Yay! Another chapter done. Slightly disappointed in this one but oh well. As long as other people like it, that's all the matters, right? Anyways, on to the story. Again, if you enjoyed please review, favorite, and follow for updates on the story!

S Lyubov'yu,

Casper

Sakura awoke when the shrill sound of her phones alarm went off somewhere by her thigh. She blindly reached for it, determined to cease its ringing. The minute she was able to locate the device she sighed in relief, she heard twin groans above her but it didn't sound as if the boys that were occupying her couch were quite ready to wake up. Honestly she wasn't either but she probably took longer to get ready for school than Sasori, and well, she didn't know what Deidara did during the day considering she hadn't seen him at school. She could only assume he had graduated the year before. He couldn't be that much older than her, could he? Shaking her head she lifted herself off of her living room floor and made her way towards her bedroom to find her cloths for the day.

After deciding on a band T-shirt and a pair of white skinny jeans, Sakura grabbed some fresh undergarments and headed towards the bathroom with the stealth of a mouse. She didn't want to wake up her boys until she had to. Wait. Did she just call Sasori and Deidara her boys? She wasn't even going to try to put forth the effort to think about her reasoning. It was too damn early for such deep thinking. She quickly stripped out of her pajamas and turned on the shower, while she waited for the shower to warm up she quickly brushed her teeth. When the water was nice and hot, she stepped in and made quick work of washing her hair and body.

Once she was satisfied that she was clean, she cut the water and stepped out. She grabbed a towel from the closet in her bathroom and made quick work of drying her body. She quickly threw on her cloths for the day and ran her brush through her hair before she made her way towards the kitchen. If her hunch was correct, the minute the boys smelled food they would wake up immediately. 'Bacon and eggs or pancakes.? Screw it, I want pancakes.' she thought.

After switching on the light in the kitchen, she grabbed everything she would need to make enough pancakes to feed a small army. After grabbing the flour, eggs, milk, and all of her other things she would need for the batter she began mixing them together in a large mixing bowl. She crouched below on of the counters and withdrew her skillet from the cupboard and set it on her stove to start heating up. She made quick work of beating together her ingredients before grabbing a random measuring cup and poured a few pancakes worth of batter into the skillet.

Deidara really didn't feel like waking up right then, he was in sleep filled heaven. Whatever he was laying on easily wasn't his bed. He decided he wanted to sleep on this thing for the rest of his days. He was about to force himself back to sleep when a scent hit his nose. Oh bless the Gods', someone was making pancakes! His eyes snapped open instantly and he took a moment to realize that he had fallen asleep on his pink haired neighbors couch. Whoops...

He mentally shrugged and started to swing his legs off of the couch when he felt another body on the couch with him. He raised his head and noticed that Sasori was asleep on the other side of the couch, he had yet to stir. He quickly reminded himself that the red head slept like the dead, food being cooked or not. While Deidara could be an asshole, he knew better than to not wake the red haired teen up when there was food involved. And he supposed that he needed to wake Sasori up anyways, it was a school day after all. 'Speaking of which, what the hell time is it, yeah?' He thought to himself. He sneaked a glace over at the clock on the living room wall and found it was only six thirty in the morning.

"It's too early, yeah...", he groaned.

After swinging his legs around Sasori and standing from the couch he went over to Sasori's side and gently shook his friends shoulder.

"Oi, Sasori, wake up man. We fell asleep at Sakura's, yeah", he said quietly as he shook the red heads shoulder. When he heard the red haired teen moan in protest he couldn't help but smirk.

"Go away, brat...", Sasori moaned, sleep evident in his voice. Yes, he knew he had fallen asleep on Sakura's couch. But was he ready to move just yet? Hell no, her couch was comfortable.

"But Sasori, she's making food.", Deidara whispered, knowing that the promises of food would change Sasori's mind.

