I'm really on a roll. I've never been more inspired to write until now. It's because of my fans. Everyone was so happy that I updated and they reviewed so nicely. Thank you! Or from the song 'Thank You' by Home Made Kazoku, "Itsumo arigato, hontou arigato", which means thank you eternally, thank you really. At least I think it does…oh well! I don't own Naruto. This takes place a couples weeks later; they still have that project though.
"Finally! We're almost done with this stupid project!" cheered Deidara as he typed up the last of his report. Sasori and Deidara had been working nonstop on their project for weeks, hoping to finish. They didn't start working on putting the poster together until about two o'clock. It was about seven now and they were alone. Kakashi-sensei thought they were getting along well enough to leave them alone, so he left. Besides, he had a little dolphin that he needed to attend to-winkwinknudgenudge-. Anyway, the two teens really were getting along a lot better than they did at Deidara's arrival. They haven't fought or seriously argued since that Saturday a few weeks ago. Actually, they have grown somewhat close. I'm not saying best friends in such a short time, but friends none the less.
Sasori rolled his brown eyes. "We are done. But what we make depends on Ibiki-sensei's view of the project. He grades for the actual work, not how much effort or time to design it you put into it." he explained. "But, don't all teachers do that?" asked Deidara. Sasori chuckled. "Not like Ibiki-sensei. He'll fail you even if you miss one minor detail." Deidara smiled brightly. "Well, we didn't miss anything, so I think we'll be fine!" he said confidently. Sasori nodded to himself and went back to writing down their source of information.
"Do you think he got everything we need, Sasori-san?" Deidara asked, wanting to hear Sasori's opinion. The redhead looked up at Deidara, his hair swaying slightly as he did so. "Yeah, I think we got everything." he answered. "What? Do you think we missed anything, brat?" the blonde blushed at his pet name and shook his head. The blue eyed teen had grown accustomed to the pet name. Sure, it wasn't a positive one, like sweetie or baby, but it was better than being called a shit for brains. Being called 'sweetie' would be nice though-wait; did he just want to be called 'sweetie' by Sasori? Hmm, heat must be getting to him. They have been in a hot room for hours now, so he must be overheating or something.
"Hey brat. You okay?" asked Sasori. Deidara blinked and nodded at the redhead, who looked at him with slight worry. "Yeah, I'm fine. Why, you worried about me, Sasori-san?" asked the blonde in a coy voice. The shorter teen's eyes widened slightly and a blush formed on his cheeks. (A/N: Sasori seems to blush a lot now, doesn't he?) "N…No! Why would I be worried about you?" sputtered the teen. Sasori tried to sound harsh but he sound as convincing as he hoped. Deidara laughed at Sasori's embarrassment. The blonde laughed so hard that he fell out of his seat and onto the hard ground.
Deidara let out a yelp of pain as he rubbed his sore ass. "Dammit, I should know by now to try and stay off the ground. It's like I'm magnetically attracted to the ground here in Konoha, or something!" whined the new student. Deidara stopped his rambling when he heard sputters of laughter. He turned to see Sasori trying to cover his mouth with his hand but was failing miserably. The redhead busted out with laughter and pounded his fist onto the desk, trying to control himself.
"O…oh, Hahaha, my god brat, hahaha, that was hilarious, hahaha! You should really watch out, hahaha!" cackled the brown eyed student, tears forming in his eyes. Deidara got up and stared at the hysterically laughing teen. Once Sasori's laughing calmed down, he looked up at the blonde.
"What?"
"It's just that…I've never heard you laugh before."
Sasori raised a thin eyebrow. "Yeah, what of it?" Deidara shuffled around hesitantly. "I…it…sounds nice. So light and careless. You should laugh more often. You look so peaceful when you do." admitted the blonde quickly. Sasori gave Deidara a confused look, and then realized what he was talking about. The redhead turned a light shade of pink. "God brat, you make it sound as if you're trying to admit your love to me and just don't know how to put it or something!" muttered Sasori while looking away. Deidara looked down, his words meaning nothing to him now. "Sorry. I just wanted to let you know that."
Sasori heard the sadness and tried to ignore it. Don't go soft on him; don't go soft on him… "It's fine, brat. Don't get worked up over it." said the redhead with kindness in his voice despite what he said. He told Deidara to relax, but the way he put it, he made it sound like it wasn't meant to be an acceptance to an apology. You get it? I didn't think so because if I got lost typing it, then I know you got lost trying to comprehend it!
"Fine…I get it. You don't have to go mute because of it." complained Sasori while hot gluing the pH scale on their poster.
Deidara sat there, as if he didn't hear Sasori, and stared at the ground. Or at least he tried to, seeing as how his vision faded in and out. The blonde was blacking out, the room turning black as he slipped into unconsciousness.
Sasori stopped once he heard the soft thud of something hitting the ground. The teen turned to see Deidara lying on the ground unconscious. "Deidara? Deidara!" he called the taller teen's name, hoping to wake him up. Nothing worked. Sasori started to panic. He didn't know what to do or even what was wrong with him. It was pretty hot in here, thought Sasori, what if he passed out due to the heat? Sasori knew what to do if it was heat exhaustion. Good thing too since he couldn't let Deidara just sit there and possibly have that heat exhaustion turn into heat stroke.
