this is amazingly funny I love update it please.

update soon i love the history

Love the story! plz update soon!

OMG!u need 2 write more i love this story! I really wanna know why Sasuke is hurt! Not to say i like Sasuke...At all...I love the pairing gaara and sakura. Plz write more! plz 3

ahh cool story so far.

cant wait to see where you take this.

update soon :)

i cant wait to read the next chapter u should make them longer for the ones who love to read storys like me lol

omj i love it please update soon

Aw...I love Hinata. I hope she gets together with Naruto, to make up for his bad luck with girls. I can totally relate to Sakura in line at the movies...I get like that too. The antsy super childish, happy feel. I've stopped though, after my mom started pointing out all the glaring people. Oops. Aw...poor Sakura. She has to learn to love again! WHOA. Sasuke - in the hospital. It's a TWIST! YAY! It makes me happy... :) And dang! I'm out of chapters to read... :(

Fave Quotes!

1. Sakura held the phone away from her ear as shouts of pure ecstasy rubbed abrasively against her cochlea. (I love that description! It's well written and really effectively and amusingly expresses Naruto's love affair with ramen!)

2. It was actually kind of frustrating that he could be on her mind so—immersing him self into her thoughts and latching onto her brain—probably the medulla oblongata part, since for some reason when she thought of him now her breath hitched. Actually, now, Sakura thought, he had latched himself to the pons, since that controlled the breathing.

(The nerd in me is having a field day with this description! teehee!)

3. “What? But…please? I really like you! Please? Pretty please? You’ve got really nice…hair things”

(SO Naruto...:) It made me laugh)

4. Maybe it was because she was afraid. Not that she would admit it, or anything, but… after that one time….

(My thoughts: What happened that one time? With whom? PLEASE...I have to know!)

5. “I’ve heard of alternate realities,” Gaara said, lips twitching. (Teehee! I'm amused... He flirts and teases! THIS is an alternate reality!)

6. (He had even picked her lock open—considering he was the one who had locked the door when she was without her keys. In hindsight, maybe that wasn’t exactly a good thing though.)

I just like the way that characterizes their relationship and how...unique it is.

7. A streetlight’s watery beams tried to reach them, but were unable to permeate the shadows that grew in the space of their bodies.

(OOH! Another fun imagery filled description. YAY!)

Ok, so that was an interesting chapter. Tsunade's observations were interesting...does it make me naive, too, if I didn't notice that Gaara liked her? Oh, and while we're on the topic of naiveness, what does being on the rag mean? You mentioned it last chapter, and my parents used to keep me really sheltered so I'm still catching up on some things.

Fave quotes!

1. It was like a heavy, woolen fog had drifted over her brain and into her mouth, which was sticky and, well, to say the least, gross. (SIMILE! That's a pretty good description...I totally get the sense of what she's feeling reading it.)

2. Oh God, that really hurt her ears, like sand against the delicate, waxy skin. (MORE SIMILES! Yay! Happiness!)

3. But he didn’t care, because she certainly wasn’t his friend, just some girl who happened to live right next to him (and somehow managed, within a week, to invoke more conversations with him that anybody else) and he did not care at all.

(My little inner monologue was going off on this part. It was like, "HYPOCRITE!" "IN DENIAL!" Yeah...I'm a bit odd)

4. Taking that for affirmation, Gaara, in a swift motion, looped is arms around her and picked her up—hanging over his shoulder. Again.

(My thought at this part was...I really hope she's not in one of those traditional, buttless hospital gowns)

5. “I’m sorry if I’ve been bugging you, but really, I don’t think it’s that bad, is it? I mean, I know I can get a little annoying sometimes, but I don’t try to be, and I am certainly not crazy, so I think we should go right back to my apartment. Now.”

(Teehee! I love how she TOTALLY misinterprets the situation...it makes me happy.)

6. Sakura took a step forward, Gaara keeping close behind as to make sure she didn’t stumble (all the while regretting bringing Sakura up. She knew the bitch? Heaven help him…)

(Yay! The parentheses! They make me happy! Gaara's thoughts are funny...)

Yay! Fun chapter! I think the quotes (there are a lot) explain my happiness appropriately!

Fave quotes!

1. It felt as though his insides were going to squeeze and implode, leaving him just a hollow pile of goop that would bubble in resonant outrage every few moments.

