A/N: Yea normally I'd say...'I'm gonna wait until I get 10 reviews before I continue this story'...but to be honestly...I couldn't help it. This story is sooo cute! And I'm very happy that you all agree. The fluff continues in this chapter...yay! Now keep in mind, only the first two chapters are from when they were younger. After this chapter is were all the fun begins...when they are older. Well...enjoy the story and don't forget to review!
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Requested by: Crazy Neko Girl
Collide: A Deidara and Sakura Story
chapter 2
Prelude continue
Previous Chaper...
He sighed deeply as he walked over to the fridge to get something to eat. Just then he thought about the girl that he had met and a warm smile came across his face. He was truly excited about meeting her again the next day. As soon as he thought about that, he remembered that he told her that he would bring something for her. His face scrunched up in thought as he tried to think of what he could possibly give her.
When he finally thought about it, his eyes widen slightly and placed down the juice he was drinking as he turn around to head upstairs to his room. When he got there, he searched through his toy box and came across the object he was thinking about giving her. It was a teddy bear that was brown, wearing a white shirt with a heart in the middle. Although it was his favorite bear, he couldn't help but to think that see needed it more then he did. It was a special gift given to him a few years ago when him and his family moved to Konoha. It was the only gift that his parents ever gave him. His mom told him that it was a special bear that helped people to make new friends. Though now he knew better, he knew that something like that would help Sakura as it had helped him. His smile grew wider when he thought how she would react.
The next day Sakura waited at the park for her new friend. Once again her parents sat on the park bench not too far from where their daughter sat on the swings, rocking back and forth lazily. For the young girl, time seemed to linger on and on. She was beginning to doubt that he would actually show up...and in truth that sadden her deeply. She didn't have confidence in herself...she didn't think she was worthy enough of being someone's friend. For such a young person, it truly was a huge emotion to deal with. Unknown to her parents, tears rolled down her cheeks as a pout came across her face. She stood up from her seat, making up her mind to just go home. She couldn't stand to see everyone having fun without her and because of that incident that played out yesterday, she no longer had the confidence of approaching anyone.
However, before she was able to take one step, a gust of wind suddenly blew against her. It didn't last too long, but the after effects had caused her hair to fly all over the place leaving it in a messy heap. As she reached her hand up to fix it, it was then she noticed that it was missing. Her hair ribbon...it was gone! It wasn't just any old ribbon...it was her favorite one...that her friend back in her old village gave her. Somehow it got loosen through the gusty wind and it blew off. She spun around desperately trying to look for it. She refused to leave...not until she found it! She searched around the swings...it wasn't there. She left that area and looked around the slides...which was just behind the swings...not there.
After what seemed like forever of looking for it, there was no trace of it. Sakura felt more tears swell up behind her eyes. She felt completely helpless! First the person who she thought was her friend never showed up and now she lost a gift that her mother gave her. Just then...she broke down into tears and dropped to her knees. It was not fair...it was so unfair!!
"Why are you crying, un?" Came a soft voice from behind Sakrua. She intently knew the voice and to just conform if she was imagining things or not, she turned around. Sure enough, there he was standing about a foot away from her. He had a worried look on his face and his head was tilted slightly.
Much to his surprise, the pink haired girl quickly got up and ran to him...nearly knocking him over...as she gave him a tight hug. His eyes widen as he dropped the box he was carrying and returned her hug, holding on to her as if she were this fragile vase that would shatter at the wrong touch and at the same time hold her protectively...as if someone would snatch her him his embrace. The little girl in his arms was crying uncontrollably...he could feel her body quivering as the tears shook out of her.
"Sakura-chan...why are you crying, un? Did somebody hurt you, un?" He whispered as he carefully lifted one of his hands and gently patted her head.
When she pulled away, she slowly looked up at him. Tears were still streaming down and her cheeks were puffy and red. A deep frown was plastered across her face. Her green eyes...held so much hurt...something that shouldn't even be in the eyes of a five year old. He was taken back by this and his worry for her wellbeing increased. Just then, she sniffled a little as her tears slowly came to a stop. Sensing that she was feeling weak, he decided to walk her over to a near by bench. Where as he easyly sat on the bench, she kind of had to climb up on to it, which he though was really cute. As they sat there, Sakura's tears now gone, she turned to look up at the blond haired boy.
