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Meant to be?
Next day – Momo
The sun came in through the window and woke me up. I heard some soft snoring mixed with a purring noise. I looked over to see Gaara sleeping on the couch and Risa sleeping next to him. 'I wish I had a camera. It would make a great picture.'
"Oh, good your awake." came a soft voice from the other side of the bed.
I turned to see Temari sitting in the chair.
"Don't be alarmed, I just got here. I was hoping to talk to you."
"What would you like to know?" I smiled.
"Well, I'm curious to know how much you like my brother and more about you."
I couldn't help blushing.
"If I tell you, you can't tell everyone."
"Fair enough and you ask me anything." she grinned.
I told her about myself, what I did in the Soul Society, that I did like Gaara and the odd dream I had about him. I could tell she was curious about it, but smiled just the same. I asked her about Gaara and what he's like. She told me that he use to be a jinchūriki and how he became a Kazekage.
"You know, I like you. Gaara is taken by you and well, we don't get to see him happy and smiling that often. You do have an affect on him. He doesn't open up to many and he hardly ever smiled. So, thank you." implicated Temari.
Just then Kankurō came in with food.
"Good morning Ladies!" he called.
Temari went over to wake up Gaara. Risa quickly moved from Gaara to join me on the bed. Gaara got up and sat next to me.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"Much better, just a little stiff."
"When we're done eating, I'll help you get dressed Momo" said Temari, as she pointed to the clothes that she brought. A red shirt and tan pants.
"That would be appreciated."
"Oh, Kakashi and his team are leaving this morning. They said that they hoped you recovered quickly."
Soon after she kicked the guys out so I could get dressed. I could tell Gaara was stalling and whispered something to Temari. After the door closed, I turned my back to Temari as I tried to pull the shirt on. I heard a giggle and I turned to see Temari grinning.
"What's so funny?"
"I guess you and Gaara are destined to be together."
"What makes you say that?"
"I didn't know you had a 'love' kanji symbol on the upper left side of your back and it's same as the one on Gaara's forehead."
"I've had it for some years now and I didn't think of that." I said as we walked out of the room.
"Do you have everything?"
"Yes, I do. Lets go."
We left the hospital heading to my apartment.
'It's such a beautiful day out. I wonder where Gaara is?'
"Oh, I forgot to tell you Momo, Gaara wants to meet you for dinner. The rest of us will be on watch." Smiled Temari, "enjoy your evening."
She waved to me as I was about to head inside. I couldn't help shaking my head and smiling.
Hours later
As the sun was setting, everyone headed off for the night watch. Gaara came in with a bag.
"I see that you have this unit to yourself," he observed as he pulled food out of the bag and set it on the table.
"Yeah, the guys are still sharing the flat upstairs with Yoruichi. So, it's just me. That's okay though, I'm use to being by myself."
"I hope you like dinner: soup, ramen, dumplings, and veggies." he smiled as he put some on a plate for Risa.
"Don't spoil her too much."
"I just want her to grow strong."
"Keep this up and she'll like you better than me!"
We just looked at each other and laughed.
"So, tell me about yourself?"
"Only if you do the same."
We spent the next few hours trading stories. Risa was having fun going between us, looking to see who would give her more attention. We heard a commotion outside the unit.
"Hey you two!" cried Yoruichi. We ran to open the door.
"What's up?"
"Don't go any where tonight. There is a storm coming and I'm not sure what it's going to bring. Kankurō and I don't think that we'll have problems with Hollows tonight, but we're leaving a few lookouts out there. They'll be cautious of the storm. The rest of us are turning in for the night. See you in the morning then." She disappeared up the stairs.
"Oh, great. Sand-in!" I frowned.
"Don't worry. I'll help you secure the windows and we can turn in." smiled Gaara.
"You could sleep in the other bedroom, but the bed is not made in that one or we could share mine" I sighed.
"If it bothers you, I'll sleep out on the couch."
"No, I'll feel better if you're with me. That way if I wake up during the storm, you could reassure me that everything will be all right. Plus Risa won't have to choose who to sleep with."
I turned to look at him. As I got closer to him, I could feel his beautiful green eyes searching mine for answers of unspoken questions. He pulled me close, wrapping his arms around me. I looked up to see what he eyes could tell me and he leaned in to kiss me. His lips met mine and I could have sworn I felt a surge of electricity going through me. We pulled away.
"Wow" I whispered.
I looked up and saw his eyes smiling and he leaned in for another kiss, but with more passion. I practically melted in his arms.
"Meow?"
We broke apart and looked down. Risa was trying to crawl up Gaara's leg.
"I take it that either someone wants us to go to bed or she's jealous." he laughed.
I led him to my room, where we changed for the night. I put on my tank and boxers, while Gaara striped down to his boxers.
"What is that on your back?" he asked.
I turned around and he pulled back the strap of my tank to see my tattoo.
"I guess we have more in common than I thought." he smiled as he kissed my tattoo.
I couldn't help shivering. We crawled into bed, I curled into him and Risa decided to jump onto the pillow and lay near his head. He pulled me closer and kissed my forehead.
"There are no words to describe what I'm feeling and how happy you make me." he breathed.
He played with my hair as I slowly drifted off to sleep, while the storm rages on outside.
