perverts as he wondered off towards the direction of their kitchen to get something to eat. He had been oblivious to the fact that she was sitting in the their living room at the time on their lone green and white stripped couch, smoking a cigarette, while her current lover lay naked and exhausted on top of the bed in her room.

“I’m thinking of breaking up with him…” the blond stated in a round about way as she counted the glow in the dark stars that were stuck to the top of her little brother’s ceiling, while she waited… hoping her brother would open up to her a little. She wanted to know what the date had been about.

Their was an odd shifting movement as Gaara fidgeted on the other side of the bed as he debated over whether or not he should ask Temari about how he should deal with Naruto or more specifically Sasuke since the bastard was bound and determined to come between him and Naruto. Deciding he really didn’t have much of a choice considering his only other option was Kankurou who was not only a pervert, but as sympathetic as a brick wall, “How do you know if you’ve found love?”

It was a simple enough question, considering the many years of dating his sister had under her belt, so the redhead assumed she might have some type of answer to his question.

Gaara was surprised however to hear Temari start laughing in a rather choking way, he turned to look in her direction only to notice that she was staring at him in an amused manner, “Ah sorry…” the blond haired girl wiped at her eyes that had watered a bit as she laughed, “It’s just that this is the first time I have ever heard that you were interested in someone… both me and Kankurou thought you were asexual… you know like a frog.”

Gaara’s hairless brows furrowed in anger at the insinuation that he was anything like a slimy and green amphibian, he thought that image suited his rival, Sasuke better, “I’m not a frog…”

His sister let off another light laugh, “I’m happy for you… really, it’s just a little weird hearing you talk about love like that… I thought you hated everyone?”

Gaara gave off an indignant snort as he sat up from the bed, “I don’t need to listen to this…” he moved to leave only to feel his sister’s hand on his shoulder holding him back. It was partially true that he had never had any interest in anyone before, at least not sexually, it had even come as a surprise to him that he could fall for anyone that easily, but Gaara had and he wasn’t about to let Naruto go anytime soon… after all, who knew if he would find anyone that made him feel this way again.

“God… I’m sorry, your trying to ask me about love and here I am giving you a hard time about it…” Temari watched as Gaara sat frozen on the end of the bed in front of her, she shook her head over how childish, but cute the stance was before moving to sit at the end of the bed next to Gaara, “Your lucky you know…”

Green eyes turned to eye her a bit in surprise at the statement, “How so?”

His sister gave the redhead a slight smile before nudging him a bit with her shoulder, “Cause you like someone enough to actually love him or her… I think I am a little jealous. So who is the lucky girl?”

An image came to Temari’s mind of cute little Goth girl hanging onto her brother’s arm as they sat watching a horror movie and laughing over the fake death scenes, at least it sounded like something her brother would do on a date, though to be honest she didn’t know much about Gaara other than the disturbing contents of his room which included horror pictures, his Gothic style of dress and the obvious lack of companionship from the outside world.

“His name is Naruto…”

Temari nodded in response to Gaara’s low sounding voice, before it suddenly registered in her mind what her younger brother had just said, as well as what Kankurou has mumbled earlier.  Hadn’t her older brother muttered something along the lines of ‘Pervert’ and ‘Kiss’? She turned widened blue-green eyes on her stoic-looking brother only to notice that he appeared completely serious at the mention of the name, “Your gay?”

Honestly Gaara didn’t know what the word meant, knowing next to nothing about relationships, the only thing that came to mind was what he had remembered being written in the dictionary, that it meant being happy. Tilting his head slightly to the side as he thought about the remark, he realized it pretty well summed up the vision he had of Naruto in his mind, “Yes… I’m happy,” he turned to look at his sister as she stood looking at him in continued open-mouthed shock.

“Uhm…” Temari quickly closed her mouth when she noticed Gaara had started to glare again in her direction over what he assumed was her was making fun of him again, “You mentioned Naruto…” the blond licked her lips nervously, wondering how in world she could discuss something like this, it was one of those times that she wished Kankurou was in the room so he could give their little brother a run down on the birds and the bees… or in this case the bees and the bees, wasn’t that a brother’s job after all?

