Soulmates - [ GaaNaru / Gaara x Naruto ]

Chapter 16

Naruto's p.o.v.

As we were both enjoying our moment, someone suddenly destroyed the atmosphere by knocking on the door. I immediately turned my head to the direction the sound was coming from. <<Shit, that's probably Temari and Kankuro!>> Gaara lifted me up gently, then ruffled through my hair one last time before he went to answer the door. He enjoys doing this too much. Why is it always him ruffling through my hair and not the other way around?

After some time I heard him opening the door and letting someone in. I tried to listen and make out who it was, but I only caught the voice of Konohamaru. I chuckled to myself. He was always the loudest one, just like me.

Then it suddenly hit me. They probably were here to start working on our mission and I wasn't even dressed properly. I still wore the shirt from yesterday, since I fell asleep on a certain somebody while watching TV. I hurriedly made my way to Gaara's room and put on a new shirt and a pair of black jeans. Then I looked in the mirror to check if I looked acceptable. After a few seconds I decided that my appearance was alright and made my way to the front door.

There I saw Kankuro and Temari with Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon behind them. They were all here and ready to start working. <<Hey, good morning!>>
They looked at me and greeted back immediately. Then I heard Gaara behind me. <<I still have to change, I'll be here in a sec.>> Temari looked at him confused. <<Why do you need to change? You're already dressed up.>>

Gaara looked at me, flustered. He blushed mildly but tried to shake it off. <<I was really tired yesterday so I fell asleep on the couch yesterday, with my clothes still on.>> He lied before disappearing into his room to change. We stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to talk about. <<Soo, how do you like our village so far?>> Kankuro asked me after some time. <<Oh, it's really great! It's a lot different than Konoha but it's really nice.>>

Despite me tripping every now and then and almost breaking my nose, it was a very nice experience. Especially last night, though this had nothing to do with the village itself, so I didn't bring it up. <<I'm glad you like it here.>> At that moment Gaara came back, wearing a plain white T-shirt and black jeans. <<Let's get to work!>> he chanted while closing the door. <<Woah, Gaara. Why are you suddenly in such a good mood? It's rare seeing you like that.>> I saw him blushing and he tried to regain his composure. <<Ah, it's nothing. Just glad that I can help out a bit.>>

After walking for some time I realized that I went a bit slow so I was a few meters behind the others. They didn't seem to recognize, though. I was glad actually, because I had a lot to think about and sort things out in my head. My heart was still confused. While being deep in thought, I suddenly felt someone touching my hand and intertwining my fingers with theirs.

I was shocked and looked up to the person immediately. I sighed as I saw that it was Gaara who was doing this. He flashed an apologetic smile for scaring me, but I felt so happy that I immediately returned a genuine smile, causing him to hold onto my hand a little tighter. It felt really nice. I never had this kind of relationship with anyone ever before so it was totally new to me. We kept walking. Holding hands while happily following our friends.