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Impossible Love
Chapter Ten
One and one makes… three.
Sakura, Tenten and Hinata were sitting just outside of their school on the sidewalk. They were chattering away and waiting for their boys to get out of their classes, who had promised to meet them there. They still had to tell Deidara about Neji and Tenten. Naruto would probably already know, since he was still friends with Neji.
"Hey, there they are." Tenten nudged Sakura, who looked up.
Deidara and Naruto came out of the school together, yammering away to each other in the fastest way possible. They were both grinning. Deidara looked up, seeing the pink haired teen wave at them and motion for them to come over. He and Naruto both waved back totally hyper and walked towards the three girls.
"Hey Hinata, does Deidara-kun already know you and Naruto are officially dating now?" Sakura asked. Hinata blushed.
"I- I don't know, I didn't tell him, b-but maybe Naruto-kun did…"
The boys had reached them, and Deidara immediately flopped down next to Sakura, pulling her in a tight hug.
"Hello my love, whom I love beyond all reason!!" He exclaimed happily. "LOOOOOOVE!!"
"I didn't give him cookies, I swear!" Naruto quickly said, looking innocent.
Tenten and Hinata both laughed, and Sakura hugged Deidara back, smiling.
Naruto sat down as well, giving Hinata a smile. She blushed more, but smiled back shyly.
"Okay, Dei-kun, there are two things you need to know. Maybe you already know the first one…" Sakura mumbled.
"Un?" Deidara held her hand, looking at her.
"One." Sakura raised her other hand – which he wasn't holding – and put up one finger. "Naruto and Hinata are officially a couple!"
"Yeah, I know…" Deidara nodded at Naruto. "He wouldn't shut up about it…"
"Told you Sakura!" Tenten said with a laugh, while Hinata just blushed. As usual.
"Yeah yeah, whatever." Sakura rolled her eyes, and put another finger up. "For number two."
Deidara looked at his girlfriend. All the others were so eager to see his reaction that no one had noticed Neji walking up to them, now standing behind Deidara.
"Tenten…" Sakura started. "… Is dating Neji."
Deidara stood up so suddenly that his head banged on the underside of Neji's chin, causing Hinata's cousin to stumble backwards.
Naruto and Tenten burst out in laughter. Hinata gasped, and Sakura jumped up, worried about Deidara immediately.
Deidara rubbed his soar head, slightly dizzy. Neji held his chin (Inner Sakura was laughing SO HARD because he TOTALLY was going to have a bruise there) and glared at Tenten.
"Thanks for the support, Tenten." He mumbled, since his girlfriend was crying of laughter.
Sakura gently kissed the top of Deidara's head. "Are you alright?"
"Mm-hmm…" Came the reply while he sat down again.
"Neji you're SUCH a klutz!" Sakura scolded, to which Neji choose not to reply.
Deidara sniffed cutely, earning an 'aww' from the girls and a 'tsk' from Neji.
"Okay, I know you guys don't really get along, because, well, Neji was a fucking asshole…" Sakura started. Neji glared at her.
"What?" She asked offended, but smiled again. "But now he opened his eyes! And. You should shake hands and make up."
Tenten applauded, still grinning, and Hinata was awkwardly quiet, exchanging looks with Naruto that showed they were totally not listening to the conversation.
For a moment, Deidara and Neji stared at Sakura like she had asked them to marry each other. Then, they both stood slowly. Deidara was literally towering over the younger boy. Well, their age difference was 5 years.
Deidara put his hand out from under his Akatsuki coat, holding it out to Neji. Neji slowly took his hand, and shook it. They both let go 'surprisingly' fast.
Sakura smiled at Deidara, her way of thanking him, and he smiled back, his fullest 'just for Sakura' smile.
"Pleased?" Neji asked Tenten.
"Pleased!" She smiled brightly. "Hug!!"
