Belong

Part 9: Visitor

"She still struggled to remember her name, not that she cared all that much back then, she was so weak she didn't care about anything regarding her not even her name."

The statement above appears in this chapter, let it be known that its NOT meant to diss the character, it DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE to any hate or resentment or nasty opinions that other people have towards this character. And on that, I personally, don't feel that way towards her.

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The alarm kept ringing and ringing until he finally reached out and aggressively shutting it off and mumbling about what a drag the damn alarm was. He was still too sleepy to wake up so he immediately went back to sleep. Hours passed until he finally woke up. It surprised him when he realised how late he'd woken up. But he did sleep later than usual so this was the price he'd paid. But how could he sleep after what Ino said about him falling head over heels for Temari. As expected he disagreed with her, even when Choji supported Ino in what she said. He still denied it. But there more he kept denying it, the less he believed himself.

A part of  him kept telling him "You know she's right!". That's why he couldn't sleep. But fortunately he did. What a troublesome girl, he thought. He did his morning routine and tidied up his apartment, there's wasn't really much to do. Before long, it was spotless.

" It's nice and tidy I see. I honestly was expecting a mess everywhere."

The words echoed in his head.

"Ugh! Man, what a drag. I can't even do some simple cleaning without thinking about her!" He exclaimed at himself.

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It's only been a couple of days since she's moved here. As it would seem it was a wise decision. The Hidden Sand village is where she calls home but being here made a difference. She no longer felt like she was suffocating every time, even her mood has slightly changed. She thought about her brothers, Gaara and Kankuro from time to time and her friends too, Michiko and Shizuka. Though she wished she'd said goodbye to Shizuka as well, knowing her, she isn't really going to be too happy when she goes back.
She took a long sigh as she glanced at the at the ceiling. It's times like these she'd usually go see Shizuka and Michiko.

"... Just lie down somewhere and look at the sky."

She smiled as the words rang in her head. She wondered what he could be doing now, probably doing just that. Visiting him won't hurt, right? Hopefully he's still home, she was already bored out of her mind anyway plus he's practically the only one he knows here. So she did, made her way to his place.

She was getting used to the place now, she no longer felt insecure while walking in the streets. Only half way there and a familiar person was walking towards, she knew she'd seen the person before. The closer the person got, the more she realised who it was. It was her, the Kunoichi she faced in the Preliminaries in their younger days. Who was she, again? She questioned herself. Hopefully the person won't recognize her.

"Temari?" So much for that.

"Hey." She responded.

"Wow... I haven't seen you in years. How've you been?"

"Why is she being so polite with me?"

"Just fine."

"I see you haven't changed all that much since then but you've got taller and you look prettier without your headband on." Tenten compliments.

"Well you haven't changed all that much yourself. I wonder if you've gotten stronger though."

"Of course I have. I've been itching to fight you again some day."