(I HATE) the way you talk to me
AN:So, to get this over with- yes, this is based on the 1999 movie '10 things I hate about you'. I will probably quote it, and will definitely follow the basic structure, although I'll probably go in a different direction later on. The main pairings in this story are Pein/Konan/Yahiko (Yahiko endgame) and SasoDei. If you like this chapter, please follow/favorite/review to let me know how I'm doing/what you think! Thank you very much in advance!
Obviously I don't claim any ownership over any characters/movies/whatever. Also, a heads-up, the story will probably switch POV every so often- this will be marked. Also, some characters will be related to other characters. Obviously this is not canon. ALSO if you don't like a secondary ship- don't worry! It won't be featured that much, and tbh I don't ship much else besides SasoDei so this is actually tricky for me. Also, if you have a problem with a character who is 'OOC'- please keep in mind that many of the characters I'm using are, in canon, mass murderers. In this story, they are college students. So, chill please.
Just to reiterate: in this story, Yahiko and Pein are different people!
Please enjoy!
Yahiko
Yahiko backed out of the guidance counselor's room feeling like he'd just walked out of the start of a really bad porno- Ms. Yamanaka had been seated cross-legged on her photocopier, her body squashed into a latex-tight mini dress, her lips fire engine red, holding a pen between her teeth. She seemed efficient at her job, just a little... bizarre and out of place, especially considering her colleagues were mostly wearing sweaters, jeans, and button-ups.
But who was he to judge? He'd spent half of high school in Guy Fawkes mask t-shirts, sewing 'Vive la Revolution' patches on everything he owned. Everyone went through a phase, at one point or another. Maybe Ms. Yamanaka had simply hit her Business Britney Spears phase ten years too late to call it teenage folly.
He walked up to the Student Services desk as he had been instructed, and stood there awkwardly for a few minutes, wondering if the boy draped luxuriously over a chair behind the desk hadn't noticed him or was ignoring him on purpose. He looked the guy over, noting the extremely deep V of his shirt and moving onto his hair, which was a very pale blond- almost white, in fact. Was it natural? Finally he cleared his throat self-consciously. The boy looked up, an unimpressed expression on his face.
"What the fuck do you want?" he asked bluntly, looking Yahiko up and down and smirking. Yahiko tried to regain the use of his dropped jaw as fast as he could, thinking the faster his answer, the better.
"Er, Ms. Yamanaka-"
"Who the fuck is that?"
"The guidance counselor. The blonde one." How could this guy not know her? They were literally two doors apart!
"Oh, that bitch..." the boy muttered, scratching the back of his head with one hand and reaching for his cup of black coffee with the other.
"Um, yes?" Yahiko continued, wondering if he would be better off just trying to find his class himself. "Anyway, she told me to come here. I just transferred, and she said someone would show me around...?"
He trailed off, watching, mesmerized, as the boy behind the counter took a sip of the coffee, said 'Fuck! Hot as Jashin's crackhole!' and chucked it behind him, where it splattered over a man with a goatee, who immediately clutched his face and began to scream.
"Well, I'll help you. Gotta get out of this shit hole." said, giving Yahiko a bright yet ironic smile, and ducking out from behind the desk. He swung an arm over Yahiko's shoulders and began to guide him down the hallway. Yahiko walked stiffly as the screams of pain continued, now joined with cries of 'What happened?' and 'Again?' Ms. Yamanaka had seemingly flung him into the path of a dangerous person.
"Alright, bitch, you'd better be grateful- you're getting my super-deluxe tour!"
"Great." Yahiko said, as enthusiastically as he could. The blond guy's arm was a serious weight on his shoulders- how heavy was it? More relevantly, how tall was this guy? Yahiko wasn't exactly short, and this guy had several inches on him.
As they walked down the busy hallway, the other students seemed to make way for them. Very unnaturally. Was it just because this guy was so tall, or was he desperately unpopular? From what Yahiko had already witnessed, he was pretty sure everyone else was just just fucking afraid of him.
"Forgot to introduce myself, by the way. Name's Hidan. What's your name, short shit?" Yahiko blinked up at him for a second, trying and failing to accept his way of speaking as 'normal'. In what universe was 6'0 short for your average male non-basketball-player?
