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"Lord Kazekage?" I questioned knocking on the door, yawning as I did so.
"Yes, come in," He said and I walked in slowly, suppressing another yawn as I did so.
I was one of the Lord Gaara's closest advisors, so being called in at odd hours was not out of the ordinary, but it was very rare that he called this late at night. The amount of times I had to pull myself out of bed at two in the morning to come in could be counted on my hands. This did not make it any less unpleasant to do.
"What's wrong?" I asked, walking up to his desk. He looked up from the paperwork he was doing and sent me a small smile.
"What do you mean?" He replied.
"You almost never call me to come in past midnight unless it's an emergency," I said before chuckling. "And I don't really see any emergencies."
Gaara then looked a little embarrassed and it was my turn to be confused, "Oh sorry...I hadn't realized it was so late. I just wanted some company while I did my work and I enjoy having your company the most.."
I smiled warmly at him and I could have sworn I saw a pink tint on his cheeks. We did work together, so for the most part we kept it professional; however, being one of his closest advisors with the exception of his siblings, we had grown rather close and every once in awhile it seemed that there were other feelings there from both sides.
"It's alright, I can just take a nap tomorrow to make up for lost sleep." I covered my mouth to conceal a large yawn. "I can stay with you."
He let out what seemed to be a relieved breath and he sent me a grateful look, "Thank you, I'll make it up to you, I promise."
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I shook my head to keep myself from dwelling on that memory any further. I needed to stay focused on the task at hand, which was helping my Kazekage. I still couldn't shake that memory of him, it had happened a day before he was taken. You need to say alive, you made me a promise, I thought.
I ran with the group of ninja to the clearing just outside the Sand Village. We had just gotten word that Gaara had been saved and everyone would be meeting him and the Leaf ninja there. My heart was beating faster as the clearing came into view. I was hoping with every fiber in my body that he would be okay, but deep down I feared the worst.
I wouldn't allow the person I had grown to love be taken away from me this easily. I needed to be there for him and I slowed down once I reached the barrier of trees separating me from him. When I got there I immediately spotted Temari in the crowd and I ran up to her.
"T-Temari," I said, my voice soft and she turned to me, tears in her eyes. I covered my mouth and looked over and saw Gaara lying on the ground. Lady Chiyo was kneeling beside him and the blond Leaf ninja was with her. Temari placed a hand on my shoulder and she squeezed lightly. Tears began to prick the corners of my eyes, and it felt like a hole had opened up within me.
Lady Chiyo murmured something to the blonde and she placed her hands on Gaara's abdomen. Suddenly, her hands began to glow blue. Temari and I shared a confused look until Temari's eyes widened.
"She...she can't be.." Temari whispered and I looked from her to the scene in front of me. The blonde Leaf ninja was now helping her and Chiyo was speaking to him. My heart was pounding in my ears so it was possible for me to catch anything they said.
Things began to move in slow motion as Lady Chiyo passed out into Sakura's arms. A collective gasp was heard when Gaara opened his eyes and looked around. My breath caught in my throat and Temari rushes forward at him. I swallowed the lump in my throat as relief washed over me. He's going to be okay.
I watched as Temari and eventually Kankuro talked to Gaara. Tears of joy threatened to spill out from my eyes.
"Where's (Y/N)?" He asked in a soft voice and I perked up at the sound of my name.
"What do you mean?" Kankuro looked at him confused. Gaara continued to scan the crowd of people around him.
"(Y/N), is she here?" He asked once more and Temari looked over at me. The people standing in front of me moved so I had a direct line of sight towards Gaara. I didn't know what to do so I waved sheepishly over to him. I then took a few steps closer to where he sat.
I made it over to him and kneeled down next to him.
"I'm so glad you're okay," I began. "I watched your fight over the village and I've never been so scared in my whole life and then you got taken away.."
"I'm sorry," Gaara said, and if not for the circumstances I would have laughed. There was no reason for him to apologize, all of this was out of his control.
"No, no don't apologize," I looked up at him. "You did everything you could to protect everyone."
"You did great," I smiled to him, tears still in my eyes. His eyes scanned the whole crowd of people standing around him to help, and they eventually landed back on me. He let out a short breath and closed his eyes for a moment.
Before I could think about it I was leaning over and wrapping my arms around him. He tensed up, but to my surprise, he took no time in wrapping his arms around me.
"Thank you, for keeping all of us safe," I mumbled into his shoulder.
"I still have to make it up to you," He said softly in response. I let out a short involuntary chuckle.
"Why is that what you're worried about now, of all things?" I questioned, chuckling a little as a stray tear slipped down my cheek and landed on his shirt. He didn't respond, instead his grip on my shirt tightened a little and he pulled me into him a little more.
"Don't do that to us, to me, ever again," I whispered as another tear fell down my face.
"I promise I won't," He murmured into my shoulder.
