Sasuke was grumbling as he threw out another batch of rice, for some reason it came out way too sticky and it tasted like raw fish, he couldn't really describe how it got that taste tho since he didn't use any flavors in it. Pein was laughing while Konan went to get some more rice so he could try again. Sasuke smirked when Pein turned to answer a question and threw a handful of the sticky rice at the back of Peins head where it stuck. Pein whipped around and glared at Sasuke who just put on his best innocent face and went back to scraping the rice out of the bowl and into the trash. Sasuke finally got it all out of the bowl and an egg hit him in the back of the head. Sasuke turned to see Pein smirking back at him and grabbed the closest thing on the counter and threw it at Peins head. Konan came in to find Sasuke and Pein throwing food at eachother and just turned and left the room to avoid getting hit. After a while they ran out of things to throw at eachother and just glared at eachother. Konan came back in and looked at them both questioningly.
"Are you done yet, or do you want to act like three year olds some more?" Konan snapped glaring at them.
"He started it" Pein said defensively.
"Did he make you throw things back?" Konan snapped glaring at Pein.
Sasuke just quietly looked at the floor, he knew better than to argue with her, it only got you hit.
"You're both cleaning this up and then you'll help Sasuke get the rice done, Itachi and Kisame will be back tomorrow and I want Sasuke to know this by then so he can help me with dinner" Konan snapped glaring at Pein when he acted like he was going to protest.
Konan decided that Sasuke was going to cook Itachi dinner on the night he got back and they had spent the week teaching him how to make a somewhat traditional meal. Sasuke had gotten to the point where he could make everything but the rice right but he still wasn't sure he liked the idea of cooking for Itachi. They finally got the kitchen cleaned up and Pein got the rice started and left to get cleaned up. Sasuke watched the rice carefully, determined to get it right so he wouldn't have to stay in here with Pein for the rest of the day.
"You look like a little housewife in that apron un" Deidara said in amusement as Sasuke glared over at him.
"What do you want blondie?" Sasuke growled as he checked the rice again.
"Well I know what I want right now but I'm not sure if I'd get in trouble for taking you on the counter un" Deidara said as he wrapped his arms around Sasuke from behind and pulled him closer.
"Let go" Sasuke growled as he started to slowly reach for a pan.
"Maybe you could just bend over and then we wouldn't get into nearly as much trouble yeah" Deidara said as he started to suck on the side of Sasukes neck.
Pein came in just in time to see Deidara latched onto Sasukes neck and was about to yell at him when Sasuke grabbed a pan and smacked Deidara upside the head with it. Pein stood there in shock as Deidara hit the floor and Konan came running in to see what had just happened. Deidara was laying on the floor holding his head with a surprised look on his face.
"I told you to let go" Sasuke said calmly as he checked the rice again.
Pein came over and looked down at Deidara in amusement as Deidara glared up at Sasuke.
"I think it's done now" Sasuke said completely ignoring Deidara, Pein came over to check and turned it off.
"Yep, you finally got it right" Pein said as Deidara got up.
"You little bastard! You just hit me with a fucking pan un" Deidara yelled walking up to Sasuke.
"I meant to, but I didn't think it would take you that long to realize it, maybe I hit you a little too hard" Sasuke said glaring at Deidara.
"You're going to regret that move un" Deidara growled as he lunged at Sasuke.
Sasuke quickly dodged him, grabbing the pan and hitting Deidara on the back of the head and knocking him down. Pein looked at Sasuke in surprise and then looked down at Deidara who was glaring up at Sasuke while rubbing the back of his head.
"That's it I don't care how cute you are, you're dead un" Deidara yelled as he started to get up.
"That's enough Deidara, you're going to get brain damage at this rate and you did provoke him" Pein said calmly.
"Why are you taking his side on this un, I just grabbed him, he hit me with a fucking pan un! Twice" Deidara said in a whiny voice as he looked up at Pein in disbelief.
