Sasori and Deidara were now both 18 years old and were close to finishing their senior year in high school. Through the years, they made other friends and formed a tiny social group in their high school. Deidara became a womanizer that skipped classes a lot, while Sasori showed no interest in females and was on the honor roll. In their social group were Itachi, Hidan, Kakuzu and Tobi. Itachi and Kakuzu were much like Sasori, very quiet and calculated while Hidan and Tobi were similar to Deidara. Together they made up a group called the 'Akatsuki'. The group name was meaningless really. It was just something that Deidara came up one day so they sounded cooler then just a 'clique'. All of them had troubled upbringings, which brought them all in a bond. They formed a family; all of them were there for the other no matter what happened. The family bond went as far as to even rent out an apartment that they all lived in.
Deidara sat on the hood of the car that him and Sasori both shared while smoking a cigarette.
"Did you hear Sasori?" Deidara asked while mindlessly watching people pass by. Sasori was sitting in the drivers seat of the car with the door opened reading their anatomy book. Over the years he had become particularily interested in the subject. He even began making life sized puppets of wood, trying to perfect the proportions and structures.
"Hear what? I hear a lot of things…"
"That building they have been building, you know the one on Ischmis street?"
"Yes, I know of it." Sasori turned a page, half listening to what the blonde was telling him.
"Yeah well…the building is going to be an abortion clinic." There was silence. Sasori didn't really know what to say to that statement nor did he know why it was being brought up.
"Alright…and…?" Deidara looked back quickly.
"And? They are killing innocent children Sasori!" Sasori sighed and closed his book.
"Yes Deidara I know, but what are we going to do about it? All we can do is protest and if we did that then we would be arrested." Deidara made a low growl and threw his cigarette on the ground.
"I fucking know that, it still pisses me the fuck off…" He got in the passenger seat and slammed the door shut. Sasori sighed and looked over at him, closing his door carefully.
"Well taking it out on our car won't save those children." Deidara looked out the window as Sasori began to drive. The blonde pulled out another cigarette as he kicked back in his seat and turned up their screamo music so loud that it could be heard from the outside of the vehicle. He took out his lighter and lit the end of the cigarette and inhaled it.
"I know…" He looked down at his lighter and began to flick it open and closed. Sasori glared at Deidara.
"I swear to God Deidara, if you light this car on fire I WILL kick your ass." Deidara chuckled, closed his lighter, and pulled the cigarette out of his mouth.
"That would be the day Sasori…" He looked out the window as the world passed by in a fast motion. Through the years Sasori became obsessed with making puppets, Deidara become obsessed with fire. To him, the flames were truly beautiful and he loved to see stuff burn. He had a few minor charges on burning leaves on school grounds but besides that, the obsession never got him in trouble. He just found the colors of the flames intoxicating, and the way it consumed what it touched…it was truly fascinating to him.
Sasori drove to the apartment that they all shared with each other. It was tiny but they all managed to live there and make it their home. He parallel parked and saw a face waiting at his door that he truly despised. Deidara's latest girl friend was waiting at the door. Sasori hated every girl that Deidara ended up dating. They always ended up being sex-obsessed whores that only cared about getting fucked. Deidara wasn't any different though. He only ever dated a girl until they had sex, then he left them. To Sasori, that was really disguisting. He believed that something as passionate as sex should be something that is done in passion, not obsession. They both got out of the car and the girl ran over and jumped on Deidara.
"Oh Deidara! I have been waiting for you!" The girl sounded so fake, Sasori swore she was going to choke on her own words. "Did you want to….do something tonight?" She looked at Deidara, her eyes glazed over with lust. Deidara chuckled, still smoking his cigarette.
"You really are desperate one eh?" The girl glared at Deidara.
"That's no way to talk to your girl friend Deidara…" The girl pouted like she was a five year old not getting candy in a candy store. This only fueled Deidara's humor more. He really did have a twisted way of looking at things.
"Listen, I got plans tonight."
"With another chick?" Deidara chuckled at the comment as Sasori rolled his eyes and walked inside not wanting to hear anymore of the girls complaints.
"No, it's family night tonight." He grabbed his bag and waved at the girl. "I will text you later, I have stuff to do." With that statement he went inside their tiny house. In truth, he really didn't like the girl. He really didn't like girls in general, he just wanted something there…something to fill the holes that he had in him. He walked in and threw his bag on Hidan who was asleep on the couch. Hidan woke up with a grunt and saw Deidara.
"Oh fuck off Deidara! You fucking asshole!"
"Damn Hidan, your so grumpy when you first wake up." Deidara enjoyed aggravating people, especially Hidan because he played the part so well like he was scripted.
