Chapter 14

They used two cars to get to the airport. Itachi was driving his black Honda accord, following his parents on the highway. Deidara sat next to him, and Sasuke and Naruto were stuck in the back. It was a twenty minutes drive, and at least since they were very early in the morning so there was no traffic.

The four boys were very tired of course, so Itachi pretty much drove surrounded by silence, except for the music playing. The first one to speak was Sasuke, and he was addressing Deidara actually.

"You made my brother have good taste in music! How did you do it?"

Itachi rolled his eyes. Deidara turned to look at his little brother, smiling.

"I don't know. Maybe you just never tried hard enough. Hey is Naruto sleeping?"

"Yes," Sasuke answered with a chuckle.

"He's lucky…" Deidara sighed, turning back to look at the road, "I absolutely can't sleep in cars."

Itachi glanced at him sideways. "Maybe you can sleep in the plane." He said as he reached out to hold his hand.

"Itachi," Sasuke said, "I don't think holding your boyfriend's hand while driving a manual is a really good idea."

"I'm on the highway," Itachi replied, "Save your smart ass comments for when you actually learn to drive…"

"Fine," Sasuke chuckled.

Itachi hadn't failed to notice Deidara's light blush at Sasuke's use of the word boyfriend but neither commented on it. In Itachi's opinion, it was completely retarded to think that being in an official relationship or not changed anything, really. But then again, he wasn't used to the whole social aspect of the thing.

Getting to the airport, and then waiting at the airport was pretty much boring and long, as always. Mikoto and Minato had brought some reading, as for Sasuke and Naruto they were listening to their respective IPods, looking like zombies.

At some point Deidara also took out his IPod, and offered an ear bud. He shrugged slightly, smiling at him.

"So I can influence your musical tastes some more," he said teasingly.

Itachi chuckled as he put it in his ear. "Anytime…"

At least this made the waiting less boring.

When it was time for their flight they made their way to get in the plane. Itachi was filled with the usual feeling of dread as he thought back about when he was six years old, and he'd learned that his father had died in a plane crash. It wasn't that bad, but it was still there, he couldn't help it.

Deidara took his hand and laced their fingers, squeezing gently. "You okay?" He whispered.

Itachi frowned slightly as he glanced at him, surprised. His expression couldn't have betrayed his emotions. It must mean that...

"You remembered that?"

Sure he'd told Deidara about his father but that was a while ago…

"Yeah," the blonde said simply.

Their seats were in the back of the plane, behind his parents. Itachi let Deidara sit by the window.

"Dei… do you remember when I came over to your place after you opened up to me for the first time? And I called you selfish…"

"Yeah…" He said in a low voice, tilting his head to the side.

"I take that back."

Deidara made a little smile. There was a hint of sadness to it, as if Deidara didn't agree with him.

But they remained silent, and when the plane started moving Deidara's eyes widened slightly as he turned quickly to look out the window. Itachi supposed, no matter the age, it was always fascinating when it was the first time.

He linked their hands together again, and leaned closer, placing a soft kiss on Deidara's soft cheek. Admiring his beautiful peachy complexion, he wondered if the blonde would get a tan during their vacation in the south.

Eventually Deidara got bored of looking out the window, and, as they listened to his IPod again, he fell asleep on his shoulder. Itachi smiled as he lifted a hand to caress his soft blonde hair.

…

After the long, seemingly endless flight, they arrived to Miami international airport. They got their luggage and, carrying the coats they had been wearing back home in their arms, went outside. The change in weather was definitely a big shock – but a welcomed one. They hopped in a taxi van, Minato sitting in the passenger's seat to give the driver the directions to their rented house in Miami Beach.

Itachi's family was used to this city, but Deidara wasn't obviously. He was looking everywhere around him, marvelling on the architecture, the trees, and then at the view when they passed over the water, with downtown as a background.

The house they rented every year had a direct view on the Ocean, and it was pretty great waking up every morning to it. Itachi couldn't wait to share this experience with Deidara. It had the advantage of being very private, and there was a nice and well-kept garden with a hot tub.

