The bright light of the morning shone against Sakura's eyelids, making her see a pink like hue. It was morning already? Ugh, she needed to get up. Tsunade probably had stacks of papers for her to go through and what not. With a yawn and a stretch of her limbs, the pinklette swung her legs over the side of her bed, feet connecting with the cold ground. She needed to take a shower, then have something for breakfast, oh and she-

"Uff!"

Sakura stumbled over something, flailing out to try and keep her balance, but in the end she fell forward against something hard and warm. She could hear the soft rhythmic thud of a heartbeat, and a groan from the thing she fell against. Who...oh no!

"I didn't really ask for a wakeup call this morning, yeah."

A limb wrapped around Sakura's torso, pulling her closer to his body and nuzzling his face against hers. Sakura squeaked, cheeks flaring up with embarrassment at the scene playing out. She pressed her palms against his chest trying to push away, mumbling something.

"But this could possibly work."

"Ughh! Let go of me!"

Sakura squirmed against him, finally getting free and quickly getting to her feet. He laughed, lifting himself up on his elbows to look at her. A chuckle erupted out his lips as he saw the red that seemed to claim her face.

"Calm down, it was only a joke. But...if you wanted to cuddle, all you-"

"Uhhh! You are so disgusting!"

Sakura screamed out, fists clenching at her sides. Deidara flinched slightly. She looked extremely pissed and he really didn't want another broken wrist. Getting up slowly, Deidara moved away from the fuming kunoichi and out of the bedroom. He heard a slam of a door, which he knew was her bathroom, and shook his head. Boy, she needed a chill pill or something. Hearing the water being turned on, Deidara moved towards her fridge, rummaging through it for something to eat. Apples, lettuce, carrots, sushi...what the hell was all this? Where was the junk food? Didn't girls her age like things such as chocolate, chips, and soda?! Guh, this was turning out to be fruitless. Closing the fridge door, Deidara went off to look through the cabinets for something either covered in grease, or high in fat, but the sound of a door opening caught his interest and he turned his gaze towards the kunoichi's bedroom door to see her emerge already dressed and hair dried. Wow she was quick.

"Don't you have anything other than...rabbit food to eat, yeah?"

"Rabbit food? I'll have you know, keeping a healthy diet keeps you fit-"

"I could care less about healthy food. I'm perfectly fine and fit, I don't need all...that stuff to help me."

Deidara pointed a finger in the direction of her fridge, nose uplifted in disgust. Sakura rolled her eyes and shook her head, pushing past the male to the fridge and grabbing a few items. Deidara looked over her shoulder to see what it was that she was doing, to only get pushed out of the way. With a grunt Deidara sat down in a chair at the counter, trying to figure out what she was making with all the items she was pulling out of the fridge. She cracked an egg over a skillet and the smell wafted to Deidara, making his mouth water. Even if it was rabbit food, it smelled awfully delicious.

"There, you should like that."

Sakura set a plate down in front of the blonde. It looked like a yellow blob, with green and red dots speckled upon it and cheese pouring out from the middle somewhere. Deidara seemed to stare at it for awhile before lifting his gaze up to Sakura and giving her a questioning look. Sakura just rolled her eyes.

"Don't tell me you've never had an omelet before?"

"An om-what?"

"An omelet. It's just a scrambled egg with veggies, such as green and red pepper diced up in it and some cheese on the inside."

"Huh..." Deidara poked it with his fork.

"Trust me, you'll love it. Now eat quickly, we need to go in a bit."

Without much more complaining, Deidara picked off a small bite from the omelet thing and stuck it in his mouth. The taste seemed to explode in his mouth, making him take even bigger bites and stuffing it in his mouth without another word said to the kunoichi as she cleaned up.

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"Deidara, hurry up."

Sakura whined, running back to the blonde that was staring at some little gennin that was staring at him. She grasped at his wrist and started to drag him away.

"Do you have to grab everyone's attention?"

