---// K.A.D - Boarding School - Deidara Love Story Chapter 16 \\---

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Your POV

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"Wait… what?"

Haku let out a sigh. "Suki, we are not sending you back to Konoha Academy."

"No! Don't say it again. I heard you the first time. Why not?"

"We don't believe that it's the best place for you. Homeschooling works perfectly fine with you and we can protect you better here."

You were quiet for a moment, digesting this information. "But, I'll still be able to visit with them, right?"

Haku let out another sigh and you braced yourself for whatever he was going to say, and you expected it wouldn't be good news. "Suki, we don't think it would be wise to let you see them anymore. Someone could use them to get to you."

"Out," you said quietly.

"What?" Haku asked confusedly.

"Out," you said more forcefully.

"Suki, please listen to me."

"NO!" you shouted. "Get out! Now!"

"Suki," Haku pleaded.

"OUT!" you screamed and pushed him off your bed swinging your legs over the edge too. You're bowl clattered to the floor, but you just left it there. You continued pushing Haku out of your room and slammed the door after him. You stormed back across your room and snatched the bowl and spoon off of your floor and stalked back over to the door. You wrenched the door open and fumingly handed the offending culinary utensils to Haku who was standing outside of your door stoically. As soon as they were out of your hands to slammed the door in his face again and flung yourself onto your bed fumingly.

A few seconds passed, but then you heard a sound at your door. Knock, knock, knock. Someone was rapping on your door tentatively.

"Go away!" you shouted at the person on the other side of the door.

The doorknob turned and the person pushed it open slightly. "Suki?"

You snapped your head around to send Kotetsu a death-glare which was usually reserved for whenever your parents decided to honor you with their presence. Kotetsu flinched and quickly retreated from your room.

You could hear a muffled "I told you so," from Haku on the other side of your door.

You reached for one of your old stuffed animals and flung it at the door hard. You glowered at the offending toy for a few minutes before grudgingly going to retrieve it from the floor. You picked it up and crossed back over to your bed. Plopping yourself down onto the quilt you examined the stuffed animal.

It was a rabbit and it was obviously very old. It was a faded purple color with soft fur; its ears were long and droopy and somewhat tattered like the rest of the rabbit; its eyes were two little black circles and its nose was pink with a line of black stitching for its mouth. It had been a present you had received for your 6th birthday, your first birthday that you had celebrated with Zabuza and the others. It had been given to you by Zabuza, and you had told him that you would always treasure it. Even as you had grown older it still held a special place in your heart. It signified that Zabuza, no matter how cold or scary he may appear, truly loves you.

You knew that he was doing this for your own good, but it still bothered you… a lot. He had made this decision without consulting you as he always had before, but unlike before you were older. And you had better friends, friends that you doubted you could survive without.

You decided to go talk to Zabuza, to tell him calmly what your input on this new development was. You got to the door, but stopped, your hand hovering above the doorknob. You felt really guilty about being so rude to Haku. What if he was still there on the other side of the door? Clutching your rabbit closer to your chest, you grasped the doorknob and turned it, praying that he had left.

He hadn't. Haku was still standing outside of your room leaning against the wall opposite to your door. He didn't have the bowl and spoon anymore, so you assumed that he had sent Kotetsu to the kitchen with them after your encounter earlier.

"I'm sorry Haku. I didn't mean to… that is to say…" you rambled.

"It's fine, Suki. I forgive you."

You crossed over to him and gave him a one armed hug. "Thanks," you murmured. "Do you know where I can find Zabuza?" you inquired as you broke away from Haku.

A smile flitted onto Haku's face and he gestured down the hallway towards the living room.

You smiled back at him and murmured a quiet "Thanks."

Haku ruffled your hair. "It'll be fine, Suki," he said and moved down the hallway in the opposite direction towards his own room.

You walked alone down the quiet hallway and moved into the living room. Zabuza was seated on the couch staring at the newspaper, but you could tell he wasn't really reading it. No one else was in the room for some reason, but that wasn't odd. They were obviously around here somewhere.

You padded across the floor and sat down on the other end of the couch and pulled your legs up, crossing them in a pretzel shape. "Zabuza, can we talk about me going back to K.A.D.?" you inquired.

