I think I stood motionless for a while, the skeleton merely stood up, and it then walked over to me.
"I guess you're my new roommate un?" it asked calmly, and I took a good look at it. I guessed from his voice that it was a boy, and a twinge of pity went through me. He had one big blue eye, which looked dull and lifeless, the other hidden by a fringe of his hair. His hair was a very dull blonde, and looked really wiry, like it would snap if you touched it, instinctively I reached out, touching it to only find that it was still quite soft, even with the dull look.
"What are you doing un?" he asked with confusion in his voice, and I immediately pulled away, stammering an apology.
"Well anyway, I'm Deidara." he said, sticking out a skeletal hand, "Anorexia nervosa."
"I thought that was a disease for girls." and immediately my mouth went off again. I really needed to take my Grandmother's advice. Think before I spoke, but I was impatient and my words usually flew off my tongue. Deidara didn't seem to mind though.
"I'd make a snappy comeback, but you haven't told me your name yet."
"Sasori." I said, taking the hand and actually found myself a little disgusted by how boney it felt. "Suicide attempt." Then I felt it, something slimy and warm."Eww what the heck was that?" At first he looked confused, then looked at his hands.
"Oh, those were my mouths un."
"Mouths?" I asked curiously, and then he lifted up his hands, I swore my mouth dropped to the floor when I saw the two mouths grinning at me, on his hands.
"What the fuck?"
"It's some kind of special disease." said Deidara, who gave me a shrug. "Made purging a hell of a lot easier un. So why?"
"Uhm why what?" I asked, my train of thought now completely wrecked.
"Why'd you try to kill yourself?" he asked, and I felt the emotions flow back in my body, the strongest being my anger at still being alive.
"None of your business brat." I snarled, and he looked a little shocked, and then sort of nervous. I pretended not to care and flopped onto what I took was my bed, the one the Deidara hadn't been on. I closed my eyes for only a second and took a deep breath.
"My parents."
"What?" he asked, I could hear the confusion, I had no idea why I'd just blabbed that out.
"They were killed, 9/11."
"I saw that! It was an awesome explosion!" At that I bolted up and glared at him.
"You think it was awesome?"
"No I just, it's just that it was a big explosion, I'm a bit of a pyro!" Deidara sputtered, trying to get the words out quick enough.
"You know what, I lost my parents in that thing! Do you think it was awesome to me! Huh do you!" Before I knew it I had grabbed the collar of his shirt, dragging him forward even though he was a bit taller, but his low body mass made it easier. I looked in his face, he was petrified, afraid of what I was going to do, I didn't even know how I must've looked to him. I felt anger pulsing through my entire body, before throwing him to the ground. I heard him exhale as he landed, and then I headed into the bathroom, slamming the door behind me to catch my breath. Not a bad bathroom, it had a shower, no bath, a sink, a toilet, and a medicine cabinet. I gripped the sink until my knuckles turned white, trying to cool myself off. My wrists were still in bandages, the cuts now scars that I'd have forever, my head was perfectly fine. I looked at myself in the mirror.
I wanted to hit the reflection.
It wasn't because I didn't like what I saw, what I saw was me, my red hair, amber eyes, the sweatshirt I was wearing.
I wanted to get the anger out, and it was either the mirror, or that brat's face.
Suddenly the door clicked open, and Deidara peeked in.
"They brought your stuff un." I sighed, and looked at him. "I'm sorry." he made his way into the bathroom, my glare however kept on him, and he shuddered.
"I don't want to talk to you right now." I said, my eyes keeping on him.
"I know you don't but if we're going to be roommates for a while we might as well let bygones be bygones, you know un? Besides I don't want this to come up in group, it'll be annoying un." he complained, "They already think I'm messed up."
"Can't imagine why." I said sarcastically, then turned and gave him a look that wasn't mad, yet it wasn't happy either.
"Friends?" asked Deidara.
"Not even close." I said walking past him, he turned surprised as I walked back into our room. "I will put up with you, but that's it!"
"Got it un." said Deidara a little remorsefully, but stayed to watch me. I began placing the marionettes I'd brought with me on the desk, I guess all I could do here was sketch new ideas, my puppet tools were all sharp and considered dangerous. I rolled my eyes a little at that.
