#He's so excited about his date with Gaara

[missmetus]

[kobayashisoul]

》 Festival Date 《

Going on Dates was something that was rare in Gaara's and Raziela's Life. Gaara was the Kazekage and had almost no free time. Something that never bothered him before made him sad as soon as he and Raziela became a Couple.

But anytime they went on a Date - also this time - Gaara felt somehow ... nervous, in a positive way. Yes, even after many years of being together and married, this Woman made him nervous.

A Feeling he quiet didn't understand at all.

There was a Festival in Sunagakure and as every year, these two decided to go together. Not only because the Villagers expected the Kazekage to be there, no, because Gaara wanted to take the Chance to go on a Date with his Wife.

Everyone was greeting them nicely, excited. Something Raziela wasn't used to, even after so many years. It made her almost uncomfortable, but somehow ....proud? Proud to be at Gaara's side and the Villagers were happy for their Leader.

"Are you alright?", Gaara asked after a Group of Children approached Raziela happily. He knew that she felt somehow uncomfortable being in the Spotlight.

"It's okay, I'm okay", she answered, closing her Eyes for a Moment. "What about you?"

"Me?" He smiled warmly at her. "I'm used to this. But today I only want to have my Eyes on you. You look beautiful."

She smiled at him, admiring the beautiful Kimono he was wearing. It was inspired by Shukaku, his former Bijuu. Shukaku and Gaara were after all these years kind of friends now, talked here and then. Something Raziela was very happy about. She knew that because of Shukaku Gaara had a difficult Past.

After that small Conversation, they continued their walk through the lively Streets.

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[kankuroplease]

I know you are a gaasaku fan (same! Such an internet dynamic and what cool political means between the leaf and sand it could bring) have you ever thought about what that might look like if Sakura moved to suna and they had a family?

I think about them every other night, anon. Every other night ✨

Honestly a lot of Sakura and Gaara ships cross my mind even if I don’t necessarily ship them (like sometimes it’s me just nodding in a agreement with fandom and other times I’m researching ships to see what I’m messing lol) like I ship GaaSaku because I love both characters so much

I apologize for any incoherent yapping 😅

Tw: mentions of pregnancy

Off the top of my head; Sakura never actually planned to stay in Suna, it just sort of happens

Because it’s serene, but also talking with Gaara about his past and the challenges of such a past made her realize she could bring her work to Suna too

It’s a slow burn deal with lots of teasing from Kanks towards Gaara about making a move before Pinks high tails it back to Konoha

Sakura is lowkey amused by his fan club because he is pretty cool, but he’s not the type to have wandering eyes

Gaara is a busy man but he makes sure to make time for Sakura when possible

And if it’s not entirely possible, he’s found writing her to little notes wishing her a good day or suggesting that she visit this or that shop (he already paid for her ice cream for a year, please go to that shop, Sakura), are greatly appreciated by her

Sometimes when they’re catching up with one another after a busy day/week, they’ll talk until they both fall asleep on the couch

Sakura was pleasantly surprised to see Gaara at her doorstep during her first sandstorm in Suna

He’d made a barrier around himself (and her front door) to come and check on her and was rewarded with a big hug

She was fine, but it was a little worrying considering this wasn’t anything she was use to

And when they eventually do become official, Kanks is confused because huh? Last he checked on them they were gardening and other boring things. But go, bro!

They had to stop Kankuro form making prank wedding invites

No one wants sand falling out onto their floor for a save the date

Their eventual wedding is kind of a big deal, because while it wasn’t a political to them, it still was to everyone else

Naruto’s speech would be tall no jutsu x10 but he’d also throw in that he can’t wait to see their kids. They better hop on that because everyone else is

which would make Sakura choke and shout for him to shut it and made Gaara blush bright red

They aren’t the type for PDA, mostly because Gaara is a kage

BUT he’s okay with kissing her hand as a farewell infront of others

he also finds excuses to include Sakura in as many meetings as possible

Sakura meanwhile lives a busy life bouncing between Suna and Konoha as a teacher of medical jutsus and head of Suna’s medical department

That is until she’s visiting Konoha and feeling a bit under the weather

Ino took on look at her turning up her face at the smell of ramen and she KNEW

“You’re pregnant!?”

“No!.. I mean, I don’t think—”

Girl had to do some mental math on when her last period was and realized she was in fact late by a few weeks

All that stress from work made it slip her mind entirely and mistake her clear symptoms

Gaara is of course excited about the news, but a small part of him is really worried that something could go wrong during the pregnancy

He’s not showing it, but he’s freaking out internally

So he turns into a mother hen and adds an aid to accompany Sakura when he could not personally do it himself

She put up with this aid for a few months, but after be asked how she’s feeling so they could write it in a report and being told she shouldn’t lift anything heavy for the hundredth time, she had to put her foot down

Baby was growing healthy, she was healthy, Gaara take a deep breath. They’re fine and she works at the hospital

if something were to happen, she’s in the best place possible to handle it

When their baby finally does arrive, gaara is in awe. She’s perfect.

a little mushed and alien looking, but perfect

Watermelon pink hair and grayish green eyes that he only got a quick glimpse of before she closed her eyes again

Her nails were unbelievably tiny on the small hand that cupped her own cheek

He could swear he saw the faintest eyebrow hairs. She had eyebrows! Maybe

Sakura teased that he was going to stare a hole in her if he wasn’t careful and Gaara had to smile

Anyone that tried to visit would catch the new family snuggled up on one bed

He would know that he would do everything to protect this little girl and her mother for the rest of his life

And a few years later, they’d welcome a son that has his father’s hair and the most stunning violet eyes

A short while after that they welcomed Shiki into their family

Their kids often bounce back and forth between their parents work places

Temari and Sakura take turns making play date plans with the kids

And when all four kids are together, kankuro swears they’re conspiring against him (they kinda are, but it’s in a loving-ish way)

They once packed a bunch of lizards into one of his puppets

There’s never a dull moment in the kazekage’s home or a moment without Sakura having to remind the kids to pick up all of their sand

Gaara feels loved and wanted

Sakura feels loved and appreciated

Overall a very cute and wholesome family 🌸⏳

[queen-of-gotham]

I love how you wrote Kankuro!!

If you have the time and inspiration, I’d love to read another… 👀

Maybe Kankuro and reader from the Leaf having a long distance relationship. One of the rare occasions he can visit (maybe because his brother has a meeting)

Getting to see how excited he is on his way there, his siblings finding him annoying… and a cute reunion that goes however you please <3

Sorry, this took so long anon!! I left this soft and fluffy but if you need a smutty part two you let me know! It’s so funny you requested this though bc this was really what my OC I made way back in like 05-06 was going through. A whole ass long distance relationship with this dude. So… reader is kinda based off of her and what I used to write way back in the quizilla days so this was a fun place to go back too. I hope you like it!

💘 Reunited 💘

(Kankuro x F!Reader)

Word count: 1,172

Synopsis: you and kankuro reunite after some time apart due to your long distance relationship.

Notes from the batcave: reader is implied to be Shikamaru’s sister but it’s never directly addressed. 😅 reader is based off my OC’s storyline so ya know. Hope y’all like it.

Temari had seriously had just about enough. The sand siblings were heading to Konoha for the Kage summit, the first one since the war ended a few months prior. Three days of Kankuro yammering on nonstop about you.

She isn’t even sure how long he’d been seeing you. You were part of Leaf’s ANBU black ops, often being sent to the sand on diplomatic missions. Then you were placed in his platoon during the war as a strategist. Temari would assume it happened somewhere in all that mess.

“- and she’s smart, like, wicked smart. And she’s got these eyes that just-“

“Enough!” Temari finally snaps, looking at her little brother. “We get it. You’re in love with her.

Can you just *shut up* about it?”

Temari’s hand drags down her face in frustration, and Kankuro lets out an embarrassed chuckle. “Sorry, I guess I have been rambling about her this whole trip, huh?”

He rubs the back of his neck, cheeks flushed just a bit as he thinks about what his sister just said. Was he in love with you? Maybe. You did tend to take up most of his thoughts in the day.

He mindfully manages to only bring you up in conversation a handful more times before they make it to the village gates.

Kankuro is a bit disappointed to see it’s not you waiting to escort them to the Hokage’s office. It’s Shikamaru. Kankuro is pretty sure you both come from the same clan, since you both share a last name and similar jutsu power.

“Lord Kazekage.” He greets, bowing a bit before leading the way.

Kankuro’s on pins and needles to get to see you again. He hadn’t seen you in a few months, since you both went your separate ways after the war, just getting the occasional letter from you. Even your handwriting was pretty.

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Two of the other Kage were going to be late, and as a result, they had a free day and a half to wander and explore the village. That was still being rebuilt, but was mostly back together, being escorted around by Shikamaru.

“Is there anything particular you want to see while you’re here?” Shikamaru asks, looking at the siblings.

“I would like to visit with Naruto, if possible.” Gaara says, and Temari pipes in to tease Kankuro.

“Kankuro wants to see his girlfriend.” She grins, and the shadow user quirks an eyebrow.

“You’re dating a girl in the leaf?”

“Uh, yeah, you might know her actually. She’s from your clan.” Kankuro says, stumbling over his words a bit as he looks away.

Shikamaru pauses, looking a bit confused by the claim, “born into the Nara clan?”

“Uh, yeah. She is. She talks about the deer and the forest your clan has, and she uses those shadow jutsu that you do.” Kankuro lists out, and Shikamaru sighs.

“What a drag.” He mutters before saying your name, questioningly.

“Yeah, that’s her!” Kankuro states, and Shikamaru huffs, stopping on the path through the village street.

“She should be in the woods right about now.” He motions back towards some wooded area that could be seen across town. “Do you-“

“Thanks!” Kankuro yells before booking it in that direction, not waiting for any other direction or questioning.

It didn’t take him super long to find you, coming across a meadow where the sunlight peeked through the trees. Your back was to him, caught up in petting a small fawn, talking to it gently like it was human.

He waits a bit, just observing you in an element he’s only heard you talk about. His gaze focuses on the way you care for the other deer, loving on them, and taking the time to run focus extra on one who’s pregnant. You look beautiful like this, Kankuro thinks. He steps forward to announce himself, and a twig snaps, grabbing your attention. Looking angry at first, but upon realization, that beautiful smile crosses your lips.

“Ya know, I was gonna fuss about how only Nara are supposed to be out here, but this is a nice surprise.” You say, walking up to him and throwing your arms around his neck. His arms wrap around your waist as your face buries into his neck, and he pulls you flush against himself. “Missed you, ‘Kuro.”

“I missed you too. Couldn’t wait to get here and get my hands on you.” He teases, one of his hands coming up to cup your cheek, pulling you back enough to gaze at you for a second. “My sister got fed up with how much I was talking about you.”

You smile, leaning into the warmth of his hands, your eyes settled on his. “You talk about me that much, huh?”

“Of course I do. You’re the prettiest thing this side of nations, Angel.” He says back a bit softer, his thumb gently grazing across the supple skin of your cheek. “Don’t you talk about me?” He asks and you giggle, shrugging a bit teasingly.

“Not really.”

“Not even to your mom?”

“Nope. Or my brother.”

“Your brother!?” He questions aghast, hand over his chest because how dare you’ve not reveled this little fact every time he’s complained about his own siblings. You giggle a bit, shrugging, Kankuro continuing on, “what’s next, you got a sister too you’ve been hiding? A husband, maybe? Kids?”

He’s being dramatic and it’s making you smile and laugh and that’s his favorite sound in the whole world. Your laugh makes his chest fill warm, his heart fluttering like you’re the sunshine embodied, and he’s somehow lucky enough to get to hold it in his arms.

“Oh yeah. I’ve actually been married for 20 years and my kids are going to be the next hokage.” You say back sarcastically, leaning up to steal a soft kiss off his lips and he grins.

“That’s wild. All that time together and I never knew.” Kankuro responds, gently shifting the two of you so you’re pressed back against a tree.

“I’m kidding.” You say softly and he hums knowingly, leaning down to kiss your lips, soft and slow.

“I know.” He murmurs against your lips, kissing you again, tender and reverent. Not rushed and desperate, but in a way that tries to convey everything they can’t write into letters. A kiss that carries the ache of how bad he misses you when you’re separated, and the relief he has in his soul now that you’re in his arms again.

You melt into him, your hands moving up to cradle his face, thumbs brushing over his war-painted cheeks, and he kisses you like he’s afraid to pull away. Like if he breaks, the moment the most precious thing in his life may slip through his fingers once more.

You’re both only human though, so eventually you part for air. Kankuro resting his forehead against yours, the both of you breathless.

“I’m so glad you’re really here.” You murmur softly, and he shifts, brushing his lips against your forehead.

“Me too, doll.”

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No One Noticed - Chapter 1

Fly To Your City, Excited To See Your Face

Words: 4892

Relationships:

Main : Inuzuka Kiba/Kankurou,

Temari/Tenten (Naruto), Gaara/Rock Lee, Akamar & Inuzuka Kiba, Akamaru & Kankurou

Characters:

Kankurou (Naruto), Inuzuka Kiba, Akamaru (Naruto), Temari (Naruto), Gaara (Naruto), Inuzuka Hana, Inuzuka Tsume, Kuromaru (Naruto), Uzumaki Naruto, Aburame Shino, Hyuuga Hinata

Additional Tags:

Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Falling In Love, First Dates, Meeting the Parents, Boys In Love, Moving In Together, lipstick stains, Sleepy Kisses, Forehead Kisses, AU, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Everyone was revived, Everyone Is Gay, Inuzuka Kiba is a Little Shit

Part 3 of my Pink In The Night AU

Summary:

More tags will be added the more I write

A silly fluff story about how Kankiba fell in love and moved in together and eventually married and had a kid, featuring adorable Kankuro and Akamaru interactions<3

Art by @xmikaelx on here

Cover:

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♡Start Notes:♡

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!

I got this first chapter ready in like, four days, I'm so excited for you to read it

It's very inspired by @saturnsmoontitan 's fly away dove on Ao3, you should totally read it, hope you enjoy<3

Please remember that in this AU, Madara had a change of heart and brought everyone back to life. Yes this is because I felt bad for fictional characters

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How did these two chaos gremlins end up falling in love with each other? Well, they weren't planning on it that's for sure. The first time they met at their first Chuunin exams, they didn't really interact enough to form an opinion on each other.

