Naruto Oneshots + Imagines

Scary (Temari x Reader)

You were in love with Temari, one of the three sand siblings.

Most girls in your village had a crush on Gaara, the Kazekage.

Occasionally, people would express interest in Kankuro.

But you were in love with the Kazekage's bodyguard and older sister, Temari.

It had been a weird transition. Like almost everyone else in the village, you'd thought the sand siblings were scary. They were strong, they were of royal blood, and all three of them had an intimidating and confident aura. On top of that, Gaara was the Jinchuriki, and he'd killed countless people.

But, things had changed when you were around fourteen. After the Chunin exams in The Leaf Village, the Konoha Crush, and the unfortunate assassination of The Fourth Kazekage, all three of the sand siblings had changed. Gaara had mellowed out, and Kankuro and Temari seemed more at ease because of that- less tense.

You hadn't been in love with Temari back then, though. You'd only known who she was, passed her in the village occasionally, maybe talked to her for work purposes once or twice.
What made you fall was when you were sent with her and Kankuro to guard Gaara, the new Kazekage, while they traveled to The Leaf Village for a meeting with the newly appointed Fifth Hokage.

You and Temari had talked over the span of a few weeks due to that mission, and you realized that maybe she wasn't so scary. She was strong, sure, but she was also reliable and kind, smart and fun to converse with.

You liked her because it turned out that she wasn't so scary after all as long as you didn't do anything to piss her off, which you hadn't done.

And then over the next few years, that turned into love. The Fourth Shinobi World War had just ended, and you'd realized a lot of things during that time. Firstly, you didn't just like Temari- you were in love with her. After that first real interaction, you began to talk to her a lot more, whether it be for more missions or just whenever you ran into her. During the war, you'd had the privilege to fight by her side numerous times.

Thankfully, you at least knew that she was into women- you'd overheard it when her other friends were teasing her about her relationship with Shikamaru, but the blonde had quickly shot them down, told them that Shikamaru was just a friend, and revealed that she didn't like men.

Thank God, you'd thought. That was one big question out of the way, and it made you think that you actually had a pretty decent chance- or, a better chance than none at all, which is probably what you would've been left with if she were straight.

With war came thinking, and with thinking came the realization that you weren't going to live forever. You had been skirting around your feelings for Temari for years, too shy to make any sort of move even though you'd built a decent friendship with her and her siblings, but reality had hit you in the face, and you weren't sure of how much time you or Temari had left. You were ninjas- anything could happen to either of you at any moment, and you didn't want to think about how you would feel if one of you died without you getting the chance to confess.

So, you were finally going to do it. You were going to ask Temari on a date. Best case scenario, she'd say yes and it would escalate into everything you'd ever wanted. Worst case scenario, she'd say no and you'd cry into a bowl of (f/f) while drinking your sorrows away for the night.

You were currently working the mission desk, reading through reports and sorting them for The Kazekage. You could see familiar green eyes and a head of blonde hair in the line that you knew was Temari, probably turning in the report from the mission that she'd been gone on for the past few weeks.

When she finally approached you, setting the papers down in front of you, you gathered your resolve and stopped to speak to her.

"H-Hey, Temari, do you maybe..." You paused, heat taking over your (s/c) cheeks as you briefly averted your gaze. Sure, she wasn't scary to you in that way anymore, but talking to her still seemed to be an intimidating task due to the nervousness that stemmed from your crush on her. "Wanna hang out sometime?"