He flopped down next to her, wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing her deeply. They were immediately in their own world, causing the other four to sweat-drop. Honestly…
When they had finally broke apart for a brief moment, Deidara scraped his throat.
"Neji-san… Tenten-san…" He looked at them, before turning his head. "Hinata-sama… Naruto-kun…" They blinked at him, as he turned to meet the last one.
"Sakura-chan…"
She looked at him, a questioning look in her eyes. The wind blew through her bubblegum pink strands, and again, Deidara admired how goddamned beautiful she was. He thanked everything alive for meeting her. She completed him. And that was the way he never wanted it to end. That was the way he wanted to live his life. And he smiled broadly.
"GROUP HUG!!!!" He yelled loudly.
Sakura, Tenten, and Naruto immediately joined, but the two Hyuuga's both had totally different reasons for not joining (Ego, and shyness, perhaps…) Tenten grabbed her boyfriend's sleeve and pulled him in the hug, while Naruto pulled Hinata in, even though he acted way more gentle then Tenten had done.
"Neji!!! Smile!" Deidara grinned like an idiot. "Come on!!!"
Neji showed a pained smirk slash smile.
"He must love me a lot to go through this…" Tenten whispered to Sakura with a huge grin.
"Tenten!" Sakura elbowed her playfully.
"COME ON, that's no smile!!!!" Deidara smiled hugely. Neji sighed, and opened his mouth to say something, when he suddenly had a big ass, dazed smile on his face.
Tenten pulled unnoticed her hand out of his shirt again, whistling innocently.
"That's BET-TER!" Deidara was still grinning.
"Whoo!" Tenten danced a small circle around the others. "Let's buy some snacks after school together for the males and hang out, Hinata, Pinky!"
"Pinky!?" Sakura yelled. "Hear who calls names, Bun-girl!"
"Argh! Cookie-freak!" Tenten threw back.
"VIRGIN!!!" Sakura ended it.
"Ouch, you win." Tenten faked a pout.
"Whoo! I WIN!" Sakura danced, while Tenten sighed.
"Yeah, next time I'll get you back!" Quickly, she added under her breath, "Pinky."
Deidara, Naruto and Neji exchanged glances. Girls.
The school bell made all of them look up, and Tenten cried out in horror.
"NOOOO! I DON'T WANT TO HAVE LESSONS! SAVE ME!" She desperately flung her arms around Hinata, who gasped.
"T-Tenten-… Cant-… Breath!" She managed to say.
Luckily, Naruto saved her from her fate.
Neji and Tenten had classes together, just like Naruto and Hinata, but Deidara and Sakura – obviously – not. So when Naruto and Neji told each other bye and Tenten and Hinata hugged, Deidara took the chance to kiss his girl deeply.
"I'll see you tonight?" He asked, a playful sparkling in his eyes and a smile tugging at his lips. Sakura giggled slightly before kissing him again.
"Pick me up at 7."
The fact that Hyuuga Neji had dumped Watanabe Ami for an unknown person like Tenten, seemed to interest very much people at their school. Also, Sakura's 'speech' to Hinata had helped the Hyuuga-heir a lot. They didn't to much in public, but if you paid attention, you could often see Naruto take Hinata's hand without making her blush.
It was almost the end of the school year, and there were some important tests coming up, causing the time Deidara and Sakura had left together wasn't much as at. After all, Deidara was doing his finals. Each time they saw each other in the hallway from school, Deidara would smile widely at Sakura, and she would smile back, slightly blushing, and hurry to class.
She just thought everything was amazing.
Sakura did her best to avoid Sasuke as much as possible, because she knew he wanted to talk to her. She made sure they were never alone. But she couldn't keep on avoiding him forever.
"Lab partners for the exams in May." Kakashi-sensei announced in class, picking up some papers. The whole class groaned. If Kakashi assigned lab partners, it never turned out good. They knew it from experience.
