The way to your heart Ch.5
(Warning! Contains hints of future yaoi, but don't worry next chapter is a guarantee *wink*)
'Why do I care? Why do I care? Why do I care?' Sasori thought as he repeatedly banged his head on his desk, after the little mishap outside Sasori went back to his (and Deidara's) office in an attempt to try and think things through. But that wasn't really working, for the red head was stuck being forced to look at Deidara's personal belongings, constant little reminders of what exactly was causing his headache. After Deidara had made it past the 3 day mark they had brought up his old partners desk for him to use, thankfully Sasori's office was rather large so they had plenty of room. The day after, Deidara had showed up at work with a box filled with pictures, papers, and small sculptures that the blonde had made. Whenever they had some free time Deidara liked to work with clay, making little creations often smashing the clay in his hands as soon as he was done.
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(WOO! FLASH BACK TIME!)
~Deidara's 1 week mark~
"Brat, why do you even bother to create sculptures when in the end you're just going to destroy them?" Sasori had asked one day when the pair had had some free time, so they just retired to their shared office to relax. Deidara pulled out some clay and had begun working it through his fingers, while Sasori had taken out one of his miniature puppets that the blonde had often seen him working on, whenever they had some spare time like this, usually when they were making their rounds and were parked behind a bush or around a corner waiting for someone to speed by.
"Because Sasori Danna, this is my art, un." Deidara had said, without looking up from his work.
"Your 'art', brat that lump of clay you're always messing with could never be considered art." Sasori snuffed.
"And why not, un?" Deidara said looking up, a slight frown on his face.
"Because true art is eternal, and is meant to last forever." Sasori stated as if this should be blatantly obvious.
"Sorry Danna but I can't agree with that, art is fleeting, only meant to last a moment before disappearing forever in bright, flashy blaze of glory, un."
"Tsh, brat you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about."
"I could say the same about you, un." At this Sasori's eyes widened, surprised at the blondes nerve.
"You've got some nerve, brat." (Didn't I just say that? ^.^)
"The truth can hurt Danna, un."
"That's not the only thing that can hurt." Sasori said standing up. Deidara only looked at the redhead with mild interest, 'Danna won't actually attack me….but I've been wrong before'. Now Deidara may be blonde but he wasn't dumb, when Sasori started to move around his desk towards Deidara's the blonde was quick to correct his mistake.
"Awe, come on Danna I was only kidding you don't need to get mad over it, un." On the outside Deidara was smiling but on the inside he was thinking 'Ah crap' there was no way in hell that he was going to fight his partner…he cared far too much about him to start something that could ruin their friendship, plus he was pretty sure that the redhead could kick his a**.
"You better have been." Sasori said sitting back down.
"But I still say true art is fleeting, un." 'Damn me and my big mouth,' in a flash Sasori was standing in front of Deidara's desk lifting the blonde by the collar of his shirt.
"Take it back brat." Sasori growled.
"Sorry I can't do that Danna, un." Deidara said shaking his head, Sasori just continued to glare at his partner, tightening his fists around the blonde's shirt bringing their faces closer. Suddenly the pair blinked, both turning red, apparently they just remember exactly what happened last time they were in a fight and this close. Sasori shoved Deidara back down into his seat mumbling incoherent words as he stormed out of the room slamming the door behind him.
"Nice talking to you too, un." Deidara mumbled smoothing out his shirt where Sasori had crumpled it. He couldn't help but think about how close he and Sasori had been. How fierce his eyes looked, how if he moved just a little closer he could have felt Sasori's soft, smooth, li- Deidara slammed his face onto his desk 'bad thoughts ouch, bad thoughts ouch, bad thoughts OUCH!' The blonde finally came to his senses, reaching up to feel the slight bump that had started to form there.
"Well that's just great, un. Now I really am a blonde." (lol, bad blonde joke)
(A/N: We here at Wolfgirl4716inc would like to make it clear that we do not discriminate against blondes in anyway….but we do enjoy annoying the hell out of them ^^ just kidding, or are we? Dun dun duuuuuhhhhhhh!)