Itachi explained all this to Deidara during the drive, but when they arrived it seemed he was just as fascinated as if Itachi hadn't said a word. But that was perfectly fine, and Itachi simply smiled, walking close to the blonde as they slowly got in the house with their luggage. Deidara hadn't brought much, so they had been able to share Itachi's suitcase.

The inside of the house was beautiful, peaceful even. The three bedrooms and large living room were pretty much all similar with pale hardwood floors, and matching furniture in tints of white, beige and mahogany brown. Itachi made his way to the bedroom he always chose, it was the smallest, but he found it had the best view on the beach and the ocean. The others didn't really care, anyway. So Deidara followed him, and they opened the window. They just stood there for a few moments, with Deidara leaning on him, a smile lingering on his lips.

"This is like," he looked up at him, searching for his words, "something out of a dream…"

"Yeah…"

Suddenly they heard Naruto's voice exclaim, "We're going to the beach!" He didn't sound sleepy at all anymore.

"Do you want to go?" Itachi asked Deidara.

He smiled, "Yeah sure."

They changed into knee-length swimming trunks and t-shirts, and Itachi brought towels and the rest of their things in a shoulder strap bag. They were exhausted but nonetheless it was too exciting to be here to just stay inside.

As they walked outside with Naruto and Sasuke, Deidara inquired, "Your parents aren't coming?"

"Oh you'll see," Sasuke answered, "they don't do many things when they're here."

"They just read," Naruto chuckled, "they're boring."

"It's because their work is a lot of pressure," Itachi argued, "So they come here to get some time to just relax."

"Sometimes you sound like you're fifty Itachi," Naruto said.

"Sometimes you sound like you're five Naruto," Itachi replied on an even tone.

Sasuke laughed, but it died in his throat when Naruto nudged him angrily.

He slipped off his sandals, and started running towards the water. The small path to the public beach was only five minutes walk, so Naruto ran the rest. They could still see him as he started swimming.

"I think," Sasuke said, "he wanted me to follow him."

Deidara laughed and Itachi smiled as indeed Naruto eventually just stood there and looked in their direction, waiting.

They chose a spot on the beach to sit, without too many people around, while Sasuke finally went to join his boyfriend in the water. It was already late, and it wasn't sunny so Itachi chose not to put on any sunscreen.

"This is really nice," Deidara smiled at him.

Itachi simply nodded, but it was true that simply sitting together in the warm pale sand was nice. All those people having fun on the beach was a refreshing sight, but Itachi thought that they might as well get some fun as well.

"Do you want to go for a swim?"

"Yeah," Deidara said, standing, "I was gonna ask you."

They walked towards the water together, passing some people playing volleyball, and some other just sitting around their radio playing dance music.

As Itachi glanced at Deidara, he was glad to see that the blonde didn't seem self-conscious about his arms anymore. It really was almost completely healed now anyway. There were some scars of course, but you had to look really close to notice.

Itachi walked in the water without hesitating, and then started swimming towards his brother and Naruto, where the water was deeper. But he stopped and turned around when he noticed that Deidara wasn't following.

He was just standing with the water reaching his waist, looking tensed. Itachi went closer to him.

"What, you're gonna tell me you don't know how to swim now?"

"No!" Deidara exclaimed, "It's just… kinda cold."

Itachi chuckled. "It's really not that cold."

But Deidara still wasn't moving. Itachi smirked; now this was too easy. He swung his arms, and proceeded to splash as much water as he could at the smaller male, wetting the upper part of his body.

"You bastard…!" Pissed, Deidara launched at the raven and managed to grab his arms, pushing him underwater.

But Itachi was stronger, so he got away. This time Deidara followed him. Itachi was a fast swimmer due to all those times he'd trained at the gym, but to his surprise, Deidara was catching up.

"How come you're such a good swimmer?" He asked him once they'd stopped. Their feet now barely touched the ground, especially Deidara, who was a few inches shorter.

