-Kankuro-

I laid on the couch in Gaara's office and watched as he read over and signed paper after paper.

"What are you doing here Kankuro?"

He asked without looking up from the papers.

"I'm curious."

I said as I watched him push one paper away only to pull another one towards him. How he didn't manage to get bored with all that paperwork was beyond me.

"About?"

He asked and I smirked slightly.

"What happened while Temari and I were gone."

I said and noticed he tensed slightly, but kept reading over the paper infront of him.

"Nothing really. I trained Zendaya and Matsuri when I couldn't get away. Dealt with the council and watched over the village. The same thing I always do."

He said and I blinked in shock at the fact he'd spoken so much. Normally he'd ignore me and my questions or respond with a one or two word answer.

"Uh-huh. And what about you and Zendaya? Anything happening there?"

I asked and smirked wider at the fact he blushed.

Seems like we missed more than I thought.

I thought to myself as I watched my brother.

"No."

He said and my smirk widened even more at the fact he was focusing intently on that one paper.

"You sure?"

I pressed further and noticed his blush darkened before he set his pen down and looked up at me.

"She's mad at me."

He said sadly and my smirk fell at his obvious unease.

"Do you know why? If you know why then we can try to figure out how to fix it."

I said and he frowned.

"I lied to her about why I'd skipped a few training sessions."

He said and I frowned at that.

"Matsuri wouldn't let me go without training her, but I didn't want Zendaya to know I skipped out on trianing her to train Matsuri instead."

He explained and I shook my head at him. I could see his reasoning behind lying, but he should have just told Zendaya the truth when she asked.

"Damn bro, you chose Matsuri over Zendaya? You sure you're not sick?"

I teased and earned a glare from him.

"Okay, okay."

I said placatingly as I held my arms up in defeat.

"Just get her alone and let her know you're sorry and fully explain yourself. Girls like honesty."

I said and saw he seemed to be thinking it over.

Silence fell between us until the door suddenly opened and Temari stormed in.

"You."

She said to our brother and I saw him flinch and wondered what had gotten her so upset.

"What in the world made you thinkg it would have been a good idea to lie to Zendaya?"

She asked and I blinked in shock. Since when did she care so much for Zendaya?

"Chill Temari, he just didn't want her to know he was trianing Matsuri instead. He didn't want to, but you know how clingy that chick can be."

I said, trying to help my brother out.

"Stay out of it Kankuro, and sit up!"

She snapped at me and I quickly shut my mouth and sat up. She always got onto me for lounging around in Gaara's office. Something about it not being professional or some shit.

"You better apologize."

Temari said before turning and storming out the door.

I looked from the door to my brother to see him staring infront of him in shock. I was shocked too. In the short amount of time she'd gone tot alk to Zendaya apparently they'd become friends. Today just kept getting weirder and weirder. What next? Zendaya would wind up being some chick from another world or something?

A/N: I'm sorry guys. I've got a bit of bad news. After having been able to update chapter after chapter for the past week or so I've finally hit another bump with this. i"ll try to write more, but no promises. Please review on this chapter and I'll tell you as soon as I update again.