Life went on as usual. She was always busy with work; she always had been. Tsunade was proud of the good job she had done. She knew she had served her country well. She had heard the people of Suna rejoiced for two whole days after Gaara's return. She had laughed a little to herself, wondering if he would be drinking during that time as well. What would Temari say, once she had seen how Gaara acted when he was drunk?
She started to feel that her apartment was too impersonal. It wanted more character, more of her. She decided she needed more light, and spent her days off renovating. She painted the living room, and retiled her bathroom.
She spent hours and hours in the bath, swishing her head back and forth in the water and enjoying the feel of her hair floating in the water. She didn't think then; she only felt.
She wondered when she would go back to the way she was before he had come.