DISCLAIMER: I already told you, I don't own it but I own Ai.

"Ah, silence," sighed Temari as she sat back and ruffled the fur on the top of the puppy's head. Her brothers' argument had finally ended when Gaara's sand had started to flare up, and Kankuro had automatically backed down. She was pretty sure Kankuro was asleep…but she didn't know what Gaara was doing. Ai suddenly jumped down and started to roll on her back on the sandy floor.

"What are you doing?" she muttered to the dog. She sighed and closed her eyes. She was about to fall asleep when she heard her brother's voice.

"Hey Temari? I-"

The girl's eyes snapped open and she looked at her brother. She felt bad whenever she slept in front of him, and she always avoided it at all costs.

"Gomen," Gaara muttered, and he walked away.

"No, Gaara, it's okay," Temari said after him. "What's up?"

Gaara just shook his head and walked toward the kitchen. His sister sighed and leaned her head back again. She opened her eyes to see Ai's tail disappear around the corner after Gaara and she winced.

About thirty seconds later, Gaara walked back out of the kitchen with a glass of water.

"Where's Ai?" Temari asked slowly.

Gaara pulled his gourd off of his back and reached inside. When he withdrew his hand, he had Ai in it.

"Is this what you're looking for?" he asked, in his same monotone voice.

Temari smiled and nodded. Her brother tossed the dog over to her and sighed.

"I told you," he said, "if the dog comes near me, it's dead."

"Gomen, nii-san," she said.

Gaara sighed again, then nodded. He walked away and disappeared up the stairs. Temari stroked her dog again.

"Don't worry about big scary Gaara-nii san. But don't get on his bad side either because he will actually kill you with his sabuku sousou move," she told Ai. She imitated Gaara when she said, 'sabaku sousou' and hoped he hadn't seen her. Considering she didn't see him anywhere, she didn't think so.

After about twenty minutes, Gaara came charging downstairs, surprisingly without his gourd on his back. He ran into the kitchen and came back with a cherry, whipped cream, hot fudge, crackers, and a spoon.

"Temari, when did we get all this junk food?" he asked. But he didn't wait around for an answer, and hurried back upstairs.

Temari stared after her brother, her eyes wide, but then she shook her head and looked away.

A few minutes later, Gaara came halfway down the stairs and said, "Temari come here you've got to see this!"

Temari got up and walked up the stairs. She followed Gaara to Kankuro's room and looked inside, unsure of what she was about to see. She glanced in and saw:

Kankuro was asleep, and his face had been cleared of the usual markings, undoubtedly by Gaara. In their place, was hot fudge in basically the same pattern. His right hand was hanging off of his bed, full of whipped cream and a cherry in the center. Crackers had been sprinkled into his eyelashes. A spoon had been balanced on his nose. Gaara stood over his brother and gently scratched his face. Temari put her hand over her mouth in shock as Kankuro moved his right hand, full of whipped cream and with a cherry in the middle, and smacked it into the middle of his face. Kankuro opened his eyes and blinked. Ai jumped onto his stomach and started to lick his face.

"Gaara."

Temari backed slowly out of the room.

"You are so dead."

Gaara followed Temari out of the room, Ai still licking the oldest brother's face, and threw himself into a wall before sliding down and sighing. Kankuro could be heard shouting in his room.