"Um, I'm Yahiko..." Hidan snorted and shook his head.
"Pussy-ass name." Yahiko just grinned at the floor. He kind of wanted to record this moment and preserve it forever; Yahiko's first day at college.
Hidan swerved suddenly through some double doors, making Yahiko's shoulder bang into him. Yahiko flinched, in spite of himself- this guy had thrown boiling coffee at another guy's face just two minutes earlier. But Hidan didn't seem to have noticed.
"Alright, Yahiko. This shitfest here is the cafeteria." He gestured around at the large hall, which contained various fast food vendors, a wall of windows, and hundreds of tables and chairs, most of them full already.
"You've got your usual dickheads over there, various sluts, boring ass people, racists, bitches who were thrown at a wall at birth..." With every 'group' he pointed at a different cluster of people, none of whom (in Yahiko's (clearly uninitiated) opinion seemed to match his 'description')
"...and finally the actual cool people." Hidan gestured to a group of students spread casually over a group of sofas in a corner by the windows.
Yahiko looked them over, kind of bored, until his eyes fell on a girl with blue hair, who was laughing and balancing what looked like a small tower of paper cranes. He watched as the tower toppled and she caught them all mid-fall, shrugging and smiling at the guy next to her. Her shirt was tight and red-violet, the same colour as Hidan's seriously bizarre eyes.
"...horny-ass lunch ladies. You know they're all on some crazy shit. This one time-"
"Hidan, do you know that girl?" Yahiko interrupted, before remembering he didn't want to piss him off. Hidan stopped mid-sentence and looked over.
"Which one?"
"Blue hair." Hidan grinned and shoved his hands into his pockets.
"Course I do. Her dad works at the hospital. He put my jaw back on a while back." Yahiko tried hard not to imagine that.
"Do you know her name?" Hidan scratched his chin and shrugged.
"K-something. Last name's Nanahara. Wait." he snapped his fingers. "Konan. She's the cousin of a friend of mine. Why the fuck do you want to know, anyway? You a stalker or some shit?" Hidan asked, looking at Yahiko suspiciously. Yahiko shook his head.
"I'd be a pretty shitty stalker if I didn't know her name, don't you think?" he replied drily. Hidan grinned and slung his arm back around Yahiko's shoulders.
"Damn right." he said, then steered Yahiko back out of the cafeteria. "On with the tour."
Yahiko glanced back at Konan's pretty face as they left.
Konan
"Hey!" Konan exclaimed as Nagato nudged her arm, causing the tower of paper cranes to fall over again. She glanced at him and rolled her eyes, seeing him biting his lips, trying not to laugh. She flung a crane at his face.
"They'd have fallen over anyway. It's not like you were looking at what you were doing." Nagato said, giving her a pointed look.
"What are you talking about?" Konan said, flushing- she knew exactly what he was talking about. And of course, he knew that, too. It was a given though- they had been in the same school from kindergarten all the way to college- she liked to think they'd been destined to be best friends. Or cursed, if she was mad at him.
"Silly. How long are you going to keep up that act? Everyone knows you like Pein. Even Pein knows you like him." Nagato said, running a hand through his soft, red hair. Konan shushed him, feeling her face get warm again.
"Shut up!" she said, her voice going annoyingly high. Nagato smiled.
"Seriously, Konan. Are you gonna tell him this year? You've been unashamedly crazy about him for a whole year now. Are you ever going to do something about it?" Nagato asked softly, giving her shoulder a nudge. Konan sighed heavily and stuck out her bottom lip.
"No. You know I can't date, so there's no point. My dad is psycho as ever." Nagato rolled his eyes.
"He's still completely against you dating? I thought he was overreacting in high school, but this is just ridiculous. You're in college! If you can't get him to change his mind, why didn't you just apply for residence?" Konan rubbed her face. She was still frustrated about the whole thing, remembering vividly her father scowling at her from across the dinner table.
"He wouldn't let me. You know my dad, he controls everything. If I'd applied behind his back, he'd have never let me come back. Just because he got mom pregnant when they were teenagers doesn't mean I'm gonna get pregnant! Besides, he won't even let me date someone who's taken a vow of chastity. 'I know what boys are like.'" She imitated her dad's toady voice. Nagato laughed.
