Thank you everyone who reviewed for the last chapter! You don't know how happy you all made me! I couldn't stop smiling, I really couldn't! So, I started writing this chapter like two days after updating! I don't own Naruto, but I wish I did. I mean, who DOESN'T?!
The blonde and redhead continued to look at each other, Sasori still on top of Deidara. The two didn't seem to remember that they were in that position until they heard squeals from girls surrounding them. Damn fangirls…Sasori then looked down at Deidara, blushed slightly, and quickly rose to his feet. Deidara, turning red as well, got off the ground shortly after Sasori did. The blue eyed teen brushed himself off and glared down at the brown eyed teen, who was glaring up at him.
"Watch where you're going." said Sasori quietly. Deidara, who was about to apologize, quickly changed his mind about it. "Watch where I'm going? Dude, you're the one that ran into me! If anything, you should be the one watching where their going!" complained the blonde. The redhead turned away, crossing his arms in a childish way. "Yeah right…says the guy that can't watch where he's going himself." Deidara frowned. Well, he does have a point. I did run into Hidan earlier simply because I wasn't watching where I was going, thought the blonde sadly. Sasori, unfortunately, had a point. However, Deidara wasn't about to let him know that!
Sasori knew he was right. The face fault Deidara just had proved he was right. The brown eyed boy smirked in triumph. I love it when I'm right, mused Sasori in his mind. He really did love it when he's right. Especially since he's almost ALWAYS right.
"But, you weren't watching where you were going either, un." Hey, I said 'almost', didn't I? The blonde had a point also. But, being the so full of pride guy Sasori was, he wasn't going to let Deidara know he was right.
Both deciding not to let the other know they were right made it a lot quieter between them. There was the option of walking away. Deidara was going to do that…if he didn't have to worry about meeting up with Tobi. So, all he could do was try and stay with Sasori as much as possible. That was easier said than done of course, because the redhead was going off in the opposite direction.
Sasori stalked off, somewhat pissed that Deidara had proved him wrong. He was determined to stay away from his grandmother, not be outsmarted by the guy he just saw a few hours ago. All the teen needed was a frosty or something from the food court and he would be just fine. Maybe a slice of pizza or two. It was amazing how Sasori could eat so much and not gain a single pound. Some people, especially girls, would kill for his lean figure. But, Sasori didn't find himself heading towards the food court. He didn't even find himself moving. Sasori looked to his right, where he saw a tanned hand resting on his shoulder, keeping him from going any further.
"What is it now?" asked the redhead.
"Well…I was just wondering if I could hang with you." stated Deidara hesitantly. What is he up to, wondered Sasori. They suddenly run into each other, get into a mini argument, and then the blonde wants to hang with him? Sasori didn't understand nor did he really care. So long as the blue eyed new student didn't interfere too much with his plans, he could care less.
"Why?"
"I was with Tobi and…"
"Say no more. Come on." Sasori walked ahead with Deidara on his heels. Sasori fully understood why Deidara wanted to hang with him. No one wanted to be with Tobi any longer than they had to. Poor blonde suffered more than he ever hoped to just by being with Tobi. That's punishment enough, wouldn't you think?
--With Tobi--
"Hmm, I wonder what could be taking Deidara-san so long…" thought Tobi aloud. The blonde sure was taking a long time getting a soda. Tobi thought about going after him to make sure he was okay, but said to himself Deidara would be fine.
Just then, the masked teen saw a blonde head of hair walking with a short redhead. "Hey, isn't that…naw, couldn't be!" Tobi completely dismissed the idea of that being Deidara and Sasori. Even though it actually was them…Tobi then skipped back to the pet shop to play with the puppies once more. No wonder hardly anyone find Tobi a menace.
--With Deidara and Sasori--
After walking around, Sasori stopped for something to eat. Deidara wasn't too hungry, but had to stop anyway because Sasori did.
The redhead took a bite of his pizza and looked over at the blonde sitting next to him. If Sasori didn't know any better, he would've said that Deidara was hungry. "You know you can eat, right?" asked the shorter teen. Deidara looked up at Sasori and shook his head. "I couldn't possibly. If I ate, then you'd have to wait on me." Sasori shrugged. "I don't care on waiting unless you kept me waiting forever and a day. Just eat something." The brown eyed teen was getting annoyed that Deidara was not complying with his request. Honestly, if you're hungry, just eat! Eating your fill is more important that not eating because you're worried about making people wait.
