"Deidara-chan ?"
Deidara sprung up straith goosebumps all over her body.
Tobi was standing behind her in her new office, woundering if it was really her.
"T-Tobi-kun !" she turned around and was so surprised by the close proximity that she almost tripped and had to hold on to her Desk to not fall on it, back first.
She noticed the distinctive shade of color in his eyes...they were familiar from someone else...She couldn't finish that thought. Tobi gave her an energized Hug, he was really really happy to see her around again. She was getting weak on her knees, just like with Itachi the other day, she could feel Tobi's warmth ...she was getting dizzy...
The day had started a little weird for Deidara, first she woke up and found herself on the middle of the living room together with Kisame who had lobster pieces all over him, she wasn't hung over so she knew she just drank enough to let her forget some stuff but not all, apperantly how she got on to be on the livingroom floor was one of them.
Itachi who appeard to be totally ready for work in one of his finest suits came down the staircase and threw a wet towel in Kisame's sleeping face.
"We got 10 minutes." He said in his usual cold and calculated manner, suddenly he gave Deidara a perfectly folded square of dark cloth, felt a little bit like satin...
"You should get yourself to look presentable when you work with us, I will not charge you for the dress, concider it a welcome gift from the company." It was a beautiful costume, simple but elegant, something you'd expect world class asistants to wear, Secretary's for the President and others.
"Thank you Itachi-san..." She said looking down at it.
"As I said, its company policy we suppy our employess with only the best, afterall we deal with all big and prestigous other company's around the globe." Withouth another word he walked up to Kisame who was still sleeping, now with the addition of a wet towel on his face and stood infront of him for a few moments.
"You might want to get cover." Itachi said, adressing Deidara.
"huh ? Wh-" She didn't get to finish.
"Kisame, time for Breakfast."
Kisame was up so fast that the towel on his face catapulted off his face so hard it flew a few meters and knocked down a framed picture.
Itachi who walked out of his office with Kisame and a now more stable Nagato noticed Deidara sitting on behind her desk red as can be and a flustered expression in her face.
Kisame was still in his Parental mode when it came to Deidara and was bye her side in less than a split second. "Are you okay Deidara-chan ? Do you need something ? Did Itachi-san flood you with too much work on your first day ?" He looked at Itachi, "Itachi-san, I told you go easy on her on her first day here ."
Deidara put a hand on Kisame's shoulde to calm him down. "Kisame-san, no its not that, it was Tobi." It came out the exactly wrong way, Itachi and Deidara spend the next 2 minutes trying to hold down Kisame who seemingly wanted to grad the fire extinguisher and club Tobi to death with it.
Nagato finally walked up to Deidara. "Hello Deidara, I take it your feeling better now ?"
He was referring to the last time he had seen her, where she nearly hugged him to death.
"Yes, Nagato-san, how have you been ?" She wanted to ask him how he was doing, he used to look so good just a few years ago, he was a healthy looking man and physically fit, he used to be a reall dreamy guy with his red hair and his rare purple eyes...
"Well I've been better Pyhsically but Emotionally I've never been this hyped. Yahiko and Konan finally got married."
"OH WOW ! THATS INCREDIBLE !" Deidara said almost squelling. She rememberd the two, they used to come by every day when she used to work for Nagato and they were a really nice couple. Yahiko was a heavily pierced young man with spiky orange hair and Konan a bubbly young woman with always beautifully arranged hair, she wounderd what ever happend to them...They wanted to start a music career and even had a few Gigs not too long ago...
"I'm surprised you didn't know it though, afterall you work in their company now." Nagato said with his usual tired smile.
"What ?" Deidara said, totally unable to imagine how two people who were unstoppable would suddenly abandon their dreams and build up a company like this in a matter of just a few years...
"Maybe you should research that yourself Deidara-chan." He said with an undertone she had come to understand long ago, it meant that someone in the room might get offended or something unpleasnt might happen if he'd tell the story.
"Itachi-san, maybe we should take Deidara with us for lunch ?" Nagato said to Itachi who had finally gotten Kisame to stoped wanting to club Tobi to death with hard and heavy objects.
