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OTAKON'S FRIDAY! I'M FREAKING OUT! Woot!


Gaara whistled a faint tune as he walked on into the school. Deidara hurried after the redhead, his nerves on end. He finally caught up to the redhead and tapped his shoulder. Gaara blinked stopping and looking back at him. "Hm?"

"I... um... Just wanted... to say I'm sorry. I was rude to you earlier and... I'm sorry." He felt himself blush at his words, his eyes on the ground.

"It's alright." Gaara patted the blonde's head gently.

His blush darkened. "Um. I wanted to thank you to... for... um... caring about my wrist." He cradled said wrist against his chest.

"No problem. Naruto never knows where he goes at times. He once walked into an open door." He said, smiling.

Deidara smiled softly. "Sounds like me..."

"Yep, blondes stick together." Gaara stuck out his tongue.

Deidara narrowed his eyes slightly. "I'm not that blonde... just... a little ditzy. From what I've seen, Naruto is more ditzy then I am."

Gaara laughed. "You have no idea."

Deidara blushed, his heart rate increasing at the redhead's laugh. "Oh... Um... right."

Gaara poked the blonde's forehead. "Your blushing." He said with a smirk hidden in his words.

Deidara flinched at the touch, backing away slightly. "I... seem to do that a lot..."

"I know." He smiled.

His eyes widened slightly. "You know?"

"Yeah, whenever I see you you're always blushing."

"I always blush around you." He bit his tongue after the words escaped his mouth. It was supposed to be a thought. He didn't mean to say it out loud.

"Don't worry, almost everyone does." Gaara chuckled at his own words.

Deidara opened his mouth to speak but snapped it shut. For a moment he actually thought his feelings for the redhead might actually matter. But he was wrong. He gathered up his courage and turned on his heel walking away from the redhead. He had to, before his heart exploded.

"Lets hang out sometime, ne?"

Deidara froze. For a moment, he thought his mind was playing tricks on him. He looked over his shoulder. "What?"

"Lets hang out sometime, ne?" He repeated.

Deidara turned to face him completely. "Why?"

He shrugged. "Why not?"

Deidara bit his lip. "I'm not exactly the typical type of person you hang out with. I'll bore you."

"Don't worry, you won't make me bored." He smiled innocently.

Deidara raised an eyebrow but said nothing about it. "Fine."

"See ya, Blondie."

Deidara narrowed his eyes at the nick name before turning around and heading to his locker.

Gaara chuckled and turned around, starting to roam around the halls.

Deidara reached his locker and opened it putting his stuff in it. He jumped when someone appeared next to him. He smiled at Sasori before closing his locker.

"So? How did it go?"

Deidara blushed. "He wants to hang out..."

Sasori narrowed his eyes. "Really?"

They start to walk to class together. "Yup."

Gaara doesn't go to class until ten minutes into it. But, that's not very uncommon for him.

By the end of the day, Deidara's wrist is throbbing even though the ice kept the swelling down. He waited outside the school for his brother to come pick him up. He sat on the steps of the school, looking his reddened wrist over. Then someone tapped hm on the shoulder, causing him to look up.

Gaara smiled down at him, his hands in his pockets. "I see it's still hurting, ne?"

He nodded, trying not to blush. "It hurts more for some reason..."

"And why is that?"

He shrugged innocently. "I don't know..." In fact, he did know. He kept trying to write with it all day. He just didn't want to tell Gaara since he knew the redhead would make fun of him.

"Alrightly." Gaara plopped down next to him on the steps.

Deidara looked at him surprised before going back to gently massaging his hurt wrist.

"Let me see it." Gaara held out his hand to him. Deidara placed his wrist in Gaara's open palm. The redhead examined it before he gently starting to massage it. Deidara winced at the slight pain but blushed since his long time crush was actually touching him. Gaara began to hum lightly as he massaged his wrist. Deidara swallowed the lump in his throat and tried not to concentrate on Gaara's hands on his wrist.

"How much does it hurt?" Gaara asked softly.

"It's not that bad... It... Feels better now."

"Want me to keep massaging it?" He nodded his head, not really able to speak. The redhead continued to massage his small wrist gently with his larger hands.

Deidara heart began to speed up. "G-Gaara?"

"Hm?"

"Um... why are you... I mean... Why do you care?"