"Suki," Zabuza began, setting the newspaper down on the coffee table, "it really isn't in your best interest to go back there."

"Haku already told me all that Zabuza, how it's better for my safety not to go back so you all can look after me, and how I'm used to homeschooling, and how people could influence my friends to get to me. But you don't seem to get it Zabuza. These people are so important to me! I have never, ever had friends like these. I love Suigetsu, he's a great friend, but other than him I had no other friends before I went to K.A.D.. And it's been a great experience for me so far other than the whole kidnapping ordeal."

"Exactly!" Zabuza interrupted. "You were kidnapped. I swear! There security was far lower than expected."

You held up a finger to silence Zabuza. "And I think I know why the ANBU screwed up." Zabuza raised an eyebrow at this. "Okay, so you know how I was at the Spring Fair? It was a fair, Zabuza. People from outside of the academy were let in. Aio and the others hadn't brought anything that had been seen as dangerous because they'd obviously disguised it. I would have been fine if I hadn't gone off ahead. I'll be more careful next time. That seems totally plausible, right?"

Zabuza was quiet for a moment before responding. "It doesn't change anything. We can't secure your safety there."

"Then send Haku or something!" You were beginning to lose your patience with Zabuza. You had been totally calm, had explained why you wanted to go back, you had promised to be more careful, you had thought of a totally legitimate way that Aio and the others had gotten in. You were through being calm about this. You were going back, end of discussion, no matter what other safety precautions Zabuza decided to add, and if that meant sending Haku to school there too, so be it. "He's only a year older than me so he'd either be in my Class or in Class one. And it wouldn't matter anyways which year he's in because of the mixed classes." Zabuza didn't reply. "Please, Buza-oji-san?" you begged using your old nickname for Zabuza on him.

"I'll think about it," he said gruffly after another minute.

A smile broke across your face. 'I'll think about it' usually translated to 'you win' when it came to Zabuza and a request that you had made of him. "Well, tell me when you have your final answer, okay?" You got up off of the couch and planted a quick kiss on his cheek and left the room.

You were practically skipping when you got back to your room, the happy smile still on your face. You couldn't wait to tell Deidara and the others that you would be back soon. Now the only question was where your cell phone was. It wasn't in your pockets or on your bedside table nor was it in any of your bags that Zabuza had already picked up from the academy. You surveyed your room in dismay. Where in the world was it?

Abandoning your search you decided to find Haku and ask him if he knew where it was.

A rapped my knuckles on his door and waited. There was no answer so I tried the doorknob. It was open, so I poked my head in. "Haku?" I called, wondering where he was. I glanced around the room and found him at his desk writing with a pair of headphones on. You came over and peered over his shoulder. He was doing some math problems.

"What's up, Suki?" asked Haku as he pulled off his headphones.

"Well first, number two isn't seven, it's eight, and second, I was wondering if you know what happened to my cell. I can't find it."

"Woops. That was a stupid mistake," he said as he erased the error and wrote and '8' instead. He pulled one of the drawers open and pulled out your cell phone. "Aio took it from you and left it with a ransom note at the Haunted House. Here you go." He handed you your cell phone and you took it.

"Hey, Haku, can I ask you something?" you inquired.

"You just did."

"Hey! That's my joke."

Haku laughed. "What's your question?"

"Why is it that you chose to be homeschooled too? You could have gone to any school around here that you wanted, but you chose not to."

"I didn't really get along with my class. They thought that I was strange, but I guess that that's not too weird. I did look a bit to girly."

"Haku, you are the girliest looking guy I know other than Deidara," you said truthfully, "and I love you for that."

"Thank you ever so much," Haku replied sarcastically. "So, how did your confrontation with Aniki go? I didn't hear any shouting."

"You wouldn't have over your headphones. It went well actually. I'm going to go back?"

Haku raised his eyebrows. "How ever did you talk him into that?"

"Well, he hasn't exactly agreed to let me go back, but he as well as admitted that I held a good case."

"May I inquire as to the details of your 'good case'?"

"I gave a plausible reason that the ANBU sucked, promised to be good, told him I loved my friends, and when he kept saying no I asked if…" you trailed off, not wanting Haku to get upset at what you had suggested.