Sakura listened to the names, waiting until her name came up. It seemed that Kakashi-sensei had coupled boys with girls this time. And mostly people who hated each other. Who would she end up with…?
"Haruno Sakura." Kakashi-sensei finally said. Sakura looked up at once. "And Uchiha Sasuke."
Sakura groaned. Now way! That would mean weeks alone together with Sasuke!
"Did I forget anyone?" Kakashi-sensei joked. "Okay then. If everyone would like to switch places so you're sitting next to your new partner…"
Sakura slowly stood up and grabbed her stuff together. She made her way to the class (which had became one big chaos finding their seats) and slowly sat down next to the raven haired boy.
"Hi." Sasuke said, leaning his chin in the palm of his hand.
"Hi." Sakura replied nervously. 'Please don't mention our date please don't mention our date please don't mention our date…' She thought desperately.
"If you are all seated," their sensei tried to yell over the noise. "Then open your books at page 114 and get working. Don't forget to wear safety-coats and -glasses."
Sakura and Sasuke opened their books in silence, both lost in their own thoughts. They got the coats and glasses, and other things they needed, and started working.
Sakura looked at the title, which said; 'How to make liquorice'.
'Liquorice, hm?' She thought. 'I could use that now…'
"If you get the water boiling, then I make the holder." Sasuke said, pulling her out of her thoughts. It was frustrating to see how he still looked handsome while wearing ugly protection glasses and an old, gross coat.
"Okay…" Sakura quickly got working, but kept an eye on Sasuke.
He didn't look different. Actually he looked the same as always; calm and serious. And uninterested in everything that wouldn't do any good to him.
Suddenly, he looked up.
"Is there something on my face or something?"
"N- no." Sakura quickly shook her head. "I didn't mean t-to stare at you. Sorry."
Sasuke frowned slightly, but turned back to whatever he was doing in the first place anyway.
Just when Sakura wanted to sigh of relief, Sasuke spoke up again.
"How's Deidara doing?"
She froze to the spot. 'Here you go, Sakura.' She thought. 'You had to tell him right away you didn't like him!'
"Look, Sasuke-san. If this is about what happened between us…" She muttered quietly.
"I would've liked it if you told me you weren't interested instead of going out with me." He replied coolly.
"I didn't know you like me!" Sakura hissed tensed. "I totally didn't understand why you took me to the movies until the very end, Sasuke!"
He suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled her close. When he saw her shocked, confused face he let her go and nodded at to the table.
"You were burning your hands off," he explained.
"Sasuke, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." Sakura said sighing. "I'm an idiot, I know."
"You're not an-" He started.
"Let me finish." She interrupted. "I am an idiot. It's just that I never in my life had to deal with theses things, you know? And I didn't react the way I was supposed to. I'm sorry. I hope you can forgive me."
"… Hn." Sasuke gave the slightest hint of a smile. "Sure."
"Thanks." Sakura smiled back.
"Okay, time's up!" Kakashi suddenly said. "And yes folks, this was for a grade, so prepare yourself."
Sakura groaned loudly. So far her good grades for this subject.
Sakura's POV
A couple of days later, I was lying on my bed, making my homework. Well… trying to.
I had the computer turned on, and secretly waited for Deidara to get online. I didn't know why he wasn't, maybe he wasn't home or something, but hell.
Softly humming American Idiot, I crossed out some of my weak sentences in my essay about pregnancy. We were going through the subject with biology, and I had to pay real attention. After all, I want to be a doctor.
I looked at the clock, seeing it was 4 pm.
"I need to walk the dogs…" I muttered quietly against myself.
My eyes fell on the little note next to my clock. I had that for a long time hanging there now. It said at which time my menstruation had been last months, so I could know when I was it again. So that next time I could be 'prepared'.
Suddenly, I frowned. I looked from the note to the date on my calendar.
That was strange… I was late for one week. That never happened before.
My pen dropped on the ground when a sudden thought hit me. I stared at the essay about pregnancy with huge eyes.
