Bing! The hour timer on the clock ticked once again. Gaara opened an eye and looked at the time. Six o' clock Am. Just one more hour before he would wake up Temari. He had been standing on the ceiling with his arms crossed all night. It's what he usually did, but this time, the hours felt longer, and the urge to wake up his sister grew stronger.

"They're so lucky they can sleep." He said. "How many hours do they need anyway? Three should be enough."

He looked towards the hallway that lead to the rooms. He wanted to see her, he just didn't know why. "Three should be enough." He repeated and hopped down to the ground.

Gaara walked slowly down the hall and paused at the door that blocked Temari's room from the rest of the household. He turned the knob, and it stopped turning halfway. "It's locked." He said unemotionally. It was normal that she'd lock herself in her room when she was upset, and fortunately for Gaara, he could mold his sand into a key. He opened his gourd and watched sand pour out of it. He raised his arm and sand shot to the keyhole. Pretty soon, the door was unlocked.

Gaara placed the cap back on his gourd and turned the knob once more, this time it opened. He smiled at what he saw, his sister sleeping. He walked over and crouched down so he could see her face up close. Her mouth was open, and she was drooling on her pillow. She held her weasel plushie, which he noticed was missing an eye, close to her chest.

She rolled over on her back, moving the plushie along with her. Gaara stood up and looked at her peaceful expression. He admired it; he would give almost anything to be able to sleep like that.

He slouched a little bit; he wanted to see more of her expression. He could feel her breath blow against his face. He kept his mouth closed; he didn't want her to wake up.

Temari's eye twitched slightly.

His heart was racing and his lungs began to hurt.

Her breathing grew heavier.

He couldn't hold it any longer, he had to breathe.

Her mouth closed.

He gave in, and breathed softly against Temari's face.

Her eyes opened; she got up, and hit Gaara's face head on. He fell back and placed a hand on his bleeding forehead.

"Ugh." He groaned. "Dammit, Temari your head is like a fricken rock."

"Mmm, Gaara?" She said still half asleep. "Oh god did I hit you?" She flew her blanket off and immediately crouched down to see if Gaara was alright.

"Yeah." He said. "I'm fine, how about you?"

"I'm fine." She said happily. "What happened?"

"Nothing." He said quickly. "I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd check up on you."

"That's a lie." She said. "You don't sleep, and there's no need to check on me when it's six in the morning. Now I demand you tell me what happened."

"Nothing." He repeated. "Now let's forget all about this and get breakfast ready."

Gaara began to get up, but Temari quickly grabbed his arm. "There's something going on." She said clearly annoyed. "It's not everyday I wake up to hit my little brothers head."

"How many times do I have to tell you?" He said as he swung his arm free of Temari's grasp. "I just wanted to check up on you!"

"No you didn't!" She said, and she grabbed both of his arms and pinned him down. "Why would you want to check up on me in the first place? There's no reason too, unless…"

"Umm am I interrupting something?" Neji said.

Temari quickly looked at the figure standing in the doorway. Then she realized her position. She was pinning her little brother against the carpet and she was clearly on top of him. She let go of Gaara's arms and got up. "No no come in." She said quickly.

"Is this uhh a bad time?" Neji asked.

"No." Gaara said defensively. "What do you want?"

"Nothing really." He said. "I just heard screaming and banging and wondered what was going on."

Temari blushed and quickly yelled, "We were banging?"

"Ugh, could you be any louder?" Gaara said while rubbing his ear.

"This uh isn't what you're thinking it is." Temari said ignoring Gaara's comment. "Ehehehe how silly right, Gaara? Ehehehe."

"No not at all." Gaara said.

"Hey, Gaara you're bleeding!" Neji said.

"What!" Temari yelled, blushing.

"No I uh meant on his forehead." Neji said.

"Oh right of course." Temari said laughing.

"Bitch." Gaara snorted.

"Gaara just banged his head that's all." Temari said. "Now let's get breakfast started."

"Hey, retard." Kankuro said as he flicked another rubber band at Hinata's face. "Wake up, it's already noon."

"Ugh." Hinata groaned. "Huh? Wha?"

She saw Kankuro sitting lazily on the floor with his back pressing against her door. He sat with one arm resting on his knee and another relaxing on the rough carpet. He was wearing his usual black pants and a long sleeved black shirt. His hat and his makeup were gone, and his hair was damp and tangled.

"It's noon." He said impatiently. "And I caught some fish with a spear I made. We have breakfast."

"Breakfast?" She yelled.

