Not a monster [Gaara of the sand love story] Modern au

Chapter ten: The past revisted

After Sarina changed her clothes she went downstairs to eat only to stop when she saw a frightening familiar face to her. She bolted to the kitchen were she hid herself by Temari as Temari looked to her confused. "What's wrong?"

"W-Why is Uchiha here?!"

"Oh he's friends with Gaara and the two of them were going to hang out today along with the other two. This is normal." Temari said with a shrug

"I...I don't want to be here no more." Sarina said sadly "I don't want to see him."

"After you eat if you want to stay in your room you may." Temari said with a smile

She nodded her head before she quickly ate her breakfast, she then bolted back up the steps before anyone could see her-not even letting Gaara know that she had came out of her room. She quickly went to get the office chair and she placed it under the door. She then went to the closet where she hugged her legs close to her chest as she began to sob out.

Gaara had been playing a game with Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke for hours when he realized that Sarina hadn't gotten downstairs or spoken to him. When the trio were picking out where they wanted to go next Gaara saw Temari and spoke to her. "Has Sarina come out of her room yet?"

"Yeah, she freaked out because of a certain guest you have here. No doubt she's freaked out." Temari said with a sigh "She's been upstairs for a few hours now."

Gaara got up and he went to see if he could get her from her room. When he got to the door he couldn't get it opened at first, it took him a few tries before he was able to get the door open. He saw once he got into the room that he was able to see what was keeping him from entering the room. His eyes blinked a few times as he saw that it was just the office chair-he placed it back at the desk as he went looking for the brunette female.

He checked under the bed and in the closet only to stop when he saw her quietly sobbing out in the deepest part of the closet. He knelt down to her and he looked to her concerned. "Sarina..."

"D-Don't touch me..." She said softly through her sobs

"Are you scared because of Sasuke being here?"

She nodded her head a few times, at that time Sakura and Sasuke came into the room and felt confused about how the room was like. "Gaara what's with this room?" Sakura asked confused

"My parents took in a female that had been living in the streets for a few years. She still has troubles socializing." Gaara said as he got up looking to Sakura and Sasuke.

Sasuke looked to him confused "Are you talking about Sarina Sanchez?"

Gaara nodded his head, Sasuke sighed and he shook his head. "She's probably terrified of me. May I talk to her?"

"Don't get too close or she might end up running off or worse." Gaara stated

Sasuke moved closer to Gaara and he saw the brunette female shaking in fear in the corner of the closet. Sasuke knelt down so he was eye to eye with her. "Sarina-I know you are afraid of me. But I only acted that way so I wouldn't get judged. I never meant to hurt you or see you cry like that. In all honesty I wanted to be your friend but my brother wouldn't let me since he believed everything that Marcus and that bitch you called a sister said."

Sarina looked at Sasuke and she stared into his eyes for a few seconds before she shifted herself so her knees were on the ground. "Y-You...You didn't mean what you said to me?"

Sasuke shook his head. "Not a single word I said was true. I hated that I had to do that to you. What do you say can we try to be friends Sarina?" Sasuke asked as he held his hand out to her

Sarina was a bit unsure at first but she knew she'd have to take risks so she placed her hand out to place it on top of Sasuke's only for him to smile at her and pull her up. He then took her out of the closet before he smiled at her. "You aren't going to get hurt anymore Sarina. You are among friends now." Sasuke said as he placed a hand on the top of her head softly