Yes, yes I know. The previous chapter was brutally short but I'm glad you liked it!!It's 8:17 a.m. right now, I left home early to get to the library although I don't know how many days it will take me to type this chapter out. Oh well. I want to thank:

Matsuo Takumi

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Kurisuten Ichikish

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izetta-chan

Come Back To Me

Sagesther

jirachi49

Charlie Weasley's Angel-- Thank you for pointing that out, I appreciate it. I've corrected it :)

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Now, on with the story!!

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Deidara walked down the street not noticing where he was going. Not that he cared, anyway. He had just jumped over a particularly wide puddle when he bumped into a raven-haired someone walking the opposite way.

"Hey Itachi," Deidara mumbled, wiping his eyes hastily on his sleeve.

"Hey...are you ok?" Itachi asked loudly so that Deidara could hear him over the rain.

"S'nothin'...."

Itachi stared at Deidara for a while then spoke. "Hey, um...you wanna come to my house and talk? You can stay there until you dry off, and I'll give you a ride home. The weather's horrible..." he added, looking up at the sky and tightening his grip on his umbrella as a strong breeze made their hair dance.

"Yeah, sure..." Deidara answered.

Later...

Itachi poured Deidara a cup of coffee and sat next to him on the couch, his own steaming cup in his hand.

"Arigato..." Deidara said, pouring sugar into the coffee and stirring it. He drank some and it seared his throat but he did not care.

They began to talk. About everything that had happened. It wasn't long before Deidara was crying and unable to speak. Itachi hugged him and patted his head softly. "Don't cry..." he whispered.

"W-why not?"

"I don't like to see you cry..."

'That was an odd thing to say...' thought Deidara.

He frowned and turned around to face Itachi. The rain was pounding on the windows but Deidara could only hear his own rapid heartbeat. It was then that he noticed that Itachi's face was three-inches from his own.

He was too close.

Deidara swalowed.

Itachi smiled.

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Deidara felt an arm around him.

For a split second he though he was in bed with Sasori and a wild happiness seized hold of him. The next moment, though, he opened his eyes and found himself staring at a lock of black hair resting on someone's shoulder.

Itachi's shoulder...

Itaci moved around a little and his hair fell into his eyes.

Deidara blinked confusedly. Why was he in bed with Itachi?!

It was then that Deidara noticed that he was very cold. Probably because he wasn't wearing anything. Wait a minute...why wasn't he wearing anythng? Deidara's head hurt and he felt sick. He sat up and his head began to spin. He shook his head and turned to Itachi.

"Itachi! Itachi wake up!" Deidara said hurriedly, shaking Itachi.

Itachi mumbled incoherently for a few seconds and slapped Deidara's hand away. He turned and settled his head on the pillow more comfortably.

"Wake up!" Deidara yelled, slapping Itachi.

Itachi grimaced and sat up, rubbing his eyes. Deidara grabbed him and shook him fiercely. "What-did-we-do?!" he yelled.

Itachi burst out laughing. Deidara stopped shaking him.

"What's so funny, hm?"

"Nothing...it's just. You know perfectly well what we did!!" Itachi said, still laughing. Frustrated, Deidara jumped off the bed and began to retrieve his clothes, which were strewn all over the floor.

"I'm going home, Itachi..." he muttered, much to the Uchiha's surprise.

Itachi raised an eyebrow. "What are you do worked up about?" he asked as Deidara quickly got dressed.

"Nothing." Deidara muttered. He finished dressing. "Sorry, Itachi. I gotta go, hm..."

And he was out the door.

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"Where the hell were you?!"

Deidara rolled his eyes and turned to face Midori. "Out," he said.

"Out where?" Midori asked.

Deidara didn't answer. He dropped his keys onto the table next to the door and made his way upstairs to his room.

"Deidara!"

Deidara stopped."Yeah?"

Midori sighed. "C'mon, get ready. We're gonna go to the store..."

"Fine," said Deidara, continuing to walk.

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Well...that was short. But wow so little time and for some reason chapter 19 of the story got deleted...If it shows up as chapter 20 on you guys' computers can you tell me so I can delete it? THIS is supposed to be chapter 20. Confusing, much?? Anyway R&R plz. Thanks!