Warnings: contains shoujo-ai (girlxgirl) and specifically TentenxTemari, so if you don’t like it, don’t read further, thanks.

Disclaimer: If I'd own Naruto, I would put in one episode where everyone is for some reason wearing those green jumpsuits Gai and Lee are wearing all the time. It could be Gai’s birthday or something. I'd love to see Kakashi, Shino, Gaara and Tsunade wearing thoseXD

Six pompoms

It has been already two and half years since the day Naruto had pounded some sense in Gaara’s head. And little over two years since the said redhead accepted Rock Lee as his friend. The Beautiful Green Beast of Konoha for his part properly introduced Temari and Tenten to each other about year and a half ago.

Temari couldn’t ever think a way to thank Lee properly about it, since Tenten quickly became her very best friend. And Tenten herself had told Temari that she was her best friend too. They were so deeply in depth for Lee, because without him they would never have even talked to each other.

But now Temari was sitting on her bed and staring at the wall. She was deeply in her thoughts and who else she would be thinking about than one certain brown eyed girl who kept her hair on two buns?

-Flashback-

“Temari”, said Gaara’s voice from the other side of the door of the bathroom. The little brother never came up with good timing with his matters.

“Wait a second, I’ll be right there”, Temari answered and tied the third pompom on her hair. One more and soon she had her familiar four pigtails hairstyle set. She took a final glance at a mirror and stepped out of the bathroom almost crashing to Gaara, who was standing right on the doorway. Luckily the door opened to bathroom and didn’t hit the redhead.

“Gaara! Just how many times I have told you not to stand right on the doorway?” Temari asked when she recovered from her momentary shock. Gaara looked thoughtful.

“43 times”, he finally answered with a nod. Temari didn’t even bother herself by being confused with the fact that her little brother, who took everything literally, had actually counted every single time.

“…so what’s up with you?” Temari asked completely ignoring the last subject.

“Lee’s coming tomorrow”, Gaara said with monotony voice, as if he couldn’t care less. Though everyone in Sunagakure knew that the visits of certain ninja in the jumpsuit were the highlights of their Kazekage’s life nowadays.

“Oh?” Temari just didn’t care about that right now. She happened to know that if Gaara came to tell her that Lee was coming, it could mean only one thing: Tenten was coming too. For unknown reason Gaara just never said that straight...

-End of Flashback-

Temari smiled to herself. Tenten. She hasn’t seen her for a whole month because they have both been busy. If Temari wasn’t busy with her jounin-duties, then Tenten was on the mission somewhere with her team.

Temari was itching to see Tenten again, because she had something really important to tell to her. She wanted to tell her that she wanted to be more than just a friend with her, if that was possible. And even if there wasn’t possibility for that, Temari still had these feelings for Tenten and that couldn’t be changed.

The past month had proved Temari that fact. When Tenten hadn’t been around, Temari had thought about her all the time, at a rising rate. She had been pondering about everything they had ever done together. She had noticed that everything wasn’t what it looked like. Like she wasn’t what she looked like. No one could have guessed by looking at her that she happened to like girls.

Tenten probably had no idea about it. At least she hadn’t said anything when Temari had stared at her a hell of a lot more intensively than you should stare, even in a ninja scale, at the person who moved with extremely elegant moves. Yeah, Temari had always paid a lot attention to flexibility and gracefulness of others, so that she would have a clue about what they got. She had had sparring sessions with Tenten so many times that she shouldn’t have any need of watching her movements so intensively anymore. But still every single time she watched with shining eyes how Tenten bended her back when she avoided kunai, how her hand made magnificent sweep when she threw a shuriken, how gracefully she spun on her toes when she drew out her jutsu scroll, how… and the list goes on.

Normally, when training with someone, Temari didn’t stare at the opponent’s bodily curves and rarely did she make them bounce around so that she could make them take different positions she could view. Normally, she didn’t try to make them run around to make sure they sweat a lot, making their clothes cling tightly to their body. She didn’t try to touch them for any other reason than attacking them.

