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They slowly walked outside, occasionally glancing behind them to see if Itachi was following, he had already left. She let go of his hand.

"See you around"

What she meant by around he didn't know. "What the fck is wrong with women" Deidara thought as he watched her leave. He hadn't done anything wrong, maybe she was expecting something else. What did she want from him? But most importantly what did he want from her?

He'd never gotten too attached to anyone, he always thought that whole happily ever after, love you forever thing was stupid, an excuse for people to feel safe. Why would someone want to plan something so fragile as life, something that could be lost in any second. How could you promise you'd feel the same way for someone forever? He hated the whole concept of love and beauty the world had established, how could they be established when they were abstract concepts, just like art.

She drove him insane, then how couldn't he help thinking about her?

Several days had gone by and things were back to normal again, they still had two weeks off, and the Akatsukis were surprisingly happy that day. Aline and Konan were cooking, which only meant everyone was going to be properly fed, hence the good mood.

Dinner was almost ready, and all of the boys had been thrown out of the kitchen, since they had the bad habit of eating things before they were ready.

"So, what's going on with you and Deidara?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, you spend a lot of time together"
"Naaah"
"Do you like him?-"

A violent shade of red spread on her face and she felt her heart skip fast, if she knew then they all knew, and she didn't care if anyone knew unless Deidara knew, then he'd be forced to do something meaning everyone would constantly be asking about how they were, or he could do nothing meaning he wasn't interested and she would be publicly ditched.

"-yeah, that's what I thought"
"How'd you know?"
"I don't know, I mean you're not obvious at all!" said Konan sarcastically.
"Ohhh shut up!"
"Just imagine what he can do with those hands"
"I know, right?"

Deidara was going to his room when he heard Konan and Aline giggling. This was his perfect chance, she had got him last time, when she hugged him just to sneak ice-cubes under his shirt. He knelt down and started crawling onto the kitchen silently.

"-at all!" said Konan sarcastically.
"Ohhh shut up!"
"Just imagine what he can do with those hands"

Were they talking about him? He'd never approved much of eavesdropping, but he was completely sure they were talking about him.

"I know, right?"

A kunai slipped of his bag and clacked on the floor. The girls stopped talking and Konan walked towards where the sound had come from. Oh man, was he in trouble. Aline gave her back to them and pretended to be looking for plates trying to hide her red cheeks.

"Thought we told you to stay away from the kitchen?"
"Um, yeah I was just going to set the table if that's ok, yeah"

He was a great liar, but she wouldn't let it slip this time.

"Oh, how considerate! We'd love that right Aline? You can also do the dishes you know, since you're all generous and that. Sneaking up in here behind our backs and listening to private conversations!"
"What? No, I wasn't spying, I,- just,—fine!" he growled grabbing the mantelpiece and starting to set the table.

He went next to Aline in order to grab the plates, she was looking down or more like forcing herself to look down, but he could see the hint of blush still on her cheeks, he smiled.

"Oi! Hurry up, we haven't got all day you know?"

Aline turned her back on her and shot a death glare to Konan who did nothing but smile.