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[reject-tiefling]

Gaara week 2024 Day 1 - Just Gaara!

sorry the pose is weird RIP

[sachikokuroichi]

Herz an Herz (<-Link to AO3)

“Your handwriting is awful.”

Naruto had to look twice at the scroll he was holding in hand right now. He’d been looking forward to Gaara’s answer all week and this was everything he had to say?!

The blond was on the verge of crying. And here he thought that they could converse like this, get to know each other and become closer. Because let’s face it. Since the day he’d laid eyes on him, he knew that the red-haired jinjuuriki was going to be someone special in his life. Someone he wanted to call precious to him. The fact that Gaara came to help him with the Sasuke problem more than just once was not helping to keep his crush in check either.

Tossing the scroll into the depth of his chaos that had been his flat once, Naruto stormed outside. He really needed to clear his head and the best way to achieve that was training.

Meanwhile in Suna…

“Temari, have you seen the messenger scroll I had on my desk? I’ve been looking for it for a couple of days now.”

The blond kunoichi looked at her, a little (very) unnerved, brother. It was not like him to lose his things, not even misplace them. Also, it was definitely not in his normal behaviour to freak out like that over a simple messenger scroll. And for Gaara this was a big case of freaking out: He was currently wracking havoc in his office, using his sand to lift papers, tables, plants and every single one of the heavier pieces of furniture, even if there was no way that a messenger scroll could possibly fit underneath or behind it. Gaara was close to losing it. Okay, who was she trying to kid here? He was losing it and never had Temari been gladder that Shukaku wasn’t with Gaara anymore. He would’ve had a field day with the nervous energy her little brother was radiating right now.

She wondered what possibly could be in that messenger scroll that he freaked out like that. There had been no important paperwork of lately, just the one scroll from Konoha that she- oh.

“You mean the one from Konoha? The one ready to send back? I already sent it a few days ago.”

“WHAT?!”

Taken aback by the sudden outburst, Temari took a couple steps back. Gaara had never been the type to raise his voice. Lower it into icy depths that caused you to freeze or made you want to cease existing all together on the spot, yes, but he never got loud.

But there he was: his turquoise eyes, still marred from countless of sleepless nights, wide in surprise and with an unfamiliar look of pure horror within them, the earlier frantic whirling sand was now lying lifeless all around the office.

“I’m sorry, it looked finished, all closed up and sealed, so I thought-“

“He’s gonna hate me… my life is over…”

Temari watched Gaara let himself fall into his seat, burying his face in his hands, letting out a distressed sound.

“Gaara, what is this all about? Who was the scroll addressed to anyway?”

“Naruto… he sent me the scroll, wanted to write more regularly, keep in touch.”

Temari let out a sigh, relief cursing through her veins. Naruto was simple. There was no way that he wouldn’t forgive them for this mistake. He’d probably find it very funny.

“Naruto would never hate you. Maybe you weren’t finished writing it, who cares? It probably shows anyway. What did you write him?”

Gaara broke down there and then, letting everything spill out: How he was so happy to receive the letter, just for it to morph into something unpleasant, overwhelming him, because how could he be that happy over something that simple? Was it okay to feel that way? What did it mean?

After getting through this crisis (meaning he managed to shove the panic into the farthest corner of his mind) he struggled for some time to decipher the written words. Naruto’s writing was like him: lively, happy, easy to read, but wild and untamed and it showed. His penmanship was horrible.

But after some time he got used to it and it got easier to read the message, which left him with the most difficult task: It was now on him to write his response. There the real struggle began. What to write? What was okay? What too much? Was there some etiquette to follow? Would Naruto think of him as weird? He didn’t want to scare him away. He wanted the letters to continue. After even one single letter he could already claim being addicted to the feeling of receiving, opening and reading them.

“Then I remembered that it wasn’t too bad to let the heart do the talking.”

Temari felt a sense of dread rising. Her little, innocent brother knew close to nothing about feelings, especially gentle ones like friendship and love. Even if he worked hard to understand them better, he still lacked… experience.

“Back to my original question: What did you write him?”

“What came to mind first. I wanted to start off with a little tease, then complimenting him on his wonderful idea, how I felt when I got the letter, that I was looking forward to exchanging lots of them in the future.”

“That doesn’t sound too bad…?”

“I didn’t come very far before getting called away to a meeting. Then you sent it.”

“How far did you come?”

“Your handwriting is awful.”

“Kami-sama have mercy… that’s your definition of “starting off with a little tease”?! That was outright mean!”

“It’s not that bad… is it?”

Temari almost wanted to laugh at her clueless brother but seeing him anxious and vulnerable like that was enough to make her feel guilty about sending the scroll without checking with Gaara first. It was her fault they’re in this situation after all. She planned on doing whatever she could to fix her mistake. Maybe she should deliver the next message herself, explain the circumstances of the first to Naruto herself. And apologize to both of them. No matter how she hated to do that and how much it would hurt her pride. This was her little brother and his happiness was the most important thing to her. He deserved all the luck and love in this godforsaken world. And she would make it happen! But first things first:

“It’s gonna be fine. We’ll fix this. But Gaara… I need to know one thing before we do that. And I want you to be completely honest with me here.”

Gaara sent her a confused look, but nodded anyway.

“Is there a certain possibility that your feelings for Naruto maybe go further than friendship?”

The confusion in Gaara’s eyes grew with every second his brain had to compute the meaning behind her question. But there was no verbal answer and Temari was sure that was to the fact that her little brother had no idea himself. She had dumped a completely foreign concept on him there, that she was pretty sure of.

“Look, I don’t want to say that-“

“I’m in love with him, aren’t I?”

The way he muttered those words, completely dumbfounded by the revelation, but also with a certain uncertainty lying underneath, took her by surprise. He was not hesitant to say it out loud, it seemed more that it was almost an epiphany to him. That she’d given him a name for all those weird, foreign sensations within him. Those new feelings. But his past had taught him that love was a dangerous concept and it was just natural to be at least slightly scared of it now.

“Well, I can’t look into your head or your heart… but to me it looks like you’re at least crushing hard on him.”

“What should I do now?”

