Letters to a friend chapter three – Words of Reassurance
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"Oh, my god," Temari growled. "How long is this going to last?"
The table of eight watched from their table as Mikkay waited for Kankuro to get half way through the lunch line before entering it herself.
"I know!" Alyssa agreed. "Those two would usually be all buddy-buddy, messing around in the line!"
"Do you know I haven't seen those two talk for, like, two weeks?" Ino asked.
"She doesn't really talk to anyone anymore…" Kiba added.
"Not to us, at least," Sasuke scoffed.
"That girl always talks," Shikamaru mused. "I didn't think it was possible for her to go without for so long."
"She's hurt," Chouji reasoned. "It's not her fault. She just needs to be left alone for a little bit."
"Kankuro's hurt, too," Sakura said. "He barely talks anymore either."
"He's become so quiet," Neji noted.
"Yeah," Tenten nodded. "All he ever does is try to get Mikkay to talk to him again and he's always moping around because she never does."
"And all she ever does is walk away whenever he is near," Kin sighed.
"Kankuro gets so much worse at home," Gaara complained. "He may be quiet here, but when he gets home he yells at everything and everyone for no reason."
"They must feel so upset right now," Hinata said. "I feel so bad for them."
"Me, as well," Lee said. "It's unfortunate things have been handled this way."
"This is all Cassandra's fault," Karin spat. "I hate her so much right now."
"If it wasn't for her…" Tayuya growled.
"Kankuro's coming back," Naruto informed them.
They all went back to eating and shut up as he sat down at their table.
"You guys are quiet," he said.
"Well, today is boring," Kin answered.
"Any luck with Mikkay?" Alyssa asked hopefully.
Kankuro just sighed.
"Oh."
"I'm sorry," Tenten told him.
"Yeah, that sucks, man," Sasuke agreed.
"I know," he answered.
"Maybe you'll have better luck with her tomorrow…?" Hinata sympathized.
"Maybe."
"Look, I see her!" Naruto said.
Kankuro watched as she stood in the middle of the room, searching for a place to sit.
"Hey, Mikkay!" he shouted to her. "Come sit with us!"
She looked up, but then quickly turned away and sat with her smart, student council friends.
Tayuya couldn't help it. She laughed.
"Tayuya!" Sakura hissed.
"I'm sorry!" She continued on laughing. "That girl ran away like she just caught you making out with some guy!"
Karin tried to stifle her snicker. "Well, don't put it like that!" She snorted.
The two redheads continued to giggle like mad.
"Ignore them," Tenten tells him. "They're nuts."
"You should just go talk to her," Kin says.
"Yeah, woo her," Temari agrees. "She just like you, she did go to the dance with you. So either she's insane of really likes you."
He glared.
"Just saying, little brother," she mock surrenders. "Though I'm pretty sure she likes you."
"She does," Alyssa confirms. "Has for a very long time."
"Really?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah," she loves him," she smiled. "You guys are just too dense to have ever noticed it."
"I noticed," Ino says. "She always blushed when I talked about him with her. I've always known she liked him."
"How cute," Tenten coos. "I love it."
"That's sweet," comments Hinata.
"Go talk to her," Temari encourages.
"Soon," Alyssa adds.
"Before she moves on," Kiba says.
Kankuro sighs and gets up. "Okay, I'll try."
"Yay!" Alyssa smiles.
He walks over near her table and called, "Mikkay, we need to talk."
Just as she turned to look over at him, Cassandra comes over and drapes herself around him.
"Hey, Kankuro-kun," she purred. "What's up?"
Mikkay got up, grabbed her purse, and ran out of the cafeteria in tears.
"No, wait!" he shouted. "Get off of me, you evil witch." He pushes her off of him.
"You ever touch me or mess with her ever again," he threatens, "and I will kill you. You got that?"
Cassandra nodded, frightened.
"Now leave."
She ran off.
Kankuro then turned and went to the door where Mikkay had left.
"Come on!" Alyssa said, standing as she tugged on her boyfriend's sleeve. "Let's go. I wanna see this."
Gaara sighed and got up, too. "Fine." They followed.
Kankuro followed the sound of her footsteps as he heard them slow to a walk. He quietly jogged up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
"Ah!" she screeched. Her face turned cold as she saw who it was. "Get away from me," she growled, pulling away.
