Chapter 23

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~Deidara~

"So, I am walking with you again why?" The blonde beside me asked as he looked at me in a skeptical manner. I gave him a shrug.

"What, un? I told you that I needed your help." I replied as I looked at him. We were currently walking down the sidewalk on the way to Haki's house. I refused to call it my house, because I wasn't the happiest there. I knew that Dean really didn't want to go there, but he didn't care as much as he used to. Well, he said that he used to be worse about going there.

"Yes you did, but you never told me with what." He said with a sigh.

"Oh, un." I said a little sheepishly. I hadn't realized that I hadn't told him why I wanted him to walk with me. "I told you about how Haki told me not to hang out with the Akatsuki members anymore, and I was thinking that if I said that I was hanging out with you, then it would be okay, un."

"I thought you were just going to ignore him."

"I was originally, but then I figured that he wouldn't stop bitching, un."

"You're sounding more and more like Hidan everyday."

"Is that good or bad, un?"

"It's mostly bad."

We made some small talk on the way to the house, and I learned some things that I originally hadn't known about Dean. I mean, I knew stuff about him, but I didn't know that much about him. We didn't have that many classes together. I couldn't really find time to talk with him, and when I saw him at Amazing Arts he was working.

"So, do you want to come in, or wait out here, un?" I asked as we walked towards the door.

"I'll go with you." He said with a chuckle. "I want to annoy that bastard." Another thing that I already knew, was that he hated my uncle – for obvious reasons. I mean hate hate, like so much hate that he enjoyed annoying him.

"Alright, un, but if he yells at you, it's your fault."

"Like he'd yell at me." He said with a wink at me, and I laughed as we walked into the house. The man that we were looking for was lounging on the couch watching one of those racing movies that he enjoyed so much. I never really cared, so I just stepped right in front of the television. My guardian just frowned, and it doubled once he set sights on the other teen.

"What do you want, Deidara? And why is that brat here?" He basically growled it out. It was like the end of the world, just because I interrupted him. Sometimes I wondered if it could be possible that he was a teenage girl, but then I had to tell myself to think practically.

"Well, you did say that I couldn't really go anywhere without telling you, so I thought that I would tell you that I was going to hang out at Dean's place, un."

"And I didn't want to wait outside." Dean sniffed. I looked at him and then at my uncle. It reminded me yet again of how they were so similar but I never noticed a connection before. It made me feel stupid.

"What made you think that I would be okay with you going to hang out with him?" The man in question questioned me.

"I guess I just assumed, un." I said. "I figured that – since he isn't a member of the Akatsuki – it would be okay, un."

"I guess you're right..." He muttered grudgingly. I was surprised that he gave in so easily, but I didn't let it show. I guess hanging out with the people I did was gaining me a new skill. "... Be back by 8:30."

"I will, un!" I shouted happily, and I didn't miss him flinch slightly. So that's why he didn't fight it that much. I thought. He obviously had a hangover, but at the moment I really didn't care. He could deal with his own problems on his own. It's not like he cared about me, so why should I care about him? "See ya, un!" I added before grabbing Dean's arm and basically running from the house.

"So, are you walking to Sasori's then?" Dean asked as we started walking in the direction that we had came from originally.

"Yeah, un. You don't have to walk with me, you know."

"I know, but I want to." He said with a smile that almost made him seem innocent. The older boy had a certain way of doing things that always had him up to something.

"Sure you do. What's the real reason that you want to walk with me, un?"

"To make sure you don't get raped." He said, sounding completely serious. I can only assume that it was the look on my face because a few minutes after we stopped, and of him looking at me, he just burst into laughter. "I'm joking! Marcus is picking me up at the school, because he insisted that I go over to his house."

"What is going on with you guys anyway, un?" I asked. I had heard rumors that Dean and Inara were dating, but I highly doubted that. In my opinion Dean and Marcus would make a better couple, even though Dean and Inara did hang out a lot.

"Nothing is. We're just best friends."

"You guys act like your more, un." I stated – almost as simply as I could state that I wanted to breathe.

"Well, we're not."

"Then what about you and Inara, un?" I asked. I truly was curious.

"Yet again: just friends. She's like a sister to me. What's with the questions about my personal life?"

"I just think that you know about mine so I should know about yours, un."

"I think you've been hanging around with your gang to much." He said with a laugh. "That time you sounded like Itachi!"

"Did not, un."

"Whatever you say."

"Is there another reason that you are walking with me, un? Marcus could've picked you up here."

"I already told you. To make sure you don't get raped."

"I said be serious, un."

