Chapter 15: If you were gay…

I laughed nervously at their smiles. Why now? Well, at least they didn't come back while Lee was here, that would've been a major fiasco. They gave me a questioning look, as if I might have been hiding something. What did I have to hide from them? Other than the fact that I wasn't a virgin any longer and I had a huge hicky on my neck. I had nothing to hide. I felt a small cold sweat break out on the back of my neck.

"Have fun?" I asked, my voice coming out smooth and even, but I was definitely not feeling calm. At least I knew how to hide it well. Or maybe not, was I hiding it well? They still seemed suspicious…

"I guess you could call it fun. More like boring and tedious, so much so that it drives you insane, yeah. If that's your idea of fun, then it was a lot of fun." Temari said, giving me a sarcastic glare.

"So, how was it here without us? You get lonely?" Kankuro said, just as sarcastically as Temari had said her remark. We are a very sarcastic family.

"It was peaceful, to say the least." I said, smiling, trying to get them angry. We all took delight in teasing each other. Isn't that how it is with all siblings?

"You were bored out of your mind, admit it. Stuck up here in this little office of yours doing nothing but paper work all day. The glamorous lifestyle of the Kazekage, my little brother." Temari said, almost laughing aloud.

"Yeah, it might've been boring but at least you two weren't here to annoy me to death." I said, not really meaning it. But it's fun to mess with family. I was careful not to say anything that might make them suspect I had had company, so I went along with the charade that I had spent the entire two weeks they were gone up here in my office.

"Nice thing to say about your relatives. You're so nice to us." Kankuro said, faking that he was hurt by my comment.

"I try." I said, smiling. We all laughed for a moment at each other, because we knew none of us really meant the hurtful things we said to each other.

"So you really spent two weeks doing little to nothing?" Temari asked, looking around my office as if she'd find evidence of me doing something.

"I spend my life doing little to nothing these days, you know that." I said, almost frowning. My life really was boring. Other than what had happened a couple days ago…

"How can you stand it? I mean, it's not like you're locked up in here, you could go do something if you really wanted to." Temari said while Kankuro just stood there. She usually did most of the talking for all three of us.

"I guess I could, but why would I bother? Just roaming around the city isn't an option; I could get kidnapped, raped, killed, or worse, harassed by the bothersome townspeople who all freak out whenever they seem me." I said, smirking.

"True." Kankuro said, laughing a little at my remark about the townspeople. "So what do you do? You can't sit there and do nothing everyday."

"That's exactly what I do." I replied.

"You're pathetic, little brother. Why don't you find a girlfriend or something? You're getting older; you should actually be looking for a lifetime partner. So you can keep the bloodline going." She said, and I almost let them see me blush. But I didn't, I had to stay composed. I didn't want them to know I had already found a potential lifetime partner.

"Why do I have to? You two can keep the family going yourselves. I don't want to worry about that kind of stuff." I said, and they just looked at me to check if I was serious. When they saw I was they laughed.

"You sound like a little kid. Do you think girls still have cooties or something?" Temari said between laughs.

"Afraid of girls? Don't tell us you're gay." Kankuro added, laughing even more. I didn't answer; they wouldn't have heard anything over their laughter anyway.

"Gay? My little brother?" Temari said laughing. She turned to Kankuro, "Oh, you know what would be funnier?" Kankuro continued to snicker and shook his head. "You remember the boy with the brushy eyebrows?" Kankuro nodded, and I held my breath. What? Did they suspect our relationship? No… "Those two." She said pointing to me, and they both broke into another fit of laughter. If they had been paying attention they would have seen how nervous I was, but they didn't. I realized that was all a joke to them and tried to laugh with them, to cover myself.

"Okay, I was offended when you said I might be gay, but with him?" I said, thinking this would save me. "No way! I'd rather die." I said, laughing a bit more with them.

"Aw, but he makes up for what you don't have." Temari started and looked at me, I gave her a glare. "Eyebrows." And they both laughed again. It seemed I was getting laughed at a lot today, first Shukaku then these two.

"Whatever. First off, I'm not gay." They both gave me questioning smiles and I just glared at them. "Second off, if I was gay I'd pick someone better than him." Temari almost commented but I stopped her. "But I'm not gay."

"Are you sure? Then why don't you prove it by getting a girlfriend?" Temari challenged me; I just shook my head and gave her an uncaring smile.

"Why would I get a girlfriend just to prove you wrong? I actually think that me getting a girlfriend just because you said that would prove I was trying to hide my being gay." I paused and they started to laugh. "But I'm not gay." I added, again. They still chuckled a bit and I glared at them.

"We'd accept you, so why don't you just come out with it? We'll love you either way." Temari said, the last part sarcastically. They never really cared; they just wanted to mess with me.

"I'm telling you, I'm not gay. Just drop it." I said, keeping a steady glare.

"You're in denial! They say the more they deny it the more likely it's true." Temari said and Kankuro nodded his head in agreement. I narrowed my eyes even more so that they were tiny angry slits.

"I'm not gay." I said through my clenched teeth. I was actually getting angry. Why didn't they believe me? I knew it was a lie, but it was a believable lie, wasn't it? Did I seem gay? No, I was manly. At least, I think I'm manly.

"Still denying your feelings? Come on, you can tell us, we're family!" Temari continued to tease and snicker.

"More like even if I wanted to tell you I couldn't because you're family. But what's there to tell? I'm not gay." I said, still glaring. They just laughed.

"Whatever you say, little brother." Temari said, rolling her eyes. "Lets leave Kankuro, I think we've teased him enough today." Kankuro nodded, still snickering. They left, both smiling at their brother's suffering. I sighed. At least they didn't learn about Lee's visit. And if no one told them they would never know. I'd have to trust Shiya not to tell.

The rest of the day passed as any other, very boring and uneventful. I had my curtains closed so I barely noticed when it was tomorrow; the clock on my desk gave it away, though.

"Shukaku, it's tomorrow. Tell me now." I said aloud, not caring if someone heard me.

"Fine…" He said grumpily, and went on to explain his hair-brained scheme.

It had been worth the wait. His idea wasn't fool proof but it was still worth a shot. I filled out the paper work that allowed me to leave the village. By this time tomorrow I'd be on my way to Konoha, to see Tsunade-san, but more importantly, I hoped to see Konoha's lovely green beast.