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A/N: Hiyo! We're baack! Thanks to all you peeps who dropped reviews. Oh, there's some GaaraXNeji action in this chapter. Don't worry, I'm not changing the pairings. Neji's staying with Deidara.

Writers: Tenchi and Mika

Warnings: Shonen ai/Yaoi that's boyxboy love for those who don't know.

Pairings: Neji/Deidara and Itachi/Hinata

Sleep was receding, and the waking world encroaching on his mind. Neji growled softly at the sunlight that was trying to pierce his eyelids and buried his face in the warm neck and sweet-smelling hair in front of him. His arms tightened slightly around the warmth that lay along his body's front as he tried to lure ever-elusive sleep back. The figure stirred slightly, as if it was trying to move away. A small sound came from the rather thin warm object. Well it was more of a yawn than a noise.

Deidara had forgotten that he had slept at the Hyuuga's house. A pair of arms seemed to be around him, holding as if he were some sort of treasure. Deidara moved a bit and yawned. Loose blond hair moved when he turned over to his other side. " Nnngh.. Tobi... shoo...un" Back at the Akatsuki, Tobi would usually sneak in his bed since.. well there really wasn't a reason. The Iwa nin pulled his hand up to punch 'Tobi's face away from his neck. "Jesus.." Deidara opened one eye and fell silent. Poor little Iwa nin had forgotten who he had shared a bed with.
Neji had just decided that his struggle to regain sleep was fruitless and opened his eyes in time to match gazes with Deidara. He didn't say anything, nor did he release the other nin. Neji was perfectly comfortable with where he was and wasn't going to move unless Deidara made him.. "Good morning, Dei-kun.".
This only made Deidara blush. He smiled a bit. " Heh... I thought you were Tobi... good morning to you too, un" Deidara couldn't seem to move.

Deidara wasn't the type to freeze in situations like this, it was taught to him when he was in the academy back at his village. But with Neji, he couldn't find his nerves to move any part of him. He was just... frozen.
Neji quietly watched the boy, waiting for his reaction. The pearl-like eyes were half-lidded , making the Hyuuga look half asleep. He probably was too. Quickly noticing this, Deidara squirmed out of Neji's hold causing him to almost fall out of the bed. The Iwa nin moved over to grab his damp clothing, his cloak felt cold, but it was something he had to wear. His blue ring was still placed on his finger, so there was no worry about that. He sighed as his head turned to look at the Hyuuga. He looked relaxed when asleep, very different from the normal Neji.
Neji had sat up while Deidara scrambled for clothing. He stretched and let out a jaw-cracking yawn, hiding his mouth with the back of his hand. It was frightening how Neji managed to look so adorable. There has to be some sort of law against things like that. But there wasn't.

Deidara turned sharply, his still loose blond hair moving a few seconds after him. He had tried not to wake the Hyuuga up, but he did. The young Akatsuki member pulled his hat from what seemed to be nowhere and placed it on only to take it off again to pull his hair up ( a/n/M: Frankly, I am in love with that pimp hat X3). He messed with his cloak a bit, it was cold and he disliked it. " Morning Neji."
"Good morning, Deidara-kun," he answered, the end of the other nin's name turning into a second yawn as the boy rolled out of bed and started hunting for his black shorts. Deidara smiled a bit when he said his name. It made him feel nice. Once again, Deidara placed on the Akatsuki hat, the bells at the end of the red strips chimed. He walked to the window in Neji's room and sat on the rims once he had managed to open it. " I need to go now, un. Leader-sama might want me for a mission and if I'm not there, He'll get mad, un." Deidara tipped his hat a bit so that is one eye was about the only thing anyone could see.
Neji chuckled softly. "Don't avoid Konoha on my account, ne?" He finally found a clean pair of shorts and pulled them on before turning to hunt out his fishnets.
Deidara was about to hop out the window, his legs dangled out in the early morning cold. He had turned his head slightly, giving Neji and odd look. The aqua colored eye was narrowed in a confused manner. " What?" Poor Deidara.
"Come visit." He didn't say anything else, but he left the room after speaking. Were Neji fully awake, he probably never would have said anything like that. He probably wouldn't have even acknowledged that Deidara was leaving. The blond nin noticed and gave a quick laugh. The Hyuuga acted very different from when he was awake. Hopping off the window, he simply lifted his hand and waved.

