Temari arrived in Suna after travelling nonstop for 3 days, she was greeted at the gate by the oldest of you two younger brothers, Kankuro. He had a goofy smile on his face as she neared the village.
"How was Konoha?"
"It was nice, how's the construction going?"
"It's taking longer than we expected. We've had to assign more shinobi to build than we wanted so we're a bit behind with the paperwork"
"So that's why you called me back."
"What no! Well yes.. But we also missed you!"
"Mhm. Well if we're behind on paperwork we better get going."
"Right"
. . .
As Temari sat with her brothers behind a mountain of paperwork she couldn't help but look out the window and smile. She wondered how Shikamaru was, the last time she saw him was when they kissed. Temari blushed at the thought but quickly hid it in hopes that Gaara and Kankuro wouldn't see, a lass she was too slow. Her brothers noticed her moment of reminiscence, they were quite confused as they didn't know of anyone she could be seeing and the look that had appeared on her face even if only for a split second was a look of endearment.
There was an awkward silence that passed between the three siblings as Temari tried to pretend nothing happened and Gaara and Kankuro exchanged confused and concerned looks. Temari was beautiful, well respected and had a nice body so her brothers knew lots of guys were after her, they had seen the abundance of flowers, letters and gifts that were sent to her from admirers. Though some of the gifts were from fans who respected and looked up to her, a good quantity of them were not. Gaara trusted his sister's judgement to pick a good guy and not some thug who just wanted her body but he would still like to know who he was. Kankuro on the other hand was not letting his sister go so easily, they had been very close growing up because of their father's strict training schedule. They were the only friends each other had for a long time, Gaara had not been so close with them since they were forbidden to interact.
Not wanting Kankuro to lose his cool and start yelling, Gaara decided to speak first.
"Temari, is there something you want to tell us?"
Temari spun around to face him, she hesitated for a few seconds before replying.
"No."
Now it was Kankuro's turn, it was obvious she wasn't going to tell them anything and he wasn't happy about it.
"Fine if you don't want to tell us I'll bug you until you do. Now, who are you seeing!"
"Who says I'm seeing anyone, and even if I am I don't have to tell you!"
"Who says you're seeing someone? The expression on your face a minute ago, you know the one where you blushed! You never blush and I'm your brother of course you have to tell me!"
Oh boy, exactly what Gaara tried to avoid occurred. He was not getting involved in this, it was true that Temari didn't have to tell them anything but she should, they are her brothers after all and all they want to do is protect her.
"Excuse me! Just because you're my brother doesn't mean I have to tell you everything!"
"I know that but you could at least tell us who you're dating!"
Temari and Kankuro stood up, things started escalating quickly and before Gaara knew it they were in a fighting stance. That was not happening, especially in his office. He stood in between them sending glares that said 'sit down or I'll kick or ass'.
Everyone was sitting again, they had apologized and a big mess was avoided. Gaara didn't want awkward silence again so he decided to start up a conversation.
"So Temari, where did you stay while you were in Konohagakure?"
"Well I was originally going to stay in a hotel or inn but they were all taken, you know since so many houses were destroyed. Anyways then I was going to camp but I ran into Yoshino, Shikamaru's mother, on my way to a campsite and she offered to let me stay with them. So I ended up staying in the Nara compound."
"That was nice of them, remind me to send them something to say thank you."
Temari nodded and looked over at Kankuro who was being oddly silent. His face was covered in mixed emotions.
"Kankuro are you ok?"
"Y-You stayed in the same house as Shikamaru... He's your boyfriend right?"
"W-what! W-were did you get that idea from."
Temari stammered, how could he have known?
Kankuro's face darkened, he got up and left without saying anything, which is quite unusual for him. He's normally blabbering on about something or other, a lot like Naruto actually.
"So, Shikamaru huh?"
"N-no, we aren't a thing yet,"
"Yet?"
Temari turned a bright pink, heat coursed to her face, what was wrong with her? Normally she showed no emotions, she had emotional training for Kami's sake. She would have to work on it, but for now she could take the teasing smirk her youngest brother was giving her.