A/N: okay so this Chapter is sort of awkward but I needed to move along. I realized that if I don't skip a bit of the story then it will just keep going and that's no bueno. so the next chapter will skip to right before the wedding. I hope you like the awkward chapter none the less. also don't forget to suggest names for the adorable baby boy! :D
After Kiya had left with his sister Gaara had gotten up, showered and gotten dressed in his usual attire. Since he had done all of his paper work and had nothing better to do he figured he would take a walk through the village and see where he ended up. He had walked for about 15 minutes when he heard a very familiar voice shout his name.
When he turned he saw Naruto sprinting towards him. Stopping just in time he clapped Gaara on the back, since he didn't have his gourd on, and continued walking in the direction that Gaara had been going.
"Okay, so here's the deal. The girls have hijacked Temari and are holding her for a girl's night tonight so I figured that we'll steal Shikamaru and take him out for drinks. You in?"
Gaara didn't really need to think about it, he needed to have a drink, or five, after last night and this morning. "Sure, I'll go. Kiya has been a little hard to handle because of the baby so it will be nice to just be with some friends."
Naruto smiled "Wow you have only been here for less than a day and she's already tiring you out? Must be some pregnancy to get her that moody." Naruto didn't know how right he was.
"You have no idea." Gaara smirked a little at the double meaning but Naruto just nodded and kept walking.
The night came much quicker than Gaara expected, he had spent the whole day just talking with Naruto and he had forgotten how much they had in common, excluding the whole demonic vessel thing.
"What are you gonna wear to the bar Gaara?" Naruto asked from the bathroom in his apartment.
Gaara shrugged then remembered that Naruto couldn't see him and just waited for the blond to come out.
Naruto walked out and asked Gaara again. Gaara just turned his palms out and indicated that he would just wear what he had on now. Naruto considered telling him no but remembered that it was just drinks with the guys; he just dressed up because he would be getting laid tonight.
"Here's to Shikamaru, for living this long into the planning a wedding process." Naruto said then tossed back his sake.
After taking a sip of his Gaara said "People live through it, it isn't that bad."
"You weren't even here for the worst of it." Shikamaru said then rubbed his face with both his hands. "Ugh, Kiya being here is a god send though, Temari has actually stopped freaking out long enough for me to have a cohesive thought since she came."
The group laughed, this was sort of a make shift bachelor party a month or two before the wedding. The group consisted of Gaara, Naruto, Choji, Neji, Lee, Kankuro, Kiba, Shino and of course Shikamaru. Lee had taken to wearing his button and bracelet that said "don't give me alcohol" whenever he would go out to the bar and make sure the bartender saw it. He was drinking juice and everyone else had a cup of sake.
"Oh Gods, if Temari is bad think how terrible Sakura will be! I would gladly let Pain destroy the leaf village again just to avoid having to deal with her and planning her wedding." Naruto said looking pointedly at Lee "But at least you can handle that right Lee?"
Lee blushed, it was no secret amongst the guys that Lee planned to propose to Sakura, the question was: when.
"I believe that Sakura will just be overcome with youthful joy and expect that her wedding will be as wonderful as Gaara's and Shikamaru's. After all no one wants to be the true story of the saying 'always a bridesmaid but never the bride'." Lee tried to mediate the situation but it did nothing to quell the exclamations of fear at the thought of Sakura becoming the next Bridezilla to storm Konoha.
The night wore on and the drinks flowed. Naruto and Kankuro were having more and more difficulty keeping their hands off each other and Kiba was laughing hysterically at something Shino had said that was unintentionally funny. Neji was passed out against the wall, hair still perfect though mind you, and Lee, Shikamaru, Gaara and Choji were having a hard time keeping their laughing to themselves.
Gaara sipped the last of his sake that he had been nursing the whole night since he knew he had a low alcohol tolerance and set the cup down on the table. He rested his elbow on the table and watched the drunken scene with his cheek rested on his fist.
"What the hell is that?" Gaara turned to Shikamaru.
"What is what?" Gaara asked him.
"That, on your wrist!" Shikamaru shouted a little louder gaining the whole group's attention.
Naruto snatched Gaara's forearm and pulled the small zipper on his sleeve down to reveal a dark purple bruise in the shape of a hand print.
"What the fuck?" Kiba stood to get a better view.
Gaara could feel his cheeks heating up and tried to fight the bright red blush that had undoubtedly stained his face.
Naruto started to grin and grabbed his other arm before he could keep it from him. Naruto pulled down his sleeve like he had on Gaara's other arm to expose a mirror image of the first hand print.
Naruto started to chuckle slowly then looked at Kankuro and they both started to giggle uncontrollably. The other men tried to figure out what they were laughing about, their alcohol addled brains working extra hard to figure out what was so funny.
"Oh shit! Haha! Who'd have known that I was so right?" Naruto cackled "she held you down didn't she, oh, that's my girl! I taught her well."
