oh also gaara takes school way too srsly for a multitude of reasons. its mainly fine but he gets a D in his european literature course freshman year of college bc he fucked up his final and sasuke has to give him a xanax to calm the fuck down. its stressful n he claims he chilled out by senior year but really he just has a tight schedule that he triple checks
gaara: hello im home and ive brought naruto
naruto: hey temari!
temari: hi gaara! hi naruto! what are you two doing?
gaara: naruto and i are going to play a video game that came out yesterday
temari: sounds super fun. sorry i cant join you, me and shikamaru are watching pulp fiction
naruto: [laughs] oh is he making you watch that too?
temari: what do you mean “making me”
gaara: naruto maybe we shoul-
naruto: just… you know… shikamaru always makes everyone watch weird boring old movies it really blows he never even stays awake through most of them but yells when i turn them off
temari: im sorry, but since when was one of the most highly revered classics a “weird boring old movie”?
naruto: i mean isnt it like super long and kinda racist and doesnt the author have like a foot thing
temari: im sorry youre not able to appreciate cinema for what it is and are so focused on the performative respectability politics of movie critic culture to actually be able to see what an artist quentin tarantino, the literal grandfather of cinema, is but its not my fault youve never tried to take an art form as it is and instead
gaara: ME AND NARUTO ARE LEAVING NOW HAVE FUN WITH SHIKAMARU
gaara: when i look at him i feel like im home and its so odd and unfamiliar to long for something ive never had. ive never felt wanted in our house. ive never felt a sense of belonging. a feeling of compassion and want. but when i see naruto i feel it. i yearn to hold on to that emotion. i want nothing more than to just be near him. not even to touch him but to just look at him and feel deja vu for a time that has never existed for me.
kankuro: o..k…ay…… so is that a yes for inviting naruto to our family vacation?
gaara: yes please.
sasuke: if u n ur bae dnt fight a bit is the love real?
gaara: [dm’ing him] Yes! Stop that!
I think it was common knowledge? After all, they sent Kushina into seclusion so that she could give birth, which I think implies a certain level of ‘oh people might use this against her’. And Mito probably was open about it too, since she’s the one who did the first sealing, and Hashirama did share the idea with the other nations.
Yeah, those are about my feelings regarding it. Before Obito’s attack, the only time anyone had really faced Kurama was Hashirama and Mito in the Valley of the End, and no one else was really around to see it.