“Up to you. But I suggest that you write the letter you actually intended to send him so I can deliver it.”

Gaara did exactly that.

~*~

Naruto had been inconsolable for the past few days, training without too many breaks, not even once visiting Ichiraku’s for ramen and it was starting to worry his teammates as well as the Hokage. What possibly could’ve happened? He hadn’t left the village and within it there wasn’t too much that could’ve caused this. Time to bring out the big guns: They decided to consult Iruka.

Said Chuunin found his former student at one of Konoha’s countless training grounds. It really spoke for Naruto’s progress that he was spotted immediately.

“Iruka-sensei! What brings you here?”

“Can I not pay a dear former student of mine a visit from time to time?”

“You’re way too busy for that and we both know that.”

Ouch. Iruka never thought that Naruto could be that brutally honest. Seems like his little troublemaker had indeed grown up. And his teammates had been right: He was in a very bad mood.

“But I’m here, aren’t I? So let’s get some ramen and catch up.”

Naruto’s face immediately lit up, causing Iruka to almost sigh in relief. If Ichiraku’s ramen would also have failed here, then he would’ve been in serious trouble. If they couldn’t console him, then almost nothing else could.

With two big bowls of their favourite type of ramen in front of them, Iruka decided to tackle the issue upfront.

“Okay, spill. What’s wrong?”

Naruto’s good mood was gone immediately. Iruka felt a chill going down his spine. He dreaded the words he was going to hear next. What horrible things could’ve happened to this sunshine? A lot of things, that Iruka knew. But whoever it was, there would be hell to pay. Iruka would make sure of it.

“I think I’m in love and I’m pretty sure he hates me. Or thinks that I’m stupid. Same thing. It’s pointless.”

Iruka had expected to hear a wide variety of things… but this? This he hadn’t seen coming.

“What makes you think that?”

“I wrote him, wanted to build a deeper connection, get to know him, become friends…”

“Sounds like a solid plan, what happened?”

“His only response was “Your handwriting is awful.”, that’s what happened.”

Iruka didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t deny that Naruto’s handwriting was awful, he had the “pleasure” of correcting various tests and homework sheets of him before but to get that told by your crush was just cruel. That guy was the worst.

“Forget about him. You deserve better than that.”

“Iruka-sensei… if it would be just as simple to forget someone you love as you make it sound… why are you still in love with Kakashi-sensei?”

This time Iruka had been eating his ramen and promptly started to choke on them. He really hated that observant and blunt version of Naruto. Before he could think of an answer, another blond entered the restaurant, drawing all attention onto them and successfully redirecting it from Iruka.

“There you are! Seriously, was it always that hard to find you in this stupidly huge village?!”

Iruka and Naruto exchanged confused looks before looking at Temari again.

“Why’re you looking for me, Temari-nee-san? I didn’t know a visit was scheduled anytime soon.”

“Yeah, well… it’s a long story… actually no - it’s not. Here.”

She pulled a scroll out of her bag and shoved it into Naruto’s hands.

“I accidentally sent Gaara’s response before he even really started to write it. He was really upset because of it, so I came to deliver the actual response personally. To minimise the risk of further mishaps. I sincerely apologize and hope you can forgive me.”

Temari finished her little speech with a deep bow which caused Naruto to look quickly assure her that it wasn’t necessary.

“Yes, it is. And you better tell Gaara that I did it too. He bullied me into doing it, quote “You better bow to him and apologize properly! No half-assing like you did with me.”, just so you know!”

Naruto was stunned. Gaara had gone through all this trouble? Just for him? But the sentence…

“You’re not gonna read what the Kazekage wrote you?”

Iruka’s gentle voice was cutting through the already downspiralling thoughts. He hastily ripped the seal and opened the scroll, almost damaging the thing in the process. He’d never been a fast reader, but right now he wished he could absorb the whole message at once. He was just too anxious to find out the truth to be patient.

[~Your handwriting is awful.

It took me quite some time to get fluent enough in your way of encrypting your letters so they can stay just between you and me and I apologize in advance that I can’t offer you the same in return.

Joke aside, I really loved to receive your letter and have to compliment you on this brilliant idea. The thought of getting letters from you on a regular basis, getting to know you and get insight into your daily life is filling me with profound joy to the intensity I cannot begin to describe. While my days are filled with almost the same tasks every day, I’m looking forward to hear about your missions and daily adventures.

I actually planned to just send you the letter I originally had intended to write (if it hadn’t been for Temari sending it way too early), but I can’t end it without apologizing. I’m sorry that you had to get such an unpleasant first response from me. I really hope you can forgive me and will send me lots of letters in the future. Otherwise I have to think of ways of making it up to you, because I can’t imagine not hearing from you ever again. You’re way too important to me already. You reaching out to me got my hopes up that the feeling’s mutual.

If you have some freetime in the future, we also can write about scheduling a meet up. You could come visit me in Suna. If you would want that, that is.

Please send your response with Temari, she will stay a few days in Konoha (probably with Shikamaru Nara, but don’t tell her I wrote that).

I’m looking forward to reading from you soon,

Gaara~]

~*~

This was the start of a wonderful friendship even if they just managed to converse via pretty frequent letters. Finding a way to meet up was pretty much impossible, with the world going to shit and all. Gaara was busier than ever and Naruto wasn’t fairing any better. Missions here, training there. New leads on Sasuke, leading to nowhere.

~*~

The 5-Kage-Summit was disheartening, but at least he managed to get a glimpse of his crush friend there. There wasn’t time to talk in private, exchange words that both felt deep in their hearts, but a shared look was enough to know that it could wait. The next letter would come. After everything was said and done there would be a time and place for them.

~*~

To say the war had been the most terrifying thing he’d seen in his life would be the understatement since the founding of the Hidden Villages. Maybe even longer than that. To fight with Naruto side by side was empowering, thrilling, made him want to rip every force that could hurt his beloved one to shreds, with the impression that he could do just that, but at the same time it was the worst. It made his stomach to funny flips, an anxious feeling spreading through his whole existence, to the very point he had to actively not let his sand show how he felt. It was scary. To see Naruto fight, run headfirst into enemies, hordes of them, without the slightest strategy or even the slightest hint of a plan. But so far it always had been enough.

