Chapter 19

I am so very, very, very sorry for the lateness of this chapter! Please don't kill me!I beg of forgiveness! It was the one-armed man!

I own NOTHING

Deidara's POV

I sighed as I started the walk from school to home. Yes I was going home. Today instead of going to Sasori's like normal. He took the day off for some reason and would you guess that his grandmother is crazier than he is. Yes, his substitute was the old bitch that I have heard so much about from Hidan. I hope she never teaches in his place again.

It was weird enough having a substitute for the substitute, let alone having it be an old woman. I honestly would never have guessed that she was related to Sasori if it wasn't for the fact that Hidan told me. I guess she did have the same last name as him, but it never occurred to me that they were related. The events of the art class was weird and kept running through my head.

Flashback

"Are you going to Sasori's tonight?" Itachi asked as we waited for the bell to ring.

"I doubt it, un." I replied. Everyone in the group felt tons better after Konan gave birth last week. Believe it or not it got the Uchiha to loosen up a little more.

"Where is Sasori anyway?" Dylan asked. "He is normally in here way before the bell rings." He was alone today because Daren had an In School Suspension for flipping off Orochimaru Sensei. It was funny to see though.

"Are you sure that he is here? I know I wouldn't be in this fucking hell whole if I didn't have to be." Hidan said.

"Why would he not be here? He is the substitute, un." I spoke up, but I let my mind think on what Hidan said. Maybe Sasori was taking the day off so that he could be there with Konan and Pein, after all he was the godfather of their children.

"Substitute's take time off too." Dylan muttered as he laid his head on the desk so that he was facing us.

"That doesn't mean he fucking did. Why in Jashins name would he take the day off anyway?" Hidan frowned.

"Who is that, un?" I asked as an old woman came in after the bell rang.

"Hello class." She spoke as she moved to the front of the room. She looked fairly kind, but fairly is the key word. Itachi and Hidan stiffened a bit at how high her voice was. I flinched a little too while Dylan just tried to suffocate himself with the table. I don't think I even have to say that it didn't work very well. "I am Chiyo Akasuna and I will be your teacher for the day. Sasori wasn't feeling well so here I am."

I felt a flutter of surprise when I heard the name Akasuna but I thought nothing of it. I knew that Sasori's grandmother was still alive but this couldn't be her. She looks nothing like him. She had on a long brown robe like gown and violet colored hair up in a bun. The closest thing between her and him was her eyes and they were black. They couldn't be related, right?

"Dude," Hidan whispered as he leaned closer to me. ", That's Sori's grandmother, his old bitch." When I looked at him disbelievingly he nodded and I looked back at Chiyo. I would never have thought that they were related. I know that looks don't mean everything, but there is no way that somebody related to Sasori could talk this much, I mean she didn't stop talking after she introduced herself.

"Since I will be your teacher for the day you will address me as Chiyo Sensei because I don't know what my grandson has you call him and I don't want to be called the same thing as him. I already know some of you so if I know you I will call you by your names but if I don't know your name I am sorry."

"How do you know some of our fucking names?" Hidan asks. "You've never been here before."

"Believe it or not Hidan I hear some things from my grandchildren. I can only assume that your language is still as foul as ever." Chiyo replied in a calm manner. At least her tone of voice went down. I don't think I could handle it if her voice got any higher.

"Sasori never fucking tells you anything you got damned old bitch!" Hidan yells. I sighed. I am getting the feeling that he doesn't like her too much.

"Hidan! Go to the office right now!" Chiyo ordered.

"Why the hell would I do that!" Hidan yells as he stands up and glares at the old bag of bones in the front of the classroom.

"Because I am your teacher and you will do as I say, or would you like a detention with your free trip to the office."

"I am not going anywhere, dammit!"

"Chiyo Sensei, if you want I can take him to the office." Sakura volunteered.

"No, no! That's okay I can fucking get there by myself." Hidan quickly changed his mind and started moving toward the door.

"Yes, Sakura, that sounds like a wonderful idea. Go ahead and make sure that Hidan gets to the office." Chiyo said sweetly. I am starting to think that she might be worse than Sasori... I thought. Hidan's and Sasori's arguments never lasted this long and never ended like this. Hidan was shaking his head as Sakura got closer to him and said with a smile.

"Let's go and no funny business."

"I said I can fucking go myself dammit!" Hidan yelled as she pushed him out the door. I shared a glance with Itachi and then I looked back at the old woman in the front of the room. She was smiling sweetly.

"Now let's get to work on sketching." She said in a gentle, sweet voice.