Deidara really didn't want to upset Sasori. So, he would just eat when he got home. It was no big deal! The blonde's stomach defied its owner's body by growling loudly. The blonde blushed bright red and hoped Sasori didn't hear it. Someone hearing your stomach growling had to be one of the most embarrassing things of all time. Unfortunately, Sasori heard it and looked in Deidara's direction. A thin red eyebrow rose in suspicion. Damn it! Of all times to do this to me, my stomach decides to do this NOW?! Deidara was so mad at his stomach right now; there were no words to describe his anger.
Sasori couldn't help but smirk at Deidara's red face. Gods, Deidara must have been so embarrassed. Part of Sasori wanted to laugh in the blonde's face about it. However, the other half felt bad for him. The redhead seriously had no clue why he was feeling this so suddenly. The teen never cared for anyone but himself. Was the most feared kid in school…getting soft? No way! Or is it true, but towards no one other than Deidara?
Sasori didn't really know but all he knew was that Deidara was going to starve. He sighed and pushed the plate of pizza in front of Deidara. Said teen looked at Sasori in surprise. Sasori was giving Deidara his extra slice of pizza. The tough guy that hated Deidara almost instantly…was selflessly handing over food that is rightfully his? The blonde was so lost at the moment. Who would've thought that Sasori was kind under that tough exterior, thought Deidara.
"Well? Are you going to eat it or what?" asked Sasori, gazing at Deidara briefly before going back to his slice of pizza. Deidara looked down at the food, a blush of embarrassment creeping up on his face, and then muttered some incoherent sentence. Sasori stared at the blonde sternly. "What did you say? I couldn't understand you." said the redhead. Deidara turned a deeper shade of red. "I said," started the blonde, "Thank you. You really didn't have to."
"Thank you…thank you…" that just kept running through Sasori's head. He hardly ever gets a 'thank you' from anyone. It felt…good to get a 'thank you'. "Don't worry about it. Just eat." answered Sasori slowly, as if trying to find the right words. Deidara nodded and began eating.
"Good, isn't it?"
"Un…what kind of music do you listen to?" Sasori looked at Deidara with a confused look. "Why?" he asked in return. The taller teen snorted. "Answering questions with questions. That's the oldest trick ever. But, if you must know, I want to know. We might have something in common other than we both like art." Deidara didn't think answering a simple question like that would be hard. But knowing Sasori, who makes everything harder than they need to be, Deidara had a feeling he wouldn't get a direct answer. Not that he really cared if the redhead answered. He just thought it would be nice to know something like that in case he ever needed to know later. The blonde just was wondering, no need to bite his head off for it.
Sasori's brown eyes averted their gaze to the table. The redhead never really thought of what kind of music he listened to. Said teen spent so much time working on his art and doing things for his grandmother and Akatsuki that he didn't have time to himself. Not enough to really listen to any good bands anyway. But Sasori did like one or two bands worth mentioning.
"I like Dir en Grey, Skin, Larc en Ciel, bands like that." stated Sasori. Deidara stared at Sasori, as if the shorter teen did something wrong. Or even grew a second head. "What?" asked Sasori, eyebrow raised. Then, the blonde laughed. "You're music describes your personality perfectly. You're dark and to yourself and your music is dark as well. Dir en Grey's music is dark, as is Skin's and Larc en Ciel's from time to time. But, they're great bands none the less." Deidara laughed some more, making Sasori slightly madder with each laugh. "Oh yeah? And what kind of music do you listen to, then?" demanded the brown eyed teen. Deidara looked up at Sasori, eyes tearing up from laughing so much. "Me? I listen to a lot of hip hop and rock. Stuff that is energetic and keeps you moving, you know? I really like Home Made Kazoku." Deidara beamed at the name of his favorite hip hop trio. Deidara was hooked ever since he first heard 'Thank You' at the end of his favorite anime, Bleach.
Sasori gave Deidara a blank look. "Who's that?" Deidara deadpanned. "Y…You've never heard of Home Made Kazoku?!" Sasori shook his head. The blonde never heard of anyone not liking Home Made Kazoku. "Um, how about M-Flo or Crystal Kay?" he asked. Deidara only received another head shake and a blank look. The blue eyed teen was in a state of shock now. No one he knew didn't like anyone of the artists mentioned. They were like music gods in Iwa. All anyone ever listened to in Deidara's home town was M-Flo and Chemistry and Home Made Kazoku.
