Hush-Hush

A story by Songstone

Songstone: Hurray, chapter 3. While I like how this chapter came out and where the story is now leading, I'm not in a happy mood today. So sorry if I sound a bit down in my author's comments. Anyway, I really hope you guys enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Chapter 3: Inturrupted

Dear Diary,

Today is a quiet day.

I'm spending my time outside a lot lately. The weather has been nice, and the children want to be out to play.

I'm so tired, though. I can barely keep my eyes open. Orochimaru has been keeping me...occupied at night lately.

I'm beginning to think that something is wrong with me; it's been nearly two months here, and I've been rather involved in sexual activities as of late. But still, the days go by and I expect to see some signs that I might be carrying a child, only there is nothing.

I'm starting to wonder if I'm just...unable to have children. I don't know whether to be grateful for that, or upset. Orochimaru wants children from me, and yet there are so many here already that having my own makes me nervous. I'm so confused.

I guess we'll keep trying for a child and hope for the best.

Whichever 'the best' may mean...

But besides that, everything has been peaceful. Another of Orochimaru's wives, Shikamaru, has been spending more time with me, teaching me how to play chess in my free time. So I've been--

- - -

"Boo."

The word was calmly spoken and with a flat tone, but still, when two hands fell down on Deidara's shoulders, the woman squeaked in surprised and jumped in her seat; the diary she'd been writing in took a tumble from her lap and slammed shut against the dirt.

"Sasori!" She exclaimed when she had whirled around and spotted the man. She placed a hand over her thudding heart, eyes wide. "You...you startled me."

"I'm sorry." The redhead said, removing his hands from the girl's shoulders and holding them up apologetically. "Didn't mean to scare you." He gave a small smile and walked around the chair, kneeling and grabbing the book that had fallen to the floor. "Here you are." He said, dusting off the cover and holding it up towards the blonde.

Sighing and returning the smile the man had offered, Deidara took her book back and set it in her lap, deciding to finish writing later. "What are you up to today, Sasori? Un." She asked him, patting another chair besides herself for him to take.

Doing as the girl motioned him to do, Sasori took a seat in a chair besides the blond and stretched his arms over his head. "Taking a break now, actually. I've been fixing up the shutters in one of the kids' room. It shouldn't squeak anymore, which should mean fewer nightmares for the girls."

"Oh, that's good." Deidara smiled and nodded her head. "Would you like me to fix you something to eat? You must have worked up an appetite, un."

Sasori shook his head at the offer and leaned forward with his elbows on his knees. He placed his chin into his palm. "No thank you, Deidara. I'll wait for supper." He declined politely.

After Deidara had nodded to that statement and leaned back in her seat, silence settled between the two. This was how they mostly spent their time together; quietly. The children were making enough noise around them, anyway. And the silence wasn't awkward. Just pleasant.

Today, however, Sasori struck up a conversation. He cleared his throat, then turned his body to face Deidara's direction. "I made something for you." He stated rather out-of-the blue. Deidara glanced away from the game of tag the kids were playing to blink at him in surprise.

"Made something for me? Un. What is it?" She inquired, quite taken by hearing this. She inched forward in her chair, curious.

Sasori smirked at the movement and then brought a hand up, reaching into the front pocket of his shirt. His hand came up clenched in a fist and he held his arm out towards Deidara. His other hand seized her left wrist, lightly pulling until it rested beneath the occupied hand.

"I've been working on this in my workshop for a few weeks now." Sasori informed. He slowly uncurled his fingers, letting the contents inside of his fist land pleasantly in Deidara's awaiting palm. Slowly, the redhead released the blonde's hand and sat back in his chair fully, waiting for a reaction.

Deidara pulled her hand back to herself and glanced down to see what had been given to her; in her palm lay a small, silver pendant. It was round, the outside gently carved in delicate design, and on the inside the shape of a bird with spread wings was welded against the ring of silver. A chain had been slipped through a much smaller loop at the top, and only after seeing that did Deidara realize that it was a necklace.

"You made this, un? Made this for me?" She asked, stunned by the craftsmanship of the piece of jewelry.

Sasori made a small chuckle at Deidara's reaction, though he nodded his head for yes. "I thought you might like something like this. It's far from perfect, but...consider it a late 'welcome to the family' present from me to you."

"Sasori, it's beautiful. I had no idea you could make such things, un..." Slowly, a smile curved at Deidara's lips and she lifted her blue eyes to focus on the redhead sitting besides her. "Thank you so much! I love it."

Brow orbs locked on blue, and then Sasori matched Deidara's smile with one of his own. "You're welcome." He pushed himself up from his seat suddenly and walked around Deidara's chair; he brushed back her long hair and slipped his arms over her shoulders.