One would actually be surprised to know that they developed feelings barely a few minutes after each other. They were 13 and 14 at the time, Kiba was injured and so was Akamaru, Kankuro had just saved him from certain death by killing the twins, Sakon and Ukon, iron maiden style.

"Thank you", Kiba said, holding a trembling Akamaru in his arms.

"Do you want me to give you a hand? I know a few basic medical jutsus", Kankuro asked as he sat in front of the younger boy

"Don't worry about me, Akamaru's the one who got badly injured", Kiba said, showing the other boy the injured puppy.

Kankuro started massaging the dog's stomach with his signature purple flow of chakra, "Can't promise you a miracle, I know even less about dog medicine"

Kankuro's chakra kept massaging for a few minutes until Akamaru managed to regain consciousness, "Hey puppy", he greeted, tho he was instantly pushed away by a crying Kiba, "You're alive!", he said under his breath, cuddling up to the puppy.

"Alright then, you want me to help you with that open stab wound?", Kankuro pointed at the other's stomach, Kiba was so concerned that he had forgotten he had literally stabbed himself.

"That would be nice", he said, allowing the older boy to heal him as best as he could

"Why did you pull out the kunai? It just made your pain and bleeding worse", Kankuro pointed out as he tried his best to treat the wound

"I was kind of in the middle of trying to not get murdered, you know", Kiba reminded him

Kankuro dumped the twins' body in the woods and wrapped his marionettes back up, "Do you need help walking?", he asked

"I'm fine for now but I might need a few breaks now and then", Kiba said as he finally stood up, Akamaru in his arms. As Kankuro noticed Kiba struggling to even lift the puppy, he took a roll of bandages he'd usually use for his puppets and wrapped them around his torso and stomach to form a pouch, "Put him in here, I'll carry him for you"

Kiba didn't have the energy to protest, he carefully placed Akamaru in the pouch and watched as Kankuro basically started massaging the dog's little head, "Hi puppy, don't worry I'll take great care of you and give you lots of cuddles until we get you to a vet", Kankuro said to the dog, his voice higher than usual, that was the moment Kiba's heart fluttered for Kankuro for the first time.

You know what they say,

"The quickest way to an Inuzuka's heart is loving their dog(s)".

Kiba fell first but Kankuro fell harder when they laid down for a break and Kiba fell asleep for just a few minutes, cuddled up to Kankuro and rubbing his head on his chest, right over his heart, whose rate was rapidly increasing, tho one could clearly tell even from a long distance, mainly cause Kankuro's face had become redder than the other boy's makeup.

You know what they say about Rasa's children,

"Gay!"

Kankuro escorted Kiba to the Konoha Hospital where he was treated properly and after Akamaru's surgery he was allowed to stay in the hospital room with his owner. That was the last time Kiba saw Kankuro in months when he visited him the next day.

"Hey...", the older one greeted awkwardly as he closed the door behind him, "How're you doing today?"

Kiba looked at him, noticing a slight blush under the purple makeup, "I'm alright, way better compared to how you found us yesterday"

Kankuro knelt down to pet Akamaru, "How are you, baby?", again with that baby voice, Kiba smiled looking at them, quickly realizing his heart hadn't stopped beating weirdly fast ever since Kankuro came in.

"His name is Akamaru and he's still a little weak but he's managing", he informed him

"Well, I just wanted to make sure you were feeling better before I went back to Suna", Kankuro said as he stood back up

"That's very nice of you", Kina was quite lucky his smeared makeup hid his blush. Kankuro awkwardly walked backwards towards the door and took a deep breath, mustered up some courage and spit out as fast as he could, "Ithinkyou'rereallycuteweshouldgoonadatenexttimeweseeeachothermytreattotallyokayifyoudon'twanttothobye!"*, he accidentally slammed the door and speedwalked out of the hospital, now if he had seen Kiba in that moment, he would have noticed he was blushing so hard that a pink lamppost would be put to shame.

* "I think you're really cute, we should go on a date next time we see each other, my treat, totally okay if you don't want to tho, bye!"

The next time they met was at that year's second Chuunin exams, right before they were about to find out what their first task was going to be. With "met", I mean that Kankuro's siblings literally lifted him up and threw him in Kiba's direction, embarrassing him like a good sibling is supposed to, and what do you know? It was a complete Strike! It actually almost got Suna's team 1 almost disqualified but that's not what we're talking about here. Kankuro apologized profusely and helped Kiba up, Akamaru back to full health by his side, "I knew you fell for me but I didn't think you meant it literally ", Kiba joked, clearly blushing and purposefully not letting go of the older nin's hand.

Kankuro got flustered and pulled his hand backed, he had a reputation for being a tough and sometimes cocky guy, but Kiba just sorta turned his brain into mush, "Hey so, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable at the hospital can we just like, forget that happened", he avoided all eye contact while he spoke, Kiba was absolutely appalled at the insinuation, "Fuck no, you're taking me out after this exam", he informed him, blushing even harder and grabbing both of Kankuro's hands.

Kankuro started nevously giggling, let go and started walking away backwards again, "Oh cool, cool, cool, cool! I'll give you the best first date ever I promise!", he said turned around, bumped against about a dozen Genin trying to smoothly run away and quite obviously failing. He hurried back to his siblings, too happy to be mad at them, for the moment at least, "I believe you ow us some gratitude", said Temari, smirking

"Why? I clearly did that all by myself?", Kankuro teased jokingly.

Temari turned to her youngest brother and went, "Gaara, you may go ahead and call your brother that slur now"

Gaara took a breath to "insult" his brother with an extra dramatic flare but was quiet rudely interrupted by the beginning of the exam before he could even utter the first letter.

The next time they got to talk to each other was in the stands stands of Konoha's Stadium after each other's first individual fights, "You did well, dog boy", Kankuro congratulated Kiba once he joined him, the fight between Gaara and Choji was about to start, "I got lucky Ino missed her Shintenshin, I would've been doomed otherwise"

"At least the Shintenshin is dodgeable, my sister almost beat me out there", Kankuro complained

"At least we both did it, don't be too mad when I beat you", the other joked

"As if you could beat m-", Kankuro was interrupted by the end of the fight, unsurprisingly his brother won, only one fight remained between Tenten and Lee

"Where are your teammates?", Kankuro asked

"Hinata won earlier, her opponent quit, and Shino forfeited the second he saw Neji was his opponent", Kiba explained

"Good call, that guy scares even me", the older one admitted, bad choice, if Kiba knew how to do something, it was teasing and being annoying, "I think deep down you're a scaredy cat, but I'll protect you from now on"

Kankuro blushed, but his pride was also hurt, "try saying that again and I'll throw you off this balcony", he joked.

It took a while, but a winner between Lee and Tenten won by the skin of her teeth.

That's when Kiba and Kankuro got down to the arena, "I'm not holding back", Kiba warned before he noticed that Kankuro was weirdly nervous.

Battle started, Puppets were ready, Kiba and Akamaru attacked, attacked and attacked, but Kankuro just kept deflecting, deflecting and deflecting.

"Told you, you were a scaredy cat", Kiba teased as he kept attacking

"It's not that I'm scared! I don't want to hurt you of all people", Kankuro admitted.

Kiba stopped in his tracks, falling onto the older nin and failing what would've been a perfect bullseye.

"That's very sweet but now is not the time to make me want to kiss you", said the Konoha ninja

"I disagree", Kankuro teased him, teased him just enough to actually get his first kiss, two female voices could clearly be heard in the audience screaming, "I CALLED IT!", Temari and Hana Inuzuka doing their jobs as older sisters and embarrassing them properly.

Their little magic moment was interrupted by the Hokage personally disqualifying them, "Disqualified!? On what grounds!?", Kankuro complained

"Romantic relationships are not allowed to interfere with the exam, that kiss was not tied to any jutsu which means, chop. Chop. Both of you", Tsunade ordered them, to which the two boys had to comply.

"Well, that was embarrassing", Kiba said

"You were the one who kissed me and now you complain?", Kankuro was confused and was then playfully hit on his arm, "I meant getting disqualified! I enjoyed the kiss a lot, actually"

Kankuro laughed and wrapped his arms around the shorter boy's waist, "Enough to give me another one", he propositioned. Kiba saw a chance to be a gremlin and he took it, "No", he said and pulled away, "You'll have to earn it on our date", he left Kankuro speechless and walked away, "See you at the exit in five minutes", he announced.

Kankuro could only make out a few mumbles, "I- you- we-", he started walking in the same direction the boy and his dog went, "Kiba!"

Their first date wasn't really fairytale worthy, it had rained the night before but Kiba insisted on going on a walk in the park, "You have my lipstick on your lips", Kankuro tried wiping it off but Kiba stopped him.

"There's no need to wipe it off now if you're going to kiss me later anyway", said Kiba, blushing, which brought Kankuro's eyes to look at the other boy's own makeup.

"What do your family's markings mean? I've seen people from your family in Suna paint them on their faces too", he asked

"They're fangs, our clan's symbol, the old one included a dog nose too. They symbolize the bomd our family has with canine animals, especially dogs. Our Kekkei Genkai is subtle, it gives us similar senses to dogs and lets us understand and speak all canine languages. In short, our symbol is a way to honor our dogs", Kiba explained

"I would love to understand dogs, does Akamaru like me?", Kankuro's question made Akamaru bark happily, "He's liked you ever since you saved us", the other boy revealed

"Anytime, as long as I have an excuse to see you as much as possible", Kankuro slid an arm around Kiba's waist

"I'd rather not be in mortal danger aga-  WOAH!", Kiba slipped on some fresh mud, dragging Kankuro down with him, rolling down a hill and Akamaru followed suit just out of FOMO.

"Well, I definitely can't kiss you now", Kankuro complained now that both their faces had been contaminated by mud, Kiba threw himself at him, "You down to fight now?", Kiba asked as tgey started mud wrestling against each other with Akamaru jumping about trying to get them both to lose.

(I've never watched the English dub of Naruto, not available in my country, and we don't really get a lot of the other Inuzukas in non-filler so I'm pretty much making out their personalities based off of vibes)

They ended up writing to each other every week, by the time Naruto came back, Kiba became a Chuunin and Kankuro even made Jonin.

When Kiba was hand selected for the Jonin exams by Tsunade, his boyfriend decided to surprise him and come visit him, he made himself look extra pit together to meet Kiba's family, tho he failed to bribe the Inuzuka's in Suna for info on what the clan head liked but it was too late to turn back, he had a bouquet of snapdragons and roses in his hands for Kiba and a present for his family in his bag, he took a deep breath, entered Inuzuka clan territory, marched over to Kiba's house and rang the doorbell and triggered a plethora of dogs to bark at said door.

The door was opened by Tsume Inuzuka, Kiba's mother and the Inuzukas clan head.

"Listen kid, I'm flattered, I know I'm insanely hot but you're way too young for me", she said after seeing the bouquet in Kankuro's hands.

Kankuro took a second to register what the woman was insinuating, "Oh no, these aren't for for you, they're for Kiba, my name's Kankuro, we're sorta boyfriends"

Tsume went from flattered to intrigued, "Oh I recognize you now, you're the boy he got disqualified like, three years ago"

Kankuro blushed at the reminder, "Yeah, I didn't really mind that", he chuckled nervously

"I figured, we have to pay double the hawk services cause he sends you letters every week, how did you get that illiterate fuck to write", Tsume was clearly joking

"He's just...I don't know, he makes my heart beat fast and I want to be with him all the time, and I sorta hope he feels the same way", he avoided eye contact as he vomited word after word.

"Well, I guess if you ignore his dyslexia, he's a pretty good kid", Tsume chuckled and poured some lemonade for the both of them

"You know, I think it's cool you call him his preferred pronouns, my father hated me even more when I told him I was boy", he said.

The woman immediately got serious, her eye twitching, "Don't take this personally kid, your father sounds like a dick"

"Don't worry, me and my siblings cheered at his funeral, no one liked him, he may have been the Kazekage but power got to his head and he went psycho till he was killed by a man who replaced him for a couple months", Kankuro agreed

"Honestly, if you're not gonna love your children no matter what, why have them!? I swear I hate people like that", Tsume complained and took a sip of her lemonade

Kankuro suddenly remembered the present he brought with him, "I almost forgot", he rummaged through his bag and pulled out a box being held closed by a golden ribbon, "it's something small I made, a decoration for your house"

Tsume opened the box to find a small, wooden Akamaru replica, tho a little more geometrical, "Oh, how sweet", she said

"You see, my specialty is puppets so I tried to make this a puppet for non-puppeteers, if you just...", Kankuro touched the wooden dog with a little bit of chakra on his fingers, the puppet barked a few times and threw it's paws in the air before returning to it's original position.

Tsume decided to put it next to a family photo over the fireplace, "Who's that woman in the picture?", he asked noticing said picture. Tsume grabbed it and her expression turned to a relaxed smile, "That, is Shizuka, the love of my life, she lost her life on a mission when Kiba was in still young, he barely remembers her", Tsume's mood changed from cheerful to something that wasn't sadness but also wasn't quite happy, "She would have loved you, she was a kissass just like you", the comment caught Kankuro off guard before he could defend himself, Tsume continued, "I think its sweet you want to make a good impression on me, it means you're serious about my son", she put the picture back and turned to Kankuro again, "I do still want to know what your intentions with my son are tho", she concluded.

Kankuro blushed and sipped his lemonade.

"I don't know, most of our dating has been long distance, I just wish that one day I could live with him, give him a kiss before a mission, fall asleep looking at him, maybe- and this is way further down the line- get married and have a kid but we have plenty of time for that", Kankuro responded, his heart beating faster than ever as he admitted more and more. Tsume smiled and just said, "Shizuka would have really loved you"

Kankuro got to meet Kiba's sister, Hana, and got to play with Kuromaru and the other dogs until Kiba came back home, and directly ran into his room with Akamaru close behind him, slamming his door closed. "Based on that, I'm assuming he didn't make Jonin", said Hana while cooking dinner. Tsume signaled for Kankuro to follow her with the flowers, knocked on her son's door and didn't wait for permission to open it, Kiba had his arms around Akamaru and the lights turned off, "Sweetie? Do you want to talk about it?", she asked, she only got a muffled groan as a response that clearly meant "no".

