Hi there readers! Yes, I'm a little late in updating but I put it mostly down to being distracted by trying to catch up in a few things I've lost track in. I've gotten some good reviews on the ItaDei from the previous chapter and so I will expand on it, giving a Part 2. I warn you, I'm not familiar with writing yaoi or shounen ai—which is why I probably haven't gotten back to Following the Sun—so please don't kill me for any type of OOC-ness as I went through MAJOR blocks while writing this; basically an ENTIRE chapter of ItaDei. I hope you enjoy this chapter though.
To those who don't like Yaoi/Shounen Ai: Don't read or just skip the parts that make you uncomfortable, please. I tried to make it as soft and light to help you he..hehe…
Excuse any errors or formatting issues and R&R‼!
Chapter 53: Itachi's Birthday Surprises Part 2
Itachi sat there in absolute shock, his stormy orbs noticeably wider—something that rarely happened.
Deidara's eyes were tightly pinned shut as he quickly pulled away as though expecting Itachi to punch him, Itachi realized.
That was actually close to what Itachi had in mind and he tensed with the intention of doing just that.
But Itachi didn't. Closing his eyes, Itachi pressed his lips against Deidara's and felt a jolt quite different to that of earlier.
He did not know what possessed him to do the exact opposite of what he'd wanted to, which was to push the blond very away. Perhaps through the same patched wall Deidara had blown a hole in some time ago over a cockroach.
Deidara sighed as he felt Itachi had kissed him back and when the brunet pulled away, a dark blush was staining the blond's cheeks.
The blond touched his fingers to his lips as he looked away, embarrassed. Itachi followed the movement, feeling his own lips tingle.
"You do feel something…"
Itachi didn't respond; couldn't respond.
Deidara reached to take the scope from his left eye and leaned to put it on the bedside table. He then moved to sit on his legs, facing Itachi and then tucked his bang behind his ear.
Itachi was immediately drawn to the blue endless pools that were Deidara's eyes.
What was wrong with him? Where was the loud-mouthed, blundering Deidara he knew?
"I want you to see me as someone who can make you happy, yeah?" said Deidara breathlessly as he looked down at Itachi; the blond took hold of Itachi's hands once more.
"I know how you feel about Hinata, yeah, but you must feel somewhat the same about me because you kissed me back when you could have caused me some serious bodily harm."
With this Deidara chuckled nervously, as though expecting Itachi to say "Psych!" and blast him away.
Itachi still had not said anything. He continued to look at Deidara, seeing his eyes filled with so much emotion that it scared Itachi.
Was he ready for something like this?
Itachi rarely found himself in situations he could not handle. Usually he would have everything planned out for any hiccup that might occur.
This had not gone according to Itachi's plan the moment he reciprocated.
The brunet was brought from his thoughts when Deidara leaned in again, stopping just a breath away.
"Don't deny it."
The movement was sudden, catching him off his guard and Itachi felt the tension build up in that moment, knowing Deidara was silently challenging him.
Itachi let go the breath he didn't realize he was holding and leaned up the rest of the way. The tiny room tilted this way and that beneath Itachi's lids as he explored the sensation of giving in.
The blond's lips were not as soft as Konan's or Hinata's; any female for that matter but they were fuller, covering his own neatly.
Itachi realized Deidara's kiss matched his personality as the blond nipped at his lips, tugging on the lower one frequently.
Deidara brought his hands up from holding Itachi's to grasp behind his neck and cup his cheek. There was a wetness on Itachi's cheek and neck and Itachi faintly registered it as Deidara's palms.
Itachi's hands, in turn, moved to Deidara's waist, lifting the blonde over his lap but not to straddle him as Deidara remained on his knees, held there by him by choice.
Deidara took hold of Itachi's shoulders to keep himself balanced and pressed himself closer to Itachi as the kiss deepened, despite Itachi's silent implication of not coming so close too fast. Deidara's weight pushed Itachi until his back hit the bed, the blond following.
They parted, Deidara breathing heavily as though he'd just run a marathon and Itachi in a quite similar situation, his breath actually hitching when Deidara leaned in quickly to lick his lips.
Itachi promptly flipped positions, switching to hover above the blond, who was now under his straddling form, hair fallen out of its ponytail and splayed around his almost feminine features.
This felt so strange and new to Itachi. So…different.
"Aren't you going to say something, hmm?" came Deidara's voice, breaking through Itachi's thoughts.
Itachi loomed above Deidara before leaning further on his elbows.
"What am I supposed to say?" Itachi more asked himself than the blond.
"Anything," Deidara answered as he looked to the side shyly.
Itachi didn't know what to say or do to be honest. Deidara was acting so strangely, then to add what just happened between them to the mix was more than Itachi could handle.
Deidara looked back at him after a long while of silence, his old self resurfacing.