" Sure, Neji, un". The stone nin reached into his clay bag and moved around his hand to gather some clay. It would take a while to get back to the hide out, and frankly, Deidara was NOT going to walk the whole damn way. He smiled as a decent sized bird was formed, flying was much quicker, plus he could probably manage to scare Tobi with it once he got back. ' Heh, stupid one eyed goody good, un.'.

Wearing nothing but his black shorts and fishnet top, Neji started wandering through the Hyuuga home in a semi-coherent search for the kitchen. He wasn't paying attention, though there would be many shocked faces if they saw Neji now. He stumbled over the edge of the carpet and then bumped into a door. "Oh..right. I gotta open that..."

"Hm... Not too bright in the morning..." The rather quiet voice held a slight amusement when it spoke, but most anyone would be amused with Neji. A few small 'taps' came as the owner of the voice came from behind the Hyuuga boy. A small smirk was placed in substitute for a regular scowl. "But...I don't expect you to be the same boy all the time.." Strong hands gripped Neji's shoulder, showing he wasn't to move, the figure who held his shoulder moved to the side, to peer at the half sleeping boy. Black rimmed eyes meet dazed ones. " hn..."

Pearled eyes looked confusedly at the other boy. "Gaara? Why are you in my house?" The boy didn't fight Gaara's grip, he didn't seem to really care about that.

" Came for a visit." The Suna boy moved again, so that he stood in front of Neji, his hand letting go. He crossed his arms and leaned back. Now, we all know Gaara always has his sand with him, but he didn't this time.

"So the Iwa nin woke you up?" Gaara kept his cold gaze as always, but the odd smirk had gone into his scowl again.

"Odd time to visit," the pale boy muttered.

Gaara sighed as he kept his gaze towards Neji. " I suppose that's a yes..". He closed his eyes, his usual expression (not much different from this scowl he had) placed on. " Never known the Hyuuga Neji would let a girl come into his house so early... What do you see different about her than anyone else?" Gaara wanted to know, what was so special about the boy, or girl in his sense, that killed him and placed his village in danger. It annoyed him, though he didn't show it much.

Neji blinked. "Deidara didn't come here early..." And why did Gaara think that Dei-kun was a girl? Oh. Right. He'd told the sand siblings that to keep Deidara's secret.

Gaara opened his eyes, turning his head slightly. " Hmm? You mean to say... she.. slept here? " Gaara narrowed his eyes at the Hyuuga. No, this didn't click well with Gaara. In Fact, Gaara twitched a bit on the inside.

"It was raining. And she was upset." Even to his own sleep-fogged mind he sounded defensive. Why was he defensive with Gaara?

Black rimmed eyes looked away as Gaara turned around. No more than a few seconds passed before the small smirk appeared on his face. His hand reached bout and pulled the Hyuuga boy close, one arm going around his waist and the other pressing his chest so that he was against him. He head rested on his shoulder. " Now why did you do that? I thought you didn't have feelings for her. What made you act different to the girl, hmm?" The one hand pressing against Neji's chest slipped under the fishnet, feeling the pale skin that was usually never seen.

A faint flush colored the Hyuuga's cheekbones. "Gaara... What are you doing?"

Gaara breathed softly into Neji's ear, a rather toothy grin appeared. "Hn..nothing special." The Suna child tilted the Hyuuga boy's neck, letting him nip around his jugular. The roaming hand on his chest feathered its self on his skin, making it tickle. Gaara liked Neji, this only added more hate to the Iwa nin. The arm around Neji's waist tightened slightly. Making sure he wouldn't go anywhere. Gaara had moved from nipping at Neji's jugular to biting his earlobe. Neji was sleepy and didn't know what was going on, he might as well take advantage.

Neji gasped softly. He had a vague feeling that he should be resisting, or should push Gaara away, but at the moment, he couldn't think of why, and what the other boy was doing felt good. His hands were now on the Suna nin's shoulders, though to push him away or pull him closer, Neji wasn't quite sure yet.

