Gaara of the Desert × Reader (Complete)

Chapter 7

I held out the outline of the dress for him and he started cutting it like we did for the suits.
"Great now, we'll have to stitch it, but we will stitch it here, using a new sewing machine that Shikamaru-san for for us from Konohakagure!" I exclaimed.
We both made our way to Shikamaru-san's room.
"This time you knock" I pushed Gaara forward because I didn't want to be witness to their romance again.
"No. You go. What if they are..." He shrugged and retaliated.
"That's exactly why you should knock" I continued pushing him.
"Okay. Okay" He stopped and straightened his coat out. "I knock, you talk." He said and quickly stepped back after knocking.
"Hey! But! Ga-"
"Hello! Temari-san! Are you busy?"
"Not really. I am not." She said coolly.
"Yes she is. She is planning her wedding vows with her fiancé" Shikamaru-san yelled from the back.
"Oh, I'm really sorry for disturbing you, I just wanted the sewing machine."
"Yeah. Ofcourse. Take it. It's on the table." She pointed.
"Thank you" I quickly rushed in, grabbed the machine and the pedal and ran back out while apologizing on my way.
"Phew" I sighed when we returned to our workspace.
I put both the cloth piece cut outs on top of each other and put them on the machine.
"Ready?" I asked him.
" 'Start' to step on the pedal and 'Stop' to step off. Let's go" he instructed with a smile.
"Yosh! Start!" I said and he put his pedal and the machine started stitching.
"Oh wait. Now we need a new mannequin" I sighed and I looked up at Gaara.
"If you are thinking of making me the mannequin, I absolutely refuse." He looked away.
"As much as I would love to, we can't do that. This dress has been made according to measurements. If you wear it, it will most likely tear on the sides. So, I want you to make a sand mannequin. Make a model of Temari-san" I smiled at him looking at me again.
"Okay." He said and shortly we had a life-sized model of Temari-san which was perfect for me to take measurements if I was doubtful as well. I quickly put the main dress on Temari-san's mannequin.
"We'll call her Suna no Temari, instead of Sabaku no Temari" I said and we chuckled a little as we worked.
"Now, Gaara, this major part of the sweetheart dress is done. Now we need to add the rest of the things to it. To make this normal white rag cloth dress-" I turned to the soft board, "-into this grand wedding dress. He glanced at the soft board once and then me once. He nodded a bit and we got back to work.
"Okay" I got the dress off the mannequin and started adding the longer slit hemline of the back which had all the laces and decoration items pinned to it.
I put it back on the mannequin and turned to Gaara, "Now starts the most important part of the mission. We have to add the laces and flowers." I stared at him with a serious expression on my face.
I pinned the laces and Gaara held them on for me. Then we both hand stitched the laces together to it. I accidentally pricked my finger and it was nice to see Gaara worried about me.
He was blowing on my finger and I was smiling stating at him.
"You're hurt. Why are you smiling?"
"My finger is hurt, but my heart is healing" I said to him not realizing what I was saying. I was cursing at myself and cringing a lot at what I had just said.
He looked down and had a small pink glow near his cheeks on his pale skin. It make him love more alive. I liked that blush on him.
We got back to hand stitching and managed to put all the laces by around 3 in the morning which is the last thing I remembered before waking up.
I woke up with the needle still in my hand and my head on Gaara's chest. I was lying down next to him on a surprisingly soft surface. He had his hands on my waist and he was fast asleep. It looked like he was having a nice dream with the smile on his face. As soon as I realised I was in Gaara's Sand and we had slept together while working, my face turned red and hot. "Umm...G-G-G-Gaara?" I stuttered. But he didn't even budge. "G-Ga-Gaa-G-Gaara?" I called again and this time he woke up.
"Yes?" He said in a stern tone.
"We should get back to work" I tried to get my voice through in his drowsy head.
"Wait for some time. I'm still tired." He answered sleepily and his hold tightened a bit.
"Gaara!" I exclaimed.
"What?" He was awake now.
"We should start working" I whined.
"But if we are not well rested, we won't be able to function properly." He countered.
"But we don't have the time to be well rested"
"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast"
"Don't remind me of her"
"What she said had a point though"
"Gaara, let's get to work!" I ordered this time.
"I hope I am not interrupting anything?" Kankuro-san came in as he saw me and Gaara, lying on his sand and Gaara holding me at the waist.
"Nothing of the sort, Kankuro. We were just getting back to work" Gaara answered him coolly.
"That's hard to believe, but okay" Kankuro-san teased.
"State your business, Kankuro. You're talking to the Kazekage" Gaara said, sounding annoyed.