End Flashback

I was snapped out of my memories on today's Art class when I bumped into someone. Why does everybody bump into me when I am remembering something? It's not like what I am remembering is important but it is starting to get annoying. At least I didn't fall down this time. I thought, I looked at who bumped into me, and it turned out it was Dean, and I was the one who bumped into him. He was looking back at me with those gray eyes of his. They were like a murky storm cloud.

"Hey Deidara." He said with a smile.

"Hey Dean, un. What are you doing?"

"I was on my way to work and I decided to stop and look at the clouds for a bit since my shift doesn't start for a while." Dean sighed. "What are you doing? Besides running into people that is."

"Yeah, sorry about that, un." I replied sheepishly. "I was heading home." I sigh as I start walking and Dean falls in step beside me.

"By 'home' you mean...?"

"Haki's. Where else, un?" I look at him quizzically. He just shrugged in reply.

"I don't know. Home isn't where you live, it's where your the happiest. Hey, don't you normally go to Sasori's with Itachi, Hidan and Tobi after school?"

"Yes, un, but I really don't feel like it today and I don't know if he is busy or not."

"I doubt it."

"What makes you say that, un?"

"He already went to school once, what makes you think that he would want to be there all the time again? He probably just skipped like he did when he was younger."

"How would you know that he skipped when he was younger, un?"

"Seriously? What kid wouldn't skip school?" Dean says. "You seem lonely."

"Sort of, un."

"Doesn't Hidan live near here?"

"Yes, un. He had detention though."

"What a surprise." Dean commented and I felt myself smile despite of myself. He seemed easier to talk to than I thought. I know that he is the same person as he was when I first met him, but back then I didn't know that he was my uncles son. That makes us cousins. I just realized.

"Yeah, un." We carried on for a few minutes in silence until Dean broke it.

"Not only do you seem lonely but you have something on your mind. What is it?" He asked as we stopped in front of Amazing Arts.

"Nothing, un." I sighed. Why does everybody seem to read me like a book? Itachi, Kakuzu, Sasori, Pein, and now Dean. Who's next? Too many people can read me like a book. I need to change that, if I can.

"Whatever you say." Dean sighed and then met my eyes. "Look, Deidara, I know that finding out that my brothers and I are Hakis' sons is probably a shock. I don't want you to think of me or my brothers any differently, we're still the same people. You just found out that Haki is my father and I wish that he wasn't my father. I know that Haki wishes that I wasn't his son, but we can't always get what we wish for."

"I know that you haven't changed any, un." I tell him.

"Then please act like you know it." Dean said with a smile.

"Alright, un. I promise."

"Good, and Deidara?" He said before he went into the store,

"Hmm?" I look back at him.

"Whoever it is that your thinking about I would tell them how you feel before you chicken out. You might grow to regret it."

"What, un?"

"I have been around a lot of people and I know what it looks like when you like somebody more than just a friend so do what I suggest. See you tomorrow. Now good-bye." With that he left and went into the store. I stood there staring at the door for a few minutes before his words kicked in. I blinked a couple times and then I realized that he was right, if I didn't talk with Sasori now I might never talk with him about it.

I smiled and decided to do what Dean suggested. Instead of carrying on towards where I lived I started running back down the street towards the school. Once I reached the school I made a turn and started on towards Sasori's house.

I didn't even bother knocking, which is totally not like me, and burst into the house. I know that it wasn't a good idea because there was a chance that it was locked, but I did it anyway. I was about to call for him but I didn't. I heard someone coming down the stairs and I looked up to find an annoyed looking Sasori.

"Don't you know how to knock?" He said in an irritated manner. "What are you doing here, brat?"

"I wanted to talk to you Danna, un." I said as I met his dreamy brown eyes.

"About what?"

"You told me that we would talk, un."

"Yes, but not right now." Sasori said. His voice hid all emotion and his eyes didn't give anything away.

"Then when, un? You said later."

"Yes, I said later." He said. "Later means sometime after I said it."

"This is after you said it, un." I pointed out.

"We can't talk right now." He sighed.

"Why not, un?"

"We just can't."

"Then when can we, un."

"Sometime other than right now." He walked down the last few steps so that he stood right in front of me.

"But Danna-"

"No buts, brat."

"We need to talk, un." I whispered and looked at him with puppy dog eyes. I normally don't play this card but it's the easy way to get what I want. It was especially easy to get what I wanted from Sasori when I did this. I saw his eye twitch but nothing else happened so I just kept giving him the puppy-dog eyes.

"Fine, fine. We will talk just stop looking at me like that." Sasori says after a few minutes of me looking at him like that.

"Yay, un." I said and I looked at him expectantly. He groaned and led my into the living room.

