True to his word, later that evening after Naruto had finished visiting with him and left his home for a little bit so that Gaara could get some sleep- and he, of course, went straight to the tower to do some much needed work. Where he found Shika and Sakura standing outside his office waiting for him.

That had been a fun meeting.

Not.

What with Sakura coming to report on Yuki's progress, and the fact that she and Tsunade felt that it was time to let the girl wake up. Despite the fact that she is far from healed. Waking Yuki now could prove to be catastrophic. Naruto thought with a slightly grim shake of his head as he opened the door to his home to find Gaara sitting on his couch with one of Naruto's books in his hands. He'd apparently taken advantage of his shower. Since his hair was still slightly damp and he was wearing a fresh set of clothing.

A black shirt and loose fitting pants and his usual calf length scarlet over shirt with the buckles.

"Sleep well?"

Gaara's attention shifted from his book to the blond as he entered the house and quietly closed the door behind him. The red head nodded his head before asking, "Work?"

"The usual. Aside from my visit from Sakura." Naruto replied as h walked past him while shrugging off his silk robes. He needed a shower, shave, and some food in his stomach- badly. Especially if he wanted to appear half assed decent when he met Yuki face to face later.

"Sakura?"

Naruto hummed in response to the half spoken question as he grabbed a soda out of his fridge and opened it and then took a good long drink while Gaara turned around on the couch to look at him expectantly. Waiting for him to answer his one worded question.

Naruto lowered his drink from his lips and swallowed what was in his mouth before saying, "She came to report on Yuki's progress. Apparently she and Tsunade want to bring her out of her coma now. Tonight."

Garra's hairless eyebrows rose and his expression was one of total shock for a moment before shifting to outrage. After which the red head got to his feet and moved to stand a few inches from Naruto. His aqua eyes unblinking as he stared at Naruto and waited for him to say something.

Anything really about the whole damn subject. But the blond simply finished his drink and then turned back to the fridge and began pulling things out of it.

"Naruto? You did tell her that it wasn't a good idea right?" Gaara asked after several moments, knowing the his brother was likely trying to avoid the issue while he could.

Naruto paused mid way between laying some sandwich meats on the counter along with the pickle jar, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise was and just looked at him.

Of course he had told Sakura that it wasn't time to wake Yuki. However his friend was stubborn and refused to listen to him unless he could provide a reason why. And Naruto had just clammed up, trying to carefully weigh the pro's and the con's while trying to decide what to do.

In the end he hadn't been able to give Sakura any reason that she couldn't explain away or treat medically. So maybe he was worried for nothing. But then again, what if she woke up scared to the point where she became a danger to herself or others? What if she suffered some sort of psychotic break?

These were just a few of the questions he'd been asking himself since Sakura had left his office today. And frankly he was growing weary of second guessing himself and his friends. Tsunade and Sakura were both trained medical professionals. What Sakura lacked in experience, Tsunade more than compensated for.

And both women were more than competent at their jobs so... Naruto knew, deep down, no matter how much he personally disliked it- that he was going to have to rely on their medical expertise where Yuki was concerned. And just hope that he could be of some use if the girl did come undone in some way.

"Naruto?"

"I did." Naruto said as he slowly laid everything out on the counter. "But Sakura and Tsunade have both talked it over and decided that her body is healed enough to wake her up."

"But what about her mind?"

"I don't know. There's a good chance that we won't know until she is awake and has been evaluated."

"I see," Was all Gaara said, his tone, though still fairly normal was slightly colored with disappointment. In him? Or Sakura and Tsunad? Naruto didn't know. He'd probably never really know to tell the truth. "Then what is it that you plan to do?" Gaara asked after a heartbeat or so of silence.

"I plan to eat something then go shower and shave and change into something decent." Gaara frowned at him and Naruto felt his hackles rise a bit before snapping in a defensive tone, "What? You expect me to introduce myself to my mate like this?" He indicated to the coffee stains on his shirt, the ink on his fingers, and the slight smudges of black that he somehow got on his face.

Probably after touching something wet and then rubbing his face.

Gaara made a funny sound that was almost strangely like a laugh as he shrugged his shoulders. He supposed that his little brother had a good point. If he were in Naruto's position he certainly wouldn't let his mate meet him for the first time looking so haggard and unkept.

It may leave a bad impression and scare said mate away.

"Your right," He said after a moment. "You do need to clean yourself up."

Naruto paused in mid reach for the bread and shot him an offended glare. "Thanks Gaara. I don't know what I'd do without you."

"I've decided that without me you'd wither away into nothing but a shell of a man." Gaara said only half jokingly. Naruto rolled his eyes at him but otherwise remained silent. He needed to stop letting Gaara distract him or he'd never get to the hospital to see Yuki.