Memories

Summary: it started at a wedding and ends in a wedding

GaaIno pairing

A/N: hello. I rewritten the chapter one because I felt that it was too rushed. This is my second GaaxIno pairing and I was just so want to write this story just to get it off my brain ;)

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Chapter 1

Nara Shikamaru and Temari of the Sand's wedding might be the most memorable wedding celebration in the history of the Leaf and the Sand; because not only did they had a grand celebration with lots of foods and fabulous decorations, it was also the start of a stronger relationship between the two villages that the village seniors looked forward too.

And that was also the start of it all, for Gaara of the desert.

It should had been one of those parties that Gaara need to endured, even though it was his own sister's wedding. Gatherings like this still made Gaara uncomfortable, despite the fact that he had frequent invitations to social occasions and diplomatic meetings because of his position in Suna.

But fate, had other plans.

He was sitting silently at their assigned table at the left side from the makeshift stage where the newly wed Nara couple are situated; his older brother, Kankuro had left him almost ten minutes ago and was happily engaging in a conversation with Inuzuka Kiba or, more specifically, to Kiba's sister - Hana.

It was until he caught someone walking towards his direction.

The blond woman, whom Gaara recognized as Shikamaru's long time friend and former teammate approached him with a glass of wine on her left hand and a plate of salad on the other.

"How do you find the party, Gaara-kun? Are you even enjoying the food?" Ino asked casually as she sat beside him, Gaara looked at his own untouched food, the only thing he had was the green tea that he asked on a waiter earlier. He did not answer, instead, he just waved a hand on a passing waiter and asked for a cup of green tea again. Ino, who was looking at him, shrugged and push the wine glass on him. Gaara looked at her suspiciously.

"You should try that wine." Ino finally said "and make yourself more comfortable; no one's gonna dare to attack us here at this moment!" she added with a humor that Gaara did not find funny at all.

"Here's your tea, sir" Gaara was thankful the waiter arrived with his dammed tea, but his blond companion snatched the cup and drank it that made him more annoyed.

"You know Kazekage-sama" Ino stated as she adjusted on her chair to look at him, Gaara made a mistake of turning his head because he was met with light blue eyes that were looking intently at him. Ino sighed at the man's indifference but commented anyway "It's okay to have fun sometimes"

"And you think that I am not enjoying myself here?" Gaara finally answered back, eyeing the woman in front of him.

"Hah~! I finally got a word - words from you!" Ino happily said as she pushed the plate of her salad towards Gaara. "And no, I think you are not enjoying any of this. You are just waiting for the party to end because you can't leave right now, afterall, it's your sister's wedding" she said, a wide smile plastered on her face. Gaara just look at the plate in front of him

Did she get these for me?

"Ah~, there you are" another voice was heard not far from them, Naruto walked towards them, a bowl of ramen on his hands. Trust the man to have a ramen even though there was no ramen on the menu.

"Naruto" Gaara acknowledged as the man who was wearing a black coat with a white polo underneath and a blue loose tie sat on his other side, placing down the bowl in front of him.

"Ino, the elders from Suna wants to meet you" he said after a while, "they said, they wanted to meet the person responsible for the floral decorations" he added and slurped another spoonful of soup from his ramen. Ino instantly was on her feet, and was about to leave when she spoke to Gaara once again.

"Eat those, Kazekage-sama. It's good to have some nutrition in your body sometimes" she said and winked at his general direction. Naruto snickered at his side

"She likes you" the other blond said as he happily finished the bowl and left yet again the dumbfounded Kazekage.

The Kazekage, the most powerful man in all of hidden village of the sand would normally just let it pass and go on on his solitariness; he got his fair share of fan girls that admired him from afar anyway, but never did he experienced that a girl, a woman would dare talked to him as if she was close to him.

And so out of curiosity, the most powerful man in Suna searched the room for a blond woman wearing a knee-length off shoulder mint green dress.

She was not that hard to find though, afterall, Yamana Ino always stand out from the crowd. Gaara looked at her, she was engaging in a casual conversation to his own councilors; and boy, did he noticed how the men council members looked at the Konoha kunoichi with apparent interest. Gaara narrowed his eyes as he advertently saw one of his own people, innocently placed a hand on Ino's bare shoulder, to which the blond, did not mind at all.

"Looks like, someone's gonna hold a meeting when we get back" Gaara heard Kankuro said as the older man sat in front of him, plucking on some grapes on his plate "Ino, she's one of Shikamaru's best friends. I wonder why those two did not end up together" Kankuro commended nonchalantly.

"The man's already married to Temari, keep your mouth shut." Gaara lectured while his eyes are still trained on the group on his right side, beside the beverages table, observing his own subordinates tried and failed to flirt at the Yamanaka florist.

"Isn't it interesting, little brother?" Kankuro suddenly said

"What?" he snapped back, Kankuro gave a sly smile as the older man directed his gaze towards where Gaara's sight had been glued on.

"It's just a wine and a salad and you're here like some jealous boyfriend, about to explode just because she is talking to your councilors." after that remark, Kankuro stood up, eyes on his little brother and added "well, might as well join the club, maybe Ino's up for a proposal" and just then, Gaara's stupid older brother walked away from him and towards the blond woman.

And he, on the other hand, stuck on the table, with his empty wine glass and half eaten salad.

And that was the start of it all, for Gaara of the desert.

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