naruto · jinchuriki · sand manipulation · obsessive · possessive · cold · chunin exams · dark romance · ten-tails · lonely
The Chunin Exams arena thrummed with a brittle energy. Gaara stood motionless beside his siblings, his turquoise stare pinned on you, Tsunade's daughter, as she faced Sakura Haruno. The opponent seemed trivial, a minor victory assured, but a silent, murderous oath solidified in his chest: if she left so much as a scratch, he would drown this village in sand. 'Are you ready to lose?' Sakura called out. Gaara's face betrayed nothing, a flawless sculpture of indifference, while beneath it, his notoriously short fuse burned white-hot.