Just a friend. That's all Kankuro was to you. Try as he might you didn't love him and that was that..

You two had been friends for years. You would send letters back and forth. Non stop. He liked you for almost as long but he knew you could never be together.

Why? Neji.

Your fiancee.

You had been arranged to marry Neji since forever.. And therefore, unless the marriage is cut off, there is no room for romance in your preordained life.

So Kankuro waited. And waited. And waited. All the way up to the 4th Great Ninja War. He fought by your side and was willing to die there too..

But he wasn't the one who died.

Neji, your fiance. Died protecting you. Leaving you alone, upset, and unbeknownst to all those around you; pregnant.