Disclaimer:I don't own 'Naruto' and I'm not making any profit out of this story.
-If you assume-
Summary: AU. "So they said that the world is ending on December 21of 2012" "I don't believe that crap." "No?" "Hell no. You do?" "No." "Well, if it was true…" "It's not." "Don't interrupt un." "…if you knew you were going to die." "You sound so optimist there." "Shup up!" "If it was true and if you could, what would you tell your friends, family and lover?"
Rating:T for cursing and suggestive themes.
Gender:Drama – Romance – Hurt/Comfort – Family – Humor - General
Pairings: SasoDei, KakuHida, PeinKonan, KisaIta, ZetTobi.
Warning: Contains yaoi couples, don't like don't read.
-Thanksgiving dinner-
"Hello?"
"Sasori?" The boy rolled his eyes.
"Yes Konan." He held the black phone between his head and shoulder. Sasori was 19 years old, whit red hair, pale skin and brown eyes. He was not that tall and not that skinny. Dressed with a black bottom up shirt and black pants.
"Don't be so sour. I was calling to wish you a happy thanksgiving." He sighed and pulled out a loaf of bread.
"Am not and happy thanksgiving for you too." The girl on the other side laughed. There was a small pause.
"What are you doing?" Sasori grabbed a bread knife and placed the loaf on top of a cutting board.
"Cutting bread? You?" He asked nonchalantly.
"Looking in my closet for a pair of missing shoes. Family dinner?" Sasori smirked.
"Yeah. Chiyo- baasan is making me do the last preparation." He said while cutting the bread in pieces.
"Found it!" Sasori rolled his eyes.
"Found the shoes?"
"Yes. Deidara is there?" Konan asked with a muffled voice.
"No. He'll be here soon." The bread cutting was finished. The redhead placed it on a small basket.
"Umm. Do you think you can be free by 11?" He took the basket and walked out of the kitchen.
"11?" The door bell rang. "Wait, I think the brat is here." Sasori walked towards the front door and opened the door with his elbow. A smirking blond was outside. Blue eyes outlined with black eyeliner. He was the same height that Sasori but thinner.
"Hi Danna un."
"Yes, the brat's here." Konan laughed on the other side of the phone.
"Don't be rude, greet him back and tell him hello and happy thanksgiving." Sasori rolled his eyes.
"Hi brat. Konan says hello." The blond smiled and took a piece of breath out of the basket in Sasori's hands. Before Deidara could said something back Sasori cut in. "I'm not playing messenger. Tell her latter."
"You are no fun Danna un." The blond said rolling his eyes. Sasori glared at him.
"Konan. I think we can be free by 11, why?" Deidara looked at him curiously and nibbled a corner of the bread.
"We were thinking of hanging out for a while in the hideout." Sasori eyed the blond.
"We'll be there."
"See you later then."
"Later Konan." Sasori said and the line went dead. The red head looked at the blond.
"Help me brat." Deidara smiled and took the basket from Sasori's hand.
"Sorry un." The shorter male rolled his eyes and walked back into the house. It was a small house. The front door leaded to an open space where the living room and dining room were. To the left of the dining room there was a door to the kitchen. A small bathroom for visits was to the right of the door and to the left there was another door to a cupboard and a set of stair leading to the second floor. Sasori went to the dining room. Deidara followed. "Your grandmother is home?" Sasori nodded. Deidara placed the bread on the table and took another piece of bread. "You should have toasted this before serving." Sasori glared at the smirking blond.
"You shouldn't be eating those Deidara, you'll spoil your appetite." A new voice said. The two boys turned around and glanced at the old woman dressed in a black dress that was walking towards the table.
"Chiyo-baasan. You look nice." Sasori said with a bored tone of voice.
"So do you. You too Deidara." Deidara smiled.
"Thank you Chiyo-san un. Don't worry about my appetite, I'm starving and your food is always delicious un." Chiyo laughed.
