Author's Note: I do not own Keisuke Yazama, he belongs to my friend Chris! So, yeah... O.o
Chapter Two: Sunshine Highway
He took in a deep breath, closing his eyes, he then leaned his head back against the gate's rock wall. He smiled to himself, it had been a few days since he'd seen Temari last, it was always refreshing to him to see her face. It didn't matter what she wore or how she looked, her eyes smiling into him was enough to change the world for him. He just stood there waiting, the breeze against his face and neck, he hardly noticed that she was there and removed the band that held him hair up. He open his eyes to stare into her wonderful eyes, they always seemed to know him thoughts and emotions, he loved that about her. He grinned and she grinned back at him, she then ran her slender fingers through his smooth black hair which when not in a ponytail came to about his shoulders.
"You look a bit tired, love," She said in a smooth, but deep feminine voice, to him it was angelic.
"I could never be tired when you're around, Temari, you should know that by now," He said, sarcasm laced his voice, but he smiled and could tell she knew his humor quite well by now.
"Such a lazy and sarcastic, but horribly and adorably loveable guy you are," She grinned and pressed herself against him,"Where are we gonna eat tonight?"
"Wherever you'd like, darling." He smiled at her and she nibbled his earlobe, he loved the simplicity in such a manuever.
He then took her hand in his, intertwining his fingers among her slender fingers, watching their fingers mingle in the fading light of day. He always loved to see her when she came back from any mission, he loved the comfort and warmth of her body near or against him, it was almost relaxing. To him, she was everything, the most important person he'd ever come across. She was his and he loved that, he'd never felt that way for anyone before. It was a relief to him to be in love and, as strange as some find it since he was such a lazy person and still was fairly lazy, that he would put so much effort forward for anything.
"Maybe we should go somewhere... private, love?" Temari grinned again, winking lightly at him, they hadn't seen one another in a couple days and hadn't been intimate in about a week.
He nodded and smiled into her eyes, he pushed his form forward against hers, allowing himself to stand upright. He took the lead, still having her finger entangled among his, walking through the gate, there were a few places they could go, but he prefered his own bed to any other in Konoha when it came to such things. Being with her at any point in time, was a privilege, as well as one of the few things he loved more than laying there and watching clouds til the sun was out of view.
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"Misa-sama, you're such a clutz..." Kira grinned towards her friend, and spoke in a mocking tone.
"Oh, shush, I may be a clutz... But... but... Just shush, Kira-sama!" Misa huffed towards Kira and sighed, it seemed like it was taking forever to get to Ichiraku.
The two reached the Ichiraku Ramen stand shortly after such statement,s they pressed the curtains to the side and took ther seats. It was weird that Gaara-sama and Kankurou-kun had not arrived quite yet, so the two ordered some sake to tide them over while they waited. Not too soon after they each had their first cup and were about to fill the next, their companions sat beside them and poured themselves each a cup. Kira flew into a hug, flinging her arms about Gaara. Misa smiled and leaned on Kankurou's shoulder, nuzzling against him, she was happy to see him after a few days of being away on a mission.
"Kankurou-kun!" Misa smiled happily to him,"Who was on your mission? I know it was a joint mission because of Hokage-sama.."
"Oh, it was myself Keisuke and Sakura-chan, Gaara had a special one with Shino and Hinata." Kankurou petted her hair and smiled back at her.
"Keisuke-kun? I haven't seen him in ages, how is he?" Misa blinked, her tone quizzical.
"He's pretty good, I believe he and Sakura-chan are together..." He took another sip of sake and requested a Shrimp Ramen for two.
"Gaara-sama! How was the mission? You're not normally on the joint ones..." Kira always sounded utterly happy in Gaara's presence.
"I asked to be on this one, it was nothing fancy, I just hadn't been out in awhile." He smiled to Kira and ran his fingers to her hair, then massaged her earlobe, and again returned to stroking her hair.
"Ah, I see," She grinned, nuzzling against him, she requested Mild Dumpling Ramen for two, then loosened her grip about him.
The four fell silent as the selected ramen was set before each couple as desired and then dove in. Misa and Kankurou snuggled, as well as shared their chopsticks with one another, swapping who would feed who as if they were children again. Gaara and Kira simply shared their bowl, staring at each other, eating in silence, but smiling deep into one another's eyes. It seemed almost wild in there with all the silent love among the couples, which was beginning to overwhelm the small ramen stand.
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He yawned and continued on the road to his apartment, he'd just returned from a mission and was feeling more than exhausted. He had almost been forced to use some of his clan's soldier pills on this one, as known by the team he grew up with in his Genin days and many other ninja, it sucks horribly when he has to take them. He pressed some of his shoulder-length light brown hair behind his ear, he couldn't wait to see Neji-kun again, this mission was a 5-day mission. He loathed long missions, they took their toll on him quickly, being a medical ninja meant he was constantly on the field helping out even if ther wasn't much damage to anyone, he just needed to be alert.
"Hateru-kun?..." The voice was familiar to him, but he hadn't looked up from his feet yet to see the person's face.
"Yup, that'd be me..." He finally looked up, it was Hinata, Neji's cousin.
"You look completely worn out, Hateru-kun, need some support getting back to your place?" Hinata offered, smiling.
"Definitely, Hinata-sama!" He smiled lightly, she took his arm over her shoulder and helped him back to his place. The Hyuuga family was great, all of them were completely supportive of him being with Neji-kun, even if it was a bit odd. He couldn't help but ponder what to do when Neji-kun came to his place tonight, he smiled to himself and they continued on to his place.