"Dei-kun..." She choked out as she felt another wave of tears rushing to the forefront. However, before she went into another fit of tears, she manged to calm herself down long enough for her to talk to him.
"Dei-kun...you...you came. I...I was...afraid...th...that you wouldn't come." She struggled to say...without breaking into tears again.
At hearing that, his eyes widen in shock. Only one question popped up in his head. "Why,un?" He asked softly, holding her hand in his.
"You...took so long in coming...I...I...thought that...you didn't want to be my friend anymore. I...I was afraid of losing you...Dei-kun!" She nearly cried out the last sentence as she once again broke into tears. As he watched with widen eyes, it didn't take Deidara long enough to figure out what the problem was. He didn't know why it didn't connect earlier...but now he was sure. Sakura, he figured, had a fear of being alone...of not having friends...
It was deeper then he'd thought and he winced at the thought that this child could harbor such distressing feelings. He knew it was not healthy to feel this way. He need to help her...to build up her self confidence. It really stumbled him as to why she would feel like this...when she obviously had parents who loved her. For him, it would make a lot of sense...considering his situation...so why...
Just then he remembered the present he brought for her. "Ah, right, un!" He explained as he stood up. Still crying, Sakura looked up at him giving him a puzzled look. Before she could ask any questions, he stood up and walked over to where they once stood. Her head tilted, puzzled by what he was doing. When he came back, he had a medium sized box in his hand. A wide smile on his face.
"Remember I told you about bring you a gift, un?" He asked as he sat next to her. She silently nodded her head as she continued to look at him, with a rather confused look on her face. Without another word on his part, he handed the box to her. She took it in her hands and examined it a bit before slowly opening it. When she did, she gasped. She pulled out a brown teddy bear wearing a white t-shirt with a heart in the middle of it. She looked up at him with widen eyes...her mouth hung open slightly.
"Dei-kun..."She whispered as a smile came across her face.
"He's a special bear...he helps people to make lots of friends and to be happy, un." He said informatively.
Just then a frown came across her face as she placed the bear down. A frown also came across Deidara's face. He hated to see her crying or sad. Before he could ask any questions, she answered.
"I...I don't think he will work for me. I'm sorry Dei-kun...I...I just can't make friends. Something is wrong with me...and...and I don't know what it is..." She said softly as her frown deepen. That in turn caused Deidara's frown to deepen. Just what could he do to make her happy? How could he rid her of this crumbling fear she had?
Deidara's frown deepen. Without knowing what happened in the past, how could he help her? Just then, an idea came to his mind. A huge smile came across his face as he reached out his hand and placed it under Sakura's chin, turning her face towards him. He looked deeply in her eyes, a serious look on his face. "Your wrong un." He whispered. "The bear does work. You have me...I'm your friend right un?" He tilted his head slightly as he continued to look at her.
Her eyes widen slightly as she gasped. He was right! She turned her head to look at the bear which she had placed down. She picked it up slowly and examined it. After a moment of thinking, a huge smile was on her face. He saw the smile and his heart felt as if it were going to jump out of his chest.
"Dei-kun!" She cried out happily as she turned to him and gave him a huge hug. He gladly returned it, his embrace around her being tight and protective.
"Promise me, that you'll smile like this always...un?" He whispered in her ear.
"Hai!" She said cheerfully as she pulled back and looked him in the eyes.
A smile of his own came across his face. As he continued to look at her, that's when he noticed that something was missing. Just then he remembered the object in his pocket and pulled it out. When Sakura saw it, her eyes widen as she gasped in shock.
"You...you found...my ribbon?" She whispered in a shock tone as she reached out her hand to touch the ribbon., but he pulled the ribbon back before she could take it.
He shook his head as a smile spread across his face again. "No, allow me un." He said polity.