The red heads eyes snapped open and he quickly jumped off of the couch, why hadn't the blond told him that food was involved? While it wasn't as if Sasori wasn't well fed, he, like the blond, really liked a good meal. And if Sakura's cooking from the night before was any indication of her skills in the kitchen, well, he gladly get his ass out of bed for that. The red head did a quick stretch and had to suppress a groan when he felt the joints in his back give a satisfied pop. Now that the duo was awake, they started to make their way towards the kitchen, hoping that Sakura wouldn't be mad about them falling asleep on her couch. They couldn't help but wonder why she hadn't woken them up and sent them back to Deidara's apartment. Not that they minded being left on the couch.

As the boys entered the kitchen, their noses were once again assaulted with the scent of freshly made pancakes. This girl really was a saint. If kidnapping was legal, they'd be committing the act against the pink haired girl in front of them. They honestly couldn't figure out why she was staring at them right now. Did she read their minds and know that they had both just thought about kidnapping her? They sure hoped not, they didn't want to get their asses kicked this early in the morning. If she wanted to kill them after breakfast, they wouldn't argue. But at that very moment, nothing was getting in their way of eating those fluffy pancakes that were behind her.

"Good morning you two, I hope I didn't wake you up while I was cooking. I tried to be as quiet as possible. Hope you two are hungry. Did you two sleep alright on the couch? I know it was probably kind of cramped but I didn't want to wake either of you up", Sakura asked softly, she really hadn't meant to wake them up, if that was the case.

"We slept fine, you didn't wake us up, yes, we are hungry, did I miss anything, yeah?", Deidara asked, tapping down on a finger every time he answered her questions. At least he hoped he'd gotten everything.

"You got everything, brat. Thank you for letting us stay, Sakura, but why did you not wake us up and send us back to the brats apartment? I mean, you haven't exactly known us for very long.", Sasori pointed out, ignoring the scathing look Deidara was giving him for referring to him as a brat again.

Sakura fidgeted against the counter she was leaning against, she knew one of them would ask why she hadn't woken them up and booted them out of her home. She honestly didn't know herself. Sure, she felt like she'd known them forever and felt she could trust both of them with anything, but she wasn't sure she was ready to tell them that...What if they thought she was silly or they didn't feel the same about her? She didn't think she could take the rejection right now, especially this early in the morning. Glancing up at the clock, she realized that if she and Sasori didn't want to be late for school, they had better get breakfast eaten.

"I guess I just didn't want to wake you two up, I don't really know why I didn't.", she shrugged.,"But let's not worry about that now. I hope you two like pancakes!"

Both boys shrugged at her answer, they knew there was more to it than that but they weren't going to pry. She would tell them when she was ready. Sakura quickly dished up two plates of freshly made pancakes and handed them to the boys before grabbing the syrup out of the cupboards and set it in front of them. After she made sure the boys were good, she went back and made herself a plate before joining them at the table. Deidara, she noticed, at his pancakes plain. While Sasori on the other hand, she was sure was going to give himself diabetes with the sheer amount of syrup he had poured on his pancakes. She quickly made a mental note to make sure he didn't eat anything with sugar while they were at school today. She didn't need his heart giving out on her during class and him leaving her alone to fend for herself. Nodding to herself, she let out a giggle and ignored the questioning glances that the boys shot her.

"Well, I guess you two probably have to get going to class, yeah?", Deidara asked, nodding his head towards the clock. It was already closing in on eight am. School started in about a half hour.

"Yeah, I suppose we should probably get going, huh.", Sakura sighed,"Sasori, what are you going to do about clothes? Just going to go in what you wore yesterday?"

"Not like I have much of a choice, I don't have time to run back to my place to change. Oh well, maybe the shallow girls at school will leave me alone this way.", he shrugged.

Sakura couldn't help but agree with him,"So, Deidara, plans for today or?", she asked.

"I have to work at ten, yeah. So I should probably head back to my apartment and get myself showered and ready.", he answered.

"Oh? Where do you work, Deidara? If I may ask.", Sakura asked with a small smile.

"I, uh, work at a bakery...decorating cookies...", he trailed off, a small blush dusting his cheeks.