(End Flashback!)
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"WHY DO I CARE!" Sasori yelled, once again ramming his head onto his desk (see how much these two have in common *wink**wink*)
KNOCK KNOCK
"What!" Sasori called, stopping his head banging.
"It's Kakuzu can I come in?"
"Yea, sure" Kakuzu came into the room, looking at Sasori strangely.
"What was the noise I heard just now?"
"My head saying hello to my desk." Sasori answered without missing a beat.
"…O...k…why?" The scarred man asked,
"Because life sucks." Sasori said, saying hello to his desk again. ^^
"Tell me about." Kakuzu said rubbing the scars on his arm.
"…"
"But seriously tell me what's wrong."
"I'd rather not."
"Come Sasori, I thought we were friends." Kakuzu said, normally he wouldn't care about someone else's problems but he had known Sasori for years and could tell when something was wrong with his friend.
"Hehe, never would have taken you as the sentimental type."
"Just tell me Sasori, before I change my mind." Kakuzu sighed in an annoyed tone. Sasori took a deep breath and buried his face in his arms.
"Weara ot a bate." Sasori mumbled.
"What?"
"Weara's ot a bate."
"One more time."
"Deara's ot a bate!"
"For the love of god Sasori speak up!" Kakuzu snapped.
"DEIDARA'S GOT A DATE!" Sasori shouted suddenly snapping his head up to look at Kakuzu.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Hehe."
"What?"
"Hehehehe."
"WHAT!" Suddenly Kakuzu burst into a wave of laughter, startling Sasori.
"I-I" Kakuzu stuttered.
"Spit it out already!"
"I knew you had a thing for the blonde!"
"What! I do not!" Sasori yelled, slamming his hands down on his desk, but sadly that only fueled Kakuzu's laughter.
"HAHA!"
"I do not have a thing for Deidara."
"Then why are you so upset about his having a date?" Kakuzu smirked.
"I'm not upset about him having a date, I'm upset because I don't like the fact he might not be 100% for work tomorrow, and should something happen he could get us killed."
"…That is the biggest piece of bull I've ever heard."
"Dude you work with Hidan."
"True, ok that's some of the biggest bull I've ever heard but still, its bull." Kakuzu said, crossing his arms
"You do realize that that makes no sense, right?"
"….Shut up." Kakuzu said turning his head in irritation. Sasori only smirked.
"So who's Deidara going out with that's got you so peeved?"
"….Hidan."
"…"
"Kakuzu?"
"…"
"Hey I thought that this was my moment to be emo." Sasori said getting up from his desk to walk in front of the other and wave his hand in his face.
"Huh? What?" Kakuzu said snapping out of it.
"Are you alright?" Sasori asked concerned.
"Yea…I-I'm fine. Did you say Hidan?"
"Yes, why?"
"No reason, just making sure I heard you correctly." Sasori studied the other man carefully.
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"YES I ALREADY SAID I WAS FINE!" Sasori raised an eyebrow at Kakuzu's response, obviously something was wrong he was usually a very calm person. Kakuzu, realizing what he had just done took a deep breath and started walking towards the door.
"Sorry about that, I'm going to go and finish up some work." He said closing the door behind him.
'What's his problem?' Sasori thought, suddenly thoughts about Deidara came rushing back into his head groaning he sat back down in his chair trying desperately to shack all thoughts of his partner. ^^
KNOCK KNOCK
"Who is it now!"
"Um, it's Kisame, may I come in?"
"Uh…yea, sure." Kisame came in closing the door behind him, wearing the same mask of concern that Kakuzu had worn earlier.
"I just passed Kakuzu in the hallway and he said something about you talking to your desk?"
"….Yea, I've just got a lot on my mind."
"Oh, he also said something about Deidara having a date? But when I asked him who with he just got all quiet and kept walking until he locked himself in his office, do you know what's going on?"
"Kisame, nothing is wrong, I don't know why people keep bugging me." Sasori said, resting his head on his propped up hand, staring at the shark man with a bored look on his face. But Kisame wasn't anywhere near stupid, he could tell that something was wrong with short tempered man and he was about to find out.