"Partially because you asked for it, partially because I don't want to hear Itachi bitching if you actually hurt him and mainly because I found that whole scene rather amusing" Pein said with a smirk.
Sasuke chuckled as Deidara stomped out of the room and put the pan down.
"You really shouldn't provoke him, he's pretty unstable" Konan said as she came over and started checking Sasuke to make sure he was ok.
"He did ask for it, I told him to let me go but he kept grabbing me and sucking on my neck" Sasuke said defensively.
Just then Itachi poked his head into the kitchen cautiously as tho he was afraid of getting attacked.
"Aren't you supposed to be on a mission?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"We finished early, what the hell is going on in here?" Itachi asked cautiously as he looked around.
"Deidara tried to molest Sasuke again" Konan said as she continued to randomly check him over, Sasuke allowed this since it never did any good to just tell her he was fine.
Itachis eyes narrowed and he started towards the door.
"You don't have to kill him Itachi, I'm pretty sure he already got the message" Pein said in amusement as he looked over at Sasuke.
"He asked for it" Sasuke said defensively as Pein looked over at him.
"Asked for what?" Itachi asked curiously as he looked at Sasuke.
"Sasuke beat him with a pan" Pein said with a chuckle as Itachi looked down at the pan that Sasuke was holding and inched away a bit.
"This is perfect tho, Sasuke just got done helping me make dinner" Konan said excitedly as she gave Sasuke a hug, Sasuke scowled at the contact but didn't push her away, he let Konan get away with a lot more than the others.
"Sasuke helped with dinner?" Itachi asked uncertainly getting a glare from Sasuke.
"Yes, do you have a problem with that?" Sasuke asked glaring at Itachi.
"No, not at all! What did you help with?" Itachi asked curiously.
"Actually he practically made dinner, I just told him what to do" Konan said cheerfully.
Itachi walked over to where Sasuke was standing with a curious look and picked something out of Sasukes hair.
"Why do you have food stuck in your hair?" Itachi asked curiously as he began to pick things out of Sasukes hair.
"Pein and Sasuke decided to get into a little food fight" Konan said giving Sasuke a disapproving look.
"He started it" Sasuke muttered, making Itachi laugh a bit.
"I find that hard to believe since you're the one with the temper" Itachi said as he gave Sasuke a quick kiss.
"I don't have a temper" Sasuke snapped as Itachi laughed again.
"Yes you do, but it just makes you sexier" Itachi said smirking down at Sasuke and pulling him closer.
"I still have the pan so don't try anything" Sasuke snapped as he pushed Itachi away.
"Fine, I'll wait until later when you're in a better mood" Itachi said with a smirk as he went to help Konan set the table for dinner.
Sasuke glared after him and started to put the rice into a serving bowl. Deidara went in to get the silverware for Konan and saw Sasuke bent over with his head in one of the bottom cabinets and went over to him with an evil smile. Sasuke finally found what he was looking for and whipped around smacking Deidara in the head with the platter and sending him crashing to the floor. Sasuke looked down at Deidara in surprise and then just shrugged as he put the fish onto the platter and headed towards the door.
"You did that on purpose un!" Deidara yelled.
"No but you probably were about to do something to deserve it anyway" Sasuke called back as he walked thru the door, everyone gave him confused looks as he came in and set the fish down.
"You little bastard, stop hitting me with shit un" Deidara growled as he walked up to Sasuke.
"Then stop being a perverted ass" Sasuke snapped glaring at Deidara.
"You hit me with a pan and a platter un" Deidara yelled.
"You wouldn't let go when I told you to and I didn't mean to hit you with the platter but you shouldn't have been that close to me to begin with" Sasuke yelled starting to get really pissed.
"I'm gonna ring your little neck if you hit me again un" Deidara growled taking a step towards Sasuke.
"Try it blondie I'll knock your ass out" Sasuke growled as Pein stepped between them.
"That's enough, lets try to wait until after dinner to kill eachother" Pein said looking pointedly at them.
