Artistic Allure
Chapter 1
"Senpai, Tobi wants to do art too."
Deidara, who was lazily lounging on his bed, rolled over to face Tobi, glaring him square in the eyes for disrupting his comfort. The two were in their shared bedroom. Tobi was on the side that was once belonged to his Senpai's previous partner, Sasori. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, swinging his legs to the best of his ability, which was rather difficult considering his height. He didn't have that silly mask on.
"Tobi, you wouldn't have a single artistic bone in your body, un," Deidara sneered. The though of mixing Tobi and art horrified him. He was sure that Tobi would tarnish the good name of true art.
Tobi huffed and pouted at his Senpai. "Tobi can draw! Tobi can draw really well!"
"Those crayon scribbles on the fridge don't count, un."
It is true. Tobi has made failed attempts at drawing in the past. He wouldn't deny that. But he has gotten a lot better in the passing months since he posted that crayon drawing of the Akatsuki members on the fridge. He put that up when he first visited the house, before he was a member and when this side of the room wasn't his. He said this to Deidara.
"Art is not something you can just jump up and decide to do on a whim, un. It takes a lifetime of passion. A passion that an idiot like you couldn't possibly possess."
Tobi felt his determination falter a little. His Senpai sounded very certain that Tobi was doing to meet an impending failure. But he couldn't give up just yet. He had to at least try.
'Tobi's going to prove Senpai wrong!'
With the sudden burst of renewal to his determination, Tobi jumped to his feet, startling Deidara, who was still lying on his bed like a lazy house cat. He watched Tobi bounce towards the door after gathering a clip board, some paper, and assorted pencils and pens.
"Where are you going?"
"Tobi's going to draw pictures and bring them to Senpai."
Tobi had stopped, as if waiting for his Senpai to say something else. Deidara said nothing. He just stared at the face of Tobi, knowing that his idiot had forgotten something. He was just waiting for Tobi to figure out what.
More minute moments slipped by. Tobi just cocked his head cutely, still waiting for his Senpai to utter something. He though offering a smile might urge him to speak, so he did. Deidara just thought he was being an oblivious moron.
Deidara sighed irritably. "Grab your mask, un. Don't you remember what I said?"
Tobi squealed out a little "Omg!" and rushed back to his bed and grabbed his beloved orange mask. "Senpai said never let anyone else see Tobi's face… except Deidara-senpai." He added a nod to emphasize his understanding.
"Good boy, now go."
Deidara had rolled back to his previous position on the bed, removing Tobi from his line of sight. He didn't get to see the pleasant shock that had crept into Tobi's features before he slid his mask back on.
'Senpai actually called me a good boy!' Tobi gushed inwardly, allowing for some of his elatedness to escape his lips in the form of "I love you, Senpai!" He quickly left the room with his supplies before Deidara had the chance to clobber him with a pillow.
Kisame and Itachi were together. They usually were. For them to be sitting so closely together on the couch in the den was normal. It was normal for Kisame to have his arm propped up on the couch, around Itachi's shoulder. It was even normal for them to share a kiss or two outside of the privacy of their room.
It just wasn't normal for anyone to be around while they did such things.
It definitely wasn't normal for Tobi, of all people, to be sitting in the center of the room, watching them like he does his anime.
Kisame and Itachi had no idea where Tobi came from. They just wished he'd go back. He was just sitting there… watching them… watching. It was a little unsettling, unnerving. They were boredly watching the television before Tobi's big, orange mask eclipsed the screen. He had some papers on a clipboard. Tobi conjured a pencil in his hand and started to draw.
"… What are you doing?" Itachi scoffed. Hidan, Kakuzu, and Zetsu were all not in the lair. This was one of his off days in which the lair was practically empty. He didn't want his nice day to be ruined by anything.
"Tobi is drawing," he stated with an uncharacterically flat tone in his voice. He was really trying to concentrate. He wanted to draw something beautiful. Tobi had always thought Kisame and Itachi's relationship was really sweet, so he was trying his best to portray the same image in his drawing.
Itachi didn't give a damn. "Go draw somewhere else."
Tobi looked up for a quick second and back to his drawing, stating: "Tobi is drawing Itachi and Kisame-senpai. Tobi can't leave."
Itachi was getting really irritated, and Kisame could sense it. "Um… Why don't you ask Deidara to model for you?" he interjected, hoping to stray things from getting ugly.
"Tobi doesn't wanna bother his Senpai," he sighed without looking back up. All this talking was really distracting, and Tobi was trying his best to make this as pretty and accurate as possible…
… Until Itachi moved.
Tobi had looked back up from his picture to see just were the next few lines and details connected… but Itachi was gone. Kisame was alone on the couch.
Tobi screamed, "OMG! WHERE DID ITACHI-SENPAI GO!?"
"I think he went back to our room. I think he's pretty pissed that you wouldn't leave," Kisame offered. "You know how he gets sometimes."
"B-But Tobi was drawing so well!" he exclaimed. "Tobi was almost done with the top half!"
"Let me see the darn thing, kid."
Tobi, still miffed about having lost his model, snatched the incomplete drawing from his clipboard and handed it to Kisame. Kisame was surprised, to say the least. The picture was almost like a carbon copy of him and Itachi sitting together. The shading really made the picture look fantastic, regardless of the scowl that Itachi wore.
Tobi stared at Kisame, anticipating some type of response.
"It's good. Really good," he complimented. Tobi's face beamed underneath his mask. "It's much better than that thing on the fridge."
Tobi's enthusiasm slumped at Kisame's words. "Why does everyone keep bringing that up?" he asked with a hint of sarcasm. He received the picture back from Kisame and clipped it securely back on his board. "Tobi is going to show Deidara-senpai."
Kisame the quirked an eyebrow at Tobi oddly as he watched him stand to his feet. "I thought you said you wouldn't bother the blond today…? Did you make a bet or something?"
"Senpai says Tobi can't draw! Senpai says Tobi doesn't have any art in his bones! Tobi proves Senpai wrong!" Tobi whined, shuffling his way out of the room. He gave Kisame a rather curt bow, but he didn't mean for it to be rude or anything. He just felt the need to hurry.
Tobi was going to finally be right about something.
The END… of chapter 1
This is just another little short thing that I came up with randomly. Tobi decides to try his hand at drawing again. Deidara doubts him, so (like most people tend to) Tobi has to prove Deidara WRONG!
Idk… maybe he wants to get Deidara to believe in him a little more. You know, earn his faith or something?
And expect chapter 2 to be the last chapter. The rating might be subject to change because of it :3
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