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Remember Me Always

Chapter 20: "The hidden note"

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Sasori dipped his paintbrush on the blue acrylic paint. He remembered how Deidara's eyes sparkled like sapphire stones. He smiled as he paint the most beautiful person in his whole life.

His mobile phone suddenly rang. The red head put down his palette and paintbrush and answered his phone. "Hello?"

"Did you make the best out of today, Sasori-san?" Tobi said teasingly on the other line.

Sasori frowned. "What do you want?"

"I saw you on the rooftop today. How was the kiss?"

His hazel eyes widened. "You were watching? Fuck you, bastard!" He shouted.

The masked teen chuckled. "He's my fiancé, Sasori! I mean, to be honest, I've given you loads of chances to actually steal him from me but God you're no challenge at all!" He exclaimed.

"Fuck. You." Sasori growled and threw his mobile phone. "Goddammit!" He shouted.

He threw himself on his armchair and messed his crimson locks with his hands. "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" The red head sighed. He glanced at his painting; it was nearly finished. The blonde was smiling, his fingers were on his blonde locks, and his blue eyes were sparkling. Sasori stood up and threw his palette on the painting. He was furious – very furious.

*knock, knock*

'Damn it! Who would come to my house in this time of the night?' He cast his painting apron away and opened the door.

"Konan? What are you doing here?" The red head asked.

"Can I stay at your place? I –" She stopped when she noticed paint everywhere. "What happened here?" The blue haired woman pushed Sasori away and forced herself in. "I didn't know that you paint!" She exclaimed.

"Well, yeah… Sorry if my place's a mess."

Konan picked up his messed painting and wiped the red paint on the blonde's face. She smiled. "Deidara's beautiful, Sasori. You painted him just perfectly."

The red head was silent. He quickly stole the painting from Konan and hid it behind him. "Why are you here, Konan? Does Pein know about this?"

It's the blue haired woman's turn to be silent. "No. We just broke up and I really wanted to stay away from him. Do you know how jealous I am of Deidara?"

Sasori shook his head.

She forced a smile. "Very. Tobi loves him a lot, you know? And you try so hard to get his love. I envy him so much."

"You shouldn't be, Konan. Pein loves you more than you know."

"Deidara's lucky."

"Pein wanted to surprise you. He wanted the doctor to tell you. But… He never wanted you to get hurt –"

"Why do you keep forcing yourself to fight against Tobi when you know that you don't stand a chance?" She asked, ignoring what the red head was trying to tell her.

"Because I love him –"

"Because you love him?" Konan chuckled. "Love doesn't work that way, Sasori. Let him go… believe me and you'll never feel regret."

"You don't understand. You can't keep telling me to force myself to stop loving him when you don't know anything at all!"

"Then tell me!"

"Don't –! Look, just go back to Pein. I bet he's on a rampage right now."

"I'll listen. I promise I won't tell." She sat on the red head's couch. "So tell me, what happened between you and Deidara? One night stand? You got drunk and –"

"Go home, Konan!" Sasori shouted. He was pissed and now this woman came along.

She frowned. "I'm your boss' girlfriend! Don't shout at me!"

"You broke up with him!"

"I lost my fucking child!"

The room went dead silent. Both of them were looking away and won't speak. It was until Sasori broke the silence. "Just… Please… Go home."

Tears fell from Konan's eyes. "I don't want to… I can't speak to him right now. It – It hurts so much to see him."

The red head grabbed a tissue and gave it to her. She didn't take the tissue from him and instead she took her shirt off and threw it at Sasori. He picked it up. "What are you trying to do, woman?" He shouted, throwing the shirt back at her.

The blue haired woman ignored him. She bit her finger and sat on Sasori's lap, moaning.

The puppeteer closed his eyes and sighed. When he opened his eyes again, he picked Konan's shirt once again. Sasori pulled the woman's arm, and put her shirt back on her. "You're drunk, Konan." He whispered.

She wrapped her arms behind Sasori's neck. She leaned forward and kissed him. The red head pulled away with a weary look on his face. "Konan, you're drunk." He repeated.

"You lose, Sasori. Deidara would never see you that way." Konan said, kissing his neck.

The red head pushed her away gently. "S-stop. Please stop. You don't understand anything."

"I don't want to fucking understand anything! Don't you want to forget everything else just for one night?" The blue haired woman shouted.

"You know how much I love Deidara. I can't do this. And it's not just because of that, I –"

"Because what?"

"I respect you, Konan. I respect Pein as well. We can't just do it to escape loneliness."

"I'm not fucking lonely, bastard!" She screamed, tears forming on her eyes. Konan wiped her tears with her hand. "You can get drunk and we can you know… then none of us mentions it to anyone." She forced a smile, hoping it'll convince Sasori, but like she predicted, it didn't work. "What does Deidara have anywhay? Why do you love him so much?"

"I don't really know how to explain it…" Sasori chuckled.

