"Konan, I'm still in my clothes from yesterday," I say tiredly, sipping my warm cup of chai tea.
"It's okay, you look fine,' She reassures, dunking her biscuit in her coffee.
We're at a small bakery, sitting in the back corner of the shop having breakfast on a chilly, holiday, Monday morning.
"No, I mean they smell bad and they're wrinkled. I need to go home and shower."
"I hear you," she winks, "You want to look your best for Deidara."
I can feel my face blush, "…So…"
Konan coos and after she's done "aww"ing she says, "I'm supporting you two all the way. You just click, I can feel it. Even your hair matches well. Blond and auburn? That's adorable."
"I wouldn't get your hopes up. I'm pretty sure he's just a crush and nothing is going to happen," I said a little bitterly.
"My hopes? What about your hopes? I have Pein and I couldn't be happier. I can see you two being just as close."
"But you've probably known Pein for a lot longer. Deidara… I just met him a few days ago. I don't even know if he trusts me or even considers me a friend. How do I know he's not just talking to me because I'm his teammate and he's bored? Doesn't it seem almost too good to be true? That this awesome guy comes right in my way right when I'm actually looking for a boyfriend and all my friends are telling me I'm lonely?"
"I think that means it's fate. The universe just works like that."
This reminds me of Ino's "intergalactic sign" speech she gave me the other day, and now, Konan is saying the same thing? Is it really that hard for me to grasp the idea of me having a boyfriend?
"Just go with it," Konan continues, "I'm positive Deidara likes you too. And when I say that, I mean he's interested."
I open my mouth to say something, but Konan hastily says, "I need to go to the bathroom," and she rushes away. The next thing I know, Shizune is next to me!
"Nene! What a surprise to see you here! I'm glad to see you enjoying your vacation."
"Oh, haha, yeah… thanks Shizune. It's been a great few days off," I say shyly.
"I'm happy to hear!" She pauses, "Um… well, I' not really sure if this is the place to tell you…"
What is it?" I ask curiously.
"Um… well, I'm not sure if this is good or bad but…"
"Yes…" I say trying to get her to spill.
"Well… Rui is… on a… family vacation."
"What?! He just got up and left with his family?"
"His parents came to Tsunade and I the other day asking for this 'vacation.' As you know, Rui has really been slipping. We all agreed that a vacation far away from here would actually do him good."
"Well, okay… I'm happy that he might get better… but now it's just me and sensei, but he's always so busy."
"Exactly my point. And here's where I wasn't sure if this was good news or bad, but you're going to have at least another week off. "
After Shizune left with some pastries, Konan came back out. I have a feeling that she didn't really need to go to the bathroom, but I didn't question her. I am wondering why she left when Shizune came though... She heard everything already though, so I didn't need to explain why she came. Now, Konan's even more excited because I'll have more "Dei time."
We start walking towards my house and casually talk. My eyes aren't red anymore, so my parents shouldn't be suspicious of me and last night's drunkness.
"Oh darn, I don't have my key," I said as we get to my door.
"We've been waiting!" My dad sings as he opens the door.
Konan and I both looked creeped out. Seriously, why are my parents like this?
Konan and I go up to my room after greeting my parents. I go to take a quick shower, and when I get back, Konan has an outfit chosen for me.
"Look what I picked out for you !" She says delighted, "I even made sure you have cute underwear on."
"Underwear? Who's going to see that?"
"You never know," she hints.
I blush, "Where did you find this?" I ask, looking at a long sleeved, light burgundy shirt. It has a high neck line, but shows a good portion of my shoulders.
"It was in a shoe box," she says chuckling.
"Hm…" I say jumping in my closet to change into my underwear and put the shirt on. I come out and inspect myself in my mirror.
"Don't forget your pants," She says, tossing me some black khaki shorts, "It's a little cold today, but I think you can still wear shorts."
"Yeah, the long sleeves will keep me warm enough. I never wore long sleeves with shorts before. I like the look of it," I say happily.
"I know right? It highlights your legs. Makes you look cute but sexy. Plus, you're wearing cute underwear. Deidara would like this."
We laugh a little until I say, "It sounds like your planning for him to take off my clothes… We're not even together yet.
"You never know," she musses.
We leave my house around eleven. We head to the hotel they stayed at last night and I'm pleasantly surprised that it's a fairly good place.
"Everyone came piling into one room." Konan says, "We rented four two-bed rooms and I had to cancel two on them late at night. I hope they don't charge us."
We get up to the fifth floor where the group's room is. Pein and Konan shared one last night while the others passed out in the room next door. We walk into the room with all the guys and see Pein, Tobi, and Sasori sitting on the couch watching TV. Everyone else is sleeping on the floor or beds.
"Yay! Nene-chan is back!" Tobi greets, bouncing up to me and hugging me with full force.
"Tobi…I'm… glad to see… you too!" I say, patting him on the back, trying to breath.
