Third Person POV:

Throughout the day Hana was growing curiouser and curiouser about that magazine she found under Kankuro's bed. So he was gay? This made no sense. Then why did he ask her to be his DATE to the wedding?! Is he hiding it? Oh Kami.

Sweet Kami he's still in the closet. Of course! All those women! He's been forcing himself on women to hide his sexuality. No one would think a womanizer is gay! She had to admit he was very clever. But still, why hide it?

Hana's mind kept wandering to that all day while working in the bakery. Why would he hide it? Was someone bullying him? I mean homosexuality isn't illegal. I mean Daisuke is gay and he's proud of it. Hell for the day he came out of the closet to his parents he asked me to make a rainbow cake to celebrate! Why would he-

The chimes on the door rang, signalling another customer. Hana peered out to see and saw a shinobi.

"Welcome to the Lonely Rose Bakery how may I help you?" Chiharu asked.

"I have a message for Miss Hana from the Kazekage." He said.

"Ah I see, what is the message?" Hana said as she moved to the counter.

"The Kazekage wishes you to join him for a stroll in the park this evening once the bakery is closed. He says he shall be picking you up straight from the bakery."

"I see. Well tell him I'll be waiting then." She said with a smile. That Gaara. Such a romantic. Hana sighed happily while returning to her work.

After work, just before she finished wiping the counter she heard a knock on the locked door. She turned to see her beloved waiting with a small box in his hands.

She smiled and quickly got her bag before running to meet him.

"I missed you." She said while hugging his waist.

"We saw each other this morning." He said with a laugh.

"But that was this morning. I missed you."

"I missed you too my rose." She smiled before going on her tiptoes to kiss him on the lips.

"Come on, I want to show you something." He said before sliding his right arm that held the box, around her waist.

"What is it?" She asked. The redhead simply leaned down by her ear and whispered "Hold on." With his left hand he summoned his sand to form a cloud underneath them. Hana gasped before clinging onto his waist as the cloud made them rise into the air. She kept her eyes shut until she heard her lover sigh. She slowly opened her eyes to see his shoulders relaxed and a small smile playing at his lips.

"I love flying like this. It gives me some alone time to be myself."

Hana smiled and nodded before looking at the view; she could see most of Suna and it was beautiful. Children running around laughing, teens sneaking out to go to the clubs, and a few men laughing and joking by the bars.

"It's beautiful."

"Yes, but you are much more beautiful." Hana's cheeks turned pink and buried her face in his chest. "Why are you so perfect?" She muttered.

"Because you're by my side. I, I have a present for you." He said before unwrapping himself from Hana.

"Hmm?" She looked up at him and he placed the blue box with a ribbon in her hand.
"Open it." He said. She lifted the box lid and saw a beautiful sun pendant attached to a silver chain.

"Gaara, this is, amazing! Oh it's so beautiful." He carefully took it out of the box and put it on her before looking her in the eye and saying " It reminded me of you, because you are the sun in my darkness, my light for my shadows, and my hope for my despair. I love you Hana Aozora."

"...... You are so corny." She said with a giggle before pulling on his Kazekage robes to pull him in for a kiss. This is why he loves her. Her bluntness and her sincerity is amazing. Her lips tasted of peaches today. Everyday it's a new flavor from his beloved. The cloud remained still as he pushed back with as much fervor. Her sweet angelic lips that drive him insane were so addicting that he never wanted to stopped kissing her. He smiled internally as he heard her gasp once in a while for air as they kept their liplock. Eventually Hana pulled back and was breathing heavily, her chest rising up and down to receive some much needed oxygen. Gaara's lips were slightly swollen from the makeout and his hair was only lightly disheveled thanks to Hana running her hands through it. She smiled wide before saying "Te amo."

"Hmm?" Gaara asked inquisitively.

"Te amo." She repeated. "It means 'I love you' in my mother's language."

"I see. Te amo." He said before hugging her once more. She sighed happily as the cloud they stood on floated toward his house.

At the Kazekage's house Temari dragged Hana to her room to see her in her finished wedding gown.

"You look lovely! A perfect bride." Hana said as she marvelled at the A line gown with a sweetheart neckline. The strapless dress would surely make Shikamaru weak at the knees. Temari was as excited as she was stressed.

"All the men have their suits and the girls have the dresses, but we're still missing the decorations and the DJ and my wedding is in two days!!" She said in a panic.

"If it helps I can talk to my assistant Daisuke. He was a DJ before joining my bakery. He only stopped because some people were getting handsy." Hana said with a laugh.

