I find it beyond funny that a lot of you are up for this Deidara and Hinata relationship. I swear it's the biggest crack/doesn't-make-sense-at-all relationship ever, at least to me.

When I was thinking of who to pair Deidara with, Hinata was the only one who came to mind. Mostly because I hate Ino more than anything and Konan is already taken. Also, Hinata has a thing for loud, crazy blond boys so I thought 'why not?'

Anyway, one reviewer asked very nicely if I would write some about them in this chapter. The reviewer was very nice so I decided to make pretty much this whole chapter about Hinata and Deidara. Hope you like.

There are a lot of things Deidara likes about Hinata.

She's quiet and shy and probably the most adorable thing on earth. The opposites attract factor is really working for him, because everything he likes about her is the exact opposite of himself. She doesn't do art but ever since she learned about him doing street art she's been very supportive of it. Sometimes, she'll ask to see pictures of his paintings. Sometimes she'll ask tons of questions about what inspires him. Sometimes she listens to him talk for hours about art but she always has this gleam in her eyes, like she's genuinely interested.

He likes spending time with her, because she's sweet and cute and everything nice about life. When he looks at her, he feels this tiny flutter in his stomach and his cheeks get all hot. Having never been interested in girls before, Deidara is very new to all these emotions.

While trying to make sense of said emotions, he spends a lot of time getting to know her.

"Hey Hinata." Deidara smiles, walking up to her.

Most of the time he walks her home from the public library. Today there are a lot of books in her hands. Without a word he takes them from her and she smiles at him, blushing slightly.

Today she's wearing shorts and her long hair is tied up. Super adorable.

"How are you?" She asks as they walk.

"Alright…I have something to ask you." He replies nervously.

"Oh?" Then her big eyes look at him innocently.

Ok. Just ask. Just ask it and pray she says yes.

He wants to ask her to be his date to Sakura and Sasori's wedding. He's the best man of course, and Hinata is the maid of honor. He can't wait to see her in her bride's maid's dress. The very thought has him blushing crazy.

Shit. Too nervous.

"Will you c-come to…to…" Just say it! "To the art store with me?"

Total cop out.

"I'd love to." Hinata's smile widens. She always smiles like that when he says anything about art. "Are you going to paint something today?"

"W-Well, yeah." Deidara nods.

"That's so c-cool." Hinata beams, super impressed.

"I guess." Feeling like a total god, Deidara gives her a happy grin.

Sometimes it feels like the only ones who shop at Konan's art store are her friends. Which is weird because it's actually a really good store, really cheap too. Anyway, Deidara doesn't talk much to Konan.

Konan does have the grace to look very surprised when Deidara walks in with a girl. This is followed by smooth teasing.

"What? A Girl's Day and you didn't invite me?" She smirks at him, "I thought we were best girlfriends Deidara."

Hinata giggles at this, to which Deidara blushes and mentally smacks Konan in the face with a hammer.

"Oh! What's that over in the opposite direction?" Deidara grabs Hinata's arm, directing her to the other side of the store.

Konan chuckles to herself, then decides this isn't over yet. She takes out her cellphone and promptly calls everyone she knows.

Going about his business, Deidara starts grabbing supplies. Duct Tape, a pot of *Mod Podge, a few cans of paint and a new paint roller cause Sasori totally sat on his this morning that fucker. Hinata watches him, looking curiously at all the stuff he's getting. After a while, his hands get very full.

"I can carry some for you." She offers.

"No, no, I'm ok." He insists.

"W-Well, at least let me carry my books." Hinata says.

Deidara carefully slips her books back into her hands. Hinata smiles up at him, those big eyes shining. Is there anything cuter than this person? Seriously, Deidara has never met a girl so absolutely adorable. Plus she's so sweet. And smart. And graceful. And, oh man, is she leaning closer to him? Or maybe he's just focusing harder on her. One reason or another, Hinata looks to be the only thing in the world right now and she's staring up at him with such innocent and kindness.

That's it. He can't help it. He's got to kiss her now. It's impossible not to with her looking at him like that!