Gaara shrugged nonchalantly. "Why not?"

Deidara bit his lip. "You make no sense..."

"Do I have to?"

Deidara sighed and shook his head. "I don't know... you confuse me..."

"What's so confusing?"

"You never give a straight answer."

"I don't like to."

He rolled his blue eyes. "I noticed..."

Gaara poked Deidara's forehead. "Why are you so shy?"

Deidara stared at him. "I'm not shy. I just know when I'm not wanted. Which seems to be a lot with students around here..."

"Students around here are asses." He gave him a smile.

"Yea well... I'm use to not being wanted." He looked away to the ground.

"And I'm use to being feared."

"I..." He took a deep breath. "I don't fear you." Gaara eyed him, not believing him. Deidara raised his eyes and meet Gaara's green eyes. "I don't... really have a reason to."

"Heh... You don't know me."

The blonde nodded. "That's true... But I'd like to."

"I doubt that."

"Why?"

"I'm sure you have heard the rumors from other kids at school. I'm sure you've heard they call me a monster and how many people I've killed."

Deidara bit his lip. "Well yea... I've heard stuff. But... they're rumors. I can't see how..." He blushed. "You can be a monster when your touch is so gentle..."

"I don't bite all the time." He gave him a smile.

"Why am I lucky enough to not be bitten?"

"Because I took my medication."

Deidara's eyes widened before they sadden. He pulled his wrist out of Gaara's hands and held it to his stomach. "Oh."

Gaara patted the blonde's head lightly. "Hmhm."

Deidara resisted the urge to pout. He thought, once again, that he meant something to the redhead. Anything. But once again, he was wrong. Maybe Sasori was right. He looked at his watch and noticed his brother was extremely late. He sighed and stood up. Gaara eyed him, looking up at the shorter blonde.

"My brother's late... I'll just walk home." He gave Gaara a small smile before walking to the sidewalk.

"Want me to walk you home, love?"

Deidara froze at the word. His heart about exploded in his chest but he kept normal on the outside. He didn't even turn to look at the redhead. "If you want..."

Gaara hopped up to his feet. "Lead the way though since I don't know where you live and all."

Deidara nodded and continued to walk toward his home. "It's a long walk..."

"Its alright." Gaara walked next to him.

Deidara just nodded and kept his eyes focused on the sidewalk in front of him. Gaara started to whistle as he continued to walk next to the blonde. Deidara glanced at him from the corner of his eye. He wanted to speak to him but speaking to him would give him hope. And he didn't want false hope anymore.

"How long have you been living here?" Gaara's voice brought him out of his thoughts.

"About a year... I moved here with my brother."

"Ah, no wonder your not really known in school."

He nodded. "Sasori's my only friend..."

"Redhead?"

"Yea."

"I don't like him."

He paused in his step but kept walking. "Why?"

"Because I don't."

"Well, he doesn't exactly like you either."

"I'm aware."

"It's kinda my fault..." He said softly, not really wanting Gaara to hear.

"And why is that?" Gaara had better hearing them most, thus he heard the blonde's words.

He blushed. "Um... well... Sasori... likes me and... Well... um... I don't feel the same..." He bit his lip.

"Suck for him."

He nodded. "Yea, but he's very supportive. If I didn't... Um... have feelings for someone else. Then we would be together... I think..."

"I see."

"Yea..."

"Who do you like?"

His eyes widened and he kept them locked on the ground. "Someone..."

"Who's this someone, ne?"

He couldn't tell Gaara he had the biggest crush ever on him to his face. He just couldn't. So he said the first name that came to his mind. "Naruto." He said softly.

Gaara blinked in slight surprise. "You like that idiot?"

He nodded slowly. "H-he's... cute."

"I guess..." The blonde nodded and picked up his pace. Gaara picked up his, following next to the blonde easily. He was taller anyway. "Want my help?"

He finally raised his head and meet Gaara's eyes. "With what?"

"With getting with the blonde."

His eyes widened a bit before he moved them to the ground again. "You... wouldn't mind?"

"Why would I?"

He just shrugged. "You two are close aren't you?"

"Mmmhmm."

"So thought... you know..." He shook his head. "Nevermind."

"What?"

"You don't need to help me. Thanks though... Naruto hasn't reacted to me yet, so I doubt he ever will." He said a little hurt in his voice.

