*Tango's P.O.V* 

This morning Naruto actually woke me up when he had to get up as well. He must've understood that I got upset when he just left me. Today was the second exam, and he's really looking forward to this. I was mentally praying that Naruto would pass, and Gaara too. 

"Tango-chan?" he snapped me back to reality; I glanced up curiously at him. 

"Hm?" I murmured with a lot of food in my mouth. He giggled a bit before turning serious.  

"You haven't told me the full story of your past", he suddenly said, which made me froze. Where the hell did that come from? 

"I haven't?" I asked, but clearly I knew I hadn't. I really didn't want to tell, but it must've been the time for him to know it by now.  

"No. The only thing you have said to me is that you got kidnapped from your real family, which is Hyūga, and you lived with them because they told you a lie. What did they tell you?" I swallowed all of my food in my mouth and took a deep breath, preparing myself. 

"They told me my family was killed and they only could save me. And then they treated me like a real family to make me trust them. After only just a couple of months ago, I found out the truth and ran away". 

I explained everything in details and he was a good listener. I didn't think I've ever seen him this serious before. 

"Thanks Tango-chan. You do trust me, right?" he asked and I nodded softly. 

"Of course Naruto. That's why I told you my story now". It was both because he was nagging, but I definitely wouldn't have told him if I didn't trust him. I could easily make up an excuse. 

We finished our breakfast and headed towards the second exam. We all listen closely on the rules, but I didn't get it all in, since I spotted Gaara and just... Kind of stared at him. I tried to make him look at me so I could wave at him, but he always talked to either Temari or Kankuro. Then they all had to take place and before Naruto and his team left, I gave him a good luck hug. I wanted to find Gaara and give him a good luck hug as well, but he had already disappeared. I slowly walked towards a bench outside the forest and was ready to just wait. Since they had five days to be in there or eariler, I could just take my time on being alone. 

I got up after a half an hour and walked towards the ramen shop and orded the usual. 

I ate my ramen, and walked around the village. Geez, it was way more boring than I thought it'd be without the others here. I went on a walk and then met Konohamaru. I got to know him since he's always following Naruto, and since he wasn't here now, I had to play with him and the other kids. 

"Tango-chan? When is Naruto coming back again?" he whined, which made me chuckle. 

"Five days, or maybe sooner. It depends on how good and quick he is", I answered and he sighed. 

"Then this might take some time". I laughed at his remark, and we continued to play together. 

The days went by and Gaara only took about one day. That's my boy! Just kidding, but he's better than I thought. After the talk we had, I wasn't surprised that he's good, but I didn't know he was this good. I wondered exactly what people feared of him. Now, Gaara and I were having a walk and were chatting along. He's talking a bit more now and I could tell he's starting to open a bit more to me. I'm glad though. I didn't know what I was thinking the first time we met, but I'm glad I did what I did. It only brought us closer, and he wasn't that skeptical around me anymore. 

"Tango?" I heard him mumbled and I looked up at him. 

"What?" I asked and it kind of sounded like I was angry, even though I'm not angry or upset at all. He thought of a second before he asked his question. 

"When are you going to tell me why you were crying that day?" he asked. 

I chuckled softly. "When the time is right", I just answered, which he only frowned at. I chuckled again and tapped his shoulder. "You'll understand sooner or later". 

We talked about everything and anything that we could possibly talk about for the past few days when the others were still in the forest. I could say that we've become friends, and everytime Temari or Kankuro saw us together, they frowned in confusion, but then smiles from happiness. Gaara thought that they feared and hated him, but I thought differently. They might be afraid to make him upset so he'd hurt or kill them, but I thought that they deep down cared for him and were glad he's happier now. I wasn't flattering myself, but I thought Gaara's glad that he finally had a friend who aren't afraid of him. I could really see how different his eyes were when he was around others and when he was with me. I wasn't afraid to be pissed at him, although he hadn't been pissed at me yet. He sure sometimes was grympy, but I didn't back down easily. 

I was on my way to meet Gaara in a park, but on my way, I met Temari. 

"Hey Tango! Can we talk for a moment?" I nodded and we sat down on the grass and relaxed. I wonder what she wants to talk about. "I want to talk about Gaara", she said and I nodded. What is it now? "Like I've said, he has changed and this is a very good thing. I'm glad you two met, but there's something that you should know. Actually, two things to be honest". I nodded again and waited for her to continue. "If you get scared of him, he'll be crushed. But I'd understand why you'd be scared. You haven't seen his real anger and when you do, it's pretty frightening". I giggled softly and looked at her straight in the eyes. 