"Don't get all happy." He grumbled and I smirked. He always acted like this when he didn't want to do something. "We are just talking, nothing more and just because we are talking doesn't means that I want to."

"You know you want to, un." I said as we both sat down on one of the couches.

Meanwhile in Konan's POV..

"Tell me again why your calling me and how you have my cell number?"

"Dean, you should know that I have my ways to get things and I am calling to tell you that the plan is working."

"I told you it would." Dean said.

"But I still can't hear them, their inside." I was currently looking in through the window of Sasori's house and I could see both Sasori and Deidara sitting on the couch talking. All I know is that I pray to any god that they don't look at the window and notice something blue in the bushes.

"Of course! My mistake. I should have told Deidara, 'You should tell him how you feel about him, oh, and make sure to do it outside.' That would have went really well in the conversation." Dean said sarcastically. I frowned even though I knew that he couldn't see me.

"Okay, fine, but it still would be helpful if I could hear them." I muttered.

"Why did I agree to this again?" I rolled my eyes because I just couldn't believe how clueless guys were. They are so stupid when they feel the need.

"Because your very nice and helpful." I said.

"That is nice to know but if I recall right you said 'If you don't help me I will make sure that you have to be stuck on bottom all your life, and that you will be stuck in my yaoi fantasies from this point on.' So I don't think I even had a choice and anyways what is with you? Can't you let them tell each other on their own terms?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because if I know Sasori, and I do, he will keep his feelings locked up and I doubt Deidara would have the courage to tell him without help."

"Why not ask Hidan or Itachi to do it then? They are also his friends."

"Have you met Hidan? He wouldn't give anything but unhelpful advice and Itachi wouldn't say more than a sentence if he could help it."

"Fine I see your point, but why couldn't you do it if you wanted it done so bad?"

"Because if you have already forgotten, I just had twin girls just a couple weeks ago. I have to take care of them and I am still sore. Besides it would have been more of a hassle if I had to drive down to the school to talk to him and then hurry up and get to Sasori's."

"If you have to take care of your daughters why are you there instead of at home?"

"Because my yaoi senses are tingling now I will call you later and thank you." Before he could even think to protest I snapped my phone shut and went back to watching the scene in front of me.

Back inside the house in Sasori's POV

"This is not a question, brat. We are not becoming a couple." I said sternly, hoping that the blonde teen would take it seriously and leave, and not even think about it again. Sure I would like the idea but I can't on so many levels, for so many reasons that I don't want to count.

"I will not take that for an answer, un. Why not?" He was looking at me with those wonderful eyes hardened so that he showed me that he was serious about this.

"For certain reasons that should be easy to figure out. Even for you."

"Well I don't know what they are, un. Tell me why, Danna. I love you and I know you have some feelings for me!" I sighed as he spoke.

"I admit that I have some strong feelings for you but I am not going to do anything about it."

"You mean your going to deny it, un?"

"Yes."

"Why, un?"

"Stop asking the same exact questions over and over."

"Not until you tell me why we can't be together, un."

"For many reasons!" I groaned. "Do you want me to list the most obvious ones?"

"Yes, un."

"Fine. As of right now I am your teacher and you are my student, your under 18 and I am 28, your uncle for example-"

"My uncle has nothing to do with this, un." He flashed as he interrupted me.

"Yes he does. If he found out that we were in a relationship, you have no idea how pissed he would be about it. He wouldn't even like the fact that I am teaching you. I have no idea what will happen if he finds out that, let alone if we were dating."

"But, Danna, un." Deidara whined. "I can deal with it, and you always act like you can. Can you, un?"

"I can handle anything that that guy can throw at me, but that is not the problem. If you and I became a couple I could be counted as a pedophile if somebody found out, even if nobody found out I would be counted as one since I would be in a relationship with a minor."

"What are you talking about, un? Kakuzu, Kisame, and Zetsu aren't counted as pedophiles. So what makes you think that you will be?" He glared defiantly at me when I rolled my eyes.

"They are counted as pedophiles." I growled. "Because they are in relationships with minors, fucking them might I add. They just aren't convicted pedophiles because nobody actually knows that they are in relationships with minors. Pein knows but he won't give them away because we are a family. Everyday they risk getting themselves caught because they love teenagers. Besides Zetsu really doesn't count because Tobi is 18 years old."

"Then if Pein doesn't give them away, he won't give you away, un." I sighed at the way he spoke. It sounded like he had already made up his mind, me or nothing. I just hope that that's not the case. I really did want to agree with him, but there was always that fear burrowed deep into the back of my mind. If I let somebody in they will hurt me too.