Konan laughed with him. She got off him. They ended up sitting next to each other on the couch, laughing hysterically, like crazy. "Sasori… Can I kiss you one last time? Your lips… They're soft and nice… and…" Konan pressed her lips on the red head's lips. Sasori kissed her back, imagining that he's with the blonde. The blue haired woman pulled away. "You're a good kisser but Pein is still better than you." She said, smiling. "Maybe I'll talk to Pein when I'm ready."

The puppeteer gave her a small smile. "I'll prepare your bed now, okay?" He said, standing up. When he was about to leave, Konan pulled his arm to stop him. "Thank you very much, Sasori. I don't know how I'll repay you for your kindness. If ever Deidara does have a change of heart, he deserves you and you deserve him." After that, she released him.

"You don't have to repay me, Konan." Sasori said before he finally left.

'I have a feeling that you'll end with Deidara but I don't know if you'll survive and fight until the end when you come across… I'm sure you'll be happy, Sasori.' The blue haired woman thought.

"Is Konan in there?" Pein asked on the other line.

Sasori glanced at the sleeping woman and whispered, "Yes. She's safe. Don't worry."

The auburn haired man sighed on the other line. "I was looking all over for her this whole day. Can you take care of her for me please? She doesn't want to talk about us today and we ended up breaking up. Last night, we weren't talking at all."

"Yeah. I'll take care of her for you. Goodnight."

"Thanks. Goodnight." Pein hung up.

"Was it Pein?" The blue haired woman asked, yawning.

The red head turned around to look at her. "Yeah. He was just wondering where you were. But he said he won't bother you until you're ready to talk."

Konan just smiled at him. "Thanks a lot, Sasori."

"It's no problem. Go back to sleep."

She nodded and went back to sleep.

'At least they are working things out somehow...' He thought and went to his room.

The next day,

"Sasori, I want to come with you to your university!" Konan exclaimed, wearing her favourite clothes – a black shirt and skinny jeans.

"Sorry, Konan. I can't let you leave this house. I promised that I will take you out every afternoon." The red head said, preparing his things.

"That's darn boring! I know that Pein called you last night, but you have to let me do something I want! Please, Sasori!" She begged.

Sasori groaned. "Fine. Do whatever you want after you take me to the university."

The blue haired woman hugged him. "Thank you! Thank you very much, Sasori!"

"Yeah… Please let go of me." Sasori said, removing her arms on him.

When they reached the university, Konan's arms were wrapped on the red head's arm. Sasori just let her do as she pleases. "You can let go of me now…" He whispered.

The blue haired woman released Sasori's arm like she was ordered. "Say hi to Deidara and Tobi for me." She said, smiling.

"I will. Are you going to pick me up this afternoon?"

"Sure. What time are you going to see me here?"

"I'll leave you a message. Just wait for me here, next to the gate."

"Okay. See you later, Sasori." Konan said, waving goodbye.

Sasori waved goodbye and stepped inside the university. When he was walking, he stopped and glared at the students who kept staring at him. "What do you want?" He growled.

"Erm… We are just wondering if –"

"That woman is not my girlfriend, my sister, my cousin or my niece. She's the girlfriend of my boss." The red head said. "And she's not cheating on my boss."

"We were only just wondering, Akasuna- san." A male student said.

"So, you're still single, Akasuna-san?" A female student asked, blushing.

"Tsk. To be honest, there's only one person who makes my heat pound." Sasori quickly saw Deidara coming for him, smiling.

"How can that girl not see how perfect you are, Akasuna-san? You're handsome, smart, and charming!" Another female student cried.

"Why are you asking me these questions like I'm being interviewed in a show? I'm going to my class."

"Could you at least describe the person that you like, Akasuna-san?" A male student said, stopping the red head.

"Noisy, incredibly beautiful, and dense." Sasori said. He stared at the blonde waving at him and he waved back.

"Hi, Sasori-san!" Deidara greeted with a smile. "Hello to you, too!" He also gave the other students a smiled. They also greeted him with small smiles on their faces.

"Don't you try hitting on that woman with blue locks 'cause her boyfriend will never forgive you." The puppeteer said, grinning.

The male students just nodded while the female students were frowning.

"So, where's Tobi?" Sasori asked the blonde.

The other students went to their classrooms and left the two students talking.

"Don't worry. He's not absent today,un." Deidara said.

"I'm not worried at all, Deidara."

"Just maybe, you know? Anyway, were you talking about Konan a while ago?" The blonde asked curiously.

"Yeah. I'll explain it to you guys later. See you at break –"

"Actually, we can't meet up with you during the break. Maybe on our lunch break, we can talk about it. Is that all right with you?"

"Stop asking me if it's okay, Deidara. It's annoying, really. You're treating me as if I'm a loner who is obsessed with you." The red head said.

Deidara frowned. "But that's exactly what you're showing me, Akasuna-san. You're acting as depressed broken hearted guy who needs –" Before he could even finish, Sasori slapped him on his cheek.

