Paid In Full
By: Silverwolf
Deidara remains silent in a corner. His head is against Hanako's shoulder. He'd been brought home late into the night. The blonde had tensed when the woman running the okiya touched him. She left him to disappear to his room. Deidara didn't speak to Hanako when he notices her sitting along the floor of his room; instead he collapsed against her in tears. Hanako didn't have to be told what had happened. She had an idea. At twelve Deidara could now be considered a full-fledged geisha.
Hanako wipes the tears from the blonde's cheek. "I know. I know." Deidara looks at her with swollen eyes. "She told me the debt is more than paid." Hanako places an arm around Deidara. There was nothing that she could state to the blonde. All she knew unlike her own passage into being a full-fledge Geisha Deidara went through the torment twice. The mother of the okiya had not only found a male willing to pay, but a female as well. The bid was kept to a minimal few in order to maintain the secret of the blonde being male. The only thing that bothered Hanako is that Deidara was younger than she was when her own virginity was bid upon.
She knew there would be a push to profit from Deidara, but did he have to be pushed through the whole situation ahead of the rest. Hanako's eyes go to Deidara as she sits in the flicker of candles. Azure eyes are closed. Though the sleep seems restless. Even with his debt paid he would not be leaving. Like Hanako the female answered to would now be called mother by Deidara.
Hanako had all ready heard the price. It beat her own. The secret was that there'd been a collection for Deidara twice. Being male instead of female made that possible. A woman had come forward in secret offering money for a chance with the blonde. It'd been granted when the amount was mentioned.
Hanako was certain the ocean-eyed blonde would never want to talk about what had happened considering he didn't want to speak to Hanako about what would happen when the time came. What the Geisha didn't know is how close that time was.
While Hanako sits writing in silence she feels a tug on her kimono. She soon realizes it's only Deidara's hand wrapped around it. After everything he'd been through he still trusted her to be the one to look out for him. With this knowledge Hanako decides to make a decision to try and adopt Deidara herself. If anything it was time she decided her life, and if it helped the small blonde get out of this life then that was all the better. The question was could she succeed.