"With that attitude he won't. Let me help." He said, smiling.

He shook his head. "No... It's just..." He took a deep breath. "It's better if I move on..."

"How about if I take you on a date and then you'll have a better chance with Blondie?"

He stopped walking and blinked at the sidewalk. "W-what?" He raised his head and narrowed his eyes at Gaara. "How would you taking me on a date give me a better chance with him?"

Gaara stopped walking as well and stood, facing the blonde. "You'll get noticed." He smiled at him.

Deidara lowered his eyes. This lie was going a little too far. But... he couldn't resist the chance of going on a date with Gaara... "Fine but... why are you helping?"

"I'm not that much of a monster."

"I never said you were..."

Gaara patted the blonde on the head playfully. "I know."

Deidara shook his head. "You make me feel like a child when you do that..."

"You rather have me do this?" He leaned down and pecked the blonde's pale cheek.

His entire body froze and his face became as red as Gaara's hair. A girl like squeak escaped his mouth. Gaara kissed him. The redhead kissed him!

Gaara blinked slowly, placing a hand on his forehead. "Fever?"

Deidara gained back his composure and swatted his hand away. "You just surprised me is all... only Sasori's ever kissed me."

"Only?"

"Um... Yea."

"Let's change that." His eyes sparkled with mischief, a smile making it's way to his lips.

Deidara blinked at him. "What?"

Gaara placed his hand against Deidara's cheek, turning his head to face him completely before placing his lips on the blonde's. Deidara froze for a moment, in shock. Then he melted under the kiss. Without thinking, he leaned forward and wrapped his arms around Gaara's neck, pressing his lips against the redhead's. Gaara wrapped his arms around the blonde's thin waist and licked his lower lip with a slow lick. Deidara parted his lips to allowed Gaara entry. The redhead easily slipped his tongue into the boy's smaller mouth. Deidara moaned softly at the feeling burning in the pit of his stomach. He leaned up on his tip toes to get closer to the redhead. Gaara chuckled softly against his lips, his tongue pushing lightly against Deidara's. The blonde's face became more red as he moved his tongue against Gaara's.

After a moment, the redhead pulled back slightly. "Now I've kissed you too."

Deidara panted lightly and his face becoming more red. He nodded, not really able to speak. Gaara stuck out his tongue at him playfully. It was obvious he'd kissed many and acted like it was nothing. Deidara swallowed hard, trying not to get his hopes up. Just because Gaara kissed him, didn't mean he liked him. If the rumors were true, Gaara had been around a bit. Deidara's heart clenched and he turned and started walking again.

Gaara stuffed his hands into his pockets, walking next to him. "You're a good kisser, by the way."

He paused in his step but didn't stop walking. "Thanks? So are you..."

"Thank you." He smiled at him. Deidara smiled at him softly before running a hand through his long blonde hair, trying to untangle it a bit. "What exactly do you know about Blondie?"

He tugged on his red hair ribbon and pulled out his half pony tail. He used his unhurt hand to brush his hair down. "About him personally? Not much..." Gaara stopped, giving him a weird look. Deidara stopped as well and looked at him over his shoulder, still trying to untangle his hair. "What?"

"We practically broadcast his personal life in the halls." He gave Deidara blank look.

Deidara froze and his hand got caught in his hair. "Um... Well, I don't really listen to what you guys say... I'm too busy..." He blushed and tugged his hand out of his hair. "Watching him..."

Gaara laughed softly. It was rare for Gaara to laugh at all. A real laugh that is. He poked Deidara's forehead. "You're adorable."

Deidara rubbed his forehead where Gaara poked him. "And you keep treating me like a kid." He half glared at the redhead.

"Same way I treat Naruto." He shrugged lightly, running his hand through his short choppy red hair.

"Well, I don't like it."

"I know." He loved to pick on people and tease them. He'd never change that.

Deidara rolled his eyes and started walking again. "I don't know why I even like you..." He mumbled to himself.

Gaara walked up next to him again. "What was that?"

Deidara shook his head. "Nothing."

Gaara crossed his arms behind his head and turned around, walking backwards. "What would you like to know about Blondie?"

Deidara watched him from the corner of his eye. He looked the redhead up and down, blushing, before moving his eyes back in front of him. "I... I wanna know everything."

"Be more specific."