Until it wasn’t.

~*~

Sleep was evading him as usual, but now they few hours he got were full of nightmares. The vision of Sakura, with her hand deeply buried in Naruto’s ribcage, trying to keep him alive, was one that had scarred him for life.

Currently Naruto was in Konoha Hospital, trying to recover from his injuries, from losing his arm. It took everything from Gaara to not immediately run there and be with him. He sighed. There was too much work. And now with Naruto unable to write even the letters came to a halt. It was like he’d vanished completely from his life, and it was the most terrifying feeling he’d ever encountered. Now, that they had grown that close, the thought of losing him was unbearable. It caused his blood to freeze inside his veins, his sand to slash around anxiously, resembling an angered cat’s tail. Apparently, his sand’s protection also applied to Naruto nowadays.

Gaara sighed. Being in love was complicated.

“What’s with that sigh, hm? Not like you to be glum like that.”

His sand reacted before his brain was capable of even trying to understand. It shot out and grabbed the intruder, but instead of hurting him, it brought him closer, right into Gaara’s embrace. His body had moved on its own, lifting his arms, catching and pressing him against his torso, never intending of letting him go.

Naruto let out his signature laugh, and it was the sweetest thing in Gaara’s opinion.

“Missed me, huh?”

“What- you… your arm… how?!”

Naruto firstly returned the hug, burying his head into the Kazekage’s neck, before explaining:

“Sakura did a wonderful job at healing all my wounds. They even managed to grow me a prosthetic arm. I can even do signs and cast jutsus with it!”

“How…?”

“I dunno… Sakura tried to explain, but-“

“No! I mean - how are you here? I’m sure you should rest! Not run 3 or more days all the way here! Did you even get permission to come here? I didn’t get any papers! Naruto, you cannot just-“

“Gaara, stop!”

Naruto’s laugh echoed through his office again, causing his heart to flutter happily. He liked hearing it. Never before had his office felt more like he belonged here than now. With Naruto in it. Right here, in his arms, by his side, in his life.

“I’m fine! I got permission. Temari-nee-san helped with surprising you. I also didn’t run all the way here.”

“But how…?”

“You remember the Yondaime being my father?”

Gaara nodded, dumbfounded. What had the Fourth Hokage to do with the fact that Naruto was here?

“You also may or may not know that he was known as the “Yellow Flash”. He was able to just appear out of nowhere. Because he was using a teleportation jutsu. And with me being his son… well…”

“You mastered the jutsu… to be able to visit me?”

“Of course! I mean… it probably has other uses, in battle or so… but it makes seeing you way eas-hmmh!”

His explanation got interrupted by a wonderful soft pair of lips that gently pressed themselves against his own. Too stunned to react, Naruto felt Gaara pull away before he could reciprocate the kiss. A horrified look was showing on the Kazekage’s face, fear visible within his turquoise eyes, mixed with regret and sadness. The sand immediately let go of him, as well as did Gaara, taking a step back too.

“I’m sorry, I misinterpreted, I-“

This time it was on Naruto to interrupt Gaara with a kiss.

“You didn’t misinterpret a single thing. I’m in love with you and learned a whole damn jutsu just to be able to see you.”

“That’s the sweetest thing anyone ever did for me.”

“I aim to please.”

“That you really do. I do too by the way. Love you, I mean.”

A huge, way too bright smile erupted on Naruto’s face, but Gaara couldn’t care less. That was his boyfriend’s (?) face that tried to burn his retinas away after all.

“You wanna try to be in a relationship with me?”

“Whatever my beloved Kazekage wishes.”

“Let’s get married then.”

“Gaara!”

His favourite sound echoed through his office again. He needed to write the Hokage. He couldn’t go for too long without it after he got a taste.

Talking of taste…

Naruto’s laugh got swallowed by their kiss, which caused Gaara to smile into it as well. They held each other close and tried to melt into each other. To never get separated again.

“Expect my handwriting to be even worse now, with my new arm and everything.”

“Oh, shut up and kiss me again.”

[ilbenmalpensanteus]

The main question of chapter 2: would Sasuke Amaterasu Gaara for groping his Dobe?

@mixu and I have an ongoing bet.

[narutogwriting]

Anyways let’s thirst y’all 💦 👅

[tamelee]

Hiiii 🥰 If yin HAD to choose some couples for the Next Gen which one would you choose? Personally I think Shikatema was a okay, but I don’t have any ideas for the others

Hi!~💕 Oh uhm-

No one really, I'd be happy to eradicate it all.

Obviously Naruto and Sasuke should've figured their shit out. Both internally and externally and then say; take it or leave it' to the entire village and system. You either going to get two gay-men leading the village and a new system because their bond was the entire answer against war or nothing at all and then just... die ig while Naruto sleeps his years away and Sasuke is stuck in a damn tree 🤷🏻‍♀️ 

Otherwise.... (aka, 'Boruto' meetings be like;) Shitpost (don't take me seriously);

Naruto and Gaara although it probably won't last long. Naruto'd probably settle for some black-haired girl and make her cut her hair so it reminds him of Sasuke if he squints really hard and doesn't think about it and covers his ears, oh wait-

