'Simple Promises'
Chapter One
'Nightmares'
"B-but--" I started, only to have the blonde boy in front of me place a finger over my mouth.
"I have to," he said, "Of all people, you should understand the most." A warm, soft smile that had always made me melt grew slowly across his face, "I'm not leaving for a few weeks," he reminded me, placing his glove-covered hand on my shoulder.
"I know," I grumbled.
"Then what's the problem?" He asked, his blue eyes curious.
"I'll miss you too much.." I confessed. His smile faded away as he mumbled something I couldn't really understand. Suddenly he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small white model. "One of your.." I couldn't finish, just the thought of him leaving made me too sad to speak.
"I want you to keep it, and every time you look at it, I want you to remember that I'm coming back for you," she smiled, placing it in my hand.
I woke up with a small yelp. "Dammit," I mumbled as I lie back down on my bed.
"Anegimi?" I heard someone calling to me from the darkness, "I though I heard you yell, are you okay?"
"I'm fine," I reassured my younger brother, and partner Daisuke. "Just . . . A bad dream," I lied. It wasn't a dream, it was the worst day of my life, a real-life nightmare. The day my 'Oniichan' left me. He had lied to me that day, he promised he'd come back, but he never did, and then I ended up here, in the Akatsuki...
"Oh, okay," he whispered, I heard a small shuffled and assumed that he'd gone back to sleep. Following his lead, I also decided to get some sleep.
The Next Day
I woke up to pots and pans clattering from downstairs. Ugh, he was making breakfast again? Daisuke was always making breakfast, it was always the same thing too, blueberry muffins. And of course no one else like them, everyone only liked chocolate-chip. I quickly got dressed and ran downstairs before anyone woke up and Daisuke got hurt.
"Daisuke? What are you doing?" I asked, squinting to let my eyes adjust to the bright, sun-lit room.
"Making breakfast," he said, looking at me, then back to the bowl.
"It sounds like you're fighting the ANBU from upstairs" I said, then suddenly I heard yelling and something fall down the stairs.
"TOBI, YOU MORON!!" I heard a voice yell.
"I'M SORRY, SENPAI!!" Tobi's goofy voice called back, "I didn't know!"
Suddenly two tall figures came crashing into the kitchen.
"AH! STOP! I'M SORRY!!!" Tobi yelled.
"I don't really care!" Deidara said, pulling at his hair, "When I'm asleep DON'T wake me up!" As Deidara said that, Daisuke placed his bowl down and walked over to them.
"WOULD YOU TWO SHUT UP?" Daisuke yelled, and they both fell silent. "Thank you," my brother nodded, walking away from the two. I saw Deidara give a death-glare to my brother. I rolled my eyes, of course they'd never get along. From the first day we came here, they were at each others neck. I sighed, turning to my brother, "You know, no one likes those," I told him, he just nodded.
"What are you making?" Tobi asked, bopping around Daisuke like a bobble head.
"Muffins," he replied, reaching for a muffin pan and pouring the batter in. Deidara stuck his tongue out.
"Those are nasty" he complained.
"Then don't eat them" Daisuke said in a flat voice, you could tell, just by the way they talked to each other, they hated each other.
"How about I shove them up your--" Deidara started
"How about I shove them up yours?" I said, cutting him off. He looked at me, still sitting on the floor. He mumbled something as he stood up, taking the seat farthest away from me. I had a feeling he hated us both...
"Senpai, why are you so glum this morning?" Tobi asked, watching Deidara take his seat.
"Screw off," Deidara growled back, obviously not in the mood to be messed with.
"Aww, come on," Tobi said in his cheery voice, "There is no reason to be mad on such a beautiful morning!" he threw open the window that was above the sink, "See?"
Both my brother's ears and mine twitched slightly as the window screeched open from lack of use.
"Damn, that hurt," Daisuke groaned, looking back at the always-peppy Tobi. He was right, we both had very sensitive ears, it was useful when tracking people down, but other than that they were just a huge hassle.
"Masako-san," Tobi said in a concerned voice, looking at me, "You don't look so well, how are you feeling?"
"Fine," I replied, looking back at him, "Just a bit tired.."
"I think you should go back to sleep for a while," he said, happily, why was he worried about me this morning? I could see Deidara look at me from the corner of his eyes, though I couldn't see his expression.
"No, I'm fine," I repeated, my tone slightly questioning. Realizing I was still in my pajamas I stood up, the chair screeching on the linoleum floor, making my ears twitch slightly. I looked up, everything was spinning.
"Masako-san? Are you okay?" I heard someone ask, although it was the last thing I could remember.