"It's ok we want to give you a bath!" said Sasori as he tried to tug the blonde's clothes off. The blonde was dirty and he was running a fever. He'd been frightened when he'd heard the word shower said by Sasori's mom who'd quickly switched to a bath. Bath's were more fun and friendly right?
The blonde whimpered holding onto his clothes tightly.
"Come on I promise you'll be ok." chirped Sasori and after some coaxing from the redhead the blonde relinquished his clothes.
Sasori couldn't help but stare at his new friend. He could see his bones! He gently placed his fingers on the blonde's chest only to get a surprised look from the blonde.
"Sasori!" he heard his mother scold and he stopped staring only to look at his mother. "It's rude to stare."
"But look at him!" said Sasori with a point making Deidara blush and scuttle closer to the redhead. He didn't want to be strange to his new friend. Sasori smiled, "But I thnk it's cool!" Deidara blushed.
"So you ready for your bath?" The blue eyes looked at Sasori and he nodded taking the redhead's small hand. Sasori's mother stared before smiling. Sasori pulled on the blonde's hand to bring him into their bathroom.
Deidara stared, this was a bath, an actual bath! Not the gas showers that killed!
Gently Sasori's mother picked him up and placed him into the hot water. Deidara's muscles immediately relaxed and his clogged nose cleared and breathing became easier. He leaned back and let his blonde hair get soaked in the warm water, attempting to get as much of the heat from the liquid as possible. Dozens of bubbles decorated the water. It was so warm and soothing.
However he became nervous and shot up only to see the redhead frowning at him.
"What's the matter?" Sasori asked nervously as the blonde scooted close to him. The blonde reached out a hand and clamped Sasori's in his. The redhead smiled.
"Does that make you feel better?" The blonde nodded and his eyes drooped shut. Sasori made sure the blonde's head didn't drop under the water.
Sasori's mother was quick to begin to wash the blonde, worried about his fever. The clear water soon became murky however Deidara's body became clean. The dark hair covered in mud became a beautiful and bright blonde. The lice shampoo they'd used made dozens of the tiny insects fall out of the blonde's hair dead or in death's last grip.
Soon he was pulled out of the water and wrapped in a clean fluffy towel. The blonde let out a sneeze and cuddled against the warm towel. His hair was being fluffed and combed by Sasori's mother while the redhead held onto the blonde's hand.
After that he was placed in something warm and soft. Maybe the redhead's old clothes? He was then placed in something warm and snuggly, a bed. He pulled sheets closer and snuggled into a pillow.
"You can sleep there for now." said Sasori as he sat down next to the sick blonde. Sasori's mother left the room leaving the two boys alone.
"Thanks un." The boy's voice was dry and raspy and Sasori frowned. "But why didn't you want to stay in camp? You get to play all day and wear pajamas!"
"It's horrible un." He choked out looking at the redhead. People died there constantly! They got sick like Deidara had and if they were lucky they died naturally. People were hit with shiny things that flew through the sky and some were beaten to death! He nervously coughed, only to be soothed when the redhead reclaimed the blonde's hand and smiled.
"You shouldn't do that, if you get stressed when you're sick it gets worse." Deidara nodded. He couldn't express how thankful he was to the redhead. He would've died out there and now he was warm and healing. His head didn't itch anymore either."Hey what's your name anyway?"
"Deidara." He began coughing again.
"Oh well I'm Sasori, and that's my mom!" he said proudly. Deidara smiled as Sasori's mother came back into the room with a cup of something, a bottle, and a spoon.
"Here drink this." She offered filling the spoon with the contents of the bottle. Deidara took it and drank it only to try and spit it out a second after.
It had to be poison! It tasted horrible!
"Ugh I hate that stuff too." said Sasori with a shudder only to see the blonde look really afraid. "Hey look it's not that bad." Sasori's mom watched as the redhead dipped his finger into the medicine bottle and stuck it into his mouth. He shuddered at the taste and made such a face that Deidara giggled.
"Alright now you can have this." said Sasori's mother placing a hot cup into the blonde's hands. Deidara relished in the warmth.
"You're supposed to drink it." Said Sasori as he pushed the cup to the blonde's lips. He took a tiny sip and the warmth filled his body. He tasted the sweet drink and the severe pain in his throat was soothed.
"Unnn." he moaned laying into the bed. Sasori's hands immediately grabbed the cup, afraid the blonde would spill it on himself.
"Good?" Sasori asked and the blonde nodded and began to drink the entire thing. He'd never had tea before since it was a grownup drink. To make sure the blonde drank it Sasori's mother hand added sugar to it, the family of a Nazi did have its privileges. Soon the drink was drunk and handed back to Sasori's mother who went to clean it up.
The blonde's eyes drooped again and he yawned sleepily.
"Sleepy huh?" Sasori asked, to him it was weird to be sleepy in the middle of the day.
Deidara nodded. "Very un."
"Then go to sleep." With that the redhead's hand left the blonde's and Deidara tried to sleep. The fever kept him awake and annoyed as he tried desperately to get to sleep. That's when he felt the redhead leave him and he panicked.
Was he going to tell the angry men where the blonde was?
However suddenly the weight on the bed returned and something else, a soft noise that made Deidara open his eyes. Sasori was carving a piece of wood with a knife. He noticed the blonde was awake and frowned.
"This keeping you up?"
"No it's nice un." the blonde whispered as he closed his eyes again, the soft noise of the wood being carved lulling him to sleep better than any lullaby sung to him.