It was late afternoon, and the sand siblings finally finished their B-ranked mission.
Temari and Kankuro were so exhausted, but Gaara was walking as if there wasn't very much of an activity.
They finally reached the house, and Gaara, in a hurried way, sat down on the couch before anyone (specifically Kankuro) could invade it. Kankuro gave a look of defeat, and lay down on the floor.
Temari went to the kitchen to get a cold, refreshing glass of water.
"Damn! That was one heck of a tiring mission", shouted Kankuro. "Because of that, Karasu has to be fixed all over again!"
He heard his stomach rumble, and quickly went to the kitchen to get a bite.
Slowly, he searched the shelves for something.
"What are you looking for?" asked Temari.
"My leftover junk food. Have you seen it?"
"Ah. I think I saw Gaara eating some junkfood yesterday…"
Kankuro looked at Gaara with an angry face. He was about to teach him a lesson when Gaara looked at him with his 'death glare'.
"Never mind" said Kankuro.
He went towards the refrigerator and started looking for something. Temari just stared at him for a good 5 minutes, until she finally asked.
"What are you looking for this time?"
"My leftover hamburger"
"Oh. Yesterday, Gaara was munching on one…"
Kankuro turned towards his brother helplessly. But Gaara retained the same look.
"I was hungry."
Kankuro couldn't take it anymore.
"Gaara, whenever you want to eat something, please ask if it belongs to someone!" he shouted.
Gaara just stared at him. Kankuro let out a heavy sigh, and stated:
"I'm going to bed."
"What? Right now?" asked their older sister. "There is a meteor shower appearing tonight! Wouldn't it be nice if we could watch it together as a family?"
"Yeah, it would be nice, but I'm really tired Temari…" said Kankuro as he groggily went up to the stairs.
"Fine! Then it would be just me and Gaara watching the rare meteor shower!"
"I think it would be just you, Temari."
Temari turned around to see Gaara in the kitchen holding an apple.
"I'm tired too. If you'll excuse me, I would want to rest."
He then went up towards his bedroom.
Temari was now all alone in the living room.
"Fine then, I'll watch the meteor shower alone in my bedroom!" she shouted to no one.
Gaara POV
Hmph.
I can't believe Temari would be so pumped up just because of some lousy meteor shower.
I slowly went up to my room, and heard Temari's faint scream downstairs. What can I say? She is the older sister so she must be the motherly one.
Finally, I reached the room. I opened the door, closed it in a hurried manner, and plopped on top of the bed. I lay still; trying to count how many people I killed this mission. Hmm…
7? 12? I think I killed 15 people today…
Sigh…
I guess I'll forever be a killer…
I slowly tried to remember the times uncle Yashamaru spent with me. My heart ached upon seeing the fake smile he always showed me.
I was so angry, that I noticed the sand was uncontrollably swirling around me. I tried to gather myself once more, and finally, each and every grain of sand came back into my gourd.
I sighed heavily.
"I wonder what it's like to be loved", I thought out loud.
I know my siblings love me …
But I just don't feel it. I really can't feel it at all.
"Maybe they're still afraid of me"
Or probably of the monster in me.
Then I remembered…
"Yeah, there was going to be a meteor shower tonight", I told myself as I stared at the ceiling.
I also recalled the times little Temari (she was 6 years old) would blab about wishing upon a star…
"What if it's true?" I muttered to myself.
I stood up, and hurriedly opened the window.
And I saw a star.
She was there, shining so bright, as if she had a lot of power in her. The whole night was bright because of her. But it's as if all the other stars wer afraid of her because…
She is the only star I saw tonight. She was all alone.
Suddenly, my heart ached some more. I was on the verge of crying, until I saw …
A shooting star.
And another one.
And another one!
Suddenly, the whole sky was filled with shooting stars!
"Hmm. So this must be the meteor shower Temari was blabbing about"
I closed my eyes…
And wished.
Kankuro's POV
"Damn!"
I slammed my fist on the wall. Then I realized that Suna walls are tough and hard.
"Ouch…"
I regretted doing the action, and lay down on the bed.
"What's with that guy? Now I have to sleep with an empty stomach… and it's all his fault!"
After a few seconds, silence filled my room. I glanced up at Karasu on the corner of my room, and saw that he needed some repairs…
Life of a puppeteer is so hard. Especially if you have a killer younger brother.
"Sometimes I just wish that he would open up to me… or act like a real brother… one whom I can count on, or tell jokes with!
Suddenly I imagined myself telling Gaara a joke. A few minutes later my corpse is found by a bunch of Suna shinobi.
I shuddered at the thought.
"Sigh. If only I could be a good big brother to the little brat…" I muttered to myself.
I tried to imagine scenes of a happy family. The kind of family with two boys… one younger, the other older. I saw in my mind the happy faces they're showing because of each other. How they spend time together. I also saw the older one giving the younger one a piggy-back ride…
"Oh how I wish he were like that…"
Suddenly I remembered the bunch of shooting stars coming. I quickly sat up, ran towards the window (tripped on Karasu while on the process), and opened it.
The night sky is so beautiful. I thought I was going to see a sky full of stars, but I only saw one.
One bright and lonely star.
"Maybe you're all alone because yor brother would never create a relationship with you…"
The star shined brightly, as if it understood me.
I started imagining me and Gaara again, until I saw a shooting star.
"Nuts! I was too fast, I didn't get to wish for something!" I cried out loud.
But then came another one… and another one… and another one!
The whole sky was filled with shooting stars!
"Must be the meteor shower", I said under my breath. "Looks like you're not to lonesome now, eh?"
I sighed heavily…
Closed my eyes tightly…
And made a wish.
Temari's POV
I was the only one left in the living room, so I figured out that I must go to bed. But before that, I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Those things are yummy. Try it.
I walked up the stairs with heavy feet (and heavy fan) and quickly ran to my room.
I locked the door, put my fan aside, and collapsed on the bed.
"Man, what a tiring mission!"
Yeah, I was so tired about today's mission, that I almost forgot the event tomorrow.
"Oh yeah! Tomorrow we'll be going to Konoha for a little vacation… finally, we could get some rest!" I thought out loud.
I tried to close my eyes and remember Konoha. The green trees, blue skies… and friendly shinobi people.
And him.
"Shikamaru…" I carelessly said.
I looked up the ceiling, trying to remember his face. Yeah… he looked like that alright.
I wonder if he has feelings for me?
Then a thought came up.
We were kissing, on a bench in one of Konoha's awesome park.
I blushed at the scene, and quickly covered my face with a pillow.
"You're getting desperate, girl", I told myself.
I tried to collect my thoughts, and wanted to recall what happened today.
But no avail,
All I saw was him. He was on my mind, slowly invading it.
"Sometimes, I just wish he would notice me or something…"
The word wish reminded me of the event tonight.
"OMG! I might miss the meteor shower!" I said as I tried to run towards the window.
I opened it right away and saw…
A lonely star.
"Whoa…"
She was so bright! Or maybe too bright.
"Lonely? Maybe you're in need of someone, little fella", I told the star.
And remembered my situation.
"Yeah… in need of someone… someone who will care for you, love you, and do anything that would make you smile…"
And I saw a flash of light.
"What was that!" I asked myself, looking for the source of light.
And I saw a shooting star.
"Cool"
And another one.
And another one!
The star was no longer lonely. The meteor shower has appeared!
"Whoa, this is beautiful! How I wish my bros could see this…"
I stood their still, for a moment.
I breathed heavily…
Closed my eyes…
Thought of him…
And made a wish.