The best parts came after sparring though. They would take a shower and Tenten would release her buns and let her long dark brown hair cascade down her back. Her hair would be a bit curly after being held in buns for a long time, but after the shower it would be straight and dripping water down her nicely shaped legs. Then she would let Temari dry her hair with hairdryer; that’s the part said blonde liked the most.

A blush rose to Temari’s cheeks when she even thought about it. Yes, she was very sure that she was lesbian. The last piece of evidence to make that fact true was when she hugged Tenten when said girl had to go back to Konoha. Temari would hold her as close as possible and as long as possible, enjoy the feeling of their bodies touching, enjoying Tenten’s body heat, and sucking in her scent with a growing passion. Yes, there isn’t anything she would want more than to let her hands wander on Tenten’s body, touch her in ways that would leave nothing unclear, that would make Tenten understand her feeling towards the girl. Then she would kiss Tenten, find out how soft her lips really are and what she would taste like. And if she’d be lucky, she would get a response.

It was about one o’clock p.m. Tenten and Lee should arrive to Sunagakure in the evening. Temari got up from her bed and walked to her dressing table. She looked at her reflection and thought about putting some makeup or something for Tenten. She sighed and took a hairbrush and combed her fringe with it. It wouldn’t matter if she were to put on makeup; it wouldn’t make any difference to the situation. Temari tightened the giant bow around her waist and walked out of her room, and almost crashed to Gaara, again.

“Gaara! You’re always standing right in the doorways!” she growled and glared at her little brother. Gaara just looked at her with no expression on his face and then nodded. Temari raised her eyebrow; what was Gaara nodding at now?

“Lee’s at the gates”, Gaara said and crossed his arms. Temari blinked and it took her a moment to realize exactly what her brother was saying. Lee’s at the gates… so Tenten’s there too.

“Oh, yes, let’s go”, Temari said with a happy smile on her face. Gaara almost smiled back at her. The trick was that in his eyes there was something like a smile, but it didn’t occur on his lips. But that was perfectly okay for Temari, who had learned to appreciate every little thing her brother did to show them that he cared. All credit went to Naruto and Lee for these things. Temari should really come up with something to show her appreciation for them.

Gaara and Temari hurried to the gates just in time to see the gate guard let two Konoha ninja in. They both looked as if they had travelled at full speed, all the way from Konohagakure to Suna, meaning that they looked very messy and tired. Or at least Tenten looked tired.

“Yosh! Sunagakure, here I am again! And in a record time! Now I don’t have to run 200 laps around the village before I can go to see… Gaara!” Lee rambled loudly and after spotting Gaara his mouth turned to one of those huge smiles that are only possible for Lee. The Beautiful Green Beast of Konoha jumped out of joy and after that glomped the red haired sandnin.

“Gaara! Long time no see! It’s so nice to see you again! How are you?” Lee rejoiced while squeezing the Kazekage. Temari watched how her little brother hesitantly wrapped his arms around the ninja in the green jumpsuit and timidly hugged back. Gaara quietly muttered something to other boy, but Temari paid no attention anymore. She turned to Tenten.

“Temari, how lovely to see you again”, Tenten said and outstretched her arms towards Temari for a hug. Sandnin smiled and closed the hug.

“Yeah, same here Tenten…” she answered with soft voice and tightened her grip around the girl. She inhaled deeply and sucked in Tenten’s scent. The girl smelled like trees, sand, sweat and a little bit of cinnamon. Temari always wondered how it was that the girl smelled like cinnamon. But it was a part of the girl’s distinctive smell and Temari liked it.

She felt how Tenten squeezed her gently once more and then started to release her grip. It was a hint that the hug was over. Temari let her hands slide down on Tenten’s back and then fall back to hang on her sides.

“You must be tired after that trip. How about we start this day with a refreshing shower?” Temari asked with a smile on her face. Tenten’s expression brightened up even more from what it was. Temari’s idea was accepted, so they walked back to the Kazekage’s mansion. The house was so huge that the whole family of the Kazekage could fit there, even if all three siblings got married and everyone was to have three children. So, when the youngest sibling became Kazekage, Temari and Kankurou were able to stay even after their father died.