"Look, yeah, I'm not asking for a relationship with you right now—though I would love that. I'm just asking that you say something, anything, so I'd know this isn't a dream after wanting this so much."
Deidara quickly looked away, becoming bristled.
"It wasn't a dream," said Itachi. He caught Deidara's chin, bringing the blond's attention to him. "This is anything but a dream because I felt… something too."
Deidara said nothing.
"I don't know what that something is yet because it's happened suddenly," Itachi continued. "But it's there and I'm not one to be a coward and not face what comes my way and I'm not going to deny what just happened between us."
Deidara gazed up at him as though searching his eyes for some form of proof.
Itachi surprised both Deidara and himself and pressed closer to the younger man, initiating the kiss this time around.
Deidara wrapped his arms around Itachi's neck as he kissed back just a passionately and even went a little further and bolder, lifting his leg up and around Itachi's hip and the reaction was priceless.
Itachi instinctively ground downwards with the pull of the other's leg, causing Deidara to buck up, and that movement instantly earned them a spasm of pleasure, wrenching groans from them both. It shot straight up Itachi's spine and back down again, adding to his already hazy state.
"Why the sudden change in attitude, yeah?" asked Deidara between kisses. "You couldn't stand me touching you before."
"I changed my mind," Itachi informed Deidara, effectively shutting him up by covering the blond's lips with his own.
Suddenly, there was a sharp tug on Itachi's scalp and a gnawing sound.
Deidara gasped, breaking the heated moment, pulling his hands from around Itachi's neck while taking a few strands of hair with his palms.
"Kami! I'm sorry!" said Deidara quickly. He brought his hands up to pluck the strands from the mouths there. "I guess my hands find you irresistible too, yeah?"
"Those things are always licking me or eating my hair," said Itachi, glad for the moment. He was not sure what would have happened if they weren't distracted. He sigh, rolling to the side. "I'm not food."
"They prefer you over food or clay any day," said Deidara, laughing.
Silence reigned over the room for the umpteenth time for the night and Itachi decided to start a conversation.
"When did you realize you are attracted to me?" Itachi asked, truly curious, as he looked up at the water-stained ceiling.
"I think I lo- was attracted to you a long time before I r-realized it, yeah," said Deidara, stuttering a little.
Itachi put it down to Deidara still being nervous. That and the blond nearly said he loved Itachi… no, he didn't miss the slipup but he let it slide until he would be able to asses it.
"Hn."
Itachi and Deidara endured yet another bout of silence until Deidara broke it.
"What about Hinata?" he asked. "I know you love her."
"It is a love that cannot be, "said Itachi. "Hinata sees me as nothing but a best friend."
This was true and Itachi knew he had no choice but to accept it as Hinata was now very happy with Sasuke, seeing as they were able to sort out their problems.
He couldn't help thinking what if though.
What if he'd made up his mind earlier and had come to Konoha sooner?
What if Hinata and Sasuke were fighting and he was able to lure Hinata away with him?
What if she agreed?
What if she hated him afterwards for using that moment of weakness in her relationship for his selfish desires?
Itachi was brought from his thoughts by Deidara.
"I know it's not that easy to give up on someone, yeah," he said. "I tried so hard to ignore what I was feeling for you all this time until I couldn't anymore."
Deidara looked across at Itachi then. "There's no way you can suppress your love for her, yeah, you and I know that. Both you and Hinata could clearly see I wasn't the same, even I felt it. Most likely Hinata might start to see your true attraction to her if you don't do something about it or it'll start to eat away at you.
"Demo… we know you've got to be real about the situation in the fact that Hinata loves Sasuke more than anything.
"Either you tell her you love her and hope for the best, or accept she's the fiancée of your little brother and you will have to let her go in that light, yeah."
All that had happened for the day was just getting to the brunet.
Itachi knew what Deidara was saying was true. Hell, it's all he thought about at one point.
"I don't want to think about that right now," said Itachi.
He turned to Deidara, dragging the blond to him, who came willingly. Deidara provided Itachi with a distraction. A distraction he really needed right now.
"Itachi…" Deidara whispered between kisses and hearing his name like that from him sparked something in Itachi.
Itachi could say that today was a strange one, and it was full of surprises but he had to admit, he liked everyone of them.
Happy birthday to him…
..he guessed.
So I know that some may love this chapter and some may hate it but I hope it was okay since the block was killing me. This chapter was really like a filler to me before the events of Itachi and Deidara's um… 'friendship/something else' and the Jounin exams. It's short-ish, I know, but I just couldn't get the bunnies working‼ Argh‼ such a frustrating feeling. Btw, it's late so I apologize for any mistakes I made while reading and writing through a foggy, sleep-deprived daze.
If you have not read Hinata the Vamp, A Happy Ending, or Following the Sun, please do.
Until next update…
Ja ne!
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