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Bittersweet Valentine's	By : EmotionalRockfish Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Rock Lee/Gaara Views: 2191 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: Naruto is property of Masashi Kishimoto. This is a fanmade piece of literature and is in no way part of the individual canonverse. I earn no money from my writing.

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~Bittersweet Valentine's~

A story by EmotionalRockfish

-Story Details-

Description: It is Valentine's Day, a day full of love and happyness. Unfortunately for Gaara that means he must visit Konoha. Somehow he manages to get into a bet with Naruto and is now desperate to find someone who will kiss him.

Pairing: LeeGaa

Disclaimer: Naruto is property of Masashi Kishimoto. This is a fanmade piece of literature and is in no way part of the individual canonverse.

Rating: NC17+

Warnings: Smut (In later chapters.)

Part two

Chapter Rating: T (Teen)

Published: 29/3/2013

Last Updated: 29/3/2013

Author's comments: Finally uploaded this! May need an extra edit as my inspiration for this story has run dry and at the end I was basically just grinding it out. Next part should have smut if I can find a way to transition to it without it seeming tacked on. Read and Reviews greatly welcomed.

Update

I am going through with the smut, and the story is now on AFF.net with the appropriate warnings that I think will be acceptable for the next part.

The mighty Kazekage of Sunagakure just so happened to be sitting dejectedly on the side of a busy street in Konoha, watching the joyously happy couples walk past unknowingly with jovial smiles painted on their ecstatic faces. How he felt so profoundly lonely from and jealous of their content smiles and blissful hand holding, but mainly the excessively close bond that they shared so willingly and openly with each other. How he longed so desperately to have someone to hold so highly like that, to cherish and adorn with gifts. Unfortunately he was undoubtedly alone, today being Valentine's of all days, and stuck in an idiotically stupid bet with the Hokage. How annoying.

Every now and then someone would gaze attentively at the red head in faint interest or surprise, recognising him, and wonder why he just so happened to be brooding so openly in the middle of a busy village street. Others would decide to inquire about his general health nosily, in false concern for the young leader's already pitiable health. Regardless of their apparently good intentions and all, it was simply beginning to become irritatingly distracting and just about to drive the sand ninja to retreat silently to some place that was far more peaceful.

It was then that he spotted a certain familiar spandex clad leaf ninja striding blissfully out of the nearby Yamanaka Flower Store, a joyful smile on his happily contorted face and a magnificently large bouquet of darling red roses clutched in his white bandaged hands tightly. It was blatantly obvious who the recipient of the flowers was going to certainly be, even to someone as naïve in romantic areas as Gaara. Nevertheless, the red headed boy had been attempting to seek out the older ninja for the entire course of the day and had plans to chat pleasantly to him now, even if it meant disrupting Lee's plans to woo a certain annoying kunoichi.

The sand ninja knew full well about the odd looking leaf ninja's pathetic infatuation with the annoying pink haired Haruno. He also knew how said girl treated one of his closest friends, the only one other than the Uzumaki. As rarely as the stoic and usually indifferent boy showed it, he cared deeply about those he considered precious to him, and was not about to let one of his closest friends be crushed once again by the girl of his dreams. Lee just so happened be one of those important and deeply cared for people, and therefore was worthy of the young leader's concern. If that pink witch was going to hurt the taijutsu master while he was around, Gaara would have no choice but to despise her endlessly. How could anyone dare to throw someone's love away like that, to hurt someone that had feelings for them? To the sand ninja it made absolutely no sense, he would have graciously accepted Lee's affections if he had been in the Haruno's position, for he was someone close to him, someone he owed a great debt to, even if he failed to understand the basic concept.

The red head had wanted to see the leaf ninja for quite some time, having not seen him since his last visit to Konoha almost a year ago, but not knowing anything about his place of residence and unable to pop in for a quick visit, it made sense to interrupt his little daze and have a brief conversation while he could. Perhaps the red head would attempt to talk some sense into the bowl cut boy, but he honestly doubted it. Lee and his affection towards that girl made him even more stubborn than the Kazekage on occasion, and that was certainly saying something.