"It's not my fault, yeah."

Deidara grumbled, yanking his arm away from the girl and stopping in his tracks. Sakura turned and glared at him. What was his problem today? He was giving everyone weird looks and always kept stopping to look at something or someone, and he was being rather quiet than the other day when he was yelling and screaming curse words at every opportunity he could. She cocked her head to the side, giving him a questioning gaze before opening her mouth to say something, but then quickly shutting it again and turning around to walk once more. The rest of the walk to the Hokage tower was in silence. Deidara keeping a good distance behind her as they walked, and then keeping his gaze upon the ground as they entered the Hokage's office.

"Ahh, Sakura, Deidara, there you are."

"Tsunade-sama."

Sakura bowed, producing a fake smile towards her mentor before turning her gaze towards the blonde to see that he wasn't even paying attention.

"Well then. I want you to get a report about-"

"Granny Tsunade, I need a mission, do you know how bored I'm-"

Everyone went quiet in the room as the blonde kyuubi entered into the room, now capturing the interest of the blonde Akatsuki member. Both of the males stared for a few seconds, before something snapped in one of them and they lunged at each other.

"Naruto! Deidara!"

Tsunade cried out, lifting herself from her seat with a pound of her fist upon her desk. The loud voice of the female didn't seem to break the two apart, as they grappled upon the ground. What was it with males and having to fight every time they saw each other? Sakura stomped over towards the two, grabbing Deidara's black shirt and trying to rip him from Naruto's claw like grip. Curse words produced and Sakura could have sworn she saw Naruto take a bite out of Deidara before she finally ripped him apart with the help of Tsunade grabbing at Naruto. Both the males struggled against their holders as they tried to grasp at each other once more.

"Knock it off, both of you!"

Tsunade growled out, shaking Naruto for emphasis. Both of the males seemed to calm for a bit, fuming and breathing hard.

"I'll kill you!"

"Oh yeah? Remember that other little beast host from the Sand village, yeah? Want to know who it was that killed him."

Deidara laughed maniacally, Naruto's eyes bulged, his eyes starting to take a hint of red in them and his trade mark fox whiskers starting to expand. He growled out, trying as hard as he could to get to the other male, Tsunade having a bit of a hard time holding him back.

"Hahaha, and if Itachi's lil brother doesn't get to him before he gets to you..."

Deidara's eyes shone with some sort of admiration and he held the look of a killer. The hair on the nape of Sakura's neck stood on end. She was holding a killer this whole time. Yes, she knew it, but it really hadn't hit her this hard that he had killed so many innocent people, and Gaara of all of them. Finding pleasure in their screams of pain, watching as their life blood spilled from their bodies and their family cried out in horror for them. He was a killer, and he was showing his true self now. She gave a hard yank at his shirt, which made him stop laughing maniacally as he stumbled to keep his stance. Naruto on the other hand steamed, but otherwise stood still glaring at Deidara.

"Naruto, I think you need to go."

Tsunade spoke, quietly, and carefully letting go off Naruto and giving him a soft push in the direction of the door, hoping he wouldn't pounce on the Akatsuki member and rip his head off in that instant. Lucky enough, the boy stalked out of her office and out of the building without any more trouble. Tsunade now turned her gaze towards the only male left in the room. Both she and Sakura gave him a careful look. He had returned back to his calm self, his gaze adverted from both of them as he stared at the ground.

"Forget about the report, Sakura, just...go home and have the day off."

"Thank you, Tsunade-sama."

Sakura bowed low before turning and walking towards the door, looking back at the male who hadn't moved one bit. Tsunade cleared her throat, bringing the blonde to look up quickly, raising his chin in pride as he walked towards the door where Sakura was waiting for him. He walked out the door, Sakura about to take lead behind him when she heard her mentor clear her throat once more.

"Be careful, Sakura."

