Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; I do own my OC.
After the meal, the two young ninjas strolled along the snowy streets of Konoha for a bit; a nervous silence was held between them for quite a while as well. Gaara still couldn't understand what had made him so... attached to this girl, but he was willing to find out by any means. Not knowing love throughout his entire life, it was going to be a challenge.
"Gaara-kun?"
Ah, the young girl had finally spoke up. The red-haired boy shifted his gaze to her face. "What?" Kurayami smiled, only wanting to see his face. "Heh, never mind..." She replied softly, focusing forward. "You're strange." Gaara said simply, snow beginning to lightly fall from the light gray sky. The girl giggled quietly. "I know."
They walked around for what seemed like hours until the dark of night had caught up to them. "Oi, it's getting dark now... Maybe we should go back." Gaara said finally, stopping and staring up at the sky. Kurayami laughed and grabbed his hand. "Oi, you worried about me?" She asked teasingly, starting to run back to Gaara's house. The boy did not reply; he merely followed.
It didn't take the two very long to make it back to Gaara's home; Kankuro and Temari were waiting outside the door. From a distance you could see the two forcing back smiles and whispering to each other as the young nins approached. "Heh, hiya! Sorry we were gone forever!" Kurayami stated, smiling up at the two older siblings. Temari nodded, trying her best to keep her glee to herself. "No problem, just wondering where you two were..." Kankuro took a chance at a joke right after, even though he was terrified of the teal-eyed boy that stood before them. "Oi, yeah, we were wondering where you two had gone." The black clothed male winked at his sister and elbowed her, putting emphasis on the word 'where'.
"Enough!" Gaara said darkly, pushing through his siblings and storming up to his room in embarrassed fury. As he left Kankuro and Temari started to laugh a bit until they remembered the young girl that had been with their younger brother. "Hehe, thanks for showing our stubborn brother a good time." The blonde ninja said thankfully, smiling down to Kurayami. She nodded, and smiled at the two of them. "We had a great time! Hehe, well, bai!" With that the girl dashed off back in the direction of her home.
However, unknown to the girl, there were dark eyes hidden behind circles of glass watching her every move...
"Hehe... Run little girl run... you won't have any free will much longer..."