Charasuke and Dark Naruto, fem version. Menma and Zetsu. Since non of it is Canon anyway, Sasuke and his pet lizard from the filler story. They seemed to have an 'okay' connection, yeah? Well, ShikaTema is fine, it's understandable and predicted. I don't even know who Kiba, Shino, Lee or Choji are with lmao. I can look it up, but... I really don't even remember :') I think one of them is with the Kumo girl, right? Sai and Kumo girl would've been better though. They can argue about loyalty and stuff. Wouldn't she kinda think it was hot how he stopped her fist from plunging into Naruto's 'refusing to talk about Sasuke's face?' That's the extend of their development, but it's 'Boruto', the bar is low here. Or.. if we ignore the homophobia for a second, Sai and Gaara. I mean whatever. Size matters obviously to Sai and Gaara had huge bde before his questionable haircut (no I don't think him becoming Kazekage made him weak) and I also don't think Gaara's lack of expressive emotion currently would be too overwhelming for someone that doesn't understand them much. Not a lot of energy in that relationship though but Gaara is very beautiful to draw let's be honest but the lack of eyebrow does make it challenging. Or Sai and Deidara. A bit difficult because one isn't there, but still, just throwing it out there. Or even Kankuro would be good. Gosh, Sai has so many options... and then he ended up with someone he thought was ugly ;-; (Ino is very beautiful though so he's wrong, but still.) Idk, I think Kiba should've married a cat-girl or the blonde one from Kumo. Lee should be with someone that appreciates effort especially now that his effort is proven absolutely worthless -.- and is seen as a loser again which destroyed the poor guy. Well, I wouldn't have minded Tenten, but... GaaLee 👌👀? Aren't they both single fathers? Or? Idk. Maybe Sai Gaara and Lee together, why not. Throw the Shi guy from Kumo in there also, he kinda looks like blonde Sai. Even Naruto thought he was handsome as he used him for inspiration for his sexy reversed harem Jutsu.  Actually, Tenten and Kotetsu would've been a good surprise. It makes no sense Canon-wise and I don't think it even works age-wise, but I approve otherwise and they're both weaponized. I rhyme and reason. Ino and Suigetsu. Okay, hear me out. He can water all her plants. That's all, that's it. Sakura and Kankuro? I mean, by 'Boruto's low standards, they could've made it work and they'd even have history. And fine, even Sasori could've been interesting a little. Or that girl from the Sound from the beginning. Or the guy. Or Kimimaro. Or Kabuto. We're not too difficult here, pick one, but I guess some are dead though. Everyone but Sasuke ffs. Obviously Neji should've lived. Well I'm okay with Tenten or even Lee, but it doesn't make too much sense to me. Actually, let's ship him with Haku for no other reason than them looking good together. Or Neji and Juugo, maybe Juugo'd be able to set the bird free iykwim. I'd say Hinata and her beloved 'Oro-chan'. (Yes she called him that in some novel.) Both creepy as hell. Except one of them is somewhat likable and it ain't Hinata. But age-wise that doesn't work. Or, maybe someone can make her a Mecha Naruto, that's a bit more appropriate. Not much, but still. I'm sure she has the money and I don't think she really minds because she knows Naruto as much as she'd know a robot version of him. I see no difference there. OR, Kankuro's puppet. That way she can always walk next to the one she 'loves' as it follows her anyway with some basic puppet training and have the sentimental wood around for comfort when she reminisces about the time she thought Naruto wasn't gay. No need to be shy either as it doesn't say much. Then Naruto can visit tree-Sasuke in peace without a creepy face glancing up at him from behind it only to be ignored anyway. 

Or maybe a lousy Daimyo because we can't have any less than a Hero or royalty for the princess, of course. CHOJI ACTUALLY should've married the daughter from the ramen stand. Idk her age though.. Or the owner of the BBQ restaurant? If he didn't already. Or, it would've been good if there was a younger version of Tsunade, I think they'd get along. Akamaru and one of Kakashi's dogs- sorry, Ninken. I think Pakkun is too old maybe. Idk what he's into. Maybe Punpun? Am I missing anyone? Oh lmao, Shino ;-; He would've been good with Fu, Jinchuriki of the 7-tails, the flying bug thing. Guess that's not possible either, but we can't have them single and focussing on the world either so... we gotta create imaginary filler babies somehow. Karin with that other guy who emphasized with her during her confession-thing. I mean, what other reason do you need. That's true love right there.  Kakashi and Shizune? Kakashi and Iruka? Kakashi and Gai? Kakashi and Genma? Kakashi and Obit- oh no. Kakashi and secret-ANBU waifu? Kakashi and actress of the movie adaptation of his ero-novel? Kakashi living his best aro life?

I mean, we could always create a card game if you will and match whatever comes up first. There'd be no difference really.

[lavender-long-stories]

Master List in AO3 Popularity Order

And a collection of thoughts from my brain under the cut.

Lavender Memories [SasuHina]

Wheels [SasuHina]

What He Left Behind [SasuHina]

Testing Success [SasuHina]

Lavender Sand [GaaHina]

Lavender Clouds [SasuHina]

Lavender Umbrellas [KisaHina]

Death Wishes [ItaHina]

I Will Love You [SasuHina]

Bread and Tea [SasuHina]

FF | AO3

~Always a Happy Ending~ ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ It's always so interesting to see what the audience likes the most. I think what wins out is domestic fluff, which is great because I love to write so I will write more for you. >w<

Lavender Memories has always been the core favorite, and it does hold a special place in my heart. (Though uploading the flashbacks in italics is a massive pain in the ass) I really wish I could make reverse Memories work (with Sasuke losing his memories instead). If anyone wants to comment/dm/asks me for ideas to make that work without Sasuke being toxic that I will take suggestions. Every time I have tried to write it, Sasuke just ends up pissing me off.

Wheels was just pure fluff and sweet scenes in my heart, and I didn't want it to end, but there is only so far I can go with stories with no real angst to drive the plot. I am completely open to writing bonus chapters for it, again, toss suggestions my way of what you want to see.

What He Left Behind is weird for me because it's always a struggle when I have a well-liked character as an antagonist because I am not a fan of people bashing the characters in the comments even when the character is doing something wrong, but this story needed Naruto to walk out for the concept to work. I appreciate that people like it, but I am not sure I will do something divorce based ever again. Writing Sasuke a green flag, I will do again, though.

Testing Success has been compared to a K-Drama on more than one occasion, and I am *here* for it. Though the amount of people shipping Fugaku with Hinata really tells me I need to write an ItaHina or SasuHina with a CEO x Assistant relationship because it's clearly wanted. Probably an ItaHina because of how many people were shipping ItaHina hard before Sasuke showed up. I have a bad habit of making side characters have good relationships with one of my main couple of characters and then making a whole new fic on that dynamic. 💀💀💀 Don't worry, I ship it too >.<

Lavender Sand, my GaaHina baby. I love how awkward Gaara is, and this fic has some of my favorite scenes. I have always wanted to make more GaaHina, but it's hard to not rehash a lot of what I did here. I am currently working on another GaaHina that should have a different enough setup that it won't just be Sand 2 - The Remake.

