WARNING: YAOI

Genre: Romance/Friendship

Rated: T

Naruto © Kishimoto

"Here," the redhead sighed, thrusting a plastic container at the blond.

Deidara took the container and raised an eyebrow, "what's this for?"

"Compensation."

The blond opened it up and saw cookies insides. His eyes lit up and his first reaction was to hug his best friend. "Nawh, you remembered~"

Sasori shrugged and let the blond hug him. "I forgot to bring them the other night and I did use your money last time, so," he shoved his hands in his coat pockets, "think of this as compensation."

"Thanks, un," Deidara chirped and took a cookie out to eat. "Which bus are you taking home today?"

"Why's it matter?"

The blond grinned and linked his arm with Sasori's. "I wanna come over!"

Sasori tsked and began exiting the mall doors. "It's rude to invite yourself over, brat."

Deidara pouted, "I just wanna spend time with you, Danna! Hidan ditched me today. Said he had "shit to do", un. I won't be annoying, I swear!"

The redhead sighed, "you're always annoying."

"Please?"

"I guess."

Deidara's lips curled into a smile, "yay! Thank you, Sasori Danna!~" He clung to the redhead's arm all the way out to the local bus stop. "Ah, geez. It's so cold today."

"Mhm," Sasori agreed.

"Aren't you cold, Danna? You're only wearing a jacket. You need gloves and a scarf like me, un!" Deidara said raising his gloved hands for emphasis. "You're going to get wind burn on your cheeks."

"I'll be fine. Unless, of course, the bus has broken down. Or fallen into the ocean...or maybe caught on fire. Yanno I wouldn't mind being on that bus right now," Sasori commented offhandedly.

Deidara chuckled, "well guess we'll have to cuddle to keep warm then~"

"Nuhuh. Hell no, brat. Don't you da-"

Too late. Deidara had already happily hugged himself closer to the redhead. "You're so warm, Danna~ Ironic. How could a cold hearted person be so warm, un?"

Sasori growled lowly and tried to shake the blond off. "It's a little thing called body heat. We all produce it. Some more than others. Now get off."

"Noooo~" the blond whined and held tighter. "Warm, un."

The redhead rolled his eyes and let the blond hug him. Truth be told, he liked the warmth too. Not that he'd ever admit that though. "Are you staying for dinner, brat?"

"It'd be nice if I could," Deidara smiled.

"Then I guess we're going out. Anything specific, brat?" Sasori asked shifting on his feet boredly. The bus was taking forever. He was getting tired of standing in the cold.

"Uhm...could we try that one restaurant with the American food? I want to try the pizza there! I heard it's really good, un," the blond said excitedly.

Sasori shrugged, "sure." A couple of seconds went by and finally the bus came into his view. "Finally," he sighed in relief.

"Cold?" Deidara snickered.

The redhead glared and shook the blond off. "Shut up."

The two stepped onto the bus and presented their passes. With a nod from the driver the two made their way to the back.

"Ah, heat~" Deidara sighed happily plopping on the seat. "Danna~ come sit next to me!"

"Even if I didn't, you'd move next to me," Sasori stated smirking. He sat next to the blond, leaving a comfortable gap between them.

That comfortable gap slowly closed as Deidara inched his way over towards the redhead. "Thanks for taking me out, un."

Sasori nodded and scooted away so they had a gap again. "Compensation outing."

"Like a date," Deidara smirked, scooting over and filling the gap again.

The redhead coughed awkwardly and kept on inching back. "Ever heard of a thing called "personal space"? This isn't like a date at all!"

The blond pouted and cornered the redhead. "Why not? Are you saying I'm not date worthy, Danna, un?" He leaned over the redhead leaving their noses to barely touch.

"Brat, you-"

"Hey guys," a cheery rough voice greeted the two males in the back. "Where you headin?"

Deidara looked away from Sasori and smiled, "hey Kisame! Me and Danna are going on a date!"

"We are most certainly not!" Sasori glared slightly flustered. He crossed his arms angrily and pushed the blond over. "I'm taking him out on a compensation dinner."

"It's a date," Deidara snickered.

"Compensation dinner!"

Kisame laughed, "play nice you guys. It's a compensation date. Sound good?"

"Un!"

"No."

The tallest amongst the three gave a weary smile and scratched the back of his head. "Right. The costumes and accessories looked great, by the way. They fit well too."

Deidara smiled, "that's great, un! Aren't you excited about this Halloween?"