"I was in the team back in high school," he answered, "But you're even faster than me! I have a question Itachi, are you good at absolutely everything?"

"Pretty much."

Deidara laughed, "So modest."

Naruto came to swim next to them, Sasuke following him lazily.

"What's up guys?" Naruto said, smiling. "Feels damn good to be here, doesn't it?"

"Yeah," Itachi smiled back.

"I can't wait to surf though!" Naruto exclaimed, and then he addressed Deidara. "Are you gonna try surfing?"

"Of course he will," Itachi answered for him.

But Naruto was already done with their conversation, it seemed, as he suddenly turned around, grabbed Sasuke and literally threw him in the water. Of course Sasuke got his revenge after that. Deidara swam away from them; maybe he was a little scared. Itachi followed him.

"I've never surfed before in my life," Deidara told him when they stopped moving again.

"I figured as much," Itachi teased.

"Yeah be a smart ass all you want," the blonde rolled his eyes, "I'm just saying I'm not really sure I feel like trying it…"

"I'll teach you," Itachi said.

He took his hands and quickly pulled him close. Deidara tripped since he was already on the tip of his toes, so Itachi took him by the waist instead, and lifted him up.

"What are you doing?" Deidara asked, laughing.

Itachi was holding him tightly, so the blonde had no choice but to wrap his legs around Itachi's hips, and his arms around his neck. And then they kissed softly. Itachi caressed the smooth wet skin of his back, pressing their bodies closer, and deepening the kiss.

But Deidara turned his head, and glanced around, "What if people see us?"

"Who cares?" Itachi said, leaning closer to kiss him again.

But he was still hesitating, "Not everyone is gay friendly…"

Itachi lifted his hand to untie Deidara's hair playfully. It fell loosely on his shoulders and back. It was pale gold in the fading daylight, and slightly wet and wavy.

"Now people will think you're a girl."

"A girl with no breasts?" Deidara teased.

"A very skinny girl with no breasts. They'll just think you're a model."

"I kinda have a dick too."

"I'm very aware of that," Itachi whispered as he leaned even closer.

Deidara laughed lightly, they kissed, and this time he didn't pull away. He was running his fingers through Itachi's long jet black hair. This felt really good, and Itachi deepened the kiss even more, battling with Deidara's tongue. He held him close in the water, enjoying the feel of his thin sexy body in his arms. He was enjoying it a little bit too much actually, and he felt himself getting hard. And Deidara felt it too.

He pulled away, blue eyes wide and uncertain as he looked at Itachi.

"What?" Itachi asked, letting go of him.

"Itachi…" he hesitated, "I know I'm gonna repeat myself but…"

"What is it?" He insisted. His hands were still holding Deidara's waist.

"What if I can't give you what you want?"

"You were right. You're repeating yourself. And you know what my answer to that is. You are what I want."

He still looked uncertain. Itachi repressed the urge to roll his eyes, and he leaned closer to whisper in his ear.

"It's not my fault if you turn me on, all right? I mean look at you…" He chuckled in his ear, making Deidara shiver slightly.

He inadvertently shifted closer and suddenly noticed Deidara was hard too. He smirked, pulling away to look into his eyes.

"Well, well, look at you making such a big deal when you are just as turned on as I am!"

The blonde glanced away, embarrassed. "I know… Hey I've wanted to ask you something for a little while now… like, are we… a couple?"

"Probably," Itachi laughed, "You're the expert all right? I've never been in a relationship before."

"Really?" Deidara looked surprised. "Ever?"

"No… Well unless you call one night stands relationships."

"But am I really what you want? You could be with someone else; in a saner, healthier relationship… you could be having sex all the time…"

Itachi sighed, annoyed. "I told you already. That's not important to me right now. Ever since the first time I've met you, back in September, I haven't fantasized about anyone but you, all right? So no, I don't want to leave you to go fuck just anyone. And… Deidara, look at me."

He looked up with searching blue eyes, as if trying to decide if Itachi was sincere or not.

"Do you seriously, be honest with me here, do you really want me to be with someone else?"

