Chapter 7


When Itachi woke up from a world of darkness, he was immediately harshly greeted by cold air on his skin. Not feeling like opening his eyes yet, he let his ears, nose and skin do the work. He heard some droplets of water falling down onto the ground in a slow pace, he felt cold, which told him most of his clothes were gone and he was laying on a stone floor, he heard people talking from a distance, the sounds echoed on the walls, which told him he probably was in a dungeon. Itachi let out a groan as he felt a headache becoming stronger and stronger, and he also felt some pain in his stomach. He remembered the attack. He must be in the secret hide-outs of the other vampires. He kept laying on the floor as he heard some footsteps coming closer to the place he was laying, and decided to keep on acting that he was asleep. A surprise attack would be useless, he was in enemy territory, not to mention that his arms and feet were bound. He was helpless like a little baby.
Someone suddenly pulled Itachi up and pushed him against the bars of the cell. A blonde guy looked at Itachi with bright blue eyes. The guy opened his mouth to say something but then looked at Itachi confused.

Itachi opened his eyes and looked at the other guy, who was just staring at him. The other didn't look like someone evil at all, Itachi noticed. He probably could be very strict and he looked like a guy who would get angry very fast. But more things, he couldn't think of.

The guy looked at Itachi some longer before letting him go and turning Itachi around. He undid Itachi of the rope around his hands and then pushed a plate with food in his hands.

"What's your name?" He asked, almost demanding it.

"...Itachi." Itachi said, as he just looked at the guy, just keeping the plate in his hands. It wasn't like he'd easily move somewhere now, his feet were still tied.

The guy kept silent and then nodded his head.

"Eat or you'll starve to death." He said and in the mean time looked at Itachi intensely, as if investigating him.

Itachi shrugged as he sat down onto the bench that was standing in the cell they were in.

"So why me?" He then asked. He still wondered why those guys had picked him to capture. "Was it coincidence, or was it planned?"

The guy looked around and then sighed.

"Planned." He said, once he was sure there was no one around. "I'm Deidara by the way."

Itachi tied his hair back with a small piece of rope he wore around his wrist, and then started eating.

"So why?" He asked, before he took in his spoon for the first time this morning, evening or whatever. He had no idea what the time was. There were no windows.

"Because you're the leader's son of course. The oldest. The one who is going to take over." Deidara said.

"Ah." Itachi said, nodding. "So they're planning to kill me, or they're planning to get something else they want, threatening my father to kill his heir?"

"The last thing. But I don't think they'll hesitate to kill you anyway. They want that guy with the scent." Deidara answered.

Itachi let out a sigh.

"I already feared that they were trying to get him harder then we thought." He then said, as he shook his head. He wondered why the guy told him this much though.

"They want to have him, but they're using you to get your father to his knees as well. To pressure him." Deidara said.

"Ah." Itachi said, frowning. "Who is after the one with the scent? Your king?"

"The boss." Deidara answered. "I can't tell you about him."

"Is he the one almost no one has the right to speak to?" Itachi asked. "The man behind the closed doors, I presume?"

"Yes he is. I have actually never seen him." Deidara answered, nodding.

"Alright." Itachi said, nodding. He then looked at Deidara. "Are you supposed to be telling me this much?"

"..I am.. not." Deidara said. "I'm sorry."

"Well you don't need to apologize to me, it's only useful if I get to know more about the enemy hm." Itachi said, shrugging, as he finished his food. "Thanks for bringing me something to eat by the way."

"I was ordered to." Deidara said. ".. Do you need to know more?" He then asked, after hesitating for a while.

"Where is the exit?" Itachi dryly asked.

Deidara sweatdropped.

"That is something I cannot tell you." He said. "You're supposed to stay here."

"You know that I could release myself in a flash of the ties on my feet, kill you and run?" Itachi now asked.

"You could try, but there are at least ten guards waiting for you outside these dungeons." Deidara said. He sounded almost disappointed Itachi said something like that.