Gaara chuckled at the boy's reaction. His little nips had stopped. " You're blushing... " Gaara leaned in near Neji's face, his lips hovering over the others. " I've never seen you blush, it's actually rather nice to see you like this for a change." With no more than that, Gaara pressed Neji into a harsh kiss. The other hand around his waist moved, not far though, it only moved to grope the pale boys ass.

To say that Neji was in shock would be a bit of an understatement. He wasn't used to this kind of thing, and he certainly wouldn't have expected it from Gaara. Had he been able to think clearly, or simply been more awake, then this would end now, but then, had he been awake, this wouldn't have happened at all.

Gaara licked the Hyuuga's bottoms lip, wanting entrance. "Open your mouth..." Of course, Gaara had thought this out already. He wouldn't screw him. Just.. play a bit. It wouldn't harm anyone and Neji probably wouldn't remember later on. No one could really blame Gaara for trying to get something he wanted. It was Gaara; most knew how he was brought up. If they didn't, they didn't question. Gaara was simply the kind that you wouldn't mess with unless he had some respect for you.
Neji gave a little whimper and then a slight gasp at the tone of command in the sand nin's voice. It wasn't much of an opening, but it was enough for Gaara to sneak his tongue in.

Gaara obviously took the chance. His tongue raveling with Neji's. The Suna Nin pushed the boy back, pinning him to a wall. Neji was his at the moment, and he didn't want him to move away. He broke away slightly every now and then to let them breath, but it was never for too long. Neji wasn't thinking now, not that he was really thinking before, but now even that slight cogitation was lost to him. All he could do at the moment was feel and go utterly Uke against Gaara's slightly shorter, but firm form.

Gaara enjoyed the way Neji reacted; it was something most people wouldn't see. But that was good, then Gaara could keep this all to himself. He didn't want to share. He didn't want anyone else touching Neji. Gaara was allowed to be selfish. It was Gaara. He broke from the kiss and ran his one skin trailing hand through Neji's hair, only to pull at it making the Hyuuga look up as light kisses and licks were trailing away at his neck and collar. His other hand had moved from the backside to the front. Yeah, Gaara wasn't ashamed.
Neji had been whimpering and moaning softly at the attention to his neck... Truth be told, most of his body was very sensitive since he managed to avoid most injuries using the Kaiten. His eyes snapped open and he let out a throaty groan when Gaara's hand suddenly switched position. It would be very obvious, seeing where Gaara's hand was; that the red head would know just how much Neji was enjoying the attention.
Gaara seemed to purr slightly. Neji's reactions were getting to him. "Don't see why you pretend to go out with that girl..." His licks turned into small bites here and there, leaving a few bruises. The hand that was groping the Hyuuga's crotch tightened a bit. " Such a waste for you... and me as well.." This was proving to be rather fun. Since him and his siblings were friends with they Hyuuga boy, they knew him rather well. It was an advantage since every little pinch or bite, anything that caused some sort of pain or pleasure would get to Neji. " Don't you agree?"
With the kind of onslaught that Gaara was giving to his nerve endings, Neji really couldn't do much but thrash and moan and make various uke-like sounds that would normally never escape his throat. You could have probably have told him to go murder the Hokage and he'd have agreed to it at that point, just so long as the attention didn't stop. This only made the Suna boy snicker.

Gaara had kept his grip on Neji's hair. He pulled it to a direction that made black-rimmed eyes meet pearl white. " You're not answering...". His hand moved to only slide into his shorts and take a better grip." Fine, I'll ask you something else..." His cheek rubbed against Neji's as his mouth blew warm air into his ear. " Are you enjoying this, Neji?"
Neji tried to form a sentence. He really did, but all that came out was, "Uhh.. unnn," and another throaty moan. Really, the only thought going through his head was 'Don'tstopdon'tstopdon'tstop.'
Funny how things go so well but turn out badly. This wasn't going to have an excuse like another moments in the world. "Un...?" A small squeak was mixed in when the soft out-of-place voice spoke out. Blond bouncy hair moved as Deidara hunched as the frame of the window he had begun to climb through. "...N...Neji...un?" The mechanical eye made a whining sound as it adjusted to see who was in front of Neji. " The Kazekage? ..." The aqua eye quickly turned its gaze to something the Blond had dropped while entering; the small package had fallen out of the window and onto the grass. " ... A Pain we can both relate too...un?". Calmly, Deidara moved from the window back to the drying grass outside. Teeth shown as a chuckle split the air. This was the infamous Deidara everyone knew. the smug expression was placed on as he began to walk away mumbling, also stepping on the bag he had brought.