“I’m worried that his roommate may take him away from me…”

Blink. “What?” Temari gaped in her brother’s direction at the comment, trying to focus on what Gaara was saying instead of her thoughts about Kankurou’s lack of older brother duties.

Gaara crossed his arms, as he looked at his sister in partial disgust, wasn’t she the more intelligent of his siblings? “Stop acting like you stupid… it’s annoying.”

Temari had the sudden urge to bang her head repeatedly against something, maybe it would help her to figure out what the hell was going on, at least in her own mind,  “Let me get this straight, you like a guy named Naruto…” Gaara nodded, “Obviously he is older if he lives with a roommate, but what is this about his roommate wanting to take him away from you… does this Naruto not like you?”

Actually that was something Gaara was mainly confused over since, despite the kisses they had both him and Naruto had shared, he still felt insecure about the older boy liking him, especially since he had no record of knowing anyone liking him that way before, and the fact that his raven-haired nemesis was better looking than he was (in his mind).

“The Uchiha said that I was nothing and that Naruto would soon realize that and leave me…”

“That bastard!” Gaara watched as his sister jumped up from the bed with both of her hands clenched into fists, “I make him rue the day he messed with the Suna family and you…” she pointed at overly calm looking Gaara, “Were going to make sure you get your man,” Temari said the last with a evil grin on her face.

Temari was considered a player at the college she attended, so if she couldn’t help her brother with getting with this Naruto fellow, then no one could, ‘The Uchiha is going down and I know just the person that can help me,’ she thought giving a slightly maniacal laugh that made Gaara question his sister’s sanity.

The site, though odd and a little dramatic, eased Gaara’s mind a bit, perhaps with help from his sister everything would turn out all right.

Elsewhere in Konoha Prefecture.

“No nothing is alright Neji!” Sasuke growled under his breath as he paced the length of his room, with the blue tooth attached to outer shell his ear, as he listened to his other best friend, other than Naruto, on the phone, “That little pygmy is trying to steal Naruto from me… I want to make him pay!”

A loud sigh was heard on the other end, “Listen Sasuke… you really need to stop doing this, sooner or later Naruto is going to realize that you’re the reason all of his earlier relationships failed.”

It was no secret that their blond friend had dated before, but the difference with Naruto is that he tended to stick to long term relationships rather than one night stands, it was one of the reasons that he was so popular amongst the populace of their college. The only negative part of that was the fact that Sasuke made sure that every single one of the relationships failed before they got too serious and the Uchiha had been very affective at it.

“Naruto has never caught on yet…” the raven gave a dry laugh, “Though he did get jealous that I was straddling that little Goth bastard… that should account for something right?” Personally the idea that Naruto might have been jealous of Gaara touching Sasuke instead of the other way around had made him happy, it would explain why the blond had been so upset at the time.

Their was silence on the other end, before Neji gave another sigh, it seems like he’s been doing that a lot lately, “Look… your lucky Naruto was only a little upset Sasuke, personally I think you need to worry about this Gaara person, it sounds to me like Naruto really likes this one.” He knew for a fact that Sasuke was in denial over the idea that Naruto might be truly attracted to anyone else, it wasn’t in the raven’s nature to give up.

Sasuke gave an odd sounding snort, “Like hell he does… Gaara’s an anorexic ugly looking Goth midget who is younger than him, what the hell does Naruto see in that?”

Neji shrugged, “They say opposites attract… besides isn’t it your fault that you shot Naruto down when he tried to approach you a year ago?”

“How was I supposed to know he was serious… he tried to make out with me in the middle of my graduation party, I thought he was drunk…” The truth was, that he hadn’t been ready to be so open with that type of relationship, unlike Naruto, and unfortunately the blond had never given him another chance since.

Neji rubbed at the bridge of his nose as he tried to think of a way to calm his friend down, it was always like this when Sasuke wanted something… specifically involving Naruto, he tended to go overboard and the brunette had a feeling that this circumstance was no different than the rest, other than the fact that from what Sasuke had mentioned about what happened last night, it sounded like Naruto might have chosen Gaara over Sasuke, “I just want you to be careful Sasuke… this might not end up like the previous times, you could end up even loosing your friendship with Naruto over this.”