(Fun description...well, not what was described but the writing that went into it. You know what I mean!)

2. Sakura pouted slightly, not that he could see, as it was his rear she was facing—which was quite nice, if she could say so her self—then said, “I won’t run.”

“Maybe.”

(Again, with the power of the short sentence! YAY!)

3. Naruto rushed over to her, hovering down by her face (which, Sakura thought, must have been extremely uncomfortable for Gaara, considering that was right next to his butt. Probably the reason why he growled and turned her away from Naruto) as she sighed then glared at him.

(I loved the parenthesis interjection - it made me laugh!)

4. She blinked, trying to clear her eyes of the swirling shadows, but to no avail.

(Swirling shadows! Great description! Yay! I was TOTALLY just trying to describe how someone passes out - to no avail - in a fic that probably won't ever get published because my lack of quality of writing drives me nuts, because I can tell it's not good but I can't seem to do a thing about it, so I appreciate your description all the more.)

I got a smidge confused at the beginning, but I totally get it now! Sakura was hiding from the trick or treaters! Seriously, don't take it as a problem with your writing that I didn't get it...I'm one of those delayed reaction sort of people in general. I love the bits about her family...and I thought it was ironic that she was out shopping for candy for herself on Halloween. Sakura and Sasuke's encounter, plus Gaara's helpfulness was pretty well planned. I like how you flipped back and for between times...with Sakura running into Sasuke, then you flip to Gaara's POV in the future where she's back and she's crying, then you flip back to Sakura and Sasuke back in the candy store. I like the view Gaara taking Sakura back to his place gave the reader of both Gaara's life, from the setting, and Sakura's from her confession. Ok, so I think I may have to start adding a fave quotes section to my reviews, because I just am getting to many of them. So here it is.

Fave Quotes!

1. Shadows cast about in abstract angles, a painting of yellow, brown, and blue tones that whispered of subtle text completely ignored by many, Sakura a part of the mass. With a relieved sigh, Sakura jogged up to the pale blue glow of the convenience store. Wrappers littered the ground, glittering with a deceiving brightness under the stores flickering neon signs.

(I L-O-V-E the imagery here...it makes me happy. Obviously not because of what it's describing, but how well you did it. I'm weird like that, I've had so many literary book class thingies drilled into my head that I can't help noticing and appreciating things like that! Good writing rocks!)

2. ...a Barbie doll with a permanent grin and tears of sugar

(I love how Gaara thinks. Seriously, he has the coolest metaphorss! That one was particularly spectacular! ...it makes me happy)

Teehee! I loved this bit...it made me laugh!

"He was way too sloshed to notice even a stampede of naked women, never mind a glare."

Gaara's choice of metaphors amuses me. I LOVE the Sakura bit with the sugar packets. And Gaara's blow up just serves to further develop his character. I'm pretty impressed. I like the observation at the end about the money, too...it just strikes me as something I'd think of. Oh, and I'm glad to hear you're feeling better...or were feeling better. It's a bit confusing reading old A/Ns. Anyways, great chappie!

Ok, so this is where I get depressed because I belatedly checked the last updated bit...but I've been so sucked into the fic that I'm beyond any hope of return. My response to your author's note will be a bit outdated, but personally, whenever I'm going through tough times, I make a point to cry in private or in acceptable places like sad movies so I won't end up doing so in public. Hopefully things worked out for you in that area.

Ok so I love all the hints you're dropping about her past. (example: Jeeze, she had lived with someone who talked like a mute for half her life.) Talk about foreshadowing! And more foreshadowing/hint dropping about Gaara. Fun! It makes me happy... I'll probably be saying that a lot because good writing makes me happy, and you seem to be a good writer.

Oh! I loved the awkward conversation with Kiba! I've totally had that happen to me before, and I've done it before, so I've experienced both ends of the awkwardness... :) I'm just impressed that Sakura didn't go all "SHANARO!" on him and punch him.

I love how Sakura's so human! She's tired, she has bad taste in movies, she babbles when she gets flustered...I think a lot of people can relate to that.

Ooh! And I really liked this bit!

Opening the door, Gaara found the person he least expected, the girl next door.

The weird one.

It amused me! I love tiny, powerful sentences like that. I could probably spout their virtues all day, like Rock Lee talking about the power of youth! It definitely says something about what their relationship will be like. Great job so far!

A great story so far! They're going to have sex soon, right?