Mate of the Sand (Gaara's Neko sequel)

Mate of the Sand Chapter 23

Eh, and they return.  The honeymoon was boring me, I have like... years of their life planned out.  Anyways, in case anyone was wondering why there's not a lot of drawings of Neko, it's cause I never remember her design and I fucking hate drawing her tail.  Maybe that'll change when I'm not anxious every waking hour of the day.

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When we get back, it's night again.

Ko is asleep, so is everyone else.

A black band is on my neck, some of my skin has changed it's color as well.

The entire village seems to be sleeping.

Gaara and I sit up and watch the moon.

There won't be too much longer until morning anyway.

We don't talk, I've noticed we hardly ever do.

But I have nothing to discuss, so it doesn't matter.

With the moon overhead, it's very peaceful.

I like it.

That surprizes me.

I don't seem to like much.

I don't know what to do.

As a jounin, I hardly have any high level missions.

It may just be the wedding, but I'm also the wife of the Kazekage.

Meaning I'm probably not going to be out and about much.

Teaching at the Academy is a job for Chuunin, after all.

On the other hand, there was that assassination.

So I guess I'm happy.

We sit there, going inside when the sun rises.

Ko races down the stairs, jumping on the two of us with a hug.

"Onee-chan! Gaara-san! You're back!"

Way to wake the whole house up, Ko.

On'na is downstairs in a flash, glaring.

"Do you know how long it took to get him to sleep? Until about five seconds ago."

I raise an eyebrow at him, he smirks happily.

"I could smell you!"

Well that's an odd thing to say.

Ichiji and Nai take longer to trudge down, half asleep.

"I'm 'onna... (yawn) kill all 'ah ya... and wear yer pelts... (yawn) like coats..."

Nai clocks him on the head pretty hard, he hits the ground.

"Shu' up, man... (yawn) s' too eary fer... all yer yellin'..."

And welcome to the world of early mornings with Nai and Ichiji.

Never say anything, or you will be hit.

If you're still standing, you will be hit again.

Ichiji whines, grabbing Nai's hand and pulling him to the floor too.

Gaara glances at me curiously.

I shrug slightly.

Kankuro and Temari make it downstairs soon after.

They look at the two boys sprawled on the ground, wrestling tiredly.

"Er... not morning people?"

I nod, sighing.

"All the coffee in the world couldn't make them morning people."

Temari raises an eyebrow before getting a coffee of ther own.

"So... have fun?"

I nod, glancing at Gaara.

"What now?"

We all look at each other awkwardly.

"So... wanna all go back to bed and talk in the morning?"

That gets muttered agreement from everyone, so we go bed.

Gaara kisses me on the head as we sit on the bed, Ko shuts off the lights.

He jumps on the bed, curling up with us.

As he settles in, he looks at me seriously, frowning curiously.

I nod once, I know.

He relaxes with that and soon is lulled to sleep.

Gaara bites one of my ear tips drowsily.

"Mine."

I smile softly, pushing my head into his neck.

"Yours."