Gaara himself was as persistent and inflexible as a mule, as his siblings, friends and the entire sand village had learnt long ago. Apparently, the odd looking leaf ninja was completely oblivious to this, continuing to argue with the sand manipulator regardless of how many selfish snarls or dangerous sounding threats he received from him. No, to Lee, the Kazekage was simply selfish because he had not learnt to share at a younger age. At least, that was what he thought.

To Gaara though, Lee was a complete imbecile who had absolutely no idea how to keep his mouth shut and listen to his superiors.

Still, they were very close friends with a strong bond, and as much as the young leader hated to admit it, the taijutsu master's persistent attitude had become something he rather liked about him. The red head didn't know why, but that determination and perseverance made him want to smile. Not that he ever did. The Kazekage refused to smile just because some weird bushy browed leaf ninja made him feel like it.

Finally deciding to get up from his uncomfortable position on the cold paved ground and intervene, the young Kage made his way over to his old friend with an awkward wave and a bit of a forced, yet minutely honest smile. Lee was both extremely shocked and happy when he looked up and noticed the aloof sand ninja approaching, whom he had not seen for such a long time, yet returned both of this gestures with much more enthusiasm, putting the red head's small upward tilt of his lips to shame.

"Greetings, Lee-san…" Gaara murmured softly in salutation and welcome, with a brisk and respectfully simple nod of acknowledgement, his icy blue eyes now gazing intently on the red roses before him with uncontrollable interest.

Oddly enough they seemed almost entrancing to the younger male, so much so that he could not help but let his mint coloured orbs drift towards them. Even if he knew said gorgeous flowers were for the Haruno and certainly in no way for him. Why that mattered at all though, Gaara had absolutely no idea. Since when did he care about flowers, of all things? The plants merely died eventually, leaving no traces left of the affections they had meant to symbolise. Perhaps that was part of their transfixing beauty. Lee had once told him, while being innocently questioned by the red head on his choice of crush, that love was fleeting. Then he had gone on to say that love was also long lasting and forever. It certainly hadn't made much sense to the Kazekage.

Then again, nothing Lee said made much sense.

"Gaara-sama! I was not expecting you to be in the village on such a youthful evening! How ar-" The taijutsu master responded, turning his full attention towards the stoic voice he had recognized, but was cut off mid sentence by a very rude Kazekage, whose entire focus seemed to now be the flowers. Not that he was being extremely rude in his own eyes, that was simply how the aloof sand ninja always acted, regardless of the situation or the person he was interacting with. Cold, blunt and straight to the point. It seemed almost a year of being in his village hadn't changed the Kazekage's sour attitude at all. The leaf ninja really didn't mind all that much anyway, at the moment he was still glad to see him, smiling happily at his strange friend.

"Those are some very pretty flowers…" The sand ninja decided to point out bluntly, interrupting the older boy's incoherent ramblings, which caused Lee to just stare at him blankly for a small amount of time, suddenly dumbfounded by the abrupt change of subject and fascination in his bright crimson bouquet. When had his simple bunch of roses been enough to attract a Kage's attention?

"Uh…" The leaf ninja trailed off, at lose for words. He had been about to ask the young leader if he was okay, but shrugged it off instantly. If Gaara liked his flowers they must have been very stunning. "They are for Sakura-chan! Unfortunately cherry blossoms were out of season at this time of year, but I think these roses were just as lovely! Do you not think so, Gaara-sama?" The taijutsu master finally exclaimed blissfully, getting back to his senses, his questioning black orbs now on the little red head whose stare never seemed to leave the flowers at all.

"The Haruno…" Gaara muttered softly under his breath in concentrated thought, not paying much mind to Lee's question until he looked up at the boy a few seconds later, "Oh… yes, they are very nice."

"You seem to like them a lot! Do they not have roses in the sand village?" He questioned, knowing how barren the distant village was in comparison to the lush and life filled leaf village.