Oh my fucking god… What had I done.
How could I have forgotten about such an important thing? How could I be such an IDIOT!?
I stormed down the stairs and went out, grabbing my bike. I had to talk to Deidara, right now.
What was most stupid, is that I could have prevented it. I didn't remind him for nothing before I let it happen. He didn't ask me for nothing before I let it happen.
Panting, I sped around the corner, almost biking into two people who were crossing the street. I didn't even take my time to apologise to them. I had bigger problems then that.
What would Hinata, Neji and Tenten say? What would Ino say? Or Temari? 'We were right all along'? Just because of my mistake?
What would my parents say? Or the bitches from school; Ami, Kyra and Jade?
Everyone would see me as a whore.
But mostly, mostly I wondered what Deidara would say. Maybe he'd ditch me immediately, not wanting to share my problem which actually was his too. Maybe he'd even be happy.
Oh god, what a stupid thought. This wasn't anything to be happy about. Maybe if we were older and married; yes, then it would be something to be happy about. But not now. Now it could destroy our lives.
Glad that I had arrived at his house, I threw my bike against the wall and rang his doorbell longer then necessary. Finally, the door opened. Hidan looked down on me.
"Sakura?" He said surprised.
"I –pant– need to –pant– speak to –pant– Deidara-kun!" I said, trying to catch my breath.
He frowned. "He isn't home."
"What?"
"I don't know where he went, but he left like, one hour ago… Seriously."
"Great!" I turned around and jumped back on my bike.
"Wait!" Hidan took a step outside. "What's wrong?"
"Tell him I need to talk to him!" With that, I sped off.
What a fucking timing! I needed to talk to him more then ever and he was nowhere to be seen!
Tenten. I had to talk to Tenten. Hinata just wasn't the person to talk with about these things. Luckily Tenten lived near Deidara.
When I stood on the doorstep, I was glad to see Tenten opening the door.
"I was just about to call you up." Tenten said. "You didn't answer anymore on MSN."
"Tenten." I bit my lip. "Are your parents home?"
"Nope, home alone. Is this something serious?"
"Hell yeah. We need to talk."
She nodded and let me in, closing the door behind us. We walked to her living room and fell down on the couch.
"What's up?" Tenten asked when we were settled. I swallowed.
"I… I just figured out… That I'm late."
"That you're-" Her brown eyes widened and she stared at me, shocked.
"Does this mean that you're… That you're…?"
I nodded.
"I think I'm pregnant, Tenten."
Deidara's POV
I had gotten home later than I had hope, because I saw something, something that reminded me of how much I felt for Sakura.
The beautiful light pink jewelled ring shone from the window and caught my eye instantly. I looked into the window just as the shop assistant opened a small door from the inside and took the ring out, and I ran inside to see who could be wanting it.
Kyra and Jade stood there, and at the till was the infamous Ami…
I almost glared at them when I saw the assistant gave the ring over to her, and felt my jaw drop as Ami looked at it and nodded as if to say, 'Yeah, that's the one I want…'
I felt myself wander over to them, looking like I was in there to but myself a ring or something, but felt them look at me so I glanced up.
"What? I got something on my face, un?"
Kyra blushed and looked away, but Ami smiled. Obviously, she STILL liked me, despite having me throw things at her and bite her and hit her. Funny really, I could probably kill her and she'd still come back to say, "Hey Deidara…" as she did right there.
"Ami…" I gave a nod, not wanting to start anything while she gave me another sickening smile.
"That's a nice ring… You buying it?" I decided to ask. The look on her face told me she was thinking up an answer quickly, hoping to get me to like her.
"Yes. It's beautiful isn't it?" She tried.
I nodded, and added, "Mind if I have it?"
She looked… shocked, to say the least.
"Please?"
I gave my best kicked-puppy look, and she fell for it, showing the ring to me.