"Not a wise move, you mean." Itachi said, nodding, as he was thinking deeply. Perhaps he should stay nice to Deidara. He didn't know why, but the guy seemed to be nice to him.

"Right." Deidara said and kept silent for a while. He then moved closer to Itachi.

"You have some blood. Right here." He pulled his sleeve in his hand and wiped the blood of Itachi's forehead.

"Thanks." Itachi said, as he regarded Deidara silently. What was this guy up to?

"You are welcome." Deidara said and then pulled his hand back. "Is the food ok?"

"It was." Itachi said. "You made it?"

"Yes. But I was expecting someone... else. So it isn't quite.. well it's just crap." Deidara said. He was acting nervous.

"Who did you expect then?" Itachi asked, pulling up an eyebrow.

"..Just not.. 'you'." Deidara said, frowning himself. He looked confused.

"Well you knew Uchiha Itachi was going to be in this cell." Itachi said, frowning a little too now. What was this guy talking about?

"..W-well yeah.. But." Deidara said, looking like he was spacing out. "You're.. you're.. you know." Trying to hint Itachi in what he meant.

"...Of the other kind?" Itachi asked. He might be really smart, but at this moment, he had absolutely no clue what Deidara was talking about.

"Well that I already knew." Deidara said, sweatdropping once again. "No you're.. well.. 'attractive'." He looked at Itachi intensely, hoping he would get the picture now.

"So you expected a fat ugly man?" Itachi asked, bringing up one of his elegant eyebrows again. What a... strange guy.

"No! Jeez are you stupid?" Deidara said now, glaring at Itachi. "You do something with me.. like.. well you know. Think." He demanded.

"You can just say it too." Itachi said, a little annoyed that Deidara called him stupid.

"Well fine." Deidara said, rolling his eyes. "You're the one. You know, where the heart belongs to blabla, well you're it."

"You sure?" Itachi said, as he frowned really deeply. Oh great. Now the enemy was even going to fall in love with him.

"Of course I'm sure." Deidara said. "I'm not stupid."

"You never know right." Itachi said, shrugging. "You're a blonde after all."

Deidara's mouth practically dropped to the floor and he then glared at Itachi. He then pulled Itachi up, making him drop his food and water, and bound him up again, throwing him to the ground.

"Thanks a lot, asshole!" He yelled.

Itachi closed one eye when he slammed down onto the floor. Ouch.

"I didn't call you stupid you know." He then said. Damn. What a feisty guy.

He suddenly regretted teasing Sasuke about Neji being mean to him. Deidara was very similar to Neji, the two of them could probably become good friends if they'd ever meet. He really should choose his words carefully.

"You said I was blonde, that's pretty much the same." Deidara snapped.

"Not true." Itachi said.

"Yes it is." Deidara snapped. He then pulled Itachi up so he was sitting. "Now say you're sorry."

"What's wrong with you, seriously?" Itachi asked, frowning again.

"Nothing is wrong with me except for that you're here." Deidara snapped.

"What do you do in this prison anyway?" Itachi asked now.

"I came to bring you food." Deidara said, huffing.

"I mean in general." Itachi said. "Do you bring every prisoner food in here?"

"Yes I do. That's my job." Deidara said. "What's it to you?"

"I'm only showing some interest Deidara." Itachi said, as he looked at Deidara calmly.

Deidara kept silent now as he stared at Itachi's eyes.

"..How'd you get those eyes?" He asked.

"Everyone in my family has them." Itachi answered, a little surprised Deidara was interested in his eyes. "They've been passed down for ages."

"Oh... They're really pretty." Deidara said as he suddenly sat down before Itachi, gazing into his eyes. They were about 6 inches apart now.

Itachi frowned, as he sat back a little. He had never liked it to be this close to someone. What was so special about his eyes anyway?

"Perhaps you see more in them then others do." Itachi said, answering his own question. If he really was the one the other's heart longed to be with, Deidara might see him different then he was.