"Did he say that while writing 'Sexy times paradise' or whatever the hell he's onto now?" Konan snorted.
"You know it. It's his hobby. He's the biggest hypocrite I know." She leaned back in her armchair, giving a quick wave to her other friends who left for their afternoon classes. "Not only is he forcing this on me, but my cousin's got mixed up in it now, too." Nagato stared at her.
"What the heck? He's not letting your cousin -a guest at your house- date either? That's actually crazy." Konan chewed her lip and shook her head.
"That's not it. His new 'decree' is that I can date when my cousin does." Nagato looked puzzled.
"That... doesn't sound so bad. You just have to wait for your cousin to-" Konan shook her head again.
"That's not gonna happen. My dad thought this through pretty well, actually. My cousin doesn't date. He had a boyfriend in highschool, I think, and since then he's completely sworn off human interaction to focus on his art, or something." Nagato raised his eyebrows.
"'Sworn off human interaction'? So he doesn't even talk to you?"
"No, we get along really well, actually! But... he's kind of a dick." she said with a grin.
"Hidan's your cousin?" Nagato said disbelievingly. Konan snorted loudly.
"Hell no! Thank god... he's actually a friend of my cousin. I just mean... Deidara is... well..."
"How about I just accept that you can't date, and you're destined to do nothing more than drool over Pein from across the room, as always?" Nagato said with a wry grin. Konan blew a raspberry at him, but agreed anyway.
"Yeah. Pretty much."
She sighed, glancing over to where her focus had admittedly been for most of the last hour. Pein was leaning back in his chair, paying no attention to his friends, who talked amongst themselves. His multiple piercings caught the light as his bored gaze wandered over the wall of windows and stopped for a moment on Konan, who quickly blinked and looked away.
"But he's so hot." she complained, resting her forehead on Nagato's shoulder.
"There there." he patted her back, grinning.
Pein
Half an hour later, Konan and her friend got up and headed for the exit. Pein's gaze followed them as they left, lingering on Konan's chest and legs.
"You checking out that second year? She's got a pretty tight body. But you know, I heard her dad's pretty crazy about guys-"
"Shut up, Tobi." Pein interrupted, not looking at the boy next to him. He paused for a minute, lost in thought for a few minutes. He had been a bit bored lately...
"I'll bet you five hundred dollars" he paused. He tilted his head back, and a nasty grin split across his face. "I'll bet you five hundred dollars that within the next month, I'll have fucked her in her father's house."
He tuned out his friends' laughter and sounds of agreement, folding his arms behind his head, running his tongue piercing over the roof of his mouth. Now that he thought about it, he was pretty sure that blue haired girl was the one people had been mentioning was into him. He didn't care at all, but it would make it even easier than he'd thought... Maybe he should have said 'within the week'. He smirked.
Yahiko
"Wait, are you serious? She's not allowed to date until her cousin does?" Yahiko asked, staring at Hidan in disbelief. How controlling could her dad possibly be? Hidan just grinned and shrugged before flicking another piece of popcorn into the air and catching it in his mouth.
"What d'ya want me to say?" he asked, chewing with his mouth open. "That's what I heard from Deidara. Apparently the dad's crazy."
"Who's Deidara?" Yahiko asked.
Hidan had finished showing him around the school, and had fully intended to go back to doing nothing at the Student Services desk, but when they'd got there his burnt co-worker was being transferred onto a gurney by emergency medical staff, so he'd decided to take the rest of the day off until things cooled down. As Yahiko had let slip that he didn't have any classes that day, Hidan had basically kidnapped him for the rest of the afternoon.
They were sitting behind the oldest bus stop Yahiko had seen in his life. Apparently it was Hidan's favorite place to come and pray to 'Jashin', whoever the fuck that was. Yahiko didn't ask, certain he wouldn't be able to sleep at night if he learnt the answer.
"Deidara's my best friend. He's a transfer, too, but he got here at the start of term 2 last year. He's in second year, like his cousin."
"Konan's in second year?" Yahiko sighed. So pretty, so awesome, and so... out of his league. Hidan took out a cigarette and lit it, inhaling deeply before exhaling in Yahiko's face and grinning.
