D/C: I don't own Naruto, but I own my crazy mind, and none of you can have that!

NOTES: This drabble bunny wouldn't leave me alone during work the past few days. It's sad, I think, but (shrug) oh well. 'Tis a drabble...yeah
WARNINGS: Spoilers for chapters 359-362 (even contains some quotes from it); implied non-canon yaoi; canon character death


And I'm still waiting for the rain to fall
pour real life down on me
'cause I can't hold on to anything this good enough
am I good enough for you to love me too?

--Good Enough, Evanescence (don't own, btw)


Everything was all about art, and life was just an art contest.

Deidara had always been the best of the best when it came to art since childhood. There had never been anyone to top him in anything. When it came to art, he was always Best In Show.

That is, until he met Itachi.

Never before had Deidara seen anyone like Itachi. Beautiful, dangerous, and most of all...the very epitome of art itself.

This...is...art!!! Deidara's eyes widened at the sight of Itachi's bedazzling crimson doujutsu.

In a way, it was love at first sight.

Oh, but such a hateful love it was, Deidara mused, after he recovered from nearly blowing himself up. He would never forgive Itachi. For that, and for letting him get to the artist.

- - - - -

Besides aching for release, there was only one other thing on Deidara's mind while he was clinging to Itachi's body.

Itachi, is this good enough to satisfy you?

Their affair was secret, of course, and it was Deidara who had started it all, of course. But he still thought that this just wasn't good enough for the Uchiha.

It was all Itachi's fault that Deidara was questioning his own worth...

- - - - -

But the only one whom he revealed this to was his lover's younger brother.

"Even without his Sharingan...he still takes me lightly, un..."

At least, that's what Deidara had formed in his mind as a belief about Itachi.

"That's what pisses me off about you, un!" he screamed. "You and your accursed brother, un!" I love him, but I'll never be good enough for him...he's the only thing I'll never be able to overpower with art...

This...is...art!!!

Itachi...is this good enough to satisfy you?

I'll never be able to beat you, huh?

"DROWN YOURSELF IN THE AWE AND DESPAIR, UN!"

Itachi...the epitome of art itself...

"CRY LIKE A LOST CHILD, UN!!!"

Deidara only had but a few seconds left on his life, and he hoped that Itachi learned what his lover did for him.

...Was this good enough for you?


Poor Dei...(lights candles once again) Anyway, please let me know what you think! I know it isn't that good! It is a drabble, after all. (le sigh)

Rest In Peace, Deidara.