Gaara of the Desert × Reader (Complete)

Chapter 7

"Gaara" she blushed and buried her face in her palms. This was her usual reaction whenever I did something nice or said something nice to her. I was confused but I was sure it won't be a problem with Shikamaru's help.
"Let's get to work now" she said in a sudden stern tone. I didn't know if she liked it or not but she always reacted that way.
"Yes, let's go" I smiled.
We came back to the workspace and now we needed to finish the top by today because it takes time for her to try it on and everything.
"Gaara, we have to finish this dress by tomorrow morning maximum. Let's try and finish by today. So, we can relax a bit as well, okay?"
"Ofcourse. What remains to completion of the dress?" I asked.
"We only have to finish the top flowers, neck line and the sleeves." She listed.
"Let's start then. Let's start with the top first then we can do the neck line and the sleeves." I continued.
"I didn't know you knew so much about dresses, ne?" She teased. Somehow, I didn't find her teasing annoying. It wasn't the invasive and personal kind like what Kankuro did or Temari did. It was sweet, witty and charming.
"Like I said, I wasn't doing nothing while avoiding you" and we both got back to work.
We managed to do the neck line perfectly without any threads sticking out even without a sewing machine. Next, instead of doing sewn sleeves, we preferred a more disconnected approach to it. We made the sleeves separately and packed them up with the dress.
We had finally finished it. After such gruelling hours of work and no sleep functioning put into it, we finished it.
It was 2:30 and we had finally finished the Temari's wedding dress.
"Leat have her try it!" She was so excited she didn't realize the time.
"It's 2:30 in the morning." I explained to her.
"We'll do this the first thing in the morning." We promised each other and went to bed.
She kind of just laid back and I let my sand catch her as soon as I noticed her fall. She smiled knowing what had happened and patted the sand next to her. It was a gesture to come and sleep next to her.
"Are you okay with that?" I asked her.
"It's not like it's the first time." She joked but it was true.
I laid down next to her. I could see how small she was as compared to me. She was like a fire. Small and fragile, but also very very dangerous.
"I will always protect you." I said when I thought she has slept. She hadn't and she heard me.
"Now that you have me, you will never be alone again. My prayers, my words, my memories and mostly my love, will always be with you." she said back. She furthered her head into my chest, her legs touched mine and she took my hand and put it over her shoulder. Every time she touched me, my heart would skip a beat and I would feel the same electricity.
We both soon drifted off into our respective deep sleeps.
"Gaara!" She shook me, almost a little too violently.
"Yeah. I have been awake since a lot of time. You're late. Let's get the dress to Temari" I said.
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh" she squealed.
"I'm so excited!"
"I hope she likes it."
"I know she will love it. We both have our best to create a beautiful dress just for her." She took my hand and we rushed over to Temari's room.
We walked in to Shikamaru without a shirt and Temari on him in her short nightgown. She was kissing him everywhere as she laid on top of him. My mind somehow instantly imagined Designer girl like that and I blushed intensely. We both turned out backs to them and she started.
"Temari-san, your dress is ready. Please try it on."
Temari called us in and I carefully placed the sand binding down with the dress and the mannequin in it.
"Wait!" She exclaimed, "We can't ruin the surprise for Shikamaru-san!"
"Taaka" he sighed, "You guys are so troublesome."
He gave Temari a kiss on her cheek, grabbed a shirt, waved at us and left the room.
"Temari-san, I'll help you." She said and they both went inside.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, she came back running from the room and grabbed my wrist running out of the room.
" We have work to do" she said running and leading me with her.
"We have to fix this!" She showed me the pieces separated from the sides. The measurements should've been triple checked after all, I thought.
"But how are we going to fix it?" I rushed her as we didn't have time.
"I have the perfect idea. Get your ear here." She said and whispered her dea in my ears.
"So, what are we waiting for?!" I smirked at her.
"Let's do this! Yoshhhhhh" I said excitedly.
"Gaara! We finished it!" She jumped on me and hugged me tight, with so much energy! It was like she had just stated working.
"Yes. We did." I calmly smiled at her.
"What about your dress?" I asked me as she so happy about finishing Temari's dress. She had completely forgotten about her own.
"I don't know. I'll just wear something. It's not a huge task, it's a mouse task not a whale task." She said and realized something.
"Gaara! The veil!" She looked at me, panicked.
"We didn't measure her for the veil" she continued.
"She's not that fat!" I said annoyed.
"Not whale as in the swimming, fishlike looking mammal! Veil! The one that is going to be on her head!" She exclaimed.
"Okay. How do you make a veil?" I asked her calmly.
"Okay, listen. We're going to make last minute arrangements for the veil. It's not actually how you make it but we don't have time. Listen," she explained.