Well... that wasn't expected, and it wasn't a good sign. Gaara removed his hand and pushed off from pinning Neji from the wall. Strands of hair floated off Gaara's tangled fingers once his other hands grip let go. With out a word, he moved and was gone. The Blond spoiled the moment and probably made Neji come to his senses. Oh well... his fun was over for the day.
Neji was still panting after Gaara had disappeared and his mind was starting to unfog. He started going through a mental checklist. One, he had a massive hard on, two, there were sore spots along his neck and shoulders, three, his scalp stung slightly as if someone had pulled his hair, and four, there was a very upset and slightly frightening Deidara standing near his window. What the FUCK happened this morning?

Of course, Deidara didn't have the answer to this. He held his hat to his side as he walked away rather quickly. He didn't want or need, want, or think what had happened. Distance was his specialty. In fighting, in life, in love, in pain. " This should be a good time to call this whole hoax off, un. Starting with Itachi, he'd understand, un. Damnit... I wasted money for this.. Oh no.. it was Kazekage, un. eh, I'll deal with him later, un...". What Deidara meant by the money was the bag he had brought. He bought it before leaving and decided to leave it as a thank you for Neji. Funny how Deidara could only go so far for things. Crushed dango lay on the grass, a now sticky and stained note place with it.

Thank you for letting me stay.

It was nice of you to do that, for an Akatsuki.

Here's some dango!

Un!

p.s. ...You snore.

Once Neji had been able to move without shaking (he still wanted to know what the fuck had happened to make him that shaky) he went through the window. He read the note and looked down at the crushed dango and the package. He unwrapped it thoughtfully; curious as to what the missing Nin might have intended to give him. The package was small, wrapped with some brown paper. Deidara had drawn on the brown paper, chibis of Deidara poking him with a stick and Neji fighting with what seemed to be a comb in his hair.

What laid inside was odd. It was a small clay canary with a ring held onto it's feet by a string. It was an odd white with red around a kanji symbol for 'searching'. It was an Akatsuki ring. Another note was attached to the bird's feet by the same string.

Haha!

It's my thanks to you.

Swiped the ring from Zetsu and changed it a bit.

Wear it everywhere and anywhere.

I mean it, I'll bite you if you don't.

Un!

P.s.s ... I'm keeping some boxers I found in your drawers. They look nice.

Damn this blond was such and odd ball... Neji nonetheless slipped the ring onto his finger, odd that it was the right size, and took the clay bird to his room. A brief search through his briefs revealed that, yes, the canary boxers were gone. Not that he missed them, they'd been a gag gift from Lee and Tenten. He just shook his head with a wry smiled before heading off to find the blond. He did, though, take the time to put his jacket on first, the collar hiding the bite marks on his neck. Not that he knew how he fucking got them. You'd think that the person could at least let Neji remember the make out session.

Deidara had stopped a while back and sat beside a training area somewhere. He had kicked off his shoes and placed his feet in a small pond that was there. Exploding things would be bad, leader had made a treaty with Konoha now. Despite that it meant no nine tailed fox, it had to be kept. "un..." He let his feet crate rings as he kicked them back and forth ever so slightly. The mouths clicked once again, begging for the taste of clay. For the breath full of blood. The beautiful art that was made from a flash of fire and crimson beads of sticky death landing everywhere. The blond held a bored expression now. What was the point of trying to look like yourself when no one was around?
Unfortunately, that no one included Neji. It was very hard to hide from a Byakugen user, and he didn't even try to mask his approach. Instead he sat next to Deidara and waited for a reaction.