"No," Deidara whispered.

"Well good. Same here. Because if you decided to leave me to go with some random dude right now, I think I'd have to kill him."

"That's a little extreme, don't you think?" Deidara said, but he was smiling.

"Yeah, yeah whatever… So we're in an official relationship, you can go change your status on facebook or whatever it is people do…"

The blonde laughed, and tightened his hold around Itachi, kissing him again. It lasted really long this time, neither wanted to leave the other's embrace. Itachi could tell Deidara was a little cold because of the water, so he ran his hands all over him as they made out to warm him up… Until Sasuke interrupted them.

"Guys, you can save that for later… Itachi, before we left mom said to be back to have dinner with them, so maybe we should go dry up a little and get going…?"

They decided to do just that, and when they got to their spot, putting their towels on the sand and lying down on them, Itachi asked Sasuke where Naruto was. It was unusual for them to be apart, after all.

"He already made friends," Sasuke chuckled, pointing in the direction of a group of people getting ready to go surfing.

Naruto was talking with them happily, probably telling them how he couldn't wait to go surf as well. They would probably go rent their equipment the next day, and he would get one for Deidara as well, Itachi decided.

When Naruto walked back up to them, he accused Sasuke of being antisocial.

"Whatever…" was Sasuke's reply.

Naruto sat beside him. "You could've come with me! They're really cool! One of them works at the store to rent the surfing equipment, and he said he could probably make us a good deal!"

"Whatever…"

Deidara stepped in, "I'm still not sure if I should try that, cause…"

"It'll be fun! You'll see!" Naruto encouraged him.

"Well it's though at first," Sasuke said, "It takes a lot of practice before you can actually stand and…"

"Stop it! Now he won't want to do it!" His boyfriend cut him, frowning.

"I'm just saying," Deidara went on, "that I really don't have a good balance. I doubt I'll even be able to stand on the damn thing…"

"You won't know if you don't try," Itachi said, ending the argument.

"Should we go?" Sasuke asked. "I'm starving…"

"That's because you never want to eat anything in the plane," Naruto told him as they got up.

"I hate airplane food…"

Itachi and Deidara gathered their things in the shoulder strap bag, and this time Deidara carried it. They followed the two sixteen year olds towards the path leading to their rented house. If not hungry, Itachi felt very tired. They hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, and he hadn't been able to sleep in the plane at all.

Minato had bought some fresh sushi at a restaurant, and with Mikoto they had set the table for them to eat a nice family dinner. This vacation was also an opportunity for Mikoto to stop cooking for a couple days, so most of the time they went to the restaurant, or bought the food and ate it at the house.

Overall the meal was pleasant, but pretty much silent; they were all a little tired. So after wishing everyone a good night Itachi was glad to just retire to the bedroom with Deidara. They closed the door and lay down on the bed, just relaxing, and enjoying the last rays of sunlight.

"You brought your laptop, right?" Deidara asked him.

"Yeah, why?" Itachi rolled on his side, folding his arm under his head.

"Well, I need to change my facebook status, remember?"

He raised a brow, "Are you serious?"

"No I'm just messing with you," Deidara laughed, "I just need to charge my IPod..."

Itachi shrugged, and got up to take out his laptop from his suitcase. He sat on the bed as he opened it.

"What's your password?" Deidara asked half-teasing.

Itachi answered, giving him his combination of random letters and numbers.

"What does that mean?"

"Nothing. That's why it would be impossible to find."

"Huh…" Deidara nodded slightly, "Well, don't worry I already forgot it."

"Why would you hack my computer anyway?" Itachi chuckled.

"You never know," the blonde teased.

Deidara plugged his IPod, and they continued to just relax, listening to some music together. At some point Deidara went to the bathroom, which was just across the hallway. He came back in his dark blue boxer briefs, and took place on the bed, pulling only a thin sheet up to his chest.

