A/N: please tell me if I have any spelling or grammar mistakes. As a writer I'm always looking to improve. :D

Chapter 7

Eventually I came out of the bedroom after a couple of days and joined my sister and Shikamaru in front of the TV. They were watching some film called Scary Movie. I didn't really know about scary but it sure as hell was funny. Kind of what I needed after the week I had just had.

We were just sticking on the sequel when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it." Shikamaru glumly said.

"Wow, you actually offering to do something? A miracle must have happened." Ino sarcastically added, while a little stunned at the same time.

"Well you two are guests and I was brought up with some manners." He defended himself as he walked out to answer the persistent doorbell ringer.

"I'll make us some more popcorn then, yeah." I offered, just to do something while we were waiting. Ino followed behind me not wanting to be by herself, however she didn't speak. She obviously still didn't quite know what to say to me yet, and I was fine by that because I still didn't want to talk about it yet. We both heard raised voices coming from the hallway and glanced at each other. The microwave pinged and we left the popcorn to see what the commotion was about.

"I told you already that he isn't here!" Shikamaru was nearly shouting at the person on the other side of the door.

"And I know you're lying because I can see him standing behind you." The unseen person calmly replied. Shikamaru quickly glanced behind to confirm. "Now can I talk to him?"

"You want to talk to him Deidara?" Shikamaru asked me, opening the door slightly so I could see who was on the other side.

"I'll talk to him, but I'm not making any promises that I'll be nice, un." I said the second part more to the other person than to Shikamaru and my sister. Shikamaru then herded my sister back into the lounge to give us some privacy. "How did you find me? And why are you here, yeah?" I asked him.

"It's quite easy to find people, when you're the leader of a gang." Pein replied. "As for why? Well I'm sure you've figured it out for yourself." He told me, smirking slightly.

"Yes I can speculate, but I'd like to hear it from you, un." I folded my arms and waited for him to answer me. I guessed this was about Itachi, but I didn't realise that he missed his fuck toy so much.

"Itachi would like to see you. He said that he needs to sort things out with you. That he left things on a bad note with you." He told me, obviously repeating Itachi's words. I frowned.

"Well if he really wanted that then he would come here himself wouldn't he, yeah. And don't tell him that, just say that I refused. I want him to work it out for himself, un." I told him, realising that Pein had just become our messenger. Pein nodded and left without another word. I shut the front door and walked back into the lounge. The other two saw my face and quickly set to sticking the movie and getting the popcorn.

This time I sat on my own in the armchair. I needed to think and not have my sister giggle in my ear. I didn't really concentrate on the movie. How could I after what had just happened. What did bring me out of my thoughts, however, was when Shikamaru started to move closer to my sister and vice versa. I smirked knowing what was brewing between the two. I tried to concentrate on the movie again but it was too far through to make any sense, not that these movies made much actual sense anyway. "I'm gonna head up for the night, un. See ya in the morning, yeah." The two gave a slight glance to tell me that they understood but didn't pay much attention to my leaving. Hopefully something might happen between them tonight. I wanted my sister to be happy, unlike my miserable excuse of a life.

I got changed and climbed into bed, trying to get to sleep. Even though I knew sleep would not come easy tonight.

OOO

I woke up much later than normal, probably due to the fact that I didn't sleep very well last night. What woke me up was the incessant banging on the door. I looked around and saw that it was already 3:00pm. There was also a note from my sister on the bedside table telling me that they had gone out for the day.

I groggily got up to answer the door. "What, un!?" I answered the door angrily. My eyes widened in surprise when I saw who it was.

"Hm, you were only ever this grumpy after you had been woken up." He said.

"What are you doing here, yeah?" I asked rudely, putting up my defences.

"I came to see you, since you wouldn't see me." He stated. "Can I come in?" He asked sheepishly. I stood there for a few minutes before I stepped back to allow him into the house. Itachi walked in and followed me to the kitchen after I closed the door. I made myself a bowl of cereal while Itachi sat down at the breakfast table. He waited for me to join him before he started to speak again.

"I wanted to apologise for my father's behaviour. He shouldn't have fired you, not for that reason anyway. I managed to make a deal with him so that I could hire you..." I cut him off before he could finish the sentence.

"I don't want an apology from your father on your behalf, un! And what makes you think that I would want to work for you again, yeah?" I nearly shouted at him putting my spoon down. "Is that all you came round to say? To apologise and to give me my job back, un? Because I don't want it, any of it, yeah!"

"Deidara, please listen to me." Itachi quietly asked.

"No, you listen to me, un. I don't want to be your sex toy anymore, yeah." I couldn't help it anymore and tears started to roll down my face. "Get out." I whispered. Itachi stood up and walked over to me. I stood up as well. "Get out!" I said with more force. Itachi didn't still in his advances towards me and out of habit I looked down to the floor.

Itachi stopped in front of me and held my head up to look into my eyes. He then wiped away my tears with his thumb. "You were never just a sex toy to me. I never saw you as a person whom I could just fuck. I... I lo... I thought you were the most beautiful male on the planet when I first saw you."

"You just can't say it, can you, ne?" I whispered, my eyes darting back to the floor. I was about to rip myself from his grasp when he pulled me towards his face. His kiss was unlike anything I'd experienced before. It rivalled the last kiss we had shared, but this was something more, like he just pored everything of himself into it. Every tiny part of his existence went into the kiss which blew me away.

When we finally broke apart for air we rested on each other's shoulders. "I love you Deidara." He whispered softly into my ear. Tears broke through once more as his words dawned on me. Itachi just hugged me tightly to him, as I tried to pull myself together.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't cry, un." I stated, trying to stop the steady stream.

"No, you should. I broke your heart when I didn't have to right to. I played with your emotions and I regret that. I just had to have that mighty Uchiha stick pulled out of my ass to see it." I laughed and consequently stopped the sobs. I managed to steady the stream of tears a little at his words, knowing they were true but also not wanting to ruin the moment with girly tears.

I brought my lips back up to his and kissed him again, although a little more gently this time.

"I'm exhausted after all of that shouting, un. I'm gonna go sleep if you would like to join me, yeah?" I asked, already pulling me slightly towards my room. He nodded and we moved a little more quickly.

Once in my room we kissed some more and lay down on the bed, removing each other's shirts. Itachi broke our kissing. "You really should sleep. I'll stay here with you if you want, but no messing around. I don't want to ruin anything by having sex straight away, especially after being accused of using you as my personal sex slave." I laughed at that but knew he was right. So I kissed him a few more times before snuggling on top of him to sleep, which this time came much more easily to me.