"H-here…"
I took it with a smile. "Arigatou…" I paid the man and left, leaving a VERY confused Ami standing ring-less in the middle of the store.
As I walked home, I thought, 'I hope Sakura likes it...' Quietly, I opened and closed the door, and walked up the stairs in total silence, wrapped up in my thoughts, until…
"Hey! Dei-chan!!"
I looked up and walked right into Hidan, causing me to fell on the floor.
"What Hidan?!" Although he looked surprised by me shouting at him, he coughed slightly and continued.
"Sakura came by earlier looking for you…"
I stood up suddenly. "WHAT??!!??!"
He looked almost scared now.
"I-I told her you weren't here… I think you should call her… It seemed pretty important…"
I looked at the silver haired man in front of me, for this precious information I would have kissed him, if I were gay.
"Thanks Hidan…" He watched me pass him, and spoke just as I was opening the door to my room.
"What's that in your hand?"
"A box…" I felt my cheeks burn.
"Well what's in it?"
"A ring…"
"What for?"
"Sakura…"
"Why?"
I paused… I turned to face him, and Hidan blinked at me with those light pink eyes. I had trusted him with almost everything that went on between myself and Sakura, why not this?
"I-… I'm going to ask her to marry me…" I told him slowly.
It was his turn to blush now. I smiled and, surprisingly, he smiled back.
"Good for you kid…"
Normal POV
Sakura lay on her back on Tenten's bed and stared at the ceiling. Tenten had gone downstairs to get some food for them while they waited for Deidara to call. Sakura's mobile was in her hand while she waited.
Suddenly, the ringtone I Climb from Thousand Foot Krutch filled the room. Sakura's heart started beating three times faster. The only one who she had given that special ringtone was Deidara…
Tenten walked back into the room, a bottle of coke in her left hand and a bag of cookies in her right hand.
"Shouldn't you take that one?" She asked Sakura, referring to the still ringing phone.
Sakura bit her lip, and after Tenten had put the food on her desk, Sakura quickly pushed her mobile in Tenten's hands.
"Tenten speaking." Tenten said with a sigh after picking up the phone.
There came no reply.
"Hellooo? Someone there?" Tenten continued, pressing the phone between her ear and shoulder while opening the bottle she brought.
A sigh was heard on the other side of the phone.
"I-is Sakura there?" Deidara's voice asked quietly.
"Yup, she is!" Tenten held the phone again and walked up to Sakura while talking. "I'll give her the phone. Bye Dei." She tried to give the phone to Sakura, who whimpered and tried to hide behind a pillow.
"Sakura!!" Tenten said annoyed, pulling the pillow away.
"I can't talk to him!!" Sakura said panicking. "He'll hate me forever!!"
"You can't avoid him, take the fucking phone Sakura!" Tenten yelled.
Deidara held the phone closer to his ear and bit his lip. 'Why would I hate her?…'
Slowly, Sakura accepted the mobile phone from Tenten. She took a shaky breath before holding it to her ear. "H-hello?"
"…Sakura…"
Deidara's voice made her even more nervous. She swallowed.
"Y-yes?"
It was quiet. Sakura looked at Tenten for a second before speaking again.
"Y-you spoke to Hidan-san, I guess…" She muttered.
"Un… I did…"
"W-well… I just n-needed to talk to you… uhh… It's just th-that I-"
"You cant tell him something like that over the phone, go to his house." Tenten interrupted Sakura.
"Sh-shut up, I'm having a conversation here Tenten!" Sakura tried to sound strong, but her voice was shaking, just like her hands. And the rest of her body…
"Take my word, if you'll tell it over the phone, you'll regret it." Tenten took a zip from the bottle of coke. Her brown eyes had never looked so serious. Sakura sighed, and nodded.
"D-Deidara-kun, can I come over to your place?...Please?"
"Yeah, of course…" Deidara sounded so sweet, Sakura almost burst into tears. "You want me to come pick you up?"