Her eyes were full of sympathy. They both knew what they really were up against with the Akatsuki member. This wasn't going to be no walk in the park. If he wanted to seriously kill the kunoichi, he could easily seem to do it with just his hands.

"Don't worry, I will, and thank you."

With another quick bow the kunoichi walked out the door, closing the door with a soft click.

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The rest of the day was sort of a blur. Sakura had to run a few errands for some things at home, Deidara dragging his feet behind her the whole time. Every time she looked over her shoulder at him, he was always staring off in the distance. Did he miss that awful Akatsuki group, or was it something more than that? When he turned his head to look at her, she quickly pulled her head back to the front, acting as if she saw nothing.

"I just need a few more groceries."

She explained, walking through the door of a small market, the ding of a bell above them ringing sweetly at their arrival. There were a few people running about, grabbing items and paying at the counter. None of them seemed to care about the new customers, and kept to their own business. One woman smiled at her child as he tried to beg her into buying him a candy bar, eyes large and lips pouted. Sakura chuckled as she moved past them and down an aisle. Deidara followed Sakura, but kept his gaze upon the mother and child. Watching with amusement as the mother ended up nodding and allowing the child this one item. What was it with that sort of look? The look of wanting. Deidara was young when his parents had died, so he didn't really know the whole mother child bonding component.

"Ouch."

Sakura squeaked out as Deidara bumped into her, obviously being too engrossed by the mother and child to keep track of where he was walking. He quickly backed up; staring at the shelf Sakura seemed to be so interested in. Deidara's nose upturned at the produce. Cans of many different vegetables.

"Don't you ever let yourself go out on a limb, yeah?"

Deidara questioned, getting a confused look from the kunoichi. He sighed loudly, pulling at her arm and dragging her out of the aisle. Sakura yelped at his sudden movement, eyes wide as she tried to pull away from him without making too much of a commotion.

"Deidara! What are you-?"

"Cakes, candy, chips...don't you ever eat any of this?"

"I used to, but that stuff isn't healthy. You could clog up your arteries and-"

"Sakura, you're what, 16? Live a little, yeah. You don't have to worry about that stuff when your metabolism is running like a wild horse."

Deidara did a half smirk, which made him look childish. The right corner of his lips pulled more than the other side, making him look mischievous. He looked so human and well...not a killer. His eyes sparkled with delight as he started to pull said items from the shelf and stuffing them in the small basket Sakura was holding at her side.

"Deidara, not so much!"

"If you're going to have to keep me roomed in your house, you mine as well get used to spending and buying more, yeah."

He chuckled as he pulled a few pocky sticks from the upper shelf and set them on top of all the junk food. Sakura frowned at all the items. Yes, they were awfully bad for her, but the more she stared at the delicately made pictures on the boxes and bags of the items, the more her mouth watered for them. How long had it been since she'd had a potato chip? Maybe Deidara was right, maybe she just needed to let go a little. Lifting her gaze up to the male to agree with him she was caught off guard by his look. What the?! His lower lip was pulled out more than his upper lip, his visible blue hue large and moist. Was he...begging?! Sakura wanted to laugh so badly at the look this Akatsuki member was giving her, and for what? A few junk food items.

"Heh, okay, I guess we can get them."

He smirked once more. It seemed that look worked even at his age. Hmm, what other things could he get away with if he used this look?

"But we do need to get some vegetables. I'm not going to just pig out on this stuff."

Deidara frowned. Oh how he hated veggies. His eye narrowed as she smiled and pushed past him towards the rows of neatly stacked vegetables. It only took the two a few more minutes to grab the rest of the food and pay for the items at the counter. Deidara had grabbed a few bags and walked out of the store. Sakura at first thought it was very nice of him to help her, until she saw he only took off with the bags full of junk food. How typical. She smiled at the cashier and thanked him, walking out to see Deidara standing still and watching some sort of scene play out in front of the store in the streets, capturing every passer-by's attention. Sakura gasped, nearly dropping her bags.

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