Sakura couldn't help the slight snicker that left her lips at the thought of a kitchen hazard like the blond decorating cookies. Obviously Sasori had the same thoughts as she heard him chuckle softly beside the blond.

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up. See if I bring you two back any cookies, yeah.", Deidara pouted with his arms crossed. He may not be able to cook worth a damn but at least he could make a cookie look even more delicious.

After sharing another laugh at the blonds expense and a little begging from Sakura about bringing her home some cookies, Deidara got up and exited her apartment to go get ready for work. The two remaining teens both let out a sigh, school wasn't something they felt like doing today. But they decided against skipping as they would get their asses chewed later if they didn't attend. With one last sigh, the duo slipped on their shoes and made their way out of her apartment as well and headed down the stairs and slowly made their way towards school.

"I've been meaning to ask all morning, Sasori. Won't your parents be mad that you didn't come home last night? Or did you call them?", Sakura asked, kicking a stray rock on the sidewalk as they walked.

"It wouldn't make a difference if I called them or not, they died when I was a child. I live alone.", he muttered.

Sakura couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for her new friend. She knew all to well how it felt to lose your parents, but to lose them as a child. She could only imagine that it made the loss ten times harder. She suddenly felt a lot closer to the red head than she had before. She thanked the Gods for allowing her to meet the red head.

"I'm sorry Sasori, I understand how that is.", she said sadly.

"What do you mean, Sakura?", he inquired, slowing his walk a bit. If she was going to open up to him, he would risk being late for school. She was more important.

"I never told you why I moved here, did I?", she asked, when he shook his head, she continued.,"Well you see, about two weeks before I moved to Iwa, my parents died in an accident.", she said softly, her eyes shining with unshed tears. She hadn't cried once since she had moved here and she wasn't about to break down in front of her red haired friend.

Without warning, Sakura found herself tackled to the ground in what could be considered the tightest bear hug she had ever experienced. Her head was cradled in Sasori's hands, protecting it from the fall. He looked down at her with a sad look in his eyes and from what she saw, understanding.

"I'm sorry Sakura for your loss, Sakura, I really am. If you need someone to talk to, I'm all ears. I know what it's like to lose your family and not have anybody to talk to about it. I don't want you to go through that. Even though we've only known each other for a couple days, I feel a lot closer to you than I have with anyone since I was a child.", he whispered, laying his head in the crook of her neck. Just what was she doing to him? He wasn't a very emotional person, but somehow she made it easy for him to express himself. He didn't think he could stand it if she were to cry, especially since there wasn't anything he could do.

"I feel the same way Sasori, and thank you. I haven't really had anyone to talk to about any of this. Sasuke and Naruto helped me cope before I moved but since I've moved here, I haven't heard from them once. I tried calling and texting but they haven't responded once. They have a spare key to my apartment, but they haven't visited once. I really do appreciate that you're willing to listen to me if I need to talk about it, but know this, it goes both ways. I know your parents passed a long time ago, but if you ever want to talk about, I'll listen too.", she said softly in his ear, wiggling her arms out from between their bodies and wrapping her arms around him to return his unexpected hug.

She felt him nod against her neck but made no move to remove himself from her. She smiled softly, she really couldn't ask for a better friend. They laid on the sidewalk for a few minutes, just holding onto each other for comfort. With a sigh, Sasori sat up, neither teenager bothered by the fact that he was practically straddling her. With a sigh, Sasori looked into Sakura's eyes and smirked.

"Say, Sakura, ass chewing be damned. Let's ditch our classes and go bug the brat at work. I don't know about you, but after these little revelations, I'm not really feeling up to going to school.", he said, eyebrow quirked in question. He had no doubt that she was going to agree with him.

"I think I'm going to have to agree with you, but do you even know what bakery Deidara even works at? Plus what are we going to do for a couple hours while we wait for his shift to start?", she asked with a smirk. She'd never skipped school before, hell, she never even considered it. But after what her and Sasori had just told each other, she wasn't sure she wanted to be away from her from most of the day during school.

