My Best Friend Is a Monster

Chapter three

Asami sighed. Why couldn't she find Gaara? She thought that her first talk with him would have erased any doubts about her wanting to be his friend! She made it very clear that Gaara was not the monster.

Asami was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't see the pebble in front of her, and because of her chubby five-year-old legs she was incapable of holding herself up (She never thought she would say this, but Asami couldn't wait to grow up)

The ground came dangerously close to her face, and she suddenly stopped. Completely out of the blue. Asami briefly considered the possibility that she had become super-man until she noticed the sand wrapped around her torso, which could only mean one thing...

she wasn't super-man, she was sandman! That had to be it! (Looking back she realized that maybe all that lack of sleep was making her sort of, well, an idiot.)

Her sandman fantasy didn't last long because she soon spotted a shock of red hair shyly hiding behind a tree, which didn't work well because said tree was dead and thin as a twig, which sort of made it obvious that he was hiding behind it.

Asami inwardly sighed.

"Gaara, is that you?"

A pause.

"No..."

Asami sighed, this time outwardly. She walked towards the tree, which very obviously had a wild Gaara hidden behind it. She made a show of whistling and walking behind the tree in which he was hidden behind.

"Let's get down to business." (To defeat, The Huns)

"Why have you been avoiding me?"

There was a pause as Gaara thought of his answer.

"Because you hate me."

"How can you say that so confidently?! i don't hate you, and I've been looking for you for the past three days."

"Stop lying. You're just using me and I'm not gonna befriend someone who just wants to use me."

"PFT. Yeah right. I don't wanna use you, I'm a kid just like you. I'm not that manipulative. And you don't mean that."

"I do."

"Then why were you following me?"

"I am curious. Why would you pretend to be my friend?"

"I already told you, I'm not pretending! Jeez, is it so hard to believe that?"

"Yes."

Asami sighed once more.

"Why do think that I'm gonna betray you?"

"Because everyone does eventually."

"I'm not everyone."

"Doesn't mean you won't betray me."

The silence was more awkward than ever.

"What made you think that?"

"Someone told me."

"Who?"

"Someone who I trusted, and is now dead."

the way he said it made it seem like-

oh no.

Asami had forgotten just what had provoked the shukaku to take control.

" Well, I can tell you that I'm not using you, and even though you might not think so, i still want to be your friend.

He looked at her curiously.