'Finally!' Naruto thought. Hours had past since they had arrived at the village hidden in the sand, and most of that time, the sand siblings we're explaining the circumstance in which they asked for backup, or just talking in general. It was midnight, and everybody had finally went to bed, or atleast, that's what Naruto thought.
They didn't have enough spare rooms for the visitors, so Naruto and Kakashi had to bunk with one of the sand siblings. It wasn't too much of a surprise to Naruto that he was sleeping in Gaara's room, but at the same time, it was.
Naruto hadn't been able to fall asleep, him being so close to Gaara, but to him, it also wasn't close enough. He tossed and turned on the floor next to Gaara's bed. What he really wanted, was to be sleeping next to Gaara. Maybe even, cuddled up close to him.
'No..' the blonde thought. Gaara surely wouldn't let him do that, he was just getting accustomed to different emotions, emotions.. that he could share with others.
Naruto groaned, a little too loudly, and grabbed Gaara's attention.
"Naruto? Whats wrong?" came the deep monotone voice of the red-headed boy. Naruto started.
"Oh, sorry Gaara, did I wake you?" the blonde inquired worriedly.
"No. I don't sleep much..." he answered. "But you didn't answer my question.."
"Oh uh, nothing's wrong." Naruto spoke nervously. Gaara was leaning over the edge of his bed, and was looking down at the boy. He saw a blush rise into Naruto's cheeks, and then closed his eyes, and shook his head.
"You... are a weird one..." the red-head sighed, "come up here." and then Gaara sat fully up, scooted over, and patted the spot next to him. The moonlight shining through the window was Naruto's enemy, showing every inch of his face to Gaara, and him seeing it glow redder than his own hair. Gaara held out his hand, thinking that Naruto might need help up. Naruto gulped, and grabbed Gaara's hand for a totally different reason. He wanted to feel Gaara's hand, and he was glad he accepted the boy's hand. It was warm, and soft. He imagined feeling Gaara's fingertips gliding up the small of his back.
Naruto was now on Gaara's bed. It was soft, really soft. Softer than he could ever imagine, but then again, he had been laying on a hard wood floor for about three hours, so he might be over-exaggerating.
'God his face is so... beautiful... and his eyes... oh, his eyes..' Naruto thought, staring at Gaara. Then he noticed, a small blush, creeping across the crimson haired boy's cheeks.
'He's... blushing...' Naruto thought
'He's.. Blushing..'
'HE's BLUshING'
'HE'S BLUSHING!!'
'OH MY SWEET GINGER FOX HE'S BLUSHING!'
In this time that Naruto was putting the peices together that the boy infront of him was blushing, he was subconsciously stroking Gaara's cheek with his thumb, and holding his chin with his index finger.
Gaara was surprised at this gesture.
'Wha-What the hell is... is he doing?' he wondered. Naruto shortly after, realized what he was doing, and jerked his hand away, staring at it, and growing an even deeper crimson, if that was even possible. Gaara didn't want him to stop, and reflexively grabbed for the blondes hand.
'I'm... holding Naruto's hand.. for the second time...' Gaara thought.
Gaara brought Naruto's hand back up to his cheek, and urged him to continue what he was doing before, shocking Naruto deeply.
'He.. wants me to continue... rubbing his cheek?' he thought, scooting closer to Gaara, and moving from his cheek, to his hair. Twisting the soft, crimson tendrils into little curls, he stared deep into Gaara's eyes, and he stared willingly back, waiting to see what happened next.
Naruto brought his hand down from Gaara's hair, and rested it back on the red-heads cheek, but this time, he was running his thumb across his lips, and staring at them with deep desire. Gaara was confused, he had no idea what was happening, but didn't want it to stop. Naruto muttered something, so quiet, but Gaara was able to catch a little of what he said,
"want..." and then Naruto removed his thumb, and closed the space inbetween the two boys, kissing Gaara gently.
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