"Well I'll leave you two alone, no funny business, kapish?", as Tsume finished talking, Kiba looked up confused, that's when he finally saw Kankuro standing at the foot of his bed, "Surprise!", he said, awkwardly closing the door behind him.

"What are you doing here?", Kiba asked, wiping tears away

"I wanted to be with you after your first Jonin exams, do you wanna tell me what happened? I promise I won't tell your family", Kankuro sat down next to him

"You won't have to, they're totally eavesdropping on us", as soon as Kiba's words left his mouth, Tsume's voice came from the closed door, "No we're not!"

Kankuro kissed Kiba's forehead and layed down next to him, a towel lied over the pillow so that their makeup wouldn't smear on it, "You don't need to tell me anything, I just want to be by your side when bad things happen to you"

Kiba kissed Kankuro on the lips, "Don't worry, I don't mind telling you", Kiba paused, "It just sucks being handpicked by the Hokage and then being eliminated first, it was humiliating, I was down in 1 hit and unconscious for most of the day"

"Mistakes happen, you just weren't ready yet, just keep training and you'll be a Jonin in no time", Kankuro hugged the younger nin, and he cuddled up to Kankuro's chest with Akamaru licking him to try and cheer him up, "Let's go take off our makeup for the evening, kay?", Kankuro suggested

"Yeah, let's do that", Kiba stood up from his bed and guided Kankuro to the bathroom, past his mother and sister that were clearly pretending they hadn't heard them, just before Kankuro wiped off his makeup, Kiba noticed a little detail, "Did you draw my clan's signature fangs on your face to impress my family?", he asked

"No I didn't", he lied

From the kitchen, Tsume called, "He totally did!"

Kiba laughed and Kankuro rolled his eyes then turned back to Kiba, "Just wipe my lipstick off your face, pretty boy"

The next day, Kiba woke up Kankuro by covering his face in kisses.

"I love how this day is starting", the older one said right before he kissed his boyfriend on the lips.

Kiba stood up and put the flowers Kankuro had brought him into a vase, "How did you know I would like these flowers?", he asked

Kankuro stood up himself and hugged him from behind, "Because they're not toxic to dogs and look pretty", Kankuro revealed

"My mom used to bring these flowers in the exact same colors to my mama every Friday, now she brings them to her grave but", Kiba paused, "she changed the roses to white"

Kankuro said nothing, he just hugged Kiba tighter.

"She thinks I don't remember her, and honestly I'm starting to forget her voice...and I really don't want to", tears started streaming down Kiba's face. Kankuro kissed him on the cheek, "I don't remember ever hearing my mother's voice, I was two when she died, but I like to think that if she was alive, she would have taken me and my siblings and ran away. I think about her a lot and I think both our mothers are looking down on us right now and telling us to look forward instead of crying over things we can't change anymore"

Kiba wiped away his tears, smiled and took a good sniff at the flowers, "Yeah, mama would say that"

They couldn't have known that eight months from then, the biggest war known to ninjas would take place for two straight days, Kankuro and Kiba were in cocoons for a while, trapped in an Infinite Tsukuyomi, when they woke up and saw the war was over, they sat down next to each other on a hill as they saw people who were long gone, being brought back to life, "Do you think our moms are there?", Kiba asked, tears of joy in his eyes this time, ruining his makeup

"I don't know, but my entire body aches too much to stand up", Kankuro responded

"Me too, these two days have been so scary", the younger nin pit his head over the other's shoulder

"You know, when I was in that dream state, I was married to you, we had a child, three dogs and none of this ever happened, our mom's are alive and my dad's not an asshole and we have a happily ever after together", Kankuro paused, "You're gonna be 18 in a few months, right?", he asked Kiba

"Yeah, why?", he answered

"I want you to move in with me, with Akamaru of course, so we can start our happily ever after together", Kankuro asked

"I think that would be wonderful", he confessed

"What did you dream about", the older one asked

"Basically the same but everyone was a dog", Kiba admitted and Kankuro chuckled, "That sounds like something you'd dream about"

For Context: Timeskip to April, you can also find this part of the story in my other fanfic, "Pink In The Night", titled, "♡Intermission #4:♡"

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"The hidden sand? Why would you want to move there?", Naruto asked as he, Hinata and Shino helped him pack

"I'll have you know I'm moving in with my boyfriend in August", Kiba informed the blonde

"You are aware that it's April, right?", Shino pointed out

"I know that it's April, I just want to be prepared, it takes a long time to pack everything and bring it there and unpack everything again and-"

"You want to look good in front of his siblings, don't you?", Hinata interrupted him

"Well that's part of it...okay, a huge part. But both of them are absolutely TERRIFYING and if that wasn't enough, one of them's the fucking Kazekage! I'm basically moving in with royalty and I can't risk looking bad in front of anyone anymore!", Kiba was panicking just a tiny bit, Naruto put a hand on his shoulder and so did Hinata and Shino too.

Naruto spoke up, "Gaara's a great guy and so is Kankuro, you don't have to pretend to be someone else to impress them! And Temari...I actually know nothing about her"

Hinata jumped in, "Temari's protective, that's for sure but once she sees how much you and Kankuro love each other, she'll warm up to you"

Kiba blushed and looked away, "We haven't really said the "L" word yet", he admitted

"She also loves dogs and always wanted one, so I don't think she'll mind having an Inuzuka around", said Shino, whose statement made the others' heads turn, "Why would you know that?", Kiba blurted out.

Shino's response? "We've been penpals since our first Chuunin exams"

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Time passed by quite quickly, in the second week of July, Kiba and Akamaru waited at the gates of Konoha, waiting for two others to join them in Sunagakure.

"Kiba! Ready to go?", the voice of Tenten called as they walked up to the gate, Lee right behind her.

Akamaru barked, happy to see them, and walked up to them, "Akamaru's ready to go, I'm still a little bit anxious", Kiba confessed

"Is Sai not here yet?", Lee asked as pet Akamaru

"No, he's running late", Kiba said

"Why are you so nervous anyway?", the older man asked

"I just want to make a good impression on Gaara and Temari, we never really interacted properly before and now  Gaara's going to be my boss and all three siblings live next to each other I will definitely have to talk to them daily from now on the daily", Kiba confessed.

Right in that moment, Sai showed up with his typical drawing scrolls in hand with a picture of a bird each already prepared and a huge h*ckey on his neck which the older one's decided to ignore tho Kiba didn't miss a beat to say, "Bug bites are awfully bad this time of year", referring to the h*ckey most likely having been planted by Shino.

"Sure are", Sai agreed, completely missing the innuendo.

Sai summoned his ink animals and let his friends fly away on them, leaving them a few scrolls in case of emergencies during the flight.

Meanwhile in Suna, Kankuro and Temari were doing paperwork when their brother came in the room, "I got the headbands, did you get the transfer forms from Kakashi?", Gaara asked

"We did, it's there with the rest of the boring paperwork", said Temari, pointing at the pile of paper next to her.

"I'm bored out of my mind, Gaara! Please tell me you're not bringing us more stuff to read", Temari complained

"Don't worry, we're done for the day, just waiting for our partners", the redhead informed them

"Is my makeup okay? I haven't seen a mirror in six hours", Kankuro asked his siblings

"Eerily symmetrical as always", his sister reassured him

"Are you guys nervous at all?" Kankuro asked

"Not really", replied Gaara

"I am, I spent tge whole day cleaning yesterday and you guys know how much I despise it", Temari said right before an ANBU member appeared in front of them, "Lord Kazekage, the three ninjas transferring from the hidden leaf are aboit to approach the gates of the village", they said before Gaara dismissed him and the siblings headed to the village gates.

The three of them waited until the ink birds landed on the sand and melted away, Kankuro immediately went to hug his boyfriend and twirl him in the air before giving him a kiss on the lips.

"Hey beautiful, haven't seen you in a while", Kankuro said before putting Kiba back down

"It's nice to see you again too", Kiba said. Kankuro got down to Akamaru's level and messed up his fur, "How's my favorite puppy?", he asked as if he could understand the dog's barks.

"It's so hot around here", Kiba complained

"Yeah, your fake leather isn't gonna help and this good boy", he pet Akamaru's head, "is going to need a haircut"

Kiba took off his jacket and wiped some sweat from his forehead, which reminded Kankuro, "You're going to be an official Suna nin tomorrow, you'll get a new headband", he reminded the younger one

"Oh yeah, guess it will be weird not wearing this one anymore", Kiba said as he took off his leaf headband.

"I can take Akamaru to your family's grooming salon later today, I actually already made an appointment", Kankuro was extremely excited

"That's really nice of you, a mountain dog in the desert will need a lot of hydration too", Kiba  pointed out

"Oh, a lot of houses have water pools here, in fact I think it's all of them, you know for hot days when you want a refreshing...like all of them here", Kankuro chuckled nervously

"Kankuro, you just invited a dog boy and his dog to a house with built in pools, I feel sorry for you", the younger wasn't joking

"I'll manage, I wouldn't have invited you to live with me if I wasn't completely crazy about you. And I've always wanted a dog, he's a little bit of a big puppy but I don't mind", Kankuro confessed openly

"Can we go? I can't wait to see your house", Kiba asked

"Not my house, our home", Kankuro corrected him, grabbed his hand and guided him through the streets of  Sunagakure.

They went through the market in the city center, behind the Kazekage's tower, to a beautiful big house with two stories.

Here it goes, Kiba. The moment you've been waiting for, for months.

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♡Author's Note:♡

I'm so excited to start writing chapter 2, I hope I can make this fanfic as beautiful as it is in my head.

Come yap with me on socials!

Thank you for reading,

XOXO Sasha<3

[shukakumoodboard]

HELLO 👋 I would like to know about (in any order that excites youuuuu)

Love (As Told Through the Medium of Last- Minute Grocery Lists)

Mercury Retrograde

AND/OR

Thread of deepest scarlet, heart of shining pearl

And TGOD obvi if you're not burnt out by that one lol no pressure for replying about them ALL but I'm here for the excited yapping. 👉😎👉

*waiting menacingly*

omg hello winkwonk

i can do these in order -- under the cut because i'm about to Talk For Tew Damn Long

mercury retrograde

ok mercury retrograde is a fic based on a really goofy premise called "what if i shit on all the canon pairings at once?" via the medium of gaalee fanfic. it's essentially a story told from all of the other konoha 12 POVs where everyone on earth is having relationship (or pining) problems except, apparently, gaara and lee, who (in the POV of non-overlapping people, so no one makes the connection) seem to have secret paramours that are perfect for them hooHA. some start pairs include sasusaku, naruhina, and inosai, and end pairs being sns, inosaku, kibahina, etc. shikatema and chokarui stick the landing but. i like them well enough xo

basically a fix it fic for all the endgame pairs As According To Gospel Me

behold! a snippetteptpetptp

Damn it, not only was her love life awful, but the weather was, too, and she didn’t have an umbrella! What was up with this week? Mercury must be in retrograde or something, she mused, slouching against the bark of the tree at the edge of training field one. She’d have to ask Tenten, she was an astrology nut, she’d know for certain. “Ino-san, what are you doing out here by yourself, it is raining!” Ino looked off to the side to find her unexpected hero of the hour, one Rock Lee, clutching a scroll to his chest with an umbrella in hand. “Suffering,” she said. “Oh dear. Is there any way I can help?” “Actually,” Ino said, eyeing the umbrella, “are you heading towards town? I didn’t know it was going to rain.” “I am!” Lee said, and held out the umbrella. Ino slid out from under the tree and joined him. They started walking, Lee asking polite questions about her day while Ino scrounged for a more interesting topic. Maybe she could use this moment to answer the questions Sakura had posed a few days ago? Her eyes settled on the scroll Lee held, his grip tighter on the still-rolled paper than Choji’s grip on his beloved chip bags. “What’cha got there?” Lee turned a brilliant pink and smiled hugely. “It is a letter from my precious one!” “Oh, who!?” Ino cried, hamming it up, just a little bit. She was curious. “That,” he said very seriously, “is a secret.”

Love (As Told Through the Medium of Last- Minute Grocery Lists)

so this one is the fic i've started to create for my FTH 2024 bid winner @chinesefirethorn <3

it's a series of alternating POVs developing a gaalee relationship through unintentional dates which are actually just various gaalees having to run errands -> inspired, actually, by the fact my partner, the colloquially-christened-by-gaalee-discord mr. bread, tells me every time we have to do long distance that he misses going grocery shopping with me. which is like. how dare u make me feel romantic about feckin' woolies actually. no snippets for this one but here's the extant tag list:

clown-to-clown communication

Grocery Store (Romantic)

5+1 Things or similar

Food as a metaphor for love

Gardening also as a metaphor for love

Tooth-Rotting Fluff, and

scenes of domestic bliss

note: currently this one is on hold because reg has been offline for a while and i want to write this one for her when she's around again so it's tailored to her. reg come back i miss u

thread of deepest scarlet, heart of shining pearl

allow me to redirect you to this post where i unloaded about it

The Grapes of Debauchery

tgod my goode friend tgod, u are my brainchild and the bane of my existence rn. before i even begin to talk about tgod u must observe this hysterically funny advertisement post by @rkaln because i think about it every day

ok tgod. up next, thank thine lordt, is the long awaited sober winkwonk time chapter god Bless what has taken me so long it's the doctorate whyd i do that to myself we shall neber knwo

but i can tell you what i will deliver, and that is: Virgins Being Awkward In The Sack. none of this red face fanning self smut no this is pure cringefail shenanigans you're gonna get home grown baby not outsourced man directly from the kitchen table at my house you want it we got it guaranteed

gaara says "raw dog" out loud. the condoms are expired. lee nuts too early and panics about it. gaara's hungover. both of them WILL cry at some point. they've non-startered three times even im getting annoyed and im the author. just boink you clowns

here's a snippet from the next chapter, which is titled, to my absolute delight, Will You Two Please Just Drink Some F*cking Water:

Gaara stood and crowded into Lee’s space while he riffled through the drawer and yanked out a small, brightly coloured tube. “Lee, these are expired.” “Ex—huh?” Lee took the box and squinted at the date. Then he looked up, horrified. “I did not know they expired! I can um, go get—” “I don’t care,” Gaara said, taking the small bottle the lube Lee held from him. “I haven’t had sex with anyone, so unless you have some sort of genital illness—” “I do not!” Lee’s shout rattled the windows. Gaara winced.

truly i have achieved the pinnacle of yammertime, if ur still here holy sgat u are devoted and i lov u

[edai-crplpnk]

Some Team 7 + Team 10 chara sheets!

