They become a regular thing;
sleeping at Kakashi's most nights
(God, just 'cause you sleep in my bed doesn't mean you get the covers! Hey, un! Owch! Those're mine, yeah!)
trading stories about horrible customers
(He asked you to do what? No, un! Really, yeah!)
eating breakfast and lunch,
(Ohmygod… How do you make chocolate chip pancakes so good, yeah? Magic, hun. I'll teach you it if you show me how to do that little twist you do with your legs.)
though they both pretend Dei steals what he gets.
(That's mine! Serves you right for the covers last night, yeah!)
They talk about light things,
(No way! You're the only other person I know who can quote Robert Frost. Do you think I can balance the book on my head and walk in circles, un?)
And heavy things
(So, yeah. The strippers raised me. I didn't know you could eat a banana instead of deepthroating it till I was seven. … my parents hated the way I looked, yeah. I skipped meals and counted calories till I wouldn't eat the communion at church because it had too much substance, un.)
And the things inbetween
(My first time was a fake, yeah. I did it with a girl so my parents would get off my back. The time after that was- Pein. And really just him and whoever he deems worthy since then, un. I'm a Sub and a masochist. In all sense of the word. I like the toxic people, I love pain, and I'm never more satisfied than after a good mind fuck. But I don't trust people so I'm a Dom with everyone.)
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Kakashi wakes up one of these mornings, yes an actual morning because the club was closed for the week while Pein and Saso are away, to Deidara flopping on top of him. Dei's freakishly light, but the elbow in his face makes it hard to sleep with the tiny blonde on him.
Kakashi groans softly, moving Deidara and just curling around him. He gently mouths at Deidara's neck, hand playing over his side. "Wake up…"
Deidara wakes up a bit and hides against him, voice barely audible. "Please let me stay. Just this once?" Kakashi snuggles a little closer to him, nibbling curiously on his neck.
"Okay." Kakashi says. Deidara looks up at him in utter confusion but happiness, only for his face to fall a little when he sees it's Kashi.
"I thought you were… Well, never mind. Thank you." Deidara attempts a smile, snuggling close into him embrace. "No one's ever said yes to that before, yeah."
Kakashi pulls him a little closer, nuzzling him. "I know you love Pein and I'm not him. But thank you. No one's ever wanted to stay before."
"I'll always stay if you don't make me leave, okay, un?" Deidara hides against his neck. Kakashi gently kisses his head, idly wondering if this is how best friends are supposed to work.
His words are barely a breath of a whisper. "So don't ever go." Deidara cuddles up to him happily with a small "Okay".
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That night, Deidara gets called away for mafia business and comes back to Kakashi wasted. Not drunk like that incident where he made out with Kashi's hand because Kisame dared him to when he had no inhibitions, but barely standing, still bits of cum sticking to him, lost a shoe, wasted.
Kakashi simply picks him up, informing Minato that his shift is done. He carries Deidara home, letting him down to finish vomiting in someone's rose bushes after most of dinner is over the front of Kakashi and Deidara.
Once Kakashi gets him home and pulls Dei into the shower with him to clean them up, he calls Kisame while watching Dei so the younger guy doesn't hurt himself. He learns that Pein's brother was in town, and that he likes getting Dei drunk because he thinks it's funny to see the blonde be barely able to stand.
Kisame has to go to check on the back room clean up, but promises to see Deidara tomorrow. Kakashi forces some crackers and a glass of water into him before tucking Deidara into bed. The trashcan is approximately two inches from his nose.
Deidara giggles, trying to pull Kashi in bed with him. "'mere, han'some."
"Oh no. I don't sleep with drunks. You'll puke on me again." Kakashi gently takes his hands off, petting Deidara's hair. "You go right to sleep for me. I'll see you tonight."
"Shleep with meeeeeeee…!" Deidara pulls at his arm again, sucking on one of Kakashi's fingers and looking up at him through long eyelashes.
