imprinting | gaara/reader

2/100 - love

child!gaara always makes my heart wither.
he's just too adorable.

002

Hanging out with Gaara was always fun.

Getting harassed for hanging out with Gaara was not fun.

It was far from it.

Though you always hid that sunken feeling you felt after other kids teased you, Gaara seemed to have noticed. He couldn't help but feel guilty. You hid it with a smile or a small giggle, sometimes you just plain out ignored them and changed the entire subject while you grabbed Gaara's hand to go play somewhere else. This happened time after time, each time was almost the exact replica of the last, and every single moment that you dragged him away the guilt pressed him even more.

"[Name]-chan...why are you staying with me?" Gaara looks up at you, big seafoam green eyes staring warily.

You patted down some sand in place to add to the sandcastle you and Gaara were currently building, "Because you're my friend, Gaara."

He sat shook, grainy hands dropping from the sides of the castle walls as you happily continued building. It was as though he couldn't believe it, which he really wasn't able to, even though you were living proof right in front of him.

"But those kids--"

"So? I have a friend in Konoha who always tell me that love conquers all...but I still don't really know what it means. I think this could be it though."

With your words you never sounded more happy than you were right now, and this could have never been more true. Even if you still didn't fully understnd your own statement, you still found yourself trying to explain it to Gaara, so that maybe he could reach your level of understanding for it as well.

This made your five year old self find an interest in explaining things to Gaara in a teaching manner, you grew to love the awestruck expressions he showed while you talked to him.

"Don't worry about me Gaara, I'm fine."