WD: First, Thank you all for the reviews! I'm getting a lot of positive feedback. :) Thank you for reading and reviewing. Warning, there is swearing Hidan again. I also thought this chapter wasn't as good as others, but I did write it at midnight. :D Enjoy.
Disclaimers: Naruto characters and themes belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Original character(s), themes, and inanimate object belong to me.
Chapter 7
The masked boy woke up. He was always an early riser, so he didn't expect his two friends to be awake yet. When he looked over, however, what met his eye was also unexpected. The girl's arms were around the blond boys neck, while his arms were situated around her waist. Their bodies were pressed against each other. Tobi fought the urge to laugh, or giggle, because he had come up with a brilliant plan. He silently stood up and tiptoed to the door.
He walked to the dorm or his nearest friend first, which happened to be Itachi. However, the older Uchiha was definitely not a morning person and glared holes into Tobi until he was gone and out of site.
The next house he tried was Kisame. He knocked and heard some movement and a crash. Kisame answered the door. He had obviously just woken up.
"Tobi? What are you doing here so early?" he asked.
"Tobi wanted everyone to see something really funny," Tobi whispered, as if the two back in Deidara's dorm could hear him. Kisame noticed Tobi's quiet voice.
"What did you want to show everyone?" Kisame asked suspiciously.
"Kari-chan and Deidara-sempai fell asleep together," Tobi said, giggling. Kisame couldn't fight the grin that appeared. He grabbed a nearby sweater and closed his door behind him without a word.
"Who are we getting next?"
They went to get Hidan next. Tobi had asked about Kakuzu or Sasori, but Kisame told him that those two wouldn't come, like Itachi hadn't. After they knocked on Hidan's door they heard loud curses and banging. The door flew open.
"What the fuck are you two doing here so fucking early!?" Hidan exclaimed.
"Kari-chan and Deidara are asleep," Kisame started.
"SO!?"
"Together," Kisame finished. Hidan stopped yelling, a smirk slowly making it's way onto his face.
"I'll get the camera."
By the time they got back to Deidara's dorm, after getting Zetsu as well, it had been an hour, making the current time 6:30. Tobi opened the door quietly and the others had to hold in their laughter.
Kari felt unusually comfortable. She was sleeping on the floor…how was she comfortable? She forced her eyes open and was surprised by what she saw. A mass of blond hair? Who did she know with blond…Diedara? She felt a pair of arms shift in their sleep. The arms were around her waist. Her body went rigid. She knew this would happen! Only, she was hoping it wouldn't be Deidara she was sleeping on top of. It would have been less weird if it had been Tobi. Oh well, no one was going to see right? She heard a muffled giggle. Tobi. Of course Tobi would see. She tried to move, but the arms around her waist tightened. Her breath quickened. 'Ok Kari. You can do this. All you have to do is wake Diedara up,' she thought, trying to calm herself down. She moved part of his hair so she could see his ear.
"Deidara. Wake up," she whispered. She heard him groan and shift as he woke up.
"H'mm?" he mumbled as his eyes fluttered open.
Deidara expected something would be wrong when he woke up after having Tobi sleep over, but he never expected this. Kari was lying on top of him. His arms were around her waist. As if that wasn't bad enough, Hidan, Kisame, Zetsu, and Tobi were all in the room. He felt his face go scarlet and his arms flew off of her. As soon as his arms had left her waist Kari was sitting next to him in a flash, no longer on top of him.
"So, how did you two sleep?" Hidan asked with a smirk. Kisame burst out laughing, while Zetsu just stared at them amused. Tobi began to giggle as well. Kari and Deidara's faces were completely red.
"I-I…uh, I didn't mean…it was…I'm sorry," Kari mumbled out, not able to complete a sentence, her face going more and more red every second. It hadn't been just Tobi in the room. Kisame, Hidan, and Zetsu were there as well. Deidara didn't reply. He couldn't. What was he supposed to say? Kari turned to the laughing Kisame, Hidan, and giggling Tobi.
"I roll in my sleep…so it was my fault. I didn't expect…this though," she mumbled, standing up. Hidan, trying and failing to stifle his laughing, put a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, it's all good. This is the best morning wakeup call I've ever had," he said. Kisame, also trying and failing to stop laughing, turned to Deidara.
