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Hi everyone! Because the chapters on this one are shorter, I may actually be able to get in two updates a week. ^_^ There might be slight OOCness in this chapter.
flashbacks/ emphasis
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When I woke up I felt even worse than I had when I'd fallen asleep. The aching from my arms seemed to be spreading throughout my entire body. Groaning quietly I closed my eyes again but reopened them soon after. As much as I would have loved to go back to sleep and stay locked up in this room forever, I had to come out sometime. Besides, I was feeling pretty hungry… The moment I left the room I was tackled to the ground by Tobi.
"Deidara-senpai Tobi is so glad that senpai finally came out because Tobi missed senpai because Tobi is a good boy," he chattered on in that annoying voice of his.
"Tobi, get off of me un," I sighed, shoving him off and standing up.
"Tobi is sorry senpai, Tobi just came to get senpai for breakfast!" he stated.
"Fine un…" I sighed, sluggishly following him down the hall.
"Hey Deidara, you feeling okay?" Kisame asked as we entered the room.
"Yeah," I answered, forcing a smile on my face. In reality I just wanted to go back to my room where I could be alone. Besides, I wasn't really that hungry anyways. After taking a few small bites of the food, I excused myself from the table and walked back to my room. I sat at my desk with hopes that working on my art could get my mind off of everything, but I found that I couldn't. I just sat there, staring at the lump of clay in front of me but I really didn't have the inspiration right now. I don't even really feel all that motivated either.
Slowly, I let my gaze trail over to danna's side of the room, to rest on one of his human puppets lying across his desk. He'd planned on fixing it once we got back from our mission in Suna. I've never understood how those puppets he makes from corpses could ever be considered art. Danna even went so far as to turn himself into one, to be his art. But obviously it did nothing for him. My musings were interrupted when Tobi came into the room.
"What do you want Tobi un," I asked, looking over at him.
"Leader-san told Tobi to tell Deidara-senpai to clean out Sasori-san's side of the room so Tobi can move in. Don't worry senpai, Tobi will help," he announced, skipping over to Sasori-no-danna's side of the room.
"No Tobi, I'll take care of it un. You can go…" I sighed, standing up and going over to the other side of the room.
"Okay Deidara senpai, but call Tobi if senpai needs anything!" he said before leaving the room. I was actually glad to do this; seeing danna's stuff only reminded me that he was gone.
. . . . . .
I had finished cleaning out the room a while ago and was watching quietly as Tobi began to move all of his stuff in. I didn't really want him in here, but I guess anything has to be better than being reminded of Sasori every time I'm in my room.
"Tobi is done! But now Tobi is hungry, does senpai want to come get lunch with him?" Tobi asked, looking at me.
"No Tobi, I'm good un," I answer, laying back on my bed. Once Tobi left the room, I made sure the door was locked before pulling a small puppet out from under the pillow on my bed. I knew it was bad to have anything that would remind me of Sasori, but I just couldn't bring myself to get rid of it. It just meant too much to me…
First they force me into this organization, and then they don't even make me feel welcome! I've already been here for a year and everyone still treats me like dirt! I know this isn't some happy place for friendship, but these people could at least show me some respect especially my own partner! I respect him, so why should it be so hard for him to do the same? It would be nice if at least my own partner would accept me.
I sighed quietly and fell back on my bed to stare at the ceiling. Maybe they all just think I'm to annoying to bother with… A bother… That is what Sasori-danna has called me on more than one occasion. I spared a brief glance at him to see him working on something, probably a puppet. But that's all I ever really see him doing in his free time. I frown and look back to the ceiling.
I really am being stupid. Like I said, Akatsuki is no place for friendship so I should really stop hoping for it when it obviously won't happen. I frowned and let out another sigh. The best thing for me to do would be to just lock up my emotions like everyone says a shinobi should.
"Quit sulking brat, it doesn't suit you." I looked over at my partner who'd actually stopped working on his puppet. I just shrugged and went back to staring at the ceiling. Suddenly a hand smacked me on the head.
"What?" I snapped, sitting up and glaring at Sasori danna who was now standing next to me.
"I told you to stop sulking so much brat, it's not like you," he stated again.
"Why do you care un," I grumbled, crossing my arms.
"Why wouldn't I care about my friend brat?" he said looking away.
"Your friend un?"
"Yes brat, my friend."
"You sure don't treat me like your friend un…"
"I may not be all that expressive brat, but that doesn't mean that I don't care," he grumbled.
"Oh un…" I didn't really know what to say. I'd always figured that Sasori-no-danna hated me, but actually, he thought of me as his friend. I watched quietly as he walked back over to his desk and took the small puppet resting on top.
"Here Deidara, happy birthday," he said handing it to me.
"Thanks un," I said, and couldn't help the large smile from spreading across my face. I didn't think he'd remember, even though I told him once a few months back.
"You're welcome brat," he said with a small smile, before going back to his desk.
This was the puppet he'd given me on my birthday... It was the one things that I knew I'd never blow up.
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