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"It's definitely because of that bastard!" Kankuro fumed as he stormed inside his brother's office. The kazekage was innocently signing heaps of paperwork. Various scrolls and a picture of what's left of their "family" was sitting on his desk.

"People normally knock first." Gaara sighed. "And I've replaced that door for a total of four times already… In just a month."

Kankuro didn't bother with his brother's warning. "Gaara, he made her cry."

Gaara slightly tilted his head in confusion albeit with a straight face. "What and who are we talking about?"

"Temari." Kankuro finally simmering down sat down on one of the easy chairs at the corner of the room. "That bastard shadow cunt made her cry. She was sobbing a while ago. I just can't take it." He said as he clenched his fists, anger resurfacing.

Temari doesn't cry, the Kazekage mused. As he ascended to the position with a new found purpose in life, his bond with his brother and sister has indeed improved. His bond with his sister however isn't as established due to her frequent absence. Though they can talk comfortably, sit beside each other without tension; there are a lot of things Gaara wished he knew about his sister especially her relationship with Konoha's shadow master.

"Why?" Was all he could come up with.

"I don't know." Kankuro sighed. Kankuro couldn't bring himself to ask his sister about it. She was too hurt to talk, he knew that. But having known her for all his life, he knew it wasn't as trivial as a little misunderstanding. "He most likely broke up with her or she probably found out he was cheating on her or something."

"Then she can go out with another guy." Gaara said with his naïve logic. "If he cheated on her, then that would be good riddance for her."

Kankuro sighed. Being the middle child sandwiched between an emotionally damaged younger brother and a stubborn older sister, he always finds himself breaking things down for the benefit of his often-confused siblings.

"People can't always do that instantly Gaara." He said. "As a matter of fact, no one can. It always takes time."

"But whenever she breaks her fan, she always gets another one right away. She doesn't cry about it." Gaara replied. "In the first place, she already has us to go eat out with or tell stories to, doesn't she?" He followed up.

"Well…" Kankuro did not know where to begin. "Gaara, you can't simply replace people. They're not like toys or shinobi equipment." He continued.

"When you find someone special, someone you can share a part, if not all of you, it hurts to have that person leave your life."

Gaara tilted his head slightly for the second time.

"Just think of it this way." Kankuro explained further. "You take care of your cactus everyday and you watch it grow. But all of a sudden it dies or someone else steals it in the middle of the night. That's how it is, Gaara. It's not fair. Temari doesn't deserve that."

With the clouds parting a bit inside Gaara's head, he stands up and looks out the window. "Maybe Temari should take a break." He says as he grasped the severity of the situation. If it's enough to move Temari to tears, what had happened must've been really horrible.

"You'll allow it then?" Kankuro follows suit and walks toward his brother.

"If that is what she wants, I will."

"Maybe you should talk to her too." Kankuro suggested. "We don't know what it is exactly that happened. You might be able to get answers from her."

"I…" Gaara hesitated. Would she open up to me? He wondered.

"Don't worry." Kankuro put a hand on Gaara's left shoulder. "You'll be fine. If I ask her about it, I'll end up making her cry again. If it's you, I'm sure she'll be able to collect her thoughts."

He was a little weary about the idea. They haven't really talked about anything other than missions, Kankuro's antics or what to eat for dinner. He wasn't so sure if she would let him in her world and if he'll be able to handle it. The last thing he wanted to do is to hurt his sister even more.

"You'll be okay. She's your sister too." Kankuro smiled.

And so did Gaara.

Thank you for reading!
The story is a little slow paced right now but it'll start to pick up from here.

I've always been a little disappointed that Gaara's relationship with Temari isn't as showcased compared to how his relationship with Kankuro is. Thus my rendition of how they interact in the following chapters.

Again, thank you for the follows and reviews!
Will post chapter 4 tomorrow. :)

Until next time~