When sound meets sand
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Chapter 8
Kazumi was fast asleep in Gaara's arms when he placed her on her bed. He smiled, and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. 'Sleep well.', he whispered, and left without another word.
Kazumi shot up from her bed. *ahh! What time is it!* she looked frantically at her clock. 'It's only 7:03am', she sighed in relief. She stretched her arms out, and walked lazily to the restroom. The bluenette stopped infront of the sink and looked at her reflection in the mirror. 'Yesterday was so unexpected.',she sighed then smiled, 'that's what makes it even cuter.' She twirled around her bathroom, humming a happy tune, while getting undressed. She stepped into the shower, and bathed. Thirty minutes passed, and she was out the shower, already clothed, and was doing her make-up. 'Knock knock?', Kankuro said, opening her door, peeping in. Kazumi turned and gave him a smile. 'Good morning Kankuro.' He smirked, and walked inside. 'Someone's in a good mood.', he joked. Kazumi stuck her tongue out at him, then turned to her mirror. 'Blast! I can't get this eyeliner straight on my left eye.', she complained. Kankuro walked over to her, and took the pencil from her. 'Allow me.', he smiled, placing his fingers on her eye,and started applying the eyeliner in a wing style. Kazumi smirked,'of course you would know how to put on make-up, Kankuro.',she joked. Kankuro raised an eyebrow at her. 'I wouldn't tease the guy who's doing your make-up. Who knows, maybe he can accidentally sneeze, and scribble eyeliner all over your face.' Kazumi laughed, which made Kankuro smile, he loved her laugh. 'All done.', he said, putting the eyeliner down. He leaned back on the wall and admired her. For three years, he had a crush on her. He's had a crush on her since the chuunin exams. He remembers every detail about that day. 'Quit your staring,Kankuro.', she barked, 'it makes me feel uncomfortable. Like you're judging every single flaw I have.' Kankuro leaned in, and kissed her forehead. 'You have none.', he whispered into her ear. She blushed, then looked at her clock. 'Oh! Would you look at the time! I best be going now! Gaara isn't the type to be kept waiting!', she babbled sheepishly, then dashed out her door, and up the steps to the kazekage's office.
Gaara was already signing paper work when she came bursting in, beet red. 'Good morning, beautiful. Why the blush?', he smiled. Kazumi took a deep breath, and let it out slowly, allowing the blush to fade away. 'I don't know what you're talking about.', she lied, taking a seat infront of the desk Gaara was sitting in. He chuckled. 'Are you sure you want to do paperwork? I'm a big boy. I can do it myself.', he joked. Kazumi rose an eyebrow at him. 'What happened to that mean, full of hate and death, boy I met three years ago? Those were fun times.' Gaara pinched the bridge of his nose. 'I remember seeing you, not talking to you.', he replied. Kazumi unrolled another scroll to sign. 'That's right, because you thought you were 'mister cool' back then, and only Kankuro greeted me.', she spat. Memories started remerging about the day she met the sand siblings. She membered how cruel Gaara was. She remembered how she was rejected by Gaara when she tried to greet him,and kankuro came to comfort her. The redhead must've seen the sadness and hatred in her eyes, because he had gotten up, and rested his head on hers. 'Forgive me? I was a..complicated..kid.', he whispered, leaning in to kiss her on the cheek, but she avoided it. 'I forgive you.', she said coldly. Gaara's face saddened, he stood back up, and leaned against the front part of his desk. 'What's troubling you?', he asked in a concerned tone. Kazumi didn't bother to answer or look at him, she just continued to open yet another scroll. Gaara grew impatient. He lifted the bluentte's chin up, so they would be eye to eye. 'Well?', he asked softly. Kazumi pulled away from Gaara. 'Im fine. I just need some air.', she said harshly, throwing a scroll down, then headed out the office.
Kazumi stormed out the office, shutting the door a little harder than necessary behind her. She groaned as she walked down the stairs, stopping on the second floor. There were three rooms on that floor. 'Which one is kankuro's.', she mumbled to herself. A hand positioned itself on her shoulder, startling her. 'If you're looking for Kankuro, he's at his workshop, fixing puppets.' A voice said behind her. She turned to meet the uncovered eye of Baki-sensei. She nodded, flashing him a small smile before rushing down the stairs and into the village, to kankuro's workshop. She stopped infront of the door of the workshop, the lights were off. 'Hey war paint, you in here?', she called, opening the door. She heard shuffling coming from the basement, then Kankuro popped up from the basement door. 'What's up?.', he panted. Kazumi giggled, he was full of dust, and his paint was smeared. Kankuro stepped out of the basement door,and walked over to the bluenette. 'Yeah, I'm pretty dirty, right? Well what's work without a little mess?.', he joked, putting his arms behind his head. Kazumi smiled, then looked around. 'I wanted to ask you something.', she said, pulling out a piece of cloth from underneath a piece of wood. Kankuro rose an eyebrow. 'I'm all ears.', he said, pulling out a chair for her to sit on. Kazumi sat down, and pulled the puppet master down to her eye level, by the collar. Kankuro blushed as she started cleaning off the dust and smeared paint with the cloth she had gotten before. 'Why did you comfort me?', she asked, gliding the cloth across his cheek. Kankuro blinked. 'What?', he replied. 'Back then, the day of the chuunin exams. When Gaara had rejected my hospitality for the last time.' Kankuro felt her hand tense. He smiled, and let out a sigh. 'Because you were there when Gaara had told me he didn't see me as a brother. That really hurt me, believe it or not. You comforted me, you made me gain hope in changing Gaara, now look at him. You helped me through everything. You were, and still are, the most amazing person I've ever met.', he explained kindly. Kazumi didn't speak. She finished wiping the last of the dust on his face, and kissed his forehead, then gave him a long, meaningful hug. The puppet master hesitated, but gave in and wrapped his arms around her, squeezing her a bit. 'Thank you,Kankuro.', she whispered, and vanished in a puff of smoke before Kankuro could reply. *dammit. I should've told her when I had the chance.*
Kazumi appeared in the kazekage's office. Gaara looked up from the scroll he was reading. 'Are you okay now?', he asked. She smiled, and nodded. 'Yeah, let's hit this paperwork, now shall we?', she joked, sitting down on the chair she was on before. Gaara chuckled, then continued reading the scroll he had. The day went by slowly. Gaara and Kazumi only shared a few quick conversations, but got back to work immediately. They finished around 9pm. The sound ninja waved goodnight to Gaara, he was going to stay a little longer and clean up.
Kazumi was going down the stairs to her room, only to find Kankuro waiting by her door. 'Kazumi, can I talk to you?'. Kazumi sighed. 'Can you tell me tomorrow? I'm really tired, war paint.', she said, placing a hand on her door knob. Kankuro nodded. 'Yeah. I'm sorry, it can wait.', he mumbled, sadly. He started making his way down the stairs when he stopped. 'No. It can't wait. I've waited 3 years. It's now or never.', he whispered to himself. 'Kazumi, wait please.', he shouted. She heard Kankuro call her, so she walked out of her room and leaned on her doorway. 'What is it?', she asked. Kankuro swallowed hard. 'Kazumi...', he hesitated. She rose an eyebrow at him. They were silent for about 3 minutes. 'Kankuro. Tell me tomorrow. I'm extremely tired.', she stated, starting to walk back inside her room. 'Kazumi, I love you.',he confessed.
Wooo ^-^ end of chapter 8! So, what you guys think c; give me your opinions \(^-^)/ should she end up with Kankuro or Gaara?
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