Marufu-chan - 12? w I guess I need a little improvement.. Ya it was wasn't it? I'll try not to do that in teh later chappies kay? Yay! An idea w mkays thank you for your help
Shashuko the Paisley Maiden - Lemme see, Sasuke is fifteen yes, but if you really like that pairing I can fit it in w Lolz ya she ish why do you think I'm askin you guys for pairings?
scorpian-master25 - Mkays, I appreciate you guys recognizing how annoying it may be for someone posting too many update messages / I'm updating for you guys here
jade-chan w - Okay, I see what I did. Thanks for pointing that out. O.o we ran out of coffee over here. But lets just call that unintentional flirting w My friends do it all the time.
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The next day was school and it was the same kind of day just like any other, with the exception of the red head and blonde staying away from each other. They seemed to be thinking the same thing.
What are they thinking? What should I do?
It was obvious that they were, almost nervous about their night together. The whole day was akward and the only times they spoke to each other was when they occasionally bumped.
'She did say she loved me, didn't she?' Sasori thought. 'But was she teasing, or what? She wasn't exactly saying to my face...'
'I can't really say I love him, not without dying in it, un.' Deidara thought. 'Why does this have to be so hard?'
After the torturous day passed into the evening, Deidara bid AKATSUKI and Sasori a temporary goodbye when she began to walk home. She would've used her bird, but in her condition the doctor decided against it. Even so, walking was strenuous excersize. Deidara coughed up blood every now and then, but she made it home in one piece. Sasori, being unable to become physically unwell, started his job on time with the thoughts still running through his mind.
At home, Deidara fell upon the couch, trying to keep her breathing even. Sitting, she flipped her hair, and she found a weird mark on her neck. She went to the mirror in the bathroom and check out her neck. There were bruises in a strange pattern, almost looking like one of her clay birds and they seemed to be pulsating... At that moment, a dark fear erupted in her erupted in her heart and Deidara felt a searing pain in the area of the marking. She bit her lip and thought for a little.
"I'll go back to the doctor tomorrow evening, un." Deidara decided.
"Dei-chan! Are you home?" Ino called.
"Ya Ino-chan, un." she replied, walking out. "You hungry?"
But when she made it to Ino's room, the elder was already sleeping and her stomach size ever increasing. Deidara sighed and went to the kitchen, she had predicted what had happened to her cousin and she probably was right. She dug through the medical cabinet for blood soldier pills and she put them in her pockets, empty from clay that she used to mold so often. Popping one in her mouth, she ate it and wrote Ino a note before leaving for her job at the museum.
-30 mins later-
Deidara arrived at the museum a little tired, but still in tact. Right when she arrived, Sasori and Rei appeared in from of her to greet her. But when she approached, Deidara ran straight to the restroom.
"What?" Sasori said.
"Ummm.." Rei trailed off. "Lemme go check on her."
The elder woman ran into the restroom the see what happened to the blonde.
"Deidara? Are you okay?" she called.
A hacking sound was heard over by the sinks, and there was Deidara, coughing enough blood for a transfusion. She held up her hand as if she wanted Rei to wait for a moment and coughed for a couple more minutes. Then the blonde reached into her pocket for a soldier pill and swallowed it.
"I'm good, un." Deidara said. "Am I ready to start working then?"
"Eto, yes I'm guessing." Rei said with a smile. "Let's go then."
The two walked outside to meet back up with Sasori.
"I'll be going then." the elder woman stated, waving the two a farewell. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"So..." Sasori started, when Rei was gone. "Do you want to guard the rooftop or the entrance?"
"I guess the rooftop will be fine for me, un." Deidara said, looking away.
The blonde walked out and climbed to her position on the roof, leaving Sasori to his thoughts.
"Why did I just let her do that?" he said, scolding himself. "I could've just talked to her right now."
He set up his puppets over the front half of the museum, since Deidara was now guarding the rooftop and access to the back of the museum was now guarded.
In the meanwhile, Deidara sat on the rooftop, gazing at what little stars she could see. She quietly sighed and breathed in and out, it was becoming harder and harder for her to do so.
"Damn this, un." she whispered. "I'm definately going back to the doctor tomorrow."
After a few hours, the two got bored and it started to get windy. Sasori charged chakra into his puppets so they could fend for themselves. It was only for a few hours, but they could alert him if the museum entrance were to ever become breached. The red head slowly climbed the walls of the museum, as he made his way to the top, Deidara glanced his way for a second, but continued to stargaze afterwards.
"Hey."
"Un."
He sat down next to her and looked up at the stars like she was doing. The Sasori turned his head down to look at Deidara.
"Dei-chan?" he asked.
"Yeah?"
"I've been thinking.." he said. "and I've been wondering. Is there something wrong? It seems like we've been drifting farther and farther apart ever since New Year's. Are you regretting something?"
"Well, un. You see..." Deidara said, turning her focus downwards. "I didn't want to tell you that there was something wrong with me, un. I've been a little unwell lately, and you know it. But, un.."
"But what?" Sasori said, standing up. "You've been sick? Is that all? That's nothing!"
"That's not all!" Deidara said, abruptly turning to face him. "It hasn't gotten any better and nothing's normal anymore, un! How would you like fearing for your life and not knowing what will happen?!"
Tears formed in her eye and they dripped onto the rooftop and she clenched her fists.
"I didn't want to tell you that I don't know will happen, un." she said. "You probably don't know how hard it is to tell you I love you if I know I might die..."
Deidara wiped the tears from her eye and turned around. Sasori was shocked, both at hearing about what was happening to his lover and at how she felt for real. This time he was absolutely sure she meant it this time.
"Deidara?" he said.
Sasori reached out to turn her around, but she fell over grasping her neck and coughing violently.
"Deidara!"
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Aaaaand end w Did you like it? Umm... Can you give me a 1-20 for it? I'm pretty sure this won't compensate for all the waiting you've done, but please don't hate me... I'll be certain to put the next chapter up but not until after my b-day w It's the second Wednsday of July, which day is that I wonder?