A/N: I do not own the characters. At this point, Gaara is four. Enjoy.
Gaara stared longingly at the cookies on the counter top. He wanted one so bad, but was told not til after dinner. Kankuro saw his gaze from the time-out corner he was in.
"Hey you little twerp, stop looking at those like that." Kankuro enjoyed picking on his younger brother. Gaara simply glanced at him then went back to looking at the cookies. They were his favorite, chocolate chip. He could smell them from where he was standing with his teddy bear.
Kankuro rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. All he did was break a vase this time, nothing compared to when he poured mustard in Temari's hair. He smiled at the thought, then looked from Gaara to a bottle of ketchup.
"Hey Gaara, if you let me put ketchup on your head I'll give you a cookie.." He bribed his brother in a sweet voice. Gaara shook his head no, he wasn't a troublemaker.
"Come on Gaara, they're chocolate chip.." Gaara shook his head again and stuck his thumb in his mouth.
When Kakashi finally released Kankuro, after giving him a long lecture, Kankuro walked over to Gaara and smiled. The younger boy smiled back, not knowing what was happening. Kankuro waited for Kakashi to leave the room before grabbing a bottle of ketchup.
"Gaara, come here. I wanna do your hair.." Kankuro said in a sweet voice.
"Kanky..?" That was the last thing Gaara could say before he felt something moist in his hair. It was cold on his scalp, and running down his face as well. Kankuro laughed, falling over in laughter. Gaara looked surprised for a moment before falling on his butt and sticking out his bottom lip, whimpering. For some reason, this made Kankuro laugh even harder. He stopped laughing when the ketchup covered redhead burst into tears.
"Hush Gaara, don't be such a baby!" Kankuro was afraid of getting in trouble twice a day. He heard Kakashi's footsteps, and he placed the ketchup beside Gaara quickly, running out of the room into the yard to pretend to be playing with his puppets.
"Panda-Chan! What did you do?" Kakashi asked, picking up the ketchup covered boy. Gaara continued to cry, ketchup running into his mouth. "Hush, your going to get sick.." He ran Gaara into the bathroom, rinsing him off with the shower head while the boy cried. Kankuro came in, all innocent looking.
"What happened to Gaara, Chichi?" He was a great liar.
"He was playing with ketchup, it appears. Just like you were playing with mu-.." Kakashi trailed off, looking at Kankuro. "Kankuro, did you do this to your brother?"
"No! I was playing outside!"
"Don't lie, Kankuro. Chichi doesn't like liars.."
Kankuro looked at the ceiling while his head pulled Gaara out of the tub, walking over to him and placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Kankuro, did you do that to your baby brother?"
"Nooo..." Kankuro stared at the ceiling.
"Look at me."
"I don't wanna.."
"Did you do it?"
"YES!" Kankuro bolted from the room, only to have Kakashi wrap his arm around him to stop the running child.
"Let me go!" Kankuro tried to fight him off.
"No." One word, and Kankuro settled down immediately, being placed back into his corner.
That night, Kankuro watched a happy Gaara eat his cookies. He wasn't allowed to have one, and he grumbled angrily all through dinner. After that, he took a bath and headed to bed.
Kakashi came up as always, making up a story to the child like he always did. By the time Kankuro fell asleep, his thumb was in his mouth and he was smiling. Kakashi kissed his forehead and turned out the light.