"Sasori I'm going to make this short and sweet, tell me what's wrong or else." Ok now he had the redhead full attention.
"Or else what?" Sasori said raising one eyebrow.
"You know I hate using this against you (hehe not really T.^) but if you won't tell me I'll show the video of you at the Christmas party 3 years ago to the guys at the main building."
"THAT WAS ONE TIME!" Sasori shouted, standing up from his desk, his face as red as his hair. Weather it was from anger or embarrassment Kisame did not know but he had a feeling it was probably the latter. Kisame tried to keep a straight face but failed miserably, he ended up breaking into a big toothy grin.
"Maybe, but we've still got it on video and if I have to I'll use it."
"Damn Kisame, you may seem like a nice guy but you're a real pain in the ass sometimes." Sasori said, giving up while he still had the chance, it may not look like it but Kisame would do it, well not himself personally, all he'd have to do was tell either Hidan or Zetsu and they would have a plasma screen set up with popcorn for everyone to see within the hour. He'd seen them do it to, it was amazing what someone could do when they had free time and an evil mind.
"Now are you going to tell me or what, because Hidan told me he's getting ready to go out, but that doesn't mean I can't get Zetsu here all I have to do is say….hey are you alright?" At the mention of Hidan's name Sasori had become all sullen and bleak, nodding his head forward so his eyes were hidden in shadow of his hair.
"Yea, I'm fine but if you don't mind I'd just like to be left alone right now." Sasori said with a sad smile.
"Sasori what's really going on here?" Kisame said taking a step forward. "Why did you suddenly get all dejected when I mentioned Zetsu's name?"
"This has nothing to do with Zetsu, he doesn't bother me in the least-well he does have the ability to make my skin crawl sometimes but that's beside the point, plus I keep telling you that nothing is wrong." Sasori argued.
"Sasori you know full well that I know you better than that, and if it's not Zetsu that has you bothered then it must be-" Kisame eyes widened, you could almost see the little light bulb click on over his head in realization. The only other name that he'd mentioned was Hidan's, he knew that the silver haired man was heading out tonight and so was Deidara, Sasori seemed upset every time he mentioned either of their names, plus he had a theory that Sasori had a bit of a soft spot for his blonde partner. Why he did not know, Sasori has had plenty of partners that have lasted far longer than Deidara, so why would Sasori care…if…
"Kisame what's with that weird smile on your face?" Sasori asked, a little nervous that he would come to the same conclusion as Kakuzu. Sadly luck was just not on his side today.
"You like the blonde." Kisame stated simply as if he were commenting about the weather.
"What? Why on earth would I like Deidara, he's nothing more than a brat to me, and he's probably not going to last much longer, a couple days max and then I'll have a new partner. What?" Sasori was looking at Kisame whose smile had turned into a full blown grin.
"I never said anything about Deidara, you're the one who came up with that."
'Crap!' "Well, I-I just assumed because…well of course I'd think that you were talking about Deidara! He's the only blonde in this whole building!"
"Sasori."
"What?"
"You like him." Kisame stated calmly.
"For the love of-, I do not like him. What is wrong with yours and Kakuzu brain to make you think that I like him as anything more than a fellow police officer?"
"Well for starters, you just admitted that you consider him as a fellow police officer. You haven't don't that in years, you always think of every new partner you get as a waste of time, to not be thought of as anything more than something that's about to expire within the next few days."
"Because that's how it's always been, not everyone can handle this job, it's rough in the real world, and we all know it. It's not my fault if I always get stuck with the kids who can't grasp that."
"So you see it too." Kisame said with a smile.
"See what?"
"That Deidara isn't like those other kids, he's proven that he can handle this line of work and he hasn't even been with us for a month. Plus he actually dares to stand up to you and you respect him for it."
"Ok now you're really talking crazy, why on earth would I respect a brat that's got a loud mouth?" Sasori questioned.
"Now you see Sasori that's the thing, we both know that it's not a loud mouth Deidara has but an opinionated mind, he's a lot like you in that way."