"Well maybe, but your eyes are almost art." Deidara said, still gazing in Itachi's eyes, and then noticing how close they actually were. He swallowed, because to him, it felt good.

Itachi moved back a little more, until he was pressed against the wall. Or at least very close to it.

"Why?" He then asked. "They're only black."

"...Well they're pretty." Deidara said and then coughed, getting up. "Sorry." At that moment, some guards came walking to the cell, opened it and pulled Itachi up.

"Tell us about your leader." One of them snapped as the other held Itachi painfully by the throat.

Itachi frowned even deeper. Well this was a turn of events.

"Why would I?" He asked. He didn't show a hint of pain on his face. But it was painful.

"You're in enemy territory now, youngling." The third commented. "It wouldn't be wise to go in against us. Scram, Deidara."

"I'm not going anywhere." Deidara said. "I was ordered to feed him so I will."

"Well? Are you gonna talk or what?" The one holding Itachi snapped and squeezed Itachi's throat harder.

"Well the food is gone, isn't it?" One of the guards snapped to Deidara. Itachi just coughed, and just looked at the guys. He didn't do anything nor said anything.

"No it's on the floor and he's going to eat it." Deidara walked to the dropped plate, and started to put the food back on.

"He's not gonna talk just because of a little physical damage you know. You should leave him now and think of a way to attack him mentally. He's the son of their leader for crying out loud." He said.

"Deidara, go mind your own business." One of the guards snapped to Deidara. "These are orders of 'him'." Itachi started to see some spots now. He wouldn't give in of course, but this was kind of annoying. Passing out because his throat was being clenched shut.

"Well as you can see he won't talk, so you might as well just go back to the boss and tell him he won't talk." Deidara said, glaring at the others.

"You know what, we'll just tell the boss that you interrupted us in our work." One of the guards sneered. "He isn't very fond of you already anyway, perhaps he'll finally decide that you don't belong here and send you away. Or even better, get rid of you."

"Well you go do that now. Once you're done telling him that, tell him you failed in getting information as well. Because he just passed out." Deidara said, giving Itachi a look saying he should just play along.

Itachi gave Deidara a confused look, not getting why he should act like he passed out. He didn't get why he was saving Deidara's ass either, when he let his body slump down and closed his eyes. What was the moron doing?

"Deidara." The biggest of the three of them said, narrowing his eyes to Deidara. "Because you were whining against us and keeping us from doing our work, we were distracted and didn't look at our prisoner anymore. If you had left when we told you to, he would still be awake now. So one last warning, scram. We'll just slap him awake again, or feed him the poison we're carrying with us to keep him awake."

"Well tough luck, I'm not going." He said and sat down on the small bench now. "I've done worse then this and I'm still here, so obviously, I am doing something right. Now you scram, before I call Sasori and tell him you were bothering me."

"Fine." The leader of the three said, while the others glared at Deidara. "The boss will be very pleased to hear you send us away while we were supposed to get information out of him."

"Ok bye." Deidara said and gave them a cocky, fake smile. The three growled and they walked away, one of them throwing Itachi to the ground, before he left. Once they were gone, Deidara pulled Itachi up again.

"You ok?" He asked.

Itachi opened his eyes again, and nodded, as he coughed once.

"Y-yeah, I'm good." He said, nodding once again.

"Ok good. Sorry about that." Deidara said, looking at Itachi. "They're assholes."

"Why are you even with these vampires?" Itachi asked, frowning. "And can I drink some of that blood?" He moved his head to the bottle Deidara was holding.

"What's your blood type?" Deidara asked. "And I'm here because I belong here."

"AB." Itachi said. "Were you born here?"

"Yes I was." Deidara said nodding and handed Itachi the bottle. "You are lucky. I have AB as well."

"Why is that lucky for me?" Itachi asked, frowning. "I'm not going to drink your blood or something."

"Because it's my blood, the stuff I drink. So." He then sat down before Itachi and put the bottle to his lips. "Open up."

"What?" Itachi asked, as he immediately pushed his head back. "Is that your blood in that bottle?"

