Here's Chapter 50 I hope you enjoy it!
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The tension was too much to take. I felt like I was suffocating in the room with a glaring Sasori and Kisame. The shark like man didn't have much fight in him though. He seemed to deflate under Sasori's gaze, which was interesting to see before anything happened, I pulled Itachi out of his seat and pulled him away from the uncomfortable silence. I took him near my room, not wanting to go too far away from Sasori and Kisame.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" I asked, still feeling the tension coursing through the air.
Itachi glanced at Sasori and Kisame. "Yes, because Kisame is my best friend and Sasori is yours. And we're together." My heart leapt at hearing Itachi say that we were together. My cheeks heated a little. I nodded my understanding, waiting for him to continue. Itachi shrugged. "It just makes sense that sometimes we're all going to be together. And we can't have a verbal or physical fight break out every time that happens." Itachi raised his voice. "So I thought it would be good for them to start getting used to the idea. It would be nice if they could at least be civil toward each other regardless of what's happening between them." Sasori and Kisame had the decency to color. Sasori's pale pink cheeks seemed to be quite an interesting sight for Kisame. He couldn't seem to look away from Sasori. I titled my head to the side. Kisame really did like Sasori. Now if only Sasori would forgive him. Yeah, hell might freeze over first. I shook my head, still not my business although it looked liked Itachi was making it his. "Now let's see if we can have a somewhat normal study session." Itachi grabbed my hand, pulling me back toward our friends. I couldn't believe Itachi was trying to mend fences between Sasori and Kisame. I smiled at the back of his head feeling my body flood with warmth and my heart beat just a little faster.
Itachi and I sat back down to a very silent table. Kisame cleared his throat and scooted closer to Sasori, who leaned away from him. I nudged him a little and he gave Kisame a tight smile. "So where do we start?" Sasori tried so hard to sound happy about what was happening, but he was most definitely not happy. The funny thing was he didn't look, but more uncomfortable the longer Kisame was by his side leaning over to look at his book to see where Sasori was in the story and what question he was on.
"First is there anything you don't understand?" Kisame kept his eyes glued to the book, not daring to look at Sasori.
I watched in rapt fascination the exchange between them. They were actually trying to be nice to each other. No matter how forced it was. I glanced at Itachi, he was very pleased with himself. I can't believe his plan worked. If I had tried something it probably would have blown up in my face. I was glad Sasori and Kisame were trying. It put my heart at ease. I didn't want Sasori to continue to be angry. I wanted him to be happy. And if Kisame was the key to that happiness then all the better that they start trying to get along.
Sasori looked at me, blushed then pointed to a section in the book. "This part makes absolutely no sense to me." Kisame smirked a little then explained to Sasori what it meant.
I forgot about my own work. I tried to scoot closer to Sasori, but Itachi held on to my chair, not letting me get any closer to the whispering people by my side. I couldn't hear what they were saying. It was most likely about our homework. I wanted to know.
"Let them be." Itachi jabbed his finger at my book. "Now start reading. We don't have all day."
I did as I was told. Sort of. The story made even less sense than normal. I kept glancing at Sasori and Kisame. They seemed to be getting along. Sometimes they shared heated words, but Itachi would put a stop to it right away.
"Do you want to tutor Deidara, Kisame?" Itachi asked after Kisame and Sasori started going at each other.
Kisame shook his head. "No. You can. I want to stay with Sasori."
Sasori looked down at his hands and rubbed them together. He was so red I thought he might turn in to a tomato. It was a good look on him. "Then stop making stupid comments that are likely to get your ass kicked," Sasori said with a raised eyebrow.
"And I suppose you're going to kick it?" Kisame looked skeptical. I hoped he didn't learn the hard not to mess with the fiery red head or he was in for a world of pain. I've seen it first hand and experienced on occasion.
"You better believe it now tell what this means." Sasori and Kisame fell into a shaky rhythm for the rest of the session.
I kept my ears open for anything that might trigger a regression, but nothing more happened. The tension was still there toward the end of the tutoring session, but Kisame and Sasori tried their best to get along with each and it went more or less well. At least everyone made it out in one piece.
We all packed up our stuff. Sasori finished first, trying to go as fast as possible. "I'm going to head home," Sasori said as he grabbed his backpack.
"I'll walk you." Kisame packed the rest of his stuff quickly.
"No." Sasori gritted through his teeth. He took a deep breath, calming himself. "Thank you. I'll be alright." I think the time Sasori spent with Kisame was enough for him for the day. He seemed to be in the mood to be trifled with.
I wanted to know how Sasori was doing after the tense tutoring we all endured. "I'll walk you out." Sasori nodded and Kisame growled at me. Growled. Who growls? I was so surprised at the reaction I nearly ran in to the door staring at a glaring Kisame. I guess, I didn't win any points in my favor. Itachi shook his head and went back to putting his stuff away. His whole plan seemed somewhat successful. Maybe next time we can all actually have a decent time instead of just surviving. It was something to look forward to.