As Deidara yapped to Kisame, Sasori sat himself up right and pressed his cheek against the cold bus window. Sometimes the blond would take it too far. The redhead didn't appreciate that. The way Deidara would lean close enough to kiss or when he'd latch onto his arm and press himself closer scared Sasori. Deidara would just look so serious and it left the redhead utterly confused when the blond would instantly pull away and laugh. Not like Sasori actually cared if Deidara did have a crush on him, but he didn't want to give off the wrong impression and lead the blond on. Of course, that is just a scenario. The redhead could just be pulling shit out of nowhere. Though just to be on the safe side, he made a mental note to ask Konan and maybe Kisame. Speaking of Kisame…

"I like that anime too, un. Figures you would too. You're just like a fish. I bet you relate to Haru and Rin," Deidara laughed.

Kisame laughed along with him and nodded, "and you're just like Nagisa."

"Danna can be Rei!"

Sasori raised an eyebrow, "I can be who? I'm not a girl, brat."

The blond and blue male laughed.

"I'd like to laugh too…"

Deidara wrapped an arm around Sasori and chuckled, "we're talking about Free!, un. It's an anime."

The redhead rolled his eyes, "right. Something I wouldn't know about because I'm not an otaku."

"Pffft, I have a life Danna! Don't know about Kisame though," Deidara snickered.

Kisame chuckled and patted Deidara's head. "If this wasn't my stop, I'd make you eat those words, Dei." He grinned, showing his sharp teeth, and got up from his seat to exit the bus.

Sasori removed Deidara's arm and found a comfy spot leaning up against the window. "We'll be at our stop soon."

"Whatcha thinking about, Danna?" the blond asked boredly.

"Something you wouldn't understand."

Deidara furrowed his eyebrows and glared playfully, "is that a blond joke?"

Sasori smirked, "oh, so you caught on after all?"

The blond stuck his tongue out and crossed his arms. "Un, I'm tired. Wake me when we get there?"

"Sure, sure."

After one rude awakening and dinner later…

"You're house is spotless, un!" Deidara exclaimed, looking around the apartment amazed. "It's bigger than mine too! No fair."

Sasori shrugged, "it's home. And it stays clean because I don't let brats like you come over."

"Brat has a plural form? Who's the other brat, un?" Deidara asked with a different tone. A tone Sasori hadn't heard since high school.

The redhead's lips twitched upwards. "Is that jealousy?" he asked, chuckling.

The blond's face lit up red. Crossing his arms and turning sharply on his heel he snorted, "and if it is?"

Sasori laughed and patted his friend on the back. "Cute, brat. Real cute." He walked into a room and came back with two futons and pillows. "I assume you're staying over?"

Deidara grinned and took the futon and pillow from the redhead, "well since you offered~"

"Uhuh," Sasori rolled his eyes. "Help me move the stuff out of way."

"Ne, Danna. How come we never sleep in your room?" Deidara asked, moving the small table off to the side and out of the way.

The redhead laid out his futon and gave the blond a slightly annoyed look. "First off its a double bed and I am not willing to sleep with you in the same bed. Secondly…"

The blond rose an eyebrow, "secondly?"

Sasori sighed and straightened out the blankets. "It's not exactly a "friendly" place."

"How can it not be? You're not hiding any dead bodies in there are you, Danna?"

The redhead snorted and gave a sly smirk, "if there was, you would of been the first corpse."

Deidara grinned, "yikes. Harsh, aren't we?"

"Mhm."

Smiling to himself Deidara sat on his futon and gripped his pillow to his chest. "Sasori, could you get me a water?" he asked sweetly.

Sasori raised an eyebrow, "can't you get it yourself?"

"I don't know the layout of your kitchen, un! Why don't you give me a tour?" Deidara suggested, smirking.

"Nevermind," the redhead sighed getting up. "Sparkling or tap?"

"Oo, fancy, Danna~" Deidara laughed. "Sparkling, please."

Sasori nodded and started to walk past Deidara to the kitchen. However he didn't get very far for the blond called his name again. "What," he started to say turning around, "br-"

Deidara grinned evilly and threw his pillow at his redhead friend.

The redhead managed to catch the pillow before it hit him in the face. "Brat," he started, "we are 20 years old and you want to have a pillow fight?"

The blond nodded eagerly.

"Right," Sasori rolled his eyes and dropped the pillow. "Count me out." He turned his back to the blond to go to the kitchen and not a second later a pillow collided with the back of his head.

"You need to loosen up, Danna," Deidara chuckled. "Have some fun, un."

A soft chuckling came from the redhead. Slowly he turned to face the blond. A new light shone in his eyes. A light of pride and dominance. "You're so on, brat."