Deidara was about to ask what he was doing, but paused when he took the necklace from her and then unfastened it, slipping it around her slender neck. She could only grin and giggle quietly to herself as she felt the cool silver tap against her collar bone.

"There." And then Sasori had finished attaching the back end of the necklace. He brushed her hair back in place and then walked around her once more so that he could see her from the front. "Ah. A perfect fit. It looks good on you." He commented, sliding his hands into his pant pockets casually.

"Sasori, I love it. I've never had anyone make me anything like this before, un. Thank you so much." Deidara cooed, feeling the pendant with two fingers. After a moment, she set her diary aside and rose to her feet, all but falling onto Sasori as she caught him in a tight hug.

The man stumbled slightly, but recovered and managed to pull his hands out of his jeans so that he could gently pat the girl's back and return the embrace lightly. "I'm glad that you like it." He told her quietly.

Leaning back slightly, the blonde only gave him one more wide grin before she had pressed her lips against his cheek in a quick kiss. "I'm so happy. Un." He really seemed to have amazing timing. One minute, Deidara was musing over her misfortunes in her diary and the next thing she knows, Sasori is there with a gift to brighten her day. She was so grateful for him just then.

"Er..." The redhead blinked at Deidara for a moment, his cheeks faintly taking on a pinkish hue after her lips had left his skin. He chuckled, cleared his throat, and then released Deidara as she pulled from the embrace. Once freed, the man shook his head, bemused.

"So easily excitable..." He commented. He patted the blonde on the head lightly and they both shared a laugh before the kids in the yard flocked to Deidara for one thing or another, inturrupting an otherwise perfect moment.

- - -

--I'll get back to writing about Shikamaru later.

Oh my God, Sasori is just about the sweetest man I've ever met! He actually made me a necklace with his own hands!

It's gorgeous; it's a silver ring, with a bird in the center of it. I just can't get over it. He worked on it for weeks, he said. Weeks! That's the most amazing, thoughtful thing I've ever heard of.

I should go to bed now, though. It's really late at night. I just had to write about this. I never want to forget!

- - -

With a happy sigh, Deidara put her diary back into it's rightful place inside of her dresser drawer and then took a seat on the edge of her bed. She toyed with the necklace she still wore from earlier that day and smiled.

She doubted that she would be able to have another sour mood as long as she wore the necklace and thought of how increadibly sweet it was for Sasori to make it for her.

With a quick glance to the clock on the wall, the blonde noted that it was nearly two in the morning and that she needed to get some sleep while she could. Orochimaru had gone to sleep elsewhere that night, giving Deidara a well-deserved break from all the activity he had her doing in bed.

With some sluggishness in her step, Deidara went to flip the lights off on the side of the wall, when suddenly a light tapping sounded on her bedroom door. She jumped, startled by the sound, and then cleared her throat softly, calling out in a whisper; "Who is it, un?"

For a moment, she thought it was her husband, wanting to sleep in her room again. But instead of Orochimaru's voice, another lighter voice came from the other side of the wood. "It's me. I'm just checking up on you since your light is on."

Breathing out in relief, the blonde grabbed her robe off of the foot of the bed, quickly covering herself in it before she stepped to the door instead and unlocked it. Prying it open halfway, she quirked a brow. "I just got caught up with my writing, un. Why are you up so late, Konan?"

The blue haired girl in the doorway shuffled her feet a bit, pulling at the hems of her sleeping gown lightly. "I can't sleep tonight." She said in answer to Deidara's question. "I noticed you were awake. Do you think...well, would you mind if I stayed here a while?"

With a shake of the head and a small smile, the blonde pulled the door open the rest of the way, allowing her step-daughter enterance. "Of course not, un. I was just about to sleep, though. You're more than welcome to sleep here if you want."

Konan smiled softly at the blonde and gave a dip of the head in thanks as she crawled up onto the bed, curling up beneath the sheets. "Thanks, Dei." She yawned.

"Sure, un." Flipping the lights off at last and slipping out of her robe, Deidara also found her way into the bed where she all but slumped into an exhausted heap. She gave a heavy, drawn-out yawn, and then nuzzled into her pillow. "Good night Konan." She said quietly to the girl besides her.

"Good night, Deidara." Konan whispered back.

Within minutes, both girls were sleeping soundly, echoing each other's soft snores in a quiet melody.

Songstone: Originally the person who was knocking at Deidara's door was going to be Sasori, checking in on her. But I changed it to Konan since I thought that Sasori already had his moment in the story. XD So anyway, this is starting to get somewhere now, eh? I hope you liked this chapter and that you'll please tell me what you think. R&R.