He had fallen asleep, yet again, while petting her. The soft thud of the pillow and the sound of Soku and Kumi's giggles woke him up. He looked at them and then at Shock. He frowned.
"Soku, Kumi. Go prepare for another mission." He sighed. He lifted Shock up, she'd get sick if she just laid there on the couch sleeping. He carried her up to Sasumi's bedroom and that's when he started to pet her forehead again. He noticed her forehead was a little warm and placed his forehead against hers.
"A fever?" He thought a loud. He went downstairs to get a thermometer and took her temperature. She really did have a fever. It was a small one but a fever none-the-less. He got some medicine for her and looked at her, she didn't seem like she was going to wake up any time soon. He took some water and the pills into his mouth and then fed the pills and water to her as she laid there. She swallowed the pills and water successfully and he watched her take a few deep breaths. He pulled a chair over to the bed and only got up to get a container of freezing water and a wash cloth. He placed it on her forehead and fell asleep in the middle of the night slouched in the chair. Sasumi returned from a small trip to another part of the sand village and gasped at what she saw. After she got over the slight shock she smiled.
"Heh, how cute." She giggled quietly. "He's playing nurse." She took a blanket from the closet in the halls and then wrapped it around Kankuro's shoulders. She went to Gaara's room and looked at him.
"You wouldn't believe what your brother is doing." She laughed, she was leaning against the door frame and Gaara was doing paper work. He was hunched over and didn't even look up. He just grunted as a reply.
"Oh come on. Guess." She frowned, he wasn't a cheery person but he could at least guess.
"Fine." He sighed and turned around to look at her. "He's finally fucked your friend." He had the aura of not caring, not even a smidgen.
"No! He's taking care of her because she's sick!" She sighed and rolled her eyes as she walked over to Gaara. She kissed his neck after wrapping her arms around him. "Stop being so mean to them. He's your family and she's my best friend. Can't you pretend to be nice?" She gave him a pleading look. He sighed and rolled his eyes this time.
"I am pretending to be nice. Can't you tell? I haven't killed either of them yet." He was looking at her seriously.
"Why can't you show your kind side to them, like you show me?" She began to pretend to cry. Gaara's eyes got wider and he moved so that he could hold her.
"I don't love them. I've only felt, and will only feel, any love towards you. I was left alone and I won't be alone. Because you are by my side." He whispered into her ear. He gave her a kiss on the neck and she giggled.
"Stop that. Jerk." She giggled a bit more as he kept kissing down her neck. The giggles turned into small moans and he moved her to the bed. He pinned her down and started to take off her shirt. He had a devious smirk on his face.
"Yeah well, if I am a jerk. Why would you be with me?" He laughed She just looked up at him with a slight pout.
"Because jerks are sexy." She whispered. She pulled him close for a kiss and they were disrupted by a knock on the door. Gaara growled and got up, his shirt was half unbuckled. He looked down at Kumi who was holding a scroll.
"Gaara, This mission... it's too low-level. Why did you give it to us?" She cocked her head curiously, Soku walked up behind her and blew on her neck teasing her. She turned around and smacked him.
"Soku I told you stop!" Gaara couldn't help but smirk. Soku was beginning to realize he was in love with Kumi. He then stopped smirking and paid attention to Kumi's question.
"It's given to you two because there aren't any high level missions for you. Now deal with it. I was busy, go back to cleaning your swords or training or something." He started to close the door bot Soku stopped it.
"Gaara-san. You do realize we may be kids but we still know what you're trying to do in there." Gaara scowled, there was almost nothing you could run past Soku.