Well I'm back! Glad to hear you won't kill me for suspense, as other people that I have met might

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ashley

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Akia and Amora

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For your reviews, I appreciate it! Enjoy.

Deidara awoke the next morning with his head pounding painfully. He sat up and blinked slowly as he looked around. He caught sight of his reflection on the mirror that was on his wall.

He really did look terrible.

His usually neatly brushed golden locks were now messy and sticking up everywhere. There was dry blood on his mouth and chin. He was pale and there were dark shadows under his eyes.

Deidara slowly got up from the bed, which made his stomach throb. A low hiss escaped his lips as he lifted his shirt to see why his stomach hurt. He was covered in purple bruises. He touched one of them and winced.

He walked out of his room a little slower than usual and into the bathroom. After washing his face and brushing his hair into his usual ponytail, he walked down the stairs into the kitchen.

He felt sick and needed desperately to throw up, but when he leaned over the sink...nothing happened.

With a sigh, he sat on the kitchen counter.

Suddenly, the front door opened and slammed shut. Great, his father was home.

The remaining days of his suspension were going to be a living hell.

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Deidara walked over to his friends at their usual place under a shady tree.

"Hey Dei!" Sasori yelled cheerfully, he ran over and hugged the blonde.

Deidara let out a yelp of pain, the bruises on his stomach had not yet healed completely. Sasori quickly let go and stared at him suspiciously. "Let me guess..." he said.

Deidara sighed and nodded.

"I hate your father, you know..." Sasori said.

"Have you eaten Deidara? You look kind of pale..." Konan asked.

Before Deidara could answer, though, his stomach gave a loud rumble. Konan raised her eyebrow. "I'll take that as a 'no'," she said. She reached into her backpack and took out a Twix bar and threw it at Deidara. (Yay Twix!)

The bar was gone in 30 seconds.

"So...what do we do?" Itachi said boredly.

"Class doesn't start for another twenty minutes," Hidan said.

Pein nodded.

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Everyone seemed to stare weirdly at them as they walked around the school.

Deidara had taken notice of this and was slightly irritable the whole day. The fact that he hadn't slept well for the past few days wasn't helping either.

"Fuck! Like we're the only ones to ever get arrested, hm," Deidara snarled as he stuffed his books inside his locker. He slammed the locked door shut, startling several people who were walking by.

"They're just jealous I've got you and they don't," Sasori said with a laugh. He gave Deiara a hug, but let go quickly so he wouldn't hurt him.

Deidara smiled. "Yosh...ikuse..."

Sasori nodded.

They began to walk to the gym.

When they got there, almost everyone was already changing into their P.E. clothes.

After they had changed, their coach, a tall man with snow-white hair in a long ponytail came in.

"C'mon, it's sunny outside, I think we'll run a few laps and then do free play!" he said cheerfully.

Deidara sighed, he hated P.E. His stomach was beginning to throb again. He was also so tired, but if he didn't cooperate, he'd fail. And that would mean having to deal with his father and Deidara didn't want that.

He really didn't want that.

They all went outside and took their places on the blacktop under the hot sun. It felt like the inside of an oven.

After ten minutes of painful stretching, Deidara was exhausted. The pain in his stomach and the throbbing in his head was not letting him concentrate.

"Dei, you ok?" Sasori asked as they prepared to run. "You look pale..."

Deidara gulped. "I'm-I'm fine..."

The coach blew the whistle and they took off running. Deidara was the last one to start.

"C'mon, I'll stay with you," Sasori said, encouraging Deidara to run faster. But it was all too much for. The blazing heat, the many shouts coming from other students, the pain in his stomach and his exhaustion.

Deidara stepped back and shook his head, his sweaty blonde hair swinging from side to side. Sasori walked up to him and Deidara swayed on the spot. Sasori reached out to him as if in slow motion and Deidara closed his eyes and was plunged into darkness. Sasori's voice became nothing more than a distant echo.

"Deidara...!"

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"He'll be fine, you can go now Sasori," said a voice.

"No, I'm staying," said Sasori's voice.

Deidara opened his eyes. The first thing he saw were a couple of bright lights. A low hiss escaped his lips as the lights stung his eyes.

"You're awake!" said a red-haired person.

Next thing Deidara knew, he was being hugged tightly.

"Lidesu ne. Don't worry dear, I've called your father. He's on his way," said a black-haired woman. She gave Sasori a disapproving look as the red-head finally released Deidara.

