A/N: OMG THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER OR THIS STORY!!! :(( Be sure to read and tell me your opinions afterward. Thanks a lot to everyone who loved this fic and mostly to the ones who reviewed. :D Enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 18

Wood and Metal

That night, Deidara and Sasori were in their room while all the other members were in their own chosen spots in the hideout, doing the usual things they do. Zetsu eating, Hidan cursing, Kakuzu counting, Pain none, Konan folding paper, Itachi refreshing his eyes with cucumber, Kisame eating fish cupcakes, and Tobi, feeling guilty because he had killed a fly.

Sasori was bored. He had nothing to do, so to kill his boredom, he made a puppet that looked exactly like Deidara.

"What are you doing, Sasori-danna?" Deidara asked, lying on the bed.

"It's a puppet that looks like you." Sasori answered. He looked at Deidara, seeing his smile. "What's so funny about it?"

"Nothing. I just…"

"What?"

"I'm dying, un."

"Stop saying nonsense things, Deidara."

"At least there'll be a replacement for me when I'm gone, un." He joked.

"Knock it out."

Sasori threw a pillow on Deidara's face and rushed to kiss him on the forehead. "I'll never let you go."

They had a meeting that night. "Man, another fucking meeting! What's the matter with you, Leader-sama?" Hidan ranted.

"Damn you. Will you shut the hell up?" Kakuzu shouted. "What are we gonna talk about?"

"Tobi loves pancakes"!

"Dork it, Tobi." Hidan scowled. "Come on, what the hell are we gonna discuss?"

Pain cleared his throat, "Deidara wants to discuss something."

Everyone turned their heads to Deidara, who was slowly walking towards the center. Sasori looked at him in wonder. Why didn't you tell me any of these?

Deidara swallowed the chewing gum Tobi has forced him to eat. His words were like icy needles in his throat, but then his lips slowly parted and everyone was watching closely.

Don't say it! Please don't! Sasori pleaded. He couldn't bear hearing these words from the person he loved the most. Ever.

"I'm dying, un."

The place was silent, nobody reacted. Their faces were somewhat surprised and unbelieving. "Deidara, you must be joking!" Kisame laughed.

"It's true!" For the first time, they saw Deidara's face that's so worried like this. For the first time, they heard his voice tremble and afraid.

Sasori was speechless. He went behind Deidara and raised the blond hair stands to kiss the back off his neck. Everyone watched. No interruptions. Even Tobi learned to shut his mouth just once.

"I love you, Sasori-danna. Always remember that, un." I know you can move on.

Sasori smiled, "I'm going with you. Don't you know that?"

Deidara's eyes widened. He didn't want his Danna to die, and he also didn't want to leave him. Sasori placed his hands to cover Deidara's ears and tilted his head. He kissed him. For the first time, they showed Tobi covered his eyes as well as Zetsu's.

"Tobi, I don't wanna miss this moment." Zetsu whispered.

"I love you, Sasori-danna."

"It's okay. I'll always follow you wherever you go."

And Sasori removed his cloak, revealing his puppet body, his clean, whole talisman. He gave Deidara a sword from one of his puppets. "To kill me is your mission, right? And if you refrain yourself from doing it, it is your life that will be put in danger." He said out loud. "Kill me now." Sasori looked at his friends and didn't say anything, but his bleeding mouth smiled gently. Everyone was shocked.

The sword was pierced through his heart, a heart that once felt the loneliness, a heart that felt love. While his hands could move, he got another sword and asked Deidara, "Are you sure you want to follow me?" Now he's the one being followed.

"You know I'd always do that, un." Deidara said, kissing Sasori on his bleeding mouth. After a while, both of them were bleeding. Blood and acid.

Everyday, the Akatsuki members would go to their grave on a grassy hill near their hideout. They were buried together. Side by side. And, whenever they feel their presence, they would say a little prayer. By that, they could know if they're okay.

Sometimes, they would go inside their room and see the scattered wooden pieces and bags of clay. Pain ordered Itachi and Kisame to arrange the wood and keep it in one place. They never washed the beddings even though they saw the brown color made by Orochimaru's pee which Deidara ranted about during his first day in the hideout. The warmth and the scent of wood and metal will always stay there and in their memories forever, and ever.

A/N: T.T Sad. VERY sad! T.T Well at least Sasori and Deidara are together now… :)

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Wood and Metal, done.