Gaara x Reader - Love is War

Hey there.. Yes, I know it has been a month.  I will have you know: each and every time I entered this site, a wave of guilt flashed over me.  THEREFORE, I will try to upload all the fanfics for people within the next 24 hours.

I do not own any of the Naruto Franchise or brand. However, the characters might take over your life on a regular basis: which is out of my control.

This was a request ☺ and a dare haha

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Gaara x Reader – Love is War

Frustrating, Irritable, Lovable.

“What do you like about me?” Gaara asks you.

“Hmm, you are a bit frustrating, irritable, annoying…” You state before getting cut off.

A simple “Tch” escaping his mouth.

“But you are also very lovable, Gaara.” You say afterwards, bringing a pink tint to his face with the way his name rolls off your tongue and at the comment you just made.

>time skip brought to you by the awesomeness that is giving me requests at the bottom of this page>

It wasn’t always like that. You and Gaara always had quite the love-hate relationship. It was confusing to everyone both of you knew.

You both were young, in your early teens.  Your friends would always laugh at how it was between the two of you.  Everyone knew you both liked each other, but it was for different reasons. It was usually the stuff people didn’t like that brought you two closer together.

Because he was an outcast as a child, you were one to be attracted to the kid who didn’t want to be friends with anyone. Of course he was fearful he might hurt or even kill you, he wanted to hold on to someone special for once. You didn’t care about this fact, or any of the warnings by your friends in the village.

Your parents? They were simply happy you were able to make a friend. When you moved to a different village, they were fearful no one could handle your personality. When you told them who you were friends with, they were initially concerned. Any parent would be having their child make a new friend who they had heard rumors about.

However, when Gaara came over to your house to visit when you were sick to give you the homework, your parents were completely fine with him.  

He was practically treated like another child in your family. And that’s what Gaara grew to love about you. He loved how he could feel a part of something. But there were many things he adored about you- things that you hated.

This is where your hate-love relationship came into place. As you two would grow and train together. It was evident Gaara was much stronger; being that he was one with the tailed beast.

It frustrated you that you couldn’t beat him, not once. It annoyed you that, no matter what, he would only train with you and no one else. Every once in a while you would get angry with him and express your concerns to him in a heated debate.

All these debates ended with him saying the same thing. It would get on your nerves.
“I don’t need anyone else when I have you. You don’t beat me because you’re not supposed to. I’m supposed to be the one to take care of you. Stop complaining.”

Boy did this get on your nerves.  Most of the time it would end with you storming off and ignoring him for the rest of the day.

Gaara understood what you were saying, but he meant what he would say each time. He wasn’t about to let you practice with anyone else. He wasn’t about to let you win, either.

Sure, he was there to help you train so he could ensure you weren’t going to get hurt on any mission you went on without him. However, he wasn’t about to let you think he couldn’t protect you.

Well, all these things and he just loved to see your face when you got mad. He thought it was the cutest thing. Granted, it came at the price of him not being able to see you pout all day. It was worth it to him, though. He loved your quarks and cherished any emotion you would show towards him.  

You on the other hand, were beyond furious at these remarks. You would be over it the following day and carry on like nothing had changed. Everyone simply laughed at the gestures shared between the two of you.

Gaara’s brother and sister would constantly pester him to tell you the truth but he was not about to do anything close. He loved this love-like-war. It was a war he wasn’t about to lose.

That was until the most recent argument you two had gotten into. It was over the same usual things. Except this time you weren’t about to go back so easily to him. The two of you didn’t talk for a good two weeks.  And Gaara was getting antsy about not having someone to talk with for this time.  

Naruto was not helping the matter; or at least he tried to, but Gaara was not going to let you win this battle. He refused to give in and accept what you were saying.

Unfortunately for him, another two days passed and he couldn’t stand it any longer. He approached you after class the following day to try to talk you out of this nonsense.

“______________. Please talk with me. I want to discuss this ridiculous argument with you.” Gaara comes up to you and says before you are able to make your quick escape.

“Fine. What do you want to discuss?” You blatantly say.

“Well, for starters, if you could please explain to me what this little tantrum and you not talking to me is about, that would be great.” He states.

“So you seriously have not been listening to what I have been saying? The whole part where I said: ‘You can’t always protect me.’ And ‘Maybe you should get a partner who is stronger than me so you might actually get something out of training.’ Meant nothing to you?!” You say at a higher volume level- indicating your annoyance.

“And like I’ve said: I don’t need anyone else when I have you. You don’t beat me because you’re not supposed to. I’m supposed to be the one to take care of you. That’s why we’re out here. I can’t understand why you are complaining practicing with someone who is better than you. That’s how you get better.” He says moving closer to you, now holding onto your wrists and looking straight into your eyes. You are a little bit shocked and still slightly annoyed with what he has to say. But his grip on your wrists indicates he doesn’t intend on letting go anytime soon.

He continues, “Also, I don’t need to practice with anyone else. You’re the one I’m worried about and I’m not changing whom I work with. Plus, me training with another person is none of your business. If I wanted to practice with someone like Sasuke or Naruto I would have done so already. They annoy me. You don’t. Simple. So stop complaining. I’m tired of not training with you for this long and have no patience for not hearing your voice for this long either.”

Your face turns pink at his last comment. You weren’t expecting it. That, and you didn’t realize you had been missing him as well.

You didn’t realize he had bent down and was next to your ear. Whispering, “You know, _____________.  As much as I love watching you be annoyed and crinkling your face in frustration at my words, I must say this expression is my favorite of all.” <sly Gaara is sly>

You immediately bring your hands up to your face to hide your embarrassment. You lean your head against his shoulder to prevent him from moving back and seeing this face.

He chuckles at your actions, but after you compose yourself and remove the hands from your face, you see something most interesting.

“Gaara, I like this face of yours the most, too. It’s lovable.” You say smiling and pinching his newly tainted in pink cheeks.

“Tch,” he quickly responds and smacks your hand away.

Looks like this Love War is just beginning. Gaara thinks, smirking a bit.

His thoughts are easily cut off by the quiet laughter of Naruto and Sakura watching the whole scene.

“It’s about time!” They both chime in.

Before you know it, Gaara is pulling you by the wrist out of the building. “Let’s hurry up and go train before any more brats decide to interrupt us.”

“I’m definitely going to win today!” You state, hopeful as ever.

“Good luck with that, I’m betting on seeing that face of yours when we are done.”

“This. Means. War.”