I did more chara sheets for my modern AU. (I did Team 8 + Sand Sibs here!) They don't appear much in the fics I already wrote, I don't know if they will in the future (maybe some plan for Naruto & Jiraiya fic one day?) but I have headcanons for them!

1 - The Girlfriends

Additional facts!

Sakura:

She's been best friend with Naruto since childhood and was quite scared to come out to him as a teen, not so much because she thought he'd reject her entirely but more because she was scared it would change their dynamics if they weren't boy friends anymore. Naruto was very excited about the whole thing, and supported her plenty in her transition.

She's training to be a surgeon and met Ino in med school.

In Seeing Stars, she is roommate with Lee and Tenten, but she'll move in with Ino later, and Gaara will take her place (well, more like he'll take Lee's bed room and there is one free now but-)

This is my "everyone is gay, everyone is disabled" AU and she is the token abled chara for now, but that might change if I get inspired. Not fully set on that.

Ino:

She's known she was a lesbian (although maybe not in this word) since very young. Also, at the time, Shikamaru and Chouji were perceived as such too, so that made them a trio.

She graduates to be a physical therapist around the year of Seeing Stars. She trained a lot on Sakura (lovingly) and Lee (more brutally).

Her endometriosis is somewhat managed by progesterone but she still has some flare-ups from time to time.

2 - The Boyfriends

Chouji:

They are Brazilian through their mother and Japanese through Chouza.

They struggled a bit figuring out their gender and tried presenting more masculine earlier in their transition, cutting their hair short and all that, but really didn't like it and, after some distress and talking it through with Ino and Shikamaru, let themself own that they were, really, a femboy. He is cool with masculine words (like being Shikamaru's boyfriend).

They considered stopping T after a while but liked how it felt for the most part, and it also helped manage PCOS symptoms.

He is rather sensory-seeking and loves being able to play around with textures, colours and sparkles.

He manages chronic pain with compressive clothes, knee braces and crutches.

Shikamaru:

Identified as a boy for about forever, and was very uncomfortable with being perceived as a lesbian with Chouji as a teen (which Chouji didn't really mind on his end), in a good part because of dysphoria, but also because he's never been into girls? (Dating Chouji has been a lot of confusion until they both figured themselves out, but it did feel right, somehow. Now he knows why.)

It might not have happened yet by the time of Seeing Stars because this shit takes time, but he is eventually getting phalloplasty and a cool tattoo sleeve on his left arm afterwards to hide the graft site.

Between his fatigue and Chouij's pain, they are a very cuddly pair and spending a lot of time in each other's presence at home. It's not always easy to go out and do things whatever they may be, but they make sure that the time they spend home together feels significant and not just routine.

3 - The Not Boyfriends

Naruto:

After some chaotic and pretty traumatic time in the foster care system as a baby and young child, he was taken in by Jiraiya, a relative of Kushina. He still lives with him as an adult, though they have a more roommate-y relationship than father/son.

He has struggled a lot with school the whole time, and it got worse after being separated from Sasuke (see below) and Sakura (because he failed and had to repeat some years along the way). He didn't graduate from high school in the end.

He does restaurant delivery by bike for a living, which provides him with both a lot of time spent working the hyperactivity out, and social contact with all the cooks in the neighbourhood (who all love him and have adopted him like a stray cat.)

He is very good friend with Kiba. They met in group therapy but Kiba is not great at that so they mostly meet to smoke together.

He is bi but probably too obsessed with Sasuke and the faith he have they'll be together again to really put himself out there for anyone.

Sasuke:

He and Naruto were close (and eventually sort of dating) as children and teens, but they got into a fireworks accident together where they both lost an arm (and Sasuke some hearing). Fugaku moved him to private schooling after the events, and they haven't reconnected since then.

He has sort of convinced himself he is straight, not even out of complicated feelings for his sexuality, but really just to be able to think he isn't and has never been into Naruto, because he resents him a lot for the accident and doesn't want to come to term with forgiveness or even just admitting he is still important to him.

He's tried using a prosthetic arm for years after his injury, but never quite found one he managed to work with. He also has important phantom pain that plays into that.

For now, he's joined the police like Fugaku. Let's all hope he'll get himself together eventually.

[sagemoderocklee]

may i pls ask about 'Plucked Peony Petals' if it hasn't already been done? alternatively if you have any other fics that you are desperate to talk about i would LOVE to know <3

ok i am SO sorry i forgot to reply to this. i meant to do it last night, but god i was EXHAUSTED and had stuff to deal with, and today has just been busy but i am finally here to answer about P3 which is a fic I am SO excited about and am desperate to start writing.

i came up with it in 2022 (alongside Final Bow) when i was planning for the last horror event, but it was just not gonna be something i could fit in for that year so i didnt start it, but i DO have a fully plotted summary for the fic which like is very spoilery but in general this fic will need some pretty spoiler-y trigger warnings anyways

the idea is based around the Botan Dōrō which is a Japanase ghost story about "sex with the dead and the consequences of loving a ghost". oh! and i already have the banner for this fic made

more under the cut (trigger warning for what's hopefully now obviously a story about sex with ghosts)

anyways if you don't wanna read the full wikipedia article (which i think is super interesting and worth reading), there are two versions of the story listed and one surrounds the Obon festival which is a festival to honor the spirit of one's ancestors. i decided i wanted to write a modern AU about Lee meeting someone at this festival. here's the first part of the summary i wrote:

at the Obon festival, Rock Lee meets an attractive man. They spend the evening talking, and Lee is quite smitten but forgets to ask the man's name or how to stay in touch. The next night, he finds the man again, and this time remembers to get his name. However, Lee chickens out about asking for his phone number, but he does offer to walk Gaara home. Gaara says he lives too far, but would be happy to walk Lee home. At Lee's doorstep, Lee stalls going back inside. He likes Gaara quite a lot, and he hasn't dated anyone since Sakura. He's been lonely ever since his cousin and best friend, now married, moved back to her and Lee's hometown in China, where his father also lives. Deciding to do something rash and out of character, feeling almost possessed by desire, he invites Gaara inside and they spend a night together. Gaara wakes Lee in the middle of the night with a kiss as he leaves, claiming his siblings will worry if he doesn't come home. The last night of the festival, Gaara finds Lee and they spend the evening in one another's company, before going back to Lee's place for another night together... though this time it feels different. It's less lustful and more sensual, more intimate. Lee cannot help thinking he could easily fall in love with this man. Again, Gaara leaves before dawn, whispering his goodbyes to Lee and promising he'll see him again. But Lee doesn't see him again, and his heart breaks at the loss of what could have been.

again i have the entire fic plotted beginning to end, and if you read in full you can guess how this fic will go, but the things that can be said about love and death and desire and so on with this sort of story really intrigue me. it's definitely dark, but doesn't come across that way at first.

while Lee doesn't see Gaara again after the festival that year, he does see Gaara at the following year's festival.

the fic i have planned has some obvious departures from the original text and is going to take place over several years, but ultimately still follows the original tale as far as like ending on a tragic note.

anyways, ive been super excited for that fic and Final Bow, so imma talk about Final Bow too since you gave me that opening! XD

anyways FB is ALSO a horror fic, shocker. and like P3, i have the banner ready to go:

both of these fics were dreamed up when i was newly dealing with long covid and out of work, so i had TIME to throw together these banners even if i wasn't planning on working on the fics then.

now here is the summary which is far less spoiler-y (as i do not have the fic plotted beginning to end like P3):

Rock Lee is an actor staring in a new production of Yotsuya Kaidan, which has been newly adapted. It's a controversial adaptation, that's garnering a lot of talk. The kabuki play will draw crowds, no doubt, but before the play can go up accidents start happening. The cast, the production team, not a single person involved followed the tradition of going to the grave of Oiwa to ask her for permission, and some believe the changes to the play have offended her even more than not asking for permission. Lee is playing one of the leads, along with Kankuro, who's younger brother often shows up to rehearsals. Lee is quite taken with Gaara, but—despite being an actor—he is quite anxious when it comes to dating other men having only just come out of the closest recently. However, one day, one of the lights falls, nearly crushing Gaara. Lee saves him in the nick of time, but it's the start of a series of unfortunate events. Ino, who is playing Oiwa falls ill and her understudy, Hinata takes her place; Tenten, the stage manager is injured; things keep breaking, etc. As things escalate, a romance also blossoms between Gaara and Lee, but the ghost of Oiwa threatens to ruin everything—the play and all their lives. [5 acts + intermission=6chapters]

so this fic is based on a famous Japanese ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan. i've structured the fic to be the 6 chapters with 5 being the acts of the actual play and one of them being the intermission, but i dont have much plotted out beyond what you see above in the summary, so the intermission may get cut if i dont feel it fits.

anyways, i can never decide which one of these im more excited about writing since they scratch different horror itches for me, but i am VERY excited to write them eventually and thank you for asking about them!

[laceyjane44]

GaaSaku 2023 FanFest Day15

Prompt: One Night Stand

(Day 14, continued)

Staring ahead to the wall beside her, Sakura dared not move a muscle.

The bed was warm, her pillows fluffed, and the room had been tidy and smelled clean. She had slept like a rock, hadn’t set an alarm to wake herself up, and when her eyes finally opened to the bands of morning sunlight coming in through the blinds, reality came crashing down on her.

The wall was not painted the color of her bedroom, the sheets were not the same thread count – but better, and the comforter laid over her was not hers alone; she had company.

She hadn’t needed to turn around to know who shared this bed with her, after all, she had spent the whole evening with him, and the night as well. She took a quiet breath and slowly exhaled, thinking over how she was going to handle this situation.

The night before had been a pleasant surprise, she’d never been so boldly approached while also being treated with such care. Gaara was a confident man but hadn’t been an arrogant one, he was a natural flirt it seemed, but he would do away with it the moment he felt it wasn’t received; his company and been an easy and pleasant one.

Are you really gonna walk out on our first date like that?

Sakura could feel herself blush.

She should have read the signs before going out to eat with him, but…maybe if she had she would’ve refused. He was undeniably attractive, though he hadn’t immediately been her type, and as the night had worn on his attention became easier to accept. Leaving the restaurant, he had escorted her the short walk to the local cocktail bar and held the door for her like a gentleman. The bar was a little fancier than the restaurant, and they were given a small booth and a waiter to bring their drinks.

His demeanor had certainly changed after his comment about their date. Once she had accepted it and agreed to continue their night, he began placing his hand on the small of her back or tapping her feet with his own under the table. He’d already shown he wasn’t shy about sharing a straw with her and had offered to share their cocktails as well so that she could try some different ones. Fruity, refreshing, spiced and sweet; they had been delicious, and she sipped slowly, finding that she wanted their date to last just a little longer.

When the drinks were finished, though, she asked if his car was back at the movies. No, Gaara had said, it’s at my sister’s. After successfully monopolizing her time, he had admitted that he’d come to the movies with his siblings, and they had consequently left without him. Sakura had laughed, though she felt a little excited at the fact that he had sought her out in that opportune moment. Offering him a ride back to his place, he accepted and showed her the way.

At his house, her heart was suddenly racing, her blood was pumping through her veins, and she was still contemplating with her next move. Well, this is me, he had said as he pulled on the door handle. Sakura had shut her car off and suddenly asked, Can I come in and use your bathroom? Of course, he hadn’t refused, and of course he’d offered her a glass of water once they were inside, he even took her jacket.

Gaara lived alone, she soon noticed, and she was surprised to see that he owned a house, though she could tell he didn’t have an eye for decorating. Everything was clean, however, it appeared that he liked keeping things tidy and it had the added benefit of making her feel more comfortable. She used his bathroom, took an extra minute to stare at herself in the bathroom mirror; cheeks a little flushed, face looking halfway determined and halfway ready to run.

But running wasn’t an option, not tonight, and she pointed at her reflection, looking deep into her own eyes before returning to Gaara, and muttered, don’t be a wuss.

Her adrenaline had kicked in and her mind was racing so much that she couldn’t really recall exactly how they had made it into his bedroom, but she vividly remembered being pressed into the bed by the weight of his body and how satisfying it felt to be held in intimacy again. Theirs had been a slow and passionate night. Once her clothes started dropping to the floor, she couldn’t remember a second when his hands weren’t on her, when his breath wasn’t ghosting across her skin. There had been a moment or two that she felt awkward and embarrassed, but Gaara didn’t dwell on them, and it made it easier for her not to as well.

Maybe all the excitement and mix of emotions from throughout the day had caught up with her, or maybe she was just that tired, but after the end of their entanglement he had gathered her in his arms and, at some point, she’d fallen asleep there. Fingertips sliding along her skin, stroking her hair, the steady rhythm of his heart as she laid her head on his chest; they had lulled her to sleep in that soft, warm, and inviting bed that had unexpectedly found her.

The light of day could be a harsh one, though, and now her heart was racing for all different reasons.

Without trying to make too much of a disturbance, she reached out to the bedside stand where her phone was sitting and turned on the screen. It was 8:32am, she had a good-morning text from her mom and her friend sent her a chain of meme’s sometime during the early hours of the morning, and the rest of her notifications made her heart drop.

11:43pm

????

12:32am

Look Im sorry.

Awkward, considering that Gaara was dick deep in her by that point.

 1:07am

You just gonna ignore me?

She shouldn’t, it really wasn’t like her, but after a minute of contemplation she unlocked her phone and opened her text thread with him. Her fingers shook a little as she typed, perhaps nervous, likely just mad, and she pressed send.