"That's nice of you." A ping was heard from the kitchen. "That's the oven. Do you mind bringing the turkey Sasori?" The boy shook his head and went into the kitchen. Deidara quickly moved the things in the table to make space and sat on one of the chairs. Chiyo sat on the head of the table and waited. Sasori returned with the turkey, placing it carefully on the table. He sat in front of Deidara.
"Dear Lord" Chiyo began closing her eyes and bowing her head. "Thank you for the food we have today in our table. Please bless this family and help the ones less fortunate. We thank you for the happiness we can share today and plead for it to be lasting. Amen."
"Amen." Sasori mumbled quietly and glanced at Deidara, who just nodded. The redhead tilted his head to the side and raised an eyebrow. Deidara sighed and smiled. Helping himself with mashed potatoes.
"Pass the carrots Danna un. "
"I'm still uncomfortable when she does that un." Deidara said. Sasori looked at him questioning. "The praying. You don't un? It's not like you believe in god either un." Said the blond glancing back at his companion.
"I'm used to it by now." The redhead said as he buried his hands in his sweater. There was a moment of silence. "I don't think Chiyo-baasan believes in god either." He mumbled nonchalantly.
"Un." Was everything Deidara said. The last metro station had leaved them near an old cinema and a 24/7 gas station. They were walking down a dark country road now. Barbed wire and wooden posts delimited the properties. There was a pine forest to their left and some small hills and depressions covered in grass to their right.
"If she doesn't, why she keeps praying un?" Deidara asked him before crouching down and slipping through a hole in the wire. Sasori followed him.
"She's used to it." He answered plainly in a bored voice.
"I guess she is un." There was a path hidden between the trees and at the end of the path there was an old country house. Deidara jogged the last meters. Sasori shook his head and walked calmly there. The redhead took out a key from his pocket and opened the door.
The house was small and square shaped. The walls were covered with murals and posters. There was a wooden structure on the left with a high platform and some stairs. Below the stairs, on a shelf, there was a sound system that ran with batteries. Each step was illuminated with a candle. There were also candles in a wooden ledge around the wall and on top of a table in the center of the room. There were also two sofas, some puffs and pillows and an armchair. A song with a piano, electronic effects and a female voice filled the place.
"'Cause I just can't find the strength
To pull you up and keep you taut
No I just can't find the strength
To hold you up and keep you taut"
On the armchair was Pein, tall, pierced and with grey eyes and orange hair. Itachi, black hair and eyes, and Kisame, blue hair and dark eyes, were on in one of the sofas. Hidan, albino and short, was lying on the floor, using one of the puffs as a pillow. Kakuzu, tall and tan, was sitting on the other sofa. Konan, indigo hair and blue eyes with a paper flower decorating her hair, was under the stairs, putting the music. Deidara grabbed one of the puffs and Sasori sat down next to Kakuzu.
"Right on time Sasori, Deidara." Pein said and put his phone away. Sasori nodded. Kakazu handed Sasori two cans of soda. The redhead tossed one to Deidara.
"Hidan wanted booze but he's drunk enough." Kakazu comented.
"I thought Hidan could handle alcohol just fine." Sasori muttered dryly.
"He can. Just not mixed up with depression."
"I'm not fucking depress you bastard. That bich was a fucking bich that's all." Hidan huffed from the floor. Kisame tore his eyes from his phone and looked at the albino, shaking his head.
"Sure Hidan." He said. Deidara looked at Hidan, who just shrugged. The blond shook his head.
"Who are we waiting for un?" Asked Deidara casually.
"Do you really want to know Deidara?" Asked Kakazu maliciously. The blond boy looked at him.
"Deidara-sempai!" The blond jumped to his feet, trying to escape. He tumbled back when a figured dressed in black clothes and orange mask jumped on top of him.
"Tobi! Get off!" He yelled and pushed the other boy. Hidan rolled out of the way and started laughing.