"No." Deidara said, rolling his eyes. "You really are stupid. I drink AB too. So I caught some animals and drained their blood so I could drink it. So it is 'my' blood, but it's not mine as in out of my body. Got it?"

"Then at least say it's my blood 'type', moron." Itachi snapped. How dare this blonde guy call him stupid?

"Well it's my blood as well." Deidara said, huffing again. "Now just open your mouth and drink it."

"It's not, it would only be your blood if you put your own blood in that bottle." Itachi said, but opened his mouth when Deidara pressed the bottle against his lips. He had to admit, the blood tasted great.

Deidara poured the blood into Itachi's mouth letting him drink. Once Itachi was done, Deidara pulled the bottle away and stared at Itachi's lips. A tray of blood made it's way down over Itachi's chin and before Deidara could stop himself, he had moved forward and licked the blood off.

Itachi was once again frowning. Because of what Deidara was doing, and because it actually felt good too.

Deidara quickly pulled back as he noticed what he was doing and looked away blushing.

"Sorry.." He said ashamed.

"Doesn't matter." Itachi said, shrugging. This was getting more weird every minute. And what was that feeling in his chest? He looked at Deidara now, looking into those deep blue eyes. He suddenly felt confused. What was that feeling? Why did he suddenly like those eyes so much? Why did he feel like getting closer all of a sudden and kiss those pink lips?

Deidara looked at Itachi and swallowed. He then wiped the remaining part of blood on Itachi's chin off with his fingers.

"It was just because you're.. you know." He said.

"I know." Itachi said, nodding. Could it be that... No, it couldn't. Right? It never, ever, happened that the two persons whose hearts longed to be together actually found each other.. and that they were of the same sex was even more unlikely.

Deidara stared at Itachi and then suddenly grabbed Itachi's head and kissed him full on the lips. It wasn't really a rough kiss, just a needy one.

Itachi was sure he'd never been more surprised in his whole life then at this moment. The kiss was unexpected, but himself kissing back was even more surprising. He didn't get it anymore. What was going on?

Deidara inched closer as he kept kissing Itachi, before his eyes fluttered open and he realized once again what he was doing. He pulled away, once again bright red.

"..I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm s... wait.. why did you kiss back?" Deidara asked frowning.

Itachi was red too now.

"...Yeah." He then said. He didn't knew if he wanted Deidara to know.

"But why..?" Deidara asked. He suddenly looked hopeful as he stared at Itachi intensely again.

"..Well.. Deidara I don't want to rush things, but.. I think we're going to be in history books." Itachi then said. Deidara should know. "...I think I feel the same as you do. We might be one of the first ones who well.. you know. Found the ones both hearts long to."

Deidara was silent now as he stared at Itachi in utter shock. He wasn't able to say anything for at least a minute.

"..W-well.. you 'think' or you 'know'?" He asked, stuttering a little. That was a little overwhelming.

"...I know." Itachi said. The moment he had said it, he knew it was really true. He and Deidara belonged together. Although he didn't even knew him, his heart didn't want anything else but being with Deidara.

"W-well I'm a little... confused now." Deidara said thinking. ".. I didn't think that ever happened.."

"Me neither." Itachi said, as he shook his head. "To be honest, I didn't really want to meet you. Because of my position, I don't want people growing close to me. Others might misuse those relationships."

"Oh. So maybe I should go then?" Deidara said. It was obvious he was disappointed to hear that.

"You know as much as I do that I don't want that." Itachi said, as he shook his head. "I was afraid of meeting you because I knew I wouldn't be able to say no to you, and the bond would exist. It would have been better if we had never met."

Deidara now glared at Itachi and then got up.

"Well if that's how you feel, pretend we never did." He snapped, obviously upset about those words.

"I just don't want you to be in danger because of who I am." Itachi said, as he glared back at Deidara.

Deidara let out an angry laugh.

"Oh how nice of you." He snapped. "I've gotten myself in more danger then you could ever bring me. 'I' am glad we met, but you are obviously not. So forget about it."

