Sept, 10th 1999. Deidara - and - Sasori

Deidara closed his locker and turned to walk to art class. He'd seen the red head twice today in the hall, but now he could watch him for a whole hour. He walked into the classroom and Sasori was already there. He sat at a table painting a water color picture. It was beautiful. There was a boat tied to a dock, a small cottage house in the background and two boys sitting on the end of the dock, feet dangling in the water.

The sun was just setting, casting the picture in an orange glow. But it wasn't so much just the picture itself. It was the two boys on the dock. They looked as though they were leaning in to eachother for a kiss. Deidara let out a ragged breath, as he eyed the painting. Sasori turned in his seat at the noise, only to see the blonde practically hanging over his shoulder.

"What are you doing, brat?" The red head asked tersley. "N-nothing, un." Deidara said shakily, as he went to his seat. Sasori turned back around and began painting again. Deidara pulled out some clay and began sculpting. As the shape began to form, his eyes went wide and his mouth formed a silent oh, as he realized that it was the boat from Sasori's painting. He hadn't even noticed until now.

Sasori looked up and seen the boat from his picture. The blonde had sculpted it in perfect mimicry to his painting. He glanced up and seen the blonde looking at him, a deer caught in the headlights look on his face. He smirked and returned to his painting. Deidara looked down as a blush began to creep up on his cheeks. He'd not expected Sasori to see his sculpture. Well, at least he didn't cause a scene.

Akatsuki member or not, he was still in highschool and highschool could be brutal. He kept his gaze on his sculpture and waited for the blush to receed. He looked back at the red head, who was concentrating on his picture. Deidara breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't believe he'd been caught making the boat, not to mention the way that Sasori had smirked at him. 'That bastard' He thought as he finished sculpting the boat.

The bell rang and they began picking up their materials. As they headed for the supply closet, Sasori snuck up on him. He grinned at Deidara. "Nice boat." He said as he turned and walked away. Deidara jumped and then blushed. Damn, he hadn't even known he was there. 'Way to go Deidara.' He thought as he made his way to his locker and prepared for his next class.

He watched as the red head walked up to his friend and whisper and then point in his direction. They both laughed loudly and walked away. Great now he was making fun of him. 'We'll see who's laughing when I kill you, un.' Deidara thought darkly as he walked into the science room. 'Stupid vampires, ruining my day, un.' He grumbled to himself. He sat down and thought about the whole hour he had to forget that the red head even existed.

Five minutes after class started, the red head walked in and handed the teacher a note. The teacher nodded and had Sasori sit in the empty seat right in front of Deidara. Deidara groaned as the red head sat down. He looked at Deidara and smirked. "Hello, again. How's the boat coming?" He grinned devilishly. "What's the matter, brat? You don't want me in this class with you? Are you afraid that I will find out that you like me?"

Deidara scoffed. "What, un? Are you serious?" He hissed. Sasori kept on smirking, making Deidara madder. "Come on, just fess up. Why else would you make the boat from my picture?" He chuckled as Deidara blew a gasket. "Why, you stupid son-of-a- "Deidara! Detention! I will not have that kind of language in my classroom. Do you understand?" The teacher asked in shock. "Yeah, un." Deidara groaned as Sasori laughed under his breath.

Deidara dropped his head onto his desk with a thunk and Sasori chuckled again. 'Oh, how he hated that red head right now. What he wouldn't give for a wooden stake.' The rest of the hour passed with Deidara boring holes in Sasori's back and plotting fifty different ways to kill him. He had done a great job of not drawing attention to himself today. Now he had detention thanks to that damn red head.

"Detention? You got detention Deidara?" Tobi asked incredulously. They were all standing in the hall ready to go home. Or to HQ rather. But finding out that Deidara had detention sort of delayed them. "How the fuck did you get detention?" Hidan asked. "Sasori, un." Deidara mumbled. "I sort of sculpted a boat that he painted in art class today, un." He explained feeling the embarassment all over again.

All eyes held confusion. "He said that I must like him, because I made the boat, un." Deidara said in frustration. "So you have detention, why?" Asked Itachi. "I called him a stupid son-of-a-" Deidara nodded his head in a you know what kind of way. "The teacher heard and gave me detention, un." He grumbled. "Well, we'll explain it to Madara for you." Tobi whispered. "Thanks, un." He said as he walked on down the hall back to the science room.

The rest of the members walked off in the opposite direction, out the door and into the parking lot. Just in time to see the vampires all climbing into a Ford Excursion. (My dream car) They pulled out of the parking lot onto the street and were gone. The Akatsuki walked down the street heading for HQ, minus Deidara.

Madara was not going to be happy about this, not one bit.

Deidara walked into the science room and took a seat up front. He dug out his book as the teacher slid an assignment in front of him. He hated science, these two hours were going to be torture. "He what?" Madara shouted. "Yep detention" Sasuke said. Madara rubbed at his temples. 'Damn teenagers.' He thought as he told everyone to sit down, wanting to get a recount of everyone's observation's on the vampires.