"So, Kazekage-sama, I came to check on the status of the dress" he explained.
"It's right there in the sand mannequin" Gaara told him. Kankuro-san noted it in his report and closed the door behind him.
"Hey? You okay?" Gaara asked me touching my face.
"Are you okay?" I got annoyed. "Do you know what he thought of us now? Ugh! Do you really not understand what he thought we were doing?" I pressed the bridge of my nose.
"He thought we were sleeping together, which we were." Gaara answered coolly.
"Yeah. We were sleeping together but he must've thought we are-"
"Interested in each other." Gaara finished my sentence.
"Yeah. And I really don't think- wait. What? You understood that this meant telling Kankuro that you are romantically interested in me?" I was shocked and confused.
"Yes. I did." He said calmly.
"So, you don't mind... Wait. Oh my god. What is going on." I stepped off the sand just roam around a bit while freaking out.
"Listen" he held my wrist and pulled me back into his chest, "We will think and talk about this later. Let's focus on the dress for now. The wedding is in 3 days."
"3 days?!" I yelled. "Okay. Okay. We don't have time at all! Let's begin with the next roses! We have to cover the entire cloth in roses." I threaded the needle already in my hand and gave one to Gaara too.
We painstakingly managed to sew every rose onto the longer portion on the back of the dress bumping into each other a couple of times. I realized his sand didn't protect him from me now.
It was evening already and we hadn't had lunch.
"Let's go out for lunch today. We'll eat and be back soon to start working again." Gaara suggested. I agreed and we left.
"Kazekage-sama!" The shopkeeper gasped.
"A table for 2, if you don't mind" he smiled.
"Ofcourse" and the waiter led us to our table.
"Gaara, this restaurant is too expensive." I whispered to him, "I don't have that much money!"
"Don't worry. I'll pay. My treat for everything you've done for me till now" he smiled warmly at me. This wasn't his usual formal smile. It was a genuine happy and sunshine smile. It made my heart feel fuzzy inside.
"You look really handsome, smiling like that" I complimented him sheepishly.
"Thank you" he smiled with a blush on his face.
We ate our lunch quietly just looking at each briefly and looking at all the other people staring at me.
"Oh! Gaara!" Shikamaru-san waved as he and Temari-san entered the same restaurant as us.
"Oh! Shikamaru! Temari! We are just done. You are just a little late. Otherwise you could've joined us." He smiled his usual cold smile. I stood beside him trying not to embarrass myself. I loved the fact that sunshine smile was reserved for me.
"I'm sorry" he said as he held on to my waist, "but we have to leave. We have a wedding dress to prepare. Now, if you would excuse us." He smiled politely and we left the restaurant.
"Gaara, are you really okay with this? Considering your position and everything? Like what will the media say and other important political stuff?" I asked him. He still held on to my waist as we arrived to the office again.
"Listen, I wasn't doing nothing when I was avoiding you. I sorted out my feelings. I know I want you to love me. I want the world to know that I love you. I want you to know that I love you. And other political and media concerns don't matter much to me as long as I have you on my side." He smiled his sunshine smile and I melted instantly. It felt like all my concerns were gone and I totally believed in him.
We for back to the workspace and finished the lower portion of the dress completely. All the touches and tweaks were perfect. It was perfectly layered with the cloth at the bottom, laces on it, nets to a little lesser length to show off the laces and roses near the waist and hips. This was the perfect lower portion that I imagined for her.
"It is almost morning" Gaara said looking astonished.
"Let's watch the sunrise together then?" I offered.
We both went up to the office balcony and stood there waiting for the sun to rise.
"A wedding is a very important affair, ne?" I sighed.
"Yeah. She is going to marry the man she loves. She is going to make her own family with him" Gaara said his hair flying in the breeze.
"That's why I want to make it perfect for her." I smiled at him.
"That's very kind of you. It's rare for people to care about someone else dream. Even parents fail to do that sometimes." He sighed.
"Gaara, can I ask you something honestly?" I looked at him deeply staring into his eyes.
"Go ahead." He said gazing back.
"How did you fall in love with me?" I asked him.
He just scoffed a bit and said, "That question has a very long answer."
"I guess we will have to do it later then" I sighed.
"Well, there is something, I want to do now." He blushed again.
"What?" I asked him.
He grabbed my waist and pulled me closer to him.
"G-G-G-Gaara?" I tried to understand what he meant.
He put his forehead against mine and slowly whispered, "You have taught me the meaning behind this character on my forehead. Thank you"
"G-G-Gaara" I blushed and turned around instantly hearing those words from him.
"Thank you" he whispered hugging me from behind.