Once Naruto recovered from the sudden kiss, he disappeared into the hallway. "You sleep on the couch." Naruto called while grabbing the extra blankets from the closet. "Aww. But I much rather sleep with you. I get lonely!" Deidara pouted. Naruto scoffed and tossed the blankets at him. "I highly doubt that. What do you do at the Akatsuki then? Cuddle with your partner?" Deidara made a face. "Like I would sleep anywhere near that grouch. Plus that friend of yours killed him off." He said while making himself comfortable. "Whatever. I'm going to bed. Good night." Naruto walked to his room with Deidara's eyes following him. He shut the door and rid himself of his clothes, save for his boxers, and got in bed.
The next morning Naruto woke feeling much warmer than usual. He opened his eyes and found himself face to face with a bare chest. Deidara's bare chest to be exact. His whole face became red as he noticed the arms wrapped around his waist in a tight embrace. He looked up to see Deidara grinning at him. "Good morning sunshine!" Naruto blushed and pushed him off the bed. "Well that wasn't very nice." He said, rubbing his back. "I told you to sleep on the couch! Last time I checked, my bed is not the couch!" Naruto said while trying to find some pants and a shirt to put on.
"Like I said I get lonely." He said while getting up. Naruto finally settled from some sweat pants, orange of course, and a black T-shirt. Naruto was about to retort when there was a knock at the door. "Naruto? It's me Sakura." A voice called from behind the door. "Shit!" Naruto cursed. Naruto grabbed Deidara's arm and pulled him over to the closet. "Not a word. Understand?" He then pushed Deidara in the closet and closed the door. "Coming!" he called. He ran to the door and opened it. "Ohayo Sakura-chan!" He chirped. Sakura looked at him questioningly. "Is someone else in there? I heard voices." She said peering behind him. "N-No, Just me." Sakura looked at him suspiciously before shrugging it off. "Sai and I are going to go visit Kakashi-Sensei in the hospital. Want to come with?" she asked. Naruto came up with a quick excuse. "Sorry I can't. I have to go…um…to the ramen sale. One day only. No way I'm missing that."
Sakura rolled her eyes at his antics. "whatever, see you later then I guess." She said walking away and waving over her shoulder. "Bye Sakura-chan!" He waited until she descended the steps to close the door. Once he did he leaned against it and breathed a sigh of relief. He then went over to the closet to let Deidara out. When he opened the door Deidara glared at him. "Give me some warning next time will you?" he huffed. "Hehe. Sorry about that." Naruto said rubbing the back of his neck. Deidara walked out of the small space and smacked Naruto on the head. "Itai! What was that for!" he yelled nursing his bruised head. Deidara smirked. "For being an idiot."
Naruto walked down the crowded street. Since Deidara was staying with him he had to get some food. He knew Deidara couldn't stay forever. He had to leave soon or people would get suspicious. Naruto sighed. Sometimes life could be so complicated. Deep in thought, Naruto bumped into someone. Naruto looked up to see Sai (let's pretend he came before Gaara was captured.) smiling his fake smile. "Ohayo Naruto-kun." He said lending a hand at Naruto, who had fallen over from the impact. Naruto took the hand and brushed dirt off his pants. "Oh, hey Sai. What's up?" Sai shrugged. "Not much. Just buying some ink. What about you? Sakura and I noticed you haven't been yourself lately. You ok?" Naruto looked at Sai questioningly. It wasn't like Sai to go around asking about others well being. "Yeah I'm fine. It isn't like you to ask. What changed?" Sai smiled again. "You caught me. Well, this book I'm re-""Yeah that explains it." Naruto laughed. "Sai, Sakura and I have told you tons of times. Just be yourself. You can't force friendship. Just let it come to you." Sai looked at Naruto thoughtfully. "Ok, in that case, you want to go get some ramen with me?" Naruto looked shocked, but agreed anyways.