"Not ones as… fresh and vibrant as these ones…" The former Jinchūriki replied slowly, observing the lusciously crimson roses, certainly much more brilliant than the ones that were imported into the barren sand village when the dreaded holiday came around, carefully, "They are almost as red as my hair…"

At that comment, Lee had one of his foolish and most likely life threatening ideas. Carefully, he plucked a single rose from the enormous bunch and gently pushed it behind the now annoyed sand shinobi's ear as a simple and nonthreatening means of comparison, cautious not to extremely irritate the overly volatile boy too much. He frowned in odd disappointment as the other male still flinched almost unnoticed in discomfort and unfamiliarity, as he usually did when he was subjected to such foreign contact. Still the red head didn't object to the oddly placed flower, instead he unblinkingly ogled the leaf ninja with childlike confusion.

"It matches your hair perfectly!" The leaf ninja nervously yelled a little too loudly in explanation at the odd look, watching as Gaara played with a tassel of his own hair and studied it carefully, comparing the two colours analytically, yet he hadn't even hinted towards removing the cherished plant. Lee had to admit that it looked rather adorable in his friend's hair. Especially when he acted so naively oblivious to its presence like he was now.

The sand ninja crossed his arms and nodded at the taijutsu master's nervous shout. His loudness had never really settled with Gaara at all, regardless of their numerous pleasantly friendly meetings. Not that he hated the excessive yells and booming exclamations of youth; they were simply part of Lee. If they weren't there than this man before him certainly wouldn't be Lee now, would he? The young leader knew that to ask him to change was like asking himself to stop being so distant and aloof. As hard as Gaara tried, it would be impossible to erase all the traces of his previous personality. Having spent a long time with the other boy though, the red head was well versed in techniques to, as hard as it was, quiet the other ninja, or at least get him to calm down considerably. One seemed to be simply changing the subject, something the red head had picked up easily.

"Lee-san, I would like to spend some time with you today. We have not talked in quite some time. I believe we must 'catch up', no?" The Kazekage immediately shifted subjects to something much more serious of nature. The leaf ninja sighed in disappointment, having had enjoyed the talk about his roses far too much than he should have, but began to flash a bright goofy grin as the words managed to sink in. Regardless of how nice and touching the offer was, the taijutsu master needed to get a few things out of the way before he could catch up with Gaara.

"First I have to give these to Sakura-chan!" The ebony haired boy replied with an energetic shout, "I apologize, but I would not want her to think that I have forgotten her, especially on today of all days!"

For some reason Gaara did not like hearing those words. Especially considering that they involved the Haruno.

As straightforward and blunt as he was with Naruto, the same could not be said for Lee unfortunately. In fact, the Kazekage was just a tad bit too harsh with the oblivious boy, testing out which interactions would offend, and which ones would go unnoticed. That honesty and harshness had somehow managed to slip past the red head's pale twin lips without any thought, and he voiced his opinion on the matter instantly.

"She does not deserve you…" Gaara crossed his slender arms in agitated irritation at the foolish taijutsu master, huffing to himself in annoyance.

"You are not the first to say something like…" Lee trailed off with a sigh. He was usually the first one to argue with youthful passion when someone opposed his love for his precious Sakura, but something about the sand ninja's frank tone of voice made him realize that he was nothing more than a fool for believing that his affections would be returned. "Wait… You think that it is she who does not deserve me…?" The leaf ninja wasn't sure whether to take that as a compliment, or as an insult to his romantic interest, "A-are you saying… that she is not worthy of someone as… youthful as me…?"

"You are finally waking up, I see…" The red head commented with a small smirk playing on his usually plane and indifferent features, noticing how confused the previously depressed and dismayed ebony haired boy had suddenly become, "May I ask why you continue to cherish a person who refuses to return your feelings…?"

"I…" Gaara actually had a good point for once, and the leaf ninja was at a complete loss for words, "Because one day youth shall prevail and Sakura-chan will accept me as her lover!"

One step forward, two steps backwards. It seemed Gaara was getting nowhere, fast.

The Kazekage gave a sigh at his friend's determination, hand fiddling with one of the many roses in Lee's bouquet nervously as he gazed up at him.