Lavender Clouds was my first ever fic T-T. It recently underwent a massive overhaul (wow, I was bad at writing). Looking back now, I think that I should have made the end game couple different. SasuHina was my thing at the time, but I made so many wonderful side ships in this story (that have been the bases of my new stories, so win-win), but I were to do it again today, the end ship would have probably been SasoHina, and I would have probably leaned a lot more into the initial ItaHina that was happening. Would anyone be interested in me releasing a SasoHina 'what could have been' side story? I am working on more unreleased Akatsuki member x Hinata stories right now. 👀👀👀 (SasoHina, HidaHina, more ItaHina)

Writing Lavender Umbrellas makes my face hurt from smiling so much. I love the dynamic Kisame and Hinata have, and I love how their personalities mesh. Height difference tropes and big scary boi with small sweet girl tropes have my whole heart. Having the Akatsuki as a bunch of teenagers makes for endlessly entertaining scenes. This story is so much cute fluff I never want it to end.

Death Wishes is darker than I initially meant it to be (I say as a story about a girl who is being followed around by death), but it feels oddly comfy to me, and I want to make so many more ItaHina fics, but I always come up for ideas for SasuHina instead >.<. I think Itachi is just too kind for me to have enough drama to keep stories going. More ItaHina to come, though. (That ItaHina office AU has to happen at some point)

I Will Love You - the new one. This is a fun concept I am excited to explore. I am going to try to make it not cross too many paths with Testing Success. The idea of Sasuke's actions being constantly unclear, how much he's playing it up, and how much he means will be fun. It will make the point of where the relationship slides from fake to real a fun find, especially on a second read.

Bread and Tea is proof that even in a one-shot, I can't just let the characters have happy lives. A good friend @nikandrros said it best that she opens it up and thinks, "How is Lavender going to torture Hinata in her new story?" but I always promise a happy ending, and it's all the sweeter with a little bit of painful backstory. I have had requests to continue this one shot, and I will leave that open to do one day, but I have no plans at the moment.

Alright, end of keyboard mash. Have a good day, read a good ship, and thank you for all the support! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

More fic to come!

[jageshemashftw]

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Every Main Hero/Villain Stand explained in five words or less…

Jotaro Kujo/Star Platinum: The Superman standard of stands

Noriaki Kakyoin/Hierophant Green: Shoots green rocks really hard

Joseph Joestar/Hermit Purple: Creates images of any location

Mohammed Avdol/Magician’s Red: Pyrokinesis

Jean-Pierre Polnareff/Silver Chariot: Really good at sword fighting

Iggy/The Fool: Gaara from Naruto

Dio Brando/The World: Time stop

Josuke Higashikata/Crazy Diamond: Reverts things to previous states

Okuyasu Nijimura/The Hand: Whatever he swipes gets erased

Koichi Hirose/Echoes: Reality warping through sound effects

Rohan Kishibe/Heaven’s Door: Read souls like a manga

Yoshikage Kira/Killer Queen: Make stuff go boom

Yoshikage Kira/Killer Queen Bites the Dust: Groundhog Day with more murder

Giorno Giovanna/Gold Experience: Can turn inorganic matter organic

Bruno Bucciarati/Sticky Fingers: Portals and pocket dimensions

Guido Mista/Sex Pistols: Redirect bullets

Narancia Ghirga/Aerosmith: Tiny airplane provides air support

Leone Abbachio/Moody Blues: Replays events

Panacotta Fugo/Purple Haze: Poison gas but no control

Trish Una/Spice Girl: Turns anything into rubber

Diavolo/King Crimson: Ten seconds of noclipping

Giorno Giovanna/Gold Experience Requiem: Sets ANY number to zero

Jolyne Cujoh/Stone Free: Unravels into string

Ermes Costello/Kiss: Stickers create copies of stuff

FF/Foo Fighters: Actually millions of tiny stands

Weather Report/Weather Report: Can recreate ANY weather phenomenon

Narciso Anasui/Diver Down: Kinetic energy storage and release

Emporio Alnino/Bring Down the House: Video-game safe room

Enrico Pucci/White Snake: Steals memories and stands

Enrico Pucci/C-Moon: Basically Graviton from Marvel

Enrico Pucci/Made In Heaven: Universal reset button

Johnny Joestar/Tusk: Shoots fingernails really fast

Gyro Zeppeli/Ball Breaker: Rotational force breaks reality

Diego Brando/Scary Monsters: Reject humanity, return to dinosaur

Funny Valentine/Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap: Travel across multiverses

Diego Brando/The World: Time stop two, electric boogaloo

Josuke Higashikata/Soft and Wet: Steals anything, even concepts

Yasuho Hirose/Paisley Park: Google maps works on everything

Rai Mamezuku/Doggy Style: Stone Free but more gross

Kei Nijimura/Born This Way: Very selective cryokinesis

Jobin Higashikata/Speed Demon: Makes stuff hot

Toru/Wonder of U: Really effective bad luck charm

[cat-eyeball-nul]

In the naruto pits again and kankuro×kiba came so out of nowhere for me but like, yeah, sure, every sand sibling Should have their own team representative konoha boy/girlfriend

Gaara has 2 team representatives ffs, it was past time

[soldier-poet-king]

I don't understand why Sakura is the most widely hated Naruto character (it's the misogyny, I know it's the misogyny).

Because sure, I found her kinda boring in part one, lacking any notable combat skills or motivation beyond her crush on Sasuke. But also. She's like 12 ffs.

But post timeskip??? I'm only a few volumes in and she's GREAT? She becomes an incredibly skilled medical ninja AND one of the heaviest hitter fighters we've seen this far. Like just pure brawn and brute force. She's incredible. And her motivations are more rounded out, ofc she still cares about Sasuke, but her primary goal is to protect her friends and village, it's friendship focused.