"Tsk, in what way?" Sasori said rolling his eyes.
"Well for one you're both passionate about your art and will defend your beliefs with your lives, also you both focus on your work, treating each and every moment with the seriousness it deserves."
"Kisame."
"And you know that Deidara is smart, strong, and brave. He may not have much experience in the field, but I've seen him calmly handle situations that would make most of your previous partners cower in fear."
"So he's made a few arrests to drivers who've had one too many that, doesn't mean he can handle the stuff that really allows us to call ourselves cops." Sasori said starting to raise his voice.
"Sasori you know as well as I do that Deidara can handle more than most, and you have the best memory out of everyone here as to what he did on his first day." Kisame pointed out.
"Yea, Kisame I know but-"
"The guy held a gun to his head in a situation that seemed near hopeless, after words he had enough compassion to notice that the man was terrified out of his mind, granted it resulted in the man running off and Deidara almost getting run over by a semi but he managed to show no fear and get the situation under control."
"Kisame!" Sasori yelled determined to get a word in.
"What? What's wrong?" Kisame asked partly worried about Sasori yelling at him because he may have crossed the line.
"You're right."
"…I'm sorry could you please repeat that?" Kisame asked in near disbelief.
"I said you're right, there is not use denying that Deidara is different. He's everything you said he's brave, strong, smart and has the potential to be great, but we both know that that is by normal standards, and what we do is nothing normal, we're the ones who get called for what the normal police can't handle that's why we wait till someone has really proven themselves before explaining just exactly what it is we do."
"Ok, you've explained why you might have trouble accepting Deidara into the line of work we do, but you have yet to explain why you're so upset about Deidara and Hidan going out." Kisame said getting back to their original topic.
"…If I tell you do you promise not to tell anyone else, especially Deidara?" Sasori asked, clearly becoming more nervous by the second.
"I promise." Kisame said taking on a serious tone. Sasori seemed to take a few moments to mentally prepare himself before finally speaking.
"Ok, the thing is I don't really know why I'm so bothered by this, Hidan's my friend but he's also a pain in the ass. And no matter how kind he may be I don't think I've known Deidara long enough to have formed any kind of real attachment to him." At this Kisame came over and put a hand on the redheads shoulder.
"It's still the other one, isn't it? They betrayed you and now you have trouble trusting anyone."
"I guess you could say something like that." Sasori said lowering his eyes.
"Well there are some big difference between 'them' and Deidara. For one Deidara seems to be liked by everyone, even the guys at the main building seem to like him while the other one creped out everyone they came into contact with."
"Yea, I guess Deidara's just lovable that way." Sasori said shrugging his shoulders.
"Sasori."
"Hm?"
"You do realize that you just called Deidara 'lovable' right?" At this Sasori turned bright red, clearly not meaning to have said that.
"You know, Hidan told me he would be leaving soon, Deidara is probably going with him. I bet if you hurry you could follow them." Kisame said giving a suggestive smirk.
"Kisame I am not going to stoop so low as to spy on Deidara and Hidan, beside I keep telling you that I don't like him that way."
"Uh huh, hey Sasori did you know that you have rounds tonight?" Kisame said in a way that was clear he was up to something.
"Really? Since when?" Sasori asked confused.
"Since I trade shifts with you while I heard you talking with Kakuzu."
"You-" Sasori said stunned. "Well, I guess that means that I should leave soon, and just to be more thorough I'll take my car, seeing as I've had it made as an unmarked cruiser, easier to catch the speeders and what not.
"Yep, I think that you should get right on it." Kisame grinned
"Ok, well…I'm off." Sasori said leaving. "Oh and Kisame?" Sasori said popping his head back into the door.
"Yea?"
"The conversation we just had right here." Sasori said gesturing to make his point.
"What about it?"
"It never happened."
"What never happened?" Kisame grinned. Sasori couldn't help but smile.
"Thanks." And with that Sasori was off to do rounds, and if he happened to see a certain blonde or silver haired man while he was out, then maybe he would just stop by to say hello.