Deidara leans the slightest bit forward, not even within a foot of her, but right away Hinata's whole face burns red and she becomes very flustered. This only serves to make her all the more precious, so he leans farther in. He decides that if she pulls away he won't make any more advances on her. If she pulls away now he'll stop hurting himself over trying to capture her. He'll stop. Forever. If she pulls away…

But…She doesn't. She's not pulling away.

In fact, Hinata's eyes soften until they flutter shut, long lashes brushing her hot cheeks. Her hands clench the edges of her books tightly and ever so slightly she has lifted onto her tippy toes, leaning up to meet him halfway.

That's so fucking cute.

Alright. It's going to happen. He's going to do it.

Leaning closer, closer…

"Woah! LESBIANS!"

Instantly, Hinata drops her books and Deidara drops his supplies, both jumping is shock away from each other.

Deidara looks up, "Oh god no…"

"Oh, sorry! It's just Deidara and some girl!" Hidan laughed out loud, going over and smacking Deidara on the back, "Sorry Dei! I thought you were a girl!"

"You ruin my life." Deidara shoots him a dirty glare.

Suddenly, the empty art shop is full of all their friends. Kakuzu comes up and grabs Hidan, keeping him from causing even more destruction. Sasori and Sakura have just walked in the door, looking around and spotting Deidara and Hinata right away. Sasori smirks wickedly, seeing a chance to embarrass his best friend. Sakura goes to Hinata's side, smiling innocently.

"Hinata! Are you shopping for art supplies?" Sakura asks, still playing innocent.

"N-No I was just um-"

"Oh? Then what are you shopping for in here?" Now Sakura leans in really close, whispering in Hinata's ear, "A new boyfriend perhaps?"

"W-W-W-W-What?!" Hinata turns red all over, eyes widening.

"What did she say?!" Deidara demands to know, thinking Sakura said something embarrassing about him.

"Just how you wear panties and cross dress and eat babies," Hidan says casually, "No big deal."

Pein, who has sneaked in and now stands with Konan behind the register, looks over and says, "You forgot to mention how he shits glitter."

"WHAT?!" Deidara squeaks.

"Oh yeah." Hidan looks at Hinata seriously. "He shits glitter."

Hinata blinks, confused. Then she looks at Deidara as if asking for help, but Deidara is too busy keeping himself from strangling all his friends to even think about helping shit. Why does the world hate him?!

The front door opens again, the little bell jingling.

Itachi walks in, looking around. "Am I late?"

"Late for what? The 'Fuck-with-Deidara' show?!" Deidara yells, throwing his hands in the air.

"Well, yeah." Itachi smirks, shrugging.

The door jingles again, someone walking in behind Itachi. Deidara looks about to yell at whoever the next incomer is, but he stops when he realizes he doesn't know the boy. Well, at first he thinks another Itachi has just walked in and that freaks him out sufficiently but then he realizes the boy looks a lot younger than Itachi. He looks around to see if anyone else knows who the hell this kid is, but everyone looks just as confused as him.

Everyone except Sakura.

"What are you doing here?" Sakura stutters, sounding very uneasy.

Deidara blinks in confusion. Then he looks at Hinata.

Hinata is giving Sakura this very concerned look, and has stepped closer to Sakura. She hold Sakura's arm, as if trying to keep her from running away. Her usually clear, calm eyes are now clouded with trouble and unrest, looking very upset. Her lips are closed in a tight line, eyes looking at the new comer in an almost glare.

"Hello Sakura." The boy says, frowning slightly.

"Who are you?" Konan asks with a frown, having not called this person to come to her 'Make-Fun-Of-Deidara-In-Front-Of-A-Pretty-Girl' party.

"This is Sasuke, my younger brother." Itachi introduces. His smirk falls, eyes darkening somewhat. He looks at Sakura cautiously. "I was driving with him when you called, so I brought him along…I didn't know you would be here, Sakura."

The room has gotten eerily tense now. Everyone is looking between Sakura and Sasuke, wondering why Sakura is looking so upset.

Hidan comes to the conclusion that Sasuke is somehow making her upset just by being in the same room. So, of course, that means Sasuke has to get the fuck out.

