"You guys can call me Dei if you want to, un."

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO

"Okay, Dei-san." Oni said turning her head to look at him.

"Alright." Ino said, not really caring.

"Hey, Dei-san?" Sakura asked, turning around to walk backwards.

"Hm?"

"Do you like Oni?" She asked in a hushed tone so that only he could hear her.

"Nani?" He asked blushing furiously, "W-what makes you ask that, un?"

"You haven't stopped looking at her since you hugged her." She said with a smirk.

"So?" he asked, still blushing.

"So, answer my question." Sakura pressed, her smirk hardening.

"Yeah… she's pretty, smart and nice, un. But I doubt she likes me. Plus, un, why would she? I'm a criminal, her sister basically hates me, and I look like her brother, un." He said, a down cast in his eyes.

Sakura stopped walking, she put her hand out to prevent him from walking into her. "Dei, with as true as all that is, she won't care. You have a better chance than any guy in Kohona. Plus," Sakura stopped to make sure Oni wasn't paying attention, "she has thing for blondes. Just give yourself a shot. Oh and she likes hugs, a lot."

Sakura put a hand on his shoulder, "Plus, you'd look adorable together." She said with a wink, walking after the other girls.

'She's right, un.' Dei thought to himself. 'I'll ask Sakura-san how Oni-Chan feels about me.' He smiled and followed the three girls.

Dei walked in as they pulled down his bed.

"Well, I guess you didn't need any help, un." He said with a smile.

"Nah, we got it." Oni said.

Sakura glanced at Deidara, he was still looking at Oni. Sakura could see it in his eyes, he was in love. She smiled at the thought of Oni and Dei. 'She deserves someone nice. She's lost so much. Her parents were all they had left. I've never seen them that sad.' Dei looked at Sakura in time to see the sadness in her eyes, before they darted away from him.

"You okay, Sakura-san, un?" Dei asked walking up to her.

"Yeah I'm fine, Dei–san, just some bad memories." Sakura said, looking at him with glassy eyes.

"You sure, un?" He asked in a low voice.

"Yeah, I'm just happy Oni has some body. Last time either of them had someone to love was their parents. And they were killed in the line of duty about a year ago." She said motioning for him to follow her. "Hey we're goin' outside for a little while." Sakura called to the girls as they went to the back porch.

~ON THE BACK PORCH~

"Sit down. This may take a while." Sakura said as she slid the sliding glass door shut. "Oni and Ino's parents were the nicest people I've ever met." She started sliding herself on to the wooden railing that wrapped around the small porch. "They bought this house for them, and, after my parents died, they paid for all of the things I needed when I moved in with Oni and Ino. Hell, they even offered to pay for our meals." She added with a giggle. "But, the problems all began when they took a mission the twins were supposed to take. They had to interrogate a mass murder. But during the interrogation he got lose and murdered them, before he was killed by Ibiki. They came home and I could tell something had gone wrong. They stayed home from work for a week. They still flinch when anything is said about their parents." She said, looking up at the stars.

"We threw them a party to make them feel better. The Hokage had all of our class mates home for it. It worked, but only so much. They only talked to each other and me. And now… they're still only talk to me, our other friends, and there co-workers, when mandatory. Joining the Akatsuki may be better for them than you can think." She looked in his eyes. "You may be better for Oni, than you think." She added with a smile.

"Wow. I had no idea they had been through so much, un. The Akatsuki is well informed but I never heard about that. And, can we go back inside now? It's kinda cold, un." His breath fogging in the cold air.

"Yeah, let's go." She said sliding off the railing and opening the sliding glass door.

Dei closed the door behind him and they went to the living room. Sakura could see the happiness in Oni's eyes as they walked in.

"You're bed is all set Dei-kun." Oni said, her face getting dusted with a light pink when he looked at her.

"Thanks, Oni-Chan and you too Ino-san, un" he said with a smile.

"Yeah, sure, whatever. I'm going to bed. Night." Ino replied waving a dismissive hand and disappearing up the stairs.

"Sorry, she gets a little grumpy after 2am." Oni said scratching the back of her head.

"WHAT! It's after 2! HOLY SHIT! Oni we got to go to bed. We're getting up early tomorrow morning to tell Tsunade-sama we're taking a "vacation" so we have a head start on our disappearance." Sakura smiled when she heard her plan out loud.

"You came up with that on your own didn't you?" Oni said smiling at Sakura.

"You bet your ass!" Sakura said beaming.

"So all three of you are strategists, un?" Dei asked with a smile.

"No, Sakura has her moments but she's a torturess. Ino and I are the trained strategists." Oni said laughing. "Plus, I already thought of that." She whispered to Dei, so she didn't hurt Sakura's feelings.

"We go bed NOW." Sakura said sleepily. "Say good night, and let's go." Sakura said grabbing Oni's wrist. "Night Dei-san!"

"Night Sakura-san." Dei said with a laugh

"Night Dei-kun." Oni said with a smile and a wave, before disappearing up the stairs.

"Night Oni-chan."Dei replied with a wave of his own