Next day – Gaara
I could feel the sun trying to come in through the sand filled windows. I did a couple of quick hand signs and I heard the sand slowly draining out of the windows and onto the ground. I didn't even open my eyes. I've done this way too much. I tried to burry into the covers for some more warmth. My hand roamed the bed until I found Momo. I reached around her waist and pulled her closer to me. I heard a giggle as she snuggled in. I felt a hand playing with my hair and gently brushed my forehead. I reached out to grab her hand and lazily opened one eye to see her staring at me.
"No one plays with my hair." I teased.
"That's not fair. You played with mine last night!"
"I'll make an exception for you" I smirked as I leaned in to kiss her.
"We should get ready for the day."
"You go get ready, I'm going to round up everyone here for breakfast."
She headed off to the bathroom. I grabbed some pants to put on and headed to the kitchen. I found some paper, wrote a quick note, simple hand signs, and sent it off to Kankurō.
'I hope that he'll bring me a change of clothes.' I thought.
I left the apartment and headed up the stairs to the unit up at the top.
Knock, Knock
"Hold on, I'm coming." came a voice.
The door opened to revile Yoruichi, as soon as she saw me; a big grin broke on her face.
"I take it that you two had fun last night." she teased.
"Nothing happened. Would you and the guys join us downstairs for breakfast? My siblings are on their way to join us."
"Sure, give us a couple of minutes and we'll be down."
I nodded, turned and headed back down. As I entered the kitchen, I could smell coffee brewing. Momo turned to greet me. She was wearing a blue shirt and black pants.
"Please, tell me that you didn't go up there like that?"
"What? I'm decent."
"Without a shirt? Yoruichi is going to get ideas."
I shrugged. "Let them think what they want, we know the truth."
As she walked closer, I noticed that something caught her eye.
"I didn't notice that tattoo on you last night," she said pointing to my left arm.
I have Suna's symbol with a rose wrapped around it on my upper arm.
"I got it years ago."
I noticed her smiling as she handed me a cup of coffee.
Knock, knock
We heard the door opened.
"Hello?" came Temari's voice.
"We're in the kitchen."
She walked in with some bags in her hands, Kankuro and Matsuri behind her. I could tell she was looking us over and had a huge smile on her face.
"Don't say anything," I warned as she handed me a bag with clothes in it.
She smiled, knowing what I meant. She started pulling food out of the other bags they brought in and putting them on the counter.
"I'm not the one you should worry about." hinting towards our brother.
"Don't get me in this, I'm just trying to figure what to drink." Kankurō smirked as he picked up Risa and grabbed a glass of orange juice.
Knock, knock
Momo went over to let Yoruichi, Shūhei and Hanatarō in.
"Good morning everyone. I hope you all got some rest last night" she smiled glancing towards us as Momo blushed.
"Alright everyone, don't get too excited today. We have some places to dig out from the storm otherwise we are to focus on the task for tonight." Matsuri reminded us.
That was met with a lot of groans.
"Hey, don't blame me."
We laughed and grabbed some bowls and dug into the food.
"How many building do we have to dig out?" I inquired.
"There are ten. Not as many as in the past. There were no sighting of Hollows last night, but that could change tonight."
"I've received word from Kisuke yesterday and apparently the hollows detected in this area are on the decline. So, if things stay on course, we should be close to being done in the next couple of months." Sighed Yoruichi.
I nodded and noticed Risa was still hanging out by Kankurō and Temari. I looked to my left and noticed that Momo wasn't smiling anymore. I took my hand and started to rub the small of her back. The smile slowly came back.
"I see you made a new friend Kankurō." I teased.
"It's not my fault I'm so well liked." he smiled, Risa meowing in agreement. "See? She agrees with me."
"That's because you're giving her attention and food."
We all laughed.
"You know Kankurō, I like seeing you with out your hood and face paint on." smiled Momo.
We laughed harder as he stuck his tongue out.
"When everyone is done, let's meet on top of Gaara's office to get a better view of the buildings that need to be dug out."
Everyone nodded in agreement. We finished and one by one we left, till it was just Momo and I.
"I'll go change and see you at the office." I said as I gave her a quick kiss, before she left. 'I think I'm in love.'
On top of the Kazekage office
"Well, it doesn't look too bad, but it might take a quite a bit of chakra for me to clear away the sand." I sighed.
"We'll go and check on people while you work. Come on everyone" said Temari. With that everyone headed off but Momo.
I sat down, did a couple of hand signs and concentrated. Slowly, the sand moved away from the buildings. I felt Momo kneeling down behind me and placing her hands on my shoulders. I could feel chakra flowing into me. I cracked an eye open to see Momo glowing. I smiled and kept concentrating on the sand. It moved faster than before. I had it move towards the city walls and then over them. Soon it blended into the landscape.
"Thank you Momo, but why were you glowing?"
"That is what happens when one concentrates on their spiritual pressure or as you call it chakra."
"That was impressive you two." called Temari from below "Momo, we should see about keeping you around. That removal of sand went three times faster than usual."
"Is everyone alright?" I asked, refereeing to the people in the building.
"Everyone is fine, no casualties. I guess that we're just back to the same old routine."
I hope everyone is still enjoying the story and having a good start to the New Year. Reviews are good. :)