"I can't believe that you actually thought I'm some broken hearted loner who needs to be loved and suchs. Well, I don't need your sympathy, Deidara. That's just completely stupid."

"You don't get it,un! I'm your friend! And friends help and comfort each –"

"Bullshit!" The puppeteer shouted. His hazel eyes showed how angry and furious he was. Sasori stormed away to his class, leaving the blonde in the hall like a total idiot.

'How is that my fault?' Deidara thought. His right hand was on the cheek that the red head just slapped. 'How is it my fault every time?' He asked himself, tears falling down from his baby blue eyes. 'Why me?'

The school bell suddenly rang.

The blonde wiped his tears away and went to his class, holding back his tears.

Sasori decided to spend his 15 minute break in the library. He grabbed a random book, sat on an empty table, and flipped the book's pages. 'What could they be doing? Deidara didn't sound like they're going to do something stupid but –' His thoughts were cut off when the girls on the next table started to giggle.

The red head frowned. He flipped the book's pages and stopped when the girls started to giggle louder.

The librarian scolded the girls but they giggled louder when the librarian left.

The puppeteer stood up, closed the book, and moved to another table. He flipped the book and only found himself getting even more bored. When he turned to the next page, a note was stuck on the book. Sasori would normally just ignore it, but the note intrigued him. Deidara's name was written on the paper. He anxiously opened the note.

'I was sitting here on the library, browsing different kinds of paintings from the past – particularly the Mona Lisa. It was a great painting that has loads of mysteries yet to be solved.

'But that isn't why I'm writing this note. Because, you see, I don't really believe in supernatural things. I think it's ridiculous and yeah, it's just a myth. All of these changed when I met him. He's a ghost – his name's Deidara and he's dense.

'At first, I heard him saying, "Art is a bang!" I glanced around and never saw anyone. He kept talking and talking about art and stuff that made me lose my patience. "Shut up!" I whispered with gritted teeth.

'Then, it was silent in the library once again. Actually, I thought I was crazy because there was no one in the library except me and the librarian. And, he finally spoke again, "You can see me,un?"

'I looked around, searching for him but I never saw anyone. "It must be my imagination," I muttered to myself.

'"No! No! You're not imagining things! I'm real! I'm right in front of you!" He said.

'Like before, I never saw anyone. I decided to shut my mouth and listen to him.

'"I guess you can't see me. But, yeah, I'm real. My name's Deidara. I'm a ghost and no, I'm not going to haunt you like in the movies."

'"And I'm supposed to believe you? That's bullshit. I must be dreaming." I kept on shaking my head but his voice seemed to never leave.

'"I'm tired… I want peace… I want to be free,un…" He muttered.

'"Aren't you like free right now?" I asked, still looking for him.

'"No. I can't remember my memories when I was still a human. I think that's the reason why I'm still stuck here."

'"And you want me to help you remember your memories?"

'Deidara chuckled like I said something wrong and stupid. I frowned. "What's funny with I said?"

'"You see, Danna is helping me already."

'"Danna?"

'"Yeah. I call him Danna. He's a really nice guy. When I first met him, he was really really snobbish but when time passed, he somehow showed his soft side." He explained.

'"So where is this 'Danna'?"

'"I can't tell you,un."

'"Then what do you want from me?"

'"I've been stuck here for how many months already. Danna says that he's still looking for information about me. I trust him so much and I have a feeling that I'm going to be free sooner. I –"

'"What do you want from me?" I asked again.

'He was silent for a second. I thought he disappeared but then he spoke again, "I just want to talk to somebody because Danna and I had a fight."

'Then, it was my turn to be quiet. I didn't know what to say back then.

'"Danna is a great artist – he especially loves doing puppets. They're amazing!" He exclaimed.

'All he kept talking about was the person called 'Danna.' To be honest, it was annoying but I kept listening to him. He's dense – very dense. He doesn't even realise that 'Danna' is lying to him.

'I figured that he'll find out the truth some time and maybe he'll finally be at peace. His voice sounded like he needed help but he kept telling me that he's fine and having a blast with 'Danna.' It's a lie – a big lie.

'I never met Deidara after that say. He said goodbye to me sincerely. I had a smooth conversation with him and this is the proof that I met him. If anyone reads this, please put it back on the same page. Thank you.'

It ended there. Sasori's hazel eyes were wide open and he was completely dumbfounded. The red head glanced at the date when the guy who wrote the letter met Deidara. He immediately remembered that it was before the day when he told the blonde that no one else can help him.

Sasori set aside the note. He hit his forehead on the book, asking himself questions. 'He knew that this guy could help him but he still stayed with me and… and… He expected me to help me but I – Why didn't he tell me about this? I told him to never go here! That stupid brat!' His thoughts got cut off when the school bell rang.

The puppeteer sat up straight, arranged himself, and looked down on the book. Again, he found himself surprised for what he saw.

No, There won't be Sasori X Konan further more in the story. She's just drunk that time :))