Another chap! Please enjoy and review!
While Tobi was still in the kitchen I snuck out of the base and proceeded to walk down a heavily wooded trail. I walked slowly to absorb the scenery around me. The trail was short and ended abruptly with two aged tree stumps surrounded by orange and blue flowers. A butterfly tickled my nose as it flew by, making me giggle. I sat down on one of the stumps and played with the soft petals of an orange flower.
"At least this place is relaxing." I said to myself. I continued to play with the flower, paying no mind to the rustling going on in the bushes. I looked up however when the rustling became unbearably loud. "Who's there?" I asked cautiously.
A small white rabbit came bouncing from the woods. It was so cute I had to laugh, at least I was laughing until it ripped the orange flower I was playing with out of the ground and hopped off. It waved its little tail at me like it was saying: In your face! This is mine now! I glared at the rabbit.
"Give that back!" I shouted after it, but of course I didn't expect that rabbit to listen to me. I huffed and crossed my arms in defeat. It was such a pretty flower that didn't deserve to be kidnapped by a dumb fuzz ball. I poked at a blue flower for a minute, but it wasn't the same as the orange flower. I looked up at the sound of footsteps. Someone was in the woods walking towards the spot where I was. I stared at the woods cautiously and my eyes widened when none other than Akatsuki's good boy Tobi stepped into my view.
In one hand was a small white rabbit and in the other hand was a half chewed orange flower.
"Tobi found the bunny that took your flower, Tama-san!" Tobi exclaimed happily. I smiled at him and took the flower as he handed it to me, keeping the rabbit tucked safely in his arm. Damn, I was jealous of that rabbit right now. Tobi sat down on the other stump and sat the rabbit in his lap. Lucky ass rabbit.
"Thank you, Tobi." I reached over to pet the rabbit. Then the dumb thing decided to hop into my lap. I yelped in surprise. The rabbit apparently didn't like this and snatched my flower again before taking off into the woods. "Dammit!" I snapped in frustration.
"Tobi can get the bunny again if Tama-san wants Tobi to." Tobi offered kindly. I shook my head.
"Nah, the dumb thing can have the stupid flower for all I care." I said. "It was half chewed anyway." I smiled at Tobi and I assume he smiled back.
"Tama-san? Tobi wants to know why you left." I sighed. I knew he was going to ask sooner or later.
"Well, Tobi…I don't know exactly. I wasn't thinking clearly at the time. I just wanted to get away from everything for a while. I was really upset and I'm still a little upset." I told him.
"What is making you so upset?" Tobi asked. I looked at Tobi and my face reddened. Do I tell him? That was the question.
"A…person." I decided to leave it at that.
"Oh! Does Tobi know this person?!" I almost laughed at his thick-headedness.
"Yes, Tobi. You do know this person." I said. Tobi clapped happily.
"Tobi will guess then! Itachi-san?" I grimaced.
"Heh…no."
Tobi tapped his chin.
"Deidara-sempai?"
"Ick."
"Hidan-san?"
"Hell no."
"Kakuzu-san?"
"Good one, Tobi." I replied sarcastically.
"Zetsu-san?"
I shivered at the sheer thought.
"NO!" I shouted. Tobi cringed and made a startled noise.
"Um…Pein-sama?"
"I don't even know what the hell he looks like! And besides, he has a thing for that blue-haired woman….Konan I think." I said.
"Kisame-san?"
"Fish boy? No."
"Sasori-san?"
"No way."
"Um…Um…K-Konan-san?!"
I smacked Tobi on the back of his stupid head.
"You baka! I'm not into girls!" I growled. Tobi rubbed his head and muttered "ow".
"Tobi ran out of people to name!" He said in a panicked tone. I rolled my eyes and turned away from Tobi. I refused to look at him again until he grew a brain.
"You're so dense! Gah! I can't even look at your stupid face or should I say stupid mask!" I snapped. I felt something warm and wet on my face. I rubbed it off but the tears continued to flow. Damn. Tobi made me cry. I hoped he was happy.
"Tama-san? Are…Did Tobi…Are you crying?!" Tobi asked. I cried silently but Tobi could tell I was crying by the way my shoulders were shaking.
"What do you care?! You're so blind! So dense! So stupid! So Tobi!" I sobbed. I felt Tobi's hand on my shoulder.
"Tobi hates it when Tama-san cries. Tobi especially hates it when Tobi is the reason Tama-san is crying." He squeezed my shoulder reassuringly. I knew he was trying to cheer me up, but I didn't want him to just be my friend! He means so much more to me than that.
"Tobi, have you ever loved someone so much that it hurts?" I asked.
"Um…Tobi doesn't know what Tama-san means by that." He said.
"I mean, do you know how painful it is when that someone you love is oblivious to the fact that you love them, even though you're trying to make it painfully obvious?" I asked.
"No, Tobi doesn't know, but Tobi thinks Tama-san does." He observed. I nodded.
"Yeah, I do. The person I love is you. I love you, Tobi." I confessed. At first, Tobi didn't even move. He even stopped breathing for a second. Then he laughed.
"Aww! Tobi loves Tama-san too!" He said a little too happily. I knew what kind of love he was talking about. We were on two different wavelengths.
I slapped Tobi across his mask covered face and then I ran. I ran back to the base, leaving Tobi behind to think things over for himself. That dense bastard. I knew he meant well, he wasn't trying to hurt me, but he was. And I couldn't help it. I just had to get my anger out, but I regret slapping Tobi.
I opened the front door and slammed it shut. Hidan was walking by and he saw this.
"Geez! What the fuck is your problem?!" He sneered.
"Tobi's a fuck off." I muttered. Hidan grinned.
"Finally! Someone who agrees with me!" He laughed, walking into the kitchen. I sighed and ran up the stairs, down the hall past my room and I knocked on Itachi's door.
He opened the door and narrowed his eyes at me curiously.
"What did Tobi do?" Itachi asked me knowingly. He stepped aside so I could come in. I sat on his bed and he leaned against his door, waiting for my explanation.
"I told Tobi that I loved him, but Tobi thought that I meant friendly love. He has no idea how painful his response was to hear." I cried. Itachi's stoic face held little sympathy for me, but his words stated otherwise.
"I warned you not to fall in love with Tobi. You knew how thick he could be. He has no idea what romance is at all. He's just a kid trapped in the body of a man. I'm sorry it has to be that way, but you and Tobi can only be friends. Tobi doesn't know what he's missing, that dense, dense man. But…perhaps…" Itachi trailed off to think.
"Perhaps what?" I asked.
"Perhaps I can find a way to make him realize. It'll be simple for me." Itachi assured.
Despite what had happened, I couldn't help but smile.
"I'd like that, Itachi. Thank you." I said.
And that's all for now. I'm going to finish this fic once and for all as soon as I can. Review please.