"It's not easy to frighten me. He can't scare me that easily. I can be pretty tough myself. Besides..." I smiled and she looked confused at me. 

"How do you know that? He'd hurt anybody". 

"He said so himself for a couple of days ago", I muttered, making her look like a confused puppy. "One day I was pretty pissed at him and I wanted to punch him in the face for him to listen, but I punched the wall instead. He questioned why I didn't hit him instead and I said I wouldn't hurt him. He returned that feeling, and I guess it was then we started to become real friends. I said it and he actually seemed  pretty happy when I mentioned looking at him as a friend. He said that I was his first friend and who's not afraid of him". Temari seemed a little bit sad by what I said;  I tried to comfort her, but I honestly didn't know how I could do so. 

"Kankuro and I seem like bad siblings, right? Afraid of our own brother", she laughed at herself, but it was kind of a sad laugh. 

"That's okay. You should probably start it slow and show him love. I'm sure he'll appreciate it later and he'll realise he's not alone", I said, trying to explain good enough for her to understand. I really suck at this kind of comforting. 

"He appreciates you Tango. And that comes to the second thing I need to tell you. It may don't look like it, but I think he loves you. Maybe he doesn't even realise it himself, but deep down, there's love. You're possibly his first crush". My eyes widen when she said that, and I completely froze. WHAT?! 

"H-He's in love with me?" I stuttered. 

She nodded in respond. "Yeah, there's a chance. I don't blame him though", she said and playfully bumped into my arm. I laughed uncomfortably. What the hell am I supposed to do now? Should I act like nothing's wrong? No, I need time to think. 

"I... I have to go. I'll talk to you later Temari", I said and walked pretty fast away from there. I walked straight home and I sat down at the kitchen table. I sat with my face in my hands and thought about everything what Temari just said. 

Was it possible that Gaara might be in love with me? But the question is, do I love him? I don't know. I already look at him as a friend and the only reason I flirted with him the first two days we met was because I wanted him to like me, but then realised he didn't actually know anyhting about love. It's like teaching a kid friendship and love was important in life, which he just didn't quite understand. 

I didn't know how long I sat there thinking, but suddenly I felt someone presence in the room as well. 

Before I could peak above my hands, I felt someone poke my shoulder, which made me literally jump up and screamed in fear, not aware of that someone was actually right behind me. I looked behind me and saw Gaara in shock. I really hope he doesn't think I was afraid of him. Well, technically he just scared the shit out of me, but I didn't know it was him. 

"Oh, Gaara. I didn't know it was you", I said, holding my hand over my heart. It was almost beating out of my chest. I had to try and ask him about his feelings, but it could be pretty hard. I dragged a chair next to mine and he sat down. 

"I thought you were going to meet me at the park", he said and I felt sorry for him that I just ran home without notifying him. 

"I'm sorry, I forgot. There were stuff I was thinking about", I half lied, and he glanced funny at me. 

"Like what?" I avoided his question and tried to find out his real feelings. 

"Can I ask you something Gaara?" I asked and he nodded. I smiled and sat even closer to him. "Have you ever been in love with someone?" I asked and he thought for a second, but looked very confused. 

"In love?" I nodded and grabbed his hands and placed in on his own heart. 

"Have you ever liked someone that you could feel your heart beat faster when they're around and always felt happy whenever they were? Whenever they're sad, you'd feel sad as well. You don't ever want to hurt them either physically nor emotionally, and would do anything to make them happy". I moved slowly closer and he was staring directly in my eyes. "And when you look into their eyes, you just want to get lost in them forever and when they're really close... You want to kiss them on the lips because it just feels right. It feels right to be in their arms". 

We were so close that I could literally feel his breath on my lips. "And when your lips touches, your heart beats even faster, and you feel like you're in heaven and never wanted to leave their lips". I slowly closed my eyes and pressed slowly and gently my lips on his. I peaked a bit to see if his eyes were closed or not. They were open, but I could see shock and softness in them. At first he was intense and completely froze, but he soften up and relaxed more as the kiss lasted longer. We kissed for a pretty long time and I slowly backed away. I was still holding his hand onto his chest and I felt his heart beat incredibly fast. I looked back up at his eyes again and smiled softly. "What did you feel when we kissed?" I asked and he still looked pretty shocked, but then looked down at our hands. Come to think of it, my heart was  beating pretty fast too. Do I really love him? Or was I just fooling myself? He looked back up at me in the eyes and they soften more. 