She instantly threw her blanket off and ran towards the table. And as he promised, Kankuro had caught about five fish. They were cut into neatly made cubes and would normally be an appetizer, but to Hinata, it was a feast.

"Damn!" She said excitedly. "You did all this? But it's so early I- I mean- didn't you say you didn't want to fish in the morning time?"

"Didn't I tell you already? I made a spear, you dork." But she didn't hear his insults; she was lost in her ecstasy and stuttering gratitude.

When she was done gaping and blabbing, Hinata pulled her chair out and began wolfing down her breakfast. Kankuro sighed and pulled his own chair out and watched her eat. It was strange, she was eating like a total slob yet it was, in a way he couldn't explain, somewhat cute.

"Ahh, I'm stuffed." She said, leaning back in her chair with a relaxed hand on her belly. "Hey, why didn't you eat?"

"I had some while you were asleep." He said plaintively. "Now come on, let's put the rest in the fridge so we can eat tonight."

"Ok." Hinata said happily. "Let's go outside when you're done."

With that, she pushed her chair in and walked towards her room to get dressed. Kankuro sighed. "That's not exactly what I meant when I said 'let's put the rest in the fridge' but ok."

Hinata closed the door to her room and locked it. "I should probably lock this before I go to sleep." She thought aloud. "So Kankuro can't come in here and wake me up." Then she shrugged and opened the huge window that foreshadowed her bed. The fresh air felt good, and she stood there for a little while and let the air take its effect. She sighed happily and strode towards her closet and grabbed the cloths she was going to wear; her overly baggy black pants and a loose fitting black shirt. It was too hot to wear her jacket.

Kankuro slid the plate of fish in the refrigerator and waited impatiently for Hinata to finish dressing. He waited a good five minutes until Hinata finally showed up. She grabbed his sleeve and led him outside. The sun reflected off the river bank, making the water glisten and shine. It was a perfect day for a walk.

"We've been here for about three days now, right?" Hinata said, letting go of Kankuro's sleeve. "And we've only walked around once. I'd be nice if we could go see the waterfall again. And I forgot where the hot springs were. Why don't we walk around again and find where everything is."

"That sounds fine with me." Kankuro said.

Hinata smiled and walked down the steps, Kankuro followed. She clasped her arms together in the air and stretched, her shirt lifting slightly to expose her stomach. Kankuro looked the other way and watched the fish hop slightly out of the water. It was too bad Hinata didn't wake up earlier; there were more fish out in the morning.

"I'll take this one." Temari said as she held up a small weasel plushie.

"I think you'll be happy with that one." The shopkeeper said happily. "The person who made that one also made a lot of others that people have liked in the past."

"Thanks Tsuochi-san." Temari said gratefully. "I can always count on you to get the best stuff."

"Oh no, it's me who should thank you." Tsuochi said. "You're my best costumer! Now, that'll be two dollars and forty nine cents please."

Gaara and Neji watched silently as Temari paid for her things. "How many weasel plushies does she have?" Neji asked.

Gaara sighed. "There's too many to count. She's been collecting them ever since she was four. Or that's what she says at least."

"Wow." Neji said.

Temari pulled the plushie out of her bag and pressed it against her cheek. "I'm so glad they had the one I wanted! My friend told me about it and I just had to check it out for myself."

"Which friend?" Gaara asked.

Temari lowered the weasel to her stomach and looked at her brother with a puzzled expression. "Hinata, why?"

"Nothing much. I'm just curious that's all." Gaara said plaintively.

"Oh yeah." Neji said. "Hinata collects all kinds of bird plushies back at home. The Godaime's assistant showed Hinata her pig plushie collection and now she's infatuated with them."

"Ha! I've been collecting them longer." Temari said proudly.

"It's not a contest." Gaara said.

"Yeah you're one to talk Mr. 'flirting with my sister'." Temari said sarcastically.

Gaara snapped. "You bitch is this what I get for trying to help you!"

"Ahahaha you like your sister, you like your sister!" Temari chanted.

"God dammit I outta kill you!" Gaara yelled.

Neji watched as Temari laughed and Gaara got more pissed by the second. It was a normal brother sister feud, one that he never had. He wished he could have a normal family. His damn father and his damn clan prevented anything that didn't allow anything that wasn't beneficial to the name "Hyuuga".

Temari glanced at Neji and stopped laughing. "Is something wrong?" She asked. "You have this weird, serious look goin' on."

Neji came back to the situation at hand. "No, no. Nothing's wrong at all I was just thinking about how this little predicament is like something that would happen in an anime." He said.

"You watch anime?" Gaara said suspiciously. "You don't seem like the type but alright."