"No," he said, pulling her wrist to stop her from leaving.
She turned and looked him right in the eye. "What do you want, Kankuro?" she asked. "What could you possibly want—"
Kankuro cut her off by promptly leaning forward and kissing her full on the mouth.
On a whim she softly kissed him back. She always wanted to, so why give up the opportunity?
He pulled back and looked her in the eye.
"What I want," he said, "is for you to talk to me again. Nicely," he adds as an afterthought. "You don't know just how much I miss your laugh, the sweet sound of your voice. It's driving me insane! So please, please talk to me."
Mikkay looked up at him, placing her hand on his cheek. "Oh, Kankuro…" she stood up on her toes and kiss him softly on the lips, smiling as she pulled out of it.
"Are we okay now?" he asked, grin dancing all over his face.
She nodded, happily looking him in the eye. "Yes. Yes, we are." Her other hand moved to his cheek and she pulled him down, giving him another kiss.
Kankuro pulled back and smirked. "Now where was that three weeks ago?"
She tilted her head to the side, all confussled. "Why? What happened three weeks ago?"
"You got that new chocolate lip gloss three weeks ago," he explained. "It smelt so good, and you have no idea how bad I wanted to kiss you just then."
"Probably the same amount that I wanted you to kiss me."
His eyebrow rose. "You wanted me to?"
"No, I'm lying to you," she answered sarcastically. "Yes, half-wit, I did. I've liked you for quite a while, Kankuro." The last part she said with a blush plastered across her face.
"So have I, you," he says.
Her blush spreads and darkens slightly as she speaks to him. "Um, Kankuro?"
"Yes?"
"You know that chocolate lip gloss? No, wait, duh. That was a dumb question." She blushes again.
"Go on," he said.
"Well, I, uh, have it with me." Fumbling through her purse, she pulled out the tube of lip-gloss and put it on her lips. Puckering her lips, she said, "Wanna taste?"
Kankuro smiled as he tilted her chin upwards, placing a kiss upon her glossy lips. "Yum," he said before diving back in for another, deeper kiss. Mikkay wrapped her arms around his neck as he moved his hands to her hips.
"Awh," Alyssa cooed, hugging Gaara's arm lovingly. "That's so sweet!"
"And they made up," her boyfriend added.
She squeezed his arm slightly tighter. "I know. I'm so happy for them."
"Me too," he agrees. After a short pause, he adds, "Should we stop them?"
"Why?"
"They're making out in the hallway."
"Oh, let them have their fun," she giggles.
A moan was heard and she added, "Okay, now I'm stopping them." She walked over to them and tapped on their shoulders. "Break it up, you love birds."
Neither of them budged so she just sighed and pushed the two apart. She saw Kankuro's tongue dart back into his mouth and she grimaced.
"I did not need to see that," she said.
Mikkay blushed and apologized to her friend. "Sorry about it."
"No worries, sweet pea," Alyssa smiled. "Let's go back to lunch so we can eat."
"Oky doky."
"Oh, and Kankuro?"
"What?"
She smirked. "You got some lip gloss right around here." Her hand waved above her mouth obnoxiously.
He blushed, mumbling, "Shut up," as he wiped his mouth on the back of his hand.
Gaara chucked as he took his girlfriend's hand and led her back to the lunchroom.
"Come on, Kanky-kun," Mikkay purred as she grabbed his hand, intertwining their fingers. "I'm hungry."
"You're always hungry," he laughs.
As she wipes her mouth with the back of her hand like he did, she looks to him. "You say that likes it's a bad thing."
"That's because it is, you dummy."
She fell silent for a moment. "Kankuro?"
"Yeah?"
"Is this…Are we dating now?"
He chuckled, causing her to look at him in disbelief.
"What part of that was funny?" she asked. "That was a friggen serious question."
"Sorry," he said, kissing her temple. "I didn't mean it like that at all. And yes," he held up their hands, "we are dating. If you want to, I mean," he added shyly. "Do you want to?"
"That's a stupid question, Kanky-kun. I most definitely want to. Why would I not?"
Kankuro smiled at her brightly.
"Good, 'cause I want to, too."
-CHAPTER THREE END-
A/N:
Hey! So with this story, there's another chapter after this. I know it seems like it's finished, but it's not. I wrote a companion chapter to this one where it is Mikkay's point of view. (:
Be on the look out for it!