GAARA X BIG SISTER!OC
I sighed as I walked through the sand village. It was one of those days that I had to walk around following my gut. After a while, I found myself at the playground.
Not knowing what to do, I merely leaned against the wall, watching a group of kids play ball. Their laughter brought a small smile to my face as my eyes wandered to a kid with red hair. I narrowed down at him, slightly concerned. Why was he out there alone? Where are his friends or his guardians? His parents or siblings?
The ball that the group of kids were playing rolled to the lonely kid as he stared it like a foreign object.
After a few seconds, he picked it up and seemed to give it back to the kids but they yelled something about a demon or some sort. They ran away as the kid seemed awfully depressed.
My heart clenched at the face he was making as I walked over to him. I touched his shoulder lightly as he seemed to jump. He stared at me with frightened eyes. I didn’t want to scare him any further as I took a step back and crouched to his level. I gave him a smile, showing my hands.
He seemed to relax a bit as I smiled a bit bigger. “Hey.” I said.
“Hi…” he said, a bit afraid like he wasn’t used to talking to people.
“What’s your name?” I asked him.
“G-Gaara…” I blinked at the name. So this was the KazeKage’s son? From what I’ve heard, he has one of the tailed beast inside him; the Shukaku.
“Hey Gaara.” I said, not wanting to seem awkward. “My name is Natsuki.”
“Hi…Natsuki.” He said.
“Why are you out here, alone?” I asked him, a bit worried.
He looked down like he was about to cry. Immediately, I felt like an idiot. Trying to cheer him up, I reached to my back pocket. I grabbed a bunch and held it out to him. He looked at my hand as I slowly revealed some candy to him.
“Here…want some?” I asked.
He stared at it before shaking his head. I titled my head at him, “You don’t like candy?”
He shook his head, “No…I like Candy.” He said, “But I don’t know if it’s poisoned or not.”
I blinked at him in surprise. He already knew about food having poison in them? This kid’s life must be tough.
I looked at the colourful sweets in my hand as I looked at him, “I promise there isn't any poison in them. If you’re not sure, why don’t you pick one out and I’ll eat it, okay?”
He stared at me before looking at my hand than at me. He picked up the most colourful candy and I opened my mouth. He slowly unwrapped it before dropping into my mouth. I closed it and chewed it, crunching it.
After a while, letting it dissolve, I opened my mouth to show him it was all gone. We waited for several minutes before Gaara seemed to be convinced there wasn't any poison in it. He picked one up and tentatively ate it. His whole face brightened up as I giggled. I softly patted his head as he seemed surprise but quickly seemed to enjoy it.
I got up as I held my hand to him, leading him home. A ninja appeared in front of me as Gaara yelled “Yashamaru”.
I merely let go of Gaara’s hand as he ran up to him. Seeing as he knew the ninja and he was happy, I begun to leave; now that Gaara is now with his guardian.
I turned around to go back to my own home when I felt a tug on my leg. I stopped to look down and saw Gaara, looking at me with his light turquoise eyes. I knelt down to his level as he gripped my arm. I smiled softly at him, tilting my head to the side. “What’s wrong Gaara?”
He looked down like he was struggling to say something but I waited. He looked up like he was a bit hesitant but he finally got the courage to speak, “Will I ever see you again Natsuki-Nee?”
I blinked at Gaara; thinking me as his older sister but I merely smirked at him. I messed the top of his head, tickling him. “Of course! All you have to do is call me and you’ll see me~” I said, giving him a grin.
He beamed before giving me a hug. I gave him a warm hug and a kiss to the forehead before he ran to go the ninja waiting for him. I stood up as I waved him good bye as he did the same.
When they were out of sight, I merely smiled to myself. I had a feeling I was going to stick to this kid no matter what, for a long long time.