"Great" I said when I understood everything, "let's start"
We started working on the veil once we had finished fixing the dress for Temari. It was time for the wedding by now. We quickly got changed into our respective clothing. I put on the suit that she had sewn for me and she put on a beautiful red dress.
"So, what are you going to tell everyone?" She asked me putting on a necklace for the wedding.
"About?" I asked straightening my suit.
"About me. What are you gonna say? Yeah this is sudden but here's my girlfriend?" She asked me mocking my attitude towards my love life.
"Yes. I'm gonna say you're my girlfriend." I decided for myself and her.
"Ookayy. I guess." She hesitated and a little shocked with my answer. I knew she wanted it to be. Maybe she was just surprised.
"Don't think too much" I said calmly as if it wasn't a big deal for me, but the blush on my face told a different story and I was sure she caught on to it.
"You look beautiful" I looked at her through the mirror.
"Thank you" she blushed and ended up doing the necklace wrong.
"Ugh. Gaara, can you help me please?" She requested in a very whiny voice to which I chuckled a little.
"Ofcourse." I said and stepped forward.
I slowly undid the hook and hooked it correctly and placed my hand on her shoulders.
"I will always protect you" I said kissing her head, like Shikamaru did with Temari.
"Thank you." She said looking up to me.
"Let's go now. Everyone must be here for the wedding!" She rushed us.
"Yes, yes. Let's go" I returned to my formal tone for the guests, because now, I wasn't just Gaara, I was the Kazekage of Sunakagure who's elder sister was tying a knot to Konohakagure.
"Gaara! Your shirt!" She smirked when she noticed my shirt.
"I was actually wondering what colour you'll choose, but you chose red. I have a lot of red clothes." I smiled.
"You are really going all out for this, aren't you?" She chuckled a little and I couldn't help but return a smile.
"Ready?" I asked and took her hand.
We both nodded, stepped out and proceeded to the wedding.
A lot of guests were already there. The Kages, their families, their aids, their aids families, and a lot of important people. This was an important wedding after all.
She left to check if Temari needed help with anything and I walked over to the Kages.
"Seems like someone is enjoying life." Naruto nudged me using his elbow.
"Oh, I am. Work is going smoothly, Temari is getting married, Kankuro is responsible and doesn't make errors in his work. Life is easy and everything is peaceful." I said with a smile.
"That's not what he is referring to" Chojouro smiled nervously.
"Oh. Then what is he referring to?" I turned to Naruto.
"He's referring to your girlfriend. Such a drab" Darui said turning to me.
"Oh! Yeah. I just recently started dating her ." I smiled at Naruto.
Naruto smiled his usual huge grin and said, "Life doesn't seem complete without them, does it?"
"Without who?" Chojouro asked.
"Without women" Naruto answered, "They do so much for us." He smiled blushing and thinking of Hinata.
"Oi! Naruto!" Shikamaru entered in his suit.
"Oh! Shikamaru! Congratulations!" Naruto hugged him tightly almost until the poor guy died.
"Congratulations, Shikamaru" I shook hands with him, "Now you can officially do everything you have been doing for the past month." I smiled.
"Oi! Oi!" Shikamaru blushed and everyone else laughed.
The wedding was about to start. I went over to Temari standing behind the scenes.
"You ready?" I asked her.
"Ofcourse" she smiled.
"Try to miss us a little." I joked.
"Why? Don't you have Designer girl to miss you now?" She joked back and we shared a laugh.
She took my hand and I got her to the stage. As soon as Shikamaru spotted her, he almost started sobbing. Everyone else looked at her and gasped and whispers of "Ofcourse she's this pretty! She's the princess of Sunakagure!" And "The Kazekage's elder sister looks like an angel!" Were heard.
I walked her down the aisle and handed her over to Shikamaru. I stood to the side and Shikamaru was crying at this point of time.
"Do you, Nara Shikamaru take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
"I do" he managed.
"Do you, Sabaku no Temari, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do" she said.
"By the power bestowed upon me by the holy spirit, I pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride." He declared.
They stood in front of each other and she wiped his tears and smiled at him. This instantly reminded me of designer girl and my moments on the balcony of her workshop.
They kissed each other and now it was time to throw the bouquet. It landed in Yamanaka Ino's hands and Naruto nudged his teammate Sai. Sai blushed a little and Naruto laughed.
Then it was time for the feast. The fat guy on Nara's team ate like there was no tomorrow. I was glad to see everyone enjoy their feast. It was nice to see people from different villages, laughing and enjoying together rather an killing each other.
I had my fill too and all the guys sat around in a circle on the grass and started talking.