Sasori pulled Deidara to the closest chair and plopped him in it. It wasn't easy because the blonde was heavier than he looked. The redhead then ran to the closest sink and wetted a rag. Sasori, once he got the wet rag, placed it gently on Deidara's forehead and got a bowl of water so he could re-wet the rag later. Sasori's seen heat exhaustion before. Working out in the hot sun so often has prepared him for it. Also…Tobi passed out from heat exhaustion once and the only one willing to help him, after much convincing, was Sasori. Dammit, not even his own cousin was willing to help Tobi. That just shows what family Tobi and Itachi hails from…
The redhead looked down at Deidara, watching for any signs of movement. The blonde, other than the slight opening and closing of his mouth, was still. Sasori released the breath he had been holding and smiled to himself. He's breathing. That's good, as long as he doesn't stop breathing, thought Sasori happily. He didn't know what to do if Deidara were to stop breathing. Sasori wouldn't have known how to help the blonde breath or how to get help for the blonde. The shorter teen knew he could call for an ambulance, but who knew how long it'd take to get there. Deidara could have died in the time span of the ambulance reaching them.
Sasori swallowed hard. He didn't want to think of that. He didn't want to believe that could or would happen. That was another thing Sasori couldn't live with…Knowing the blonde were gone and living with the guilt of knowing he could have done something to prevent it. Even the toughest of people wouldn't be able to live with the guilt of knowing someone was gone because of them not doing anything.
The redhead just prayed that Deidara would wake up soon. That's all he could really do now…
--In Deidara's dream. (A/N: You can dream while passed out, by the way.)--
Everything surrounding Deidara was peaceful. It was quiet and nothing such as Hidan's cursing or Tobi's annoyingness cluttered his thoughts. The blonde, with how quiet it was, wondered if he was asleep or dead. No, he couldn't have been dead. When you're about to die, you see a white light. Or that's what Deidara heard anyway. But, it was just there.
What bothered Deidara was that he was in school. In the middle of the hall, but no one else was around. It was just himself and…Sasori. The redhead was standing in front Deidara at the end of the hall, smirking seductively. Deidara didn't know if it was possible to smirk seductively the way Sasori did. But if there was, the shorter teen sure pulled it off. Deidara didn't get why Sasori was smirking. Surely it wasn't at the blonde, was it? No, that was dumb of him to think that. After all, Sasori didn't roll that way. Well, Deidara didn't think he did.
"Oi, brat." called Sasori at the end of the hall, his voice lower than it usually is. Deidara looked up at the redhead, looking into his deep chocolate colored eyes. For some reason, the blonde couldn't look away. It's almost like he was hypnotized into looking into them. They were just that beautiful.
"What's the matter? Afraid to speak?" joked Sasori as he cocked his head to the side. He looks cute when he does that, thought Deidara. He quickly shook his head, answering 'no' to Sasori's question and forgetting his last thought. Sasori raised an eyebrow. "If so, then talk to me." Deidara opened his mouthed then closed it. Sasori laughed, taking slow steps towards the blonde. "I knew it. You have nothing to say." Deidara took a step back with each step Sasori took forward.
Sasori's eyes widened slightly, but he recovered quickly and continued to move forward. "Don't worry, I won't bite…much." Deidara shivered at the way Sasori had said that. It was full of wanting, lust and desire, something he never heard in Sasori's voice. The redhead noticed Deidara shake and smiled a soft, kind smile. Again, something Deidara has never seen Sasori do.
Deidara felt his back touch the wall and watched as Sasori drew closer. He was only a few feet away now and the blonde could clearly see the wanting in Sasori's eyes. Said teen stopped just in front of the taller teen and lifted his hand. Deidara tensed, expecting the boy's hand to collide with his face harshly. But…it didn't. Sasori's hand was gently caressing Deidara's cheek. The redhead's hand was soft and warm. The warm sensation filled the blonde's whole body. That warmth filled Deidara with relief and safety. The touch at first, however, had an icy feel to it. Like ice was running up his spine due to the touch. Deidara couldn't quite explain it, but it felt, and Deidara wasn't sure if this was the right word to describe it, good. He really couldn't explain it other than it felt good.
"You wanna know something?" whispered Sasori into Deidara's ear, licking the inner part as he did so. Deidara bit his bottom lip, trying to keep himself from letting Sasori know he enjoyed it. "I know you want this. You want this just as much as I do. So, don't deny this." cooed the teen while playing with Deidara's soft blonde hair. "W…What is it you want to tell me?" stuttered the blonde. Sasori blew into Deidara's ear lightly, making Deidara tremble.
"I want you."