"Why don't you piss off, asshat?" Hidan snaps, moving to stand in front of Sakura. He glares dangerously at Sasuke, fingers twitching. "I donno what you did to her, but I'll fuck you up."

Sasuke doesn't move or make any retort. He does glance over to Sakura and sees Sasori going to her side, holding her hand. He glares at their entwined fingers, then realizes something is shining off of Sakura's ring finger. A diamond.

A diamond ring.

His eyes narrow, a half snarl on his face. "You two are getting married?"

Sakura is rattled by his tone, right away tightening her fingers around Sasori's. She seems to almost shrink in on herself. Hinata and Sasori both look at her in worry, then back to Sasuke in annoyance.

"So what if we are?" Sasori snaps, frowning.

Sasuke scoffs at them. "You're making a mistake. He'll only ruin you."

"What did you say?!" Hidan yells in Sasuke's face like a rabid dog, "You wanna die, fucker?!"

Deidara's fists tighten. No one says that about his best friend, especially not some stranger. Sasori is the greatest guy Deidara knows and he won't let anyone talk trash about him, especially not to Sakura.

Everyone else seems to have the same thoughts in their heads. Kakuzu's eyes narrow on Sasuke; he won't let anyone beat Hidan's ass, because beating Hidan's ass is his job so if Sasuke makes a move Kakuzu will break him. Konan and Pein have come over now, standing on the outskirts and watching keenly for any movement that might force them to break Sasuke's neck. Even Itachi looks about to backhand a bitch, because Sakura is sweet and precious to him and Sasuke needs to learn when to cut his losses and back up. All of them have been in fights before, on the streets and at home and with each other; they know how to defend themselves and what's important to them. No one is touching Sakura and no one is talking to Sasori like that, Sasuke is no exception.

"Sasuke, go wait in the car." Itachi says, a warning in his tone.

When he doesn't move, everyone draws closer to him. Even Sasori leaves Sakura's side to move in front of her, and Hinata gently pulls her farther away from Sasuke's cold eyes.

Then, his eyes look at Sasori. "You're going to ruin her life. You are a criminal, you all are…you're going to destroy her. She's brilliant and amazing. You're just a rat crawling in the streets…If you marry her you're going to make her life hell, and she'll never be happy because you-"

"Shut the fuck up!" Deidara yells, slamming his fist against the wall.

Everyone looks at him in surprise, not expecting an outburst like that from anyone but Hidan and especially not expecting it from always-happy Deidara.

"Don't talk about Danna like that! You don't even know him! He's brave and strong and passionate! He protects what he loves and isn't scared of anything! Every day he risks his life just to do what he loves, and he won't let anything stop him. Danna loves Sakura so he won't let anything happen to her!" Deidara goes right up in Sasuke's face, until they're practically chest to chest and nose to nose. His blue eyes are so furious, so insanely mad, so pissed off, that there is almost a fire in them. "Danna is a good person. If you ever say anything bad about him again I will end you."

For a moment, everyone is frozen. Even Sasuke.

Then, without another word and a final glare straight at Dediara, Sasuke turns on his heels and walks out of the shop. The bell above the door gives a little jingle when he leaves, echoing through the room.

Hidan looks at Deidara seriously, "You're my hero, man."

There's a small giggle from the back, to which everyone looks at Hinata who is smiling and blushing. Her big, beautiful eyes look at Deidara shyly. "He's mine too…"

Face turning the deepest shades of red, steam practically coming out the ears, Deidara's eyes widen and he shakes his head quickly. "W-What?! A hero? Me? Come on, guys…that was just…like, it was whatever!"

Sasori smiles at his best friend. "Deidara? A hero…that is whatever."

Deidara gives Sasori a grin. "Whatever for Danna."

On the subway back to Hinata's house, Deidara still feels very embarrassed about what she said.

The way her eyes looked at him, he actually did feel like a hero to her. One things for sure, heroes aren't afraid to ask girls out. He has to be serious and just ask her to be his date to the wedding. Time to make it happen!

Hinata looks at him, smiling fondly. "That was very brave of you, sticking up for Sasori."

"It was whatever." Deidara shrugs, grinning.

