I am SO sorry I haven't updated! I started another story because an idea hit me and I couldn't get it out of my head. Now I have two story obsessions! This will be the last installment of "Rooming With the Konoha Boys". Never fear though! I, Chynalee, will continue to write yaoi smut, even after this particular story is finished. I swear it on anime! (That's a serious oath, that is.)

Oh! I realize that I have not requested reviews in the previous chapters, but they are most definitely desired even if this is the last chapter! Please review!


The next morning when I awoke, I found myself pleasantly sandwiched between Gaara and Naruto. I sighed quietly to myself, and felt a content smile stretch across my lips. The smile grew into a grin as I remembered the events of the night before. That scene would stay with me forever, I was sure of it.

I reached my arms over my head and stretched as hard as I could, elongating my spine and working out the kinks in my neck. I crawled over Gaara, who only murmured in his sleep, to see if anyone else was up. Suddenly, I slipped, crashing to the floor in an ungainly heap. Oh crap, I wasn't in contact with any of the boys! Even as I reached towards Gaara, I braced myself for the excruciating pain…that didn't come.

"Mai," exclaimed Naruto from the opposite side of the bed. "Hang on Mai, I'm coming!" He tangled himself in the sheets in his haste to get to me and also crashed to the floor.

"Naruto!" I exclaimed, laughing. "Are you ok?"

"That's what I should be asking you," he crawled over.

"I'm…fine. There's no pain!" Ah, what a great way to start a day.

No more pain! By rights, I should have been hurting for a good two more days, but fate had smiled on me it seemed. I wouldn't have to be accompanied to the restroom every time I needed to, ah, relieve myself. I could have privacy! …There was no reason for me to stay with the boys…My mood took a nosedive.

Well, I suppose it couldn't be helped. This arrangement would have come to an end anyway. Better sooner rather than later when I became even more attached.

"Th-That's great news, Mai!" exclaimed Naruto!

"What is?" Kiba's voice sounded from the doorway. I looked up, realizing that the others had walked in with him and Gaara was sleepily rubbing the sand out of his eyes.

"Mai's pain is gone!"

"Oh?" Sasuke asked, once again leaning on the door-frame. "I suppose that might make sense if you'd had sex four times. Each time, you'd be canceling a day of the pheromones…but you've only had sex three times…" He narrowed his eyes.

Last night came back to me in a blinding flash. "Would becoming extremely aroused do the trick for the fourth time? After all, after three times, the effect of the pheromones would be considerably lessened."

"It might," said Lee from behind Neji. "But when did you…"

I flushed a deep red. "I, ah…I sort of saw Neji and Kiba last night," I said in a low voice. At my reply, a faint tinge of pink stained Neji's cheeks, and I was reminded again of the erotic play I'd seen.

Kiba through his head back and laughed loudly. "Neji's screams keep you up?"

"That and your post- climax moan," I shot back teasingly. The smile faded from my face. "I'll get my stuff," I said slowly, and pushed up off the floor.

"You'll do what now?" asked Naruto, a bemused expression on his face.

"I know I've been a great inconvenience. I realized, last night while I watched Neji and Kiba, that my presence here was completely messing with your natural patterns. Now that the pain has ceased, it's time for me to go."

My speech was met with silence, and I walked towards the door, only to find my way blocked by six, very angry looking ninjas. "Uh…"

"You aren't going anywhere, Mai," said Neji in a dangerous voice.

"I thought we made it clear, but apparently you must be told again," Gaara pushed himself off the bed, and walked towards me, naked as the day he was born. He caught me around my waist and pulled me to him. "You are ours. Forever. You can't leave. No matter where you go, we will follow, we will find you. We belong to each other. All of us. And you can't break that bond."

As the last word left his lips, he kissed me, hard and branding. When I blinked my eyes open, I saw that the others had circled around us.

"We…belong to each other," I whispered, hugging Gaara to me tightly. "Forever."

And, as I stood in the circle of Gaara's arms, in the circle of the ones I loved, I knew that it was true.

END


I hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Was the ending a bit shocking? Did the course of events go as you'd expected? Let me know! And thank you for reading!

--Chynalee