"You know she will only throw away your gift. Does she not every year…?" The question was a bit too prying and nosy, but valid all the same.

"Not this year, Gaara-sama!" The leaf ninja had no idea why the red head was trying to persuade him to abandon his love for Sakura, but regardless he would fight against it, "Besides, I shall never know if I do not try!"

"But if she does not accept them… would that not have been a waste…?" The sand ninja uttered in question with an innocent tilt of his red haired head, "Especially when you could give them to someone who would appreciate them greatly…"

Even after that comment Lee was continually oblivious, as if he hadn't realized what Gaara was inferring. Proceeding to respond, Lee decided to cross his heavily bandaged arms huffily.

"And who, may I ask, do you think wants my flowers?" The leaf ninja asked indignantly, turning his head away from the shorter boy.

"Me…"

The Kazekage replied so bluntly that the taijutsu master practically stumbled backwards in an unexpected jolt of startling astonishment. Black rimmed eyes blinked once as he stared distantly at Lee for a few seconds, waiting for some kind of reply from the obviously stunned boy, before he continued anyway, "We have already established that they look nice in my hair, far more so than they would look in the Haruno's trash can. I see no reason why I can not be the receiver of your flowers."

Lee was still in complete and utter shock. Why would the mighty Kazekage of Sunagakure want his roses? It made absolutely no sense to the spandex clad boy. Of course it was a wonderful request from one of his closest friends from the sand village, but in actual fact he was rather puzzled.

"W-why…?" He uttered in surprise as he stepped back a little more, now paying full attention to the younger male, "Why do you want my roses…?"

"It is a long story, Lee-san…" The Kazkegae stepped forward himself, trying his best to stay close to Lee as he spoke, "One that can be traced back to the Uzumaki. Now please, may I have those roses? I am going to need some evidence that what I am about to do happened or he will refuse to believe me."

"Naruto-kun put you up to this!" The leaf ninja yelled in disbelieve, disappointed that the red head had even listened to the Hokage's words, but then again this was Gaara and he tended to follow Naruto's orders without any doubt, "You do not get these roses until you tell me this 'long story' of yours! I promise you will get them, seeing as you like them so much, but I must know why!"

By now most of the random passersby were starting to look in puzzlement at the weird looking duo, though neither paid much attention to the crowd ogling them with sceptic eyes. Lee was far too naively oblivious to notice anything out of the ordinary and Gaara really didn't care much for the opinions of others.

"Hokage-dono and I… are in a bet…" The young leader averted his sea foam gaze from the leaf ninja in shame as he explained, "I must get a kiss by the end of the day, and… well I wanted one from you. The roses do not matter so much; those were just mere evidence to back my claim up."

"You want me to… to kiss you!?" Oh Lee was even more confused by now, and even more people were beginning to stare as they strode on past the two arguing ninja, "Is this why you wanted me to give up on Sakura-chan!? So you could kiss me!? So you could win some stupid bet!? You are worse than her!"

"Quite frankly, yes…" Gaara heard the loud defensive and angry yells, but shrugged in indifference, not understanding why he was being so mad and angry with him, "Please, Lee-san. If I do not I will be forced to be…" The red head cringed at the stupid things he agreed to, "…Naruto's maid. Please, I need this."

The taijutsu master was torn between handing over the roses and just giving the boy his kiss or pushing him away and abandoning him. He was genuinely hurt by the display. He had legitimately thought that Gaara had wanted a proper conversation with him, wanted to hang out for a bit, but it seemed he had really only wanted his flowers.

"Why me…?" He uttered finally, eyes wide, but still much calmer than he had been before, "Why did you come to me…?"

"Well Naruto-san rejected my advances immediately, certainly not what I was expecting considering his mental capabilities. Still, it seems he is not stupid enough to let me win so easily," The sand ninja responded, mocking the blond with a small chuckle, "You on the other hand, have no reason to deny me. Besides, you are one of my friends and well… I trust you…"

Well that made things so much better now didn't it? Gaara trusted him. How wonderfully endearing.

