I LOVE YOU
by kathlaida-princess
Summary: A collection GaaNaru drabbles, very short ones for that matter... A work always in progress, some of them part of my Daily Drabble Challenge. GaaNaru fluff
Disclaimer: The characters are not mine. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Author's Notes: Still have torrents of these to write... Well, here's a Christmas one, since this year it actually feels like Christmas :D Have a wonderful time!
A rustling sound is heard as something large is dragged across the room by a thick tendril of sand. A pair of tiny, child's hands is holding the other tip of the immense green giant even though the little girl doesn't have enough strength to lift the entire thing (so it still drags on), but an excited smile grows under her mop of shaggy blonde hair anyway.
Great work, Chiyo!, a still-childlike, chuckling voice praises, as his two bigger tanned hands bring the artificial pinetree to an upright position, all branches still cramped together. Oh, papa Gaara cheated..., the tiny child whines, but the bright emerald eyes prying in between the blonde locks are still hyper, watching that pillar of beauty raise before her.
A few moments of meditation pass by before the next step is taken, but then: Perhaps we should separate all the branches first..., a much deeper, almost mellodic voice announces, and soon enough the tiny hands as well as the tanned ones are following that advice, this time joined by a pair of equally big yet delicate and very pale ones.
Little by little, the green column resembles more and more a real tree, and at that, the last person of the group, a small baby no older than one, shows his approval to the rest by throwing his short chubby arms into the air in excitement, no sound at all coming from him but the rustling of his gestures, revelling with wide azure eyes. Baby Sunamaru has just learnt how to walk, so his movements to get up are careful and uncertain, but a new gentle lump of sand nudges his heavy bottom confidently upwards and offers him steady support, and there he can help his two fathers and sister.
Papa Naru, go get the decorations!, Chiyo suddenly demands, upon having the tree ready to be dressed in its festive outfit. The blonde man giggles and quickly drags the heavy box behind him, but rather than a glass ball, a tiny bell, ribbons or lights, the first thing to pop up from there is a live cockatoo bird, all red and white feathers and black mohawk, and the people present there call its name, Sasuke!, right away, as the peculiar winged creature, a present from a leader to these two born-leaders, flies to the arms of the small five-year-old girl. Ah! Uchifag King of Christmas!, it cries out the words he was taught to mock the real Uchiha heir, but Chiyo merely shakes her head and giggles and replies, Not yet, Sasuke, not yet..., and the rest of the decorations pass from hand to hand to meet the awaiting tree...
From then on, all goes very naturally, smoothly, to make the tree the prettiest. The little blonde girl spreads the glass balls around its branches surprisingly evenly, Naruto has a more difficult time as he does the same to the little bells, but Gaara is there to offer him some help as he whispers small loving hints to his ear and does his own part, swirling the fluffy deep red ribbons and lights all around the tree. Even baby Sunamaru helps, in the end, when his whiskered papa hands him the precious star and his redhead papa lifts him high with tender arms, his orange and very, very curly hair glowing as much as his father's while he puts the star right on the top of the tree, his focus wrinkling the little freckles around his nose.
Now Sasuke can fly all the way from Chiyo's arms to the top of the tree by the steady star, repeating his determined conviction that he is, Ah! Uchifag King of Christmas!, while all the others offer him a satisfied chuckle, admiring their handy work shining happily in front of them. The happy girl comes closer to both her parents while they exchange a single, but meaningful and thourough kiss, baby Sunamaru hugging ecstactic their arms, knowing that this is the first time they've made a Christmas tree in their entire lives, and how much it means to have reached this moment, this place...
They're wearing t-shirts and in the desert it won't snow for Christmas, but in their arms Gaara and Naruto are holding the family and the love they never had before and never dreamed could achieve, and for them it is all they have ever wanted. Decorating the tree was a test, subtle but present, and it pleases them immensely to know that all their little strengths combined were enough to pass it. Happy water makes their eyes reflect the Chrismas lights better...
Little Chiyo holds her papa Gaara's hand, wondering, Can I go get the presents now?, and he replies to her with an adoring nod, bending over to place a kiss upon the skin of her forehead before she sprints away to bring the boxes. Three for Naruto, three for Gaara, three for Chiyo, three for Sunamaru. All of them safe beneath the kind tree.
All of them finally happy beneath this cloak of love.
Oh, have I just given you a ton of spoilers for MEOH? More or less. I hope you like their children ^^ No m-preg involved, they were adopted (though I have played with the idea)
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