Sasori and Pein seem to be unamused at Tobi antics, but acknowledge me and nod their heads. It looked like they had a long night too. Pein urges us to come over to the couch and we have a brief mini meeting.
"Well, now that we have all the members who are awake, I'm pretty sure that we can all predict what today is going to be- unproductive. Hours are being wasted by these bozos and after last night, I'm setting a curfew."
"Isn't that a little harsh?" Konan asks.
"Finding the ring has been harder than expected. We need all the time we can get, and we definitely can't have them hung over everyday. I'm making the curfew nine o'clock. This meeting is adjourned."
We continue to sit in our little circle. We have no where else to go; we don't know where to go. Until the others wake up, we're stuck in this hotel room. Realizing the situation, we all simultaneously sigh.
"Pass the remote, Nene?" Sasori requests.
I hand him the clicker and we all turn to face the medium sized television. Pein, Sasori, and Konan take the couch while Tobi and I sit on the floor. We watch some crime show while we wait for the others to wake up, but slowly, we all succumb to the boringness of the day and doze off as well.
"Pst, Nene…" Somebody pokes my arm.
"Huh?" I ask sleepily.
"What's going on? Why is everyone sleeping, un?"
I'm sprawled out on floor, I guess I must have rolled around again. I pick up my head and recline into a pretzel position as I focus on Deidara, who's kneeled next to me. What a wonderful sight to wake up to.
"Uh… We fell asleep waiting for you guys to wake up, " I say, rubbing my eyes.
"Shh… I sort of like it this way, un," He says whispering, "Everyone's sleeping, we can do anything without them knowing."
"Like, draw on their faces?" I breathed.
He laughs, "No, I mean, let's go out, un."
He gets up and holds out his hand to help me up. I take it, and he pulls me up effortlessly. I feel myself grinning and blushing. He opens the door and we tip toe out. I can't believe this is happening!
This is so cliché, but… is this a dream?
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"Where do you want to go?" Deidara excitedly asks.
"Definitely not drinking," I emphasized, smiling.
We're walking down the street from the hotel, passing by stores and shops of all kinds. It's 2 o'clock, and we both agreed that downtown Konaha is boring, so we head back to the field we went to yesterday. Is this a date? Or are we just hanging out? There's so many things going through my head, it's hard to think straight.
"Yeah, I still have a headache. Hey, uh…Sorry about last night, un."
"Oh, no, I should be the one saying sorry. Shikamaru… he's just a worry wart sometimes."
There was an uncomfortable silence. I felt like I should say something… anything to break this pause, but I'm at a loss for words.
"He's not you're boyfriend or anything, right?" questioned Deidara, slightly panicked.
I raise both my eyebrows, "Him? Oh, no way!" I exclaimed, "No, I'm single. I've been that way for a while…."
Another silence. Now it's starting to get awkward…
What's this aurora that's looming over us? We were so happy just a minute ago… It's a heavy feeling, like something is supposed to take place. It's like we both know what's about to happen, what's suppose to happen.
We're just waiting for it to come.
"H-how about you? Do you have a girlfriend?" I squeaked.
I'm going to make this happen.
He laughs out loud, "Me? Being in the organization I'm in? I've only had small flings on our annual vacation, un."
"Oh…" I say a little heartbroken.
How could this be? Konan said he liked me! I don't want us to just be a fling… even though, I'd feel like I'd do anything for him.
Realizing that I was disappointed, Deidara quickly blurted, "Oh! But uh, I'd… I'd… I'd really be interested in us being more than that…"
We're in the middle of a dirt road leading out to the country. I stop walking and look at him, surprised.
"I mean! If you feel the same way!"
I can see him becoming flustered. He's just too adorable right now.
"What am I suppose to do now? What do I say? Of course I feel the same way!"
My heart is pounding so hard now. I can feel the redness in my cheeks, the tingling in my brain, the lightness of my body.
I'm so happy.
The only thing I can manage to do is take a step forward and embrace him. I wrap my arms around him and lean my head on his chest. After a few seconds, he recovers from my bold action and holds me too.
I hold him tighter, and he hugs me closer as well.
I can see where this is going.
I squeeze him as hard as I can and he does the same. But of course, he would crush me if he used all his gorgeous muscles. Instead, he lifts me up and spins around.
We're laughing, and everything is perfect.
"Oh Deidara, of course I feel the same way. I really like you," I admit as he sets me down.
"And I really like you, too."
He leans in and pecks my cheek and hold me close again.
I cannot explain the bliss I feel at this moment. It's just overwhelming how my emotions are churning in my mind. I want to cry and squeal and jump all around in a field of flowers with a rainbow above my and sprout wings and soar through the sky and fly right past cloud nine.
I think I'm in love.
A/N: Giggle~ ohoho I hope you enjoyed! More to come soon c: What do you think so far? I also changed the cover. You can see the full picture on my other deviantrt, .com c:
