Oi! Today is my birthday! So I decided to update… thanks for all those who took the time to actually read this. I hope you find this chapter interesting enough, 'cause I always think I don't have enough action and the readers will get bored. Sorry if it's not as action-packed as you hoped. I'm up late and there's a heat wave and air conditioning is broken. Be happy I feel good enough on my birthday to update.

Yes, Sasori finally thought he would be free. He felt the gentle wind though his hair, not even realizing what stupid deed he had done. He had jumped from a building. From the fourth floor. Well, a cat once fell from the sixteenth floor, and survived, so why can't he? (A/N: I think I read that from a book once, I think it was "Why Do Cats Meow?" or something.)

"Oof!" He spat as he didn't hit the ground. Soon after came an "Ow!". He had landed- straight into a tree. What were the chances of that? Sasori shook his head, realizing the crash did save him from a severe injury or even death. He also realized that it was a mind-boggling distance down from this tree. In fear that he would fall, he clung to the branch for dear life.

"SASORI AKASUNA!" yelled a voice from the building window. Sasori turned his head to the sound of the voice. Deidara was yelling nonsense out of the window of the room he had just jumped from. It obviously was, Deidara didn't care if he was attracting attention, (not that anyone was really around) he just wanted to get his Danna back.

Sasori whimpered, knowing he couldn't just jump down like he did before. He hugged the tree, shaking as if his nerves had gone wild. He was slipping. Heck, of all trees he could have been holding on for his life, did it have to be one with slippery bark? His hands and feet were slipping just ever so slightly. Sasori did the only thing he knew how to do in a situation like this. He screamed at the top of his lungs, as if he was being raped or something and he couldn't defend himself.

Some cattle on nearby farms from the bordering villages stopped for a moment as they heard the unpleasant sound from a distance, but after getting used to it they resumed eating the grass. Sasori noticed just before he squeezed his eyes shut, that Deidara's expression had changed from anger to worry. "Danna!" The next thing he knew, there was Deidara, at the bottom of the tree, holding his arms out as he had nothing to catch the redhead with.

"Jump! Danna!" Sasori looked down again, almost passing out on the distance. He heard the voice yell again, urging gently for him to jump. After a few minutes of coaxing, bribing, begging, and threatening, Sasori hesitatingly let go of the tree trunk, causing him to fall at a rapid speed. Just before Deidara performed his dynamic catching skills, he curled up into a ball like a mouse.

Sasori lifted his eyelids slightly. "Deidara? Are we dead? Is this heaven?" Deidara chuckled in amusement. "No, Sasori, we are in reality. Far from heaven." He replied, carrying the former puppet into the building bridal-style.

"Hey Deidara," Sasori whispered. Deidara leaned his ear in closer so he could hear as Sasori whispered into it. "Shouldn't I be carrying you? It's a shame you would never wear a dress," Deidara blushed at this comment, and also was becoming more relieved. Sasori had really never acted like himself after he had become human. It had been nice to see a little of his original character in him.

"Mr. Akasuna," Deidara warned. "You still are no condition to be roaming about." He said, eyeing his Danna's flimsy, delicate body. He guessed the transformation had some side effects.

"But I wanted to see the world, not be kept in a cage!" Sasori whined.

"Then you will see the world with me when you are ready." Deidara countered. "You go exploring just a bit, and now look what happened. How are you going to take care of yourself?"

Deidara was about to lecture on about how it was unsafe to let Sasori go off on his own, when he heard soft snores, mingling also with complaints about being hungry. Deidara sighed. After such an incident, he must be wiped out. There was only one thing to do- get him into his bed and leave something for him to eat before he went to the store to buy more food. Just in case.

As Deidara set Sasori back into his bed, he wondered how great it would be to take a nap now and have the energy to do other things this evening. He stopped a moment to watch his adorable Danna sleep before getting into his own bed and tried to go to sleep. Too cute, Deidara smiled. It was hard at first to settle down with the screaming, but Deidara soon realized Sasori did sleep talk, and gave off an occasional scream. It finally stopped a few minutes later, so Deidara was able to drift off…

Sasori sat up. Had he fallen asleep? He sneezed. Cold. The thin blankets didn't help much either. He looked at Deidara's bed to hear soft snoring coming from it, signaling he was asleep. An idea popped into his head.