"Well, our first stop is my place. Since I won't have to worry about fan girls, I want to change and take a shower. And as for which bakery the brat works at, there's only two of them in town so we'll just go to them and figure out which one he is at. And as for killing time? We'll just wander around town for the time being.", he explained. He planned everything out in his head while Sakura was contemplating on skipping or not.

"Works for me", she shrugged,"But first things first, you wanna get your bony ass off of me?"

Sasori let out a chuckle and removed himself from her lap before offering her a hand up, which she grabbed immediately and smiled at him when he pulled her to her feet. She gestured with her hand for him to lead the way back to his place and the two set off towards Sasori's apartment. Sakura couldn't help but imagine what kind of place the red head lived. She wondered if she'd be able to find some sort of blackmail material to threaten him with later if he ever pissed her off. She giggled softly to herself, completely missing the questioning look that Sasori sent her way. With a shrug, he deduced that she was just weird and continued to lead her towards his apartment building.

After about a fifteen minute walk and a few words exchanged on the way, the two teens walked up the stairs towards Sasori's humble abode. When the red head unlocked his door and threw the door open, Sakura's jaw dropped in awe. Somehow she had expected there to be junk everywhere. But she had been dead wrong, the damn place was immaculate, it just wasn't fair! Nothing was out of place, nothing clashed, it was perfect! She made a mental note to ask Sasori to help her if she ever decided to redecorate. Noticing his friends look of shock, Sasori couldn't help but chuckle.

"It's not much but it's home. Make yourself at home, I'm going to grab a quick shower and we'll head to the bakery, sound good?", he asked, secretly adoring the look on her face. She was too damned cute for her own good. He swore to himself that he would protect her from being hurt by anyone.

Sakura nodded her head, shooing him off so he could take a shower. With one last smirk, Sasori made his way towards his bathroom, leaving Sakura to explore his home. Once she heard the door to the bathroom click and lock, Sakura removed her shoes and looked around his living room first. The walls were a tasteful cream color and the furniture was a delicate shade of navy, somehow she had expected his furniture to be red. He had bookshelves pushed against one wall, overflowing with books. She would have to peruse through his collection at a later time, she made sure to make yet another mental note. She sure was doing that a lot today, and it wasn't even noon!

Next she decided to look around his kitchen. She decided quickly that it was just like every other kitchen she'd ever seen. White cabinets, ordinary counter tops, your run of the mill apartment grade fridge, she did however notice that the bastard had a dishwasher. So unfair. She quickly decided she had best exit his kitchen, less he walked out to find her eating all of his food. She may be skinny, but she could out eat most grown men. She blamed that little fact on growing up with all male friends. She quickly shook her head, she wasn't even going to think about her 'friends' back home, if she could even consider them her friends anymore. She noticed that thinking such a thought didn't really make her feel all that sad anymore, she shrugged her shoulders. She supposed she was just moving on with her life would bring more than just a new high school. She decided to think more on that later when she was home.

She decided she would just curl up on Sasori's couch and wait for him to be done with his morning rituals, she didn't want to snoop too much around his home. How awkward would it be if he had exited his bathroom to find her snooping around in his bedroom. Yeah, that would be totally awkward and she didn't think she was up for awkward moments at that point in time. Not after the somewhat 'feelsy' moment they had had before they decided to skip school and just chill out. And stalk their blond friend of course, she couldn't forget that part.

Her ears perked up when she heard the bathroom door open and looked up over the couch to see Sasori walking out with a towel wrapped around his neck. She smiled warmly at him before settling herself back down on the couch to wait for him to be ready to go. It was only a little after eight so they had plenty of time before Deidara would be at work. She wondered what the look on Deidara's face would be when he saw the two of them standing in the bakery wanting to sample his prettily decorated sweets. Sakura could taste the sugar already. She quickly reminded herself to not allow Sasori to eat too many sweets while they were out. God only knew he had had enough sugar already that morning with the sheer amount of syrup he had used on his pancakes. She didn't even realize that she had lost herself in her thoughts once again and completely missed Sasori making his way over to the couch.