"Don't blame me for not knowing things you never told me." Itachi said.

"Yes well now that you know you can't possibly put me in more danger then I would myself, what do you wanna do?" Deidara asked, not calmed down at all, but at least trying to keep his cool.

"It would be my responsibility to keep you safe and I would feel horrible if you'd be hurt." Itachi said.

Deidara rolled his eyes and sat down in front of Itachi.

"Well I just told you I put myself in danger all the time and there is nothing you are gonna do about that. I'm not your pet, I am nobody's responsibility. I asked you what you wanna do with this, so answer it." He said.

"I don't know ok." Itachi said. "You're not the only one confused here."

"Well I know what I wanna do." Deidara said and huffed. Itachi really was annoying.

"Which is?" Itachi asked.

"I wanna get to know you. And I wanna make sure you're getting out of here." Deidara said.

"What's the use in getting to know me while you're going to help me escape?" Itachi asked.

"Because I'm gonna go with you of course." Deidara said, once again rolling his eyes. He then suddenly tapped his fist softly on Itachi's head. "Are you sure there is something in there?"

Itachi just gave Deidara a glare now.

Deidara smirked now.

"It was just a joke. But I am coming with you." Deidara said. "I don't like it here anyway."

"You really don't fit in here." Itachi commented.

"You don't even know me, so how can you tell." Deidara said.

"Well you're everything but evil, the others are." Itachi said, shrugging.

"I guess... Well it's not a coincidence the boss and the others don't like me hm." Deidara said smirking.

"I can understand." Itachi said, nodding. "And your family?"

"They all died." Deidara said. "I don't have family anymore."

"So you were adopted or were you raised by them, here?" Itachi asked.

"I was raised here, but I was four when they died." Deidara answered. "The rest just tried raising me. Guess they failed hm." He laughed a little.

"You probably have a strong will." Itachi said, nodding. He moved his fingers a little. They were getting numb because Deidara hadn't really been soft on tying him up.

Deidara noticed it and then undid Itachi of his ropes, leaning closer to Itachi to reach it.

"Maybe." He said. "Sorry for tying you up."

"Doesn't matter." Itachi said and then grabbed Deidara and pulled him on top of him. A flush of lust went through him as he moved Deidara to sit onto his lap, and kissed him roughly. What was happening to him?

Deidara gave out a soft moan as Itachi did this and instinctively put his arms around Itachi's neck and sat down better. He started kissing back now, never having expected Itachi would do something like this.

Itachi moved his hands through Deidara's long hair. He'd never, ever felt so attracted to someone. It was like he had been hit by something and had fallen in love with Deidara within a second. He kissed Deidara even deeper, wanting to feel everything and wanting to taste him as good as possible.

Deidara held Itachi's back tightly, almost digging nails in his flesh. He closed his eyes and kissed back, liking the taste of Itachi. It was a little weird that they did this so soon, but who cared.

Itachi kept kissing Deidara until he heard some footsteps. He quickly broke the kiss.

"Quickly, tie me up again and act like nothing happened." He then said. He frowned. Shit, was he that protective already?

Deidara looked at Itachi a little flustered, but then did as Itachi said and bound him up again. He then got up and looked angry.

"Well that is all you'll get today." He said, hoping to fool the person walking into the dungeons.

"But I'm still not on full energy." Itachi complained, just when a guard passed the cell.

"Well tough luck, you are not supposed to be on full energy. Now stop your whining." Deidara snapped. When he saw the guard stopping in front of the cell, Deidara glared at him.

"What do you want asshole?" He asked annoyed.

"Wow calm down, jeez." The guard said as he continued walking, grumbling something about Deidara getting angry too fast.

Deidara glared at the guy leaving and once he was sure the guard would not come back, he practically jumped back on top of Itachi, kissing him. That guy was too irresistible.

Itachi smirked as he kissed Deidara back again. Hm. Perhaps his stay here wouldn't be that unpleasant.