AN: A short one! Thought it be fun to include Gaara in. Will be doing just a short fun story for this both!

Sasuke felt like he was about to explode.

He had returned to Konoha, this time round just about 1 week into his travel. He thought he could return home earlier, to satisfy the thirst Hinata had for him but only to have him found out that she was the escort for Gaara and his siblings.

It was technically fine. Till Temari decided to part ways and look for her boyfriend and Kankurou deciding to explore the village himself claiming that Hinata's itinerary was a little too boring for him.

It was still fine. Till he noticed she brought him to her favorite tea house and ordered for him her favorite Cinnabon. It was not that bad, to be honest. But Kiba just had to dampen his mood and emotions.

"Sasuke!" Kiba greeted, somewhat resembling Naruto.

Sasuke wondered how Hinata not fell for Kiba. "Hey."

"Back again faster than usual huh?" The dog tamer cocked his brows. Realising that they were outside the teahouse, he instantly diverted his gaze into the building, only to see the Sunagakure's leader and his teammate. "Ah, I was just wondering why Hinata haven't looked for me and Shino."

"She's their escort, for how long?" Sasuke quizzed, relieving his memory that he had been loosely following them since morning.

"She said it would be a good 3 days. Gaara is here to discuss some issues with the Hokage, so he will be staying here with Temari and Kankurou."

"Hn."

"I heard that Gaara used to have a thing for Hinata." Kiba cheekily smirked. "Shikamaru accidentally leaked out to me that Temari said Gaara once asked a few questions about Hinata, something he never once does."

Sasuke pressed his lips. He did not like the feeling he was having. He stole a quick glance towards the couple – friends, he meant and realized they were having smiles on their face. Hinata never smiled like this with him. Then again… they were always doing the deed so it would be weird to smile instead of the usual lewd face that turned him on so much.

Then it reminded him that he returned for her, to see her again and to touch her. He missed – as in, he returned for her because she mentioned she wanted distractions while he was away. She missed him, not the other way round.

"Does he still like her now?" Sasuke asked, trying his best to keep it calm and nonchalant to prevent showing that he was dying to know the answer.

"Who knows?" Kiba shrugged. "I mean everyone knows that Hinata is done with Naruto. And…," Kiba paused, remembering how the person he was conversing with was sleeping with his teammate. He did not like the arrangement, but it was Hinata's decisions.

The Inuzuka remembered vividly that Hinata mentioned something about trying to stop the thing she had with Sasuke. Which she failed, leading to them participating in sexual acts for the second time. Kiba thought he could help, but Shino suggested that it best for Hinata to deal with it herself.

"Are you here to look for Hinata?" Kiba questioned with an annoyed tone.

Sasuke could instantly sense it. And he was not going to hide knowing that the man in front of him knows the things he was doing with Hinata. "Yes."

Kiba merely rolled his eyes. "Don't think she will be free now that she's escorting Gaara."

"I will look for her at night."

"She has curfew, don't you know?" Kiba taunted.

"I do." Sasuke argued calmly. "I sent her home."

It felt like both were trying to battle who was closer to Hinata. Kiba was so close to just spilling to him that Hinata wanted to stop what she had with him but decided not to. "You know, I won't be surprised Gaara is going after Hinata. He's a good candidate for her anyways."

Better than the last Uchiha on earth? Sasuke scoffed internally. "We will see."

.::.

"Our supermarket is rather big, isn't it?" Hinata laughed as she caught Gaara staring at the second floor of the supermarket.

"Bigger than Suna's." He replied. "Do you guys get lost?"

"Not really," she giggled. "We kinda got used to it!"

"I just need to get some toiletries for my stay. Temari forgot to pack for me, and I dislike using the ones offered to me." Gaara explained. "Thanks for – "

"What coincidence."

The appearance of a dark-haired male caught both of them off guard.

"Oh, Sasuke. I heard you are traveling." Gaara greeted politely.

"Uchiha- "

"What did I told you to call me?"

Hinata instantly felt her face flushed red. She bit her lips and quickly threw a quick glare at the hero of Konoha before returning her gaze to Gaara. "G-Gaara-kun, the toiletries are j-just down the hallway."

Gaara blinked. He was sure of what he heard. "Hinata, I think Sasuke's asking you a question."

"A-Ah, did h-he?" She laughed nervously. "We should h-hurry. I promised to cook you dinner!"

Dinner? Sasuke felt his eyes twitched internally. No doubt she was escorting Gaara but dinner felt like it was unnecessary and she was going an extra mile for him. "Who's joining?"

"My siblings." Gaara said. "Care to join us?"

"No, thanks for the offer."

Hinata felt a huge relief upon hearing his words.

"Hinata, I will pick you up after dinner. We both need desserts."

Hinata yelped.