And Path
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"You can find someone here in Suna. Better looking guys."
Temari knew at this point not to take Kankuro's comments to heart. She knew how he was feeling and she could not blame him for it. She was leaving him and their youngest brother.
"No. I want this, Kankuro." She tipped the watering can gently into the terracotta pot and picked off any dead leaves she could find on the plant.
"So, I guess this is the path you chose?"
"Why are you making it sound so dramatic? You get that line out of a movie?"
"I did and it was a good movie."
The two siblings shared a laugh, something they haven't been able to share often. In fact, this was the first time since Temari announced she was leaving to be with Shhikamaru that she and Kankuro laughed together. That was well over a month ago.
"Seriously, Temari." Kankuro started up again, "Why that guy of all people? I thought you said you couldn't stand him."
She shrugged and moved on to the next potted plant, "I guess he was just something that happened to be on my path."
"Are you getting dramatic too or are you just mocking me?"
She gave her brother a soft hum and tipped more water into the pot. She herself never thought she would go down this 'path'. Meeting someone, falling for them (she shuddered at the thought of even saying that), and now dropping everything to be with them.
But this was Shikamaru Nara. He was a geneius, a leader and someone she could rely on. This was someone she wanted to make a new world with. She didn't feel that way about just anybody. She felt this about way about Shikamaru.
"You know what, Temari?"
"What do I know?"
"I hope that, once you reach the end of this path, you are happy."
She bit her bottom li to hold back her laughter. "You gotta stop with these corny lines."