Overrated (Remade)

Chapter 8

Lee sat down against a wall. All his friends surrounding him.

He Held the top of the guitar gently as to not break the strings and placed the bottom on his knee. It rested well and he asked if there were any requests. He was so calm and casual, As if this was a daily or weekly thing. Gaara concluded that it probably was. The way lee had asked if they'd gotten banned yet, and the usual challenges with the pool.

It all seemed so familiar to them and so strange to Gaara. He not only felt like an odd one out, but he was also wearing Lee's clothes.  It was obvious too. 

The shirt hung low on him. A large portion of his chest was exposed and the sleeves were droopy. The shorts fit well, though you wouldn't be able to tell beacuase of how low the shirt hung. Gaara covered the exposed part of his chest with the jacket lee lended him.

"Play that one song!" Naruto yelled.

"Calm down Naruto- and you know I do not know what 'that one song' means" lee chuckled. His hair had dried and the ends of his hair were slightly curly. He had asked Gaara if he could at least put it in a low pony-tail before entering the hotel room.

Which Gaara did just that. It fit lee well. At least to Gaara it did. 

Gaaras own hair was fluffly and ratted from the pool water. Not only that but he couldn't stop thinking about when lee pulled him in the pool. When he thought about it, his face heated up and he started getting dizzy. He didn't want to pass out in front of everyone and then have to tell them the truth.

That would be embarassing.

"The one that goes like-" Naruto hummed a song. It seemed he couldn't remember the name of it. It wasn't anything Gaara had heard before.

"Oh- yes, that one" lee smiled, looking down at his guitar.

The guitar was a light brown. Outlined in a dark brown and the strings looked brand-new.

He began to play a few chords and then it all came together as a song. Gaara was absolutely mesmerized. He didn't care much for music, but the effort and gracefulness it took to play it, always astonished him.

The way Lee could strum the guitar and be able to not hit the last string or the way that he was able to play the difficult, spaced out notes quickly and gentley.

The melody he possesed was amazing.   It felt like Gaara was in a trance.

He didn't know why he was over reacting beacuase of this. He'd never do it to Temari or Kankuro. He hardly even liked music in general.

He couldn't understand why. Lee had such a different apeal than others. It was the same feeling Garaa had as when he was pulled into the pool.

He wasn't sure what it meant but he tried to push the thoughts out of his head.

Lee had finished the short song. He had mostly hummed through the lyrics though. Naurto seemed satisfied.

After a few more song requests everyone was about ready to start settling down.

The girls were giggling about having a movie marathon and the boys just talked about video games and wrestling.

Lee secured the guitar back in the case and walked out the door to meet Gaara in the hallway.

"Sakura always gets me my own room - because I pay for the hotel Rooms. So we don't have to sleep in a loud room tonight"

Gaara smiled. Relived. "okay- I'm going to go outside real quick. If I'm not pack after 10 minutes- come look for me okay?"

Lee nodded. "Will do!"

Gaara smiled and turned around. Hurrying down the hallway.

He took the elevator down and ran outside to Lee's car. When he opened the door, the dim light turned on. He sighed as he blindly searched for his cigarettes and his lighter.

Pulling them both of the cupholder they were resting in he shut the door and walked back to the entrance of the hotel.

He lit the cigarette and watched the sky.

It was dark out and it was cold. For a summer night at least.

He breathed in. The fresh air and the smell of smoke relaxed him.

"Hey" a voice said. Gaara jumped and looked over at the voice.

It was sakura. "Holy h- Sakura-?"

She pulled out her own cigarette and lit it.

"Your wearing Lee's clothes right?"

Gaara nodded. He was starting to feel like there was going to be drama.

She laughed, and when she did smoke was released and clouded the air.

"He's usually like that but- I can tell he really likes you"

Gaara looked her In the eyes. The smoke making his them burn.

"What..?"

She laughed again. "Lee! He really has taken a liking to you. He was being so honest and saying such nice things about you in our groupchat"

Gaara looked back down. "really?"

Sakura nodded. "he asked us- to pull no pranks on you. Because he was scared you would run off and never come back. So we didn't"

Gaara smiled, while fumbling with the cigarette between his two fingers.

"Hm. He's a real nice guy...I felt weird around him earlier though...- nevermind.  It was nice talking to you Sakura- I promised lee I'd be back in 10 minutes or less"

She nodded as he pressed his cigarette into the wall. It died out quickly and he threw it in the trash by the automatic doors.

He hurried quickly up the stairs and looked for the room lee had told him about.  He knocked and lee opened the door.

"Your back!"

Gaara nodded. "Yeah..."

Lee smiled. "well! I figured something out! You can have the bed and i-"

"Your not sleeping on the floor Lee"

Lee thought for a seconded. "but your technically the guest so- you get the bed!" He argued.

Gaara shook his head. "I'm not uncomfortable with sleeping in the same bed as you- unless you are. If you are then you can sleep in the bed and I sleep on the floor"

Lee thought. "well I'm alright with the idea. I just thought you'd be uncomfortable!"

Gaara shook his head. "no- not really"

Lee smiled at gaara. "then I guess we can both sleep in the bed!"

Gaara nodded.

He sat on the left side of the bed, yawning. It had been a long day. Especially after the intense social situations he was in.  He just wanted sleep. He didn't think he'd ever want that but that's exactly what he wanted.

He pulled the blanket up so it was covering everything but his head. He curled up into a ball and almost immediately fell asleep.

Lee giggled watching it. Lee was energetic almost all day. So falling asleep wasn't his forte.
Of course, a few melatonin's and a muted tv show in the background would do the trick just right.

Fortunately sleep came easy this night. Maybe it was the nonstop activities, or the challenges from Naruto.