@ouchtheressandinmyeye
With all the commotion on the streets, she hadn’t noticed the vague trail of sand grains leading to her house. If she did, she would have known to be prepared for what was to come. She caught a glance of the time as she walked past a TV with the Live News showing, Metal should be home by now. Which meant she should hurry up and get home to prepare dinner.
She approached the house and noticed the front door not properly closed and gave a slight smile; Metal was probably in a hurry and didn’t shut it. Which meant he was probably excited about something, oh, did he achieve something? She couldn’t wait to hear all about it. As she opened the door, she immediately noticed the ground covered in a blanket of sand and froze on the spot. For a moment, she stared down at it curiously. Who on earth managed to get this much sand and cover the house with it? And then she looked up.
At first, she didn’t recognise him. Eyes squint as they searched for recognition; that recognition was found as soon as she saw the Kanji on his forehead. This was... Sabaku no Gaara. It had been at least twenty years since anyone had heard of him, and she had forgotten all about him at this point in life. She stood, almost frozen in the doorway, he still had that same ice cold stare from decades ago.
And then it hit her-- did he come back for Lee?! Her body stiffened, Metal. Her boys...
❝ Where are they!? ❞