Confused, she tilted her head to the side. See this, Deidara decided to continue. "I mean, allow me to but the ribbon back in your hair." He added.
Silently, Sakura nodded as she turned her back to him and he in turn tied the ribbon back in her hair. When he finished, she turned to look up at him. Her green eyes seem to sparkle brightly and she still had that smile on her face.
When he finished, she turned to look up at him. His sapphire blue eyes looked down at her. They seemed to show a mixture of emotions...such as sadness, happiness and even a little bit of fear. She gave him a look that seemed to ask what was wrong. Before she could ask him...he suddenly turned way. Unknown to him, a small smile formed across her face. They continued to sit quietly...neither saying a word...that is until Sakura decided to talk and what she had to say was to him quite shocking.
"...Dei-kun helped Sakura-can a lot. He made her happy. Very happy." She began in a very soft voice with her back still facing him. She started to talk to herself. "Sakura-chan wants to stay by Dei-kun forever...because Sakura-chan loves Dei-kun very much."
His eyes widen in disbelief at the words that she had just utter. For the first time in such a long time, someone truthfully told him that...they loved him. They they truly loved him. He felt is bottom lip quiver and he felt a tear roll down his cheek. Sakura gasped when she saw this and she turned around fully to face him.
"Did Sakrua-chan say something bad?" She asked in a quite voice as she pouted slightly.
By now even more tears rolled down Deidara cheeks. Without a word, he gave the young girl in front of him a tight embrace. His body shook slightly as waves of emotions suddenly took over him. Now besides her, he really had no one in his life...his parents couldn't care less and the so called friends he had...never really payed much attention to him anyways. It wasn't that he really cared, cause he had so much time to focus on his art work...which in a strange way kept him company. Just the other day he met this girl...and almost immediately he felt attached to her. He didn't know if it was because...in one way or another...they understood the sadness that the other felt...or if it was because there was just something that brought them together. He honestly didn't know. All he knew though, was that he too wanted to be by her side...forever...and that he too loved her very much.
Once his tears died down, he wiped them away with the back of his hand and pulled out of the embrace which he realized she had return. "No...Sakura-chan didn't say anything wrong yeah. Dei-kun is just very happy...because Dei-kun also wants to be by Sakura-chan's side forever and Dei-kun loves Sakura-chan very...very much. Sakura-chan is Dei-kun's best friend, yeah."
"Best...best friend?" Sakura asked with widen eyes.
"Hai...your my best friend Sakura-chan un." He answered truthfully.
A wide smile came across her face. "Then your my best friend too...Dei-kun."
The two continued to sit on the bench talking and after a while they decided to go and play on the swings and slide and sew-saw. The two played and had so much fun. Just as they were still having a good time, a girl, around Sakura's age came up to them. Both Sakura and Deidara stopped playing for a bit to look at the girl. Sakura thought that she looked very pretty. She had short dark violet hair and pale violet eyes. She stood alone.
"Ano..." She began in a quite voice, much like Sakura. "Can...can...I...play...with you...two?" She asked very quietly.
Both Sakura and Deidara turned to look at each other. A warm smile came across both of there faces. Sakura immediately walked towards the girl who in turn took a shy step back. With the warm smile on her face still, she reached out her hand and took a hold of the other girl's hand.
"Hai...anyone is welcome to play with us. My name is Sakrua...but you could call me Sakura-chan." As she walked with the girl, back to where Deidara was, she started to introduce her to him. "And this is my best friend Dei-kun." She turned and gave him a wide smile before looking back at the girl. "What's your name?"
A deep blush came across the girl's face. She was quite for a moment before she replied. "My...my name...is...Hinata...it's...nice...to...meet you...Sakura-chan...and Dei-kun." She said in a quite voice.
"It's likewise nice to meet you Hinata-chan!" Both Deidara and Sakura said at the same time. They both looked at each other silently and suddenly started to laugh hysterically. Though Hinata wasn't too sure why they were laughing, she couldn't help but to join along in there laughter. From that moment on, the three of them continued to play until it was time for Sakura and Hinata to leave. They all agreed to meet again the next day...which they did.
