I groaned a little, not liking how this was taking forever, and Deidara smiled at me. I giggled to myself when he took my hand in his, stroking the back of my hand with his fingers. When Deidara showed up, it had been a little bad. Firstly he got up in Kankuro's face, wondering, and I quote "What the hell do you think you're doing touching my girl?" He'd been a little pissed off until I explained that they three of them had helped me carry my groceries home, and I tripped going up the stairs. I told him I'd landed on my ankle wrong and snapped it, they were just getting ready to take me to the hospital. After that he'd calmed down, apologizing to Kankuro for snapping at him, and he carried me to the hospital with the three of them walking with us. He didn't seem to like Kankuro though, even though I'd said he was just helping me. Was he jealous or something?

"Are you almost done?" I asked quietly, hating that our date was being postponed. The medical shinobi nodded, saying

"Almost, it'll be another few minutes."

I groaned loudly, and Deidara chuckled next to me. I felt my cheeks go hot at him laughing at me and looked over at the Sand team. Temari didn't look like she wanted to be there, I guessed she was tired of waiting on my ankle to get fixed. Kankuro…he looked slightly terrified to be there, Deidara must've really intimidated him. Then Gaara, I felt awful seeing the look he was giving me. He still felt bad about my ankle, but he couldn't say anything infront of Deidara. I didn't want him to get upset with Gaara, plus, we couldn't tell him about Gaara's demon. The four of us had a secret, and we were going to keep it.

"Ano…you guys didn't have to stay." I mumbled, trying to break the awkward silence. Temari shrugged, and Kankuro put his hand behind his head.

"I was walking beside you, if I would've reacted sooner we could've saved your ankle." he said, cringing when Deidara looked at him. "It's my fault."

"You're not the one that's clumsy though." I said, rolling my eyes. Deidara chuckled at my sarcastic tone, moving my hand to his face, and gently pressed his lips against my knuckles. I felt my cheeks go warmer, and Temari said

"So…you guys are together then?" Deidara glanced at her before moving his gaze back to me, a smirk on his face. I felt my face go hotter and covered my face with my hand, since he was holding the other.

"Yeah." Deidara said simply, kissing my knuckles again. I blushed darker and mumbled

"Don't."

"Nande love?" he asked, a smirk still playing on his lips. I almost groaned realizing my face was getting even hotter and said quietly

"You're embarrassing me."

He laughed, rubbing my palm with his thumb. I heard a giggle come from Temari and a chuckle from Kankuro. I felt bad for Gaara, he had no clue what was going on. I had a feeling I'd be having to explain dating to him…wait…Deidara said we were together. Did he mean that…he wanted me to be his girlfriend? I blushed at the thought and heard the medical shinobi say

"All done, you'll have to postpone training for a day or two." I sighed, not liking that I had to stop training for a couple of days, and she smiled. "Your lucky, if you weren't in the Chunin exams I would've only healed it halfway." I cringed at the thought, smiling sweetly.

"Arigato." I said quietly. She nodded, exiting the room. I smiled, happy my ankle was fixed, and hopped up from the bed. "I can walk again." I rejoiced, Deidara chuckled. He pulled me close to him, kissing my cheek. I blushed a few different shades of red and heard him say

"Next time your walking up the stairs, hold onto the railing, yeah?" I scowled, un-amused, but nodded.

"Fine fine, bossy." He chuckled, running his fingers through my hair. "Deidara, can you let me go now? Please…I need to breathe." He chuckled, letting go of me but took my hand afterwards.

"I have to say, you guys look good together." Temari said grudgingly, I smiled.

"Arigato." I said sweetly, smiling again when Deidara squeezed my hand. We all walked out of the room together, heading out of the hospital. The whole time we'd been in there Gaara hadn't said a word, I needed to talk to him real quick.

"Arigato for taking care of her until I get here, un." Deidara was saying to Temari and Kankuro.

"No big deal." Kankuro said, still looking like he was intimidated by him. I slipped my hand out of Deidara's and said

"Gaara." He looked at me, everyone did. I looked at Deidara and said "I'll just be a minute, will you wait right here and play nice?" He chuckled, nodding before kissing my cheek.

"Fine love." I walked a little way away from them with Gaara and smiled at him.

"Don't blame yourself." I asked of him. "It wasn't your fault." He nodded, still not looking happy with himself. "Gaara-kun." He looked up from the ground, meeting my eyes. "What's wrong?"

"What…is he…to you?" he asked sounding confused, I smiled.