Sasuke only continued to ignore his friend’s warnings in favor of ranting about how much he disliked his redheaded rival, “Look I want dirt Neji… anything you can get on Gaara Suna… he is going down!”

‘I just hope you don’t regret it…’ Neji thought as Sasuke cut the phone connection. He had started hanging out with Sasuke since Naruto introduced them at the private junior high school they all attended. It seemed that the blond had a way of making best friends out of enemies with his cheerful zest for life and warm charismatic attitude… it was no wonder people tended to flock towards Naruto, the fact that he was also gorgeous as well as nice only made the package that more desirable.

It hadn’t surprised Neji that Sasuke liked his best friend that way, it did surprise him that despite how much he liked Naruto, Sasuke had still turned the blond down at that party. If Sasuke hadn’t turned Naruto down a year ago, they might have been together right now… he wondered briefly if Sasuke even considered that.

‘I might have to talk with him about that’; Neji thought as he leaned back into the comfortable computer chair next to his work desk, it was about time that Sasuke confessed to Naruto about his feelings before it became too late.

The brunette was drawn out of his thought by the loud sound emitting from his MSN Messenger, alerting him to the fact that one of the contacts on his list wanted to chat, wondering who it was he clicked on the link that popped up only to smile, seeing that it was his boyfriend under the moniker ‘KineticPsycho’ trying to contact him. Neji quickly typed a response to the alert.

WhirlingDervish: Hey Babe ^_^

KineticPsycho: been thinking about you…

WhirlingDervish: All naughty I hope

KineticPsycho: Only always XD

WhirlingDervish: When are you coming home?

KineticPsycho: Wow barely gone a couple days… you must be horny…

Neji blushed at what was being typed, leave it to his boyfriend to act like a total pervert online, it always amazed him how different the stoic man appeared in public as opposed to when it was private like this. Typing back.

WhirlingDervish: Haha… Not everyone thinks with their dicks you know…

KineticPsycho: And hear I thought you liked my dick… weren’t you the one that gave it that cute little nickname?

WhirlingDervish: -_- I am not amused…

KineticPsycho: Fine… be that way, but you’ll be missing the ‘Little Devil’ soon enough… like for the next couple of days…

WhirlingDervish: What? That long?

KineticPsycho: Sorry but the professor needed my help with those last bunches of blood cells while he attended his son’s marriage ceremony so I couldn’t tell him no…

WhirlingDervish: I guess… its just I miss you…

KineticPsycho: ☺ I miss you too… don’t stay up too late talking to Sasuke ok?

WhirlingDervish: how did…

KineticPsycho: You forget that Naruto’s on my msn list… sounds like he is pissed with the Uchiha; personally I think it’s about time he did something about that bastard’s attitude.

WhirlingDervish: Hey that’s my friend too that you’re talking about…

KineticPsycho: He’s an ass… besides from what Naruto is telling me, the bastard won’t have an easy time with this Gaara in the picture… sounds really cute according to how Naruto described him…

WhirlingDervish: You think its love?

KineticPsycho: Too early for that… they have only kissed so far, but I would say that with Naruto it might not be too far away…

WhirlingDervish: Sasuke’s not going to like that…

KineticPsycho: Fuck Sasuke

KineticPsycho: Actually cross that last part out… would rather fuck you

WhirlingDervish: Pervert…

KineticPsycho: You know you love me… anyways got to go Hon, saw you online wanted to talk a bit before I turned in… just make sure the Uchiha doesn’t make you do something you regret later, ok?

WhirlingDervish: Ya ya… just don’t mention what’s happening with Sasuke to Naruto…

KineticPsycho: Like I would… I don’t want to start WWIII… anyways night Hon

WhirlingDervish: Night babe…

KineticPsycho has signed out.

Neji smiled while turning off his MSN Messenger before putting his computer on sleep mode as he turned in for the night. The brunette hoped everything work out between his two friends, but he had a feeling his boyfriend was right and that it might just turn into a mini WWIII, if the relationship between Gaara and Naruto turned serious, Neji only hoped it would work out in the end.