"Sure." Itachi said and turning back to face Kisame.
"If you want to ask her, be down by the Car in 10 minutes."
Kisame who looked confused at first suddenly had a bright grin that reavelaed sharp teeth.
"Thank you, Itachi-san !"
Three hard knocks landed on Tayuya's office, Kisame was too excited to knock like a civilised person and not like a SWAT team wanting to breach the door.
"Come in Kisame..." a bored voice said, but to Kisame Tayuya's voice was like the one of a sweet angel asking him in with the utmost motivation.
She was sitting on her armchair once again but this time she was dressed in a casual manner.
"Instead of just looking you might get to the point straith ahead." She said not looking up from her notebook again.
"How'd you know it was me ?" Kisame asked still a bit surprised that she had known that it was him.
"I know you Hoshigaki...I guess you had something else that was urgent if you couldn't help knocking my door as if there was a wild horde chasing after you."
SO thats how she knew...
"Well I wanted to ask you if you wanted to join me an-"
"NO." She said, she didn't need to let him finish he was terribly predictable...
"Wh-"
"Work. I got a lot of stuff to do."
"Maybe some oth-"
"Maybe." She said sharply and pointed at the door at his back.
"Why is he so down ?" Nagato asked Itachi by whispering into his ear.
They were all sitting by a round table in a semi-classy restaurant.
Deidara, Nagato, Itachi and Kisame.
Itachi didn't bother whispering his reply.
"A girl rejected him." Itachi said in his usual cold demanor.
Kisame just sunk into his seat a little bit deeper. A beautifull waitress took their orders and as Kisame was still down, Itachi started to worry.
"Kisame...She was just you'r type...Did she physically hurt you ?"
Kisame just pushed the straw in his glass back and forth, a loud sigh was all to be heard from him.
"Kisame...look at me, I can have a law suit in her office for Physical assault."
Nagato stoped Itachi in his tracks.
"I've seen that look beffore Itachi-san, I think our friend here is in loooooove." He said with another of his tired, happy smiles.
Deidara started giggling, so Kisame actually tried to ask her out and failed.
She pattet Kisame on the shoulder. "Don't worry, she'll change her mind, Kisame-san."
He just put his chin of the table and pushed his glass back and forth beffore seing the waitress again who came back to give them their first course.
Kisame stoop up and looked her straith into the eyes.
"Do you find me attractive young Lady ?" He asked in a husky, sensual voice.
Nagato, Itachi and Deidara could have sworn to have seen the waitresses knees going wobly.
She turned bright red, more and more until she gave him a shaky nod.
"Good."
He kissed her, straithforward, just like that, with tounge.
Everyone in the restaurant seemed to have noticed and turned heads, some even whistling.
At the end of the minutes long kiss Itachi asked him, "Feel better now ?",
Kisame just released the waitress and she actually fell to her knees.
He still looked sad.
"No...Not one bit..."
Some people in the restaurant booed at him.
Nagato shook his head.
Itachi just let out a sigh.
Deidara helped the waitress up.
"Tayuya-san ?"
Tobi opend the door to Tayuya's office but only peaked trough the opening.
"Oh, Hey Tobi. Whats up ?" Tayuya said putting her clipboard down.
"Can I...Can I have a private word with you ?" He said shyly.
"Sure you can Tobi, sit down." Tayuya said in a farmiliar friendly way, she and Tobi were preety close, they were the unknown and the unapreciated workers in the buildung.
"Is it about that blonde you have a crush on ? The girl that lives above you but dosn't even know ?"
Tobi nodded silently and his head sunk low.
Deidara lived one appartment above him eversince she moved in there after Sasori broke up with her. He is preety sure she forgot about him, but he'd always pay Kakuzu, the old greedy house owner for her late payments and he took care of her a few times when she would get drunk out of depression, but she probably didn't remember, too drunk aperantly.
"Well and now you work with her don't you ?"
Tobi just nodded again but this time his head rose a bit.
"So Tayuya-san, I heard Kisame-san has taken interest in you ?"
She leaned back in her seat and put her head back, a deep sigh escaped her .
"He still dosn't remember me either...That big blue fool."