"He's my boyfriend." I told him. "When people care about each other…in a way that's not friendship…they date." He nodded, not looking like he understood. "It's like…there's an emotion you feel in your heart, I don't know how to explain it but you know when you care about someone like that. You don't need to think about it, you just know." He nodded, I thought he might've understood it a little better. "They're someone that will care for you and make you happy, all the time." He nodded again, I think he got it. "How about we talk tonight? I'll meet you on one of the roofs." He nodded in agreement, and I lightly touched his shoulder. "Please…stop blaming yourself."

"I need to go." he said emotionlessly, looking at the ground. "It's back." I nodded, understanding what he meant, and said

"You go on, I'll tell Temari and Kankuro for you. I'll see you tonight." He nodded and walked in some direction. I went back to Deidara, who was still talking with Temari and Kankuro, and said

"It's back." Deidara rolled his eyes, thinking I just screwed up my language, but I knew they understood what I was saying.

"We'll see you later Sada." Temari said, I nodded.

"Feel better." Kankuro told me, they walked off without a reply. I looked up at Deidara, smiling sheepishly.

"Nani love?" he asked, I pouted.

"I ruined our tea date." He chuckled, kissing my forehead.

"As long as your better, that's all that matters un." he whispered, pulling me into a hug. I snuggled into his embrace, happy that everything hadn't seemed suspicious. "Who were those kids though?" I giggled and said

"They're from the Village Hidden in the Sand, they're in the Chunin Exams with me. We're…friends." Deidara looked at me, not looking like he was buying the friends thing. "Well, the red head is, Gaara. The other two…they're just getting used to me." He nodded, I couldn't tell what emotion was in his eye. It wasn't jealously, it was something else…guilt maybe?

"Uh huh…do you still want to go get tea hm?" he asked, changing the subject.

I nodded, smiling slightly. He chuckled, wrapping his arm around my waist and we walked down the street, heading towards the coffee shop. We finally made it into the coffee shop and ordered some tea. 'I don't know what it is I feel towards Deidara, but it feels stronger than what I had felt towards Haku. Could I...love him? No...I can't...I loved Haku. But if what I feel for Deidara is stronger than what I felt towards Haku then maybe...I didn't love Haku. I don't know, but I love spending time with him. He's so amazing, and I feel like he's perfect for me. Just everything about him screams that he's for me.' I took a sip of my tea, I'd figure all of this out sooner or later. Until I did, I wanted to find out more about Deidara.

"What rank are you?" I asked randomly. He smiled, seeming happy that the silence was over, and moved his bangs out of his eyes.

"Hmmm? Are you sure you want to know un?" he asked with a teasing tone. I nodded eagerly, and he grinned. "I'm a Jounin." My jaw dropped, and I stared at him slightly amazed. That was so impressive…and he was only sixteen. Damn.

"Wow." I whispered.

"Surprised hm?" he asked curiously.

"Just a bit." I said quietly. "How are you such a high rank?" He smiled and shrugged to himself.

"I was the prodigy of my clan yeah." he said like it was no big deal, taking another sip of his tea. I nodded to myself and stared down into my cup.

'Woah...he's a prodigy...this makes me feel so inferior to him. He's just so perfect at everything.'

"So who are you fighting in the final rounds of the Chunin Exams hm?" Deidara asked, smiling at me.

"Some guy from the Sound." I answered, not very interested in Dosu. I'd kicked his ass once before, I'd do it again. He nodded and brushed my bangs out of my eyes.

"Would I be allowed to help you with your training hm?" he asked hopefully. I nodded, and he smiled.

"How about tomorrow?" I suggested. He thought for a second and sighed, shaking his head to himself.

"Can't un. I have work." he groaned. I sighed and shrugged absentmindedly. "What about Thursday?" he asked. I nodded and smiled.

"Ok." I whispered with a nod. I watched him put his elbow on the table and lean his cheek against his hand.

"I never found out what village you're from yeah." he stated, I lowered my eyes nervously.

"Oh." I whispered, I needed to tell him. I didn't want to keep secrets from Deidara since I liked him so much, and I wanted to be able to let him into my heart. I wanted to feel like I could trust him, I needed to tell him. "The Village Hidden in the Dark." I looked over at him sitting next to me, and he stared at me curiously.

"Aren't they an absolute monarchy, hm?" he inquired. I nodded, slightly surprised to meet someone who knew about my village, and he tilted his head to the side slightly. "Demo..." He stopped and I looked at him curiously, wondering what he'd been planning on saying.

"Hai?" I said, hoping he'd continue.

"They don't allow people out of the village anymore yeah." Deidara told me.

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"It's some new law that the king put into affect yeah." Deidara said. "No outsiders are welcome, and none of the citizens are allowed out except Anbu and Onin."