"Nah, i-it's fine. I'll be there in a minute. B-bye."
Sakura quickly closed her mobile phone and sighed. And to think of that wasn't even the hardest part…
Hidan was the one to open the door when Sakura rang the doorbell. He wasn't really looking at her; he paid more attention to the bandages he was wrapping around his wrist.
"Uhh…" Sakura glanced from his face to his wrist. "Can I come in?"
"Yeah…" Hidan said, sounding distracted. He stepped back, letting her in.
Sakura walked in and closed the door behind her, just when Hidan finished his wrist. He looked up at her and his eyes widened.
"S-Sakura…"
"… uh… Yes?" Sakura blinked, surprised to see a faint pink on Hidan's cheeks.
"Deidara's upstairs." Hidan said slowly.
"Thank you…" Sakura looked at him one last time before making her way upstairs, leaving him alone in the hallway.
She walked through the hallway until she was standing in front of Deidara's door. She took a deep breath. This was it.
Just when she raised her hand to knock, the door was pulled open and Deidara came running out, and he banged into her. They both fell on the ground, and Sakura groaned in discomfort.
"Oww… My ass…" She muttered.
"Sakura…chan?" Deidara stared at her for a moment, before standing up and offering his hand. She took it and let him pull her up.
"I- I think your housemate Hidan is crushing on your girlfriend…" She said quietly.
"He's not used to girls, un…" Deidara said, adding a small shrug. "Or any human contact for that matter…"
"Oh…" Sakura stared at her shoes. Deidara looked at her for a moment longer before gently touching her hand.
"You coming?"
She nodded, and followed him into his room. She sat down on the bed as he quietly closed the door, and after he had locked it, he sat down next to her and took her hand.
Sakura noticed it was far more easy to stare at her knees then look at his face.
"S-straight to the point, I guess…" She muttered.
"Sakura-chan…" Deidara lowered his head slightly, trying to look at her. "If you're not comfortable in saying it to me… I understand… that it's probably hard for you?"
"You have the right to know…" Sakura said, shaking her head. "I-… I'm just… very, very scared right now…" She sighed.
"… What is it?" Deidara asked, and he bit his lip.
"I-…" The grip on his hand tightened. "I'm-… l-late."
She begged all the gods that he understood what she meant, but to no avail. Deidara frowned confused.
'Late? What the hell?' He thought.
Sakura took up the courage to look at him and saw his confused expression.
"Deidara…" She looked off again. "That means that I-… That I'm p-pregnant…"
Deidara felt as if his brain had just exploded. He blinked a few times, staring at the smaller girl next to him.
She looked so scared, so vulnerable. Her teeth had sunken deep into her bottom lip, and her hands were trembling. He realized that she must've thought that he'd leave her, not wanting to share the trouble of a child.
Gently, he touched her cheek, turning her face to his. For a moment, he could do nothing but to gaze into the green eyes he loved so much. Then, he bended towards her and kissed her.
Sakura's eyes widened in surprise. Never had he kissed her with so much… meaning. Not in their first kiss, not in the kiss when they got together again at the dance. This kiss held a much greater meaning, making all her thoughts be wiped out of her mind for while it lasted. She closed her eyes and kissed him back, not even noticing the tears that she was spilling.
After not so long, Deidara pulled away, and he wiped the tears off her cheek.
"I love you Haruno Sakura…" He said softly. "Nothing will ever change my mind…"
"B-but…" Sakura looked off again, staring at the floor. "D-don't you realize what this would do to our lives? You're in your finals, you're twenty-one, y-you could start a family…! But- but I'm fourteen! I can't have a b-baby at this age, no matter how much I love you!"
She fell quiet and Deidara looked at her for a moment. He hadn't thought of it in that way yet.
"I see…" He said.
"A-and what would everyone say??" Sakura continued, her voice still shaking. "No good things f-for sure!"