He then headed towards Deidara's lips. Closer he came, his hot breath against Deidara's lips and Deidara's breath against his own. Their lips were almost touching when he whispered, "Wake up, Deidara-kun. Wake up…"
--End dream--
"Deidara…damn you, wake up!" groaned Sasori as he shook Deidara with a little more force than the last time he tried. Sasori felt an icy chill travel up his arm and down his spine once he touched Deidara. At first, Sasori thought Deidara was the cold one but realized Deidara wasn't cold to the touch. His skin was very warm, actually. Sasori ignored it, figuring it was nothing and just hoped for the blonde to wake up.
Right then, the blonde's blue eyes fluttered open and moved around, examining the room slowly. He finally looked up to see Sasori staring down at him, the shorter teens eyes filled with slight worry. "Sasori?" asked Deidara. Sasori looked at Deidara and smirked, most traces of worry gone. "Hn, thought you'd never wake up." Deidara glared and sat up, the rag falling into his lap. "You passed out form heat exhaustion. After a little rest and some fluids you should be fine." explained Sasori. Deidara nodded and stared at the redhead. "Sasori-san, did you take care of me the whole time?" he wondered aloud. Sasori blinked and looked away, nodding slightly. "I just waited for you to wake up so I could go home." lied the teen. Deidara smiled, knowing it was a lie, but he didn't care. What he did care about was that Sasori watched over him without complaint.
Sasori stood up from where he was sitting and stretched. "I finished the last little bit of our project. I'll take it home with me so that you don't have to worry about it." he said. Deidara rose to his feet, teetering from side to side a little. He held his head after he got up. Rising to his feet so quickly gave him a little headache.
The blonde grabbed his things and packed up. "Well, I'll see you later!"
"Hold on. I'm walking you home."
"But, why? I can walk myself home, un."
"Not after that. Now, I'm walking you home so don't complain."
"No way! There's no way you're walking me home!"
--Time skip--
Deidara scowled to himself as he led Sasori the way to his home. Both argued over whether Sasori should walk with him for what seemed like forever. Sasori won the battle when asked what Deidara was going to do if he passed out again. The redhead had him there, he had to admit. But he was kind of glad that he lost the fight. He really wanted to thank Sasori for caring for him and find a way to make it up to him.
"Uh, Sasori?" muttered the blonde. Sasori turned to face him with a questioning look. "Yeah?" he inquired. Deidara turned a light shade of pink, remembering how beautiful Sasori's eyes were and how close he was to kissing the other teen in his dream. "I just wanted to say thanks." Deidara answered. Sasori 'tch-ed'. "You thank me way more than you need to. I only helped a little, nothing to start crying over. Deidara's face grew red. "Like I was gonna cry! What to you take me for, a candy-ass pansy?!(1)" Sasori chuckled, covering the lower part of his face. "At first you did, to tell you the truth-" his words were stopped short when Deidara pulled Sasori's hand away from his face.
"Don't do that. You have a nice smile. You just don't show it off as often as you should." said Deidara tenderly. The redhead pulled his hand away and looked off to the side. "Yeah…says you." He then head laughing coming from the blonde teen next to him. "You can act so childish sometimes. You don't know how much of a child you sounded just then!" choked out the taller teen, holding onto his side. Sasori blushed a really light shade of pink and crossed his arms.
"You don't know how dumb you sound when you laugh."
Deidara glowered at Sasori. "Touché, my friend, touché." he looked ahead at the light blue house up ahead. "There's my house. Thanks for walking me." stated Deidara. Sasori looked up, nodded, and followed Deidara up the steps of his home.
"Really, thanks for helping out in my time of need." Thanked Deidara once again. Sasori grumbled. "I told you, you don't have to thank me so much." Deidara smiled sadly, upset that Sasori didn't accept his thanks in the way he hoped. He did accept it though and that's all that matters.
Deidara turned to his door but turned back around to face Sasori. He stooped down and quickly hugged Sasori, feeling that sensation again. Sasori stood there, stunned to say the least. He stayed perfectly still, even after Deidara released him and went inside. "What just happened?" asked the redhead, confusion in his voice as he walked away. So many questions were left to be answered.
Hidden in the bushes, not far from Deidara's porch, was a girl holding a digital camera. "I can tell you what happened, Sasori-kun," she started in a hushed tone. The unknown girl smiled evilly. "It's the beginning of the end of you reign as the toughest guys in school."
WOOT!! It's done! I don't really favor this chapter because I think I rushed their liking each other in a little too early. I think now that I should have put this chapter in a little later. Also, I didn't give a lot of detail. Plus, Sasori showed a serous emotion: sadness, which is totally Ooc for him because Sasori never shows emotion. Just a bored expression or a glare. To be blunt, I think this chapter sucked. Hopefully you readers won't think so or won't stop reading because of it. For the unknown girl, I was thinking of her being me. A kind of self-insert kind of thing, you know? Let me know what you think because I can be kind of evil and with me in this, Deidara and Sasori's relationship could get a lot more interesting. Or, if there is any female character in Naruto you think would be great for that role, let me know. After writing this I had a serious brain lapse. I seriously couldn't think of anything else after that, lolz. Anyway, please review, tell me what you think. If you think I rushed through their relationship, spare me because I already know and am beating myself up for it.
(1)- I love that phrase. I heard it on Family Guy© and fell in love with it!