The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Nelson Mandela
Deidara never thought something like this could happen he never thought his mother would allow…He just never thought…..
The only seeing, Showing, blue eye of a confused blonde continued to stare at the two boys in his bed. Friend is a foreign word to the pale boy; Friends….he never had one of those before and know he has two. They are strange, weird, fun, scary, but most importantly they are his, only fear now is if they find out, what if they find out?
Deidara was scared of his new companions finding out his secrete but he also wanted to tell them. To trust, tell secrets, confined in someone, talked about people, party, and all the stuff he reads and sees and hears about. A best friend…
Friends….HIS friends, the boy loved the way the word felt on his lips, how easily it flowed, like it belonged to him, like he was meant to say it, like he owned it and it would never leave, he loved the feeling of the word.
As he sat on the edge of his bed he watched as the masked boy rolled in his sleep, mumbled something about "So cute" then cuddled up to the taller green haired boy, most surprising the yellow eyed teen but his arms around Tobi and held him close.
"Maybe it won't be too bad if they find out," he whispered to himself and looked up at the ceiling and smiled at the white roof above him "Maybe not too bad."
"It's not good to talk to yourself," Deidara turned around to see Tobi stretching his arms and pooping his back. Deidara cringed at the sound but that went unnoticed to the black haired man. "Zet-san does it all the time. But he has an excuse but you do not Sempia" Tobi laughed, apparently when he is groggy with sleep he is smart.
"Quite Tobi. Come lie down and be silent please." A white arm wrapped around the smaller boy's waits and pulled him down again.
"Okay Zetzu-Kun!" yelled the hyper boy, now fully awake, as he clung to the most intimidating of the three.
Deidara noted how Zetzu sleep shirtless yet kept his jeans on. Tobi slept shirtless as well but also only in his boxers, which did not bother Deidara, but kept his mask on. Deidara on the other hand slept with a shirt and gray jogging pants, he also kept his hair down.
"How did your Daddy die Sempia?" Tobi question as he looked at a picture of a tall Brown haired man with blue eyes..
"Tobi" Both halves warned him sternly.
He can't know "Car crash un" Deidara looked down No one can know what happened that day no one. Blue eyes stayed on the ground, he was ashamed of lying, but also of what happened, and worse of all how close he came to actually tell them the truth.
Deidara lives in a lie, but mostly because he doesn't want to face the truth….. Just like most people he doesn't want to live in reality.
"Are you guy's hungry?" Deidara asked as he tried to keep his voice even and not show any signs that he is lying.
"Starving. Yes thanks you for asking" Zetzu's two different voices told the blonde.
"Tobi is very hungry!" The masked teen jumped from the bed and threw his hands in the air.
"I'll go cook us something to eat then," A soft smile set on Deidara's lips and his hair flipped as he turned to leave down stairs.
"Tobi" Zetzu looked at the masked man.
"I know. But I must say I am quite curious about our new blonde friend" The mask boy told the other teen only his voice was a bit deeper and more calm.
"Indeed. Let's keep watch then" The bicolor one of the two said.
"Let's go Zetzu-San!" The childish boy said all high pitch and cutesy again. Tobi pulled on the muscular black arm, after he pulled on some pants, and dragged him down stairs where he smelt eggs and bacon.
The two teens turned the corner after going down stairs to see a blonde blue with a bright blue eye setting the table.
"Hi un. I made us something to eat" the white teeth ware shown as he smiles at his new friends. "Mom left already, yeah, so we have to house to ourselves un"
"Thanks Dei-Kun-Sempia!" Tobi yelled and jumped to the table and made himself a plate, Zetzu followed with a more polite thanks you. You could see Deidara visible blushes at this as he sat down and ate with his friends.
When they finished they all sat in the living room watching TV "So what do you guys want to do? Hmmm" Deidara questioned mainly looking at the bicolor friend of his.