"You make puppets un?" Deidara asked, I glanced at him, for some reason pleased he was being my shadow.
"Yes, it's my art, something that is eternal and lasts forever." a confused look from Deidara. "You disagree?"
"Art is fleeting un!" said Deidara. "It should be enjoyed for a second, then gone forever."
At that I snickered. "But then who'd ever remember it?"
"Those who saw it would!"
"But then, if they tell nobody then the art is forgotten forever now isn't it?"
Deidara gave me a look, then turned his back to me, going to his own desk. I sighed, knowing it was going to be a long time until I was sent home. I began making my desk more homey and comforting and I'd just sat down when a loud growl suddenly escaped my stomach and I grimaced. Of course I'd skipped dinner, as I'd gotten here pretty late, I'd only eaten breakfast today.
"Hungry un?" Oh so Deidara was back.
"Yeah, I skipped lunch, and dinner." another growl escaped my stomach. Deidara smiled.
"Come on, I can take you to the kitchen, usually we're not allowed in there this late, but I'm sure they'll understand un." I shrugged and followed him out of the room, this place was a true hospital. Many rooms, dozens of hallways, all this walking with Deidara jabbering and pointing stuff out. Personally I was surprised no orderlies were around, although Deidara then answered the unasked question.
"You see, the other patients doors are all locked, they're unstable."
"And why isn't ours?"
"A little clay can make an excellent key my friend." said Deidara, and I guess I do have to admit he was kind of smart.
As we passed certain doors he told me who resided in each room and what was wrong with them, although I noticed Deidara had begun to shiver a little.
"That's Itachi and Kisame's room. Kisame has these weird urges to eat raw meat, and he has some kind of skin disorder, but never mention it to him or Itachi. Itachi's alot like you actually, although he killed his parents, then tried to kill himself. His little brother came home to find everything."
"Is his little brother here too?"
"No he goes to a different hospital out of state, he tries to kill Itachi whenever he sees him un. Oh yeah, and Itachi's blind too, that's how he tried to kill himself, stabbed himself in the eyes. I'm not good friends with him, but Kisame's ok, nice enough un."
I nodded, and it was quiet until we came to another door.
"This is Kakuzu and Hidan's room. Never ever be in a room alone with Hidan, he's absolutely insane un. He'll kill you with anything he can get his hands on. Although, Kakuzu's kicked his ass before, so he kind of respects Kakuzu. Kakuzu was a cutter, he went on this splurge one time, completely ruined his body. He has a bunch of stitches all over him, if you know what's best don't stare un."
Great, an insane psycho killer, this was getting better and better.
"And Tobi and Zetsu's room. Tobi has ADD, like to the extreme can't sit down for a minute kind, that guy is the most annoying person on the planet un! And Zetsu well I should say Zetsus."
"Zetsus?" I asked confused.
"They're twins, closest things in the world, and the creepiest. They go by the same name, they finish each others sentances, and they share the same likes and dislikes. However they have some kind of skin defect so one's skin is snow white, the others is charcoal black. They're here becuase well they're a little affectionate towards one another."
"A little?"
"It creeped their parents out un, so that's why they're here. Tobi likes them though, those three are really close. Finally we have Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan's room, they share the same closeness as Zetsu and Tobi."
"There's a girl here?"
"Yeah, only one though. Yahiko was an alcoholic, he's pretty temperamental un, so try not to get him mad. Konan apparently got in with some major drug, nobody knows because she only talks to those two. And finally we have Nagato, he's just depressed, doesn't talk to anyone, doesn't talk in general."
Another growl went through my stomach, I turned to Deidara when I noticed him shivering even more than before.
"Are you ok?"
"Just cold un." he said with a smile, "I'm fine."
Fine my ass, the kid was clearly freezing. I looked at my sweatshirt, unzipping it and taking it off, then placing it over Deidara's shoulders. Poor kid was still jabbering on he hadn't been paying attention, and jumped a little.
"Sasori?"
"You're cold, I'm not." I said simply. He stared at me with that one big eye, then gave me a smile as he put it on.
"Thanks un."
"So how long til we get to the kitchen?"
"It's the next door over." Deidara promised, and we soon arrived and opened the door.