Hotshot: A ship I(more or less) got into to because of DeiTobi/TobiDei. Anyways, hope you all enjoy!


Pairing: ObiDei
Summary:
Obito remembers everything from his previous life. Then, he finds Deidara.
Rated: K
Warnings: Reincarnation AU, Age swap(Who dies first gets born first), mentions of character death


a lone brown eye glanced outside the window and to the city below, watching as vehicles sped by and people walking at a leisurely pace. For Obito Uchiha, twenty-three year old assistant manager of one of the Uchiha Corporation building, it was different than what he remembered in his old life. Sure there was still wars being fought, Disputes, and hatred, but, things seemed to be getting better as time progressed. Some things weren't so different, such as he Kakashi and Rin meeting in this life, though Rin was significantly older than he was and Kakashi being rather young. Another thing that seemed to stay the same was...

He rose a hand and touched the scarred right half of his face that extended down and engulfed the entirety of the ride side of his body. He was still crushed by boulders when he took Kakashi out to explore when they were younger and a small, sharp piece of rock jammed into his left eye, destroying the organ. Rin had found them and was quick to call it in and proceeded to do first-aid on the injury.

He was brought out of his thoughts when the familiar voice came through the intercom on his office phone. "Oi, Tobi, it's about time for your evening walk."

The corner of his lips twitched before turning, walking to his desk and pressed the button before speaking. "Thanks for reminding me, Zetsu. If anyone calls and asks-"

"Send them to Sasuke, I know. Have a nice walk."

Obito gathered his jacket, throwing it on before heading out the door, locking it behind him and went to the elevator. The doors slid shut and it only took a few moments for him to get down to the lobby and, once the doors opened, he walked away and outside.

The sun was sinking closer to the horizon, casting everything in a slightly orange glow. Coming with the setting sun was a cool breeze, reminding him that it was about the end of fall and soon, winter would set in.

He buried his hands in his jacket pockets and began to walk down the street, nodding at whoever greeted him as he walked passed. It felt...strange, casually walking with his scars bared to all. Of course, He didn't have to really hide who he really was like in his past life. There was one downfall to this though, He can just feel people staring at his scars and his eye patch. He makes an effort to not show how annoyed he was with it and sometimes, it just seeps through.

He glanced across the street towards the city center and stopped, seeing a crowd of people gather around what he could guess was a street performer. There were quite a few of those around, entertaining people with their talents and maybe even earn some extra scents. He could hear the music play within the crowd and it was rather upbeat, though he didn't know what music was actually playing. He tended to stay away from music unless he was listen to the radio when he was bored.

He was about to move on when the crowd suddenly clapped for a moment before the music was lowered and a voice he thought he was never going to hear again spoke up.

"This clay bird is my signature sculpture, yeah! I always draw them by default and if I can't think of anything else."

Obito hesitated for a moment before heading over and joined the crowd, politely pushing his way through until he was able to see and what he saw almost took his breath away.

Long blond hair was tied up with a few strands hanging over his face, concealing his one eye while his visible one, a crystal blue, scanned the cloud. There was a grin on his face which was free of the usual stress and, instead, it held age, signifying that, in this life, Deidara was now older than him. By how much he doesn't know. What he does know is that Deidara was still as breathtaking as ever and it was taking everything within his power to not revert into his Tobi persona and run to his Senpai.

That blue eye locked onto is lone brown one and they stared. There wasn't a flicker of reorganization like there was in Obito's, no matter how much he tried to conceal it.

With that grin still plastered on his face, Deidara pulled out a large lump of clay, putting it on a crate that he was using for a work table, and began to shape it without a word. He was shaping the clay, making it like a dome- no, not a dome...a mask?

Yes, it was in the shape of a mask. Once he deemed it shaped enough, he poked a hole on the right side of the mask for the right eye, but he didn't do the same for the left side. Instead, he started to detail it. Swirls from the eye hole made themselves known and it wasn't long until they were finished.

Deidara grabbed a can of spray paint and started on coloring the mask in a bright orange color. Once he was done with that, he grabbed a paint brush and a can with black paint and began to fill in the groves of the swirls though he made sure he kept them thin.

Obito felt like he was punched in the gut once the mask was finished. It looked just like his Tobi mask that he use to always wore to hide his identity. How did this man even...

"I think this came out well, yeah." Deidara held it up for all to see once the paint was done drying. "It's my first time making it, so forgive me if it isn't my absolute best."

The crowd clapped and Obito followed suit. The blond set it down back on the crate and grinned at everyone. "That's about it, I'll be back at the usual time, yeah."

The crowd broke up and Obito turned to follow suit after some hesitation but something grabbed his jacket. He looked to see who it was but, instead, something was placed on his face and held there. His hand flew up and went to grab the offending thing but it grabbed what felt like to be an arm instead and than he could see out of a eye hole, revealing Deidara standing there, still shorter than he was but still, the man was right there, almost in his face with that grin still plastered.

"What are you..."

"This mask fits you doesn't it, Tobi?" Deidara cut him off, making the lone brown eye widen. The hand holding the mask against his face withdrew, making him let the arm go.

"You..."

"Remember? By the way, I'm still pissed at you, yeah."

Obito tried not to wince. He should have expected that. He might have revealed himself to Deidara during the Edo Tensei phase of the plan...and it hardly went over well.

"Deidara-"

The blond man didn't let the other finish the sentence. He leaned up and, before Obito knew it, lips pressed against his and they were gone in a split second.

"I'll see you later." Deidara murmured before her gathered all of is things up and went on his way, leaving the younger staring after, his mind going a mile a minute.


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