Naruto One-Shot (Yaoi)

A Love of Three Halves

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Wind

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They both had an affinity for wind, which made sense, because she'd always in her mind related them to storms.

Naruto was a hurricane; powerful, huge, hitting hard and fast and leaving devastation in his wake. Even though the storm that was Naruto Uzumaki had long since calmed, the world was still recovering from his effects, rebuilding into a better place, because of him.

Gaara was a sandstorm; a force of nature, gathering up everything around them and blasting it outward, harsh and rough, they altered the very landscape itself with their passing. But, once the wind had faded, they left a beautiful stillness and clarity to the air and the way forward was open and clear.

It was both terrifying and exhilarating, to be one of those lucky few allowed shelter in the eye of those storms.

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Fussy

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"Naruto, your coat."

It often surprised people that, of the three of them, Gaara was the most one prone to 'mothering'.

"You left this scroll at home, Hinata."

After all, as far as most saw, they were cold, distant, they'd be less likely to comfort a crying stranger than they would be to command them to stop, why would someone so controlled and assured ever waste time worrying about others.

"I noticed you were running low on zenzai, so I bought some more."

And surely Hinata - shy, gentle, kind Hinata - would be the most likely to fuss over her partners?

"The spider is gone now, it's safe to come in."

But, over the years she'd grown out of her childhood anxieties and matured into a quietly confident and relaxed woman, so much so that she often forgot to worry entirely, sure that her partners could look after themselves.

"Are you sure you've not forgotten anything?"

Gaara meanwhile, had been slowly starting to relearn how to show emotion, show that theycared for others, even if the only way they felt comfortable doing so was with small gestures and constant fretting.

"You have something on your face, Naruto."

It certainly didn't bother their spouses; they actually found it rather endearing, even cute.

"Be careful up there, are you sure you don't want me to just use my sand?"

Besides, they'd all grown up with no one who really cared to worry about them, they were left alone to look after themselves. If Gaara wanted to remind them that they did indeed think about them, with their mothering ways, then neither Naruto nor Hinata were going to complain.

"Oh, Gaara you forgot something!"

They stopped with their hand still reaching towards the door and turned back to see Naruto rushing down the hall to meet them. "What is it?" they asked.

He slid a warm hand behind their neck and gently pulled them into a quick kiss, before releasing them with a wide grin and faint blush tinting his cheeks.

"That's it, you've got everything now!"

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Happiest

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He felt happy so often these days, that he sometimes forgot just how new that emotion really was for him.