"Tobi be a good boy and leave Deidara alone. Yes Tobi, don't act so foolish." Zetsu, green hair and yellow eyes, said. Sasori 'tched' and stood up, offering a hand to Deidara who took it and huffed.
"Everyone is here now." Kisame said. Itachi next to him nodded. Konan sat next to Itachi.
"Sempai! Tobi wants to know if you had a great day as Tobi had!" Deidara flinched and nodded, glaring at the boy. Hidan began laughing again and was kicked by Deidara.
"Shup up Hidan un." Said the blond, still fuming. Sasori rolled his eyes.
"I wanted to tell you guys something." Konan said, ending all the discussion. She looked around the group.
"I figured that much." Kakazu said.
"I'm not complaining. The dam party at my house and this fucking holiday are stupid." Hidan said from the floor.
"So? Nobody is asking." Kakazu retorted. Deidara smirked at Hidan.
"Shup up you bastard." Hidan said. Kisame shook his head and mumbled.
"Here we go again."
"Oh you two stay quiet!" Konan said.
"Yes! Yes! Be good boys like Tobi." The masked boy said bouncing on the spot. Deidara hit him across the head.
"Shup up Tobi un!"
"Everyone stay quiet." Pein said and Konan looked at him thankfully. There was a moment of silence in which only the music was hear.
"So?" Sasori asked.
"You are so impatient Sasori." Konana said and Sasori glared at her. Deidara smirked behind his bangs.
"So they said that the world is ending on December 21 of 2012" Konan said.
"I don't believe that crap." Hidan snorted
"No?" Kakuzu looked at him and said
"Hell no. You do?" Hidan said back, looking at the ceiling. Everyone became silent and glanced around them. Curious of what the other thought.
"No." Kakazu snorted.
"Well, if it was true…" Konan said.
"It's not." Kakazu interjected
"Don't interrupt un." Deidara glared.
"…if you knew you were going to die." Konan continued.
"You sound so optimist there." Kisame said.
"Shup up." Sasori hissed annoyed.
"If it was true and if you could, what would you tell your friends, family and lover?" She said.
"I'll tell Kakazu to go and fuck himself." Hidan said. Itachi looked at him. Kisame and Deidara began laughing. Konan shook her head and Kakazu glared at him.
"You always tell him that un." Deidara said.
"He's right you know." Sasori added. Hidan shrugged and dismissed the comment.
"Tobi would say everyone how much Tobi loves them!" Konan grinned at Tobi's comment.
"Yesterday was 21. We have one month until the end of the world." Pein said.
"True. I was thinking that if…" Konana then paused, looking for the right words. "We should write letters to the ones we need to say something and deliver them by December 21."
"But we are not going to die on the twenty-one." Kisame pointed out.
"Well no… but it could be like a game and…" Konan looked to the floor. "It could be used to try to make amends…" The boys looked at her, thinking deeply.
"Hn. I'll do it." Itachi said suddenly. Everyone looked at him. Kisame next to him nodded.
"Me too."
"Tobi likes the idea!"
"I'm not paying for the mailing."
"If that bastard does it, so do I."
"Sure."
"I'm ok with it. Fine."
"Un."
"Let's do it."
There was a momentary pause.
"Do you think the cinema is still open?" Kisame asked and the noise escalated again.
This was supposed to be up yesterday, been Thanksgiving and all that but I fell asleep. Pathetic excuse I know, but it is valid. Anyway, I got this idea buy a foolish commercial of how now that the world was ending the guy was going to call his mother-in-law, boss and friend to tell them the ugly true because he had like a lot of minutes in the phone. It was really dumb, but it made you laugh. So I began thinking, "If you really knew that the world was ending on December 21, what would you tell people?" So Akatsuki Fic it is.
As a side note, I know the world is not ending on 2012. I live in Guatemala and believe me, it's not. I even know some ancianos y ancianas mayas (elders) and they think that Hollywood is… not right, at all, and overstating. The Oxlajuj Baktún cycle is just another calendar like the one of twelve months you use every year.
-VD.