Dinner was a strange and delicious experience. The Sand Siblings had a cook, by virtue of Gaara's being the Kazekage, so they had a very delicious, (and nutritional, Sakura was happy to note) meal. After the initial embarrassment of meeting Gaara' family as his 'girlfriend' (it was such a strange word Sakura thought. When Kankuro first referred to her as such she mouthed the word, unable to believe that it meant her) and Kankuro's introduction Sakura found the sand siblings were much warmer than she had ever expected them to be.
It seemed the past few years had been kind to them, and they were getting over the past very well. Temari and Kankuro had a wicked sense of humour (so that was where Gaara got it from) and Sakura got along very well with them. Gaara was very quiet at dinner, mostly just glaring at Kankuro or Temari when they teased him, and occasionally saying a word or two to defend himself. Sakura got the feeling that they often teased him. She found this amazing. After all, only a few years ago Gaara had considered them nothing more than lumps of flesh, and would have killed everyone sitting at the table without batting an eyelid. When she thought this she couldn't help but smile at Gaara, and to her surprise he blushed and stared at his plate.
Unfortunately for Gaara, Kankuro noticed this too. And he didn't seem to be as touched by the gesture as Sakura. He laughed and slapped Gaara on the back. "Temari, did you see that? Our little Gaara, blushing!" He turned to Sakura, grinning. "Sakura, what did you do?" He asked, raising his eyebrows at her.
Temari threw a bread roll at Kankuro.