Deidara recognized her as the school nurse. As soon as he heard his father was coming, he let out a gasp of horror, which the nurse didn't seem to hear.

"And he..." the nurse pointed to Sasori. " Wouldn't leave."

Deidara looked back at her. "Well, he wouldn't be a good boyfriend if he left, hm?"

The nurse blushed. "Oh..."

"Well...I have to go Deidara...I don't want coach yelling at me, ja ne," Sasori said, giving Deidara a soft kiss on the cheek.

Deidara nodded. "Ja ne, Sasori, hm."

When Sasori had gone, the nurse cleared her throat and spoke. "Um...mind telling me how you got those all of those bruises?" the nurse asked.

Deidara looked down and noticed that he was no longer in his P.E. clothes and in his jeans and shirt that he had worn to school. She and Sasori must have changed him and seen the bruises. Deidara didn't hesitate to tell her the first thing that came to his mind. "I got in a fight," he said casually.

"Oh...ok," she said, giving him a suspicious look for a while. She walked over to the open door and peered outside. "Well, it seems your dad is here!"

Deidara gulped.

As the nurse came inside again, a tall, blonde man walked into the room. He was wearing a kind expression on his face but Deidara could smell alcohol on him. Or maybe he was just so used to the smell.

"Hello! Li desu yo, your son will be fine," the nurse said. "Thanks to his boyfriend who was kind enought to bring him in."

The man's sharp blue eyes narrowed dangerously. "His...boyfriend?" he turned to look at Deidara's horror-struck expression.

"Why yes. Now, could you sign this paper?" she said, handing him a paper and pen.

"Hai," ws the quiet reply that came from the man's lips as he took the paper and pen.

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Slam!

Deidara winced as his dad slammed the front door.

"So..." he said, walking towards Deidara.

Deidara didn't answer.

"So..."

It was moments like this in which Deidara would have dearly loved to say, "So what?" but his bruises were a quick reminder to keep quiet. And plus...his father was slightly drunk.

"So...you've got a boyfriend do you?"

Deidara lowered his head and closed his eyes. He was in for it now. His relationship with Sasori had been kept secret from his dad for three years now. He was torn from his thoughts as a hand gripped his neck tightly and forced him to look up.

"Look at me when I'm talking to you!" the man hissed. "Now, answer the damn question!"

Deidara opened his mouth to answer but all that escaped his throat was a strangled gasp. The hand around his neck was too tight.

"Y-yes..." Deidara rasped, his voice nothing more than a hoarse whisper.

Deidara's neck was released and he stumbled backwards, massaging his neck and coughing. He was beginning to realize that the beatings from his father were becoming frequent and each more painful than the last. It was at times like this that, when Deidara really thought about it, he hoped dearly that his father accidentally killed him.

"I can't believe this..."

Deidara couldn't stop himself. "Well excuse me for not being the son you dreamed of...hm," he said sarcastically.

Deidara let out an involuntary gasp of pain as a large fist collided with his mouth. He stumbled backwards as another fist struck his exposed eye and lower cheek.

"How dare you!"

Deidara fell to the floor, a hand cupped over his bleeding mouth.

And then...without warning, his father exploded. "HOW DARE YOU THINK YOU CAN TALK TO ME LIKE THAT, YOU BRAT?! I AM YOUR FATHER AND I DEMAND THAT YOU TREAT ME LIKE IT! I RAISED A MAN, NOT A GIRL FOR YOU TO BE HAVING A BOYFRIEND! YOU'RE AN EMBARRASSMENT, A FREAK! THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE...NOBODY WANTS YOU, NOBODY LIKES YOU, NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOU! IF ANYONE SEEMS LIKE THEY DO THEY'RE PRENTENDING! YOU'RE WORTHLESS! WORTHLESS!! YOU'RE NOT MY SON, MY SON ISN'T A FREAK LIKE YOU! YOU'RE NOTHING!"

He walked away, leaving Deidara on the floor, shaking uncontrollably and holding back tears.

'So...I'm worthless, am I? And a freak...I guess he's right, hm. The only one who seems to really care is Sasori, but...can I really trust him?' Deidara thought.

He got shakily to his feet and walked to the front door. He gripped the knob tightly before realizing that he was crying.

Deidara wiped away the tears that had mixed with the blood from his mouth and opened the door.

'I can't trust anybody, hm,' he thought, as he slammed the door shut.

So...how'd you like it? R&R plz, thankies.