Concrete Angel

"Nobody knows what she's holding back"

(A/N: I'm going to skip to the end of school because nothing really happens, by the way Rayne's older siblings are named Ichiro, Yumi, and Yukio. These are based a lot on their personalities, and status in their family. Ichiro means "first son"; Kimi means "she who is without equal"; and Yukio means "gets what he wants")

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-Blah- thinking

"Blah" song lyrics

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As I walked out of school hot and annoyed, only two periods of P.E. straight could take that much out of a guy like me. I saw my older sister's silver eclipse outside of the school so I supposed my dad was at work which was a good thing, the bad thing was the fact that the tall brunette I had to call an older sister had probably brought her boyfriend, which was okay as long as they didn't start kissing. Kimi's boyfriend, Itachi, was actually pretty nice once you got to know him. However, the first impression I got of him was "jerk." He has a younger brother named Sasuke; their parents got arrested two years ago for illegal drug abuse, drug possession, and drug dealing, to minors and adults. Therefore, Itachi had to drop out of college to support his brother and himself, so that Sasuke wouldn't get lost in a foster program or an orphanage. When I got to the car Kimi and Itachi were just sitting there waiting patiently for me to get there. When I got into the car, Kimi stepped on the gas and sped off towards Itachi's house, to drop him off. After dropping off Itachi, we headed towards home; we got home in about five minutes, far from enough time to relax before going into the torture chamber of a house. I stepped out of the safety of the car and took small steps towards the door. My older brother, Yukio, was waiting for us in the front hallway. He flipped his semi-long green hair behind his shoulder before greeting us, his aqua-blue eyes looked positively gleeful.

"HI! Guess what! Dad is gonna be gone all night for a drinking game, so Sasori can stay downstairs today! Isn't that great?" we all just stared at him like he was stupid, dad never went out all night. Not even to drink, this was most likely just a ploy to make us drop our guards and then when we were all nice and relaxed he'd come barging in to destroy our peaceful happiness, nope let the gullible middle child float in the bliss of unknowing innocence, I was not going to fall for it, I was going to go up to my room to do my homework there! The only problem? A short, blue-eyed hyper ball of… older brother (I guess) blocking the route up to my bedroom.

3 hours later

Here I was, stuck downstairs and the phone was ringing so why wasn't anyone picking the darn thing up? All of my OLDER siblings were sleeping like babies on either side of me. I slowly rose and picked up the phone,

" Hello. Izuki residence, how may I help you?" I politely spoke into the piece of black plastic.

"umm… I wanted to talk to Sasori if I can; my name is Hinata…" a shy, quiet voice came through the phone.

" Oh! Hinata! This is Sasori, what can I help you with?" I had met Hinata earlier today in 7th period track.

" I just wanted to see if you wanted to join my friends and I at my house this Saturday… but only if you want to come…" Hinata softly answered.

" I'd love to come but I have to ask my dad and he's not here at the moment so I'll call you back when I get the answer from him, okay?"

I vaguely heard a soft okay and then a click. With that I hung up and then my whole night came crashing down around me when I heard my dad's car pull into the driveway and his heavy boots stomping towards the door. When the doorknob started to fidget I regained control of my body and I bolted towards my room. Just before I reached the stairway a large rough hand harshly grasped my wrist.

" Trying to steal something, you little bitch?" I gasped as my wrist gave an unnatural snap and a startling throb of pain found it's way up my arm. I was yanked back and thrown mercilessly against a wall, my vision swam for a second before a punch was delivered to my already bruised and aching stomach, I coughed when my dad grabbed my neck and held me up by it as his other hand delivered a harsh slap to my cheek causing me to slam my head into the wall on the other side of my face. My dad finally let go of my throat allowing me to get a few gasps of air before kicking me in the stomach causing me to lose the little oxygen I had gotten, then he left me lying there gasping for breath and in to much pain to move.

I lay there for about an hour before I gained the strength to sit up and move without causing my entire body to scream in pain. When I finally reached my room it was well past midnight so I set my alarm for four a.m. so I could get out of here before my father woke up and took out his hangover pain on me.

7:45 a.m.

I had somehow managed to get out of the house before my father woke up but now I had an hour to kill before school started so I decided to walk over to the Kids' Park near the school.

When I reached the park a heavy mist had settled over the entire area and I felt this eerie feel about it, I went over and sat on one of the yellow swings, paint chips gathered at my feet as I gently swung.

"Two strangers passing on the sidewalk"

I looked around the park and was surprised to see the blonde boy from school the other day sitting on the gym a few feet away from me.

"Barely brush each others hands"

I quickly looked away when he looked up towards me, as if feeling my stare.

"He says I'm sorry"

Even though I looked away quickly I couldn't help but notice the red rim around his eyes.

"She says don't worry"

I vaguely wondered if he had been crying as I slowly look back towards him.

"And that is how it all began"

He is still staring at me in surprise when I fully turn back towards him.

"Strangers"

Now that I get a good look at him I see that his intense blue eyes have black bags under them and his clothes almost seem to hang off of his form.

"Strangers"

I slowly get up and start walking towards him; I see the fear and apprehension in his eyes, even though he does a good job at covering it up, as I get closer to him.

"Two strangers passing in the hallway"

" Hi, my name is Sasori. What's yours?" I calmly stated the question.

"Barely touch each others hearts"

" My name's Deidara… unn…" He doesn't sound too happy, if anything he sounds depressed.

"Now they're pretending"

I sadly look away from him wondering why he's out here, not knowing he's wondering the exact same thing.

"Two shadows blending"

We just sit there for a few minutes until Deidara states, "You put up a good show."

"That they're a million miles apart."

I pretend to have no idea what he's talking about, but inside I know, - But nobody is supposed to know what I'm holding back, at least… nobody else knows -

"Strangers"

He continues staring at me and says, "You're not as good at pretending as you think you are…" and with that he walks away, leaving me completely surprised and confused.

"Strangers…"

(A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. I don't own Deidara, Itachi, or Martina McBride's "Strangers")

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