Sorry I haven't updated in forever. I've had a ton of appointments and work and life. Hope you like the chapter though.

"You should have bought the lingerie." Temari smirked at me.

"It didn't fit." I was annoyed with this conversation.

"We could have found a bigger size."

"Temari." I groaned. "Why are you so invested in this relationship?"

"He is my baby brother. I just want him to be happy." Temari sighed. "He has had a rough life even now people are skeptical of him being Kazekage." She stopped for a second. "This uprising isn't making anything better."

I placed a hand on my stomach. Being a Kage I knew was a hard job but Gaara had a lot of extra stress with once being the one tail. Let alone the fact he still had the powers from it. "What if I am not what he needs?" I still had doubts that this relationship would work out.

"Sakura, I believe in my brother. He truly does care for you."

"I…..I've just had a bad track record with guys." Sasuke still left a sour taste in my mouth when it came to dating.

"Sakura, Gaara isn't like...him." Temari opened the front door to find an empty house. "I guess the meeting is running later than he expected."

"I'm going to go lay down until he gets here." The heat was making me tired more easily. Even after being here for months my body hadn't fully adjusted to it.

"Someone will wake you up when he gets back okay?" Temari had a worried look on her face when she said that but she pushed me towards the stairs anyway.

I was hesitant but walked up the stairs with a final glance at Temari to give her a chance to tell me to stop but she never did. I slowly walked up the stairs debating if I should turn around but with each step I took I felt myself feeling more and more tired.

I laid in bed and instantly feel asleep.

A few hours had passed because it was dark when the feeling of wind woke me up. I bolted out of bed because I knew that window was closed when I had went to sleep. "Who's there?" Had Gaara come back? I felt a presence behind me but didn't recognize it. I infused chakra in to my fist and swung at them but a hand stopped me. My eyes widened in horror. Someone just stopped my fist with their bare hand. I easily should have broken their bones but nothing.

"So you are Gaara's little secret." He twisted my arm behind my back and pulled me against him. I felt his breath on my ear. "How would he feel if he found your body lying on his floor? Covered in your sweet blood?" I tried to get out of his grasp but the more I fought the tighter his hold. "I love when you struggle. Makes this that more interesting." His tongue ran across me ear causing me to shiver in disgust. "Maybe I could play with you a little. He wouldn't have to know about it." His left hand covered my mouth while the right started trailing down my side. I froze when he reached me stomach. "Gaara got to you first didn't he?"

A kunai slipped out of his sleeve. "Oh well I can still have fun with you." He ran it down my side cutting my shirt and my skin. My screams were muffled by his hand. This wasn't happening. I tried to get out of his arms but nothing I did seemed to help. He turned me around so I was facing him. He pointed to kunai at my stomach. "I'm going to remove my hand and you will be quiet. If you scream you wouldn't like the results." His hand slipped from my mouth to my shoulders. The kunai disappeared but I knew it was still a threat. He ran his finger across my cut covering it with my blood. "It's smells so sweet." His tongue wrapped around his finger licking my blood from it. He moaned as he removed his finger from his mouth. "Tastes as sweet as it smells."

His hand went to grab my chest but sand stopped it. I closed my eyes thankful that Gaara was here to save me. "Looks like our fun was interrupted." He raised his head to look at Gaara. "Oh look the hero came to save the damsel in distress." He tossed me aside but sand caught me keeping me from falling on the floor. "Well this has been fun but it appears it is time for me to leave. We shall meet again Gaara." A smoke bomb went off and when it cleared Gaara was standing at the window and the man was gone.

"W-who was that?" Gaara spun and stared at me. His eyes held so many emotions. Anger, frustration, hatred but softened once they saw me. Worry. He was worried for me. He scooped me in his arms and held me close, his face pressed in to my hair. The sand fell to the floor and I could feel Gaara shaking. He was truly scared.

"I'm sorry." He held me tighter. "I'm sorry." He wouldn't stop shaking. "This is my fault. I wasn't here to protect you. I put you at risk." His arm pressed against the cut causing me to wince. His eyes went to my side and he looked ready to kill but calmed once it say that it was still bleeding. He picked me up and carried me to the bathroom. He set me on the toilet and started to fill the tub. "Stay." He said went I went to get up. Once the water reached the temperature he was wanting he went to remove my shirt.

"I can do that myself." He let me remove my clothes but carried me to the tub. Gaara was being so gentle. He wasn't looking at me sexually which made this a little less awkward. Once he felt that he had carefully cleaned the cut he drained the water and wrapped me in a towel. He carried me to the bed and laid me on his lap wrapping us in the blanket. He refused to let me go the rest of the night.

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