"I think Deidara might agree with you Hidan," he stated. Deidara and Kari turned, if it was possible, even more red, while Hidan howled with laughter. Kari stood up.
"I'm going to go get changed now," she said quickly and bolted to the bathroom. The four intruders turned to the blond, currently situated in a heap on the floor.
"What, h'mm??"
"How'd you sleep Deidara?" Kisame asked with a grin. Deidara glared at them…then came to a realization. None of them would have seen, or even known about this, they didn't live with him. Plus, none of them, besides Zetsu, woke up this early. That only brought him to one conclusion.
"TOBI, H'MM!!" Deidara lunged at the masked boy in an attempt to kill. Tobi moved out of the way, while Deidara continued to kill the boy. In one final attempt, Deidara jumped at Tobi. The next series of events were coincidental, and brought Hidan and Kisame to the ground, crying they were laughing so hard.
Because Deidara had been chasing Tobi around, they had, unknowingly, gotten closer to the bathroom. In the final attempt, Deidara had jumped at Tobi, who's quick reflexes allowed him to get out of the way in time. Kari, having just been changing in the bathroom, conveniently came out of the bathroom at that exact moment. Deidara, who didn't have time to react, crashed into her.
The two found themselves in a very awkward position for the second time that morning. Kari was on her back, her arms pinned above her head. Deidara was situated above her, pinning her hands above her head. His legs were between hers. Their faces were mere centimetres apart.
There was silence for a moment before Hidan and Kisame broke into uncontrollable fits of laughter. Tobi was giggling from his hiding spot, and Zetsu just grinned. Kari and Deidara's faces turned scarlet. Deidara flew off of the girl. Kari lay there for a moment, still in shock of what happened. Deidara turned to the four intruders.
"Ok, that's it, h'mm. Everyone OUT, h'mm!!"
After the morning commotion, the six teens finally made it away from the boys' dorms. They had decided that they were going to go hang around the shopping district for a while. Neither Deidara nor Kari said anything to each other and walked the furthest apart.
The group had started at the arcade, the awkwardness leaving the blond and the girl for that short while, before it returned when they left the game house.
Their next stop was the shopping mall, courtesy of Tobi. They didn't really shop for much, until they came to an art store. The awkwardness had lifted, once again, due to the fact that both Kari a Deidara demanded they enter the store.
As Kari stared longingly at the paints, Tobi came up behind her.
"Kari-chan likes Deidara-sempai, doesn't she?" he asked. Kari jumped at his voice.
"Of course I do. He is my friends after all," she replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Tobi wagged his finger.
"Not that kind of like, Kari-chan," he stated. Kari stared blankly at him, not interpreting his meaning at all. Tobi sighed as he realized he wasn't getting anywhere with the girl and so changed the topic.
"Kari-chan wants to buy paints?" he asked. Kari smiled sadly.
"I want to buy some, the problem is I can't."
Deidara had browsed through and bought some clay, the non-explosive kind. It would keep his art teacher happy at least, and it was good for modeling. He also bought extra things, such as pencils and sketchbooks to draw plans for future creations. He didn't use that kind of stuff often, but enough so that he needed new supplies every now and then.
As he was looking around the store for the others, he heard parts of a conversation.
"Kari-chan wants to buy paints?" he heard Tobi ask. Deidara stopped from behind his shelf and listened.
"I want to buy some, the problem is I can't," he heard the girl reply.
"How come?" Tobi asked again.
"I don't have the money," Kari replied, not really caring much.
"Tobi will buy some for Kari-chan!!" Tobi exclaimed. Kari laughed slightly.
"No thanks Tobi, I'll survive without them," she replied.
The group had met up after the art store and gone shopping around the rest of the mall. Kari had insisted on going into a bookstore, and later Tobi had persisted they go to a pet store. Zetsu had wanted to go to a Greenhouse, and they had to practically drag Kisame out of a weapons store. They left the shopping district to go to the beach later than they had originally thought. It was around six in the evening. They went there anyways.
The beach was vacant. No one was there. Who would be? It was the middle of October. Kisame made his way to the water. Hidan sat down on the shore. Zetsu sat by a tree and Tobi went from person to person, talking absently about random things. That left Deidara and Kari. They sat on the shore beside each other in silence. Kari was the first to break it.