(And before you say oh ofc the girl character has to be a caring motivated person, Naruto's WHOLE THING is caring abt his friends. That's his motivation, his goal is Hokage but his motivation is his friends. His whole stchick is being the I love my friends guy. Everything with both Sasuke and Gaara is motivated by Naruto's friendship and compassion for them. Once again. The misogyny.)

[uchiha-namikaze-spawn]

SURPRISINGLY (to me) people are taking sides on the comments of "I DON'T DESERVE YOU" ff! So let's see whose on the right!

[sachikokuroichi]

“We're not friends. We've never been friends.”

Naruto stood there, unable to move a single muscle, not a single sound was able to find the way over his lips. How could Gaara say something cruel like that to him? Without a single sign of an emotion. Had he been an idiot for thinking there was a connection between them? Did all those adventures they’ve gone on together mean nothing to him? Why had he come to his rescue then? Over and over again. Even helped him in his quest to get Sasuke back.

Had it been only in his imagination?

Now, that he’d fought to save the world, gave everything and more for the safety of his loved ones, was there nothing for him? Yes, he had some friends within the Rookie 9, his teammates, Kakashi- and Iruka-sensei, even Yamato-taichou and maybe Sasuke too…

But somehow it was not enough. It was not what his heart longed for. He wanted to befriend Gaara. Wanted to have a bond with him. Stronger and more important than those he’d formed with all the others. Just for Gaara to deny him even the simplest form of friendship right from the start.

“We could never be friends.”

“Okay, I got it! You don’t need to-“

“Because what we share goes way deeper than any friendship could cover.”

“Huh?”

Gaara stepped closer, his sand was surrounding them, shielding them from any bystanders. Naruto had nowhere to go, wasn’t able to flee, not that he wanted to.

“You’re the only one understanding my past’s struggles, my pain, my nightmares. We share a bond that nobody could ever understand. You never saw Shukaku in me, just the lost and hurt boy that I was. You changed me. Made me a better man. You tolerated me in my past, extended a hand towards me, showed me the light. How could anyone ever compare to that? If it’s not you, then nobody it ever will be.”

“What-?”

“You liked me at my worst, befriended me at my lowest and trusted me with the vulnerability of your heart at my current best. I couldn’t kill you in the past, saw you as a fellow jinchuuriki at first, as a friend next and as a saviour I called a friend last. But now I know better. So let me ask you one thing:

Will you allow me to call you my partner in the present and maybe even my husband in the future? Because I for sure know that I see you as the most precious person in my life already.”

Naruto’s heart was beating hard in his chest, too fast, tuning out everything except for the noise of it pumping blood through his veins. He was thankful that Gaara had stopped talking for now. He didn’t think he could take more. He’d asked for friendship, for a bond. But he got so much more. It was overwhelming to say the least.

“Naruto?”

And just like that, everything made sense. Everything was clear as day to him.

He flung himself at his now-boyfriend/ future-husband, letting out a cheerful sound.

“Yes! Of course, yes! I wanna be with you! Now and in the future. You’re also the most important person to me. I always knew you were special.”

“Then how could you think that we could be friends?”

“I thought it’s the most I could get from you, I would’ve never thought that…”

“How could I not fall in love with the most perfect person in this cruel world? Gentle, caring, understanding, with the most cheerful attitude imaginable, with the most-“

Naruto cut the praises short, blushing furiously, by putting his hand over his mouth.

“I need you to stop. My heart will explode if you continue. I can’t handle falling even harder for you. You are right. *We've never been friends.* We were always meant to be more. And now’s finally our time.”

“Yes. After all the battles we fought, we can start our relationship in an era of peace.”

“So you think we deserve it?”

“We more than deserve it.”

To prove his point, Gaara pulled Naruto into a gentle kiss.

~*~

You can also read it on AO3 (maybe even leave a kudo?) if you wanna:

<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/47507956">

[dayeongi]

SETTING SUN Ch. 6 - Scorpion Woman

SETTING SUN ch 6 on AO3

on FF dot Net

(27562 words) by

dayeongi

Chapters: 6/?

Fandom:

Naruto

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Relationships: Nara Shikamaru/Temari, Hyuuga Hinata/Uzumaki Naruto, Gaara & Kankurou & Temari (Naruto), Gaara & Uzumaki Naruto

Characters: Temari (Naruto), Nara Shikamaru, Uzumaki Naruto, Gaara (Naruto), Kankurou (Naruto), Hyuuga Hinata, Haruno Sakura, Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Chouji, Nara Shikaku, Baki (Naruto), Jiraiya (Naruto), Nara Yoshino, Shiho (Naruto), Sarutobi Asuma, Yuuhi Kurenai, Rasa (Naruto), Karura (Naruto), Yashamaru (Naruto), Uchiha Sasuke, Sen (Naruto), Yome (Naruto), Shira (Naruto), Rock Lee

Additional Tags: Sand Siblings-centric, Sunagakure | Hidden Sand Village, Konohagakure | Hidden Leaf Village, Alternate Universe - Modern: No Powers, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Modern Era, Modern Royalty, Canonical Character Death, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Alternate Universe - High School, Slow Burn, Slow Romance, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Mental Health Issues, Denial of Feelings, Alternate Universe - Politics, Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Celebrity, Forbidden Love, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Coup d'état, shikatema-centric, they have phones but no videocalls, early 2000's aesthetic, will span several in-story years in three different blocks, Evil Corporations, Gangs, Eventual Smut, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst, unapologetic cursing, Gaara is aro/ace, Author Is Sleep Deprived, Politics, Princes & Princesses, Self-Harm, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Past Child Abuse, Childhood Trauma

Summary:

Temari had bigger fish to fry than most girls her age did; for example, surely most girls didn't have to figure out who was behind her father's assassination, go into protection under a fake identity, make sure Kankurō stayed alive, and keep Gaara from murdering anyone that slightly inconvenienced him. To top it off, she had to deal with her contact's annoying and whiny little shit of a shogi-playing Konoha Gakuen student mentee figure. Nara Shikamaru's problems were varied and many. To start with, despite having a fireproof success path already laid out for him, as the 16th generation of the Yamanaka Agricultural Services, Nara Pharmaceutical, and Akimichi Superfoods alliance, not knowing exactly what he wanted to achieve besides not burning the building down, his mother and Ino's nagging, Uzumaki Naruto always dragging him into his business, and Ino's attempt at matchmaking. The newest one, however, was Asuma's new employee. There was just something terrifying yet entirely too-enticing about the way she smiled.