4 Years Later
Currently Sakura was sitting on the park bench which was dubbed as their 'Meeting Spot'. She had called him out about 10 minutes prior. As she continued to wait, she heard a voice call out to her. She immediately lifted her head and turned it towards the direction of her friend. A smile appeared across her face, but it quickly faltered, unknown to her friend.
"Oi Sakura-chan!" He said as he smile widen upon approaching her. He was now 12 and she was 9. Her pink hair grew and was now a couple of inches past her shoulders. His hair likewise grew and his bang completely covered his left eye now...making him...in Sakura's opinion much more cute and even a bit mysterious too.
"Dei-kun!" She said said happily as she stood up and gave him a hug.
"So...what's up? Why did you call me out here...I would've figure that you'd invite me to your house as you normally do yeah?" He asked as they broke from their embrace. When he did, that's when he notice that the warm smile on her face melted away into a frown...and to top it off, she looked as if she were about to cry any second.
"Sakura-chan un?" He questioned with widen eyes.
"Dei-kun...I...I mean my family..." She began as a tear started to roll down her cheek. Taking her hand into his, he pulled her to the park bench where they both sat down.
"What's wrong with your family, un?" He asked, completely worried, since in the past 3 ½ years, her family pretty much became like his extended family and he cared for them as much as he cared for her. "Are your parents ok?"
"Yes." She whispered as she nodded her head. A choked sob suddenly escaped her throat. "Nothing is wrong with them...it's just that...Dei-kun...we're moving tomorrow!" She now had her hands covering her face as her body shook from the tears.
Of course Deidara didn't think much of it at first. I mean...she had to be moving somewhere else in the village right? It's not like she would be moving away from the village...other wise she wouldn't have told him this late. That had to be the truth!
He pulled her into another embrace as he patted her head and spoke to her in a soothing tone. "Shhh...it's ok Sakura-chan. I mean, you'll still be in the village...it's not like you're moving away from Konoha or anything like that. Yeah."
Just then she pulled herself away from him. When he saw the look on her face, it only confirmed his worst nightmares. Without any warning, he jumped from his seat and started to yell. "NO! You have to be joking! That's not a funny joke Sakura-chan! How long did you know? How long un!"
She remained on the beach with her folded hands resting on her lap. The tears had momentarily subsided, but the pain in her hurt lingered. In all the time that they have known each other. She could count only 3 times were they had an agreement and he yelled at her. This being one of those times. She felt so numb all over. It was like this was a terrible dream that she couldn't get out of. Already she told all of her friends and made arrangements to keep in touch. In truth, she knew about this move for a good 2 months now. It was settled, there was no turning back. A few weeks ago they took a trip to visit the house. It was in her old hometown...a few blocks away from the home she grew up in.
Part of her was happy because she would be with her old friends...whom she had kept in touch with and the other part of her felt sad that she would be away from her new friends. However, nothing could compare to the pain she felt deep in her heart...for leaving her best..best friend. It was him...who helped to make her the person she was today. She was no longer as shy as she used to be and she continued to make friends easily...being able to just go up to people and talk to them. In truth...she owed him everything...she owed him the truth. She looked up at him and could still see the angry look in his eyes. She wondered...even if she told him earlier...would he have been this upset. She didn't need to think of the answer...for she knew it already. He would have.
"Dei-kun...if I told you earlier you would have been upset." She said in a calm voice.
"You really are leaving un?" He asked in a soft voice.
Without a word, she nodded her head.
"I see...then it can't be helped, yeah." He said quietly as he turned his back to her.
Sakura's eyes widen in both surprise and hurt. "What is that suppose to mean...Dei-kun.?"
There was long pause on his part before he spoke, his back still facing her. "I...I've got to go, yeah." He said in a voice that sound very close to tears. Without another word he ran way leaving a stunned Sakura behind.
