/sigh again I missed a day ;_; I'm sorry. Imma make it my goal not to miss at least 2 days in a row. PS: real short again

WARNING: YAOI

Genre: Romance/Friendship

Rated: T

Naruto © Kishimoto

"Good morning," Pein greeted his coworkers as they came in for another morning. "Did you all get a good night's sleep? I sure hope so. We have a lot to do today!" he grinned.

Deidara groaned, "Oh joy, un."

"What kind of work will we be doing, Mr. Boss?" Tobi asked waffle in hand.

"Well first off, we'll need someone to fix the broken storage door. We don't need a repeat of last time."

The blond blushed and glued his eyes to the floor. "It wasn't our fault…"

Pein smirked, "Either way, we'll be keeping a block in front of the door that way no one will get stuck. Secondly, as we all know, Thanksgiving is coming up. Today we are going to sketch ideas for the background. Building props will also be another thing we will do today."

The group all nodded and Deidara let out a cheer. Art was always exciting.

"As for costumes, Sai will be speaking with Sasori today so that's why he isn't here. Alright, let's get to work!"

The blond ran over to Hidan and grinned, "Hey."

Hidan grinned back, "Hey yourself, blondie. How're things between you and fire crotch?"

"Great actually! I wanted to thank you, un. It feels like we actually got closer," the blond blushed.

"See? What'd I fucking tell ya!" Hidan laughed. "Oof! Kakuzu!" the platinum blond growled as he was thumped over the head.

The tan male looked at Deidara and stated, "Deidara don't depend on Hidan too much. You'll get further with Sasori if you do what you want."

"You told him?" Deidara asked Hidan with wide eyes.

Hidan shrugged and rubbed his sore head. "He wouldn't let me in unless I told him what was up. Mother fucker made me wait a damn good 40 minutes outside."

"Oh...uhm thanks I guess…" the blond muttered towards Kakuzu. "You won't say anything right?"

The tan man shook his head, "It's none of my business, unless Hidan is concerned."

Deidara nodded, "Alright."

The platinum blond brought his fist down onto his palm, "I almost fucking forgot!" he exclaimed. "I heard some fucking interesting info a few days ago."

"Un?"

Hidan nodded and looked around, making sure no one besides the three males were close enough to hear.

"When I fucking eased dropped on those bastard's convo at lunch, I totally saved your ass. Itachi was all like I think Deidara may li- but I interrupted him before he could open his damn mouth. I think he was going to suggest that you liked fire crotch."

"I told you he knew something!" Deidara hissed. "You didn't believe me!"

"Fucking cool it!" Hidan said raising his hands. "Anyways, I fucking asked red what his relationship with Itachi was and he said something like We were close friends once. He said it with some uneasiness too. I think there was something more than we fucking know!"

The blond frowned and furrowed his eyebrows. "Do you really think that, un?"

"Would I being saying it if I fucking didn't?"

"What kind of relationship…?"

Hidan shrugged, "Maybe they dated."

"No way, un," the blond replied quickly. "I know every person Sasori has dated and he's never mentioned Itachi. In fact, he's never even dated a guy…" Deidara muttered mostly to himself.

"Guess we'll have to see and find out then, huh blondie?" Hidan grinned.

Deidara growled, "Guess so…"

A few hours later…

Sasori had come in to help and was now sketching with the blond. Deidara and Hidan had came up with a plan. Deidara was to see how much he could pry about the relationship from Sasori and Hidan was to pry the info out of Itachi. The blond had a better chance of finding out from his Danna. Then again, Sasori could lie about it or just not tell him. The redhead could be secretive from time to time. Maybe if he played his cards right, Sasori would tell him.