The next day went by uneventful, even for Nitsu
She stayed held up in her room for the next few days, only leaving to get food or something to keep herself entertained with.
"Gaara," Temari walked with her brother as he made his way back to his office after a long meeting, "Something's wrong."
The red head slowed to a stop as they reached his office door, "What's wrong Temari?"
She sighed and slumped some, "Nitsu hasn't left her room."
He nodded, "I noticed that too. But why would she stay in her room all the time?"
"I don't know," the blonde rubbed her temples, "But I do know that when I go to check on her, it always seems like she's cried herself to sleep."
"She's crying?" he asked slightly worried.
Temari nodded, "Yeah, but I don't know why."
Gaara steadied his stare on the wall opposite them, then gestured for her to follow him in his office and shut the door, "I think I do." His sister stared at him skeptically making him shake his head, "I was going up to the roof and she was already there, talking to herself."
He sat in his chair and sighed, "She was saying that no one actually wants her in Konoha and they want to get rid of her."
"That's crazy! Konoha's her home! They should never want to get rid of anyone," she ranted.
Gaara knew to let his sister get everything out of her system and not interrupt her. Once she had finally calmed he continued, "She also thinks that she's not wanted here either and the only reason she's still here is because I haven't made her leave or tried to kill her."
Temari paused and watched her brother for a split second then a thought seemed to dawn on her, "You like her."
He stared at her like she had lost her mind, but then thought back to what Tsunade had told him, "It may seem so. I'm not too sure but strangely enough, with her being so hyper, she makes me feel calm and on edge at the same time."
His sister grinned and nodded but let it slip away as the thought came back, "I don't want her to leave Gaara, and it sounds like you don't want her to either." He thought for a minute then nodded as she walked over to the window, "Isn't there a way for her to stay here?"
"I thought she already was," he asked questioningly.
She shook her head, "No Gaara, not for a visit. Permanently."
His sea foam green eyes widened a fraction then he started looking through all of his scrolls and books, giving Temari a few to look through.
After a few hours they stood over the desk looking at one scroll that was open that seemed to be glaring at them.
Temari sighed, "The only way is for her to be married to someone from Suna." Gaara nodded as she tapped her chin, "I refuse to let her marry anyone we don't know. She'd kill Kankurou and doesn't know anyone else here except for you, Gaara."
He thought for a minute then nodded acknowledging what he had already figured out and was about to talk when there was a soft knock at the door.
Temari opened it to reveal Nitsu standing there. The blonde quickly grabbed the other girl and pulled her into the room and slammed the door, locking it just as quick.
Nitsu blinked several times as she and Gaara watched the other crazy girl in the room as she pulled Nitsu closer to Gaara and grinned, "Nitsu, if you could, would you want to live here forever?"
Said girl stared then glanced over to the red head then back to Temari a few times before her dark brown eyes began to shimmer with unshed tears as she nodded softly and choked out a 'yes'.
Temari smiled sadly as a few stray tears slid down Nitsu's face, then nodded herself, "We know of a way." When this had the other girl's attention she continued, "It may not be easy for you Nitsu, but you'd have to marry someone from Suna."
Nitsu gapped, "But I don't know anyone else besides you guys." The blonde nodded and gave her a look. Gaara watched quietly as Nitsu snorted, "I'd rather skin myself than marry Kankuro," she looked to the two, "no offense."
Gaara smirked as Temari grinned and clapped her hands together, "Good! That leaves one other person." Just as Nitsu looked over to the red head, Temari pushed her towards her brother then quickly left the room and locked the door behind her…and hauled ass to a safe distance and to tell Kankuro.
Gaara caught Nitsu as she stumbled forwards, but couldn't stop her completely as their lips made contact.
They stared at eachother as a small spark flew between them that seemed to set every nerve ending on fire. He watched her with somewhat confused eyes as hers softened and closed.
The red head had to hold back a gasp as she leant closer to him and into the kiss, he could feel a small smile on her lips then experimented and closed his eyes before pushing closer.