"Let's go to the mall Sempia!" The masked boy jumped out of his chair and waved his arms around and spine in a circle.
"I'm okay with it. Sounds fun," The yellow eyed plant lover looked over at the blonde.
"Sure un I never get to go to the mall, it'll be fun yeah" Deidara smiled and got up.
"Yeah, but it is a long walk," the lighter half sighed along with the darker half of Zetzu.
"Who said anything about walk un?" Deidara re-appeared dangling keys in his hand and flashing his pearly white (teeth so he was smiling).
Zetzu grinned "Nice!" he jumped up and Tobi ran in circles then races to the door.
"Let's go Sempia!"
"I'm coming un" Deidara's laugh reached all the way to his eyes.
They all went to the shed out beside the house; only it was actually a garage. Inside lays a Saleen S7 Twin Turbo Blue. "Wow" Tobi's jaw was most likely dropped behind his mask.
"Coming un?" Deidara turned to his wide eyed friends.
"Why don't you drive to school?" The green hair boy asked.
"Gas is too much un, plus I need to stay in shape," The blonde shrugged his shoulders making him seem even more like a girl as his hair bounces with the movement.
Deidara stepped into the front seat and waited for his friends to get into the back before he drove off.
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Deidara now sat at table waiting for Zetzu and Tobi to get back from the food court and bring the food. As Deidara sat there his eye began to wonder around and he noticed three other people he knew. He went closer to hear what they were saying and or doing. He isn't eaves-dropping he is just curious people!
"Why are we here?" the bored red head ask the blue man and the stoic mister.
"So what do you think about Leader-Sama's proclamations." Itachi asked.
"I don't like the blonde, but he lives next to the pink hair chick so I'll put up with him." The red head laughed.
"That's kind of mean," Kisame frowned at the brown eyed teen then turned to the more stoic teen.
"It is his choice. I want be bothered with you" Itachi said then walked away.
Kisame shrugged his huge shoulders and followed.
"Tch, whatever" Sasori turned and saw Deidara as he was walking away back to his table.
Deidara sat at the table just as Tobi and Zetzu came back with pizza. "Hi Sempia," Tobi shouted and sat beside Deidara. When Sasori saw this he immediately turns the other way walking to Hot Topic.
"So what do you want to do after we eat?" Zetzu asked boredly playing with a straw.
"We can go to the cemetery and hang out un," Deidara said.
Zetzu looked at him weird "Or the park, hmm" Deidara saved himself.
"Whatever," the green haired teen replied with a roll of his eyes.
"Cool let's go to the park!" Tobi jumped up and ran to the exit of the mall as the other two followed behind him.
"Zetzu-san" Deidara asked looking at the floor.
"Yeah" Zetzu looked at the blonde.
Deidara stated to blush "Why….Why do you guys want to be my friend, un" He asked shyly
Zetzu sighed "We all have different reasons. Tobi and I just got dragged in it, But we both kind of like you." Zetzu stopped and got in front of the blonde "and I don't like to see people get used or hurt, It's just a strange thing I don't care to understand, I want to protect those who I can." Zetzu lend down and kissed Deidara.
The Blonde was so shocked that he didn't know how to react. Zetzu is now staring into the wide blue eye that belongs to the blonde in front of him. "Let's go" Zetzu took his arm and looked away blushing as he dragged the still frozen blonde to the car.
When they got to the car Zetzu took the keys and started to drive. The park is a short distant away and when they stopped the car Tobi got out and started to chase birds and squirrels. He is such a dog!
Deidara turned to Zetzu "You kissed me..." Deidara's voice was soft and shy; he touched his lips with the tips of his figures.
"You just get that through your head? That….That was your first kiss, right Deidara?" Zetzu gave him a sideways glance from the drivers seat.
Deidara looked away and nodded yes, his face bright red.
