Hello again, humans and others! Here's the second chapter for you. Enjoy!
The next morning, Sasori was quickly eating his breakfast at the table, with Chiyo in the kitchen.
"And he ran away?"
Sasori took a sip of his orange juice and a bite in his dry toast.
"Yes. I still don't understand why."
The old woman sat in front of him at the table, thinking.
"Hmm... Maybe he is just shy."
The redhead barely nodded, while he was finishing his eggs.
"You should let him come to you, instead of running toward him."
Sasori frowned.
"I wasn't running!"
"Heh, that's not what you told me less than thirty seconds ago!"
He grumbled something under his breath, which the woman didn't hear. When he finished his plate, the boy went to the kitchen to wash it. When he was done, he quickly went in the bathroom to brush his teeth. Before he left the house, he kissed the woman on her cheek and hugged her.
"Have a nice day, Sweety. And don't forget what I told you to do about this boy!"
"Yes, yes."
When the redhead closed the door, Chiyo laughed.
"It's weird... He normally doesn't care about anyone..."
Meanwhile, in a house not so far from there.
"Come on, mom! I'll be late if you don't go faster, un."
The blonde woman locked the door of their house and went to her white car, still wearing her pajamas.
"Dei, you know perfectly well I don't exist before my cup of coffee!"
"Yeah yeah, now let's go."
When they reached the school, she kissed her son on the cheek and he blushed.
"Oops, you have lipstick on your cheek..."
She licked her thumb and cleaned the boy's red cheek.
"Mom, stop it!"
She smiled, giving her son his school bag.
"Have a nice day, Dei. And don't forget what I told you about this boy!"
"Yeah, yeah... I have to apologize for my attitude yesterday..."
"Exactly. Now go."
She smiled tenderly at him as he left.
"I hope they will get along... It would be nice if he would have a friend..."
She drove away, leaving her son in the parking, walking toward the school's entry.
When the bell rang, Deidara was sitting in his French class, behind everyone. He saw the redhead boy who talked to him the day before. The taller boy was talking with a blue haired girl, and a boy with many piercings. They both seemed to be a couple.
The teacher spoke, and the class began. During all the class, Deidara couldn't stop looking at the redhead. He was wondering why he came to talk to him yesterday. He doesn't even know who he is!
-x-
It was now lunch time. The blonde sat at a table, alone, with a book and his lunch. He kept looking around, scared that the redhead would come, or anyone else.
After two or three minutes, he gave up and ate in silence. When he finished, he left the cafeteria and walked in the corridors, in the direction of the exit that lead outside. It was a hot and sunny day, which was rather unusual at this time of the year, so many students thought it would be good to spend time outside. He walked toward a picnic table, but stopped when he saw the redhead boy laying in the grass in the shape of a star, alone too.
Okay... Now, should I go talk to him, like mom said? Am I that scared to go talk to someone else? Yes, and yes. Okay... Breathe, that's the key...
He shyly walk to where the boy was laying. The taller boy didn't even noticed his presence, his eyes were closed. Deidara cleared his throat, trying to get the boy's attention. It did. Sasori opened his eyes, surprised when he saw the blonde. He put his arms behind his head, and closed his eyes again. He seemed relax, unlike Deidara.
"Can I help you?"
The blonde looked away, even though the boy wasn't looking at him.
"I err... I just want to apologize... For yesterday... I shouldn't have run away, un."
The redhead looked at the blonde and sat up. Now that he had a better view of the boy, he looked at him up and down.
"It's okay. Are you a kind of... Shy person?"
The blonde slowly nodded.
"Yeah, I-I guess you could say that..."
A few seconds past with no one saying a word.
"Oh, and err... My name is Deidara, un."
"I know that."
The blonde realized his mistake. Yesterday, the boy had called him by his name. He wanted to slap himself. The redhead chuckled and smiled.
"I'm Sasori."
He patted the ground beside him, inviting the blonde to sit with him. The blonde took a few seconds to understand what he meant. He sat with him and they both laid down, looking at the cloudless sky.
"It's a nice day to be outside, don't you think?"
Deidara barely nodded. Sasori frowned at that.
"You don't talk a lot, do you?"
The blonde made an effort this time and gave an answer to him, instead of just shaking his head.
"No... I'm not really the social type..."
Sasori smiled and closed his eyes.
"Good, because I'm not either."