"What do you mean I don't seem like the type?" Neji said.

Gaara laughed a little to himself. "Come on, think about it. You watching anime is like me wearing a teletubby costume and liking it. It just doesn't fit."

Neji thought for a couple seconds and smiled. "You're right." He said. "You wearing a teletubby costume creates a very weird image in my head."

A couple of minutes passed by as the trio walked back from the town and towards their home. Temari's eyes widened and she looked like she had just realized something important. "Woah." She said.

"What's woah? Gaara asked.

Temari put her hand to her mouth and laughed a little. "Teletubby Gaara!"

Gaara was pissed again. "Ugh, seriously I know as a teletubby is creepy, but can we please drop the subject?" He said.

"Pfft, I just got the picture in my head again." Neji said.

"I'll kill you both!" Gaara yelled.

During the rest of their walk Temari and Neji laughed, while Gaara walked ahead, still pissed. And all through the night, the image of Gaara and fudge bars smeared all over his face stuck in their heads.

"Wow, I didn't realize how late it is." Hinata said while looking up at the sky. "We must've been walking for a long time."

"Yeah." Kankuro said. "So are you gonna go into the hot springs tonight?"

"Are you crazy?" She said. "You saw that bear! As far as I'm concerned, I'm not goin anywhere near that place."

Kankuro laughed softly and scratched his head. They had been walking for a long time. He didn't remember the waterfall being so far away. Sure they were only steps away from their house, but they couldn't wait to get home.

"It's funny." Hinata said. "It was so hot earlier, but now there's a small breeze, making it not as hot."

"Yeah I noticed that too." Kankuro said, with his hands in his pockets.

"It's weird." She said. "The day gets prepared to turn into night, but why does the night have to steal the day's warmth? If the moon steals the suns light, then why shouldn't it steal the heat the light produces?"

Kankuro turned his head to look at Hinata. She was looking up at the sunset and the multicolored clouds that surrounded it. Her eyes looked like moons, stealing the suns light and making it its own, then reflecting it. He liked the way they looked; he wished they could stay that way forever.

He wanted more than anything to say, "What are you, a freakin poet?" but he knew that would ruin the moment. "I wish I knew." He said instead and looked at the sunset as well.

When Kankuro was being dragged to the river, he loathed the fact that he was going to spend two full weeks with a shy little Hyuuga brat that couldn't stick up for herself, but his impression of her was completely wrong. She wasn't the shy little thing she used to be, and in a way, he liked this new Hinata.

"Oi!" Yelled a familiar voice. "Hinata-chan! What are you doing here?"

Hinata instantly turned around. It couldn't be, Naruto? Her worst fears were a reality, Naruto was sitting on a rock, his jacket off and his white undershirt completely drenched. The necklace of the first Hokage was swaying in the wind, and the droplets of water in his short blonde hair blew off. He was sitting there waving, and he was soaked in the river water.

"Hey, retard." Jiraiya said from behind the rock. "Did you fall in the water again?"

Naruto's attention quickly turned to Jiraiya. "Perverted sennin! Let's see you do anything to help get food!"

"Is that…" Kankuro began to say, but was interrupted by Hinata falling to the ground. Kankuro quickly picked her up and waved his hand above her face. Naruto jumped off the rock and dashed toward Hinata. "What happened?" He yelled.

"She fainted." Kankuro said. "And just when I thought she had stopped being so shy, this happens. This chick never fails to prove me wrong."

"Why'd she faint?" Naruto asked. "Did she eat something?"

Kankuro looked at the panicked Naruto. He may have gotten older, and hell even a little more mature, but he was still an idiot. He sighed and said, "I don't know, let's take her inside and have her rest on the couch."

Kankuro picked her up, and motioned with his head to Naruto, letting him know it was ok to follow. They walked in and placed Hinata on the couch. They both stood there, waiting for her to wake up.

"Dammit." Naruto said to himself. "I did something wrong again."

Kankuro looked at him. "You didn't do anything wrong, you just surprised her." He said.

"I know, but still." He said sadly. "I can't help but feel that Hinata doesn't like me. I mean, she's always fainting or hiding from me. I hope she doesn't hate me."

Kankuro laughed. Naruto raised an eyebrow. "What the hell is so funny?" He said.

"Nothing." Kankuro said. "It's just you're being so serious and getting all worked up about it when really she feels the exact opposite."

Naruto looked even more confused. "What do you mean? Ugh, you sand ninjas don't make any sense."

Kankuro shook his head. Naruto will forever be the biggest idiot on Earth.