A/N: I'm sorry to those who voted for the other girls. This was a test of my writing abilities and I found out that I just wrote the girls in a way that there was only one true paring I liked. Thank you for voting and reviewing, I hope you enjoy this long awaited ending!

SIS 12

Gaara sat watching the room in general as Kankuro, his boyfriends, and the girls went about packed themselves up to leave. They had not talked to him since his dismissal of Matsuri the night before, except when Gaara had announced that morning that they were heading back. As he watched he noticed the shy closeness between Shikamaru and Hinata. Gaara had prided himself of the knowledge that he could observe with a clear head, and see what people didn't want him to see. That was the reason, he knew, people saw him as a quiet, stuck up bastard. He also noticed the way Sakura was joking with Kankuro. They acted like friends not just some girl that his brother had to have around. He had to hold back the smile that was threatening to take over his face. Instead a just the corner of his mouth twitched up. He saw no reason to let people know he wasn't actually a stuck up bastard. He spent a few more minutes observing before he was making his decision that he had dreaded, but know found that he was rather pleased. Who cared what his father wanted, he was going to have to put up with the girl for the rest of his life. Besides he'd get an ear full about his treatment of Matsuri when he got home.

"Hey Gaara," Kankuro called out. "You ready to go?" Gaara looked up from where his eyes had fallen during his inner mussing to see Kankuro at the door with his pack and no one else in the house.

"Yeah." Gaara picked up his pack before he was heading towards the door, not caring to look around; he knew he'd be back again.

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