Lee would have loved to just believe that was true. Maybe it was. Maybe the red head had only chosen the odd looking leaf ninja because he was the only person other than Naruto who he would really confide in, trust wholeheartedly and depend on. How much he wanted to believe it all. That the stoic Kazekage before him actually held some emotion for him. That he was really his friend. But regardless of what he wanted, it was the sole fact that this request had only been brought on by a silly bet.

Yet, why it hurt so much, Lee didn't know.

Why did it matter that Gaara only wanted a kiss so he could win some stupid game Naruto had goaded him into playing? The taijutsu master probably should have given him the kiss ages ago, for the sake of letting his red headed friend win, but no, he was torn in half at the idea. Maybe it was the realization that not even the young Kage himself wanted to kiss Lee without another motive. That was all he was, always a pawn in some game. The last resort. But why, why did it matter that the sand ninja didn't want to kiss him for, well, romantic reasons? It shouldn't, but for some reason it did.

"Why should I kiss you?" The leaf ninja had said that word an awful lot today, but nevertheless he needed to know, "Why, when all I am to you is a quick route to winning? Could you not just ask some girl to kiss you!?"

Gaara sighed in clear aggravation, now faced with a difficult question that he had no idea how to answer. Things were about to get rather awkward, and in a relatively short amount of time.

"I-I do not like girls…" The red head admitted, black rimmed eyes averted away in shame, "I just thought it would be less hassle to get a kiss from… a friend…"

Lee was gaping, so absurdly that the sand ninja grumbled angrily at the other boy. It was obvious that the leaf ninja was merely taking a while to process the sudden and unbelievable information. Deciding that he could no longer wait for his idiot of a friend to figure out what that meant, Gaara closed his eyes and inhaled sharply, readying himself for something he had wanted to get off his chest for quite some time now.

"I am gay." Short, simple and straight to the point, exactly how Gaara liked it.

There. It was out. Hopefully the now bewildered and amazed taijutsu master wouldn't react in the same outrageous way his two desert dwelling siblings had. No, they had thrown a very loud and angry fit over the whole ordeal. For some odd reason the red head knew the response wasn't because of his sexuality really, but more of the fact that he had bluntly announced his sexual attraction to a room full of old cranky men during a meeting, more specifically, a meeting to arrange a future wife to the young man.

Gaara had tried to explain to them that he had no interest in marrying, much less a woman that would expect children from the sand ninja. They obviously hadn't payed attention to his wishes and forced him to reveal his reasoning behind such things. Surely no woman would wish to marry a gay man that had no interest in them at all, but apparently the council was still searching for said girl. Gaara just wished that they could at least take into consideration the fact that he was interested in the same gender, and search for a decent man instead.

They never listened to him.

Even though Lee was yet to so much as blink in reaction, the young Kage found that getting the words off his chest felt so much better than hiding it until it was necessary, even in this case where he was getting absolutely nothing in response other than a very wide and kissable mouth. Wait, had he just called Lee's mouth kissable?

Gaara despised his mind sometimes. Almost as much as he loathed Valentine's Day and this entire stupid bet. More so when his subconscious decided to consider the leaf ninja to be kissable. Then again, he was. His mind was merely telling the truth.

The ebony haired boy didn't seem to be reacting at all; he was just standing still as if greatly taken aback, mouth still open broadly in utter surprise. He really did look rather stupid like that. Stupid, yet kissable.

A multitude of thoughts ran through the stunned taijutsu master's mind. Was what the young Kage was saying true? Was he really gay? And why on earth was the menacing demon container acting nervous and stuttering so?

"You mean… you… you like men…?" Lee had to repeat the words out loud again, and over in his head before they eventually sunk in, "You're gay…?"

He was happy that Gaara had figured out something in his life, and who he loved, but what made him think that Lee would want to kiss him? The leaf ninja was almost certain he was straight. Almost, but the complete fact was that his dubious sexuality was up for debate.

"That is what I said, yes," The Kazekage huffed in annoyance, arms crossed indignantly as if to tell the raven just how peeved he was because he had to repeat himself, "Now, if I do recall correctly, you promised me the roses after I told you everything. Now would be a good time to hand them over, accompanied with a kiss."