I looked at Deidara and finally looked down, trying to gather my thoughts. They had actually put a law like that into affect? I couldn't believe my parents, they were becoming more power hungry than ever before. Trying to keep the citizens from leaving the village. So if only Anbu and Onin were allowed out of the village then that meant that none of the Genin could go to other villages to take the Chunin Exams. So my father must have set up a Chunin Exam in our village. Why hadn't I heard of this new law? Well...know really did know about my village so I shouldn't have been surprised I hadn't heard about it until now...but when had it happened?

"When was this been put into affect?" I asked curiously, finally looking up at Deidara. He tilted his head to the side and glanced up at the ceiling, trying to think.

"I'd say about eight years ago un." Deidara finally said after a minute.

I bit my lip and shook my head to myself. They'd put this new law into affect after I'd left the village. Either they were mad about losing me...or they didn't want me to be able come back.

"So I'm wondering something." I looked at him and nodded, wondering what he was going to ask me. "How did you move here if that village doesn't let people out of it hm?" I sighed and shook my head not wanting to lie to him, but I wasn't able to tell him the full truth.

"I can't tell you the whole story." I said sadly.

"Nande?" he asked, sounding confused.

"It's not that I don't trust you." I told him, looking up into his eyes. "It's just that...I'm not ready." He nodded, and I took his hand. "I promise that I'll tell you the whole story eventually."

"Alright love." he said, smiling a little. I smiled slightly and sighed.

"Well the way I got here was..." I stopped and looked at Deidara. He smiled encouragingly, and I took a breath. "I...ran away."

"Nande hm?" he asked.

"Parents." I replied. He nodded, and I put my head in my hands. "They just...didn't understand me. The way I was I mean." He nodded and sighed.

"And you ran away because of persecution un?" he inquired; I nodded.

"Yeah, that's mainly it. A bunch of Anbu went chasing after me, but I escaped from them. I don't know how I managed to, but I did." I reminisced, rubbing my temples. Deidara nodded again, and I took a drink of my tea. "So why did you come to Konoha?" I asked. "You could've gone anywhere, but you chose to come here."

"I heard Konoha was very welcoming to outsiders yeah." Deidara said. "I spent most of my time after I left my village trying to find this one yeah." I nodded, and he smirked. "It took a pretty long time walking yeah."

I giggled in amusement, staring into his beautiful blue eye. I really liked him, so much. He was so perfect for me, and I loved spending time with him. It seemed like we'd bonded in the few days we'd known each other. I felt my cheek go hot realizing I was still staring into his eyes and he chuckled, pulling me into a sideways hug. I smiled and leaned my head against his shoulder, happy to have him holding me. It felt so right.

"I've been wanting to ask you something since we were at the hospital." Deidara said, grabbing my attention.

"Nani?" I asked curiously. He bit his lip and looked down into my eyes.

"Will you be my girlfriend hm?" I smiled and looked down at the floor.

"Hai." I answered. He smiled and lightly kissed the top of my head, it was finally official.

A FEW WEEKS LATER; KONOHA STREETS

Deidara sighed and continued walking down the street. He was going over to see Sada at the moment and was debating on whether or not to show her his art. He'd been dating her for about two weeks, and it was the best time of his life. He'd actually become himself again, rather than hiding behind a while. He hadn't been like this in a good number of years, he couldn't believe that affect she'd had on him. Sada was just so perfect that he couldn't get her off his mind. He was constantly thinking about her where ever he went. He'd helped her with her training for the Chunin Exams, and she was so talented. She was definitely a Chunin level...maybe even higher than that. She could be the level of an S-Ranked Criminal for all he knew. Speaking of S-Ranked Criminals, he only had a week left in the village. He had eventually gathered enough information on the kid that carried the nine-tails, but he was so distraught about leaving Sada. He didn't know what he was going to do. He only had a week left with her, and it wasn't even that much. It would take Deidara a maximum of five days to get back to the headquarters and a minimum of three. He wouldn't be able to use his birds so that meant that he had only four days left with Sada.

He cared about her so much, and the closer he had gotten to her, the more he came to realize that he cared about her more than he cared about himself. He'd never valued a girl's life over his own, but now he did. Sada was the only girl that had managed to break him, the only girl that had managed to see the true him, he'd become himself again thanks to her. He always wanted to be with her, and when he returned to headquarters he wasn't going to be allowed to return most likely. He couldn't wait for weeks or months or years; he cared about her far too much. He wasn't supposed to get involved with anyone this way, but he had anyway and found his soul mate. What was Sasori going to say about him if he came back talking about her? He'd never fail to harass Deidara. Deidara still felt like he couldn't leave Sada, maybe he could somehow convince Pein to allow her in the organization. He'd have to come up with some plan soon, the end of the month was closing in fast. He'd just gotten so close to her that he didn't want to let her go...he couldn't. He was...in love with her.