"Oi, you ready to so, doll?", Sasori piped up as he looked down at Sakura from his position from behind the couch.

Sakura let out a startled yelp and looked up at Sasori with wide eyes. When they hell had he gotten there? He raised an eyebrow at her and repeated his question about being ready to go. When she quickly nodded, she lifted herself off the couch and made her way towards his door and slipped her shoes back on. Once both of them had their shoes back on they made quick work of locking his door and made their way down the hallway and back outside. Once they were outside, Sakura sneaked a peek at her friend and noted that he looked pretty damn good now that he'd had a shower and a change of clothes. He'd gone with a tight black t-shirt and a pair of white washed jeans and his black high topped sneakers. How he could make such a simple outfit look so good, she'd never know.

"So where to first, Sasori? I don't exactly know where any of the bakeries are so I'll have to follow your lead on this one", she laughed. She sure as hell hoped he knew where he was going, because again, she had to idea whatsoever.

"There's the one on Main Street, which we'll check out first and if that one is a bust, we'll go to the one 7th Avenue.", he explained. He figured that they were more likely to find Deidara on Main Street, seeing as that bakery was the busier of the two that were in Iwa. When Sakura nodded, Sasori threw an arm around her shoulders and led her down the road. It would be about a twenty five minute walk on foot, not that either of them minded. It was a nice day and they had time to kill so taking their sweet time wouldn't make to big of a difference.

When the bakery on Main came into view, Sakura decided she didn't feel like walking anymore and decided that Sasori's back looked like a more pleasant mode of transportation. She smirked to herself before coming to the halt on the sidewalk, Sasori was none the wiser. Once he was a good distance away, Sakura took off in a dead run towards him and pounced on his back with a shout of "INCOMING!" and wrapped her arms around his neck and wound her legs around his waist. Sasori let out a grunt and stumbled a little before grabbing her legs and straightening himself back up. He turned his head towards her and shot her a half-hearted glare before continuing to walk towards the bakery.

"You know, if you wanted to piggyback, all you had to do was ask.", he huffed. He wasn't really angry or upset, he just wanted to give her a little crap about practically tackling him. Not that he had any room to talk about tackling people, considering he had sort of tackled her in a bear hug earlier that morning.

"True, but what fun would that have been, hmm?", she giggled before resting her chin on top of his head. She felt Sasori chuckle under her chin and couldn't help but smile.

When the duo got to the door of the bakery, Sasori lifted his hands from Sakura's legs and pushed the door of the bakery open. Both had to control their urge to drool when the scents of freshly baked muffins, doughnuts, cookies, and various other baked goods assaulted their noses. Whoever baked the goods obviously knew what the hell they were doing. If the delicious smells permeating throughout the building was any indication to their skills. Once the door to the shop closed behind them, Sakura made a move to get off of Sasori's back but stopped when his hands went back to supporting her legs on his back. With a shrug she let him do as he pleased, if he wanted to carry her on his back who was she to stop him?

Sasori walked up to the counter and ran the little bell, when they heard rustling in the back of the bakery they looked at each other with matching confused expressions. Both shrugged and decided to wait until whoever was in the back finished what they needed to do.

About three minutes later, a man with slicked back silver hair made his way towards the counter. He was wearing a plain pair of black track pants with a matching black t-shirt and wore an apron over his shirt. His apron was covered with flour, both teenagers figured he must be the one baking the sweets they had smelled when they had entered the building. The silver haired man looked at Sasori before his gaze made its way over to Sakura and he proceeded to stare at her. Sakura raised an eyebrow at him questioningly and he just smiled at her lecherously. The pink haired teen couldn't help but cringe a little from her place on Sasori's back.

"Well, what the hell do you two want?", the silver haired man snapped.