"What did you ask?"

"If you would come back with me," you said, hiding you nervousness that he might get upset.

"Oh, Suki…"

"Please Haku? It's wonderful at K.A.D.! No one will care how girly you look! And I'd love for you to come. That and I'm sure it would improve your math skills." This last part you said in a teasing tone.

"Suki, I don't know. It's been, what, five years since I attended a regular school, let alone a high school."

"K.A.D. is anything but regular, Haku. I fit in fine and I can't remember ever going to a public school before. Just think about it, okay?"

"Fine, I will."

You flashed him a quick smile and scampered out of his room back to yours.

You scrolled through your contacts to 'Deidara' and clicked send.

Ring, ring. Ring, ring. The seconds seemed like years to you. You couldn't wait to tell Deidara that you were alright and that you'd be back soon enough. Bzzzzz. Your forehead creased. What was up with this sound? It sounded like –

"I'm sorry," a computer generated voice said, "but the number you have called is unavailable. Please check the number and dial again."

Bzzzzzz.

You hung up and typed the numbers in this time. Ring, ring. Ring, ring. Bzzzzzz. "I'm sorry, but the–"

The voice was cut off by you snapping your phone shut. What was up? Why wasn't Deidara's phone working?

You decided to call Tenten. Opening up your contacts you hit the 'T' key and clicked send after arriving at Tenten's name.

Ring, ring. Ring, ring. "Mushi mushi! I can't come to the phone right now, but leave a message and I'll get back to you!"

You snapped your phone shut again, wondering what in the world was keeping all of your friends from their phones.

'Third time's the charm,' you thought to yourself as you dialed Naruto's number.

Ring, ring. Ring, ring. "Nani?" Naruto sounded irritated, which he usually wasn't. "I told you already Juugo, don't know how to do the History homework. It's not like he's even going to check it tomorrow or anything."

"Naruto! It's me!" Suki cried gleefully.

"Suki! You're okay!"

"No, I'm dying and my final wish was to talk to you. Of course I'm alright! Oh! I've missed you so much!"

"We've all been dying to hear from you! That Haku guy said he'd call Deidara when they got you back, but it's not like Deidara would tell any of us. He's such a delinquent, Suki. How could you ever have dated a guy like him? Why didn't you tell us?"

"Well according to my parents, I'm a delinquent, so we're perfect for each other. And of course I didn't tell you. Look how you're grilling me about it!"

"Yeah, but he's such a bad guy!"

"No he's not! When was the last time he got in trouble?"

"Today."

"What happened?"

"Well, we had art first thing this morning right? And so Deidara is using some clay and apparently he put something in his pottery piece and it exploded. BANG! Right in the middle of class. Sasori-sensei was so pissed at him! And he nearly never shows any emotions! So Deidara got sent to the old hag, and who knows what she did to him, but apparently he didn't care so during study the next block he started vandalizing the classroom. And he got sent back to granny. Nothing happened during lunch, but the rumor going around is that he was sent to Ebisu for counseling for the entire block and part of the next, which was History, which I also have with him for some reason. You know all those plants in Asuma-sensei classroom, right? So he stuck some of those kiddy sparklers in each of the pots. My guess is that he nicked them off of Tobi. Anyway, so all the plants caught on fire. They accused Tenten of doing it because of the pyromaniac thing, but we all stood up for her. That and she had been at the nurse's office with a killer stomach ache and hadn't come to class until the sparklers had already gone off. So it was pinned back to Deidara and granny wasn't so happy about it. Not sure exactly what happened, but I'm seeing her tomorrow. I'm going to try to get it out of her then."

"Wow. What happened? He didn't used to be like that."

"No clue what's up with him. Thank god he didn't come after school today. I mean, I hate being a monkey, but I'd hate it even more it he'd come today, he was in such a bad mood."

You didn't reply for a moment. "Hey, Naruto. I've got to go. Tell the others I'll be back soon for me, alright?" she asked in a fake cheery voice.

"'Kay! Will do!"

"Bye." With this you ended the call and began contemplating.

What in the world was up with Deidara?