He sighed. "Well, I mean... What are his hobbies? Do we have anything in common other then being blonde?"

"I don't know you too well to tell you what you two have in common." He gave him a soft smile.

He sighed once again. "Well, you could atleast tell me what he does for fun..."

"He hangs out with me and skateboards."

"That's it?" He bit his lip. "What do you two do when you hang out?"

"We fight, pull some pranks, go to clubs, and have crazy sex." He grinned.

He paused for a moment, staring wide eyed at the sidewalk. "Y-you have crazy sex? ... Together?"

"Yup. We did."

He shook his head to ride himself of those thoughts. "Right... We have nothing in common..."

"I'm just kidding." Gaara stuck out his tongue at him.

Deidara glares at his tongue. The same tongue that was inside his own mouth not even 10 minutes ago "Either way, we still don't have anything in common."

"How so?"

"Our hobbies are different... along with our... academics." Deidara bit his lip, realizing he wasn't just talking about Naruto, but Gaara was well.

"That doesn't matter."

He raised an eyebrow at him. "Of course it matters. I'd bore him. And besides... He thinks i'm a nerd anyway."

"He's not good with names so he uses nicknames." He shrugged lightly.

"And I earned the name. Naruto's cute, yes, but I can only take so much... stupidity."

"He acts stupid."

"Too much for my patience."

"Why do you like him then?"

He shrugged. "Maybe I don't like him as much as I first thought..."

"Why did you like him at all?"

"He always looks so happy... Like barely anything in the world bothers him... I guess I was drawn to him because of that... I want to be more like that."

Gaara laughed at him. "If you were to really look at him, everything is wrong. His smile looks real, but his eyes tell you different."

Deidara stared at him. "Oh..."

"Naruto is really much like you. He just likes to stand out and be noticed by others. He wants to be accepted."

He nodded. "I understand that but... Why try so hard to be accepted by people who would hate me if they knew the truth about me? That's where we are different. I see no point in trying to befriend people who would never accept me for who I am."

"You really...don't know him." Gaara patted the top of the blonde's head.

Deidara stuck his tongue out at him. "And he doesn't know me, so we're even."

Gaara eyed him. "Why don't you hang out with me and Naruto at lunch tomorrow?"

He raised an eyebrow. "Um... As long as Sasori can too."

Gaara though for a moment before shrugging. "Sure."

"Ok then..."

"It'll only be me and Naruto. The other people will go off to the lunchroom or outside." He shrugged.

"Ok... but don't expect Sasori to be nice or anything... He REALLY doesn't like you..."

"I know. I really don't like him either."

He smiled. "Good then."

"If you say so..."

He couldn't help but laugh. "I can see it now... Sasori will glare at you the whole time and not say a word till it annoys the heck out of you and you hit him." He busted out laughing.

Gaara raised an eyebrow at him. "What exactly makes think that would happen?"

He giggled. "Well, I just think it would be funny if it did."

"Hmhm. And if I don't take my meds?" Which he been doing lately. If he didn't...he would already have been suspended.

He stared at him with slightly wide eyes. "You unmediated... Sasori unmediated... That could be a bad thing... A very bad thing..."

"The only person whose seen me unmediated is Naruto." and the people in comas, with amnesia, and very badly injured.

"Ah... then maybe you should remember to take your meds tomorrow then, hm?" He raised a finger to his lips. "Because I don't want you killing my best friend."

"I will. I promised Naruto I would." because I scared the living crap out of him...

He smiled. "Than everything should be ok."

"Yup, I guess."

Deidara took a deep breath and noticed they were close to his house. "Oh, there's my house."

"I'll start heading back then, see ya." Gaara pecked his cheek.

He blushed before waving at him a little. "Bye." Gaara started to walk off to his own home, waving back. Deidara watched after him a bit before walking into his house.

Gaara Sabaku walked him home, kissed him, and they even made plans to each lunch tomorrow. Deidara was overly excited and couldn't help the butterflies in his stomach. He was so excited. He couldn't wait to tell Sasori tomorrow.


Soooo, what'd you think? YAYNESS! Kiss! Hehe.

The next part is pretty much drama. I think it's fun though. Gaara and Deidara get closer and more Naruto in the picture! Woot. Everything kinda goes downhill from here. Kinda. It's go back uphill. Just not yet.

Wootness for drama!

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