"Just keep it simple and sweet, ok Gaara?"
"What if she says no though?! She'll say no! I have this gut ripping feeling!" Gaara turned away from his brother and bolted toward the door.
"Boy if you don't fucking ask her I'll get some random guy to do it instead! Like the blond kid with the cuts on his face."
"You do and I'll fuc-"
"Just go ask her then, damn it! She's at the party." Kankuro said, pushing his younger brother back into the crowd to look for his girlfriend. Little did Gaara know, Hinata was in no mood to see anyone. She was in the ladies room, vomiting after a confrontation with her cousin she really hadn't wanted.
When she finally came out shivering, she bumped into the glaring red head. His eyes softened quickly for her and he looped his arms around her. "Hey, where have you been, Hyuga?"
She shook her head. hugging her arms. "Just take me home, Gaara. I don't feel well." she said in a soft voice. He nodded and pulled her to his side as they walked out of the party and into the February air. The two seemed glued at the hip, jumping by months at a time in lip locks.
"I need a cigarette." she mumbled, fumbling in her pocket slowly until Gaara handed her one and pulled her against his chest as she lit it and breathed in deeply. "I hate life."
"Well, that's no reason to hate me, now is it?" he asked her, kissing the side of her neck.
"Can you sue Neji?" she asked him.
"For what?"
"Sexual assault."
"Umm, no... he hasn't seen my penis or my ass. And never will because I'll have shot him by then."
"Just because you carry a 9-I mean for me!" she asked him.
"What about Tenten?" he asked her gently.
"We can hook her up with Kankuro."
"This wasn't something recent... was it?" he asked her as smoke blew from her lungs.
"No... he just grabbed my ass and I just... I spazed." she said gently, leaning into him.
"S'alright." he replied.
"To court?" she asked him.
"Sure. But... can we wait? I need to ask you something...." she laughed a bit and smiled up at him.
"Shoot big man."
He growled and pulled her waist closer toward him. "I love you." he said in a whisper in her ear. She only smiled and turned to kiss him, but before the kiss he stopped her.
"I said I needed to ask you something..." he dropped to one knee, arm still lopped around her waist.
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A few years later.
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"Toichi," the woman called in a singsong voice down the hall, carrying a teddy bear, "Toichi come on! You can do it!" said said happily, getting on her knees.
The baby laughed as his father set his feet on the ground and let him walk while holding his hands. "Don't spoil him too much daddy." the woman said, waving her finger.
"Oh Tenten chill, he'll walk just fine, see." Kankuro let go slowly as the boy continued to walk.
He smiled and stood up straight. "See, I'm a great father." he looked down to see his son stumble and lifted him quickly with chakra strings. "Careful now, go on to mommy." he said, waving to Tenten.
She held out her hands as her son walked into her arms. He laughed as she lifted him up and spun him in the air.
"Who's my big boy?" she rubbed her nose next to his and smiled.
"You're such a mom, Tenten." Kankuro said as he walked behind her to tickle the boys belly.
"OUT OF THE WAY SHE'S GONNA MURDER ME!" a blond boy ran screaming down the hall.
"MUCHI GET BACK HERE I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU!" a little girl screamed as she ran toward him, the boy's twin sister.
"Gina, Muchi! Will you two please behave for five minutes!" Temari said as she ran up the stairs and grabbed the six year olds.
"BUT he started it mommy!" the little girl whined.
"Yes, and I'll finish it," she said ruffling their hair.
"Temari, can you come help me... please?" a soft voice called.
"Oh, coming Hinata!" Temari let the twins go and walked into a room to find Hinata changing a little baby girl.
"What's up, honey?" she asked.
"Chima needs to be feed...." she said lifting up the baby, "and I can't find any bottles for her." she said softly.
"Then breast feed." Temari said simply.
"Gaara gets home from work soon though, I don't think I have the time." she said, brushing hair out of her face.
"Oh who cares, he can deal. You'll lose weight and it's bonding with your child." she smiled and patted a rocking chair. "Now, I have to rustle up my twins and feed my 3 year old tanker." she laughed and walked out, closing the door behind her.
Hinata looked down at the red headed girl in her arms, soft white opal eyes gazed up at her, she really was a little fussy today.
"Oh... alright you." she said, plopping into the rocking chain as she unbuttoned her shirt and pulled off the left strap to her bra. "Eat up sweet heart." she said to the child.
After a few minutes of humming softly, Gaara rushed into the room, shutting the door quickly behind him. "My god! Gina found a plastic fork!" Hinata laughed and rocked with the baby.
He dropped his things on the bed and smiled. "Looks like you two are having fun?" she nodded and winced slightly.
"Chima be careful sweet heart, only daddy gets to do that." Gaara rolled his eyes and pulled off his shirt.
He walked over toward the two and smiled. "I love you." he said softly into Hinata's ear. She smiled up at him and wiggled her fingers at him, one sporting a very pretty gold band.
"I know, Gaara."
"Hinata... lets have another one." he said, dropping to his knees by the rocker.
"Only if you give birth to it."
"... I no longer wish to ever have children again."
"Oh don't worry, we will. She'll need a little sister to pester... this time I raise my family better than my father did." Gaara smiled at her words.
"I know you will."