"Relax, Yankeeko."
"Yahiko." Hidan shrugged and made a gesture that very clearly said 'I don't give a fuck'.
"So you want to bang the big blue?" Yahiko frowned, having several objections to the way Hidan had worded that. For one thing, was he inadvertently referring to the ocean...? He wasn't sure if he even wanted to know.
"...What part of Konan is big?" he asked warily, wafting a cloud of smoke out of his face. Hidan smirked.
"Her tits." Yahiko pursed his mouth and looked away, vowing to always, always listen to his gut.
"Well, leaving that aside, yes, I would like to talk to, hang out with, and maybe eventually date her." Yahiko felt a little embarrassed. After all, he hadn't even met her. He'd just seen her from across the room, like in movies with romances that would never actually happen in real life. Oh god.
"Well that's not so hard. Just go talk to her, see if you want to nail her, then just find someone to fuck Deidara, and problem fucking solved!" Hidan said with a laugh, taking another drag, and putting the cigarette out on the concrete. He then flung the stub at a passing squirrel, fortunately missing. Yahiko didn't even want to imagine what kind of child this freak had been. Probably the type that fried worms with a magnifying glass. Urgh.
"...Isn't it weird for you to say that? Since you're this guy's friend?" Yahiko asked. Hidan just laughed.
"Believe me, I'm doing him a favor. He has a serious stick up his asshole about this stuff. Besides, what are friends for? I'll tell you what they're for, they're for hooking me up with some thirsty bitches."
Yahiko marveled at Hidan's attitude. He was about to wonder how this guy went through every day of life without getting punched all the time, before he remembered that his jaw had needed to be reattached at least once. That no longer surprised him at all.
"But... well, maybe he's asexual? Or aromantic?" Hidan shrugged.
"Maybe. I'd ask him, but I don't really give a shit. If he is, that would sure make your problem bigger, wouldn't it?" He grinned. "You could always pay someone to pretend to date him or something." Yahiko rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, like that's a reasonable idea. It kind of sounds evil." he said. Hidan snorted loudly, shook his head, and took out another cigarette. "Besides, I haven't even talked to Konan yet. I'm kind of old-fashioned, in that I like to get to know a girl before I launch an extremely evil and manipulative plan to get her father's permission to hang out with her." Yahiko said sarcastically.
"Whatever floats your dildo." Hidan said, shrugging and leaning back against the wall of the decrepit bus station. Yahiko just shook his head. Where the hell did this guy even come up with these phrases...? He sighed and folded his arms, leaning back alongside Hidan. He pictured Konan's smiling face again, her awesome hair...
"Oh god, I feel really creepy right now." he muttered, rubbing his face.
Konan
Konan began unpacking her textbooks into her locker, smiling to herself. It had been a really good day. Not only were the leaves finally beginning to change, meaning that the pumpkin spice lattes would soon be on the Starbucks menus, but unless she was seriously deluded, Pein was starting to flirt with her.
Two weeks ago, he had started smiling at her in the hallway and saying 'hi' when they saw each other. Then he'd started chatting with her when they were in line together at the cafeteria, and yesterday he had -she still couldn't believe it- asked her if she'd like to hang out with him after school.
Konan bit her lips, smiling happily as she grabbed her water bottle, remembering. They had gotten smoothies (she smirked, remembering how out of place he'd looked at the booth) and he'd driven her home. It had been really fun, until her dad had yelled at her, asking what she was doing with a guy who was 'so obviously thinking of one thing'.
She scowled, dropping a granola bar into her bag and reaching for her stack of origami paper. Why did her dad have to be so irritating? She looked up as someone leaned against the locker next to hers, and felt her grip on her backpack loosen in surprise when she saw who it was.
"Pein! Hi!" she said in a voice far more piping than she'd have liked. She cleared her throat, her face warming as Pein looked her over, a slow smile spreading on his pale face. He was so damn cool.
"Hey, Konan." he said softly, reaching forward and tugging on a lock of her hair. She froze, her face reddening. Did he just...?
"Do you want to hang out Saturday night?" he asked, looking her up and down again, slower this time. Konan bit down on her lips, really ashamed that she was so completely turned on just from that.
