Chapter Twenty-five◊
Tactful
(Adiera's POV)
Just stay calm, he won't hurt you, he won't, because he's a good boy! I giggled to myself but stopped when I felt a hand on my shoulder. Looking up I saw that the masked face was just inches from my face.
"Tami-chan said that we couldn't sit and do nothing." Then he explained every rule that Tami had spoken and I sighed that I couldn't find any loophole whatsoever. They know me oh too well. Smiling I saw that Tobi hadn't moved from me and I was beginning to feel awkward. "Can I kiss Adiera-chan?" My eyes widened as my face heated up once again. Being close to any Akatsuki member seems to have this affect.
"How c-can you do that with your mask on?" I stuttered, hating it as Tobi touched his mask pushing it up slightly. No way could he be willing to show his face just to kiss me I mean it makes no sense whatsoever! Why would Madara risk doing something like this to kiss me? Wait, maybe he could just be playing around, like most people he's probably just playing around with me, getting me to freak out to see if I know of him being Madara or what. Yeah that's got to be it, he's testing me, he's just testing me! "Tobi, could you stop playing around with me? I've had enough with people doing that." I murmured harshly as Tobi left his mask where it was, just at his nose.
"I'm not playing around Adiera-chan! I like Adiera-chan!" He grinned before his lips touched mine and I was still thinking he was playing around. Tobi had spoken those words but who hid underneath the mask wasn't Tobi, no, that was Madara who just loved playing around.
(Uro's POV)
I'm not going to kill Tobi, but I may kill Madara if he keeps playing around with her. I wish Tami hadn't made it a rule that they had to at least kiss Adiera once, especially without her knowing. Does it mean he's just following the rules or going on his own? Ugh Tami what are you thinking? I glanced over at Tami to find her grinning, knowing what I was thinking from a special connection we had being the oldest.
(Tami's POV)
Uro doesn't seem to understand why I made Gina dare Adiera to do this. Maybe she'll understand that she's made the Akatsuki actually agree to this. Hm, now who's next? Oh yes everyone's favorite puppet, Sasori of the Red Sand! "Gina open the door, seven minutes are up."
She nodded and pulled open the door to find Tobi in one corner and Adiera in the other, huddled up in the same position as before, though tighter. Tobi crawled out, not so hyper as he had been when going in, and Adiera stayed huddle up, murmuring something. What the fuckin' hell if Tobi, no, Madara did anything besides kiss her then I'll murder him. I don't give a damn if he's a shinobi or an axe murderer he will die if I found out he did anything else!
"Okay Sasori you're up next!" The ever impatient puppet master stood and walked into the closet as Gina closed and locked the door as she had done with the others. I think I can trust Sasori and the rest of them, because they don't wear a mask.
(Adiera's POV)
I was glad for Sasori, because he just kissed me on the cheek and then sat down. He'd figured out the loophole and I was thankful that he had. I mean I wasn't afraid of Sasori like I was to Tobi, because of Madara, but I wouldn't want him to be forced to do something he truthfully didn't want to. "If you were to hide yourself would you do it?" I mumbled under my breath for no reason at all, and it seemed to catch hold of Sasori's attention.
"Why would you ask me that?" He spoke as I shrugged. "You must have a reason to voice it."
"I don't know, it just came into my head, and I'm wondering it to both of us I guess, because if I could hide myself to not be picked on I wouldn't do it. Unless it meant I wouldn't be alone. Then I might consider it."
"So you'd hide your true self just to make others like you?"
"Yeah I guess I would. I'm a people pleaser, the reason why I don't have many friends is because many people take advantage of this fact and use me, they play around with me." I huddled myself closer as Sasori just stared at me.
"So you'd keep yourself hidden not to be hurt?"
"Yeah, it's like you with Hirukio, you hide inside of him so you won't physically get hurt. I would hide in myself so I don't mentally and emotionally hurt or so that others around me don't get hurt."
"So…" I giggled to myself at how he kept starting his sentences, and he raised an eyebrow at it, which made me just smile and laugh. Whoever said puppets didn't have a sense of humor was completely wrong! "You really are a strange girl, you know that right?"
"Yeah, I seem to be getting that a lot." I grinned and he surprisingly did as well. The door suddenly opened and Gina grinned, her eyes seem to sparkle just like when she'd open up on Zetsu and myself.
"Okay Kisame your turn!" Tami grinned widely as Kisame stood and I tried to understand whatever it was she was thinking.
** Thank you Animzer for the help with the title and xxyangxx2006 for helping me to get inspired! As always I thank all of you for reading, alerting, reviewing, favoriting this story "I am" and I hope you've been enjoying it so far! As a quick reminder…Don'tforgettoreview! Yeah it was a quick don't forget to review! **