Pein leaned back in his beach chair as he took another sip of his cocktail. Konan lounged on the chair next to him, looking out over the ocean, her hair for once put down, and she was wearing a swimsuit.

"This is nice," she commented as she rubbed in more sunblock onto her arm.

Pein smiled. "Yeah. The others were nice, to let us have a break..."

Konan twisted her neck and smiled at the orange haired man. "This is heaven, even if we do get back to find that Deidara blew up the base again."

"He'd better not have," Pein said, shuddering.

Konan smiled at him as she put her lotion aside and picked up her book, a cheesy romance that made Pein want to gag. "I'm sure Sasori will keep him in line."

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BOOM

"DAMMIT, UN!' Deidara could be heard yelling throughout the base, but everyone else was rather too busy to deal with the blonde. Hidan and Kakuzu were fighting over something stupid (again), Zetsu showing Tobi how to trim a plant properly, Kisame and Itachi reading in their room. Sasori was in his and Deidara's shared room, working on a puppet.

Sasori sighed and got up from his desk, dropping his newest puppet's arm to the cool wood as he made his way over to the door.

"What did you do this time?" he yelled down the hall, and Deidara's head appeared on the stairwell, looking sheepish.

"I...I blew up the stove, un..."

The red head rolled his eyes. "Again? You didn't need to bother us for that, brat."

"No, I also blew up the fridge, un...." Deidara said quietly, walking down the hall, looking nervous. Oddly, looking nervous only enhanced the blonde's good looks, making him seem even more cute and girly, if that was possible.

"That's still not that bad..."

"And the pantry, un," the blonde was biting back a smile.

"Anything else?" Sasori asked, running a hand through his hair. He and Kakuzu were in charge of the base while Konan and Pein were on their vacation, and if Deidara had destroyed much more, he'd be in for a lot of trouble when the two got back.

"No, danna. At least not from the kitchen, un."

Sasori pressed a hand to his forehead. "Dei, just write out a list with what you blew up and give it to Kakuzu. He'll figure out the damage costs."

"Danna!" Deidara protested. "That'll take all night! And a lot of paper, un."

Sasori looked up at his partner, raising one eyebrow. "How much stuff did you blow up?"

"About five rooms full of furniture, un," Deidara whispered, looking down at the ground.

"...You are so dead when Leader gets back."

Author's Comments: I hate this one, seriously hate it.