Zetzu sighed "It's the same reason we like Tobi…..Why we stay with him when no one else will." Zetzu looked at Deidara and grabbed his chin lightly with his fingers and tilted his head up so he could look at him. Zetzu pushed Deidara's hair aside and stared into his eyes, the he tilted his head slightly and softly kissed the blonde. This time Deidara kissed back shyly. Not really understanding what is going on or know what to do.
Deidara couldn't help thinking how wrong it is to do this. All his life he had been told being with someone of the same gender is wrong, that you should never do it, Now he is sitting in his car kissing a guy, and to make things worse…better…worse? Whatever to make things more complicated its Zetzu!
The bad thing is tho…he likes it, he's enjoying it. The passion, feeling safe, the softness, the caring and being wanted that all comes with emotions he has never felt before.
Deidara had to take a breath so he asked between pant...Wait pants..Why is he panting? Any way he asked between breaths "Tell me…*huff huff* …what happened ...*huff huff*... Why you stayed ...*Deep breath Deep breath* …With Tobi." His breathing was returning to normal now but his red face stayed.
Zetzu lend back in his seat and sighed. Not even fazed his breathing was the same as ever. He put his black hand on his face with his figures spread apart so he could look at Deidara with a sideway glance/stare…scary yet kind of hot.
"It was a long time ago," Zetzu started.
You can see a boy with dark black hair playing on swings when a boy with bandages covering his face came over and pushed him out of his swing so he fell and hit the ground hard.
"Why'd you do that Zabuzu?" the boy wined with tears on the edge of his eyes threatening to fall.
"Don't be a wimp Madara" (Zetzu said Tobi to Deidara tho.) "You're a man, so act like one." He snarled.
"But Tobi (yeah so I'm going to put it where Zetzu is saying to Deidara kk?) Was just playing" he said wiping away his tears.
"Don't cry you wimp!" the boy shouted then kicked Tobi.
"Hey leave him alone," Shouted a younger Zetzu from behind him baring all his sharp teeth.
"What are you going do about freak?" The boy with spiky hair laughed.
"I'll eat you" Zetzu said with a darker, deeper voice that scared Zabuzu.
"Don't call him a freak!" Younger Tobi shouted.
Zabuzu looked from Tobi to Zetzu to Tobi and back to Zetzu "Whatever I'm out of here," he rolled his eyes but ran away.
Tobi sat there a cried as he looked at his skinned up knee "Meany, why'd he have to hurt me?"
"I'll help you," Zetzu walked over to him and took a Band-Aid out of his back pocket and put it over the cut.
"Aren't you going to make fun of me?" Tobi asked the older boy.
"Why would I do that moron," he growled. "Tobi we'll always protect you" the he lightly kissed the top of the boy's head. Tobi blushed and smiled sheepishly.
"Then will you play with me?" he asked and took the older boy's hand and ran off to the slides.
"You see a few months later I got Tobi that mask, he wears it all the time now, because he was made fun about his eyes, so he hides them, just like you." Zetzu smiled.
"So you just want to protect people Zetzu-san? You want to make them happy hmm?" Deidara asked "Why's you eve help him un?"
"A few days before that he stopped some people from hurting us, I never want to be that weak again, it's was like repaying the debit only it became more." Zetzu explained "He was nice to us when no one else was," his two voices said together.
"I understand un," Deidara said looking down remember when he use to have a friend like that but she betrayed him. He shook his head to try and get it out of his head no time to think like that. This lie must stay intact.
"You keep a lot of secrets Dei-Dei-Chan." Light Zetzu told him then opened the door "But I want make you tell me anything." Darker him explained then went and played with Tobi on the swings were they meet so many years ago.
Deidara looked down at his hands and let a silent tear fall down his cheek. "I want loss anyone this time, I just want!" He closed his eyes tight then went outside to run around with his friends, who he refuses to loss.
I hope you enjoyed this! Please tone in next time to the next chapter and remember it's not always a bad thing to be the Girl Next Door!