GAARA YO' FACE SO SQUISHY (kawaii-ass motherfucker)

DEDICATED TO ALChase BC OF HER REQUEST YEARS (literally) AGO

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS, NOBLE STEED

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"Gaara... make me a sand fort."

The two eldest of the sand siblings stared in disbelief.

"No."

The tan female pouted. "Why not?"

"Because it's stupid." Gaara said, expression blank.

"You're stupid!" Nashiro returned. Gaara's siblings wished once again that she would return to her own team so they could finish the journey to Konoha, the host of the Chunin Exams, in peace. "You never do anything fun with me!"

Gaara just ignored her. She scowled, prodding his face.

"Don't ignore me!"

"I'll really kill you." He said, clearly growing irritated. She laughed.

"You won't, you love me too much." As if to prove her wrong, sand shot at her, only missing her throat because she flipped back onto her hands. "Haha, not quite!"

"Stop aggravating him!" Temari finally exclaimed, wishing this troublemaker would go back to her own team and stop putting all their lives in danger already. "It's like you want to die!"

"Maybe I do." She said with a grin, stunning them into silence. "I don't know, I like danger so maybe that's why. I am kinda crazy."

"You're telling me..." Kankuro muttered, as she ran to catch up with Gaara- who'd walked ahead to ignore their shenanigans.

Gaara had always known exactly why she hung around him so much. The danger made her feel alive.

Which was why he worried so now.

Surely, now he had a better hold of himself, there was no attraction for her? Would she just drop him, and find something new to entertain her?

When asked this, Nashiro had snorted aloud and flipped her white hair.

"D'you really think so little of me?" Gaara just stared at her, and she sighed. "I only said those things before because I was an idiot."

"Then... why did you always stay with me?" He asked. She cringed, flushing slightly.

"Well..." she grimaced. "I maybe, sorta... had a thing for you when we were kids."

"..." Gaara blinked at her.

"I suppose I'd even go as far to call it a first love!" She laughed, attempting to dispel her own awkwardness.

Gaara blinked some more. "First... love...?"

"That is to say... well." She chewed her lip. Quick as a flash, she pecked his cheek with a kiss. "I might still not mind if you kill me." She laughed again, cheekily, "S'long as you kiss me first!"

The redhead's face burned ear to ear, near on rivalling his hair.

Humans were confusing.