"Yeah I know." Her eyes soften, "I'm also glad you made Sasuke leave…I don't like him being near Sakura."

"Oh yeah, what happened with them?" He asks with a frown, "Sakura looked so scared; I've never seen her like that."

"Well…It's not a story I like to tell…" Hinata's smile drops, eyes saddening. "It is a very sad tale…"

She scoots a little closer to him, fingers tightening around the edges of her books that press firmly to her chest. Deidara looks at her and waits, temped to brush her hair back behind her ear.

"Ever since freshman year, Sakura loved Sasuke. She admired his intelligence and his aloof attitude, and I also think she loved him because he was a challenge; all the girls wanted him but no girl ever got him. Except for Sakura, eventually she was able to catch him.

In sophomore year, Sasuke's parents had encouraged him to go out with her because of her family's status. So, he came to her house with flowers and asked her on a date. Sakura fell in love with him right away, she thought he was the one for her.

Sakura wasn't always loss of control, before Sasuke she was able to make her own opinions and choices.

Then, with Sasuke, she became a very submissive person. He wanted to control her…he wanted her to be like all the women of his traditional family who obey their husbands and do what they say.

She tried to be that way, but Sakura is a free spirit. She can't just turn off her personality.

So, after a short time, Sasuke told her 'I'm not interested in women like you'.

Then he left her, without a second thought. Sakura was heartbroken, because she loved him so much. I suspect even now she cares for him and wants his approval, but Sasuke is judgmental and cruel sometimes. He sticks by his opinions and never changes them…Sakura knows she's never going to be a good women in his eyes. After Sasuke left her, she became very meek and empty. She let others control her and tell her what to do, but Sasuke still never looked at her."

"That's horrible." Deidara whispers, looking down. Sakura is such a kind person, breaking her heart is so cruel and to not even care? Sasuke must be a total jerk.

Deidara's eyes narrow. "I could never do that to someone. Sakura is passionate and kind, breaking her so cruelly is the worst."

"I know…" Hinata's eyes close. "I hate Sasuke…I really do…"

When her eyes open, they shine at him brightly. Her smile spreads, cheeks tinting. "But you're not like him. I'm glad."

Shyly, feeling very nervous about the whole thing, Deidara moves to put his hand over hers. Right away her eyes widen and cheeks darken; she looks down so her hair covers her face, hiding how embarrassed she looks from him. Deidara also looks to the right so his own hair covers his face to have the same effect. These two are just too shy for their own good.

"So…Sasori and Sakura are getting married." Deidara says, looking at the ceiling of the train.

"Y-Yes." Hinata mutters, staring at the floor.

"Do you think maybe, if no one has asked you yet I mean," He swallows thickly, "Would you be my date?"

She lets out an embarrassed noise, her other hand that isn't holding his going to her cheek and pressing against her hot skin. Looking away, he can't see the smile spreading on her face. "T-That would be n-n-nice…I accept."

"Really?!" Deidara turns to her, eyes wide and jaw slack.

Hinata jumps at his reaction, looking at him with equally wide eyes. "Y-Yes!"

"O-Oh! Ok." Deidara stutters, turning back away just as she looks back at the floor.

The train is moving roughly through the tunnels and all the people around are crowded together. Hinata and Deidara don't look at each other for the rest of the ride, far too embarrassed. They don't say anything more.

Her fingers intertwine with his, and he squeezes her hand.

They both smile.

(End)

*Mod Podge: It's a type of paper adhesive, kinda like a glue. You use it for posters, collages and cardboard.

There's no one I like fucking with more than Deidara.

I've been trying to think about what kinda book I'd like to write. My dream is to be a professional writer living in England.

I've been thinking lately; I don't like writing drama-stories because they're predictable. I wish I could write a science fiction but I'm not that sciency or philosophical. I can't write a horror because I'm not that dark or mysterious. I'm a slow person so comedy is out.

So I thought, what about fantasy?

I could write a fantasy. I'm creative, I like day-dreaming and such.

So I'm working on the thought of writing a fantasy novel. The main challenge is coming up with a world that is all my own. Plus, I need to start reading fantasy novels if I'm going to invest in this. Any recommendations?