"Like... like a date?" she asked nervously. Pein paused for a moment before giving her a smile.
"Yeah. Like a date." Konan prayed that she would remember this moment for the rest of her life. Thanks to her father, this would probably the most romantic interaction she was going to have for the next few years... She sighed.
"I'd love to, I'd really love to... but my dad won't let me date. He's really crazy-strict about it, and since I still live at home..." she trailed off, watching Pein's face. He frowned briefly and muttered something like
"Forgot about that..." Then he gave her a small, playful smile. 'Playful' was a weird look for him, decked out as he was- entirely black outfit complete with more piercings than she could count, chains, multiple belts, the whole package.
"Couldn't you just... keep it a secret?" he asked her softly, almost purring. Oh, god... Konan took a step back, opening and closing her mouth before she could find her voice again.
"Um... um... If my cousin decides to go, too.. Maybe we could go to Bee's party together next weekend? If you want." Oh, god, she sounded like such a moron. But Pein just flashed her a smile, said 'sure', and walked away.
She stared after him for a few seconds before turning to face her locker again and biting her fist. "Yes!" she said happily. She tried to remember what she was supposed to be doing before shrugging and closing her locker door.
"Hi!" She turned, surprised, to meet the bright brown eyes of that friendly guy opening his locker next to her and giving her a nice smile.
"Hey Yahiko!" he said, grinning back. "How are your classes going?" Yahiko made a face of mock-horror as he began to shove textbooks into his locker. She laughed.
"You can do it!" she said, giving him a thumbs-up. "I'm not going to say 'it gets better', but you'll definitely get used to it." Yahiko grimaced.
"I hope so. The rest of my classes are okay, it's just French." Konan swung her backpack onto one shoulder and leaned against her locker.
"You could always drop it, or switch to another language course. It's still early in the term." Yahiko shook his head, shoving his hands into the pockets of his jeans.
"I was thinking about it, but I really like the language... it's just there's so much grammar work, which I suck at. I dunno." he laughed. "Do you know any French tutors?" Konan smiled and tilted her head to one side.
"As it happens, yes I do." Yahiko's eyes lit up.
"Really? That's awesome!"
"Uh-huh. You're looking at her." His jaw dropped, like he couldn't believe his luck. He was so enthusiastic. And cute. Like a puppy.
"Are you serious? That's really cool! But... I mean, do you have time?" he asked, shutting his locker and snapping the lock.
"I don't have classes on Monday. Have you got any breaks then?"
"I don't have class on Monday, either, actually." Konan smiled.
"Okay. I'll meet you in the caf on Monday at... eleven? How does that sound?" Yahiko gave her a huge smile.
"That sounds awesome. Thank you so much!"
"Easy, boy. You don't even know if I'm a good tutor or not yet." she said, giving a Zac Efron wink and then instantly regretting it, as usual. "See you then!"
"Bye!"
Konan headed towards her class, making a mental note to talk to Deidara after school. All she had to do was convince him to go to Bee's party, and she'd have an entire night to hang out with Pein. But Deidara was so stubborn... She squared her jaw and walked determinedly down the hallway.
She could be stubborn, too.
Yahiko
"Ok, it has been like three weeks, she is officially super awesome, what should I do?" he asked Hidan as they sat down behind the bus stop again. (Of all people. Why had he not made any other friends?)
He had met up with Konan for tutoring two days ago, and yeah. She was really, really nice. And really pretty. And just generally one of the most awesome people he'd ever met. She was a really good french tutor, actually. But besides that, yeah, she was really amazing.
She volunteered at the animal shelter where he'd gotten his dog, who she recognized when he'd shown her a picture of him. She liked windsurfing, going to the aquarium, origami, seasonal Starbucks coffee, building cities out of lego in her room, and she was really excited for Halloween. They had different tastes in music, movies, and video games, and he loved the way she just lit up when he asked her what she liked about Silent Hill. It was actually the cutest thing to watch her talking about things she loved.
She was also incredibly cool- she'd gone on a transfer to France for a year in high school, had actually touched Beyonce's hand while she walked down the carpet to the VMAs, and was in the animation program, which, hands-down, was just super cool.
Basically, Yahiko had a ginormous crush on her.
