It was a normal day at the Akatsuki base. Hidan and Kakuzu were arguing over something meaningless, Kisame was in the kitchen and Itachi was quietly watching TV and Tobi and Deidara…
"Come back here you runt, un!"
"Ahh, no Senpai, Tobi's a good boy!"
The near silence was quickly shattered as Tobi ran comically sprinting through the rooms of the Akatsuki base, a furious Deidara in hot pursuit. Tobi leapt nimbly through the kitchen door and out through another door while Deidara ran ungracefully into the kitchen table and gave up, half heartedly throwing a few clay birds after the masked ninja, but he was already gone. Deidara sat across the table from Kisame, massaging his temples as he caught his breath. How the hell did Tobi manage to run so fast? Kisame chuckled to himself, earning a death glare from Deidara.
"I don't know how you put up with him."
Deidara sighed, placing his hands on the table in front of him.
"In case you hadn't noticed, I don't. I'm embarrassed to call that orange idiot my partner, un."
Kisame grinned, a smile meant to show his amusement but instead looked more like that of something stalking it's prey. He looked briefly from Deidara to the direction that Tobi had run off in.
"So what did he do this time?"
Deidara looked up perplexed. This happened so often most of the other member were sick of hearing what Tobi had been up to. But not Kisame, he seemed to find amusement in each tale, commenting that Tobi's antics did make the criminal life a little more bright.
"I just finished a new clay masterpiece, it's destruction range would have been amazing, but before I had a chance to set it, Tobi happened. Now it's in broken pieces all over the floor. I'd love to have seen the look on his face if I'd set it first."
Deidara sneered to himself, trying to imagine Tobi looking shocked and horrified at the artist's bomb. His face fell suddenly when he realised that all he could imagine was that annoying swirly mask. Kisame caught on to the look on Deidara's face.
"You don't know what he looks like under that mask, do you?"
Deidara snarled at the blue shark man. Kisame held up his hands in mock defence. Deidara sighed again and laid his head on the table.
"No, I don't. You'd think after all this time he'd finally take that thing off."
Kisame shrugged.
"Maybe he's hiding something. You can't force him to take it off."
Deidara sat straight upright, a twisted grin on his face that even belittled Kisame's.
"Oh can't I?"
Deidara stood up, pushing his chair away from the table and strode out of the room in the direction Tobi had gone. Kisame sighed and shook his head, not losing his amused grin. This couldn't end well.
Tobi sat on the end of his bed in his and Deidara's shared room breathing heavily. He hadn't been caught yet, but all this running was beginning to take it's toll on him, and the mask didn't help with breathing. He flung his arms up and lay on the mattress with a thump. He must have fallen asleep because he didn't hear the door open until a voice shook him from his resting state.
"Tobi!"
He nearly leapt out of his skin and jumped to his feet. Deidara stood in the doorway. Tobi rushed to the other side of the room and began to frantically fiddle with the locks on the window. Deidara groaned and rubbed his temples again, trying to not get annoyed at the childish ninja.
"Tobi, listen. I'm not mad anymore. Well not as mad, un."
Tobi slowly let go of the window lock and turned around, as though not quite trusting his Senpai's word.
"Really?"
Deidara nodded, curiosity overcoming his original anger.
"Yes. Look, Tobi, I won't be mad at you if you do just one thing for me."
Tobi cocked his head slightly, intrigued. Normally he was simply told to do things, not asked.
"Okay Senpai, what is it?"
Deidara took a small step closer to Tobi, the masked man taking a tiny unconscious step backwards.
"Tobi. Take off your mask."
Tobi went visibly rigid. Deidara slowly reached towards his partner to take off the mask. Suddenly there was a rush of air as an orange blur flew past him and out the door. Deidara spun round barely in time to see Tobi turn down the corridor. Deidara rushed out the door, using a hand to keep himself steady against the doorframe, but it was too late. Tobi was already out of sight.
"Dammit, Tobi, un!"
My friends were telling me to write more fanfic, so here it is :D
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