She sighed happily as a jolt of adrenaline went threw his body and let his hands rest on her hips as hers were on his chest, where she could feel his heart racing.
With the lack of oxygen, she pulled back slowly and studied his face. A light blush was present and his eyes had a hazy look to them as he watched her. She didn't want to get her hopes up but asked anyways, "That means you like me, right?"
He thought as he watched her, "If we go by what Tsunade and Temari say," she gave him a confused look. "On our last trip to Konoha, the first night we were there and I kissed you," she nodded remembering, "I didn't know why so I asked Tsunade."
He could see it click in Nitsu's eyes as she made an 'oh' with her mouth then bit her lip as she thought. She began to lean closer, watching him and making sure he wouldn't get angry and gently kissed him again. He could feel her pour all of her emotions into the kiss as she leant against him desperately.
She waited to see if he would do anything, then was about to pull away when she felt him wrap his arms around her waist unsurely and pull her closer. They both had their eyes closed and were too zoned out to even hear the sound of two loud siblings until the door flew open.
"Kankuro! Leave them alone!" Temari tried to pull her brother away and shut the door back but the puppet master couldn't pass up the chance to tease his brother and the girl that's been a thorn in his side since she got there.
He grinned and walked closer, "What's going on here?" Nitsu and Gaara pulled away to glare at the older male as he grinned evilly, already plotting how to use this to his advantage any chance he got. "Who would've known that little Nitsu here liked our baby brother?"
Temari glared, as well as the other two, "Seriously Kankuro, leave them alone and come on!"
He jerked his arm free as Nitsu looked away from the puppet master and towards the windows while Gaara sent the worst glare he could at his brother. Kankuro snickered, "That glare's not scary when you're blushing bright red. So now you have a cute little girlfriend huh?" He smirked, as he noticed Nitsu shaking slightly in what he guessed was embarrassment, "All I have to say is, it's about time something happened!"
If you blinked, you would've missed what happened next.
Nitsu wasn't shaking from embarrassment, but rage as she turned around quickly and used the momentum of the turn to help propel a chakra infused paperweight right at Kankuro's head.
Temari and Gaara blinked as they watched their brother fly backwards and land on his back with a large red bump forming on his forehead, effectively knocking him out in the process.
Gaara looked down to the panting girl, who was ready to go over and finish the assault on the puppet master. Temari glanced between her knocked out brother and the fuming girl and grinned, then bent down and grabbed one of his arms and chuckled, "I couldn't have put it better myself Kankuro." She glanced over at the girl and laughed, "It was about time something happened, you just beat me to hitting him first Nitsu."
Nitsu grinned and huffed one last time as the blonde drug the unconscious boy to the hospital and shut the door behind her. Gaara rested his hand on Nitsu's shoulder, making her jump and start apologizing until he shook his head, "If she didn't hit him, I would. Would you want to help me write a letter to Tsunade and let her know of the news?"
She tilted her head, "That I knocked out Kankuro again?" He shook his head and just patted her on the head and left her confused as he sat down and began to write on a blank scroll. She pouted and walked over to see what he was writing then blushed and smiled at the same time. She signed her name when he handed her the brush then watched curiously as he wrote something at the bottom of the scroll. "I thought you said you weren't going to write about me knocking him out?" she asked confused as he just shrugged when she took the brush away and quickly wrote something beside the note.
The red head glanced at what she wrote then smirked and sent the scroll off.
Tsunade read the scroll again then smiled brightly and quickly wrote her reply and sent it off before rereading it again and laughing at the last couple of sentences.
'I also need to inform you that Nitsu has knocked my brother unconscious again. And will most likely be a common occurrence with his personality.'
She grinned and looked to the right sighed but smiled as she remember the money she sent with the reply scroll.
'I told you Tsunade! I'm staying here and also going to work on disciplining him. Was I forgetting something? Oh yeah! I won the bet so you better send that money! I tried telling you he would do something to annoy me.
...I win.
Nitsu~'
Tsunade looked out the window and smirked in the direction of Suna, "Yes, you won Nitsu."
OWARI
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