Something came up.

She slowly exhaled and shut off her phone, she didn’t want to know if he answered or not.

But now…what to do about her current predicament? Sakura quietly leaned up in the bed, glancing at the floor and taking inventory of where her clothes had ended up. She saw her jeans by the door, her sweatshirt had been lost somewhere close by, and her bra was somewhere at the foot of the bed, she was sure. If she were quick enough, she might be able to snag everything and make a hasty exit.

Carefully, she lifted up the comforter and slid her legs out the side of the bed. The box-spring creaked a little as she lifted her weight off the mattress and she welcomed the carpeted floor under her bare feet. She picked up her sweatshirt and pulled it over her head, her tank top had still been tangled with it and she rolled it up along with her bra from the floor. She bent down to pick up her jeans, the sound of the comforter shifting gave her pause, and when she rose again with her pants clutched in her hands, Gaara was sitting up in bed; hair a mess, skin painted in the bands of light from window, and watching her with those intense azure eyes.

He smirked at her, amused. “Good morning,” he said, his voice smooth and even, hadn’t he just woken up?

“Morning,” Sakura said, a shy smile on her face. She was glad she’d found her sweatshirt; it was long enough to cover her…well, bits. “Sleep well?” she asked, thinking the question awkward seeing as it wasn’t her house.

He chuckled at her, leaning back against the wall behind his bed. “I do live here.”

She smiled, it was an embarrassed one, and she looked at the floor. “Right,” she said, feeling a little silly but surprisingly not as nervous as she thought she would be. So, she continued, “Thanks for last night, it was fun.”

Gaara grinned, his eyes looking over the bare skin of her legs with his lip pulled between his teeth. “You’re very welcome.”

She looked down and to the side again, her heart fluttering. He’d made that face at her last night, too. “Anyway,” she said as she unrolled her jeans and pulled them up over her legs. Gaara watched as she did and pouted a little once she’d dressed herself. “I should probably get going.” His expression changed again, and he looked crestfallen this time. “Where’s my jacket?”

“It’s in the coat closet by the front door,” he answered as he got out of bed. He was naked, just as she had been, and Sakura quickly looked away though she internally questioned why; she’d quite literally gotten acquainted with him in the early hours of that very morning. Gaara pulled on a pair of sweatpants and picked up her underwear from the other nightstand. He approached her and handed out her undergarment. “Though, I didn’t take you for the hit-it-and-quit-it type.”

“Oh, um,” Sakura flushed red in the face and she floundered for her next words. “Well, I…I wasn’t expecting to–”

“You think I went to the movies expecting to?” he teased. Sakura grabbed her underwear and quickly folded them discreetly into her tank top. Her hair was still a mess, Gaara liked that, she was flustered and kneading her bundle of clothes in her hands, he thought it was cute. “If you’d rather expect it next time, then you can give me your number and I’ll ask you out again.”

It was her turn to bite her lip, and Gaara’s turn to get excited over it. “You…want to do this again?” she asked, looking at him now and studying his face. She’d thought this just a fling, maybe just a one-night stand, she hadn’t wanted to assume and look desperate, but…had he thought differently?

Gaara shrugged, that same casual demeanor from the day before, though this time he reached a hand out to her hip and drew his arms around her waist. “The movie, the dinner, the drinks.” He leaned in and pressed his temple to hers, taking a deep breath and continuing with a relaxed and raspy sigh, “Or whatever else you want, just say the word.”

Sakura allowed herself to stand there in his arms, feeling desired and…well, here she was; with attention and care, with consideration and a clear message of wanting. She hadn’t thought about what the morning would bring, it had been so far away the night before, but it brought her someone that adapted to fit her into his evening and she hadn’t needed to compete for, someone who had – inadvertently – caused her to realize that she had been underappreciated.

She leaned into him a little, resting her head against his shoulder and contemplating the feel of it. “Okay.”

Gaara had helped her gather her things; her coat from the closet, her shoes from the hall, her keys from where they’d been left on the counter, and offered her something to eat before she left, though she had refused. She said she had plans for later that day and he wouldn’t question it, though he did make sure to send her a text the moment she gave him her number. When he met her at the door, she stood there a little awkwardly in the face of their goodbye. Gaara, however, was bold enough to ask for another kiss.

She ducked her head to hide her impulsive smile, and when she felt she wouldn’t betray a cool demeanor, she met him halfway. Arms around his neck, slouched against him and enjoying the way his arms wrapped around her waist and how his hand squeezed her hip. Sakura left after that, a smile on her lips and a weightlessness in her chest that she hadn’t felt for a long time. There was no telling what would come of this; it had been exceedingly unanticipated, but she was excited to find out.

Inside his home, Gaara let out steady and controlled breath.

It had been difficult to keep his cool all evening, especially when she had asked to come inside after dropping him off. He hadn’t expected that, and his heart had nearly flipped in his throat when she shut her car off and walked in with him. He offered to take her jacket; again, surprised that she took it off and gave it to him, and he distinctly remembered thinking, you staying a while?

Where’s the bathroom?

Down the hall.

He even got her some water, and when she returned it had been about five minutes before she had responded to a casual graze of the hand by pulling him into a kiss and he’d been simply lost in her after that. When she allowed herself to be held against him after their impassioned exchange, he made sure that she was comfortable, that with every stroke of his fingers against her skin she became more relaxed and he felt a peculiar satisfaction in knowing she’d fallen asleep there in his arms. Even though his insomnia often kept him awake, eventually he fell asleep, too, and upon waking every so often he would find her there and reach out to her.

He was sure that in some way there was another guy, and he didn’t know who he was, but he didn’t care; he was certain he could do better, and that he likely already had.

Gaara went back to his bedroom and grabbed his phone. His brother had texted him asking about the girl he left with, his sister had called him an asshole, and he dialed up her number. It rang a few times and when she answered with a loving, what do you want? he greeted back, “Hey, I need you to bring me my car.”

“Fuck off,” she said, as if she’d been waiting all morning to do so, and he had a good-natured smile on his face when he looked at the screen of her dropped call.

“I suppose I deserve that.”

Thanks for reading!

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[depressedhatakekakashi]

you spit out facts!!, in my case, when I see that they say that about him as a sensei they use the card of "the one who copied more than 1000 jutsus" then they say that he should have taught them at least one, but it's as you say, for me he gets a lot of hate because he's a main character, that is, someone we can analyze by seeing everything, whether what he achieved or his mistakes. If Kakashi were a secondary character, maybe he wouldn't have so much hate, because imo Minato is one of the worst senseis (and he's someone I love) and no one ever says anything about him...

Honestly, if Kakashi was a secondary character it would help, because you don't even see complaints about Konohamaru as a Sensei even though i'd say 'teaching your kids to use scientific tools and destroying a building in chapter one due to not thinking your actions though' probably outweigh most of Kakashi's mistakes. But Konohamaru isn't a main character even as Sensei. He's quickly religated to background character so people arn't as harsh with him (or maybe they're more reasonable and recognize he can't change how the story progress' because that shit is out of his control no matter how hard he tries)

on the matter of 'he knew over 1000 jutsu's' we never actually find out in Canon what Sakura's chakra nature is, and only find out Naruto's when he's going to learn how to make his own jutsu. that's a writers issue because Naruto honestly should have learned his chakra nature with jiraiya and sakura with Tsunade. there's no reason the sannin shouldn't have explored that option with them, but they didn't.

Kishi as the writer decided to only explore it with Sasuke.

Would i have prefered if all three of them did it together? absolutly! but that's not how Kishi did it so the stroy couldn't progress the same. heck, Kakashi might have even saved doing it with Sasuke for a later date if he didn't need Sasuke to have some sort of move to help him in his upcoming fight against Gaara.

Also, those aren't Kakashi's jutsu's to teach. Those are borrowed/stolen jutsu's. the only Jutsu's Kakashi has passed down are 1) obviouse jutsu that highly the student's skillset (Qi release to Sakura) 2) his jutsu which he created which could ONLY be passed to a sharingan user (Chidori. even if Naruto had lightning release he wouldn't have been able to use chidori and neither would sakura so it would be pointless to teach them). Kakashi never passes on just any jutsu so unless we go with something like my belief that Sakura would be an Earth style chakra nature and thus Kakashi could teach her the earth style jutsu's he has been using since he was a kid, he's unlikely to pass it on

there's also the fact that jutsu's don't fit with Sakura's style as Kishi made her (which is unfortunate because I think she would have been awesome with earth-style jutsu's) and Naruto has a standard case of 'protagonist move brain'. Just like each protagonist has one main move, Naruto has his main move. Rasangan. I wish Kakashi had been the one to teach it to him tbh, but we got Jiraiya and Naruto was never going to learn a bunch of other jutsu because he's the main character. he gets one big exciting move he's known for (Goku= Kamahamaha, Sailor moon= depends which item she's using but also a healing/saving move. Vegeta= Final flash). Anime characters (and characters in general) always have a move they're known for, and that move is only added to with moves similar to it (all of Naruto's moves are rasangan like) so he was simply never going to learn other moves

that's not Kakashi the sensei's fault. that's a choice the writer made

[bright-hope-spot-19]

Really loved to hear your thoughts! I always love reading your posts about the sand sibs, and I wanted to thank you for not getting angry. Writing this, I was kinda scared someone would get offended, but it's my opinion at the end of the day.

Yeah, this arc could've been better, and it makes sense for Temari to be sent on guard duty because Suna was weakened, and at the moment, she was literally their strongest shinobi. She really would've benefited from some things: 1- Show us the actual diplomatic shinobi stuff she's doing in the Leaf. Not just the scene of her with Maru and Nart asking them if they're dating. 2- Let her attend that council meeting with Kankuro. 3- Show us, even if just a scene, of her on guard duty, like commanding lower ranked shinobi to show her leadership skills. I can also understand her, snapping at Kankuro and Naruto like that. Looking at it, it must've been pure adrenaline mixed with serotonin blurring her thoughts. After all, she'd just lost her baby brother and got him back, all in the span of a few days. It makes sense she'd be soooo emotional, excited, happy, and terrified at the same time she'd just start snapping at everyone. That's actually a very humane reaction.

I actually really liked Kankuro's fight vs. Sasori in the anime. Sasori actually praised his skill. Kankuro just stood no chance because 1- He was only like 17 years old? While Sasori is in his 30s, the experience gap between them is big. And 2- obviously, he was going against the man who made his puppets, lol. The fact he managed to catch Sasori off-guard while losing consciousness (so his vision must've been blurry too) and yet he managed to get a piece of Sasori's cape, which earned him Kakashi's praise too. I'll never forget Kakas' words to him: "managed to make a victory out of a failure. A true Suna shinobi. " it just shows how skilled Kank is.

Regarding Gaara, his fight with Deidara was awesome. Deidara managed to win by 1- incrusting some of his miniature sand bombs into Gaara's sand shield, making it explode in his face and 2- obviously forcing Gaara to choose the village over his own safety. Which made Gaara lower his defenses and made it easier to finish him. I think that even while he was unconscious, getting Shukaku extracted, he still had fantasies/memories of Naruto. Which is also something that makes me go: "hmmmm." Because I also can't help but wonder: "Kishimoto, are you seriously telling me that while he was dying, Gaara had 0 thoughts or memories of his sibs? He doesn't think of them a single time, which also kinda bothers me cause it makes no sense. Kankuro almost died for him, and he had a whole flashback scene of the moment Gaara confessed he wanted to become Kage. But does Gaara think of either of them while dying? Nope, it's only Naruto.

All in all, this arc could've been better by making this arc that's supposed to be about the sand sibs, actually be about them. Especially if we take into account that after this arc, we wouldn't see them again until the Kage summit arc (when Tobi/Obito declared the war). They really deserved better.

I don't mean to offend anyone with this because I'm just speaking my mind. It's something I've noticed and that I find curious to say the least. It's concerning the sand sibs and their first appearance in Shippuden; you know, the arc where Gaara is kidnapped by Akatsuki and loses his tailed beast.

When talking about this arc or discussing anything concerning it, especially the developing bond between the sand sibs after Gaara became Kazekage. Fans always say that both Kankuro and Temari did their best to try and rescue Gaara and that a big chunk of the arc features them trying to get their brother back, which is not true. First of all, for some reason, Kishimoto completely sidelined the sand sibs in this arc. They don't do much. Gaara has one fight vs. Deidara and he spends the rest of the arc dead, literally. Kankuro chases after Sasori, but the actual details of their fight are anime only. They're not shown in the manga. Most of the focus is on team 7, and I can kinda appreciate giving Sakura some spotlight where she's not obsessing over Sasuke and actually gets shit done.

Second of all, Temari literally does nothing the whole arc. I think, if I remember correctly, we're only shown the scenes of her in the Leaf walking around with Shikamaru. Initially, we're not even told what she's there for exactly, cause it's not till much later on we're told she was there on a diplomatic mission preparing for the next chunin exams. This led some fans to assume she was there just to go on a date with Shikamaru. Which is hilarious to even reach that conclusion when 1- By the beginnings of Shippuden, Shikamaru would've been 15-16 while Temari was 18-19. I'm not accusing Tem of preying on a teen, mind you. I just find it interesting? Some fans would seriously believe they'd be dating at that point. And 2- also so funny when in the anime they showed the contrast in scenes between Suna going to Hell with Deidara's attack while Temari is just..... chilling in Konoha, completely unknowing of the situation. And when she's there, she's not allowed to help in any way. I think she's sent on guard duty? Then, she joined a group composed by her, Kankuro, Matsuri (Gaara's crazy fangirl), and Chiyo's brother (the old man with huge eyebrows) to go after Gaara and team 7. Which is crazy that she wasn't even allowed to join the council meeting with Kankuro. Like, why was the previously dying man allowed to join but not her?

All this is why I can't help but frown and lift my eyebrows every time I see people giving her as much credit as Kankuro. Yeah, the details of Kanks fight vs. Sasori are anime only, but the outcome was one and the same: he got something from that confrontation. The piece of Sasori's cape he got is the only clue that helped team 7 find the Akatsuki hideout in the desert and rescue Gaara. Temari was also so rude, shit-talking Kankuro when he first called her from guard duty, and then berating both Kankuro and Naruto when they showed concern for Gaara when she was doing the same thing.

