Waiting for a Yes [Modern!Neji x Reader]

PART 25

As students begin walking to their lockers, there seems to be an invitation taped to almost everyone's locker. When [Name] picks her off the steel door, she opens it immediately to see what it's for. The words looked to be beautifully written and it's for a party hosted by Matsuri and Sari.

"You got one too?"

[Name] hears a voice and turns to see Gaara standing there. She smiles, stuffing the invitation in her pockets. "Yeah, are you gonna go?"

Gaara shrugs his shoulders, giving his girlfriend a lopsided smile. "Parties aren't really my thing."

"If I do go, this'll be the first party I've ever been at. If I go, will you come with me?" She asks with hopeful eyes.

"Maybe," he says. "I'd rather sleep though."

The bell rings suddenly, ending the couple's conversation. Gaara plants a chaste kiss to [Name's] cheek and scurries off to class with a promise to see her sometime later. She takes her books and hurries off to class, taking her seat next to Sasuke.

"Did you get an invitation to Matsuri's party?" [Name] asks Sasuke as they do their warm-up for today.

"Yeah, but I'm not going," he says as he finishes a question. "Those two, Matsuri and Sari, are fucking weirdos."

She just hums in response. She can't say much about them besides that they're best friends with each other and admire Gaara for his excellence in many subjects.

She shrugs her shoulders after a while and says, "I might go."

...

At the beginning of her math class, [Name] asks the same question she's been asking all day to Neji.

"Are you really going to go?"

"I don't know," Neji replies. "Maybe."

"You should go and Tenten might want to come with you," she says.

Neji keeps from rolling his eyes. He hates the idea that he must bring his girlfriend around with him wherever he goes.

She's not a damn dog. She has a mind of her own. He thinks as he mulls over the idea.

"What if she doesn't want to go?" Neij questions, flipping a pencil in his hands.

"Then you can go with me."

The pencil falls from Neji's fingers. He turns to face [Name] directly.

"Wait, is Gaara not going?" He asks, hoping for confirmation.

"He might not, and I don't want to show up to a party alone," she states. "Plus, I need a ride there."

"Well, if Gaara isn't going to go with you, then I'll take you," he says casually even though his body jitters with excitement.

This is Neji's chance to have one on one time with [Name]. He's hoping that he can convince her to run away with him and ditch Gaara. Okay, maybe not fully ditch Gaara, but at the very least convince her that she's better off without him holding her down.

Hopefully, she'll dump him by the end of the night, and I'll comfort her throughout the breakup, Neji thought as class begins.

There is only one problem with his plan, and it's the unpredictable mind of a teenage boy named Gaara. If he suddenly decides that he wants to take his girlfriend to this party, then Neji's plan will be ruined. But he doesn't focus on the negatives, he only prays to any god that is listening to him that he can spend that night with [Name].

...

"Are you sure you don't want to go, Gaara?" [Name] asks again. It's the beginning of their study period and the couple both walk into the library. They find a table in the corner to sit alone.

"I think it might be really fun," she says trying to convince her boyfriend to take her.

Gaara scratches the back of his neck as he scoots his chair closer to his beloved. "I don't know. I just feel like something will go wrong. I already get bad vibes from Matsuri and Sari, they're... weird."

[Name] chuckles and places her hand on top of his. "I think you're being silly Gaara."

"Baby," he addresses her in the sweetest tone. "I don't think you understand."

Gaara sighs and leans back in his chair. "Sari and Matsuri are my crazy stalkers. They followed me from Suna. We used to go to Sand Hill High before my family moved to Konoha, and not even a month later, Sari and Matsuri are going to Leaf Side with me."

[Name] knows that Suna is Gaara's hometown and also knows that it's quite far from Konoha. She also knows that Sand Hill is notoriously a school for delinquents and filled to the brim with gangs and thugs. If those small framed girls can survive that school then they must be some strong bitches.

"It might've just been a coincidence," she says, quite unsure of herself and the statement she made.

"Baby, I don't," he sighs again. "I don't want you going to that party, I feel like something bad will happen to you."

[Name] frowns and looks away from her boyfriend. Gaara sees she's disappointed and places a hand on her back.

"Baby, I'm sorry," he apologizes. She huffs and rests her chin on the table.

"The only party I've ever been invited to in my four years of high school and my boyfriend doesn't want me to go," she pouts and side-eyes him to read his reaction. She sees the guilt pool in his eyes as he begins to change his mind.

"Okay, okay. You can go, but I won't be going," he says, caving in. "But I'll pick you up early. Do you have someone taking you there?"

[Name] perks up instantly at his approval. "Yep!" She cheers. "Neji's going to take me."

Oh how Gaara hates Neji with a passion, but he doesn't hate him enough to restrict [Name's] time with him. A possessiveness claws at him and he drags [Name's] chair closer to his body. He pulls her into an embrace and just holds her. She doesn't complain and rests her face on his chest.

"Kiss me," he commands as he pulls away. [Name] smiles and complies to his simple demand. Their lips touch and press together slowly. He bites at her bottom lip and tugs gently. She opens her mouth allowing his tongue to slip right in.

"Holy shit you two," Sasuke says approaching the table with two books in his hands. "Get a fucking room."

[Name] pulls away, but Gaara doesn't stop kissing her. He kisses her cheek, along her jaw, and down her neck.

"Maybe you should leave," Gaara says right before leaving a hickey on her neck. She squirms out of his grasp and stares him down.

"Don't be such a perv Gaara," she pouts and he smirks.

"I was only kidding baby."

"Well you looked pretty serious when you said it, you sure you don't want me to leave?" Sasuke says while pointing to a different table.

"No Sasuke, you can stay," [Name] reassures her best friend. Sasuke sits down and playfully sticks his tongue out at Gaara.

"She likes me better," Sasuke teases and Gaara flips him the bird.

"You're not the one who gets to kiss her," Gaara retaliates back with the same type of playfulness. Sasuke rolls his eyes and crosses his arms over his chest.

"I don't need to kiss her to know that she likes me better," he huffs.

"Guys, guys, guys," [Name] says to gather their attention. "I actually prefer Naruto over both of you."

...

A/N: I melt at the idea of Gaara calling his s/o "Baby". Like yes, yes, I am your baby.
Anyways, when the fuck did this boring ass, shit story get 13K+ reads? When the hell did that happen? Who's reading this???

Love ya toodles!