"It's because of me right, un?" Deidara asked her once again.
Akira shook her head.
"No no! It's not because of you!"
Deidara grinned.
"You're lying… —Akira blushed— It's written all over your face, you know, un."
Akira scratched her head.
"Ehehehehe…"
Deidara somewhat smiled when he saw Akira acting like the little girl he met years before. He then placed an arm around her. Akira blushed even more.
"Deidara…" He heard Akira whispered his name.
"Hmm?"
"I do really…like you…"
Deidara smiled once more.
"I know you do…"
Akira then buried her face into cloak.
"I can't believe I'm that obvious…" He heard her mumbling.
Akira heard Deidara chuckling.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing, un. You're acting like a kid."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Deidara didn't reply. Instead, he cupped Akira's chin and looked at her. Akira wasn't looking at him but at the floor.
She was clueless on what he was going to say to her and she didn't want to blush even more.
"Akira…"
"Hmm?" Still not looking at him.
"Look at me, un."
"Hmm? —looks at Deidara— Why do I have to—" She was about to say 'look at you' when Deidara pulled her closer to him and gave her a kiss on the lips.
At first, Akira didn't want this to happen but then again since she loves Deidara so much that she didn't want them to end their kiss…right here, right now…
Moments later, Deidara decided to break the kiss.
"Akira…I like you too…" She heard him whispering in her ear.
Akira looked at him, smiling.
"I have always wondered…why you gave me that clay figurine…" She said, blushing.
Deidara smiled.
"Didn't I tell that already back then?"
"Yeah, you did. But I want to know what you really meant...there might be some other reason...a deeper reason..."
"Truthfully, I gave you one because: 1) The reason I told you years before and, 2) I found you as a person who truly wanted to be a friend unlike most of the other kids before, un."
"And…why is that?"
"These hands of mine…they're not ordinary. And you know how kids were…always teasing kids who possess something uncommon…"
"…yet you still gave them clay figurines."
Deidara nodded. "I wanted to reach out to them, but I failed."
"But you've got me."
"Yeah…but back then…one wasn't enough. But now, you are enough."
Akira smiled and gave him a kiss on the lips.
"That's so sweet." She said to him with a grin, "Let's change the topic now…"
"Hmm? What do you mean, un?" Deidara asked.
"Should I stay here and be on your side? I mean…on the Akatsuki's side?"
"Of course. Why do you ask? Don't you want to stay here…with me?"
"Of course I do. Why wouldn't I? I always dreamed of seeing you again… —lays herself on bed—…and making myself confess what I feel about you…"
Deidara smiled. He then climbed to bed and was on top of her.
"It's good that you confessed…now or never…" He said to her.
"Aishiteru…" Akira whispered to him, smiling.
"Aishiteru, un…" Deidara said in return as he took off her blouse.
