A/N: Hello! Well all I want to say is thank you for the favorites/follows and reviews, no matter how small they are. I really appreciate it! (Though reviews are a little more preferable, even if only just by one! Just saying.) So here's another chapter! Hope it's good, no matter how short it is.

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-Diffident-

He had always thought that the Hyuga heiress girl was the only one who was unconfident and self conscious. But now as he looked at Sakura, he realized that she was almost just as bad!

Sure, she hid it well when it came to being in front of others and himself, always smiling or frowning in anger. But one night he happened to stumble upon a teary eyed Sakura. And it utterly baffled him as to why she was near tears when he had always thought she was a stubborn, fiery, somewhat cocky girl.

He had woken up late into the night due to hunger and headed towards the kitchen to find something to eat, only to find Sakura sitting on the living room couch looking listless.

He had quietly returned back to his room then, not wanting to intrude on her depressed thoughts.

After that day he had begun to see things about her that he hadn't before.

He noticed how she would sometimes mutter darkly to herself about how she would be a failure if she couldn't protect her friends.

How she never seemed proud of the things she does. How she would seem to constantly put herself down. If it wasn't for the blonde jinchuriki constantly reminding her of her monstrous strength; as he put it. She probably would have forgotten the strength she held within her small body.

She would tell herself that she hasn't changed. That she was still weak.

He frowned at that. He didn't understand what made her think about herself like that. Didn't she realize she held life and death within the palm of her hands? The strength to kill, but the healing to live.

And one day, he figured out the reason why. He caught her one night mumbling to herself about how she wasn't strong enough to help Naruto and how she wasn't good enough to bring back Sasuke.

Then it all clicked together. Uchiha Sasuke, Itachi's kid brother, was the one that probably stemmed this diffident part of her.

He then remembered what she had said the other day, "Besides I don't deserve everyone's attention." And realized that this is what caused it.

And as much as he didn't care about what she thought about herself or her in general. He couldn't help but feel pissed at the fact that she was letting someone rule over her life! Even when said person wasn't around!

She's getting so worked up over a damn Uchiha! Scowling he turned to her and at that current moment, he didn't care what she thought about him, about him practically intruding into her personal life.

"You stupid girl!" He yelled as her head shot up from in between her knees, shock apparent from her emerald eyes.

"How can you let one damn person, an Uchiha nonetheless, make you miserable!? Get over him you idiot! He left three years ago from this village right? That's a long time to mope! If you really want to become strong enough to bring him back then the first step is to believe in yourself, in your own strength, the will to never give in to your own weakness! And to think, I actually thought better of you, but boy how wrong was I, hm!" He lectured furiously.

He saw the bewildered look on her face as it twisted into anger and she growled at him.

"You can only say that because you don't understand how I feel!"

"You're right, I don't! But that doesn't mean I'll let myself wilt away when I know I have the potential to become something great! Because you'll see, you'll all see one day, that I can prove that my art is superior, no matter what anyone says, hm!" And with that, he stalked back to his room.

And as Sakura sat there in place, in thought, she had soon realized the hidden meaning behind his words, " But that doesn't mean I'll let myself wilt away when I know I have the potential to become something great!"

She didn't know if he was insinuating that he thought that she had the potential to become strong.

And as much as Sakura didn't want to take advice from a damn Akatsuki member, she decided to take his advice to heart.

What Deidara didn't realize was that, today was the day, he had helped her take the first step into helping her forget about Uchiha Sasuke.