[eriyu]

i beat xvi so here are my reactions from along the way

for posterity (my future self is posterity)

i did not do this in any kind of organized way like i think i skipped writing anything down for big portions of the game;;;

spoilers obviously. and also after this i'm going to start reblogging xvi things including spoilers tagged #ffxvi so. be warned.

i guess i'll link my demo impressions because this is basically a continuation of that.

a mite predictable so far....... though i did think cid was gonna crystallize instead of regular dying.

GODDDDDD i wish there were a chatlog. or at least that dialogue were progressed manually. i don't have the focus for this shit when i can't even rewind it.

i love the combat a lot. which is weird to think seeing as i'm very much a turn-based fan and really. don't play action games ever. but it feels very kingdom hearts to me? there's even shotlock.

THE BIG MOMENTS ARE SO SO GOOD. A+ ON THE MELODRAMA.

clive is prime whump material and i love it.

some of the worldbuilding is a little baffling... mostly ORCS? REALLY? WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY CLASSIC FF OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM.

personal preference i guess but i feel like they could chill with the "mature content" a bit....... how many sidequests do we need to drive home how shit Bearers are treated. how many random sex workers does one game need.

i was going to complain about linearity, but things opened up nicely soon after i thought it, so props there LOL

i know it's supposed to be "dark" but like.... i want to fall in love with a game world. i want to wish i lived there. i want unique local flavors and COLOR. most of this so far is just generic medieval squalor. even places like the treno slums had beautiful waterways and plucky npcs and... COLOR...

jill feels like......... an afterthought. sometimes she's there; sometimes she's not, and it doesn't seem to matter either way. she barely talks. we haven't seen shiva in game since we first met back up with her. there's a vague implication that jill's doing important things but that's kind of it???

jill update: okay Things Happening but like. now she's out of commission? i'm getting sacrificed-for-man-pain vibes. i don't know; it's too soon to say that, but it just doesn't feel great.

the state of the realm UI is SOOOOO good. it's a bit of an overload in the way xiii's datalog was, but it's fine if i remind myself i can read things Later.

oh my god i love shotlocking a zillion enemies in a tornado.

i really love mid but "midadol" sounds like a pharmaceutical.

CANON GAYS?????

ultima looks like a tumblr lumpy-faced reptilian oatmeal man.

the voice acting is so good. like clive's screaming and crying reminds me of dub gaara's "MY BLOOOOOOD" which is the highest compliment i can possibly give.

oh my godddddddd the fighting at twinside is giving alexandria. again, in the best possible way.

okay seriously where the fuck is leviathan though. i keep wondering when leviathan is going to show up and i'm starting to think he's... not.

jesus christ i couldn't stop thinking about clive and joshua and dion today. i want to eat them.

look i KNOW clive and josh had a really good reunion moment in twinside but consider this: i want another one. i think they should have had another one at the hideaway. i want more tenderness. i deserve more tenderness.

they pronounce "chocobo" AND "popoto" with a short o in the middle like "chock" and "pot" and i'm so uncomfortable.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME. WE LIKE JUST PROMISED JOTE WE'D KEEP JOSHUA SAFE AND NOW WE'RE SPLITTING UP. i'm so afraid everybody will die.

all the xiv references ;w; for some reason it's the quest names that keep getting me??? "through the maelstrom" this time.

i REALLY really wish jill's character didn't just revolve around clive.............. is my impression but i don't know if that's entirely fair of me. like if i made a list of bullet points i don't know that she's any worse than say, tifa with cloud. but it Feels worse. i WANT to love her, but i'm just not feelin' it.

god i want to be able to switch between two eikon/ability sets. i want a single-target setup and a trash mob setup. not even to switch mid-battle; i know that could be OP, just switchable in the menu.

i legit panic every time joshua leaves the party. like NO we're supposed to be WATCHING HIM??????? EVERYBODY IS GOING TO DIE IF I LET MY GUARD DOWN. also i love him. i can't stop thinking about him. continuing the proud tradition of square enix joshuas (being loved by me).

"EVEN LEVIATHAN THE LOST IS HERE" OH THANK FUCK.

uhhhhhhhhhh active time lore is absolutely giving me spoilers? MAJOR spoilers??? what the hell????????

reverie givin' me legend of dragoon vibes. like wingly stuff. i love it.

daaAAAAAMN zantetsuken OP????? but as it should be tbh. i love it.

hey

hey

HEY

i'm sad.

for real i. i feel like i'm not as upset as i COULD be because i was really emotionally preparing for Everyone to Die through the whole game. but wow. this still hurts.

i actually got maliciously spoiled with "clive dies" before i even got the game in my hands and partly succeeded at not letting that ruin the experience for me, but. damn i had a little bit of hope that it was a fake spoiler until i saw his hand.....

jesus christ though. ow.

i mean it was a largely satisfying ending. the fights were good. the Moral of the Story felt a lil heavyhanded but i do love the Power of Friendship. it could have been a lot sadder. but i'm such a sucker for a real happy ending o|--<

i think trying to brute force myself into liking jill more has made me like her less;;;;;;;;; i will try a different approach. her getting left behind for the end didn't help though. for the record i'm talking about liking her as a character. she's a perfectly lovely person.

holy fuck i'm emotional about joshua though.

oh no the post-credit scene made me sadder. it feels like a character flaw of mine but anything about losing magic, ever, makes me SO SO SAD. even when i KNOW it's supposed to make for a happy ending. like in kiki's delivery service when she can't hear jiji anymore??? fucking destroys me and not in the good way.

and joshua........... o|--<

i've really been looking forward to finishing so i could go look up shippy things but i just feel like. oof. now. i need to marinate for a while first. this isn't the time for shipping.