I walked outside with Sasori and walked him to his front door. "Kisame growled at me," I said in disbelief. Sasori smiled a little. "Oh, you're loving this."
"No." Sasori's smile never faded. "His jealousy is of no concern of mine."
"Sasori, how much longer are you going to keep him on the hook?" I asked, rocking back on the balls of my feet. I was relieved to see Sasori did seem to want to be with Kisame. It was all up to him now.
"Not much longer, but I'm still a little peeved at him."
"Maybe you should hang out with him just as friends though. Start over. Be friends and then see if something more can come from it. Otherwise you two will continue to dance around each and no wants that. I mean even Itachi tried to get you two to at least talk."
Sasori grinned. "I didn't see that one coming. It looks like you're rubbing off on him more than he is on you."
"I'd like to rub off on…"
Sasori covered his ears. "I seriously don't want to know. Now if you don't mind I have to take a shower. I feel so dirty." Sasori shuddered.
I smiled at him, smile fading a little. "Sasori, do you know what you want to do?"
He sighed. "Yes, I think. I still need a little time, but I think I might try to be his friend first, but not just yet. I'll be civil. I can't guarantee I won't be mad at him for a little while longer."
"I understand. I'll see you later." Sasori went in his house and I went back to mine to find Kisame gone and Itachi waiting for me. "What's up?" I asked quirking up an eyebrow.
"I wanted to ask if you'll have dinner with me and my parent's next week. I want to tell them about us. Only if you're ready though." Itachi walked closer to me. I felt like he punched me in the stomach. All the air whooshed out of my lungs. It was so hard to breathe.
"You want me to what?" I put a hand to my chest. Why was it so hard to breathe?
"Have dinner with my parent's and we'll tell them about us." Itachi didn't seem to pick up on my distress at the thought of telling his parents. I gulped in air, not getting enough. Itachi picked up his bag. He seemed to be in a hurry, not paying much attention to me. "I'm sorry I forgot I have to pick up Sasuke from Naruto's. I better hurry. Let me know soon and I'll see you tomorrow." Itachi barely glanced at me as he left my house in a rush to pick up his brother.
I gripped my chest tighter. It was overwhelming this feeling of not being able to breathe. I did the only thing I could think of. I ran to Sasori's and knocked on the door as hard as I could. Sasori opened the door just as I was about knock again. "What in the hell is wrong with…Deidara are you okay?"
I shook my head. Sasori pulled me in to his house, sat me down on his couch and rubbed my back. "What's going on?" Sasori asked softly.
"Itachi wants to tell his parents about us." It felt like my lungs were being squeezed by a python.
"Is that bad?"
"What if they don't approve of me or don't want us to be together or…"
"Whoa, calm down. You need to relax before you hyperventilate. Now let's sit here for a few minutes while you relax then we can talk about it calmly, okay?"
I nodded, doing as Sasori said. My thoughts whirling around all the what if's and what it meant to tell his parents about us. That was such a huge step. I mean I've thought about telling my parents once in a while, but never thought Itachi would be the first to want to tell our relatives about us. I had no idea how my parents would react either which added more stress to the already gigantic ball growing inside me. I breathed deeply hoping to clear all worry from my system. Having Sasori by my side helped a little.
"Are you feeling better?" he asked as I relaxed against the couch cushions. I wanted to sink into the couch and hide.
"Yeah, a little. Sorry it was such a shock especially coming from Itachi."
"I can imagine. Now you don't have to go if you don't want to you know. Tell him you're not ready if you don't feel up to it."
"That's the thing. I want to be up to it, but for some reason I start to panic when I think about telling his parents then mine. I don't know why. Part of me thinks that they might think that I'm not good enough for him or something and demand I stop seeing him. It makes my heart hurt and it's hard to breathe." The thought of that happening made my insides twist and hurt. I tried to pull in gulps of air. Nothing was helping. Before I knew Sasori pushed my head between my knees and I was breathing in and out when he told to.
"One more time. In and out. Yeah that's it. No more thinking about it. First of all you're even crazier than I thought if you think they won't approve of you. You are the only person to really bring Itachi out of his shell and you're pretty awesome. Don't make me repeat such sappy stuff again or I might have to slap you in the back of the head."
Sasori had me laughing. "No, that's okay."
"Then what do you say we go get a burger or something. I'm hungry and you need something to help to your mind off all this time. Don't worry. You have some time to think about what you want to. In the mean time let's go get some food. It's been a stupidly long day."
I followed Sasori out the door to his car. All the while my mind shied away from the subject of meeting Itachi's parents fearing for the worst and hoping for the best. I had no idea what I wanted to do and wasn't sure if I should mention it to Itachi. I'd wait and see how he felt about and go from there. I just hoped that no matter what happened everything would go well.
Woot! Woot! Chapter 50 is done.