Itachi put the computer aside on the little desk, and after turning off the lights he joined Deidara in the bed. Except he had no intention to sleep – not yet, anyway. He'd waited for this for too long. He loomed over the blonde to kiss him passionately, placing a hand next to his face and the other at his waist. When he pulled away it was only so that he could kiss Deidara's delicate jaw line, his neck, and his ear. He took his time, knowing the blonde just loved it when he licked his sensitive ear full of piercings, then blew on it teasingly.

"Hmm…" Deidara moaned, entangling his fingers in raven hair.

Then Itachi worked his way to his nipples, again giving some more attention to the one with the piercing.

"Feels so good…" Deidara breathed.

Itachi smirked and then kissed his toned abs, all the way down to the hem of his boxers. Deidara tensed when he grabbed the unwanted piece of clothing and took it off. He blushed, and folded his legs when Itachi glanced down at his naked body.

"Why are you embarrassed? You're beautiful," Itachi whispered, reaching up to kiss his lips.

He slowly slid his hand across Deidara's tattooed left leg, then all the way up his thigh and in between his legs. When he touched Deidara's hardening cock the blonde hissed.

"What are you doing?"

"What does it look like?" Itachi chuckled as he started stroking him, "You are aware," he said teasingly, "that there are other things we can do, right? And look, I still have my clothes on. So relax."

"…You can…" Deidara breathed in sharply, then moaned as Itachi stroked the tip of his cock with his thumb. "…Take off your shirt if you want."

The raven smiled, pleased, and interrupted his actions briefly to take off his t-shirt as demanded. Deidara looked at him through lustful, lidded blue eyes. Itachi started kissing his chest, and then his abs, until he went lower and lower, and kissed the skin around Deidara's now fully hard member. It was bigger than average, not as big as Itachi, but still. And he really was beautiful, with the pale gold hair down there proving that he was a natural blonde. And now he was a trembling and writhing mess, craving for Itachi's touch.

He moaned loudly when Itachi licked his balls, and then the whole length. He repeated his actions a few times, and smirked when Deidara arched his back and closed his eyes.

"Feels so fucking good…"

Itachi then used his hand to resume his earlier actions. There was added friction thanks to his saliva, and precum. He shifted to kiss Deidara's neck, without interrupting the hand job. He squeezed and moved his hand up and down faster and faster, making Deidara moan repeatedly.

"You like that?" Itachi whispered in his ear.

"Ah… yeah…" He breathed, "Don't… stop."

Actually he did stop soon after, but only so that he could replace his hand with his mouth again. Deidara almost screamed, fisting the sheets with a hand, and entangling the other in Itachi's hair. He tilted his head back into the pillows as Itachi sucked his cock skilfully.

"…Itachi… fuck… you're amazing… you're so amazing…"

The raven was enjoying every one of Deidara's reactions. His voice was just so sexy.

"Itachi… oh my god… I'm gonna…"

Soon after Deidara came in his mouth and Itachi swallowed and licked it clean, and then he shifted and lay down so that he could take the still trembling blonde in his arms. The small guy turned onto his side and held him back weakly, and opened dazed blue eyes.

"Was this your first time getting a blow job or what?" Itachi asked.

Deidara nodded.

"What about Konan? She never…?" He asked, curious.

"No… She thought it was disgusting. We only, you know, had sex. Normal, basic, girl and boy having sex. It was… okay I guess."

"Wow. It must have been so passionate…" Itachi said sarcastically.

"Well I was pretending to be straight so…"

"Yeah. But… man, poor Yahiko."

"Why do you say that?" He asked, but then he blushed, clearly understanding he was talking about the no blow jobs thing. "Okay, I get it."

Itachi chuckled, caressing his long blonde hair and trying to detangle it at the same time.

But suddenly Deidara frowned and said, "It's not fair."

"What?" Itachi also frowned.

Deidara rolled him on his back, and climbed up on him hesitantly. "You're still… hard. And…" he blushed, "you made me feel so amazing, I wanna make it up to you… or try, anyway."

"Hum… baby you don't have to if you don't want to."

"I want to," he smiled, placing his hair behind his ears before leaning closer to kiss him.