I don't know. This is one of my favorite arcs, but it's also the first arc that made me start thinking Temari is not as useful as everyone believes she is, and she's given way too much credit, while Kankuro's feats go largely underappreciated. It's also what made her my least favorite of the sand sibs. I don't hate her cause she did nothing to deserve the hate. She's not that bad and comparatively one of the most decent female characters in Naruto. She's just kinda overrated for such a minor character who does so little, and yet people keep insisting and claiming she's better-written and more useful than Kank when that's not the case.

[mortyvongola2-0]

Day 2: Mutual Masturbation

Loving Lesson

Pairing: Gaara of the Sand x Reader

Genre: Oneshot, smut, kinktober prompt

Word Count: 2.2k

Warnings: afab!reader, mutual masturbation, vaginal fingering, fapping, pretty fluffy ngl

A/N: This is the softest smut I've ever written. Very fluffy, very domestic, very loving. For once there's not even any dirty talk which is crazy for me. If you're looking for more intense Gaara stuff don't worry, there will be later. Hope you enjoy!

Read it on AO3

Physical affections were something foreign to you, but you were learning and adapting quickly. Your boyfriend was rather similar in his comfortability with touching. You both had overcome much, initially hand holding had been the extent of both of your tolerances for a few months before moving forward to embraces and continuing the progress to get to what you were so anxiously excited about. Both of you had been together long enough, longer than most other couples before they passed the stage you had yet to take on but that didn’t matter, what mattered is that you both felt ready.

He had broached the subject first, a light dusting of pink on his cheeks and an avoidant stare to the side the only tells as to his own mental anxiety about the question. You had agreed, maybe a bit too quickly. The both of you had decided on a night where you both had a relatively lax schedule and you waited anxiously for the day to arrive. When it came, you had to ask your best friend to help you prepare.

She had helped you choose clothes, specifically underwear, that you had no idea even counted as underwear. You had never felt so pretty before, it was a good feeling but an unfamiliar one. When you arrived at his door you felt like your heart might burst from your chest. It’s just a regular date, you reminded yourself. A regular date with a little extra after dinner.

Before you could even knock on the door it opened and your favorite redhead stood before you, his body language giving more away than his face. He was a bit tense, his shoulders set back and straight, his hands clenching and unclenching, and there was an unrest to the sand around him. His nerves made you feel a bit better about your own. You smiled at him, wide and loving before he let you in and your date began.

The food was delicious, the conversation lighthearted and mostly steered away from work. When it came time for the after-dinner portion you were so comfortable you had almost forgotten about your plans. He held your hand gently, stroking the roughened skin from years of ninja work and training, as you both sat on the couch. Was he procrastinating or was he just taking your comforts into consideration? Either way you didn’t mind, you knew that he wanted you and that you wanted him too. Hesitation always came with change. Even if he suddenly changed his mind, you would be alright, maybe a bit disappointed, but respecting his boundaries was more important.

He hesitated a moment, his gentle strokes pausing as he looked you in the eyes. That lovely seafoam green made you melt a little bit. His gaze was meaningful and endearing. “Are you ready? We can do this later if you need more time.”

You thought for a moment, despite already knowing your answer, you wanted to be as sure as you could be; masturbating, but together, that was a big step after all. The farthest you both had gotten was some light under the clothes exploration, nothing too heavy. But you wanted more, much more. You wanted the full relationship experience and you only wanted to share it with him. He was the love of your life after all.

“No, I’m ready. Are you ready?”

His light strokes resumed as he gave the same amount of contemplation you did before he nodded seriously. “Yes, I want to—” he cut himself off and looked to the coffee table for a moment. The young Kazekage turned back to watch you intensely, his eyes looked like molten colored glass. “I want to learn how to make you feel good.”

You didn’t think it was possible for your cheeks to feel any warmer.

“Me too,” you muttered, feeling the twisting nerves in your gut from excitement and nerves. A lump began to form in your throat and to distract yourself from the thrum of your overly-excited heart you leaned forward to press you lips to his. You noticed that his were a bit chapped, not that yours weren’t, but you decided that when this was all over you were going to tell him to drink more water. Should you gift him a bottle for your anniversary? Maybe a big one, with cute cactus stickers—focus on Gaara, dummy.

Right, focus, you chastised yourself. He kept his hold on one of your hands as he gently reached behind your head with the other one. Carefully, with little pressure, he brought you closer to deepen the kiss. Your tongue moved first, licking against him and coaxing his own into action. His tongue met yours and they stroked one another with a soft eagerness. You pulled your hand from his and wrapped your arms around his neck and he placed his now free hand on your hip. His tongue moved back first, allowing yours access to his mouth which you took full advantage of.

On average, you found that he tasted like sand. Not terrible, but also not the best flavor, but to your pleasure he tasted more like dinner with a hint of sand. A pleasurable change that made you hum into his mouth. Once your tongue was finished stroking the roof of his mouth his tongue entered yours. He dragged his tongue against the inside of your cheek and you begin to run your fingers through his crimson hair.

When you both pulled away you felt alight with excitement, you both watched each other as you breathed before you nodded and detangled yourself for a moment, beginning to fiddle with the hem of your shirt. “Here or the bedroom?”

He took a moment before replying, “Bedroom.”

With eagerness, you both stood at the same time and began to walk, albeit a bit quickly, toward his room. After you both entered, he shut and locked the door, and you took off your fancy shirt and folded it before setting it off to the side. You fiddled with the frilled bow at the front of your bra for a minute before working up the courage to look at him. He seemed enamored, his hands unsure of what to do but his eyes soft and heated as they took in your rarely bare form. Gaara, whether to level the field or to get to the pleasure quicker, he took his shirt off as well.

You’d seen his bare chest only a handful of times, but the more you saw of it the better. His pale skin and lithe muscled form always excited you. For a moment you contemplated removing your pants too before deciding that was indeed the best option. When you had finished folding and setting down your clothes you waited anxiously for his next move. Likewise, he removed his pants and placed them neatly on top of his dresser. “Should we sit on the bed?”

He nodded, and you both got on opposite sides and faced each other. The redhead kissed you this time, and you ran your hands along his exposed chest until he began to shudder. His hands wandered and gently pressed against your covered breasts before stroking along your sides. You shivered when his strong fingers settled on your naked inner thighs. When you both pulled away, a small string of saliva connected your mouths for a moment before it broke and you asked, “Should we get started?”

Gaara’s serious nod made you giggle a bit, feeling high off of your nerves, and he gave you a small smile. You took a deep breath as you sat back from him and he from you, making sure that both got a good view of each other. He kept his boxers on, you didn’t push him to remove them, but his hands shook as he removed his erection from the black material. Your breath hitched in your throat. He was on the longer side with a thickness that looked just right. You felt your sex throb.

Your staring seemed to get to him, as he looked away with cheeks and chest almost as red as his hair. His adam’s apple bobbed, “Can I see you to?”

Broken out of solo staring contest, you nod nervously before hooking your thumbs in the waistband of your panties and sliding them down your hips. You almost squeaked when you realized how wet your underwear had gotten, and when you spread your legs for him you bit your bottom lip as you showed him just how excited you were. His breathing audibly stuttered, and your fingers twitched as they rested on your trembling thighs.

You wanted to squirm as his eyes were glued to you, and you understood how he felt while you stared at him. Were you pleasing? You thought you looked relatively normal but maybe there was something weird you hadn’t seen. “I-I’m going to s-start, okay?”

“Right,” he swallowed thickly. “Right, me too.”

Slowly, you brought your fingers to the wet skin of your lower lips and ran them over your excited flesh. You didn’t masturbate often, but you had once or twice to the thought of your boyfriend. But when he was there in front of you, doing something similar while watching you, it made it hard to think about anything. Your eyes were drawn to the slow up and down stroke of his fist as he began his own show, you became transfixed.

As you watched his rhythm, your own naturally followed. When he thumbed his tip, you circled your thumb on your clit, when he stroked all the way down before slowly stroking up again, you gently inserted a finger into yourself and moaned. Your thumb stayed on your clit and you pumped your finger to the same speed of his hand. It seemed like he hadn’t been fully erect when the two of you started, as his member had only gotten bigger and more agitated as you continued.

Eventually you decided one of your fingers wasn’t enough, especially while looking at such a lovely example of what could be stuffed inside of you instead, and you added a second. The stretch was something you weren’t entirely used to, but Gaara seemed to thoroughly enjoy the sight. His cock had throbbed, so much so that even you could see it, and the tip had dribbled more of the clear fluid than it had been releasing before. He groaned and you moaned in response.

You moved your free hand up and removed your bra, beginning to feel impatient. Your thumb sped its circling as you heard the sounds of his wet skin and your own slick meld together, accompanied by your soft noises and his pants and grunts, in a sensual symphony. “Gaara,” you let out as you thumbed your left breast until your nipple pebbled under your touch. The tightening in your abdomen grew stronger and it became harder to not close your eyes and revel in the feeling, but you didn’t want to miss a second of him.

The tips of his ears, his cheeks, neck and top of his chest was flushed a delicious shade of pink. His brow bone and forehead were furrowed in concentration and his eyes remained glued to your slick soaked fingers and thrumming clit. He had yet to notice your naked breasts. Your boyfriend let out a moan of your name and you mewled and began to scissor yourself. You didn’t think you would last much longer. His lust blown eyes trailed up your body and took in your naked breasts eagerly. The redhead watched them rise and fall with every shaky breath you took, and jiggle with every thrust of your fingers.

“Not much l-longer,” you whimpered. Your skin tingled and you began to feel the pleasure more and more intensely.

“Me too,” his gravelly voice took on an extra level of baritone. So deep that if he had spoken it in your ear you would have cum just from the sound alone. “T-Together?”

“Together.” You nodded, still breathy and on edge.

Your eyes met and stayed glued together. If only you were the one stroking him, if he was inside would it feel even better than this? He reached his free hand out and you leaned toward it, placing your cheek in his warm hand and tentatively licking his open palm. The redhead flinched, his eyes squeezed shut and he gasped your name.

You felt it before you realized, and you let out your own gasp when the hot fluid hit your leg. “G-Gaara,” you moaned out, over drawn and breathy as your orgasm flowed through you. Your eyes squeeze shut and your toes curled as your hands stopped their motion and you tried to catch your breath. His thumb rubbed your cheek continuously, his other hand still as he remained hunched over.

“I didn’t learn anything,” he huffed, slight amusement to his tone. A breathy laugh left your lips and you brought your head down to rest against his forehead, in a teasing lilt you said, “Really? I learned that you need to drink more water and,” you licked your lips before lowering your eyelids in an attempt at being sultry, “I memorized every little move you made, love.”

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[kingkaisen]

Hello, I hope you are doing well! I saw that your requests were open and was wondering if I could request a Gaara x reader fic where they are on their first date at a fair and he wins her something? Thank you in advance and have a good day!

Fair Date

Pairing: Gaara x gn!reader

Content: gn!reader, fluff & sfw, mentions of rough childhoods, the Naruto universe has rides and rollercoasters.

Description: Gaara wins you a stuffed animal during your date to the annual Sand Village fair.

“Do I look alright?”

Gaara turned away from the mirror in his bedroom to face his two siblings, Temari and Kankuro. They sat on the edge of his bed rather patiently. Temari was sitting with her legs crossed over one another, her beloved fan leaning against the wall closest to the bedroom door. Kankuro was slouched over with his elbows touching his knees, only perking up when Gaara finally broke the patient silence after making his siblings wait on him to finish dressing for a solid hour.

“Oh man, look at you!” Kankuro smiled, “I gotta say, seeing you dressed up like that suits you, Gaara.”

“I agree. You look nice,” Temari spoke up, pushing herself off of the bed. She made her way over to the shorter redhead, making tiny adjustments here-and-there to his hair and clothing.

“Thanks, you two,” Gaara offered the slightest grin of appreciation, trying to keep still as his sister started to straighten out his sleeves. “I wasn’t sure what to wear. As the Kazekage, attending what will be the first annual fair of the Sand Village means a lot to everyone, and it’s also my first date with Y/N, so I wanted to look nice for them as well. Then again, being that it is a fair, I was worried about overdressing, but I think I still might be slightly overdoing it. Perhaps I should go change-”

“No, no, no,” Temari gripped his shoulders. “You’re dressed perfectly, alright? Now you better get going or else you’ll be late.”

Gaara shifted his pale green eyes over to Kankuro. The puppet master gave an encouraging nod, and with that, a confident grin appeared upon Gaara’s face.

—

“Come on, Gaara! This looks fun!”

“Alright, after you.”

You grabbed the wrist of the Kazekage once more. The fair was rather extraordinary, especially as the sun kissed away the day and welcomed the night. The lights of the fair underneath the dark and starry sky only made you grin and shiver with every new attraction you laid your eyes on. Gaara’s heart beamed at the sight of your excitement. His eyes never once glanced away from you, as he couldn’t imagine there would be anything else he’d rather see. Even with the beautiful sky up above, sandy mountains in the distance highlighted by the moonlight, an enormous ferris wheel surrounded by bright and colorful rides and games, he truly only wanted to look at you.

You both approached a rather fun looking game. It was a colorful display with four chairs seated in front of four water guns aiming at balloons. 

“Hey there!” A man greeted. “Welcome to Balloon Blast!”

He was a young shinobi with a scar on his right cheek, a bright smile across his face as he gave a slight bow in Gaara’s direction. 

“It’s an honor to have you here, Lord Kazekage. Would you like to give this game a try?” 

Gaara looked at you, his eyebrows raised in a look of great uncertainness. Your hand, that was formerly wrapped around his wrist, made its way to his own hand, and you interlaced your fingers with his. You gave his hand a comforting squeeze, your eyes glistening as you practically bounced where you stood. 

“Would you like to play, Y/N? I don’t mind watching,” Gaara questioned.

Truth be told, being at the fair simply reminded Gaara of his childhood; his undoubtedly bitter past. While he had made his own peace with it, he couldn’t help but think about the games he used to play when he was a boy. None of them involved balloons or water guns, but even so, the sight of the games at every corner opened up the memory of his troubled youth.  

