"Actually, no, Sasori, you drop it." Konan shoved the thermometer in Sasori's face. "103.4, Sasori. Do you know what that means? It means he has a fever you idiot!" Sasori sighed.

"Brat…" Sasori muttered under his breath.

"I'll be back, Deidara, stay put." Konan walked out of the room and came back 10 minutes later.

"C'mon, Deidara, lets go to the clinic." Konan motioned for Deidara to get up and follow her. Deidara stood and immediately felt dizzy then crashed to the floor. Sasori could have caught him but he just side-stepped so he could fall. Deidara mumbled something that resembled 'Bastard' and stood again. Deidara walked past Sasori who was now smirking and followed Konan to the clinic.

They entered the white room. Konan went to a different room and ordered Deidara to a bed. He sat, legs hanging off the edge and hands resting beside him. He started to fidget with his shirt. He hated the doctor's, they were always poking or prodding at his stomach. He was insecure about his body, especially since he joined the Akatsuki, he felt as if he was still so scrawny compared to the other members but he also knew that he wasn't. Konan re-entered the room with the wispy, dark figure of Leader at her side. A wave of shock ran through him.

"It's ok, Deidara, he just needs to be here to see if you're well enough to send you on a mission tomorrow."

"Oh. Uh, ok…" Konan grabbed a chart and asked Deidara some questions.

"Abdominal pain?"

"Nuh-uh." Konan wrote Deidara's answer down.

"Cough?"

"I just woke up…I don't know yet…"

"Ok, how about this, Sore throat?"

"Uh…Yeah…" Konan scribbled it down on her clip-board.

"Ok…and we checked your temperature in your room…103.4..." More scribbles of a pen.

"Headache?"

"Yes, ma'am"

"Dizziness? …One minute…never mind…" Leader spoke up.

"What is it Konan?" Konan looked away from her notes.

"When Deidara stood he crashed to the floor obviously from dizziness."

"Thank you." Deidara sneezed and attention was sent back to him.

"Ok, Deidara…Stuffy nose?" Deidara nodded and sneezed again. "Ok, I'm just gonna put down sneezing too…" Konan jotted it down and continued. "I'm just going to ask you this out of curiosity … Do you ever remember being sick before?"

"No…"

"Not even a cold?" Deidara shook his head. Konan picked up a swab. "I'm just gonna run this down the back of your throat for a test." Deidara nodded and opened his mouth. Konan pulled the swab away and put it away for later on. "I'll be right back with the results it'll be really quick." Konan turned away and went back into the room she walked out of earlier. Ten or fifteen minutes passed and Konan returned.

"Okay, Deidara, looks like you somehow contracted the flu."

"Wonderful…" Deidara looked down at his lap.

"I've prescribed some medications for you and I'll bring them to your room in a bit." Deidara looked up at Konan.

"Thank you." Deidara jumped down from the bed. His feet met the floor and when Deidara stood without support he felt dizzy again. He began to fall but Konan caught him.

"Try to not do that." Deidara stood back up and thanked Konan again then walked back to Sasori's and his room. He stepped into the room and fell onto his bed.

"Uuugghhh…" Deidara rolled onto his stomach and coughed into his bed. Konan walked into the room with some medications. Deidara looked at the various bottles. "Damn…All of that?" Konan set the medicine on his bedside table.

"Yeah…Sorry Deidara. Take each one every three hours and the cough syrup as needed." Deidara nodded his head and pulled the blankets back over his head. "Oh, and Sasori, make sure he takes it and give him the liquid medications." Konan smirked and left the room. Sasori glared where Konan once stood.

"You, Deidara, are very annoying!"

"It's not like you haven't said that bef-" Deidara sneezed again. "Gah! This is torcher!" Sasori noticed that Deidara hasn't been adding his trademark 'un' at the end of his sentences. Sasori smirked on the outside but inside he actually thought he cared.

No, I don't care. It doesn't matter to me if he uses his speech impediment or not.

Sasori went back to working on his puppets. Deidara fell asleep soon after Konan told Sasori what to do. Sasori had enjoyed the peace until Deidara broke it. He started to cough and reached for the cough syrup. Deidara sat up and unscrewed the top. He downed half of the nasty liquid.

"That…tastes horrible.." Deidara put the bottle back and fell back into his lying position. "Sasori-danna?"

"What?" Deidara shifted to face Sasori.

"I'm bored…" His voice was hoarse.

"I don't care."

"What time is it?" Sasori pointed to the digital clock on the wall. It read 11:12.

Sasori just remembered something. If he thinks the cough syrup was disgusting… Sasori stood and walked over to Deidara and grabbed a bottle of the liquid medication. "Brat, you're late for taking it." Deidara nodded and sat up. Sasori unscrewed the top and poured a spoonful for Deidara.

"Open." Sasori said monotonously. Deidara complied and Sasori shoved the spoon in Deidara's mouth. Deidara swallowed and gagged afterwards.

"Gross…" Deidara shuddered after each spoonful that came after. Sasori grabbed for another bottle. Deidara squirmed away. "I refuse to take that liquid evil." Deidara said staring at the bottle of medication.

"Fine." Sasori put the bottle down when Leader contacted him. Force it if you have to. Sasori sighed and picked the bottle up. "Leader says to take it."

"I don't care." Sasori grabbed the bottle again. Sasori went to straddle Deidara at his hips to keep him from squirming away. "Why are you sitting on me?"

"You have to take the medication whether you like it or not. I'm not going to baby sit a brat who has a cold."

"Except I don't have a cold." Sasori glared at him.

"So you're faking." Deidara shook his head. "Whatever ." Sasori took a different bottle and poured the liquid into a spoon. Sasori told Deidara to open his mouth to take it but Deidara snapped his head to the side. "Brat!" Sasori turned Deidara's head to face him again.

"No…I gotta…" Deidara tried to move his head to the side but Sasori pulled Deidara to face him again.

"Brat! You're going to take thi-" Deidara sneezed in his face. Sasori pulled back and wiped his face. "Brat!"

"I tried to tell you." Sasori stared at Deidara in disbelief.

"You little…" Sasori grumbled. Sasori forced the spoon in Deidara's mouth. Leader contacted him again. If you catch the flu from him…it's all on you. It just clicked in Sasori's mind. "You have the flu!" Deidara nodded sheepishly still being straddled by Sasori. Sasori was in shock. If he got sick from this brat he would kill him. Then he put the pieces together. The brat would be out of commission for two weeks or more…so Sasori would have to take care of him. He wanted to strangle the life out of him.

Don't worry guys…It'll a have purpose. It'll be the beginning of Sasori's thoughts changing.