He began walking in the direction that she only knew the Nara compound to be in. And she took his lead, walking closely next to him.
She was waiting for him to say something, but the only thing he was doing was giving her reassuring smiles every five minutes. She knew he felt the opposite, but wasn't going to pressure him into talking. Instead she intertwined her fingers with his, hoping it would help ease his emotions.
Now they were on the Nara compound, which was dark, seeing that it is three o'clock in the morning. And the only noise was the branches blowing and hitting each other due to the wind, and the crickets whose chirps echoed.
This place was now very familiar to Temari, and they were coming upon the house that she known to be his mothers.
"I don't think we should go to your mothers house at three o'clock in the morning. I'll feel bad about waking her-"
"We're not going there. We just have to walk to the end of the compound"
He again gave her a reassuring smile, except this time she knew it was genuine. So they walked to the end which was cut off by trees, and they stood in front of house. And the first thing she noticed about this house were the solar panels on top of the roof, which she couldn't tell the color.
"What are we doing here?" She noticed him looking up at the house just as she was, only he was happy and seemed to have forgotten that the Miro incident had happened about thirty minutes ago.
"Come on" Still holding her hand, he directed her towards the front door of the house and let go of her hand only to get the keys from his pocket to unlock it. Temari now understood that this was his home, and felt a little sad because it wasn't their home. He noticed the her change of emotions, and wanted to know what was wrong with her.
"Is everything okay?"
"Should you really be the one asking that"
"You just seem sad, that's all."
"I'm fine"
He just accepted her word, knowing that something was wrong and slid the door open, letting her go in first. Only to find that the house was empty. There was no furniture, no decorations, no anything. Except in the living room, where she slid open the door and seen a TV in the corner and a futon on the floor.
"Do you like it?"
"Yea, your new house looks nice" Her voice was the same as when they were standing outside, so he instantly knew that it was causing her sadness, thinking that he hadn't thought about their relationship and where it was headed.
"It's not mine and I'm pretty sure it never will be"
"Then why do you have keys. Are we breaking and entering" She raised an eyebrow, becoming suspicious as to why they were standing in a random house.
"No, we are not breaking and entering. But this is our house. And I'm pretty sure I'll have no control over anything, so it will just be your house"
"Is this your plan everyone was telling me about"
"Everyone?" He only told a few people about the house, so he questioned who this everyone was.
"Kiba and Kankuro"
"Yea this is it. I asked Gaara and he seemed happy about it. Kankuro on the other hand acted like Kankuro, and eventually became okay with it once he seen how hard the counsel was trying with Miro and your marriage. He said you deserve to be happy so this was the better outcome."
She just kinda stared and he wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing.
"I'm not pressuring you to move in or anything, but I thought it was best to at least get a start on our future-"
Temari squeezed him in a tight hug, and he reciprocated by doing the same thing back.
"Guess I did something right"
"Yea, but why"
"Well I hate waiting to see you, but now you could be here everyday"
"When you put it like that, it makes sense. But why isn't it decorated, or furnished"
"Like I said, this isn't my house. I wanted you to pick out everything"
"Still lazy I see"
"Nothing is going to change that" She was glad that he was back to joking around, and able to engage in there petty arguments.
She took off her shoes, and sat on the futon and he did the same thing, except he chose to lay next to her.
"So you want to talk about the fight?" Temari said taking his hair out of his ponytail, and began gently fingers combing it. Something she found out eases his nerves.
"I didn't want to fight him, but he just he kept saying how you were his. And it just pissed me off. I guess I let it go to far?"
"You did what you thought was best, and he deserved it. I seen the whole thing, and I thought you acted rationally"
"From your view through the window. Why were you all there to begin with"
"We were bored and decided to spy on the boys, good thing we did"
"Yea, it was"
"But are you okay now, with everything" Temari was now laying down, moving the strands out of his face as they were face to face.
"Coming here calmed me down, so I guess everything is okay" He pulled her into his chest, planting a kiss on her forehead as they both drifted off to sleep.
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Authors Note: Two chapters tonight, and I hope you guys enjoy them both. And Thanks for reading my story. ;)
