Cold Eyes || Gaara x Reader

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One of the strings was slightly out of tune but it wasn't too noticeable. So I just left it.

(a/n 2024: I was considering scrapping the whole violin thing because it's a bit cringe ngl but I think I've figured out how to use it better so hopefully it won't be too bad?)

Gaara's PoV

"Why did I tell her that?" I asked no one in particular, hitting my still burning face. Why am I blushing as well? I'm so damn flustered..! And for what?! I barely know the girl, there's no way that just attempting to save my life once is enough to make my heart race for someone... right?

"Gaara~" Temari entered my room, calling my name with a sing-song voice, "you're so flustered~"

"S-shut up, Temari!" I shouted at her before hiding my face behind my hands.

"Y/n's on the roof," Kankuro announced to Temari as he joined her in the doorway of my room, she nodded and smiled.

"Good to know," she replied.

What're those two up to?

I cast them a slightly suspicious gaze and watched them for a moment.

"What're you planning?" I asked They both just chuckled.

"You and y/n looked pretty adorable earlier when you were sleeping on her shoulder," Temari teased before walking out, "anyway, I want to see what y/n's doing on the roof. Coming?"

Why is she on the roof?

I let out a hum as I looked away before sighing and getting up, following my older siblings out of my room and up the stairs to the roof. The door opened a little and our ears were hit with the sound of music.

All of us peeked through the crack of the door to see y/n with a strange instrument in her hand, swaying a little bit as she played, the light breeze ruffling through her h/c hair in small motions.

"She looks... angelic? Is that the word I'm looking for?" Temari asked as we watched on, "kind of otherworldly?"

"I think it is," I accidentally blurted out. Curse my filter. They both looked at me with a brow raised and a 'hmm?' hummed in my direction.

The music stopped on a long echoing note and y/n just let out a satisfied hum before putting the instrument away again.

As I watched her move under the light of the setting sun, my heart raced, and my mind seemed to fall blank.

I couldn't help but to put my hand over my heart as I felt confusion swirl in me.

What is this feeling?

Your PoV

I finished the song and smiled as I looked down at it. It really is nice to play again, it really has been a while. I turned and put the violin away and then sat on the edge of the roof with my legs dangling over the side.

The sun has such a warm glow when it sets over Sunagakure. I love it.

"I missed this place. It's so peaceful. It's definitely better than home in many ways, I love it here," I smiled to myself as I stretched and yawned slightly. I actually feel a lot more tired now that I'm back than I thought I would Though, then again, I did just hike across the desert unprotected for hours so there's that...

I glanced down into the village and looked around, watching the adults and children going by and doing their day-to-day work and tasks, ninjas coming in and out the village - I suppose going on or returning from missions - the amount of guards is quite high now though, as expected after being attacked by the Akatsuki.

I'm glad to see they're taking this experience as a lesson. I just hope they won't keep their gates open to outsiders for too long. Isolating such a beautiful village would be sad.

I paused for a moment and frowned.

"Actually, I don't know how long I was gone... who knows how long the Akatsuki were last here?" I muttered to myself with a small shrug before leaning back and looking up at the sky. Clear. No clouds. Just a warm red and orange.

"I want to see Sakura and Naruto again. I guess I want to see the leaf village its—" I stopped as I heard shuffling behind the wall where the entrance back downstairs was and then let out a small sigh before glancing over my shoulder, what a pain, "come out!"

Temari's PoV

"Come out!" y/n demanded. We all froze.

Did she catch us?

No.

Someone else walked out from behind the wall and came into view.

"What do you want?" y/n asked.

"Who is that?" Kankuro whispered as we all kept watchingsilently, waiting for them to get close enough for us to see them clearly. Damnthe sun blinding us from straight forward.