Flowers for the Sandman
#1 First Kiss
Their first kiss was nothing romantic or exciting. It did not make him see stars and her gasping for breath. He's sure he would not be telling the tale later on to either his friends or family but it doesn't matter because they would have heard it from her own lips or had already been there themselves.
Their first kiss was brief and abrupt and left him wondering if it had happen at all. It did by the way, because her hands were still on his collar which she used to pulled him down and her face inches from his.
He vaguely hear hooting and catcalls from somewhere around him (pretty sure coming Naruto and Kiba) but can't made out the muffled words due to all the blood rushing to his face.
"Huh, so you blush to your ears, that's so cute!" Is she teasing him? If yes then, the nerve.
It made him wonder if first kiss were supposed to be like this because if it is then all those love dramas that Temari watched, and made him swear never to tell, can all go stab themselves in the face with a dull kunai.
#2 Final
It doesn't matter that her father think she's too young to date; all fathers are like that anyway. She's already a jounin for crying out loud, there are kids younger than her who's already married and she's not gonna die alone for god sake.
It doesn't matter that Shikamaru said he's from Suna and she won't survive long distance relationship. He's dating the sister and she don't see them having any problem.
It doesn't matter that Sakura said he's Kazekage and will probably be too busy to pay too much attention to her, because she's not those clingy girlfriend that needs constant attention and he definitely will not be the center of her world.
It also doesn't matter that maybe he have some qualms about all of this because she's sure all of those will be gone in a short amount of time, and why would he have one anyway.
Ino already decide that she wants Gaara and nothing anybody say can change her mind.
#3 Numb
There are many different kinds of numb.
The numb that comes after pain, the type that hurt so much you don't feel it anymore, or the numb that comes before the pain, like the time your arms fell asleep and the pins and needles that follow when the circulation starts working properly. The figurative numbness that people always mention along with heartbreaking news, pun intended.
Ino long since declared numbness a bad thing, but when one certain red hair suna ninja swoop in for their second kiss, he started it this time, Ino felt numb from head to toe, except her lips which were practically flaming.
The moment he pull away Ino realize her life was a lie and there are certainly a good kind of numb.
#4 Broken Wings
Gaara favorite pastime is looking at the sky.
It's nothing like cloud watching mind you, because cloud watching is that bastard's that's courting his sister pastime, and also he can't call him that out loud unless he want Ino to give him the eye because the bastard happen to be her childhood friend and she's the only one who can call him that; well, her and Temari.
He like looking at the sky preferably from a high place because then there's nothing to block his view and the wind can blows his hair around. When little he used to fantasize that he's a bird so he can fly away from here where people fear him. He can fly now, in a matter of speaking, but it's not the same because he's not a bird and if he is, his wings were either crippled or broken.
Somehow he's not so sad about it because if he can fly he'll be free but alone, lost in the vast blue. Down here, even though broken and pathetic, he learned to stand on his legs, walked forward and found hope along the way.
On some bad day he'll look up to the sky and wish that he's a bird, but that's just wistful thinking and he throw away that idea as fast as it comes because no matter how bad a situation gets he can't imagine himself to be anywhere else; down here where he'll never be lonely.
#5 Melody
Dinner had become their family time since when he can't remember and he's quite sure Kankuro doesn't either. He just remember coming home late one day and found his siblings still at the dining table with all the food still untouched. His sister look about to kill someone while his brother look at the food dejectedly and he's certain that the roar is indeed the sound of growling stomach. Seeing him Temari flew into a furious lecture about being on time and the such, when he argue that he's busy she suddenly burst into tears and wail that he doesn't love them. When he look to Kankuro for help he met with the same accused glare but that was mostly from hunger. He don't understand what "that time of the month" is when Kankuro explain the situation to him in private but from then on he made damn sure to get home on time for dinner, Kankuro does too; at least during the time that Temari is not out on mission.
"You seem happy lately" his brother said out of the blue during one of their dinner time.
"What made you think that?"
"Well, you're humming a lot nowadays" his sister pipe up
"Am I?" They nodded.
He look sideway "It's stuck"
"Ah." Gaara was never the talkative type contrary to his Konoha counterpart, and sometime it's hard to know what he's referring to. It took them some time but now they're quite used to the short explanation and one word answer.
"What song is it? I never heard it before" Kankuro asked absentmindedly before biting into the yakitori.
"Ino was singing it when I last visited"
Their hands stilled for a second before resuming and now both of them are sporting a small smirk.
"Oh is that so" Temari purr sickeningly sweet which made him frown "what were you thinking about when humming the song?"
Kankuro smirk wider "Ino I bet"
He choke on the rice he just swallow and Kankuro hastily hand him the tea. His sister sure didn't help when she suddenly said "Huh, you really do blush to the ears" which in turn made him choke on the tea. He quickly finish his food and leave the table without meeting their eyes.
"He's daydreaming about her" "How adorable" he enter his room with the sound of his siblings' laughter filling the house.
"You're doing it again" Kankuro sniggered the next morning during breakfast making him halt mid note.
He pulled the newspaper closer to his face and growl out a "Shut up" which he's sure couldn't even threaten a child; not with the blush splay across his face.
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And there goes my first five prompts for my favorite cracked couple of Naruto. This pairing needs more love I tell you they both will do each other a world of good, with Ino's outgoing and Gaara's calm.
I found writing like this is better for me since I'll have constant material to write about. I always found myself writing into a corner and couldn't find the enthusiasm to continue on the longer projects. I'm thinking about making prompts drabbles my writing style from now on. What do you think?