Sorry for the delay guys, but I am back! I got a rather distressing review, DarkEcho15 claiming I stole their sister's plot. The story is I'm In Charge Now! by SweetIcecream. Go and read it if you want, and you can see my plot is totally different. I was a loyal reviewer to the story until I lost interest. So... Now I am a lame plot-thief. Whatever. I'm still gonna write. Screw her. SweetIcecream: I still like you, and I apologize for the misunderstanding, but my story is mine and mine alone.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any reasonable facsimile thereof. Nor did I steal the freaking plot of this story.

Two weeks after the party, I was trying so hard to ignore the tension that was obviously growing between Deidara and Hidan. Since the party, Hidan was acting less and less like himself, avoiding conversations with me, he was quiet in Health, and he didn't comment on any of the stupid, klutzy things I did.

Deidara, on the other hand, didn't change his behavior at all. He still flirted with me, accepted my glomps, and teased me about anything and everything. I was seriously starting to like him, and the prospect terrified me. I had this... not habit, per se, but... unwanted talent for crushing on the wrong people. I would fall fast and hard, and then my heart would be broken. I built up defenses, in a manner of speaking, and hadn't had a severe crush in over a year. The fact that we only recently met and he was already chipping away at those walls scared me. I didn't know what to do, and I didn't want to be hurt again.

Which was precisely why I was freaking out when I told Anko that I was going to hang with Deidara after school. He'd asked me if I could during art, and I told him I'd ask oba-chan. Then, after she said it was alright, I spent the rest of the day freaking out. Temari tried to calm me down in choir, but I couldn't stop wigging out.

When the final bell rang, I left the building with Temari, Kankuro and Gaara as usual to wait for Deidara. Gaara didn't like the idea of me being alone with him, he didn't trust any of the Akatsuki, despite the lack of animosity between the two groups at my party. He didn't hate them, he just didn't trust them. He wanted to wait with me until Dei showed up, but Temari dragged him away, and for that, I was extremely grateful.

By the time most of the kids left, he still hadn't shown, and I was worried that he had forgotten me. I wouldn't have been surprised, honestly, if he had decided he didn't want to hang out after all. Just as I was about to give up and start walking home, he pulled up next to me on a white 250cc 2009 Yamaha FZ6-R with black flames. I was unsure at first when he patted the seat behind him. It was small, and I was fairly sure I wouldn't fit. He rolled his eyes.

"Just hop on, yeah, and hold on tight. You'll be fine, hm." I hesitated once more before summoning all of my courage and hopping on beside him and wrapping my arms around his waist. He revved once, before tearing out of the parking lot. I squeezed my eyes shut and tightened my grip. He laughed. I felt the wind whipping around me, and after about five minutes without falling off, I slowly opened my eyes and looked up. The world raced by as I clung to him. I rested my cheek against against his back and let go of the breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding. I loosened my grip and I relaxed against him, enjoying the sensation that seemed so similar to flying. Time seemed to speed up as the world slowed down. When we stopped, we were outside an unfamiliar building.

"Dei, where are we?"

He stared at me and schooled his face into a totally serious expression, then said, "A candy shop, yeah."

I couldn't help it, I laughed. I was still laughing when he led me inside. It scared the crap out of me when a balding head with big buggy glassed popped up from behind the counter. Then the shop owner stood up to his full hieght, which couldn't have been more than five feet. He blinked owlishly at us through his glasses, then grinned broadly when he recognized Deidara. Turns out he was a regular customer. They chatted while I perused the candy selection.

"Pick what you want Kai, I'm paying, yeah." I turned from my examination of candy covered sour gummy bears to look at him in surprise. I blushed at the lazy smile he had, and it only worsened when the shopkeeper asked if we were on a date. Deidara quickly denied it, but I could see he was blushing too.

In the end, I got those gummy bears, some peach rings, gummy strawberries, and a blue raspberry PushPop. He chose licorice, coke bottles, Pop Rocks, and fruity Tootsie Rolls. When we left, the bag of candy sat on my lap as my arms wrapped around him again. He then drove us to a park, where we sat under a pavilion and had a candy picnic.

"Those gummy bears are turning your lips colors, yeah." He said with a laugh.

"What about my tounge?" I asked. I stuck it out and crossed my eyes, trying to see for myself. He laughed at my ridiculous face.

After that, we sat in companionable silence, munching away quietly on our candy for about five minutes. Then he turned to me, totally serious.

"Hey... Kai..."

"Yeah Deidei?"

"Uhm... I was wondering, hm..." He hesitated, and the pause stretched on for what seemed like an eternity before I got him to continue.

"Wondering what?" I tilted my head to the side a little and looked at him until he finished.

"Would you... go-out-with-me?" The second half of the question rushed out, and it took me a minute to process what he said before I glomped him.

Well, that's it for now. I am too irritated to write more, hope you liked it!