Oh That Little Tease!

Disclaimer: Naruto and the members of it belong to Masashi Kishimoto and um yeah. I'm changing things up a lot. Temari is not related to Kankurou and Gaara at all. And Temari will have more of a badass attitude and such. She is also sixteen while dear Kankurou is eighteen. And another thing is that the Kazekage never died. Mhm mhm. Temari is also from Amegakure. Thank youuuuu.Alright, before I get flamed I /know/ that the Naruto characters wouldn't know about Avril Lavigne or her songs and shett, BUT. This is MY story, I'll do what I like. Not to be rude.

Are you aware of what you make me feel, baby?
Right now I feel invisible to you, like I'm not real..

Everything was quiet that night… Nothing was going wrong, nobody said anything… It was perfect for the young girl, her thoughts were free to run wild, she could go out on the balcony and not hear anything outside. Perfect bliss.

"I couldn't tell you why she felt that way,
She felt it everyday.
And I couldn't help her,
I just watched her make the same mistakes again"

Sitting on the balcony in her silken pajamas the girl sang softly. Not saying she was a great singer, but she had a voice- oh yes she did. Although she didn't know she had a shadowy figure listening in on her.

"What's wrong, what's wrong now?
Too many, too many problems.
Don't know where she belongs,
where she belongs.
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside."

The song reminded Temari so much of herself. How she'd lost everything, needed to runaway from it all, and how every single day she felt regret, anger, emptiness.

"Her feelings she hides.
Her dreams she can't find.
She's losing her mind.
She's fallen behind.
She can't find her place.
She's losing her faith.
She's fallen from grace.
She's all over the place.
Yeah,oh"

Tears slid down her face, the words hitting a place so deep inside her she hadn't even known it existed.--Kankurou's POV-

/She's a good singer, but is it true… Is she JUST singing or is there a reason she's singing this song?/ Kankurou was pulled out of his thoughts at the sound of sniffs and sobs.

/Crying?/

--Normal style--Temari didn't bother to look up when she heard the light creak of the glass door, already knowing who it was.Kankurou stared down at her with soft eyes, looking at her entire posture; her knees up to her chest, the balls of her hands pushing against her eyes, her body hunched over so that the backs of her hands were against her knees.

"Temari…" He whispered, sitting down next to her and rubbing his hand against her back soothingly. But he was shocked when the young kunoichi crawled into his lap, her hands on his shoulders and her face buried into his chest.He wrapped his arms around her, whispering reassuring words to her quietly, cradling her against his chest.

/This girl is so confusing! First she doesn't want me to touch her, then she wants to talk, then she threatens him, and now… She's crawled up in my lap, crying into my chest!/

"K-Kan-kurrrou?" She sniffled, her hands sliding down to grip his shirt in her hands tightly before hugging him close.

"Hm?" He asked softly, looking down at her with soft jade eyes. Stroking her soft, blond hair that was flowing downward to past her shoulders.

"I-I'm sorry about, about… The other day!" She cried softly, hugging him tighter, her hands gripping at his back softly.

"Don't worry about it."

"Thanks."

"No problem," Kankurou whispered, tearing his gaze away from her to look at the night sky. It was somewhere around ten o'clock, the stars were shining bright and the moon was round and high in the sky.

"Thank-thank you Kankurou." Temari whispered, taking her face away from his chest and smiling at him, the tears still brimming her eyes but refusing to pour over.

"Temari…" He whispered softly, wiping the saline trails of tears away from her cheeks.

"There's something I want to tell you but I'm afraid of what you'll say…" Kankurou told her, staring down at the small kunoichi in his lap for a few moments.

"What- what is it?" Temari asked, blinking her eyes, causing the tears to slid down her cheeks but she whisked them away instantly.

"Temari… I- this is hard for me to say…" Kankurou groaned, glancing away a little.Temari sat there and blinked for a few moments before urging him on, prodding his chest gently.

"C'mon, c'mon! What is it?" She asked excitedly, her large blue-green eyes widening with impatience.

"You've been here for about two weeks and… I think I'm… slowly… Err. Uhm," The Jounin mentally beat himself up. He could assassinate elite ninja, he could get his ass kicked by Sasori and survive but he couldn't say five little words?

Temari- on the other hand was getting even more excited , but also a bit worried by how he was stuttering. "Yes?"

"IthinkI'mfallinginlovewithyouslowly!" Kankurou breathed out quickly, the words much too fast for Temari to comprehend.

"Hey! Slow. Down. That was like a million miles an hour!" Temari blinked, prodding him again, watching as he sighed.

"I think I'm falling… Inlovewith you slowly!" He said again, spacing it out more and turned his head to the side, not wanting to see her reaction. Although he did pull her tighter against his chest, his eyes closing.

"Well…. That's a relief!" Temari answered quietly, a broad smile on her face.Kankurou turned back to look at her, a confused look on his face.

"Wha-what?" He asked, his voice almost sounding timid, not understanding what she meant.

"Well. That's. A. Relief!" She said slowly, nodding her head a little as he loosened his grip.

"I know what you said but what do you mean? I mean- I don't get what you're-" The rambling shinobi was cut off by Temari who just rolled her eyes and put a finger against his lips.

"You are such an idiot…" She whispered teasingly, leaning up and kissing his lips softly. Kankurou seemed shocked at first but kissed her back for a few moments before she climbed out of his lap and dance into her room.

"G'niiiiiiight!" She smiled, closing the balcony doors and locking them, leaving Kankurou confused, dumb-founded and having to jump off the side of the balcony to get in the front door.

"That little tease!" He mumbled under his breath, shaking his head but all the while a large, goofy grin was set on his face.

Temari- in her room smiled softly, her cheeks redder than a tomato as she crawled into bed."Tomorrow should be interesting…" She giggled, falling asleep.