"I did promise, didn't I…?" The bowl cut boy trailed off in disappointment and dismay. How his cheerful innocent words had betrayed him.

"You did, now give," Gaara demanded harshly, knowing how close he was to receiving that beautiful bundle of scarlet flowers.

Lee sighed in utter defeat. He really did not know what to make of this revelation. The leaf ninja had been told by his all knowledgeable sensei that such things were normal for boys of their age in the midst their springtime of youth, but he had never expected Gaara, of all people, to be attracted to the same sex.

Reluctantly handing over the pretty flowers, the taijutsu master watched in awe as the red head gave a small appreciative smile in response, fully inhaling their lovely aroma at last. Lee had never seen the stoic and emotionless boy smile before, no, something as miraculous as this was completely unheard of. Before he could even think about the adorable tilt of his friend's lips, or do so much as praise the rare display, the leaf ninja felt the same pair of cold sandy lips press against his cheek tenderly. A simple peck, before the Kazekage pulled back from his tippy toeing, as composed as ever. The touch was so soft and ginger that Lee would not have felt it if not for the warm breath that had cascaded onto his face moments before that pale mouth had made contact.

Lee once again did not say anything. To him, today had been an absolute trauma. Again Gaara kissed him softly, standing on the edge of his foot to reach the taller male, the large bouquet of crimson roses clasped in his hands between their chests.

Gaara had no idea when he had suddenly decided that the leaf ninja was extremely attractive. Probably around the time he had officially deemed him kissable. The red head's erratically beating heart sped in his rib cage as if madly trying to leap out and find the other boy, which he did not think was very healthy at all. Then again, finding an odd looking taijutsu master that only ever wore hideous spandex to be worthy of his affections, even going as far as to call his strange looks pretty, was certainly not at all healthy. No, most would be quick to call the sand ninja insane. But that had absolutely no impact on the Kazekage, not at all, because at the moment he was lost in the petite peck to his newly found love's cheek.

The leaf ninja absolutely had no idea as to why, but he did not protest, resist or refuse in any way at all. Instead he half-heartedly, only due to how scared he was to do something radical with the younger boy, joined in the tender smooches as the red head became more confident and started licking repeatedly at his cheek with almost silent purrs of enjoyment, which he could only hear due to their proximity, griping the boy's slender and unhealthily thin waist. Gaara seemed almost frightened at the sudden unfamiliar contact, not expecting his impulsive affectionate display to be returned in any way at all by the older ninja. In truth, Lee hadn't expected to be so engaged in such odd and impulsive things either, but he was.

Maybe he really did have a fancy for murderous red headed Kazekages?

Quickly, as the sand ninja gaze him a questioning and fearful glance behind those typically emotionless black rimmed eyes, the ebony haired boy leant down and pressed against his lips suddenly, large and heavily lashed eyes closing, feeling his already pounding heart rate speed up. The Kazekage seemed stunned though, a minute grin hinting on his mouth.

"You kissed me…" He uttered softly as the leaf ninja pulled away, in complete disbelieve. It was not everyday someone kissed the mighty Kazekage, former demon container.

"Happy Valentine's day, Gaara-sama!" Lee exclaimed loudly in explanation, only now noticing the staring villager's giving them odd looks.

Gaara realized two things at that exact moment. One was that he absolutely enjoyed kissing, the other was that he expected a lot more of them from that odd looking boy. A lot more.

Gaara still didn't understand why Lee had kissed him, tracing his slightly moist mouth with a finger lightly as if it would help, but he did know things were about to get interesting as Lee ushered his stunned form out of the busy street, whispering soft words of comfort. The red head only managed to hear one uttering though, and that was a quiet and sincere murmur that meant so much to him.

"I love you."

Yes, the determined red head had won the bet, and now he would be able to spend the rest of the day with his precious and cherished beloved Lee, and there was certainly nothing the loud mouthed Uzumaki could do about it.

And for once in his sad little life, the sand manipulator decided that he really didn't mind Valentine's Day anymore.
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