"Mmm… so warm~" Deidara snapped awake to feel arms crawling around his sides. "Ah!" He yelped and tried to squirm away. "Deidara, will you please stop moving? Sassy needs his sleep…"

Deidara whipped his head around and saw Sasori holding him tightly. "Get out. Now." He commanded. Still, Sasori did not move.

"But DeiDei, I'm cold." Sasori complained, a whimper following it. Deidara slapped him.

"Ow. What was that for?"

"For not getting out of my bed. Now get out now."

There was more whimpering and mumbling. "I'm against violence."

Deidara kicked him in the stomach and the redhead fell off the bed. The blonde thought he could finally get some sleep, when he felt those arms wrap around him again. "I have an owie. Will you kiss it better?"

"No."

"DeiDei is mean~" Sasori complained again, and even managed to fake a few sobs. Deidara sighed and tried to free himself from Sasori's grasp, but he had an iron grip. "Ahh~ you're so warm and soft…" Sasori whispered. Deidara sighed. He couldn't move.

The blonde started squirming again as he felt hands wandering around his no-no spot, as his mother told him. (A/N: The "private place".) "Get your hands off me, you pervert!" He yelled.

"Now, now." Sasori turned Deidara's head so he was facing him. "Do you even know what a pervert is?" The blonde nodded and pointed at him. "Do you want to see what a real pervert is?" Deidara was surprised to keep nodding at Sasori's questions. The redhead leaned into Deidara's ear and whispered, "It's someone who watches me sleep and smiles the whole time…" Deidara blushed furiously, his entire face turning red. He tried to turn away, but Sasori wouldn't let him. "Aww, you look so cute when you blush~"

Deidara started blushing again, but after a while the pair had finally managed to get some sleep. (Well, mostly Sasori anyway) The blonde eventually got used to being enveloped in his former lover's warmth. It felt good to cuddle with someone for once, since he had been alone for years.

Morning soon came and Deidara had to admit he was disappointed. They had slept through dinner, which wasn't good, especially for Sasori. He got up, noticing Sasori wasn't holding him anymore. Instead he was sleeping softly, hugging a pillow which he must of confused for him. Deidara went downstairs to fetch something for Sasori to eat.

The blonde headed up back to the top floor after warming up some miso soup. He usually didn't eat this, but these were no ordinary circumstances. And it had mysteriously appeared at the front door, but he couldn't identify who had sent it to him. Anyway, it would be a decent meal for the redhead, it was best to start small. As he was approaching the room, he could hear mumbling coming from it.

"But Dei… you look so nice without clothes!" He exclaimed, hugging the pillow more tightly. Deidara facepalmed. Sasori and his perverted mind.

He slapped Sasori, the result having Sasori awaken holding a side of his face. The redhead complained a bit but when he saw the soup Deidara was thrusting at him, his eyes lightened up. Immediately he grabbed the bowl and slurped all the food out, leaving a mess on the tray. Deidara slowly held up a pair of chopsticks. "You could have used these…"

Sasori shook his head as Deidara cleaned up the mess on his face, telling him he didn't know how to use utensils. His response was a sigh. "Look, today I want to meet up with my friends. I haven't in years. You have to act civilized." Sasori cocked his head to the side. Deidara mumbled under his breath, "I hope we go out to eat something like hotdogs…"

It took a while, but the two had gotten ready to go meet up with Deidara's friends. Konan approached him happily, finally seeing her friend getting outside. "Oh? Who this?" she asked, nodding towards Sasori, who was chasing a white butterfly. This had gotten Kisame's and Itachi's attention as well.

Sasori, noticing that people were staring at him, abandoned the butterfly and clutched Deidara tightly. Deidara sighed. Sasori was acting much too immature. Konan walked towards him and took a closer look.

"Sasori?" All of Deidara's friends exclaimed in disbelief at the same time.

I'm finally done! Yay! This took me nearly forever! Well, I'm glad I finished, and starting chappie 3! Stay tuned! Tell meh what ya think of this chapter! Zap out!