A week later Temari came into his office and sat across from him and then just sat there, staring at him. He worked on, ignoring her, for some time until she got frustrated. He smiled a little to himself; he always was more patient than her.
"When are we going to Konoha?" She asked.
He looked up from his work to meet her gaze. She looked kind of peeved, he noted. "I wasn't aware that we had any need to go to Konoha. Unless there's some business I don't know of."
Temari sighed at her brother's stupidity. "There was no real 'business' last time we went to Konoha now was there?"
Gaara nodded. "No there wasn't. You're right."
Temari stared at him a while longer. "So you're really not going to go after her? You're really doing nothing?"
Gaara nodded. "I've gone after her already before, as you just reminded me. I'm not going to try to control her, or force her to do anything she doesn't want."
Temari was silent again, and when at last she spoke again, it was as she stood to leave. "You know brother," she said, "you're more reasonable than even I had reckoned. Much more mature than I thought you'd ever be, that's for sure."
"I'm not really sure if I should be insulted or complimented." Gaara told her.
She shrugged. "You can take it as you like. All I know is that I'm a little disappointed. I was really getting into this love story."
Gaara frowned and shook his head. "Maybe it's time you got out of it. Find your own love story why don't you?"
Temari laughed. "What's the world coming to?" She wondered. "When Gaara is giving me love advice?"