~Sasori~

"Why were you gone again, un?" Deidara whined when he got to my house. At least he was alone, because I didn't think that I could deal with Hidan right now. I was still a little pissed at what had happened earlier this morning. I was also just thankful that Konan and Pein were able to make it back faster than they thought they would be.

"Because I needed to be, brat." I practically growled.

"You don't need to be mean about it, un." He said with a pout and I shot him a look. He seemed to shrink back a little before his face hardened again. "I was stuck with Chiyo all day again, un." And back to the whining he went.

"Yeah, you were stuck with the hag that I am stuck with every other week, while I was stuck with Inara all again." Of course, he had come to my house anyway, and of course I had to give him a key to my house. He just had to take advantage of that fact.

"Why were you stuck with her, un?"

"She was also babysitting the little brats, and I was supposedly learning. Now, leave it alone."

"Was it that bad? I mean, you seem to be in an even worse mood than normal, un."

"I said leave it alone, brat. I don't want to talk about how my day with that annoying thing was. Now, I'm actually surprised that you are here."

"Why wouldn't I be here, un?" He asked, deciding to just drop whatever was bothering him. He knew that I wouldn't tell him if he kept it up. I was more apt to kick him out if he didn't stop, and so far he was safe. As long as he didn't bring it up again.

"News travels fast; even outside of High School."

"Hidan, un?"

"More or less. He told Konan first and Konan told me when they got home. He called her when they were in the middle of the dinner."

"What makes you think that I wouldn't come though, un?"

"Haki's temper."

"It's not that bad, un."

"You'd say that because you have never actually witnessed it. It's bad, and that is why I thought you wouldn't."

"I told Haki that I was going to Dean's, un. Since Dean was with me he won't doubt it." I rolled my eyes, and I knew that he had seen it. I didn't care though, he knew that I thought what he did was stupid on most occasions.

"Brat, he might doubt it anyway." I said with a shake of my head. He had followed me up the stairs. Joy.

"If he was right in the head: maybe, but he has a hangover, un. He won't doubt it." I looked at him and frowned.

"True, he might not doubt it, but if he does find out then he will be even angrier. Think things through, baka."

"Don't call me names, un!" He frowned back at me, but I really couldn't care less at the moment. His frown shortly turned into a pout, making me frown even more. "He won't find out, un. As long as I am back at home by 8:30."

"So I will be spending at least three and a half hours with you today? Fun."

"Don't be a party pooper, Danna, un."

"I will be as long as you act as cheerful as you do." I deadpanned.

"Fine, un." His pout just increased and I turned away to walk into my room. Yet again, he followed me. It was like he was a lost little puppy or something. Not even the good kind of puppy either. After a couple moments of standing in the middle of the room thinking I turned to look at the teen that was just standing there looking at me.

"Do you want something?" I asked. He seemed to snap out of the trance-like state that he was just in and he looked at me – a smile back on his face.

"Yes, un."

"Well, what is it?" Damn brat. He knew that I didn't like to be kept waiting.

"Can we watch a movie, un?" He asked.

"Didn't we just watch one the other day?"

"Yeah, but I want to watch another one, un. In here maybe...?" He phrased the last sentence as a question and he looked nervous to be asking it. I don't blame him for that. At first I was going to say no, but the hopeful look in his eye stopped me. Damn. He always seemed to get me with his eyes.

"What do you want to watch?" I sighed in defeat. He looked down at the ground for a few moments – making me irritated again – then he looked back up, and gave me a sheepish smile.

"...Aladdin, un..."

"You want to watch Aladdin?" I asked and when he nodded I commented. "Isn't that a kids show?"

"It doesn't matter, un." He pouted as he walked further into the room until he was standing right in front of me. "It's still a good movie, un." I couldn't argue with that really. It was okay... I did enjoy it when I was younger...

"I don't think I have it."

"You do, un."

"How do you know this?"

"I got bored earlier and decided to go through your movies, un."

"Thank you, Deidara, for looking through my things without asking."

"You're welcome, un." His smile grew larger even as I looked at him in the way that I normally have been. He was a very odd teen. It was true that I spent a lot of time with insane teenagers, but I thought that he was one of the more insane ones. He was right between Hidan and Itachi. Itachi was a lot more crazy than he let on.

"Go get it then." I sighed and then I was caught by surprise when he jumped at me: embracing me in a hug.

"Thank you, Danna, un." He said before giving me a quick kiss on the lips before letting go and racing out of my room to go get the movie that he wanted. It made me wonder how he knew where everything was. Sure, he was here a lot, but it still surprised me that he knew where everything was. How did he know that I had a television in my room? I thought, but then I remembered that he had been in my room before.

