Overrated (Remade)

Chapter 4

The parked car was near a road that cut off. The lights were turned on , casting a faint glow on the two boys.

"So, Gaara! What's up?" Lee had twisted his body to face gaara and his elbow resting on the middle console.

Gaara only shrugged. He felt extremely shy around lee for no reason. He was shy around everyone. He didn't like to describe his feelings with the word shy but at this point there was nothing more for him to call it.

"Oh" lee smiled softly. He had dimples and he looked so childish and adorable.

While Gaara didn't mind any of that he was was thinking about how lee had this golden retriever personality.

That's what people would use to describe happy go lucky , positive and adorable people right?

Gaara side smiled back. He was starting to feel a little less shy. Doubting the fact that lee had felt shy at all , gaara thought they were warming up to eachother.

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The door slammed shut and a hungover kankuro stood at the dining room table.

"What the hell happened??"

Lee frowend. Hanging his coat up on the coat-rack.

"Well. You got drunk. Not much more to it"

Kankuro only groaned. Placing his head in his hands. Clearly frustrated from the headache and from the lack of memory of what had happened.

"Hey do not get all stressed over it" lee smiled. "take a pain reliever and try to fall back asleep"

Kankuro did just that.  No argument , no words. And he passed out almost immediately at impact.

Gaara yawned. He didn't sleep often. He had insomnia if he had to admit it. when he stayed up for too long he did get tired. He'd usually start feeling the after effects of no sleeping after two days. So he'd sleep early and late on weekends. Trying to regain sleep he lost.

He trudged to his room and flopped on the bed. He was extremely tired. He felt his eye lids closing , as if there were  weights holding them down.  

Temaris house was usually cold. Brisk air flowing through the dusty vents and sending the cobwebs In the corner of the room to wave and break apart. Gaara didn't mind though.

He didn't mind the smoke stained ceilings or the creakyfloors. He didn't even mind the slick basmemt steps , he loved Temari's house.

More then anything actually.  He loved being there and the feeling he had when he was there.

As he was thinking he didn't notice himself drift off into a silent sleep.

Gaara had woken up quite earlier. He was proud of himself for once. 9 am. It was strange for him to be awake so early on a weekend.

He rubbed his eyes carefully as they were quite sensitive. One of his socks were somehow off snd he could feel the horrible bed head he had.

He almost didn't want to walk out , but he ended up doing it anyways. The door creaking as he opened it.

He heard small noises coming from the kitchen.

His siblings probably weren't up. Since they were all drunk last night. Gaara knew this would be what Tenten liked to call a 'lazy day'.

Gaara peeked his head into the kitchen. "lee?' he said.  His morning voice making him sound much more masculine that he presented himself. 

He hated his morning voice. Not beacuase of the tone. More of beacuase he liked his regular voice. His regular voice suited him quite well. Any other tone threw him off.

"Oh gaara! Good morning!"  He said. He was wearing the same outfit as yesterday but he looked as  clean as the day before. 

"What are you doing?"  Gaara asked. Walking over to sit on the island chairs.

"Making breakfast! I woke up at 4 this morning to jog around the block and thought I'd stop by the dollar store and get stuff to make breakfast!"  He smiled. A deafening and bright smile.

"Ah okay." Gaara at this point knew. If you tried to fight lee you'd always lose. It was something most of lee's freinds learned.

There was a long akward silence before gaara spoke up again.

"Thanks for last night"

Lee hummed back his response. It wasn't really a response , more of a noise but gaara knew what it meant. It was lee's way of saying he would do it again.

Gaara had only known lee for a short amount of time but he'd felt diffrent around lee.

He shook his head clearing his thoughts.

"Hey Lee- I know you like being nice and all but- Can I help?" Gaara asked. It was not the usual of him to ask someone if he could help. Especially when it was somthing for himself. 

"Yeah! You don't have to ask!" Lee smiled. "This is your house afterall!"

Gaara smiled.  It was his house, yet lee still somehow made it seem like his own. Was that because of Lee's personlity. Or maybe it was just beacuase Gaara took a liking to lee.

Unlike any of his other friends. He showed emotion. Emotion wasn't his strong suit but he tried when he felt like it.

Lee had most of the cooking under control, but he didn't seem to be good at it.

"Lee- that's not enough pepper- it will taste weird without it" Gaara had said sliding the pepper down the counter for lee to take.

"Oh yeah- sorry" he laughed.

"Anyways Gaara- I was think about somthing last night!"

"Hm?" Gaara had hummed softly from the opposite side of the kitchen. He was putting all the things that had been left out, up.

"Do you have any hobbies-?" Lee asked.

It left Gaara a little dumbfounded. Of course hobbies were a normal thing someone talked about.

"Oh uh..." He paused. "well I guess I like plants- Less of plants and more of cacti" He took a paper towel gently over the surface of the counters.  Cleaning it of the dust and spills he and we had made.

"It's difficult to explain but back at my fathers- i have a few cacti"

Lee smiled. "That's cool! I've always thought plants seemed a bit intreasting. There a bit strange in that way"

Gaara nodded his head.

"Yes I think so too"

(So if you're wondering. I am spellchecking an adding into this story. I unpublished everything and as I fix it all I'll gradually rebublish it. ♥️ Thanks for reading. )
-Lotus