Deidara quickly flinched, turned and slapped the pale Hyuuga owner. The fact that his mouths were clicking made it more into a swift bite than a regular slap. " Go Away, Un!"
The force of the blow made the leaf nin's head turn sharply and the new bite made him wince. He lifted his sleeve to his face and wiped the blood away. "I suppose I deserve that, but I don't know what the hell for," he muttered. "Deidara, I know something happened to get you pissed at me, but I honestly don't remember what it was so will you please explain why I found my self in the middle of a hallway with a hard on and fucking bite marks on my neck?"

Deidara squinted his only eye and nearly screamed. "WHAT THE FUCK? YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT YOU DID! JUST BECAUSE I HAVE ONE GOD DAMN EYE DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T SEE GAARA AND YOU HAVING SOME FUCKING MAKE OUT SCENE WITH YOU MOANING, READY TO CUM OR SOMETHING WHILE HE JACKED YOU OFF AND CAUSED YOU TO TREMBLE WITH PLEASURE! SURE, I LOST A DAMN EYE, AND CALLED STUPID FOR NOT THINKING THINGS THROUGH, BUT DEAR GOD! YOU TELL ME YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON EVEN THOUGH YOU CLEARLY STAYED PINNED TO THE WALL AS THE KAZAKAGE KEPT HIS WAY WITH YOU. SAME PAIN, MY ASS. DROP DEAD!" ... I don't think Deidara even took a breath as he screamed at the Hyuuga boy.. That and he missed some uns.
Well, Neji was certainly surprised. It wasn't until after Deidara had finished shouting that he actually figured out what the nin had said. "Wait, Gaara? Shit! I know I'm not all there in the mornings, but Gaara?" Neji found himself with his head slumped in his hands as his anger slowly seethed. Gaara was his friend, but what kind of friend sexually molests you while you're half asleep and incapable of rational thought? "Damn him!"

Deidara rolled his eyes and picked up his shoes. " You're an idiot, un." He began to move away again. He didn't believe the Hyuuga boy, not really. He knew what he saw and hate it. He had been searching through his memory trying to erase the image, only to remember it and letting it come back to him. " Mother fucker..." He stopped and brushed his hair away in order to tinker with the mechanical eye." ... I don't need this now, un!"
"I'm not an idiot, I just don't function well in the morning. I usually don't remember the first hour or two after I wake up." He turned to look at Deidara sharply. "You honestly think I would lie about something that I know you've witnessed. I'm not that stupid and I certainly know you're not."
Deidara turned the lens from his eye and let his hair fall back. " I don't know, un? I've been treated like this before, why not again, un? Why not go back, bring back my family some way and let the torture begin again? I'm not sure if you understand, but I'm not the most emotionally stable person around, un. You've had your share of pain too, I know. But at least you've been loved, un. You are adored by some many, yet you push aside what they try to give you. Neji, I will never know a feeling like that, not by so many people. I've felt it once, but that bimbo pink haired bitch took that away from me, un. She took away my Danna. My person who adored me, my person who loved me for the first time, un. My person who even looked at me with some affection, un. My Danna... my sasori-danna..." Deidara let his voice soften at Sasori's name. " Sasori... Danna..."
Neji bit his tongue to control his anger. Sakura had always annoyed him, but now he wanted badly to kill her. "I may have fan girls," he said the word like it was a curse, "but not one of them sees me. They see my name, they see my abilities, they see what I look like and what they think happened to me in my past and swoon over it. What they see is an idea of what I should be, not what I am. And I don't want the kind of puppy adoration that they would give me. I'd rather be alone then unable to be myself in a relationship."

"You are an idiot, un! I'd give my other eye for some sort of admiration from the people I grew with. Like the nine tailed child and the Kazekage brat. They got some attention from you, from the emo Uchiha boy, from their siblings and guardians. I had one person, un. Just one. It didn't last very long. As soon as we started t notice one another it stopped because the other couldn't take the breath of life, un." Deidara plopped down and curled up, dropping his shoes to the side. The red and black cloak hung over him, the wide collar bending as he lowered is head a bit. " Never mind, un... I just got jealous... Forget what I said... sorry, un"
"Don't apologize. You needed to vent at someone and I already told you that you didn't need to hide around me." Pearled eyes looked at the blond Nin a long moment. "But tell me, would you really want to be in a relationship with someone when you know that they aren't seeing you, only what they think you should be?"