The girls arrived at the dwelling and walked straight to Temari’s room. Tenten sat on the edge of the bed and watched how Temari walked to her closet and grabbed four towels from there. She put the towels on the bed a little distance away from Tenten and then sat right next to the girl.

“You go first ‘cause you’re the one in need of a shower anyway”, Temari said with laughter. Tenten nodded and started to tinker one of her buns open.

“Let me”, blonde sandnin said and pushed Tenten’s hands gently away from her hair. The other girl just laughed and put her hands on her lap. Temari carefully undid one of the pompoms and then another, finally letting Tenten’s dark brown hair cascade down the girls back. She put the pompoms in the middle of her bed so they wouldn’t get lost. Tenten shook her head a little making her hair to flow in a beautiful sweep to her left shoulder.

“Now that you opened my hair, I shall get a revenge”, Tenten said and winked at her then turning towards her hair. Temari felt how Tenten’s fingers dug in her hair to take away the pompoms that held her hairstyle. One, two, three and all four light blue pompoms soon were near Tenten’s pink ones in the middle of the bed. Temari’s short blonde hair ruffled to every direction like always when her pompoms were away. She was always embarrassed when someone saw her like this. Her hair was rough and dry and sticks out to everywhere. But that was what the dryness of the dessert did to your hair, no matter how much you tried to take care of it, nothing helped. Tenten on the other hand had smooth and silky hair…

“Have I ever told you that you’re so beautiful when your hair is down?” Temari asked with dreamy voice, staring at the girl and forgetting everything else. A furious blush came up to her cheeks when she realized that she said it out loud. This was not what was supposed to happen! Yes, she was going to tell her, but she had had different plans.

“… You haven’t. Well, have I told you that you have a beautiful smile?” Tenten answered and that made Temari’s heart to skip a beat. Temari looked at the kunoichi next to her and noticed the shy smile on her lips and small blush on her cheeks.

“Temari… I have been planning to tell you this for a long time now… I really like you. I really like you”, Tenten said and leaned closer to the other girl. Before Temari could even react, the brown haired girl had already pressed their lips against each other. Temari felt the warm feeling on her chest and tears of joy almost burst out of her blue eyes. She closed her eyes and responded to the kiss. Tenten had soft lips…

“Temari…” Tenten muttered against other girl’s lips making her heart beat even faster. Tenten leaned back a bit and Temari opened her eyes to look at the girl.

“Shall we go take that shower we were about to take?” Tenten asked with the cutest smile in the world playing on her lips. Temari was only able to smile back and nod. Soon, the girls were wearing only towels and were on their way to the shower.

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Kankurou poked his head out of Temari’s larger closet and took a look at the empty room. With a grin on his face he came out of the closet and closed the door silently after him. He walked towards the bed and looked at the six pompoms on the middle of the bed.

‘That was expected. Congratulations, my dear lesbian sister, you have very nice and beautiful girlfriend. I wish happiness to you two’, he thought with a warm smile on his face. He looked at the clothes all around the floor and listened carefully. He was sure that he heard Temari giggle in the bathroom.

He shook his head with a grin and then sighed deeply. He took a one last look at the bed and then turned to walk away from the room.

‘Just wait till Gaara hears about this!’ Kankurou thought with a huge grin on his face. He then left the room skipping joyfully towards his little brother’s room.

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I'd like to thank Momo1 for beta-reading this fic:) Without you I wouldn't have probably ever writed this in english. So arigato gosaimasu, tomodachi no Momo-chan!

And just to mention it, there isn’t really GaaLee in this fic. Or, you can think it like that if you want, but it wasn’t purposely in this time (Not that GaaLee isn’t one of my most favourite pairings, woot).

Hope you enjoyed the fic and leave a comment on the doorstep, please’ttebaoy. Yosh!