“Sure, I’d love to!” You grabbed one of the empty seats, looking up at the shinobi. “How do you play?” 

“It’s simple,” the man smiled, turning around to point at one of the deflated balloons behind him. “When I say go, all you have to do is pull the trigger on the water gun in front of you and aim at that tiny circle. If you can get your balloon to fill up before you run out of time, then you get a free prize.” The man gestured to the variety of stuffed animals, shirts, and even ninja tools. 

“Oh wow!” You pointed to one of the stuffed animals. It was an enormous light brown teddy bear. “Look, Gaara! I’m gonna try to win that one!”

“You can do this, I believe in you. All you have to do is focus.” Gaara’s smile was one of reassurance. It was one that calmed your nerves up until the man rung a bell. With that, you pulled the trigger, trying your hardest to keep it steady. 

Any confidence Gaara’s smile had given you was simply short lived, as after a moment, the circles in which you had to aim at had started to move around. Perhaps, that would have been fine, if the water gun didn’t start to vibrate as well.

Before you knew it, a loud buzzer blared, followed by an enthusiastic “aw, you lose!” from the gaming machine. 

“Aw, damn it,” you frowned. You rested your chin in the palm of your hands.

“Sorry, maybe next time,” the man shrugged. 

You felt rather silly when a prick of sadness started to sting in your chest. It was only a silly game. Only a silly stuffed animal. But anyone who understood what it was like to be a shinobi with a troubled past knew that it was deeper than that. It was one of the reasons why the Sand Village decided to have the fair in the first place; for ninja to reclaim their innocence lost to violence, war, or any other form of tragedy. 

You were no stranger to any of it. This fair was the chance to make up for your past. It was a chance for everyone. You could have simply tried again, but you looked over at Gaara, and you didn’t want to waste his time on something so silly. 

“It’s alright,” you raised the corners of your lips into a falsified grin. “It’s just a game. Let’s go.”

You started to walk off, only to realize Gaara wasn’t by your side. 

“Gaara?” You tilted your head, turning to face him, but he paid you no mind. He simply sat down in one of the seats. 

“I’d like to try,” he said.

You walked back over to Gaara as the man restarted the machine, standing over your lover’s shoulder. You looked down at him, your puzzled glance darting around, but after only a moment, you were able to put the pieces together. 

Gaara wanted to try to win the stuffed animal for you.

Your heart fluttered inside of your chest. Win or lose, your body was overwhelmed with a warming blush of what was perhaps one of the biggest acts of love and kindness anyone had ever given you in your bittersweet lifetime.

As the nearby buzzer went off and the game started running, a small crowd of nearby fairgoers curiously gathered around at the sight of their own Kazekage playing Balloon Blast.

Just as the game had done moments before, the circles started to move around as the water gun shook aggressively in Gaara’s hand. However, to Gaara, it mattered not. 

He was going to win.

Even with the unexpected difficulty of all the moving pieces, Gaara calmly pulled the trigger to his water gun, circling his aim around to follow the operating pieces. It was only a matter of time before his balloon started to fill up with water. 

Your eyes widened. “Gaara, you’re about to win!” 

Gaara’s concentration was deadly. He had one eye closed, his hands placed carefully on the water gun, and his mind shoving away any thoughts swirling around about his childhood. 

Soon enough, the balloon popped, and three victory bells rang from the machine. “Congratulations, you win!” 

The nearby crowd cheered rather politely as the man reached up to pull down the stuffed animal you had pointed out earlier, handing it to Gaara.

Gaara immediately placed the stuffed animal in your arms. 

“I-I don’t know what to say,” you mumbled, looking down at the big teddy bear that was now all yours. You wrapped your arms around Gaara as best as you could with the stuffed animal. “Thank you, this means so much.”

And it did. It truly did. 

Gaara gave you a kiss on the forehead. “I saw how much it meant to you. I knew I had to at least try to get it for you.”

“You had one like this when you were a kid, right?” 

“That’s right,” Gaara gave a nod. “I did. It wasn’t as big, but I loved it.”

“Well,” you looked into his eyes, “this one can be ours to share.”

Gaara looked down at the stuffed animal. He touched the soft bear, and with his other hand, he glided his thumb across your cheek softly. You leaned into his touch, as it was healing. It was healing whatever troubled you both. And in that moment, looking at each other, nothing else mattered.

“Come on,” you said softly, “Let’s ride the Ferris wheel!”

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[mikoyamisheadcanonblog]

Hello Queen! :D Can I please request headcanons for Naruto, Neji, and Gaara having a female S/O who's a chef and specializes in making food like this?

🦊Uzumaki Naruto🦊

🦊First off that boy loves to eat nothing but ramen from Ichiraku Ramen, if not that he usually eats cup ramen.

🦊He is in need of some home-cooked meals, something healthy for his diet.

🦊He isn’t against his S/O cooking for him, in fact, he loves it when his S/O cooks for him.

🦊He found himself craving something different and seeing his S/O cook for him feels him with emotions he can’t describe.

🦊The first he watched his S/O cook for him he was invested in what they were doing and asking questions. His arms wrapped around their waist and read resting on shoulders.

🦊He is the worst cook, he tried to help but the onions were chopped wrong and he cut his fingers.

🦊His S/O kept him on the rice cooker.

🦊When his S/O is done with the meal expect nothing but praises, he never had something so good in his life. It is his second favorite meal in the world. (Sorry nothing can beat Ramen)

🦊He is always later asking for Hamburger Steak whenever his S/O asks what he wants for a meal.

🦊Nothing but loving looks in his eyes as feels like you has a small little family. His S/O as his wife cooking for him and someone he can greet when he gets home.

⌛Sabaku no Gaara⌛

⌛Gaara is not a picky eater, he will eat almost anything but he is strangely attracted to S/O’s Hamburger Steak and would visit every day.

⌛He orders the same thing, sits on the table facing his S/O and not saying anything

⌛It is awkward at first boy has zero social skills and still trying to understand his feelings for his S/O. He just knows staring at his S/O makes his heart feel funny and he feels happy.

⌛His S/O has to be the one to open the conversation with him. He has scared a few customers away on accident with his staring.

⌛His S/O will start off small as he is the Hokage and doesn’t wish to upset him but as the conversation goes on it becomes more apparent he is just socially awkward and has no idea how to say he looks his s/o’s cooking. (Or really like him).

⌛He will be better next time, having a small conversation with his S/O waiting for them to be done cooking so he can talk to them for the day.

⌛He loves having a conversation with his S/O his meal growing cold while he waits to eat with his S/O.

⌛He ordered the Hamburger steak at first because he liked it but he was attracted to his S/O talking to her made his heart hammer in his chest.

⌛He was attracted to the way she spoke but still looked so excited about what she was cooking.

☯️Hyuga Neji☯️

☯️Neji is a picky eater.

☯️He learned to cook on his own because he was picky but also his own family situation.

☯️Imagine his surprises when he learns his S/O knows how to cook.

☯️He did have a few suggestions on how to cook watching over his S/O shoulder before she had him sit on the couch and wait for her to bring out the food.

☯️He is hesitant at first again picky eater, but he is also a trained ninja and knows how to eat everything on his plate to survive.

☯️He loves it. He finishes everything on his plate and asks for a second.

☯️He will discuss with his S/O her cooking skills. He loves to hear more about what skills they used.

☯️He will later help her with cooking it is a fun little date night they do. His obvious favorite meal is the hamburger steak.

[vote-gaara]

about that thing where your oc leaves gaara since he was being too cold... i'd be interested in seeing a fic

Authors Note: This is part of The Sands of Time fic, which in its entirety literally follows the same storyline as canon events, but gaps are filled in with...umm...this. Context: Kaiya and Gaara are friends here but have been romantically involved once before. They do go ahead and fight again in this one. Sadly, their relationship yo-yos constantly right around when Gaara becomes Kazekage up until they're about 21 (yikes lol). This one is their last major blowup fight that is set after Gaara learns he's going to be married to that woman from Gaara Hiden. Gaara opts to go along with the marriage meeting despite Kaiya's criticisms about it, and he's pretty mean to her about it, prioritizing his status over their friendship. When the marriage situation solves itself, Gaara expects they can simply put it behind them, but Kaiya is a lot less willing to forgive this time...For reasons Gaara will shorty find out, and it will be a life long lesson and reminder that sometimes the people we think we know best actually live completely different lives underneath.

During Gaara Hiden 

Gaara let out a quiet sigh and leaned back in his office chair, his eyes rising from the stale white paper of the proposal letter he had been reviewing idly for the last fifteen minutes. Kaiya was sitting next to him, fully slumped in her chair, while twirling around an origami flower between her scarred fingers. Her mouth moved slightly as Gaara watched her think, and he allowed just the slightest of noises to come from the back of his throat as he sighed again. 

Kaiya glanced at him, ceasing her twirling though she did not sit up. “I think I know the solution to your problem.”

“I’m getting married.” Gaara blurted out. He, himself, didn’t understand why those words had left his mouth, and his heart lurched forward as if to snatch them back out of the air. 

“Whoa!” Kaiya erupted as she launched herself forward, turning to face him. “Whoa! I was not expecting you to say that!”

Her fingers were drumming on the thick wooden desk which Gaara could barely stand; it was as if the rhythm would disrupt the pulsing of his own frantic heartbeat, forcing him into cardiac arrest. He hated how uncomfortable he was all of a sudden, cursing the pesky cold sweat on the back of his neck which had been burdening him lately. It seemed to him to be such a pointless reaction to the recent events. Why should he feel so stressed? Wasn’t marriage a normal path to take in life? 

Gaara stilled his mind and through sheer will, his thudding heart too. He looked up at Kaiya’s excited face and said, “Well, I suppose you were going to know eventually.”

“This is crazy!” Kaiya yelled, her palms now slapped against the desk with every word. “You never told me you were dating anyone, or seeing anyone, or in love.” She leaned over and batted her eyelashes at him, surely teasing him. “I am so excited! So happy for you!”

“Thank you,” Gaara said quietly as he watched Kaiya beam at him all the more.

“Who is she?” Kaiya asked, she was leaning forward now with a serious expression and a complete inability to sit still.

“What?”

“Who is she?” Kaiya repeated, “The woman you’re going to marry. Who is she and do I know her?”

“No…” Gaara said. He looked back down at his proposal letter as he worked in his mind how to disengage from the conversation. He had acted carelessly by bringing it out in the first place, and now it was time to retreat and compose himself for when he was much more equipped to handle it - whatever that meant. 

“Okay, then who is it?” Kaiya insisted. “Please? I won’t tell anyone, I understand the secrecy and all that, but you have to understand that if I don’t know who it is by the end of the day I’m literally going to explode.” 

“You will not explode,” Gaara sighed, feigning being fed up but secretly thankful at the opportunity to derail the conversation. “Such a thing would be impossible.”

Yet Kaiya wasn’t having it and she slapped her hand down hard on the desk again. “I will explode into a million pieces, literally parts of me all over the walls and the ceiling. It would be a mess to clean up, really it would. Please just tell me.”

Gaara let out a deep sigh and examined Kaiya’s pleading face. He knew her to be far too stubborn and persistent to let up, so he had no other choice.

“I don’t know much about her…” He admitted. 

“Okay, well now you’re really going the extra distance to not tell me.” Kaiya said, slumping back in her chair.

“No,” Gaara said, “I don’t know much about her. It’s an arranged marriage. The counselors decided that it’s time for me to marry.” 

Hatred, rage, disgust and distrust; Gaara had seen those eyes before. They had glared at him, on strangers' faces in the streets, they had been present on his own father’s face as he used to address his younger self, and they had even reflected back at him as he stared, empty and purposeless at his own reflection in the mirror. Numerous times through his twenty hard years on earth he had seen eyes like that, and yet never had he ever seen them take hold of Kaiya like they did in that very moment. He watched as the light in her face darkened, her features dropping to a deep, piercing stare. 

“Don’t.” Kaiya’s voice was low and firm, like a snarl. 

“I don’t have a choice,” Gaara explained, though his voice was cold. The look on Kaiya’s face had struck a nerve deep inside of him, and he felt at war with her all of a sudden. 

“You always have a choice, yo-.”

“This is above my own personal desires.” Gaara interrupted forcefully, causing Kaiya’s jaw to slam shut as her eyes bore into him all the more. “You wouldn’t understand something like this.”

Kaiya ignored him and shook her head in a way that looked stiff and rigid. “It’s morally indefensible. So don’t.” 

Gaara examined Kaiya, her body was so stiff in contrast to her usual bouncy self, her voice so low, her stare so immensely hard like that of a tiger’s. It felt almost impossible for Gaara to see her this way, and although part of him wanted to reach towards her and to confide in her as a friend, there was too much responsibility that lay at his feet. Gaara wasn’t the type of person who had the luxury of doing whatever he pleased, he never was that person. Rather, he had his other friends, his village, and the safety of the whole world to take care of, and he simply didn’t have time for Kaiya’s stubborn philosophies or personal whimsies. 

“Perhaps I have invested too much time into her in the first place,” Gaara thought, though it did not come from a place of enlightenment but instead from a miserable place inside him that felt rotten and foreign. 

“It’s not a matter of simply refusing,” Gaara said curtly, turning back to his paper again as the acidic feeling of anger and sadness rose in the back of his throat. 

“I think it is,” Kaiya challenged. “You have two options, you either go through with this or you don’t. I am saying to you: Don’t.”

“And I am saying to you that this is beyond you.” Gaara retorted. He could see Kaiya wince as if he had struck her, and just like sand slipping through his fingers, he watched her fall away from him.

“You think that?” Kaiya said coldly as she stood, “You know nothing about me. You don’t know a goddamn thing about me, or about what is or isn’t beyond me. I’m asking you as my friend, don’t do this.”

Gaara stared up at her levelly, “I can’t continue to do this…To put you above being Kazekage…” He glanced down in sadness, but only for a moment before looking back up at her. He could see now that the expression in her eyes was shifting, but he couldn’t give in.