Pein led Deidara to the other end of the table to try and avoid another fight during dinner and Sasuke sat down next to Itachi out of habit. Itachi was still laughing a bit from watching Sasuke and Deidaras argument and got a confused look from Sasuke when he heard Itachis stifled laughter.
"What's so funny?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"Just you and your non existent temper" Itachi said with a smirk.
"Shut up jackass" Sasuke snapped making everyone else laugh.
They got done with dinner and nobody died from eating Sasukes cooking, tho a couple of people acted like they would when everyone was told who cooked it. Hidan had dropped to the floor clutching his throat and yelling his goodbyes to the cruel world as Sasuke glared at him and Naruto started choking and yelling that he was too young to die. Deidara seemed to calm down during dinner and went back to being his usual perverted self around Sasuke by cornering him in the kitchen.
"Since you say you didn't mean to hit me last time then I want an apology yeah" Deidara said calmly.
"No, you shouldn't have been that close and it's not like I hit you that hard" Sasuke said as he veered around Deidara to get to the sink.
Deidara followed him and spun him around pinning his hands to the counter behind him and bending him backwards in the process. Sasuke glared up at Deidara and tried to pull his hands free.
"Either apologize or I can find other ways for you to make it up to me un" Deidara said with an evil smirk.
"Hell no, let go, now" Sasuke growled as he squirmed a bit in discomfort.
"Fine I'll just help myself then yeah" Deidara said leaning down towards Sasuke as Itachi and Sasori came walking in.
Itachi was about to rush over when Sasuke kicked up hard, hitting Deidara between the legs and making him drop to the floor with a grunt of pain.
"What the hell was that for un?" Deidara groaned from the floor.
"I was trying to kick your brain back up into your head so that you could have a better chance of understanding the words 'let go'" Sasuke said slowly as Deidara glared up at him and Itachi and Sasori began to laugh.
Sasori went over and helped Deidara up and started leading him out of the room while still laughing.
"It's not funny un" Deidara grunted as he glared at Sasori.
"You're right, it's hilarious, you had it coming" Sasori said as he drug Deidara out of the kitchen.
"What happened to Deidara?" Kisame asked curiously as he brought some dishes in.
"Sasuke just kicked him in the nuts" Itachi said still laughing.
Kisame grimaced and swerved around Sasuke a bit to get to the sink making Itachi laugh even more as Pein came in. Pein looked at the scene in confusion and gave Sasuke a questioning look.
"I kicked Deidara in the nuts and now Itachi can't stop laughing and Kisame is afraid to come near me" Sasuke explained with a shrug.
"Why did you kick Deidara in the nuts?" Pein asked with a glare.
"He was thinking with his dick again, I was trying to send his brain back up to his head where it belonged" Sasuke said as he walked past Pein to get more dishes from the dining room.
Everyone out there looked at him curiously, they were all wondering why Deidara had been carried out of the kitchen by a laughing Sasori, Sasori hardly ever laughed. Sasuke just ignored this and took the last of the dishes into the kitchen. Sasuke put the dishes in the sink and grabbed Itachi on his way out of the kitchen, Itachi was still laughing as they went thru the dining room which piqued everyones curiosity even more.
Sasuke drug Itachi into the living room and they sat down to watch some tv. Sasori watched from the shadows with a smirk, deciding now was the perfect time to start putting his plan into action. Sasori snuck out of the room without them noticing and a few minutes later Kisame walked in and sat down by Itachi throwing his arm over Itachis shoulder. Sasuke looked over and glared a bit but went back to watching the tv, he just assured himself that he was still worked up from having to fight off Deidara and tried to shrug it off. Sasuke was starting to get into the show again when he glanced over to see Kisame pulling Itachi closer to him and got up. Itachi looked up at him in confusion and Sasuke just walked towards the door, quickly followed by Itachi. Sasuke looked back to see Kisame on the couch watching them leave and could have sworn he saw Kisame glare at him.
