The Mercy of Rabid Fangirls
Lily emerged from her workroom slightly irritated "what the hell is all the screaming about? Is there a spider somewhere?" she narrowed her eyes at a rather large box sitting in the entrance hall "what is that?" she asked warily. Lily remembered the last time her roommate had gotten a box that large…and it wasn't good.
Gabby giggled "isn't it amazing?" she cooed causing Lily to gag "what is it?" she asked glaring at it as though it did her a personal wrong "it's a Deidara!" Lily boggled "what on earth is a Deidara? Is it the same as that Itachi thing? Cause you remember how that happened…" she narrowed her eyes at the memory of waking up to see a knife poised above her head. "The garbageman called the police when they found the body or whatever you'd call it…that thing wasn't human" she shuddered.
Gabby shook her head "that was the Itachi model no, the Deidara model wouldn't do that" she began cutting the tape. Lily narrowed her eyes and perched herself on the couch staring warily at the box "he's an artist like you" Gabby smiled. Lily scoffed "an artist huh? Any true artist knows that art is transient and ephemeral" "what's ephemeral?" "get a dictionary". Lily flicked a lock of auburn hair over her shoulder "you know if that thing in there attempts to exterminate us like the last one I'm gonna lock you up in the loony bin" she told her best friend turning her attention to the TV.
"Don't worry" Gabby smiled "he'll be good" she finished the tape and struggled to get the second box out. "Lils could you come help?" Gabby asked her friend. Lily sighed in resignation and helped lift out the second box "why the hell is there two?" she asked suspiciously. Gabby shrugged "shipping container and actual container?" she suggested. Lily shrugged and was about to go back to her show when she heard a 'beep, beep, beep' she turned around fearfully and said "Gabs?" "Lils?" "Do you know why it's beeping?" Gabby examined the box "looks like it's this back here" she pointed to a circuit breaker. Lily grew cold "Gabrielle back away from the box this instant and move slowly" Gabby did as she was told fear crossing her face "wire cutters now…and HURRY" she shouted the last word.
Gabby nodded and returned moments later with wire cutters. Lily crossed swiftly to the box, knelt down and snipped the red and black wires. The ticking stopped "it's safe to open" she said panic subsiding. Gabby nodded nervously and soon the box opened to reveal a blonde-haired blue-eyed teenage boy wearing a black robe with red clouds. He blinked and Lily gazed skywards in exasperation "it's another one" she sighed in defeat "if it tries to kill us I'm putting YOU out for the garbageman got it?" she said.
Gabby nodded although she never took Lily's threats seriously. They'd known each other far too long for that to ever happen. "I have a name you know yeah" said the boy in the box. Lily narrowed her eyes "I didn't bother to learn the last ones name either and in the end it tried to KILL US" she glanced at Gabby who looked sheepish. "Well I'm going back to my den" Lily waved and went down the hall.
"Are you going to come out?" Gabby asked the Deidara curiously. He looked at her "why should I yeah?" Gabby sighed "LILY!" she called startling him. Lily emerged irritably chocolate brown eyes dark "what now?" she sighed. "Is art fleeting or eternal?" she asked Lily. Lily looked at her in disbelief "I don't know what possessed you to ask that as you know my answer already" she turned to head back "please just answer" Gabby called down the hall. The redhead didn't even glance back "art is fleeting" she groused. The Deidara jumped out "did she just say art is fleeting yeah?" he questioned, blue eye flashing in excitement.
"You're so cute!" she squealed. The Deidara looked irritated and went down the hall Lily had disappeared down "where are you going?" "to talk to her because she agrees with me yeah" he said and knocked on the last door.
Lily sat down at her bench; she spent most of her time in her workroom or "den" as she liked to call it. It smelled like paint and clay and was a glorious mess. Clay sculptures littered the room and canvases covered in oil paint, water paint, acrylic, any kind of paint you can imagine. She heard a squeal and sighed. Her best friend was the typical avid-rabid is more like it-fangirl. She went back to her sculpture when she heard a knock at the door. She sighed again am I ever going to finish this? she wondered getting up to get the door.
Fully expecting to see her short, blonde-haired, hazel-eyed friend she was surprised when she pulled the door open to come face to face with a tall, blonde-haired, blue-eyed young man…the one from the box. She squeaked in surprise and instantly berated herself for such an undignified reaction "umm can I help you?" she asked. He looked at her sideways "art is fleeting yeah?" taken aback by his sudden question she nodded "yeah…any true artist knows art is transient and ephemeral although I can see how it could be viewed as both eternal and ephemeral" she narrowed her eyes "why?"
He smiled "it's the first time anyone else has ever agreed art is transitory yeah" he said. Lily was amused by the way he ended his sentences with 'yeah'. "Tell me about it" Lily rolled her eyes "oh well, they're just badly informed" she leaned her hip against the door "Gabby tells me you're an artist?" "who's Gabby yeah?" Lily smirked "the squealy one" she smirked "you'll get used to it" she laughed at the look of disbelief that crossed his face. "You will. Trust me. I've known Gabby since we were 6, you get used to it…now I've gotta go. Later" she slammed the door leaving a very stricken Deidara at the mercy of a rabid fangirl.