"Everything you just said", he muttered and my eyes widen. "I guess". I pulled back my hands and he intensely stared at me. I didn't know if I should look at him or anywhere else. So, he did love me? "What exactly does that mean? That I'm in love now?" he asked clueless, and I looked back up at him. What should I say? It's so hard to explain all this. 

"It may mean that..." I paused a bit and he looked very confused. "...That you're in love with, uh, me?" I said, but it kind of sounded more like a question. He studied me, and I could see a small hint of a smile. 

"That's what I call flattering yourself", I could hear the smirk in his voice and I blushed like crazy. Was he making fun of me? I quickly stood up and tried to hide my embarrassement. I walked around in a small circle and I could feel his eyes on my back. I suddenly stopped and saw that he stood up instead of sitting in the chair. I walked over to him and pointed my finger right in his face. 

"Are you making fun of my Ginger?!" I snapped, which he smiled in return. Wait, WHAT?! He... Smiled? He fucking smiled! I made Gaara of the Desert smile! Mission accomplished! Holy mother of Jesus, that was so unexpected. 

I froze right there and then; I couldn't help but to stare at him. "Y-You... S-Smiled" I stuttered and he grabbed my hands and made our foreheard touch. I was unable to move and it's not like I wanted either. I was still in shock over that he actually smiled and that he did this. His hands were intertwined with mine and I really wanted to kiss him again, but I waited to see if he did anything first. After standing like that around 10 seconds, he removed his one hand and stroked my hair behind my ear and touched my cheek. Has he heard or read this kind of stuff somewhere? How could he possibly know that's something you'd do to flirt? 

Then he leaned closer and finally our lips touched each other again. We kissed longer this time and I felt like I was in heaven. 

Now I knew: I was in love with Gaara. And he's in love with me. Then what happens? I've never been in a situation like this before. I sure have had a small crush on a boy before, but not like this. This is different. Gaara was different. Then suddenly the door opened and once again I heard a big gasp of surprise. I quickly turned around with a pissed expression. 

"God damn it Naruto! You always come on the worst time ever!" I yelled whilst throwing my pillow in the door direction. I then opened my eyes and saw big eyes. Not the big blue eyes I'm used to, but another kid of eyes. Or should I say eye? It was very dark and most of his face was covered. It was then I realised I just threw my pillow at Kakashi. "K-Kakashi-sensei?" I stuttered once again and looked at him with big confused eyes. He stood there still like a statue and my pillow his his face. If it were Naruto that came in, I'd most probably would've missed my target. I stood there totally still and blushed like crazy. Gaara blushed with me, which wasn't more than enough amusing for Kakashi. 

"Well, I guess I'll tell Naruto I don't want to come in here again", he joked and I blushed even more. 

"I'm so sorry I threw my pillow at you Kakashi-sensei! Please forgive me!" I yelled stressed and stared down at my own feet ashamed. This is even more embarrassing when Naruto caught me kissing Gaara on the cheek. Not only was it Kakashi who caught us kissing, but I also threw my pillow straight on his face. How stupid could I get? 

"Don't worry about it, but I'm definitely telling Naruto", he chuckled. I just wanted to sink down into the ground. 

"Do you have to tell him?" I asked with my puppy eyes. He just chuckled again. 

"Yes, I want to see his reaction". I looked down, stressed at first, but then I glared at him. 

"It's none of you business! Urgh, fine, whatever. Like I care", I said and crossed my arms and turned to Gaara with my eyes closed, giving him a hint that I was angry. "What did you want anyways? You know he's not here". I heard him smirk and I turned around to look at him. 

"I know. I was looking for you. You sure you want to hear the news? I could wait for you to finish if you want to". I never thought Kakashi would be this pervert. He must read a lot of that book of his. I blushed once again and tried to look even angrier. 

"What is it?" I snapped. 

He came closer and was about to close the door. "Naruto is back. He's most probably eating his ramen right now". 

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