"Ok, dolphin dong, this is your next move." Hidan said loudly, crushing his beer can in his fist and chucking it at a passing freshman. Yahiko cringed.
"Invite her to Bee's party. As long as Deidara goes, her fucktard of a father will let her go."
"Don't you like her dad? He fixed your jaw, right?" Hidan shrugged.
"Yeah, he's cool. Doesn't stop him being a fucktard." Yahiko shook his head, bewildered. Hanging out with Hidan was practically a guarantee of bewilderment. And second-hand embarrassment.
"That doesn't sound hard. I could ask her, just as friends, right? And you can get her cousin to go, right? I mean, you're friends, he'd go to hang out with you, right?" Hidan laughed shortly.
"As fucking if! Deidara hasn't gone to a party with people he knows for... Jashin, I dunno. Not since I've known him, at least." Yahiko tilted his head back and groaned.
"Why is this guy so difficult? I haven't even met him and already I think he's probably annoying..." Hidan laughed.
"Don't worry. I have a plan."
Yahiko lay down on the grass, kind of dreading what he was about to hear. In what scenario has saying 'I have a plan' ever improved anything? When it came to trying to ask someone to a party, probably never.
"You know that guy Pein?"
"Nope."
"Looks kind of like you, but hotter. Dyed hair. More goth. Lots of piercings." Yahiko frowned.
"You mean the guy who looks like a model for Hot Topic?"
What did it say about him if he supposedly looked like the Hot Topic guy? Probably that he should re-think his hair color, although he couldn't really help being naturally a Weasley look-a-like.
"That's the one."
"Well, what about him?" he asked. Hidan grinned.
"That guy wants to get with Konan, too. I work with one of his friends, who was saying that they've got a bet goi-"
"What? He wants to date her?" Yahiko rubbed a hand over his face, groaning.
So not only was Konan basically a galaxy of awesome, but she had the Hot Topic guy after her, too. Ugh.
"Uh... sure." Hidan scratched his nose. "But anyway, that guy's got loads of money. And money is one thing that can get people to do pretty much anything. I once saw that crazy fucker jump off a cliff into this crazy-ass current for a hundred bucks. He couldn't even swim, now that I think about it... 'Course, he was shitfaced. Almost drowned, actually." Hidan trailed off, looking thoughtful. Yahiko gaped at him.
"Point is, Pein's got the same problem you do. You both want to bone a chick who can't do shit unless her cousin gets some, too. So get Pein to pay someone to go out with Deidara." Hidan finished, looking like he wanted Yahiko to praise him.
"Good job." Yahiko said sarcastically. Hidan grinned.
"I know, right? But let me tell ya, whoever you set up to ask Deidara out's gotta have balls of steel. Deidara can be fucking intense. And a dick."
"Konan said he transferred here after an unsuccessful attempt to blow up a teacher at his old school." Yahiko said flatly. Hidan laughed.
"That sounds like him. He's pretty batshit. I had to go to the hospital last year-"
"He was the one who ripped off your jaw!?" Yahiko asked, shocked. Hidan grinned and shook his head.
"Naw. He did bite me though. I was messing around, and he got really pissed, and yeah. To the bone. I had to get stitches." Yahiko shook his head. He sounded pretty insane.
"So anyway. You know anybody sufficiently iron-balled and desperate for cash for our purposes?" Hidan asked. Yahiko thought for a few seconds.
"Actually... I think I do."
Sasori
"You want me to what?" Sasori asked flatly. He definitely didn't have the time or patience for this. Although his class was over, he had been planning to keep working on his project until the studio closed. He had not planned to have the Hot Topic guy lean against his desk, refusing to move for ten minutes as he spouted a load of shit. In his usual weird, monotonous voice. Like it was cool to sound like an answering machine message.
"I want you to go to Bee's party with Deidara. You know him?" Sasori frowned.
"Nope." He folded his arms, his face impassive. Pein's eyes flicked across the room.
"He's right over there." Sasori looked over, raised an eyebrow, and looked back at Pein.
"Why the hell do you want me to go to a stupid party with him?"
Being totally honest, this was probably the weirdest request he'd ever been given. Pein just fingered one of his sixteen or so ear piercings and snapped his gum. Very intimidating.
