I started to shiver as the sun set, it got cold so fast out here at night and this coat really wasn't that warm once the cold came in.
"Are you cold?"
"A little, guess we should head back then" I sighed standing up
As I stood up I felt something hitting my shoulders, I put my hand on my shoulder and grabbed hold of the material pulling it in front of me only to see it was Gaara's robe, I turned around to face him but he had his back to me.
"You can have it"
"You just want me to wash it don't you" I giggled
"I meant you can take it with you... when you leave"
"Really? But isn't this important?"
"I can get another; you said you liked it right?"
"Right..." I sighed
"If you don't want it you don't have to take it"
"No I do it's just..."
"Just what?" he asked facing me "your face is red again"
Gaara slowly started to back away from me; I guess after last time I can see why he would be worried.
"Don't worry I won't kiss you again" I giggled "hey show me a jutsu, something cool"
"Why would I do that" he huffed
"Because, your face is red to"
"No its not!"
It wasn't but the more I walked towards him claiming it was the redder it got, which I found extremely funny. In the end Gaara showed me a jutsu but as I sat down feeling extremely dizzy I was wishing he hadn't shown, he had encased me in his sand then just as quickly it was gone and we were standing in the living room, well he was standing anyway.
"I think you left my stomach behind" I groaned
"What's going on?" Kankuro asked walking into the house
"Gaara tried to kill me"
"He did?"
"No I didn't"
"Right... so who's hungry?"
I couldn't eat much that night, I told them it was because Gaara left my stomach behind but I just wasn't hungry, I was too tired to eat so I ended up going to bed much earlier than the others. I didn't wake up until I smelt food cooking the next morning, well it turns out it was actually lunch cooking and even though I hadn't eaten all day or the night before hand I still wasn't very hungry.
"You have to eat something" Kankuro told me
"I have, I had a late breakfast that's why I'm not hungry" I lied forcing a smile "I'm going to sit down for a bit... unless you need me to do something?"
"I'm going out for a bit" he said walking out the house
I sat on the couch planning on just resting when I felt my body drift off to sleep, I tried fighting it but it was no use, I was so tired. I heard Kankuro come back and call out my name but I didn't have the strength to answer him then I heard another voice.
"She's over here" Gaara called out
"Is she... I mean I didn't think her body would stay"
"She's still breathing... Ayaka, open your eyes" he ordered me
"Maybe we should let her rest..."
"No!" Gaara shouted
"Gaara..."
"She's not done, not yet" he mumbled
"Gaara.."
I forced myself to move, he was right, I wasn't ready to leave, not without a proper goodbye, not like this.
"Can't a girl rest peacefully?" I groaned opening my eyes
"We thought you..." Kankuro started to say
"Well good thing I woke up then, I don't know if I would forgive you if you buried me... or worse" I giggled sitting up
"Are you ok?" Gaara asked
"Yeah, just tired... wait you're meant to be at work right?"
"I got him, you think I couldn't see something was wrong" Kankuro scoffed with a small smile
"So what do you want to do? It's not often you're both here"
"You should rest" Gaara told me standing up
"If I rest now... no doing something sounds much better"
Neither one said anything, Kankuro started to rub the back of his head while he looked around the room while Gaara stood there with his arms folded and his eyes closed.
"Well... what do you do for fun then?"
"Upgrade my puppets" Kankuro said
"I don't have fun" Gaara stated
I knew lots of different kinds of game but more than half of them required bending and the others required me to move around a lot so with a sigh I slumped down in the chair.
"Well if we can't play games then let's tell stories like Kankuro, when did you first discover you're obsession with puppets" I smirked
"HEY!"
In the end we watched a movie, I always did wonder what the black box was for, I don't remember a lot of it, I tried staying awake I really did but I kept drifting of.
"Ayaka" Gaara spoke softly shaking my shoulders "you should go to bed"
I opened my eyes with a small yawn; I looked around me at Kankuro snoring quietly with his arms and legs hanging of the small chair and Gaara next to me with the softest expression I had even seen, well on him anyway.
"Gaara... thank you for everything, even though you were scary at first I'm glad I met you"
"You're leaving... aren't you?"
"Hey you're not meant to be sad remember"
"I'm not sad" he huffed pulling away from me
"There's the Gaara I remember" I giggled
"I'll wake Kankuro" he said standing
"Wait, just a little longer ok?"
"... Ok"
He sat back down and I slowly started to shift towards him lowering my head on his shoulder with a small sigh as his body stiffened.
"You won't forget me right?"
"How could I" he half groaned
"I wasn't that bad was I?"
He didn't answer that so with a small grumble I pulled myself up so I was standing.
"What are you doing?"
"Going to get changed, if I'm going home I should put my own clothes back on" I smiled "would you mind waking Kankuro for me?"
While I was getting changed I heard yelling, I didn't want to know how Gaara woke him up because by the sounds of the yelling he didn't just shake his shoulder or call his name. Once I was dressed I bundled up the gifts I was given and tucked them in my robe, I wasn't even too sure if this would work or not but I hoped it did. once I was ready I headed back out where Kankuro and Gaara were standing next to each other like they were about to salute me or something.
"Well.. I guess this is goodbye then"
"For a kid, you're not so bad" Kankuro said
"Thankyou... I think, look after yourself ok and go out and talk to people, how do you expect to meet a girl when all you do is fix you're puppets huh?" I frowned at him
"Hey I know plenty of girls! There's... What are doing?"
"Giving you a hug"
While he was talking I managed to sneak in and wrap my arms around Kankuro, he didn't exactly hug me back, more of an awkward pat on the back but I didn't mind.
"Take care ok?"
"Don't even think about it" Gaara said stepping back
"Oh come on, just one hug?"
"Fine" he grumbled
He didn't hug me back either, all he did was pat me on the head, seeing their reactions made me a little sad that I didn't try this earlier, it would have been lots of fun.
"I'm going to miss you... both of you" I smiled standing back "maybe I'll come back again one day?"
"As long as we have room" Kankuro smirked
"That's ok, I don't mind taking your bed" I giggled
"Get going already will you" he frowned
"You can come back... if you want to" Gaara half mumbled
"Maybe one day I will, who knows what the future will bring" I smiled at him "well... I'll see you around"
"Gah my head" I groaned sitting up
I heard a small roar near me then all of a sudden my face was covered in droll, after wiping my face with my sleeve I looked next to me and saw Fluffy standing there looking up at me.
"I guess I'm back then... it's good to see you Fluff, have you been good?"
He let out a small whine and I couldn't help but laugh, Fluffy and the monks didn't exactly get along, I guess it had something to do with him eating meat. Before I could even stand up the old monk came bursting in the room carrying things in his arms.
"You're back I just knew it"
"How?" I asked slightly puzzled
"These fell from the sky" he said showing me what he was holding
I quickly jumped up as I saw the two robes and the bat hat in his arms; I took them from him holding them close to me with a small smile.
"They did make it" I sighed happily
"You were out so long I thought I killed you"
I looked up at him raising my brow slightly, him saying that so calmly worried me.
"I had the most amazing adventure" I told him "everything was so different there!"
"Ah so you finally learned you're lesson then?"
"What lesson?" I asked blinking blankly
And that's it ^-^ yeah I know I kind of got a bit well... lame near the end, sorry about that... just been so long since i started it I kind of forgot the ending I had in mind lol