A/N: Chapter 12!? Wow. I never thought I'd write something this long...In fact, I think i said the same thing when I introduced chapter 10. Anways, all of you who reviewed and waited patiently until my return, you guys rock, and thank you!
DISCLAIMER: Do I own Naruto? No.
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Itachi had fallen asleep in Deidara's arms. They were both sleeping on the bed with small smiles on their faces. Sasuke and Deidara's parents had already come home while the two boys were asleep. Sasuke bursted into the room and jumped onto the boys, waking them up.
"Itachi! Deidara! Waaake up! Come on, let's play!!!" Sasuke laughed. Deidara sat up and yawned, while Itachi tackled his little brother and started tickling him.
"Come on, Deidara! Let's teach Sasuke-chan a lesson for waking us up!" Deidara nodded and joined Itachi.
"Hahahaha! Ita--stop!! It tickles!" Sasuke squirmed beneath his brother and Deidara. They were all laughing and having fun when suddenly, the phone rang. Deidara's mom answeredit and ran toward the room that the boys were in. She peeked her head in through the door and held up the cordless phone.
"Itachi, hun, it's your um, father. He's calling from jail. I would've just hung up on him but Maria said he could file some sort of a lawsuit if we didn't let him talk to you and Sasuke." she said. Itachi rolled his eyes and took the phone, and she went back to whatever she was doing. Itachi hesitated to speak at first.
"...Hello?"
"Itachi. It's your father."
"I know."
"Listen to me, kid. You better have not told that dumbass social worker anything else. When we go to court, I swear if you testify against me and your mother...you and Sasuke will regret it!" Hearing this, Itachi couldn't speak. He was terrified. All the horrible memories of being abused had rushed back at that one moment. He felt like his lungs had collapsed and tears were streaming down his cheeks. Seeing how upset Itachi was, Deidara grabbed the phone out of Itachi's hand and exploded.
"Listen you fucking bastard! I swear if you ever go near Itachi and Sasuke, I'll cut your dick off and shove it down your throat! You don't want to fucking mess with me because I'll fucking kill you!!!" Deidara yelled into the phone before hanging up. He looked at Itachi, who was still shaking. Sasuke was crying too. Deidara rushed to Itachi's side and took him in his arms. He kissed his forehead.
"I told you. No one's going to hurt you anymore." Sasuke jumped up and clung to Deidara's arm. "You guys are safe here." he said.
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NEXT DAY -- AT SCHOOL
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Itachi and Deidara hung out near Deidara's locker before homeroom class.
"Itachi...I've got a question, yeah..."
"Hmm? What is it?" Itachi asked.
"Well, umm...you and me, un, are we...boyfriends now?" Itachi smiled and took Deidara's hand in his own.
"Of course we are. We love each other, right?" The two boys were interrupted by a group of other boys in their grade.
"What're you two fags doing!?" The leader of the group said, after seeing Itachi take Deidara's hand.
"Ya' know, that sort of thing is really gross! No one likes gay people!" someone else in the group said. Deidara smirked at them.
"Ya' know what else is really gross?" he said, trying not to laugh. Then Itachi yelled, "YOUR FACE!" The leader of the group picked up Itachi by the collar of his shirt, trying to seem threatening in front of his friends.
"Whadda ya mean 'my face'?" he yelled into Itachi's face. Itachi coughed.
"I mean, your face is nasty! Oh, and your breath! I thought I was gonna die for a second there!" Deidara got up and pushed the bully away from Itachi.
"Please, next time you decide to get in our faces and threaten us, brush your teeth first. And eat a few breathmints while you're at it!" Deidara said in a sarcastic tone. Itachi and Deidara walked off while the bully's face reddened in anger and embarassment.
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