"I want to fuck his cousin, but her dad's overprotective. And she actually listens to him. So she won't go to the party unless he goes, too."
"That is absolutely none of my business. Not only that, but I don't give a crap. Now go away." Pein's lip twitched and he reached for his wallet, pulling out two crisp fifties.
"I'll pay you." Sasori raised his eyebrows, looking from Pein's face to the money. He couldn't believe this.
"You're going to pay me to get some guy to go to a party?"
"Yes."
"You're going to pay me a hundred bucks?" Sasori asked, looking over at Deidara again.
He appeared to be arguing with Pein's stupid friend, Tobi. He seized Tobi the collar of his shirt, spun him around, shoved a firecracker in his pants, and pushed him out into the hallway. There was a loud bang and a shrill scream.
Sasori looked back at Pein, who closed his eyes and pulled another fifty out of his wallet.
"One fifty. Take him to Bee's party."
He shut his wallet and walked out of the studio. Sasori looked down at the money on his desk and scowled. Yes, he needed the money- although his parents had left him enough to go to college, it didn't cover everything, and he refused any money his grandmother tried to give him. After all, she didn't have much, herself. He had a job outside of school, true, but it wasn't really enough to cover rent, food, and all the supplies he needed for school.
So yeah. A hundred and fifty bucks wouldn't hurt at all. But... God, did it really have to be Deidara...? He shrugged and was turning back to his project when someone yelled loudly, making him jump.
"Deidara! There you are, you crazy bitch!" Sasori didn't even need to look. Deidara knew some of the weirdest people in the entire school. Judging by the loud voice and the unnecessary profanity, this was Hidan. The guy who recently gave someone third-degree facial burns. Sasori picked up his V-tool and glanced up. Some kid was standing next to his desk. Some irritatingly tall kid, to be more precise.
"Yes?" he asked, releasing his most impatient-sounding sigh. The kid just smiled awkwardly.
"Hi. Um, I'm in your French class-"
"Can't help. I suck at French. Get a tutor." Sasori said, turning back to his work.
"No, no, it's not about French. Pein just came to see you, right? He just gave you money to get that blond guy to go to a party, right?" Sasori kept working. "It's just, I'm just letting you know that we set that up."
Sasori turned around, folding his arms over his chest. This guy clearly was not going to go away. He looked him over. He kind of looked like Pein, actually, but he was a little shorter. Still annoyingly tall, though. And he had kind of big brown eyes. And Ron Weasley hair. And a Wonder Woman t-shirt. Sasori smirked. He kind of looked like a dork, if he was totally honest.
"You're telling me that you got that Edward Cullen wannabe to pay me to get that blond maniac to go to a party? Why the hell would you do that?" The boy nodded, looking a little uncomfortable.
"...Yeah. It sounds really weird when you say it-"
"It is weird."
"Well, it was Hidan's plan, so..." Sasori just raised his eyebrows. Going along with one of Hidan's plans... how dumb was this guy?
"Anyway, it's just that I really want to ask out Konan-"
"Who?"
"Deidara's cousin. She's really awesome." God help him, the kid looked like he was about to sprout a wagging tail. "But her dad won't let her date anyone unless-"
"I don't care." Sasori said pointedly, picking up his hand drill and pressing the trigger switch, kind of enjoying the kid's worried expression.
"Um, please don't drill me."
"Hmm." Sasori just smirked. The boy cleared his throat.
"Anyway, basically, my name's Yahiko... I set this up so I can go out with Konan, not Pein. And so, if you um, need help, or info about what Deidara likes or something, I can... help." He really looked like he wanted to run away. It was pretty hilarious.
Sasori started up the drill again and drilled through the textbook in the kid's hand.
"I'll think about it." he said, and turned back to his work, grinning.
He finished up a couple of hours later and walked out of the studio, slinging his bag over his shoulder, the money shoved into his pocket.
"See you later, Deidara." he said over his shoulder as he left. He knew without looking that Deidara was probably glaring at him. As usual. He smirked.
Maybe this would actually be fun.
Hope you guys liked this chapter! I promise there will be way more SasoDei in the next chapter, I just had to get it all set up before introducing them. Please favorite/follow & review!