"Oh, right, we're looking for a brat named Deidara. Does he work here?", Sasori asked, tightening his grip on Sakura just a little. He didn't think he liked the way the silver haired man was looking at Sakura very much.

"Oh, you mean the pussy? Yeah, he's here. One sec.", the silver man smirked before yelling,"OI PUSSY, THERE'S A RED HEAD AND A PINK HAIRED BITCH HERE FOR YOU!", before making his way to the back of the store.

"What did he just call me?!", Sakura screeched, struggling to get off of Sasori's back.

With wide eyes, Sasori let go of Sakura's legs and let her drop to the floor gracefully. Before he had a chance to try to calm her down and remind her that they were there for Deidara, she took of in a dead run and jumped clean over the counter in pursuit of the silver haired man. He made a mental note to never piss her off, or call her a bitch for the matter. He couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the man once Sakura got her hands on him.

The minute Sakura felt her feet hit the floor she took off in a dead run after the man who had had the balls to call her a bitch. Instead of running around the counter like a sane person, she opted for vaulting over the counter by using one hand as leverage. Once her feet hit the floor again she continued her pursuit of the silver haired man. It didn't take too long to catch up with him. When he heard her running up to him, he turned his head wide eyed as he saw a blur of pink coming straight for him. Before he could register what the hell was going on he felt a fist connect with the side of his jaw. With a howl of pain he fell backwards onto the floor, he held his abused jaw and glared up at the young woman in front of him.

"What the hell was that for, bitch?!", he shouted.

"That's for calling he a bitch!", she shouted back before smacking him upside the head for calling her a bitch again.

"What the hell is with all the noise back here, yeah?", another voice spoke up.,"I heard yelling...what the hell? Blossom what the hell are you doing here?"

Sakura smiled nervously at her blond neighbor,"Well...Sasori and I kind of ditched school and decided to visit you at work..."

"Ah, gotcha, where is Sasori anyway? And why the hell is Hidan on the floor, yeah?", Deidara asked, laughing quietly at Hidan's position on the floor.

Sakura pointed in the direction of the front counter,"I kind of left Sasori in the front when I chased this asshole down and punched him for calling me a bitch.", she scowled down at the silver haired man, Hidan.

"Sakura...", Deidara began, a mock glare on his face as he looked at her,"Remind me to never piss you off or call you a bitch,yeah."

"That's what I said too, brat", Sasori piped up from the front of the store, obviously hearing the whole conversation.

Deidara frowned in the direction of the front before beckoning the red headed teenager to the back of the store to join the rest of them. With a sigh he pointed to Hidan on the floor and began to explain.

"This idiot right here is my friend Hidan, he works here at the bakery with me and he's kind of an asshole. Don't pay too much attention to his insults, yeah. They're usually his way of giving a compliment or something, yeah.", he sighed again.

"Compliments my ass, pussy. I'm gonna get you back for this, you pink haired bitch", Hidan sneered in Sakura's direction. Upon hearing the word bitch leave his mouth, both Sasori and Deidara slowly backed away from the now fuming Sakura before she pounced at Hidan, fully intending on murdering him.

"So, skipping school, yeah?", Deidara asked Sasori as he watched his tiny pink haired neighbor beat up his coworker.

"Yep, and now I'm quite glad we did. This was more entertaining than I expected.", Sasori smirked.

"Agreed, yeah. Feel free to stop by more often.", the blond agreed.

Stepping around the blob of pink fury on the floor and ignoring Hidan's howls of pain, Deidara grabbed two fresh muffins off of a cooling rack before heading back over to his red haired friend and offered him one. When Sasori accepted the muffin, the two made their way over to an unoccupied counter and hoisted themselves up as they watched their cute pink haired friend beat a grown men senseless. Both making sure to remind themselves once again to never refer to her as a bitch or piss her off in any way, shape, or form.

Annnnnd done! I couldn't help but throw in some more SasoSaku moments. I still haven't decided who she's going to end up with! Maybe I'll let the readers decide, yeah?

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