They entered the ramen stand and Naruto's stomach instantly started growling. They sat down and ordered their food. While they waited Sai turned to Naruto. "Naruto…" he started. "Sakura said that when she came over she felt another chakra signature in your house, but you said nobody else was there." Naruto immediately stiffened. "She didn't say anything because you obviously didn't want her to know..." Naruto almost did a face palm. He felt so stupid! Of course Sakura would notice. She has the best Chakra control in Konoha, except maybe Tsunade. "Sai, I know you want to know but I can't tell you. Can you maybe just forget about it? I promise I'll take care of it. Please?" Sai sighed (lol) "Ok. But first, you have to tell me something." Naruto stared at Sai waiting for him to go on. "Is it Sasuke?" Naruto tensed up but then relaxed. "No Sai. It's not sasuke." Sai looked like a weight had been taken off his shoulders. Once their food came, they ate in silence.
When Naruto came home it was already dark. "Deidara? I'm home!" he called, turning the light switch on. Naruto squeaked when he felt arms wrap around his waist. "I missed you." A deep voice whispered into his ear. Naruto shivered and detached himself from Deidara's grasp. "I was only gone a couple hours. Are you that needy?" he smirked. Deidara shrugged. "I hope you know I haven't forgiven you all the way so don't get too full of yourself." Naruto huffed. Deidara's eyes saddened. "I said I was sorry Naruto. What more can I say?" Naruto sighed. "I don't know…It just…" his voice dropped to a whisper. "It hurt me." Deidara frowned and embraced Naruto again. "I know. I'm sorry. If I could take it back I would." Naruto felt tears prick at his eyes but rubbed them away fiercely. He was being such a girl lately! Deidara chuckled and kissed Naruto's Cheek. He flopped himself down on the couch. "Good night Naruto"
Naruto walked to his room and picked up the picture of team 7 that sat on his bedside table. Naruto brushed off the dust on it and smiled fondly. He wished things would go back to the way it was before sasuke left. He honestly did miss him. He felt himself tear up again but willed the tears away. He set the frame down and laid down on his bed and was soon lulled into sleep with thoughts of team 7, sasuke, and deidara floating around in his mind.
Naruto awoke to the smell of food cooking. He peaked outside his door to see Deidara standing over the stove, frying eggs. Naruto smiled and tip-toed slowly and quietly behind him. "Nice try Naruto but I'm not that stupid." Deidara smirked. Naruto huffed. "Whatever. I didn't take you as the cooking type though." Naruto said. Deidara chuckled. "I guess not, but lots of times I would end up having to cook for the Akatsuki when Konan was out. We may be an evil organization but we act like a giant, freak filled, family." He smiled. Naruto laughed at that. He could imagine Konan scolding the other members about not brushing their teeth and Pein sending them to bed without supper when they were bad. Naruto snapped out of his fantasies when a plate with eggs and bacon was shoved in his face. "Ah, well thank you but I was going to have some ramen." Deidara glared at him. "You are not having that crap every meal of the day. I still don't understand how you manage not to gain weight." Naruto smiled. "I'm awesome like that." He was rewarded with a slap to the head. "Go eat it." Naruto took the plate with a pout and sat down at the table. Naruto knew it was now or never and looked at deidara. "How…how long do you plan on staying here?" Deidara tensed. "I thought of leaving in 3 days…Akatsuki is probably wondering where I am." Naruto looked down at the table. "Oh. Okay." He mumbled. After Deidara left who knew when the next time they would see each other would be. They would just have to make the time they had left memorable.
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IM SOOOOO SORRY! (To the people who actually read my crap) Last week I had to go to Colorado with my dad because he dragged me to a concert and this week has been hectic because my cat died and yeah….I'm probably going to upload every 2 weeks now…and I know this a short chapter for like…3 weeks of waiting and you should hate me for it but yeah….once again IM SORRY! I know only a few of you alert my story but THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! Even though it's like…7 of you…I'm content with that. You guys are awesome! But seriously, you reviewing makes me SOOOO happy and makes me want to write more. Love you guys! Chu!