When he came back he settled back on my bed after giving me the DVD. I rolled my eyes. Lazy ass. I thought as I set up the movie, and after I grabbed the remote, I moved back so that I could turn the lights off, and then I went over to the bed and settled down right next to the blonde. I fast forwarded through the credits. We had just enough time to watch this movie before Deidara had to leave.

I hated to admit that I actually enjoyed his company. Even if we were dating, I never wanted to admit that I would miss him like I did. Was I really starting to love him?

I just shook my head of the thoughts that were going through my head. I didn't need to deal with my emotions right now, especially not when I was still angry. I felt something on my shoulder and glanced down out of the corner of my eye. Deidara had rested his head on my shoulder, and was watching the movie with sparkling eyes.

I honestly didn't see how he could get so pulled into the movie already, even if he did enjoy the movie, but I guess it was possible considering that he did it. Come to think of it, he always seemed to get sucked into movies. I had to admit that the movie was starting to come back to me. It was starting to get me sucked into the movie as well.

That was until the blonde started speaking.

"Danna, what happened to your parents, un?" He asked and when I shifted my eyes down to look at him I found him already looking at me. I had tensed slightly at the question, and I was sure that he had felt it.

"What makes you think that anything happened to them?" I asked tersely. I had been getting in a better mood, but that shifted quickly.

"You never talk about them, and you only have one picture of them, un." He said quietly.

"You really want to know why I don't talk about them?"

"Yes, un."

"They died when I was 6, and I lived with Granny Chiyo ever since. I barely talk about them, because I barely remember them."

"I'm sorry, un." He said and tried to snuggle closer to me. I swore that he was supposed to be a female.

"You didn't do anything, brat. Just watch the movie."

"Alright, un, and Danna?"

"What is it?" I sighed quietly. How is it that we always ended up talking during movies?

"If you ever want to talk I'm here, un." My eyes softened as I looked at him snuggled into my arm. He was just trying to help, I knew that, but I didn't really know how to react to that anymore.

"I know, Deidara. I know." I said and then we fell into silence as we watched the movie. Or, while I watched the move because after a little while I heard the soft, shallow breaths coming from him. When I checked to see if he was asleep, my suspicions were correct. He had fallen asleep on me. I looked at the movie and then at the clock on the dresser. It was 8 o' clock exactly. Half an hour before he had to be home, but I really didn't want to wake him.

When I looked at the screen again I saw that it was at the spot where Aladdin was trying to break the glass to try and free Princess Jasmine. We would have been done with the movie by now if it wasn't for the fact that Deidara had wanted to pause it to go make popcorn, which had some problems. I grabbed the remote and hit 'Stop' and then I turned the T.V off. The disc would be fine until morning.

I looked at the blonde that was holding onto my arm tightly. It was true that I didn't want to wake him, but he was supposed to go home in less than an hour, and I knew that once he got to sleep, he was out like a light. I gave a small shrug. I wasn't going to get up because even if Deidara didn't wake up easily, there was still a chance that he would wake up. With my free arm I pulled my phone from my pocket and scrolled through the numbers.

I had a few more than I normally would have, because Deidara had to program all of his numbers into my phone, even when I told him not to. I wasn't happy with him at first, but I didn't see the use in deleting them when he would probably get a hold of the device again and re-program them in. Not to mention that at a time like this it made it good to have them.

I finally found the number that I wanted and I pressed 'Enter.' It took a couple of rings, but the teen on the other end answered all the same.

"Yello?"

"Hello, Dean."

"Oh, hey Sensei."

"You don't have to call me that outside of school." I sighed. "I need you to do something."

"And what would that be?"

"Call Haki, will you? Tell him that Deidara is spending the night at your house."

"Wha-? Can't he get home?"

"No, so just do it." I said irritably.

"Why can't he?"

"He fell asleep and I'm not going to wake him up. He's out like a log once he actually gets to sleep. Don't question it, and just do it."

"Alright." I heard him sigh on the other end. "But he better not wake up before 8:30 or else I am going to be pissed. I don't talk with that man for fun ya know."

"Yeah, yeah. I know." I said. "Good-bye." I said before hanging up – not even bothering to hear his last farewell. After I closed my phone I set it on the dresser that was on my side of the bed. I might as well follow him. I thought with a yawn. It had been a long day, and I wasn't planning on moving. It was my bed, and he had my arm in a tight grip. I closed my eyes and let sleep swallow me.

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