"That would be perfect! Thank you so much Hana! You've been such a great help to me this whole time and I really appreciate it."

"No problem. Anything for a friend." She said with a cclosed eye smile.

"More like a sister. How are things with Gaara?"

"Perfect." Hana said dreamily. "I never thought my soulmate was such a great man."

"Really? Wow, I guess love made him a romantic haha."

"Yeah he's a real romantic, even my mark has been so soothing because of it."

"Your mark?"

"Yeah, basically the mark Gaara and I share shows our emotions to the other. So if he's angry happy or sad, I can feel it. And I feel so much love it's like I can smell and feel warm honey when I touch my mark."

"Ohhh, yeah I saw the mark on his back, it's really beautiful."

"Thanks. Oh! I almost forgot! Where's Kankuro?"

"With Gaara I think in the living room."

"Okay, I gotta talk to him. Your dress is amazing, the wedding will be perfect, I gotta go." And with that Hana bolted out to finally figure out what was going on with Kankuro.

She ran to the living room to find Gaara sitting criss cross on the couch and Kankuro ranting about a mission with some annoying girl.

"Hey Kankuro can I talk to you for a sec?" Kankuro stopped midsentence to face Hana. He sighed and said sure before heading off to his room, leaving a relieved Gaara who no longer had to listen to Kankuro rant for the nth time.

"So what's up?" Kankuro said as he closed the door of his room. Hana sat on the chair by his desk and said "I have a question."

"Which is?"

"Why did you ask me to be your date for the wedding?"

"Because I like you."

"No, why did you ask me to be your date if you're gay?"

Kankuro's face paled as he began sputtering nonsense.

"Don't talk crap Hana, why would you think that?!"

"Well the magazine under your bed is a little worn meaning you've had it for a while. So why are you hiding your sexuality?"

Kankuro slumped his shoulders and hung his head low in defeat before he plopped on his bed. He let out a loud sigh before saying "No one wants a gay ninja. I- I can't go back to being judged everyday."

"Do your siblings know?"

"No and don't you dare tell anyone!"

"Relax Kankuro, no one cares if one is gay or not. Hell guys started thinking I was gay when I kept rejecting them. It didn't stop my customers from coming back. I rejected them because I knew none of them were my soulmate. There was no trigger for a mark."

"A mark?"

"Ask Gaara. Anywho, I'm really sorry if you were bullied in the past by others. There is no reason for you to feel like you have to hide it Kankuro."

"Pssh, do you know anyone who's gay besides me?"

"Yeah, my neighbor the Matsumotos. They're not married but Shen and Kai live together and are even thinking about adopting soon. Also my great friend and baking assistant Daisuke is gay. And let me tell you he's proud of it, he was a DJ at a gay club but quit when some guys started getting handsy. There is no judgement anymore Kankuro. You can be free to date whoever makes you happy."

"I did at one point."

"Well what happened?"

Kankuro hesitated before saying "It's none of your business Hana."

"Did someone catch you two together and started bullying you both?" She asked in concern.

"No."

"...Did he die?"

"I wish he did."

"Oh. He cheated on you?"

"No he was never gay in the first place!"

"Oh....oh. He, he played you."

"Yeah." He said in a quiet voice. "He made a bet with his friends to prove if I was gay. He won. After that I was bullied until I fought back and acted straight. I dated a bunch of girls and the teasing stopped."

"I'm so sorry Kankuro. No one deserves to go through that."

"But I did and I'm not going back to that."

Hana was pensive for a moment, hoping she wasn't stepping any boundaries before asking "If it's alright with you, I was wondering if you'd like a pep talk from someone with better experience than me."

"Like who?"

"My friend Daisuke. He's a great guy and I'm sure he can encourage you to at least take a step out of the closet." Kankuro let out a small laugh and said "Sure why not." Hana smiled before squealing in joy and pulling him in for a hug.

"What's that for?"

"For opening up about it. You feel some weight off your chest right?"

"Not while you're on it."

"Oh, right sorry." She said before sitting back in the chair. Kankuro smiled, a sincere smile, and nodded before stating "Now I feel that weight off my chest. But please don't tell anyone."

"No worries your secret's safe with me!" She said with a thumbs up. He laughed while saying "I must be out of my mind."

A/N:

Thank you so much for your support guys! Don't forget to favorite and comment! I'd like to hear some more from you guys. Are there any other couples you'd want to appear in the story? And would you like to see their babies????? I kinda wanna see how long the story is going to be.