•*•*•Sparkling Sand•*•*•

There a little boy sat on a swing, clutching onto the ropes tightly, fighting the pain that was making his soul suffer of agony, and he stared down at his beloved teddy bear which was on his lap.

"You seem like the only one who doesn't hate me..." he whispered to the bear and continued as a tear slid down his cheek, "Too bad you're not real..."

He gulped a bit and clenched his teeth as he silently sobbed with his trembling eyes shut tight. The red haired boy then stared at the empty swing besides him and sniffed.

"What's the point of my existence, if everyone hates me?" he asked himself, his voice quiet and he sniffed.

Little did he know, a little girl with short pink hair was watching him curiously from behind a tree and felt sadden at seeing him sob. Earlier she saw the boy trying to play with other children; however, they instantly fled from him in fear.

She timidly walked towards him and sat on the swing besides him.

His eyes grew wide in absolute shock as she sat down next to him and his mouth went agape, totally stunned.

She looked at him and flashed him a shy smile. "I saw when those kids ran from you. They do the same to me back home. No one ever wants to play with me..." she explained, her voice filled with sadness and she looked down at the ground.

He blinked, slightly confused, and asked, "But why?"

Looking at the boy, her emerald eyes trembled as she reluctantly removed her bangs that covered her forehead, and she pointed directly at it.

"It's because I have a huge forehead. See?" she told him while frowning and was still pointing at her forehead.

"I don't see it..." he responded quietly as he was looking intently at her forehead.

Her eyes widened. "R-Really?" she stuttered and her cheeks turned the very color of strawberries.

He flashed her a tiny grin and nodded.

As her entire body trembled, tears of joy streamed down her face, and she smile at him.

"T-Thank you," she stuttered while wiping away her tears and an upside down frown formed across her lips.

"So what's your name? I'm Sakura," she introduced with a grin and closed her eyes.

"Gaara..." he mumbled shyly and then looked down at the ground, his cheeks turning pink.

"That's a nice name," Sakura commented and her smile grew bigger.

"Thanks..." Gaara mumbled and he continued on, "I've never seen you around here in the village before. Are you new here?"

"No, I live in Konoha. I'm here on a field trip with my class but I got separated from my group..." Sakura clarified.

"Sakura!" a voice called from the distance.

Both children turned around to see who was speaking and it was one Sakura's teachers.

Sakura turned to Gaara and frowned. "I guess I have to go now..."

"Will I ever see you again?" he asked, his voice full of worry.

Closing her emerald eyes, she gave him a reassuring smile, and told him, "We will. I promise."

He returned the smile as the wind blew through their hair and both of their cheeks were flushing of flamingo pink.

"Bye!"

A few years later...

"Sasuke-Kun! Want to go out on a date?" Sakura asked her current teammate, Sasuke Uchiha.

"Get lost. Why don't you go do something useful for once? Even Naruto is more useful than you," Sasuke responsed coldy and walked away.

Sakura cried fake tears and started stroking her long pink hair. 'Its true... I am pretty useless... How will I ever survive the Chunin Exams?' she thought to herself and sighed.

She started walking along this path and the only thing surrouding her was a wooden fence.

'Now that I think about it, I lecture Naruto all of the time, but he does so much more than me... And Sasuke acts like he hates me all of the time but I claim that I'm in love with him, but am I in love with him for real?' Sakura thought to herself and frowned as she continued to walk.

As she turned the corner, she paused, and widened her emerald eyes in shock. Her mouth hung open and her cheeks instantly turned pink.

"Gaara..." she whispered to herself as she saw Gaara standing behind her other teammate, Naruto Uzumaki. She then noticed Sasuke sitting on a tree branch, looking down at Gaara with an intense stare.

Gaara then noticed Sakura's prescene. "Sakura..."

Sasuke's eyes widened in shock as he thought, 'She knows this guy?'

Author Note: This idea has been in my mind forever. Yeah, I'm re-winding this fic to be started around the chunin exams. Well, I hope you liked this.

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