"I told you I only really listen to Dir en Grey and Skin. I hardly listen to anything else, so of course I wouldn't know who you speak of." insisted Sasori. Deidara nodded, completely understanding. Of course, he didn't want to believe it but he had no control over how people thought. "Well, you should listen to them sometime, un. They're really good. I think you'd like it." said the blonde enthusiastically. Sasori absentmindedly nodded.
"Yeah, sure. I'll do that. Now let me ask you something." Deidara nodded. "Why are you so persistent about trying to befriend me?" Deidara opened his mouth to answer, closed it, and then grew into deep thought. "Why am I doing this? I guess just to try and meet common grounds with you. I always try and be nice until you piss me off. I mean, you did, but I thought we could try and be nice to one another." thought Deidara aloud. He then looked up at Sasori, who was staring down at the table. "Sasori-san?" asked Deidara as he reached out to shake Sasori. Said teen looked up at the blonde, his brown eyes filled with an emotion Deidara couldn't quite read. Was it sadness? Or was it remorse? Either way, it was emotion he's never seen before.
"Sasori-san? Are you alright?" Deidara asked once more. Sasori blinked and words started to form on his lips. Those words were cut short when Hidan walked up to their table, Kakuzu and Tobi close behind.
"There you two little bitches are! We were looking fucking for you everywhere, Deidara! Damn it, you left Tobi alone! You know how fucking mad Itachi would've gotten if he found out that Tobi was harmed?!" nagged the white haired teen. Sasori rolled his eyes and turned to Hidan. "Don't go complaining to the brat. It's you're fault for going off and leaving him alone with Tobi. So shut up." countered the redhead. Deidara smiled at Sasori helping him, but then frowned at Sasori calling him a brat. "I'm not a brat!" stated the blonde. Sasori smirked. "Oh, I forgot. You're a bitchy brat." Deidara groaned but smiled.
Hidan sighed and shrugged. "I don't really give a fuck as long as Itachi doesn't blame me for anything!" Kakuzu wrapped his arm around Hidan's waist and pulled the lavender eyed teen close to him. He whispered something into Hidan's ear, causing Hidan to blush a little. Deidara noticed and wondered: what did they do? "Hey Hidan, Kakuzu…" both teens looked up at the blonde. "Where did you two go earlier?" asked the blue eyed teen. He wasn't really sure he wanted to know, but asked anyway. "Oh…we did some…things." answered Hidan with a smile. Tobi made an 'ooh' sound and looked, or at least we think he did, at the couple.
"Ooh, then I could've joined you two?" Hidan, along with everyone else, deadpanned. "Uh…no, Tobi. Those kinds of things are things that really two people should do alone." responded Kakuzu. Tobi nodded sadly. "But don't worry. I'm sure someone would want to do those kinds of things with you sometime." he reassured quickly. Tobi then perked up and smiled to himself.
Deidara mouthed to everyone, "Kind of slow isn't he?" The others nodded and mouthed back, "You get used to it." Deidara laughed silently, Hidan joining suit. Kakuzu and Sasori only shook their heads, ashamed of their stupidity.
"Well? What's going on here?" asked an unknown voice. Everyone turned to see Kisame and Itachi walking towards them. "If it isn't shark-man and his partner weasel-boy." joked Sasori. Kisame snickered, which actually sounded like 'ku ku ku.' "So, you decided to finally ask Deidara out, huh Sasori?" said teen turned a deep shade of crimson. Deidara looked over at Sasori and then at Kisame, who had a look of content on his face. Hidan broke out in a laughing fit. Itachi smirked and his eyes showed that he was amused.
"T…Take that back, fish face!" ordered the brown eyed teen. Kisame laughed some more, showing of his sharp teeth. "Relax Sasori, it was only a joke." Sasori looked away, mad with embarrassment.
"Whatever, bastard who dates a prick…" Hidan and Deidara laughed hysterically while Kisame tried to convince Itachi not to kill Sasori slowly and painfully. This was the most fun Deidara's had in the past few days. Hell, it was better than getting the hell beaten out of by Sasori. Deidara couldn't wait to see what happened next.
Deidara looked over at Sasori, who looked back at Deidara. He stared at the blonde for a minute then looked away. What's up with him, wondered the blonde. Oh well, whatever it was, it couldn't have been anything serious.
Sasori smiled a sad smile. I guess I don't hate Deidara after all. He kind of makes me smile, so that really doesn't mean I can hate him. God, this guy…
I don't like the end. I just needed a way to end it. But it's really amazing how people can have a change of heart once they know more about someone. That's why I loved this chapter, despite its ending. Please review! After all, I did update early! Please look into that and review.