"He won't, but if somebody else finds out and they tell the police Pein really can't do anything about it without getting his license taken and his title stripped from him, because everybody in the town knows that we're friends." He looked down at his feet and then back up at me with those wonderful eyes of his. When he spoke, he spoke softly.

"Please, Danna, please, un. Just give me a chance. I will be 18 in less than a year, un. I love you, and I want to be yours. Yours, and yours only." That's what I was afraid of. I thought with a sigh.

"Look, Deidara, let's just say that I did give it a shot, not only could I be charged as a pedophile but I am also your teacher. I could get in real trouble for being involved with a student. If we needed to show each other affection of any kind, it could only be here."

"Does that mean you'll give me a chance, un?" He asked with hope filled eyes. No matter how many times I kept saying no, I found myself breaking. I sighed. I might live to regret this.

"I'm willing to give you a chance." I agreed. "Only I don't know if what you feel is love." I gasped when he practically jumped into my arms and snuggled his neck again my chest.

"I know it is, un. I know what I feel for you is love, and I am going to make you feel the same for me."

Outside the house in Konan's POV

Yes! This is what I have been waiting for! I sat there in the bushes watching as the blonde embraced the redhead, who looked somewhat uncomfortable. I knew for a fact that he wasn't big on hugs, that's the look that I get on a regular basis from him. I felt like doing a little dance of joy, but I knew that I couldn't because I would probably get caught, and it was not a good thing to anger a red-head. They have bad tempers.

I know that I couldn't hear the whole conversation, or some people would call it an argument, but I could hear enough to know that they were now together, a couple. Since I couldn't do a little dance I settled for smiling. I couldn't wait to let all the other guys know, I mean Hidan, Itachi, and Tobi could find out at school and then the others would find out from them, but I wanted the satisfaction of telling them myself.

I took out my cell phone to call Dean and tell him the good news, even though I don't think he really cares that much. Then again he could always find out from Deidara tomorrow too, but that would ruin the fun. Besides I am sure that he would want to know that his efforts for making Deidara get over here today weren't in vain. I quickly dialed his number.

"What do you want, Konan?"A voice said crossly.

"To tell you the good news." I replied in a happy whisper.

"Well, what is it then? If only I couldn't guess. Why did you have to call now? It's kind of a bad time."

"What are you doing that's so important? And if it's so important why did you answer while you were doing it?"

"I am doing my job and I answered because if your like you were last time you called me, which I have no clue how or why you called me I might add, I would have to listen to my phone ringing constantly until I answered."

"Well, those are good reason's, so I called to tell you that I thank you for your help in this mission because Sasori and Deidara are now a couple."

"I guessed that's why you called." I heard him sigh. "Why couldn't you have waited to let him tell tomorrow?"

"Because I want the satisfaction of it all." I replied evenly.

"Alright. Thanks for calling, I guess since I don't really care at the moment, tomorrow I will act surprised when he tells us. Good-bye." He hung up just as soon as he finished speaking, and I snapped my phone shut shortly after the fact. I smirked and started to jog towards my car that I had parked a few blocks away, to avoid suspicion. As soon as I got to my car I made a fast drive home so that I could call the rest of the guys.

The Next Day

Deidara's POV

"Hey guys!" As I ran up to my friends. I was bouncing with happiness at what happened the following day. They all turned to me with a knowing look in their eyes, even Dean, who was sitting next to his best friend Marcus had the look in his eyes.

"We know, Deidara. Congratulations." Itachi said with a smile, and actual one for once.

"Yeah, fucking congrats!" Hidan said and pulled me into a hug.

"Yeah, it's about time." The twins said with a smile. I was puzzled. How did they know? Before I could ask Dean spoke up.

"Congratulations Deidara."

"Thanks, un, all of you. Dean, thanks for the advice, how did you know it would work?" I asked him. "Have you tried it."

"Hell no. Are you crazy? There is no way that I am telling the person that I like, that I like them."

"Then why did you have me do it, un?"

"To see if it would work for you." I frowned but decided to let it go, for now. I was just to happy at the moment to hold on to things.

"How did you guys know about it. un?"

"Konan." They all chorused, while the twins added. "And Dean."

"Hey, it was not my fault. She somehow got my number." Dean retorted and I wasn't sure if I was going to let this one go or not. Probably not.

Like I said I am sorry for the lateness of the chapter, and yay! Deidara and Sasori are now a couple! :)

I will be starting school in a couple of weeks so I don't know when I will be able to get the next chapter up, I am hoping to get at least 1 more chapter up before I start school on the 24th.

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