Sasori watched from the shadows and smiled when Sasuke got up to leave, even tho he clearly liked the show that was playing. Sasoris smile faded however when Itachi got up to follow Sasuke quickly, his plan wouldn't work if Itachi made it obvious that he would pick Sasuke. Sasori went out and called Itachi back to discuss something, he couldn't let him in on it because Itachi couldn't act worth shit. Sasori quickly came up with a good story to get Itachi to spend less time around Sasuke. Itachi looked at Sasori curiously as he walked up to him.
"You really should give Sasuke more space when he's so pissy, you don't want to drive him off do you?" Sasori said looking at Itachi calmly.
"What do you mean?" Itachi asked curiously.
"I mean that Sasuke is emotionally unstable due to his hormones and if you don't give him his space then you'll drive him off" Sasori said as if it was obvious.
"I've been gone all week, I think I've given him a lot of space in that time" Itachi said looking at Sasori suspiciously.
"Yes but when you got back he was in a bad mood you want him to be in a good mood when you spend time with him after all that time, trust me" Sasori said giving Itachi a serious look.
"And why are you trying to help me with me and Sasukes relationship?" Itachi asked suspiciously.
"Because if you two stay together then you'll stay here, since this is where you work, which means that the baby stays here too, and we all want the baby to stay" Sasori said as if it was obvious.
"And what makes you such an expert on this kind of thing?" Itachi asked skeptically.
"My aunt was a couples counselor, according to her when you're pregnant you need personal space and when you're angry you need time to sort out your thoughts and calm down, just try it, hang out with Kisame more so you don't make Sasuke feel like he's trapped" Sasori said with a smirk.
"I guess it does make sense, but if this doesn't work all your puppets will be headless" Itachi said calmly as he walked back to the living room to watch tv with Kisame.
Sasuke went to Peins room and knocked on the door, Itachi had stopped following him or had lost his trail at some point and Sasuke was a little glad he had. Pein called for him to come in and looked up in surprise as Sasuke walked in.
"Did you need something?" Pein asked curiously.
"No, I just came to get my stuff, since Itachis back I'll be going back to my room" Sasuke said going over to collect his things.
"You look a little spacey there, did something else happen?" Pein asked curiously.
"No, I'm just tired" Sasuke lied quickly, Pein looked at him suspiciously.
"Ok, if something happens tell me, I can't stop the nonsense around here if I don't know about it" Pein said seriously, giving Sasuke a meaningful look.
"Ok, whatever, I'll see you later" Sasuke said as he finished gathering his things and headed towards his own room.
Sasuke got back to the room and looked at his bed in shock, his bed was covered in bags full of new clothes. Sasori had said that he had a few bags that got sent to his and Itachis room but Sasuke guessed it was just two or three, there were at least eight to ten bags on his bed and a couple more on his dresser. Sasuke sighed and went to work on putting them away in the dresser that had been brought in for him.
Sasuke happily organized his drawers as he argued with himself about why he had gotten upset about Kisames actions in the living room. 'It's not like I like Itachi like that, he can be with anyone he wants to, I don't care' Sasuke thought to himself as he slammed the last drawer closed and went to lay on his bed.
Sasuke fell asleep while wondering if he had actually developed feelings for Itachi and didn't hear Itachi come in. Itachi looked down at Sasuke and sighed, he was hoping to be able to talk to him a bit before they went to bed. Itachi leaned down and pulled the covers over Sasuke and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek before going over to his own bed, he'd give Sasuke his space for tonight and they could talk tomorrow.
Ok so Sasuke knows how to cook a whole meal and has found a new weapon against Deidara, the almighty frying pan and the head cracking platter. Sasori has also started putting his plan into action, but will it work? Will Sasori be able to make Sasuke admit his feelings for Itachi? Will Deidara stop being a perverted ass? We'll find out next time, tho this should get interesting. Please leave a review, I like to hear your comments on the chapters and any suggestions you have for the following ones, I've gotten some pretty good ones that have helped a lot in making this story. Thanks for reading and I really hope you like it so far.