Sakura looked back at him, and couldn't hold back a small gasp. He was staring at nothing, and his blue eyes were filled with hurt.
"Deidara-kun?" She asked softly, the guilt clearly in her voice.
"Hmm?" He replied, not looking at her.
"D-did I say something wrong?…" Sakura bit her lip so hard that she was drawing blood.
"N-no…" Deidara looked at her smaller hand in his.
'No big deal…' He thought. 'She's too young anyway… So… Why is it hurting me so much?'
"But-" Sakura tasted the blood, and sucked slightly on her bottom lip to stop the bleeding. Deidara looked at her.
"I just…" She continued. "I'm just not ready for… for a baby, Deidara-kun… I'm too young…"
Deidara looked off again. "I know…"
'He's…… Wait…' Sakura stared at him.
"… Deidara, look at me."
Deidara looked up, seeing her gaze at him, and when she spoke again, she sounded most serious.
"If you ignore everything; everyone around us, all the trouble it takes, my age… Would you want to keep it?"
Deidara bit his lip.
"Y-yes…" He said, his voice almost above a whisper.
Sakura didn't answer. She just stared at him.
'Oh shit!' Deidara thought shocked. 'Wrong answer!?!?'
"……Yes?…… Yes?…" Sakura blinked at him. He looked down.
'Great… I've done it now!' He thought.
"… You know that it would mean you have to… well… spend the rest of your life with me?"
Deidara opened his eyes again, looking up at her. She was crying again, but this time, it looked different. She looked like she was shocked, but amazed. He held her hand tighter while touching her cheek with his free hand.
"You have no idea how much I want to…" He told her, and lightly kissed her forehead.
'I want to keep it as well…' Sakura suddenly thought. 'B-but I just can't…'
Deidara hugged her close.
"I know we can't keep it, un… But… Maybe next time?"
Sakura couldn't help it but laugh softly, even though she was still crying. She nodded and hugged him back, while he absently stroked her hair.
Suddenly, he noticed she was trembling. She had pushed her face into his chest and held his shirt tightly. He felt her tears fall on his shirt.
"Sakura…" He said softly. Gently, he pulled her onto his lap and held her close, while letting her sob.
She looked up at him, wiping away her tears.
"I love you…" She whispered.
"I love you…" He repeated, still stroking her hair.
"When I go to the hospital…" She said. "You have to be there…"
"I will… I promise… On my life…"
With that, he softly kissed her. She sighed into the kiss, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck.
"Can I stay here?" She whispered into his lips.
"Of course." He smiled slightly. 'You will ALWAYS have a home here…'
"Thanks." Sakura sighed again.
"What's wrong, un?" He asked.
"I don't know." She gave a shrug, and he gently touched her chin.
"If there was something wrong… You'd tell me… Right?"
He looked at her, almost hopefully, and she nodded.
"Of course I would, Deidara-kun…"
"Good." He smiled again. "Cause I don't want to see you upset anymore, un."
"That means a lot to me." She said, smiling back.
"You mean a lot to me…" He told.
He kissed her again, and she kissed back, running a hand through his hair. For a moment, she doubted, but then reached out and untied his hair. He pulled away, shaking his long hair out of his eyes, and she blushed slightly, allowing her hands to travel through his hair.
He rested his face in her neck, and smiled slightly before sitting up.
"Ano… Sakura?"
"Yes?" She looked at him, blinking.
"Do you…" He paused. "… Want to go to the park?"
"Yeah, of course." She nodded, and he smiled.
'I'll ask her there…' He thought. 'No! Bad idea! She'll say no… She doesn't want the kid… Why would she want to be put up with me?'
Sakura stood up and reached for his hand again.
"Let's go then?"
"Yeah, un."
'This silence is awkward.' Inner Sakura said, crossing her arms in front of her chest, and for once, Sakura agreed with her inner.
