"I never thought I would be back here," I said smiling. I turned to look at Gaara, "Thank you for being with me when I needed you the most."
"Anything for you."
I was about to say something else when I heard a loud yell, "Ari! You're back!" I smiled as I saw Naruto running towards me. When he was a few feet away from me he sped up and picked me, "God, I missed you so much."
"I missed you too," I said while laughing.
After a lot of talking, mostly due to Naruto, we decided to go grab some food.
"How are you feeling?"
I looked over at Naruto, "Great."
He smiled, "I'm sorry for telling Gaara."
I laughed, "Don't lie. You know you're not sorry."
We continued to talk until it was almost midnight. Naruto stood up and said he had a mission the next day, so he was going home. When he left, me and Gaara stayed at the restaurant, still talking until we decided to for a walk.
"You know," I said. "When I was in that hospital, all I could think about was all the things I would never get to do. But now that I'm standing here, I don't want to waste another moment of my life wondering what could have been."
"What are you talking about?"
I grabbed Gaara's face and lightly pressed my lips against his. "I hated having to wake up everyday, knowing that it was another woman who had your attention." I kissed him again, "I love you."
Gaara wrapped his hands around my body, pulling me closer to him, "I love you too."
"I was lucky enough to survive such a horrible thing," I said. "I don't care if I have to share you with all the village people. I just want to be with you."
Gaara brushed his thumb across my lips, "You won't have to share me with anyone, I promise." Then he leaned back down, connecting our lips once more.