"I'll cut your fucking balls off then feed them to Tobi for dinner you jack ass!" Tobi came walking downstairs after that comment and noticed that Deidara had just come home. Tobi was a very hyper boy that really idolized Deidara. Nobody was quite sure why though.
"Deidara! Hey, Hey Deidara!" Tobi had short brown hair and a very annoying voice. He was slightly shorter then Deidara was, but not by very much. Deidara tried his best to ignore Tobi, but he just going on and on. Deidara walked in the kitchen, where Sasori was getting a cup of water, and slammed his hands on the sink.
"I swear to God these people cause me to want to be an alchoholic." Sasori looked at Deidara while he drank. Deidara has had a drinking problem in the past, but with help from Sasori he had overcome that problem but has come close to relapsing a few times.
That night they had their traditional family night, which just meant that all of them went out to Ihop for dinner together. They made this a tradition though because they never wanted to drift apart from each other. All of them had very busy schedules, so it made it just easier to plan on having that night together.
"Who the hell goes to the International House of Pancakes and orders…soup?" Deidara asked Sasori, who was sitting across from him. Sasori shrugged.
"I don't like pancakes."
"But it's the International House of Pancakes! Can't you get a waffle, or a crepe or SOMETHING pancakey?"
Sasori looked up and simply replied "Nope".
"Your talking about the guy who sneaks into a bar and orders water." Hidan chimed in on their conversation while Itachi sat their listening quietly to the conversation.
"I simply don't like to indulge."
"Speaking about indulging, did you hear about what that building is going to be?" Kakuzu asked, changing the topic of conversation.
"Yeah, some sort of abortion clinic or something." Hidan said calmly. Deidara made his hands into fists, getting angry once again about the idea of the clinic.
"It's so stupid, I wish they just made something useful out of the space inside of killing all those innocent babies…"
"I agree" Kakuzu said. "They wasted so much money on something so stupid." Hidan shrugged his shoulders.
"I really don't see the problem in it, if some chick wants to abort her baby then that's her damn choice. It's her damn body, she has to live with the situation." Hidan picked up his drink and took a sip. He really didn't care about what they were talking about but he just loved hearing the sound of his own voice.
"It's wrong Hidan! It's fucking murder!" Deidara stood up getting so worked up over the topic.
"Then let them be murders! We aren't Jashin, we don't decide what is a sin and what's not." Hidan looked over at Kakuzu then changed the conversation. Deidara sat back down and remained quiet for the rest of the night. Sasori looked at Deidara. He was really pondering what was going on that made the topic so sensitive to him but figured that it wasn't the place to talk about it now.
Sasori couldn't sleep that night. He was really wondering what was wrong with Deidara. Odviously, something about the idea of the abortion clinic really upset his best friend. He wasn't sure what it was though and that bothered him. He always wanted to know what was going on with Deidara. Majority of his night was spent tossing and turning, trying to think of what it could be that Deidara was hiding. He finally had enough of it and went over to Deidara's room.
He walked quietly, making sure that he didn't wake up anyone else. He put his hand on the handle and slowly turned it and pushing the door open. Their apartment was very old so the doors and floor boards made sounds if you weren't careful. Careful, he placed himself inside Deidara's room. He then noticed that Deidara had a rough night trying to sleep as well.
"What are you doing in here Sasori?" The blonde asked, looking like he hadn't slept for weeks. Sasori studied his composure for a moment before he answered him.
"I just wanted to make sure you were okay…you have seem so…"
"So what Sasori?" Deidara snapped back quickly. Sasori paused for a moment and took a step forward.
"Is everything alright Deidara?" He sat on the bed next to his blonde friend. Deidara remained silent for a moment then lowered his head.
"I really don't want to talk about it Sasori…" Sasori looked at Deidara. There odviously was something, but he just couldn't figure out what it was.
"Alright." Sasori finally said. Deidara leaned on Sasori.
"Hey, Sasori. Will you sleep in here with me tonight?" It wasn't odd for the two of them to sleep together. They did it quite frequently actually. Both of them just felt comfort in each others presence.
"Yes." Sasori inhaled Deidara's scent. To him, Deidara always smelt very good. His smell was intoxicating really. "But we really should sleep, we have an anatomy test tomorrow." Deidara nodded weakly and laid down. Sasori laid down next him. "Listen Deidara, I don't know what it is but I will always be here for you…alright?" Deidara didn't move or say anything for awhile. Sasori half expected that Deidara had already went to sleep, but then Deidara turned around so he was facing Sasori and said "Thank you…Sasori…" And went to sleep on that. Sasori smiled to himself and cursed under his breathe.
"…Why do you have to be so intoxicating Deidara?" He fell to sleep shortly after Deidara.