"…Okay then," Itachi chuckled, rather pleased with this turn of events.

Deidara clumsily helped him out of his remaining clothes. He was obviously a little nervous. Itachi supposed it was normal, since he'd never been intimate like that with another guy before. Itachi smiled, and continued caressing him reassuringly – his hair, his arms, his back. Deidara started kissing his neck, flipping his long hair on the side. He licked and nibbled at his ear and Itachi half-closed his eyes, a little smile lingering on his lips. Deidara was only repeating his own earlier actions, but that was okay. It was kinda cute, actually.

Deidara pulled away and glanced at Itachi's impressive, hard cock. He blushed lightly as he brought a hesitant hand towards it. He started stroking him, and looked at Itachi.

"Hum… if you want, you can just tell me what you want me to do…?"

"Hmm… with pleasure." Itachi smirked, "Lick your hand."

Deidara seemed to instantly regret his suggestion. Itachi laughed.

"Don't make that face. You don't have to obey me, you know?" He lifted a hand to caress Deidara's hair, "Do it if you also want to, all right?"

The blonde nodded, and proceeded to lick his hand thoroughly. Itachi's smile faded, only to be replaced by a lustful expression all over his face. Now that was hot…

After licking his hand Deidara continued stroking him, and it felt amazing – god it was such a turn on just to watch the hot skinny blonde doing this to him. It had been way too long since Itachi had done anything remotely sexual.

Itachi moaned, and wrapping his arms around the other's thin waist pulled him closer. "Come here," he whispered before kissing him passionately.

This distracted Deidara a little from his other activity, but it didn't matter. When they pulled away though, the blonde focused more on giving him a hand job. Itachi leaned his head back in the pillows, looking up and admiring Deidara's beauty through half-lidded eyes.

"Use both hands…" He said.

Deidara complied, and with his hands stroked him really fast, covering the whole length. At one point he slowed down, so that he could play with the tip with his fingers.

"Talk to me," Itachi panted.

"You like this?" Deidara whispered huskily, probably not knowing what else to say.

"Hmm…yeah," Itachi moaned. "Dirtier…"

The blonde hesitated, then leaned closer, and whispered, "You like it when I'm jerking you off? When I touch that big cock of yours…"

Itachi chuckled at Deidara's attempts of making dirty talk, "You're cute."

The blond also chuckled, "Damn it, I'm trying to be naughty here, not cute…"

But he continued stroking him, and actually he was gaining confidence. He used two hands again, going faster and squeezing just enough. Just the sight of Deidara giving him a hand job was hot enough to drive him crazy. He closed his eyes, letting himself enjoy this blissful sensation. But then he opened them again, as he was closed to release, and he wanted to look into Deidara's beautiful blue eyes.

"Come for me Itachi..." The blonde said huskily.

He was already getting much better at talking dirty… Itachi thought, pleased. And hearing his name in that sexy voice was just too much.

He came in Deidara's hand, and on his own stomach.

The blonde smiled, "I'm gonna go wash my hands I guess…" He started getting up, but Itachi grabbed his arm.

"Stay here…"

Deidara's smile widened and he lay down on the bed next to the raven.

"You were great…" he whispered, still panting a little.

"I just…" the blonde bit his lower lip, "kind of did the same things you did to me, or the things you asked me to do…"

Itachi smiled; Deidara was adorable. "So what?"

"Hum… anyway," Deidara chuckled, "… I'll be right back."

This time, Itachi let him go. Deidara just went to the bathroom and came back right away with a wet rag. He proceeded to clean Itachi's stomach with it, and then threw it away. Actually, Deidara had already turned the room into kind of a mess, throwing his clothes and all his stuff everywhere. Now he knew why the nineteen year old's apartment was so messy. But Itachi was too tired to care, and the fact that Deidara had cleaned him was cute enough to make up for the mess.

When Deidara crawled back under the thin sheet, Itachi held him in his arms fiercely, closing his eyes, and breathing in his sweet scent.