Gaara was mortified but he couldn't bring himself to be indignant about it, besides they were all drunk, like they would remember it in the morning, not to mention he was a tad drunk too.
"Yeah, so? What's wrong with the fact that my wife wants me this much?" Gaara retorted.
The other guys looked at each other. There was silence for a moment until "There is nothing wrong with it, it's just that you're the Kazekage and you bruise like a peach." Naruto said trying to keep a straight face.
"God, this reminds me of the day after you guy's first date." Kankuro said looking at Naruto.
"Oh my God that's right! You had scratch marks all down your back!" Naruto laughed.
"Although I guess this time it was the other way around." Shikamaru snickered.
Gaara rolled his eyes and shot back "Yeah, laugh now Shikamaru but we'll see how well you fare when Temari is in her second trimester of pregnancy, THEN we'll talk." That shut him up pretty quick.
The group laughed again continued teasing everyone who was dating rather aggressive women, making jokes that they would someday have hand shaped bruises on their wrists.
Gaara woke up the next day in Naruto's living room with a slight head ache. He sat up and looked around the room. Somehow he had managed to get half of the couch, Neji was sleeping on the other end and Shikamaru was in the recliner sideways. Choji must have gone home because he was missing; Lee was sleeping peacefully on the ground next to Shino who had his jacket open for once and was tangled up in it. Kiba looked to have been the drunkest because his bottom half was on top of the coffee table, bent at the waist and then face down on the floor. Gaara assumed that Naruto and his brother were in his room and he had no desire to walk in on that mess! Gaara looked at the clock, it was 10:30. He got up and tip toed to the door trying his hardest not to wake any one. Once the door was closed he made his way back to the hotel where he could get some decent sleep.
-Be kind, Rewind-
"You guys, no! Are you kidding?" Kiya whined in Ino's apartment. "I'm pregnant! I can't go to a bar!"
"Kiya its fine! We'll be with you the whole time, besides you don't need alcohol to have a good time." Ino tried to reason with her.
"Ino, I'm almost 5 months pregnant. it's not like people won't notice! I'm the Kazekage's wife what-"
"We know! 'what will people say?' they'll say that you were with your friends!" Ino interrupted.
Kiya eventually gave in and went with her friends to the bar. She sat at the table, guarding the purses and shoes drinking her juice.
'I guess I know how Lee feels at a party now, I'll have to remember to be nicer to him' she thought sourly.
"Oh my GOD! Kiya! Guess what!" Ino slurred as she wobbled over to the table. "Kiba is totally taking me out later and we are gonna do it!" she shouted.
"That's great Ino." Kiya said trying to stifle her laugh.
"You know what else? Hmm? Lee is sssooooo flicking Sakuuuuraaaaa's bean. She told me! She loves him man! And he loves her and then they are gonna get married and have babies. Like weird babies with HUGE eyes and foreheads. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It's funny cuz that's what I used to call her, 'member?" Ino giggled to herself.
"Uh, yeah, sure Ino." Kiya said trying to sift through everything that Ino had said.
THUNK! Kiya was brought out of her thoughts by Ino passing out at the table.
After finally getting everyone home in one piece, Kiya headed to her hotel to sleep off her misery.
Kiya woke the next day at around 10:45 to her husband trying desperately to shut the door without waking her up.
"you never were very good at being stealthy." She said.
"I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" Gaara said softly, coming over and sitting on the edge of the bed.
"No. how much did you drink last night? You smell like booze." Kiya said, rolling over and stretching out her arms and legs.
Gaara smiled "I had one cup of Sake, but Kiba spilled almost a whole fifth of whisky on my jacket, luckily while I was not wearing it. Which reminds me, I don't think you have had the pleasure of seeing these yet?" Gaara stood and took off his vest and jacket.
Kiya looked very confused until Gaara pushed his wrists together in front of his chest, displaying her finger marks, clearly distinguishable on his pale skin.
Kiya squinted her eyes for a moment, trying to figure out what they were. Then her eyes widened and she burst out laughing.
"Come h-here! Haha! Let me s-see." Gaara did as she asked and once she got a closer look her laughing echoed through the room.
Once her laughing subsided she sat up in the bed and looked at her husband. He was clearly not happy at the situation showing his discontent by crossing his arms as he often did. But Kiya was more focused on the fact that he was standing before her, shirtless, eyes smoldering and that terribly dangerous vibe rolling off him in waves.
"Gaara." She whispered, shifting gears swiftly. "Would you like me to make it up to you?" she purred.
His arms loosened over his chest and the anger shifted to confusion then an odd wave of lust as she looked up at him through her eyelashes.
'Shit!' Gaara thought. "Um, you know what, I think I'll just take a shower." And he did something he thought he would never do again: he ran, full speed to the bathroom and locked the door.
The next few days passed relatively uneventfully, Kiya sometimes tried to jump him but that was a welcome surprise every once in a while. Finally it was time for Kankuro, Kiya and Gaara to leave Konoha. They said their goodbye's then set off for home.
A/N: review and tell me what you want the baby's name to be!