Deidara blinked his one eye and shook his head. "No..un" The blond buried his head into his knees as he held himself tightly. There was a great deal of pain from Sasori left, but it didn't hurt as much. Something was stopping the pain. " I'm selfish, un" Deidara smiled sadly to himself as he mumbled through the fabric from his cloak. " I hate women, some are okay, but most are low and shallow. Using people for their needs only. Not thinking for others, placing on a mask of kindness to impress people they want to impress. Men are somewhat they same, but we all hide ourselves in order to be strong for women...un" In other words, Deidara was stating something rather obvious.
Neji found himself agreeing with Deidara, it was somewhat surprising. He didn't say anything. What could he say? 'I'm sorry that Gaara molested me?'. Though Deidara probably wouldn't have cared if he did. The blond shuffled a bit as he moved into a different position. He let one of his legs slide so that it could stretch as he supported himself with his arms placed on the ground behind him. A loud sigh was released from the Iwa Nin's lips. " I shouldn't have yelled like that, un. I over reacted and if this were a mission, I'd be dead by now, un." Deidara's eye looked up at Neji, it was more of a dull aqua now.

Deidara usually had a bright aqua eye, one that reflected how he was. " .. Did.. I do that..un?" Deidara was revering to the scratchy bite mark that was some what visible on the Hyuuga's cheek.
"Hai, but I probably deserved it." For some reason he couldn't name, it made Neji's heart (when had he started caring?) twist to see Deidara so lifeless.

"No, It was out of anger, so you didn't deserve it, un." So much for getting into a more comfortable position. Deidara moved so that he could get up. " You don't deserve anything bad, Neji-kun..." pale fingers wrapped around the end of the Akatsuki cloak as The one eyed blond reached to clean away some smudges of blood left from the slap. " I was on my way to tell Itachi this whole 'girlfriend boyfriend' deal was just a misunderstanding, un. I'd be best to state it now than wait until later, un." Deidara could help but feel a sting in his chest. Something hurt, badly.
Neji reached out and caught the hem of the Akatsuki cloak before standing up and tugging Deidara a little bit closer. "And what if I didn't want it to be 'just pretend' anymore, Deidara?"

Deidara's eye widened slightly. "Un?" Deidara tilted his head slightly. " Well if you don't, them let me go find you some other girl. Then everything will be fixed, un." no Deidara, he didn't mean some other girl...
"That's not what I meant, Dei-chan, and you know it. I don't want to just pretend to be your boyfriend, and I don't want you to leave." If he didn't think that it would scare him away, Neji would have kissed the blond just then.
The aqua eyes held a different tint than dull now. More of confusion. " E.. Eh? Neji..." Deidara sat back down next to the Hyuuga. Truthfully, Deidara's heart was pounding. He swore it was ready to pop out of his chest and dash away. "Mm..." He paused for a moment, lips pressed tightly together in though. " ... Why me, un?"
"Because you understand me. Because I don't have to hide around you. Because I think you need this as much as I do."

A small smile began to form , the aqua eye was now back to it's original bright tint. Neji was... Deidara couldn't describe it. but he was right. The sting from earlier was gone and now a hint of warmth was left. Deidara fell back and rolled over slightly so that his stomach touched the ground. " And exactly how much do you think is needed?" His arms were crossed to cushion his head. His only eye looked at him from the corner view.
"I don't know, more than I can say. Perhaps we can find out together." He turned to look at Deidara, the closest thing to a real smile that had been seen on his face for years graced it now, and it was for Deidara.
"Heh.." The pale hand closest to Neji reached out and held onto the hand of his new reason to smile. He squirmed a bit closer to the Hyuuga as he rested a cheek on the hand that he held and tugged closer to him. It had only been a few days, but it all seemed like years of waiting for something good. "Un...