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Love Me When I'm Gone	By : KittenCobra Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 1971 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto (the manga or anime) or any of the characters included within it. I only own the original characters in this story including the main character Utako Mizuke. I do not make any form of profit off of this story.

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14. Home
After returning to Gaara’s home, I expect to be yelled at – a lot. I expect Temari to be bitter, and for Kankuro to be grumpy and even more frustrated than before. I am surprised to be greeted by neither response. They both run up to me and gave me a brief hug. Temari winks at me, speculating about how Gaara would have convinced me to return. I can feel relief in her thoughts. She was worried he wouldn’t succeed. Kankuro, hugging me a little too fondly, smirks after pulling back. His lecherous thoughts are all about how Gaara should punish me for trying to escape – what he would do were it left up to him.
Really? I think to myself, raising my eyebrows at him in disbelief. He blushes furiously and mumbles something like “damned mind reader” under his breath as he walks away.
Gaara quickly explains that he needs to return to his tower and his work until the end of the day. He had already been gone too much during the past week. I can feel fear in his mind about leaving me again.
Don’t worry… I think to his mind only. I won’t go anywhere this time. I swear. Besides… I let the tenor of my thoughts turn dark and sensual. I haven’t gotten to enjoy any of that pleasure you keep promising me yet. Hurry home, handsome.
Gaara’s face kicks up into a glorious smirk again, and in a flash he is gone. When I turn around, Temari is glaring at me through narrowed eyes, her back straight and her arms crossed over her chest.
“YOU,” she shouts at me, “have been a royal pain in the ass!”
Ah… this is the shouting part. Guess I couldn’t get off that easily…
“Do you have any idea how worried sick I’ve been?! How upset Gaara was?” Her thoughts and memories are loud and clear. I don’t want to see their pain. She had even sent word for Shikamaru to come – to be with her, or help if he could. I start to turn away from her. “Oh no you don’t!” She cuts me off mid-stride. “Now… obviously you decided to come back with him, but I’m his big sister, and you’re going to hear me out.”
“Temari, you can’t say anything to Shikamaru. I won’t be able to stay if you do.” I hate to put this on her, but he will be impossible to monitor from a completely different village.
“Don’t worry about him,” she states casually, relaxing her stance. “He’s a pain in the ass too, but he knows I can’t always tell him everything. He’s used to it. He knows… all about secret relationships.” She blushes despite herself, but refuses to be ashamed of it. “Speaking of which… you can’t tell my brothers about him.”
“Fair enough,” I agree, and sit down cross-legged on the floor.
“Now… how long do you plan to stay here exactly?” I decide to be honest with her. I haven’t had a female companion to talk to in forever, and right now I’m dying for one.
“I don’t really know. Honestly Temari, I don’t want to leave at all, but I don’t know how long I will be able to stay. Something will eventually go wrong – it always does. When that time comes, I need to be able to go quickly, and I may even need your help. Your brother will not let me go voluntarily. That’s more than obvious… and it’s only likely to get worse.”
“So have you two officially…” she trailed off suggestively, not meeting my eyes.
“Out in the desert?... ick.”
“But I take it I don’t have to put effort into getting the spare bedroom ready again?” God, all the members of this family smirk alike. I blush, and fidget with my fingers in my lap.
“No. That would be pretty pointless. He won’t sleep separate from me anyway.”
I nearly jump out of my skin as she suddenly throws her head back and laughs out loud. “You should see yourself, Mizuki. You actually look scared!” She begins to clutch her stomach as her laughter continues.
“What is that supposed to mean? I am scared! I don’t know how to handle him, and I don’t have the slightest idea what I’m doing.” Her laughter ends abruptly, and she stares at me in surprise.
“Are you saying that you’ve never…”
“Yes, Temari. Despite the long and dangerous history I have with men in my life, I’ve never taken a lover before. Not a real one. Don’t get me wrong, many have tried. The ones that did though were disgusting, or cruel, or vicious. I hated them kissing me, touching me… much less having sex with me. I managed to fight them off when I had to, but it came close a couple of times.” I paused to take a deep breath. “Gaara is so different. He is even more unsure than I am. I keep expecting him to just take what he wants… but I’m not even sure of what that IS anymore. For the first time, I want to just lose myself. But yes… it scares me. I know it will hurt – I understand how it works. I just don’t know how to reassure him. If he backs off because he’s afraid that he hurt me, I think I might literally die of embarrassment. Ugh! This is all so stupid.” I flop down on my back on the floor, and cover my face with my arms. For the first time in a long time, I feel like a child.
I peek out from under my arm to look at her. She is staring at her hands and looks faintly sad. “I’m sorry I assumed any differently of you.”
“Don’t be.” I smile to myself. “I am a very good actress. I’ve had to be. I would have been worried if you’d seen through my act so easily.”
“Are you going to tell him?” Temari asks with worry in her voice. I squirm at the question.
“God, I don’t know. Probably not. I think that would just make it that much more awkward. If he asks, I won’t lie to him though.” I sit up suddenly, and glare at her. “But don’t you go giving him any ideas!”
“I think he needs to know,” she says in a serious tone, “but you make the bed you lie in. I won’t say anything to him that I wouldn’t if you hadn’t told me.”
“Thanks. Well… now what?” I stare around the room, taking in for the first time that I will have a temporary home here. I remember longing for a home when I first reached Suna; being jealous of the people here.
“Now we get you ready,” Temari declares with a devilish grin. “I won’t have my little brother coming home to a girl that looks like she slept with a cactus all night.”
“Hey…” I start to protest. She grabs my arm and drags me upstairs to the bathroom. “Sit,” she demands, and I obey. I see myself in the mirror for the first time. Temari is behind me, determinedly working a brush through the tangled mop on my head.
“Oh God,” I mumble, looking at the dark circles forming under my own eyes. “I look awful.” There is dust and sand all over my skin, which is also shedding like a snake all over everything now that it’s healing.
“Well…” she trails off, trying to be positive, “He’s honestly seen you look worse.”
“Oh gee… thanks.”
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14. Home