He opened the door of Sada's house and walked inside. She actually trusted him enough to give him a key, he didn't know what he was going to do without her. She had really opened up to him in the two weeks that they had been dating. She was still sort of quiet, but he was able to make her smile and even laugh at times. Most of her laughs though were quiet giggles, but he made her happy so that was all that mattered to him. She actually talked more than she used to, and she joked around with him a bunch. She was a really funny girl, but she was still as shy as ever when they weren't alone. She just didn't seem all that used to people, she was so quiet around them all. Yet, when she was with Deidara, she was always smiling. Maybe...he had a positive affect on her life. He loved her...maybe...she loved him.

"Sada-chan, love." he said, walking further into the house.

"Deidara-kun."

He looked over and smiled seeing her standing in a doorway. Her clothes were covered in paint again, she looked so beautiful. He loved seeing her covered in paint all the time, she just always looked so angelic.

"What are you doing here?" she asked curiously.

"Hm? Well I wanted to visit my girlfriend for one." Deidara said with a smirk. Sada smiled and ran down the hallway, jumping into his arms. "I've missed you love."

"I missed you too." she whispered. He smiled and placed his chin on top of her head, still holding her close to him.

"Sada-chan, I have something I want to show you." he told her. She pulled back from the hug and looked at him curiously.

"What is it?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.

"I can't exactly tell you yeah." he said, smirking in amusement.

"And why not?" she asked, giggling.

"Because it's something you have to see and experience." he stated.

"Is it one of those once in a lifetime chances?" she asked, smiling slightly.

"Well, maybe not once in a lifetime for you yeah." Deidara said. Sada smiled again, and Deidara took her hand. "So will you come with me un?" he asked. She nodded and laced her fingers through his. He smiled at her and led her out of the house.

"So where exactly are we heading to?" Sada inquired, looking at Deidara. He stared into her beautiful eyes for a long minute and finally smiled sincerely at her.

"The forest yeah." he answered.

"Why the forest?" she asked curiously.

"Like I said before can't tell you un." he said, smirking again.

"You can at least tell me why you chose the forest." Sada said with a smile "Please Dei." She hugged his arm, and he grinned.

"Alright fine." he said, sighing. She giggled, and he rolled his eyes at her playfully. "The forest is far away enough from the village yeah. What I'm going to show you is something that...non-artists wouldn't understand, yeah."

"So this is something to do with your art?" she asked excitedly. Deidara nodded and grinned.

"Excited hm?" he asked.

"Hai, I've been wanting you to show me your art for ages. Now I finally get to see it, I'm so excited." she said, smiling.

He smiled and wrapped his arm around her waist. She smiled up at him, and he shook his head amused. This girl was just so perfect. They walked into the park and took a path that led into the forest. By this time it was around eleven, they were out passed curfew...oh well though. Breaking the rules was fun, Sada even agreed to that.

"Alright love, this is the place yeah." Deidara said looking down at Sada. She smiled and looked up at him.

"Come on. Show me." she begged.

"Alright alright." Deidara said teasingly. "You're so bossy un."

"Only about art." she whispered, he chuckled amused.

"Good thing too, art's a blast." he said, chuckling again.

She nodded in agreement, not realizing the pun he was implying. Sada smiled slightly feeling Deidara hug her from behind and giggled to herself when he rubbed his cheek against hers. Deidara lightly kissed the top of her head and took her hands. He covered her eyes with her own hands, and she giggled.

"Deidara-kun stop." she giggled, happy that she was spending so much time with someone as amazing as him.

"Keep your hands there." he instructed.

"Nande?" she asked curiously.

"I want this to be a surprise yeah." Sada nodded and kept her hands over her eyes, wondering what Deidara was planning on showing her.

Author's Note: Grrr, I'm so sorry I didn't notice that weird ass mistake sooner guys. I'm lame =/

OLD PREVIEW

"Sada-chan?" Deidara poked my cheek again, and I turned over so I was staring up at him.

"Hm?" I looked at him, and he smiled at me again.

"Are you ok love?" he asked. "You've been awfully quiet yeah." I shrugged and sighed.

"Don't be worried over that." I whispered. "I'm always quiet."

"You're usually not as quiet when you're with me un." Deidara stated. "What's wrong hm?"