“This is something that I need to do.” He said, his tone slightly softer than before as he hoped it would reach her and pull her back into the closeness they had with each other. 

Yet it didn’t.

“If that’s so, then we are not friends,” Kaiya answered, “And we can never be friends again.”

The words caught Gaara by surprise, and they almost felt ridiculous to him. Kaiya was known for being dramatic, but this was a step too far, and he felt angry with her for it. He stood to address her, but she had already turned to leave his office. 

“Kaiya,” He called after her, irritated.

Kaiya didn’t stop and she didn’t turn to acknowledge him. Instead he watched as the door to his office quietly closed and his good friend walked out of his life. 

Post Gaara Hiden

It had been months since he had visited her, but somehow the days had made it seem so much longer, so much so that Gaara was surprised to see that Kaiya’s small house, far away from the village, appeared just as it had when he last laid eyes upon it.

Gaara looked downwards from where he stood on a sand dune, and marveled at the strangeness of the setting before him. He always felt in awe of it, perhaps because it was so unnatural; with plants and trees rooted in rich, dark soil and stormy rain clouds overhead. It was a small little paradise that was completely unnatural inside the desert, and all of Kaiya’s own making.

Scanning the biome below, Gaara noticed Kaiya resting in a ratty old lawn chair, her back towards him. The smallest of smiles formed on his face as relief flooded through him; he had been hoping she was home, and now it was time for the two of them to make amends. 

“Kaiya,” Gaara called as he got closer, walking up beside her to see she was wearing sunglasses despite the overcast weather. “You look well,” Gaara offered, but she did not reply nor did she look up at him. It was as if he was a phantom, calling to her from a plain of existence that she could not hear and could not see. Her stiffness didn’t bother Gaara, however, since the news he had would surely dissolve the conflict between them and they could be friends once more. 

He looked around, seeing a stump that had been used for cutting wood, with scars that were deep and unhealing. He sat on it, hoping to remain casual so that afterward the two of them could chat easily for a while after. He had missed his friend and was interested in what she had been up to the past few weeks. 

“I have news I thought you might like,” Gaara explained. “I didn’t get married. The woman I was meant to marry, Hakuto, had been kidnapped from the marriage meeting. It was a scheme made up by her partner and by some of my personal detractors from the village…” Gaara trailed off as he examined Kaiya who still had not responded in any way to his presence. “It resulted in quite the situation, but in the end Hakuto and her partner were safely moved to Konoha under secret identities so that they could live out their lives together.”

Gaara waited for a moment, anticipating Kaiya to erupt with glee; to greet him, hug him and to put the entire thing behind them for good. He waited for what felt like minutes, watching as Kaiya’s chest fell up and down rhythmically, but she still did not move.

“Is she asleep?” He thought. 

“Kaiya…” Gaara leaned forward to stand, to reach for her and to shake her shoulder gently, but she surprised him by turning to face him abruptly. 

“Is that all?”

Gaara was speechless for a moment and blinked at her. “Well…Yes.”

“Okay.” Kaiya said, turning away again. “You can go, then.” 

“Why?” Gaara felt the irritation rise in him. This was supposed to fix things, she was supposed to be relieved and happy about the news, and Gaara couldn’t fathom why she was still so mad at him.

“In the end, I did exactly as you wanted,” He argued. 

“Oh well, sounds like you did the bare minimum for being a half-way decent person.” Kaiya said in such a snarky way that Gaara felt all the more angry with her. 

“What do you mean by that?” He challenged.

“Do I really have to hold a big song and dance ceremony for you? Do you want a medal? Well congrats, you placed first prize in empathy for not forcing some poor, random girl to marry you. Really, you did a phenomenal job.” Kaiya snapped, her voice full of sarcasm and venom. She leaned forward in her chair, her muscles tense and Gaara knew she was glaring at him from under her sunglasses. 

“I don’t understand why you are upset,” Gaara’s voice remained level despite his anger. Perhaps if he tried a different approach, to understand her position, he would be able to quell the rage that she was feeling towards him. 

“I’m upset because I expected more from you.” Kaiya spat at him, “I never thought in a million years that you would go forward with something like this. What, you just feel you aren’t good at romantic relationships so you just go along with the easiest option available? You let some gaggling, double-dealing fossils drag over some girl they found, just so that you can be happy? So that she can cook and clean for you, wait for you to come home so you can fuck her, and so she can bare your kids, take care of them only to watch them get shipped off on various missions or to their deaths? What would be in it for her, hm? I don’t see how that’s anything other than a prison sentence for her and you just accepted it so readily. It disgusts me.”

Gaara’s body tensed at his defense. Kaiya’s words made sense, but they made sense only in a perfect world, but Gaara didn’t know the world as perfect. He knew it as flawed and with many different circumstances that were unsavory, but were bearable through hard work and endurance. In the beginning marrying a stranger may seem to be doomed to walk along the same tracks Kaiya had explained, but Gaara didn’t want that for the woman he would eventually marry. He didn’t want to tie someone down and have them sacrifice their life, their body or their children to him; isn’t that why he went through all the trouble of letting Hakuto go? He wasn’t a villain for agreeing to the marriage, he was simply handling the circumstances that were in front of him.

“Why doesn’t she understand that?” Gaara thought in frustration.

He wanted Kaiya to see his point of view, but more so he wanted her to let it go forever so that they both didn’t have to deal with it anymore. Scouring his brain, he wondered if maybe there was something else he was missing, but he didn’t know what to ask in order to fully understand. Instead he tried by saying, “Women are happily married all the time.”

“That’s by choice.” Kaiya said, her voice exasperated and sad. “They choose that for themselves.”

“Ah, so then is this about us?” Gaara asked simply without thinking, and he was worried for a moment that Kaiya would explode on him, and yet all she did was wave a dismissive hand at him.

“This isn’t about what has happened between you and me. Believe it or not, but I actually form my opinions based on a variety of influences, not just what happens when you’re involved.” 

Kaiya leaned further into her chair, resting her head and rocking it back and forth as if methodically trying to soothe a headache. Though she still seemed angry, she seemed calm enough now that Gaara felt suddenly optimistic about repairing what was broken between them.

“I know that,” He conceded and Kaiya scoffed.

“It’s difficult for a person like me to do as I please, just as it was a difficult position for the woman the elder’s picked for me to marry.” Gaara explained, he purposely avoided using Hakuto’s name in case it would offend Kaiya, and he continued. “I don’t have the privilege to marry whoever I wish because I’m superior -”

“Superior. Superior?” Kaiya laughed a cruel laugh and she leaped forward in her chair, ignited once more with anger. “Oh well if you’re so superior to me and everyone else, then tell me, should I bow when you address me, your highness?” 

“Kaiya I didn’t mean it like tha-”

“Should I avert my gaze? Offer you some peasant bread or something?” Kaiya spat as she whipped her sunglasses off, her eyes blazing with fire that not even the tears that were pooling in them could quench. “What do you want from me?” She howled in rage and anguish. 

“I want to know why you’re so angry with me.” Gaara’s own voice was rising, his heart pounding against his ribcage so hard that he could barely hear himself over the thumping of his pulse in his ears. Panicked, he could see once again Kaiya slipping away from him and he desperately wanted her back, but he was clumsy in these circumstances at the best of times and he was frustrated that she wasn’t listening to him or understanding what he was saying. It was as if they were speaking two different languages where everything was offensive to the other.  

“Aside from what I just have been telling you?” Kaiya let out another small, incredulous laugh. “You really want to know - once more - why I am so angry with you?”

“Yes…” Gaara offered solemnly, though by now he was beginning to realize knowing wouldn’t rectify the situation; there was simply just nothing else to say.

“Yeah, okay, from the top then,” Kaiya’s voice was mean and smoldering, “I think you spent so long working towards being in the position you are in now that you forgot what it’s like to be grubbin’ in the dirt just like the rest of us. You think everything is impossible for you just because you are in a higher class and you have this image and status to uphold, but you’re really no different than me or any of the other nameless faces you see passing you by on the street - we’re all desperately clinging to our status, we’re all fighting for what we love every single day - You, me and the rest of society are no different. Yet I’m sitting here wondering if you can tell me exactly the precise moment when you felt your own blood, sweat and tears become more valuable than mine or anyone else’s?”

Kaiya’s voice quivered, but she did not waiver as she continued, “You think your existence is so important to the world all of a sudden that you just throw your hands up and say ‘well now that I’m Kazekage, I can’t upset the apple cart or I won’t be able to accomplish what I sought to accomplish’ but that’s not the Gaara I know. The Gaara I know fought so hard for recognition because he wanted to be important to the people who actually mattered. The Gaara I knew wouldn’t agree to things like some dumb marriage proposal because surely, the Gaara I knew would understand that forcing two people into a marriage would be like forcing someone to be a Jinchuriki. But somewhere along the way the Gaara I knew changed, and now suddenly he got this sense that he’s more valuable than the vey people he wanted to protect.”

The words sunk down to the bottom of Gaara’s soul, like an anchor detached from a lost vessel at sea. There was nothing to say, no response to any of it, and so Gaara lowered his head and closed his eyes. He could feel his bottom lip quivering as he tried to compose himself, but found that he could not. “What…can I do to fix this?” He asked quietly, miserably. He met her gaze and he saw that she also had tears running down her face. 

“You can get up and you can walk back the way you came, and you can keep walking back to your village, back to your estate and back to your office and you can sit there and stay there, and not come by, or visit me, or send for me ever again for as long as you and I both live.”

“No…” Gaara’s voice was pleading and he leapt to his feet as soon as Kaiya rose from her seat, and he grabbed her by the hand and turned her around. “No.”

Kaiya took his hand in hers and squeezed before gently placing it back to his side. The gales of rage that had once whipped around her words and pierced Gaara like shrapnel were gone now, and instead the two of them stood wounded in the aftermath. Neither of them had won.

“It’s for the best,” Kaiya whispered as she tried to smile through her tears - perhaps in hopes she would believe her own words. “You know…”

“Yes?” Gaara encouraged, desperate for her words though they had hurt him so much. Kaiya met his gaze and her blue eyes searched inside his for a moment.   

“There’s so much you don’t know about me.” She said finally, turning away from him though Gaara reached for her again. This time, however, she pulled away but not before turning back to look at him one last time. “It’s for the best.” She whispered. 

Gaara followed her a few paces as she retreated into her home, leaving him alone once again. He stood in shock and pain for a long time as he watched the house, wondering what he could do. It wasn’t until the clouds parted and the warm rays of sun shone through the grey clouds above did Gaara look up to the sky, to the sun, and to the very heavens above.

***

"Lord Kazekage, we have some urgent news for you."

Gaara looked up at his subordinate and he was suddenly struck at how dull colours had looked lately. He had barely noticed the bright red urgent coloured scroll in the hand of the man in front of him - in fact Gaara had barely even heard him as his mind was so distant from where he sat in his office.

"It's...not good news." The shinobi said as he shifted nervously, hesitating just briefly before surrendering the scroll.

"I see..." Gaara said flatly, taking a moment to look at the closed scroll before he took it in his hand. "That will be all for now," Gaara said to his subordinate.

The shinobi coughed. "Pardon me, sir...But the elders would like to know what your answer is now."

The clouds in Gaara's mind parted slightly and he looked up once more at his subordinate, the colours of the man's attire coming into focus. Sober from his grief for a moment, Gaara took up the scroll and unwrapped it.

There was a drawn wanted poster of a very familiar face which read: --------------------------------

WANTED ALIVE - BOUNTY 8,000,000 RYO Known aliases: Kaiya Suspected of murder, treason, arson, theft, fraud, and identity theft. Last seen in Sunagature. Known notable acquaintances are Fifth Kazekage, Gaara.

If seen, please report to known authorities. DO NOT APPROACH. Any information leading to rightful arrest will be awarded.

--------------------------------

Gaara put the scroll down and stood up abruptly. He walked swiftly across his office and to the door before his subordinate called after him. "Sir, what should I say to the council?"

"That I wasn't in my office." Gaara replied before slipping out of the door.

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Can I request headcanons on how temari would inform shikamaru and her brothers about her being pregnant + their reactions

Headcannons of Temari telling Shikamaru and her brothers she’s pregnant

As I have mentioned in previous headcannons of Temari being pregnant, I don’t think she ever would plan a pregnancy to happen. So, if she did happen to become pregnant, she would probably let Shikamaru know quickly due to her cursing after taking a home pregnancy test in her bathroom. Shikamaru would be wondering why she was taking so long in the bathroom and he would grow alarm the minute he starts hearing her say “no way” or “awh F….”

Temari is not graceful about announcing the news to Shikamaru. If she found out she was pregnant at the hospital, she would tell Shikamaru first thing when she saw him. She doesn’t beat around the bush, and it wouldn’t even matter what was going on in their lives at that point. She wants the news out in the open, and the quicker the news is out in the open, the more she’ll realize what she’ll need to do about it. She’s not the one to become overjoyed when she gets pregnant.

Shikamaru will be shocked by the unexpected news but he’s quick to recover from it and read Temari’s demeanor. He immediately reassures her of his commitment to her and he is logical in what steps they need to take to be ready for a baby such as living arrangements (if they are not already living together or if they only have a one bedroom apartment). He would reach out to hug her and kiss her head after the news. He is internally happy but in a weird way sad because the thought of himself becoming a dad makes him think of his own dad.

Much later in the pregnancy, maybe within 4 to 6 weeks, Temari would tell her brothers the news. She doesn’t try to hide that she’s pregnant or make it a big deal, but she also wants to be sure she’s pregnant and that the baby isn’t going anywhere. She tells both of her brothers together in Suna. She and Shikamaru make a trip all the way to Suna, because she’ll insist it needs to be done in person. Plus, she wants to visit home before she doesn’t feel like traveling anymore and before she has the baby.

Kankuro is the first one to speak after the news and tell Temari and Shikamaru congratulations. He’s also really excited to be an uncle and asks quickly when her due date will be. On the other hand, Gaara is sitting quietly on the couch processing the information so long that Temari asks him if he’s okay. He softly smiles and nods. His happiness for his sister is beyond words, but he gets up and puts his hands on both Shikamaru and Temari and tells them he thinks they’ll make wonderful parents.