Gaara, Beasts Always Walk Alone

Some people bathed in sunlight, yet their hearts remained cold.

No matter how dazzling or warm the sunlight was, it could never shine into a closed-off, dark heart.

Gaara was one of them.

He sat on a swing, gently swaying, accompanied only by a teddy bear in his hands.

Watching the other children laughing and playing together, all he could do was observe in silence.

He raised his hand and tried to peek at the sun through his fingers, but the sunlight was too dazzling, forcing him to squint.

Fortunately, his sleep quality had been fairly good over the past month or two. At least, the monster had not taken over his body the moment he fell asleep and started destroying the village like before.

Sunagakure had calmed down somewhat because of this. Although the way others looked at Gaara was still filled with coldness and indifference, his mood had improved a little.

All because of that Military Ration Pill.

Gaara left the swing and, before he knew it, arrived at that shop again.

He walked inside on instinct. For some reason, the ANBU shinobi secretly assigned to protect him had no reaction whatsoever to him entering the Red Spider Lily Shop.

Gaara felt as though this shop possessed a special kind of magic, capable of shutting out all the bad things in the outside world.

He slowly entered the shop. To the ANBU shinobi hidden in the shadows, this seemed like the most natural thing in the world, so normal that their expressions did not change in the slightest.

The moment he stepped inside, Gaara saw that sunny smile, just as he had expected.

No, perhaps that smile was even more dazzling than the sun.

Ordinary sunlight could not shine into Gaara's heart, but a person's smile could fill