50 Shades of Sand

Chapter 6 - Love Letters

I felt the beams of day light hitting my face, but I shut my eyes tighter. I took notice of a warm, not soft but comforting object next to me. I felt myself nuzzle into it more as I waited for sleep to take over again. The object was moving slightly, as if. As if it was breathing. My eyes opened wide with shock when I took noticed this object was a person. From my point of view, I saw MY arm tucked around HIS abdomen. I could hear his light breaths on top of my head. Oh kami, I fell asleep with the Kazekage. Even worse, the Kazekage still had me in his embrace. I wanted to look up at him but I didn't want to disturb his slumber. Maybe a little longer, I thought as I closed my eyes and a smile crept on my face.

The storm! The others! We were here all night. I slowly retracted my arm and tried to slip my head from underneath him without disturbing him. I failed and he began to awaken. He looked at me and blinked a couple of times. Then his eyes stared at me in shock. Oh shit, I probably look like shit. Instinctively I brought my hands to my hair and began to smooth it out.

"Good morning." I muttered weakly at him and I gave him a shy smile.

"I was asleep?" He questioned. Shock filled his voice and expression. I could also hear the hint of that just-woke-up voice and dare I say. It was too sexy for him, it should be a crime.

"Yes. We fell asleep last evening waiting for the storm to pass." I got up and stood above him. I straightened out my clothes before stretching my limbs.

"I never sleep." He barely spoke in a whisper. I looked down at him. I could see he was a bit disturbed and shocked at this. I knelt down to look him in the face. I looked at him as if I was trying to find something on his face. He looked back a bit confused as he waited for me to respond. I smiled at him.

"Sleep looks good on you. You should do it more often, Kaze-sama." I purred before standing back up. He watched me attentively.

"Puffy." He stated while keeping his eyes trained on me.

"What?" I laughed. "Not this again. I thought we got over this. Yes, Gaara. My hair is puffy in the mornings. You tangled it anyways with your chin nuzzling at it while you slept." I took the hair tie off my wrist and began to work my hair into a ponytail. I giggled slightly.

"Clothes." He muttered again. I dropped my hands down and laughed.

"Gaara-sama, I thought we were passed one worded responses." I shook my head. "What about clothes?"

"You're wearing them this time." He muttered and gave me a half grin. Oh, that half grin of his. What's up with me? Gosh, mornings affect me just as much it affects men.

"Yes," I smiled at him, "yes, I am."

After this, we made our way back to the tower. Ah, my team must be wondering what's up. We keep delaying this mission further. The tower began to come into view.

"Gaara?" I looked at him.

"Hn." He responded keeping his view ahead.

"Can we go through your mail today?" I smiled at him. He hesitated and looked down. He seemed to be thinking hard about this, so I didn't encourage him to respond. I directed my attention to the shops we were passing by.

"Yes." I looked at him with a joyful expression. He hesitated before responding. "If you don't mind reading them to me. I want to try and work as well."

"Oh. If you have work to do. We don't have to, I understand!" I quickly stated to him. I always see Tsunade drowning in all the paper work back at home. He's been gone for an entire day, he must have a lot.