Both Deidara nor Sakura hadn't spoken the whole walk to the park. Deidara had left his hair down after Sakura untied it, and she liked it better this way. He also carried a mysterious smile on his face, but he wouldn't say anything. Sakura shrugged, and decided to wait until he would say what was on his mind.
They walked down a path and Deidara let go of her hand, running a little ahead, and flopped down under a Sakura tree.
Sakura smiled when she recognised it, and slowly walked after him. He still had that smile on his face, a smile that wouldn't betray anything of his thoughts, but it still said more then a thousand words could.
She sat down next to him, letting him pull her closer, and leaned her head against his shoulder. She felt how he rested his head on hers lightly, and decided to say something.
"You had a reason for going to the park?" She asked.
"Yeah…" Deidara's smile faded and Sakura leaned back a little, so she could look at him.
"… And?" She encouraged.
Deidara's hand disappeared in his pocket and he bit his lip. Sakura frowned slightly.
'What is this all about anyway?' She thought. 'He's acting very strange…'
He smiled again and pulled his hand out of his pocket.
"S-Sakura?"
"… Yeah?" She blinked, wondering. She noticed Deidara was holding something.
"W-will you…" He said slowly.
'Will I… what?' Sakura thought.
Deidara showed her a little box, and desperately tried to keep eye contact.
"Will… Will you…"
'Just SAY IT!!!' He yelled against himself in his mind. God, he hadn't expected this to be so hard.
He opened the little box to reveal the beautiful white and golden ring. He saw Sakura's green eyes widen as she stared at it.
"Will you…" He took a deep breath, and quickly added it. "Marryme?"
Sakura looked back at Deidara, totally shocked. This was the last thing she expected. Deidara blushed slightly.
"I knew it…" He said. "It-it was stupid…"
"N-no." Sakura stuttered. "I-I'm just very-… s-surprised…"
He smiled, and she smiled back slightly.
'How long do I know him?' She thought. 'Two months maybe? And I'm pregnant and he wants to marry me…'
"W-well… Uhh…" Sakura looked at the ring for a brief moment before looking back at Deidara. "Y-you do realize that it'll probably take a few years before we actually could marry, right? I'm underage…"
"That's no problem…" He smiled again. "I could wait an eternity if it meant I could stay with you…"
Sakura blushed slightly and scratched her cheek.
What should she say? She loved him more then anything for sure. She also didn't have any trouble with staying with him for the rest of her life. But what if she didn't feel the same for him in a couple of years then she felt now? She was 14, young, and probably a little foolish.
She looked back at Deidara, in his light blue eyes, and smiled slightly. She was an idiot… But she was an idiot who loved him, more then anything. And he loved her back. Maybe she would never have a chance like this again.
"Then…" She smiled more. "Y-yes, Deidara-kun… I w-will.."
Deidara felt as if all his housemates were partying in his head. He smiled broadly at her, and she smiled back, before looking at the ring again.
"It's so pretty…"
Deidara took it out of the box, held her left hand, and slipped it around her ring finger. She bit her lip, looking at her hand. The ring shimmered in the sunlight, and Sakura had to hold back tears of joy that she felt coming up. Then, she flung her arms around Deidara's neck and kissed him deeply.
She caught him off guard, but he returned the kiss non the less. He shivered at her touch when her fingers buried themselves in his long hair, and pulled her closer. When he peeked through his eyelashes, he saw she was crying.
He broke the kiss and gently kissed her tears away. She smiled at him, her soft fingertips stroking every inch of his face, as if she wanted to print a picture of it forever in her mind.
"Oh, Deidara-kun…" She breathed quietly.
"Hmm?" He caressed her back, his fingers brushing up and down her spine.
"I- I'm just- so, so happy…" She sniffed slightly. "Not so long ago I was wondering if I would ever find someone… And here we are…"
Deidara leaned towards her so their noses touched and smiled into her lips.
"I love you too."
And kissed her again.
x3 awww… More DeiSaku fluff.
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