Next Day
It was early morning the next day. Sakura and her parents here out side of there house getting some last minute packages in the car. After Sakura placed the last small box in the car, she turned back to look at the home where she lived in for the past 3 years. So many memories, but one in particular stood out. Her thoughts turned back to the day before, when she told Deidara about her moving. From that time he ran away, she hadn't heard from him at all. A deep frown came across her face as she clutched the teddy bear that he gave her years ago, to her chest.
"Sakura Honey!" Her mother called out to her.
"Yes mom?" She called back, being brought out of her thoughts.
"It's time to go now!" She answered as she walked to the car's passenger side. Her father was already in the car waiting.
The frown on Sakura's face deepen. Truth be told, she wanted to wait for him. She thought that like in those old romantic movies, he come at the last minute telling her he loved her or something like that. However, she knew better. Things in the movies never happened in real life. It sadden her...leaving without saying goodbye...but...what could she do? She had to go. She sighed deeply as she turned away from the house and headed towards the car. As she stepped in, she closed the door and once she did, the tears started to come down...unknown to her parents.
Just before her dad pulled away from the house, all three of them heard a loud shout coming from out of the car. They all turned around and saw a familiar blond running like a mad man towards the car. Before her parents could say a word, Sakura flew the door open and jumped out to meet the one person she couldn't bare to leave with out saying.
"Dei-kun!!" Sakura cried out in happiness as she ran to the boy giving him a hug. The tears were still coming down her cheeks and Deidara noticed it.
"I didn't mean to make you cry un." He whispered as he held on to her. "I was just upset...because...I didn't want to lose you yeah. Your very special to me yeah."
"I...I was afraid that you'd never come." She cried as she looked up at him. "I'm going to miss you so much! Please...don't forget me."
He gave her a reassuring smile as he lowered his head and rested it against her forehead. He looked deeply into the eyes that captured him years earlier and that still captured him even today. How could he ever forget her? In truth...how can you forget your first true love?
Before he could say a word, Sakura in a very uncharacteristic way, gave him a huge surprise he would NEVER forget. She kissed him softly...on the lips. When she pulled away, she had a warm smile across her face. The tears were no more and her eyes seemed to sparkle with love and joy. The next words that came out of her mouth proved to be even more of a shock.
"Dei-kun...I love you..." She whispered as she looked deeply into his eyes. "...Not...the friendly kinda 'I love you' nor the love that I feel for my mom and dad..." She paused as a deep blush crossed her face. "For a while now, I've felt this way...right here in my heart." She placed a hand over her heart.
"Sakura, we have to go now Honey!" They suddenly heard her mother call out to her. They both turned to see that her parents were now out of the car looking at them. A smile was across here face. Sakura's face grew even more red as she turned to look back at Deidara.
"I guess it's really time to go..." She said softly. For a second both of them were silent before Sakura reached into her pocket and pulled out a small object. "Give me your hand." She ordered softly. He complied by stretching out his hand and into it, she dropped a small sliver charm bracelet. His eyes widen in surprise when he saw it. He knew exactly what it was.
"But...that's...your favorite bracelet un!" He gasped as he looked between the bracelet and her.
"I know." She said with a smile. "It's a promise. That no matter where I go...that in the future...we'll meet again. And when we do...nothing can tear us apart. We'll be together forever. So...this isn't goodbye...it's 'See you later'. Besides...I have your number and address...when I get there I'll call you."
"Sakrua Honey!" Her mother called out again.
"I know! I'm coming mom!" Sakura called back, a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"Sakura." Deidara finally spoke. She immediately turned to look at him and when she did...he returned the kiss that she gave him. Shocked, her eyes widen and her heart soared. She felt butterfly's fluttering in her stomach and when they pulled away she had a wide smile on her face. "I love you too un. I will wait for you yeah. No matter how long it takes un."
"And so will I. Goodbye Dei-kun." She said with a smile as she turned around and ran off to meet her parents. Deidara waited and watched as the car drove off. He stayed watching until he could no longer see it. He looked down at the bracelet in his hand and smiled. He could still taste her lips on his...that was his very first kiss and one he would no sooner forget. Truth be told, something in the pit of his stomach told him that that would be the last time that he would see her. Little did he know that he was right...sort of.
TBC...
