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Love At Second Sight
One day Temari, Kunkuro, and Gaara were going to the Village Hidden In The Leaves. They were summoned there along with the other Chunin around the local area for some weird meeting.
As far as Gaara was concerned it was unessecary but required. The meeting was to be held the next day. They would have to find a place to stay for the night.
After checking in to a hotel the trio set off for town if only not to die of complete and utter bordem. Gaara stopped suddenly when they reached the market.
"What's wrong Gaara?" Temari asked curiously.
Gaara saw Hinata at about four stands away. He remembered her barely from two years ago. But she was different now. Her hair was slightly longer and her face was...cute. Really bute. Gaara stared at her without realizing he was.
'This...girl...she's...' he thought. Temari put her hand on Gaara's shoulder. He snapped back to attention. "What?" he asked Temari. She said nothing but grinned. He looked over at Kunkuro. "What!" He said more fiercely. "Don't ask me. Temari's just weird." He said and walked up to a stand nearby.
"What are you staring at Temari." He said glaring at her. "You. Because you were staring at her." She said pointing to Hinata. "No I wasn't." Gaara said stubbornly. "Yes you were!" Temari said just as stubbornly. "No, I wasn't." He said. "Fine." Said Temari. Gaara and her walked forward. Temari stopped. "Admit it! You think that she's cute!" She said. Gaara glared at her.
"Temari! Stop!"
"No! Admit it!"
"No!"
"Come on!"
"Drop it!"
"Hey look!" Temari grabbed his shoulders and turned him around. He saw Hinata staring back at him from across the street.
Hinata had changed more than just her hair. She wasn't twelve anymore so naturally she was more developed than the year of the Chunin exams.
She saw Gaara staring back at her and blushed three shades of red. She turned away and looked at the ground shaking her head. 'That can't...he's...the way he looked at me...he's...very handsome...' She thought blushing furiousely.
"Why should I?" Gaara said quitely. Temari turned him around so he looked straight at her. "Because she likes you too! I can tell. She blushed so bad when she saw you!" She said. Gaara wasn't fully convinced. "How would you know she was blushing cause of that?" He asked. Temari looked at him in disbelief. "What else was there to blush at? I'm a girl I know these things!"
Gaara still didn't move. "I can't okay. I'm not going to." Before he even finished Temari had started dragging him towards her.
"Stop! Temari! Quit it!" Before he could protest he was right next to Hinata. Temari ran away before Gaara could yell at her.
"Gaara, of the Desert." Gaara said simply. He blushed very slightly but Hinata noticed. In return she blushed until her face was beat red. "I...I remember seeing you when I was 12. At the Chunin exams. I saw you fight someone in the forest of death. You're quite strong." Hinata said. She was terrified of him after that day but for some reason all of her fear had been swept away and now she had a new strange feeling. The feeling she used to get with Naruto.
"Yes. I saw you fight your cousin. Neji Huuyga was it? You were very injured after that battle." He said remembering. "Oh...yes...I'm okay though. How...have you been Gaara?" She said as if she had been friends with him forever even though she barely knew him now.
"I'm fine." Gaara said simply. Just then Kiba's voice could be heard from across the street. "Hey Hinata! Come over here!"
Hinata look disappointed. "Coming!" She called. "I have to -" before she could finish Gaara had turned away and started walking off. He looked disappointed as well but he wasn't showing it too much. Hinata ran after him and grabbed his shoulder. "Wait!" It took her all the courage in the world to ask him to meet her back there that night. But he agreed so suddenly he even surprised himself.
Gaara looked down and blushed just a little. "I'm meeting her tonight..." He said quietly. Temari burst with excitment. "Oh my god! Gaara that's awesome! I didn't think you could do it! I'm so happy for you!" Gaara walked off mid-rant. "Your annoying." He muttered at Temari.
Gaara's eyes widened. He was blushing fully now. "Um...yea...I was just late..." He said awkwardly. Hinata pulled back. "Thank you for...the flowers. They're beautiful." She said.
After that they just began talking. Then they walked and talked. In the middle of the walk Hinata grabbed Gaara's hand and didn't let go. Though surprised Gaara did not pull away.
By the end of the night they were back on the bench. Gaara was about to tell Hinata that he had fallen in love with her. He tried to make the words come out but they wouldn't. Before he could even speak Hinata was asleep, her head resting on his shoulder. Gaara ran his finger down her cheek and whispered quitely in her ear,"You're beautiful Hinata-chan." He kissed her on the cheek softly. She slowly awakened at this fully aware of what had happened. They were both blushing but Hinata leaned in and kissed Gaara softly on his pale lips.
Gaara looked surprised and was blushin out of control but instead of talking or getting up he held her close to him and kissed her. She gracefully kissed back.