[randomnameless]

Sorry my bad. I put Iruka when I meant Shino lol. He even got awkward when he was caught talking to the Kurama plush. As for Iruka, he’d definitely at least be tolerant of Kurama. After all it’s known that Naruto and Kurama work together in harmony now, and Iruka as principal revamped the entire school system to teach kids better than what it did when he was a teacher. It’s not like the Orochimaru situation where Naruto never informed Tsunade, Konohamaru, and Elders that Orochi is Mitsuki parent

Lol

Tsunade was one of the biggest retcons ever, like Tsunade, out of anyone, who definitely grew up at least for some years with grandpa and especially granduncle who was prejudiced as fuck against the Uchiha, the same Tsunade who poured what little ressources she had and allowed precious youths (and the jinchuriki !) to go "rescue" an Uchiha instead of sending anbus after his ass...

Now puts the blame of Orochimaru's actions on his kid ?

Ffs Orochimaru helped her when she was bissected and they had a "talk" about his role and what he wanted to do next.

That's, imo, one of the worst retcons of this sequel (and is it any coincidence that tsunade is a woman ? Remember the Kishimoto axiom !).

Back to Iruka, of course Iruka is supposed to be one of the few sensible adults (who acts as one !) in the verse, so he wouldn't lash out at Kurama now that he seemingly turned over a new leaf... But there's still the unacknowledged truth that Iruka was an orphan because Kurama got a bad hair day.

Like, Kishimoto put more care and work to show how Gaara wanted to "change" after his defeat and wants, not to make up bcs that's impossible, but at least help the people he trashed before, you have him apologise to his siblings just after Naruto defeated him and then he goes to help Lee during the rescue sasuke arc-

Because even if Gaara got a "sad'n'lonely" flash-back and backstory, he (kishi ?) acknowledges he did a bunch of "wrong stuff" and wants to make up for it, as much as it's possible.

Idk how Boruto could have dealt with it, maybe Kurama takes over one of Naruto's random clones and wants to help Iruka with his work at the academy but sucks at it, and at the end of the day, Iruka'd tell him he knows he's not Naruto, and while he still misses his parents, Kurama helped the village back then, and even now so he's grateful, with Kurama denying everything bcs tsundere stuff, but he still tries to get better at grading tests, saying something weird like nurturing buds to make up for the ones he once cut.

[lavender-long-stories]

Lavender Clouds (Sasuke x Hinata) 

Hinata runs away from home into the arms of the Akatsuki. Bonds with Itachi. Saves his brother. Learns to reverse Gentle Fist. Raises a demon baby?

Testing Success (Sasuke x Hinata) 

Hinata accidentally applies for the director's assistant position at Uchiha Industries. Though surprised when she gets the job it seems like the director has it out for her. His sons seem to be on her side though.

Wheels (Sasuke x Hinata) 

After an accident, Hinata is bound to a wheelchair. She and Sasuke find common ground in their disabilities. Friendship-based love.

What He Left Behind (Sasuke x Hinata) 

When Sasuke is confronted with an abandoned pregnant Hinata, he does the only thing he can think to do, he takes her in. Strangers to friends. Friends to lovers.

Death Wishes (Itachi x Hinata) 

Hinata finds herself the center of a mysterious being's attention, but what is she hiding that makes it so comforting to be not alone?

Lavender Umbrellas (Kisame x Hinata) 

Hinata moves to her cousin's school and makes friends with a misfit study group, namely Kisame. Heartfelt relationship between a shy small girl and a big tough guy.

Lavender Sand (Gaara x Hinata)

Hinata reluctantly agrees to have a political marriage, but will marrying an unlikely friend be all that bad? Gaara isn't even looking to marry but when presented the opportunity and with Naruto's approval, maybe it will all work out.

Lavender Memories (Sasuke x Hinata) 

After an accident Hinata wakes up to find herself several years older and happily married to the last person she expected. "I don't want to go. I want to know who I married" Sasuke needs to make sure his wife knows why he loves her because she doesn't remember loving him.

I Will Love You (Sasuke x Hinata) 

Hinata and Sasuke make a desperate deal. Can they intentionally fall in love? 

Beauty and the Sand Beast (Gaara x Hinata)

Gaara was deemed too dangerous to keep in Suna at a young age, and since has been living alone in the furthest corner of the desert. Until Hinata is traded to keep him company.

Lavender Letters (Hidan x Hinata)

Hinata signs up for a prison pen pal program and is assigned to Hidan, a serial killer known for his brutal murders. Hinata becomes friends with him despite his crass nature. And, oh yeah, they kill her father.

Run Way With Me (Sasuke x Hinata)

Hinata wasn't even meant to be here, but the stranger in the mask knew in her heart she wanted out. One dance was all it took.

FF | AO3

Image by laurachouette

[narutogwriting]

gaara and K, Q, T, Y?

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Tying in with the wild card, Gaara would have a kink for you referring to him as Lord Kazekage. Coming from anyone else’s mouth, it’s a formality. But when it comes to you, it instantly makes him hard. Gaara loves nothing more than the way you perch yourself on the edge of his desk in the afternoons when you drop off lunch, kicking your legs back and forth as you simper down at him. “Anything else I can get for you, Lord Kazekage?”

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

Gaara’s not very good when it comes to quickies. He likes to take his time with you too much. When you try to pull him aside before he’s walking out the door, he’ll remind you he’s on a time crunch and that he’ll make sure to make time for you later that night. You’d have to really convince him, telling him you guys can be quick. He’ll usually turn you down unless you make a convincing argument. Walking out of the bedroom in his Kazekage hat can usually do the trick

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

The first time you brought up bringing toys into the bedroom had Gaara’s face as red as his hair. He was spluttering in embarrassment, not even able to conjure the words to tell you that there’s no way. Again, you’ll have to make a convincing argument. When he gets home late one night after a day full of tedious meetings and finds you end bed, moaning with a vibrator to your clit, he’ll have a change of heart. Anything to please you

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

Gaara actually has a fairly high sex drive; he’s just got it under control. He won’t lose his mind if he goes a while without it, but whenever there’s time for it, he wants to make love to you. He’ll go multiple times in one day, actually multiple times in a row. He’s just good at managing his time and prioritizing, but that doesn’t mean he’s not thinking of it