"So, um…I'm sorry about this morning," she stated.
"Why are you sorry, h'mm?" he asked.
"Cause if I didn't roll in my sleep, we would never have ended up…like we…were," she replied, trailing off at the end.
"It's fine, h'mm. They'll forget about it soon anyway, h'mm," he stated, waving his hand in dismissal. He obviously didn't really want to stay on the subject. Silence ensued once again. Kari broke it yet again.
"Deidara-kun?"
"H'mm?"
"I was wondering…"
"Yeah?"
"You know how you said that I could learn jutsus too?"
"Yeah…"
"Well, I was wondering…if you could, um, teach me? The basic ones at least," she asked shyly. He stared at her then turned his head, smirking to himself.
"I could, yes, h'mm," he stated. "I have the ability to teach you jutsus, h'mm." She rolled her eyes and let out a small laugh.
"Will you teach me?" she asked. He chuckled.
"Sure, why not, h'mm. It could be fun," he replied and grinned at her. She smiled back. Silence returned, only Kari didn't break it this time. She leaned her head on his shoulder. He just looked ahead.
"Thanks Deidara-kun," she stated.
"You know you can drop the 'kun' thing, h'mm," he said. She grinned to herself.
"That's true. I have the ability to 'drop the 'kun' thing'," she retorted, giggling to herself. Deidara looked down at her.
"Will you drop it, h'mm?" he asked her, grinning himself.
"Sure, whatever you want," she replied. Silence captured the two again. Deidara laid his head onto hers as well.
"Thank you Deidara."
When they left the beach, it was nearly dark. As they returned towards the dorms, Kari bid them goodnight and returned to her dorm, no dry presumably. The other five walked towards the boys' dorms. Finally, Hidan turned to Deidara.
"Soooo, I see you've got something goin' with the new girl," he said teasingly with a smirk. Deidara glared at him, going slightly red.
"I haven't the slightest idea with you mean Hidan, h'mm," Deidara growled. Hidan's smirk grew.
"Oh, I think you do. First this morning you two are fuckin' on top of each other. Then later at the beach. I know I saw something goin on there. Don't even try to deny it!"
"First of all, this morning was an accident, h'mm. Then at the beach…what the hell are you going on about at the beach, h'mm?" Deidara asked, honestly confused.
"I think he means how you two sat together, talking. Then she put her head on your shoulder, and you put your head on hers. Hidan isn't the only one thinking something's going on between you," Kisame explained. Deidara was beet red now. Not from embarrassment, or anything of the sort, oh no. He was angry now.
"First of all," he took a deep breath. "THERE IS NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING GOING ON BETWEEN US, h'mm!!"
"Secondly?" Tobi asked. Deidara just glared at him.
"Look, whatever you saw earlier was either accidental, or something called friendly interaction or something, h'mm. We are just friends, and I DON'T have feelings greater than that, h'mm. Just. Friends."
"Friends my ass," Hidan muttered.
"ARGH!! How is it that Tobi can hug her and do stuff with her and no one thinks anything different, h'mm?? No one accuses HIM of liking her, h'mm!!"
"Tobi isn't you Deidara," Kisame said, putting an arm around his shoulder. "You are way more fun to tease." Deidara screeched at them before stomping off to his dorm. The other four chuckled at his antics.
"Deidara-sempai is pretty oblivious, isn't he?" Tobi stated. The others nodded.
"He really fucking is," Hidan agreed.
"Tobi thinks that Deidara-sempai and Kari-chan would be good together, but…neither of them will ever notice their feelings," Tobi stated.
"Must you always point out the obvious Tobi?" Kisame asked. Tobi was silent. The others knew what THAT meant. It wasn't a good thing, either.
"TOBI HAS AN IDEA!!" Hidan and Kisame groaned. Zetsu just rolled his eyes.
"What is it Tobi?" white Zetsu asked.
"Tobi is going to bring Kari-chan and Deidara-sempai together!!"
"You are going to play matchmaker?" Kisame asked. Tobi nodded vigorously. Hidan shook his head.
"If I didn't feel bad for that blond fucker, I do now." The other two silently agreed as Tobi planned out what he would do to get his two friends together.