The smaller boy laughed nervously at that.
"W-well, I guess we will get along, un."
It took him all his power to say that, like it took all his power to stay there with him. Is he my friend now, or something?
He shrugged it off for the moment, enjoying the heat of the sun on his pale skin. He wasn't used to have someone with him, except for his mother, so he couldn't really tell if he enjoyed the other's company or not.
"I think we should go. Next class is in five minutes."
The blonde nodded and they both got up, walking in the direction of their lockers. It turned out that their lockers were closed to each other, in the same alley. They opened their lockers and took their books.
"Hey, err... Brat!"
Deidara slowly turned around, a slight hurt look on his face.
"Oh.. Does it bother you if I call you 'brat'? I normally don't call people by their name..."
The blonde looked on the ground, shaking his head.
"It's okay, un."
For an unknown reason, the redhead felt bad for him.
"If you want, I can introduce you to my friends, tomorrow. You would sat at our table for lunch and eat with us."
The blonde's face cheered up a bit as he finally looked at the redhead in the eyes.
"Y-yeah, that would be cool I guess."
Sasori smiled at that. The blonde's shyness was something funny to him.
"Good. Now, I'm going in math. What about you?"
The smaller boy looked at his schedule, frowning.
"Math too."
They closed their lockers and went in the math class. Deidara went to sit behind the class, but Sasori gently took hold of his arm, stopping him.
"Hey, why don't you sit with me, instead of being 'forever-alone' in your corner?"
He released Deidara's arm and sat at his desk, pointing the desk beside his, which sent an invitation to the blonde to stay with him. Deidara put his book on the desk pointed by Sasori and sat on the uncomfortable blue plastic chair. More students came in, sitting at their desk. The teacher was already there, preparing his sheets for the class. The tall man had a black bowl haircut and big eyebrows. He was smiling with his white teeth at his students. He looked to be the kind of person who has way too much energy.
The bell rang and Sasori noticed that it was only him and Deidara. It was probably better like that for now; he wouldn't have to deal with his friends asking him questions.
At the end of the day, both boys were exiting the building, in the direction of Deidara's mother's car.
"Okay then... See you tomorrow, Brat."
Sasori winked at him, and the blonde smiled shyly.
"See you tomorrow, un."
He walked away and climbed into the white car. When he looked at his mother, he blanched. She was smiling widely, and he could even say that her eyes were shining.
"Sooo, how was your day? And what about that boy? You talked to him? Is that him that walked with you to the car? Are you-"
"Mom stop!"
The woman laughed softly and left the parking, driving in the direction of the grocery.
"I'm sorry, Dei. I'm just curious about what happened."
Deidara sighed, but couldn't help but smile at how his mother was acting.
"W-well like you asked me to, I apologized. Then we talked a little bit, and he said he would introduce me to his friends tomorrow, un."
"...And?"
Deidara thought it was funny how his mother knew him so much.
"And I sat with him in class. It was nice."
The woman was nearly crying.
"Oh, my Deidei... I'm so happy you finally found your courage to talk to someone... And more, in the second day of school! Don't you realize how important this is?"
He simply nodded, barely listening to the woman and looking through the car's window, thinking about his new friend.
-x-
The old woman took the plates from the table and brought them to the kitchen to wash them.
"I told you he would come to you."
The redhead rolled his eyes. Chiyo always thought she was right and knew everything.
"But I still think he has a small difficulty with me..."
The boy brought the other plates to the woman.
"What do you mean by 'a small difficulty'?"
Sasori leaned on the counter, crossing his arms on his chest.
"I don't know... He's acting in a way I never saw before..."
The woman put some soap in the sink and opened the tap. When the sink was full, she began cleaning the dishes.
"He's just shy. Let him some time to get use to it. He's probably not used to others company."
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
He took a small towel in the cupboard under the sink and dried the plates.
"You know, he reminds me of you..."
A few seconds ticked before Sasori respond.
"Yeah, but the difference is that I'm used to other's company. I just don't really like it."
"But you still have all your friends. And don't forget that you are the one who went to talk to that boy."
The redhead grumbled something that the woman couldn't hear, and she laughed.
"I'm sure he's a nice and kind boy. Just let him get use to it. Let him get use to you."
In the next chapter, Deidara will meet Sasori's friends and you'll find put why Deidara is acting like that. Until then, let me know if you like it so far! Reviews are always appreciated!