This is probably one of my favorite days in December. 12/21. :) The reasion why is in my profile, but you'd have to know a song to understand why. Well, that, and it snowed today. I love snow. It's so much fun to dance in; to sing in.
Everything Naruto-related belongs to Kishimoto. Lithium belongs to me.

A girl danced around in the snow, scarf flying in circles as she spun and twirled. Her gloved hands would reach out now and then to catch falling flakes; she could never catch enough to make something, of course. The snow kept on melting when it reached her hand. One of the annoying things on being human: body heat. It always melted the snow when you touched it.

A boy sat on the steps of the base in which they lived, head resting in one hand as he watched his partner dance about. Of course, he had never been one for winter. All it gave him were colds and a rough time flying. And then there were the times where he had to ask her to go buy him sweaters, since his ego wouldn't let him be seen doing such a thing.

At least the sweaters were nice. And sometimes she'd bring back a scarf or a hat, even if he had said to only buy what he needed. She didn't need to waste her money on him.

A snowball broke him from his thoughts as it hit his chest. Looking up, the girl sat in the snow, grinning. Beside her were at least a dozen more of them.

"Dei, surely you didn't come outside just to think! You could have done that inside."

Scowling, Deidara replied,

"I don't like snow, un."

Another snowball hit him, and he sent a glare in her direction. The girl just giggled, sticking her tongue out at him.

"Stop being so grumpy. I should have brought Tobi out here – he would have been more fun!"

Two azure eyes narrowed. No fun? He'd have to fix that. When she was looking down to make another snowball he threw his own at her, watching as it hit her and almost pushed her backwards. She looked up, eyes wide. Then she frowned, whining,

"That wasn't fair! I wasn't looking!"

"Lithium, I think that was fair, un. Besides, you hit me when I wasn't looking, too."

She just gave a huff before throwing another snowball at him. She was really starting to believe that Tobi would have been more fun than Deidara. She dodged another snowball from him before throwing two of her own in response; only one managed to hit him. Soon enough a snowball fight had ensued, with the blond getting more points than his smaller opponent. But though he had better aim, she was quicker, managing to evade most of the throws aimed at her.

Looking up from his hands (where he was making another snowball), he was met by everything but Lithium. He quickly scanned over the space in front of him, going as far as to use his scope to look through the trees on the edge of the forest surrounding him.

"Lithium, un?"

He stood up, walking out to the middle of the clearing. Silence was his only response. Snow continued to fall, oblivious to whoever it was falling on. Looking down, he hoped for footprints. Maybe he could follow them to where she was hiding.

There were none.

Not a single pair of footprints apart from his own, leading to him from the steps. A brush of wind fluttered the blond hair on the side of his face, and he swore he heard her voice in it. A flicker caught his attention, and he turned towards the trees. The black and red he had seen vanished, leaving him to wonder if it had just been his mind.

"Lithium?"

Nothing. Nothing responded apart from the still-falling snow and another breeze. Deidara's gaze fell.

Memories had always been hard to let go of.

Well, there it is. :) I wrote this up early this morning, around 10:30 am. An hour after I was unfairly woken up from my nice sleep. I don't think my mother understands how important sleep is to me.
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