"Excuse me, I am not a chew toy. Alright, alright! I'll sleep with you. Settle in." Kashi strips off his shirt and pants, crawling in bed as usual. Deidara tries to pull him down for a kiss, obviously not getting the fact that he's not at work.
"Stop. Stop." Kakashi moves away from his lips. "I am your best friend. You love Pein, not me. We'll sort this out in the morning. Will you go to bed? Close your eyes, shut that hyperactive thing you call a brain down, and sleep. Not sex, just sleep." Deidara blinks up at him in confusion, saying something that Kakashi never expected to hear come out of his mouth.
"Why not sex, un? Pein doesn't love me, so why do I have to love him, un?" Deidara looks confused.
"Because- oh fuck." Kakashi gathers him close, arms warm and strong around him from hours practicing the pole. "Because love works in weird ways. I don't know why you love him, but you do. Pein doesn't let you bottom, and I don't bottom. So no sex."
After a moment, Deidara snuggles into his embrace and hugs him, hair still damp. "Okay."
"Okay. Okay. Good night, Dei." Kakashi just holds him close. Deidara falls asleep in his arms. He is a good year or two younger than Kakashi, and looks so innocent when he sleeps. It surprises Kakashi that anyone would enjoy playing with him. Not the sex, but that they would enjoy making him drink and sending him away so they don't have to deal with him. He wonders what would have happened if he wasn't there. How many times has this happened when Dei has no one to rely on?
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The next morning, they don't really talk. Kakashi does give Dei a bit of an idea about what his epiphany about Pein was about, but they fall into their casual routines. A week and a half passes by like this without them noticing. One night they have off, Deidara has had just enough to drink to make things a little fuzzy, but comes home to find a much drunker but not quite wasted Kakashi.
"Dei!" Kakashi's hair pops over the couch, all big smiles and bedroom eyes that make Deidara's stomach do that funny little flip.
"Hey, un. How much have you had, un?" Deidara sits with him on the now glass-free couch.
"Only like… A few drinks." Kakashi flops over, head in his lap. He nuzzles playfully at Dei's stomach. "You have such niiiiiice muscles. Know that? I like them." Deidara shivers a little, managing to roll his eyes.
"Thanks, un. I think it's time for you to go to bed, yeah." Deidara says, standing and offering him a hand. Kakashi pulls him down to the couch instead, right on top of him and between his legs.
"Only if you go to bed with me…" Kakashi says. Deidara blushes softly.
"W-Why, un?" Kakashi smiles at him, slow with just the right edge of lust.
"Because you're hot. And I haven't been fucked in a while." Deidara looks at him. He slowly realizes that if he does this, there will be one of two good outcomes. Either Kakashi and he will become something more, or Pein will be jealous and realize his feelings. He does not realize all of the things that could go wrong as he kisses Kakashi deeply.
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After a round of some of the best sex he's had for a long time, Kakashi and Deidara lie panting in their bed. Kashi snuggles close to him, curling right up against his side and kissing sweetly at his neck. He seems drowsy from the alcohol, eyes slowly fluttering shut. Deidara kisses his head, pulling him close and falling asleep.
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Deidara wakes up first later that day, Kakashi's breathing still slow and steady against him and why were they naked and sticky again? His eyes widen as he realizes what happened. His muttered "nonononono" wakes Kakashi.
Kakashi lazily stretches against him, wincing slightly. He clearly much more awake as soon as he finds them naked. As this isn't the only time it's happened, it's clear Kashi's going to brush it off before he stands and winces and feels Deidara's cum slowly start leaking out of him. His eyes go wide.
"K-Kakashi?" Deidara sounds fearful.
"No. Nonono. No!" Kakashi grabs the comforter, covering himself. "No- we- we didn't. You wouldn't- I- I don't-" Kashi looks up at him, big eyes wide and heartbroken. He bites his lip.
Deidara very carefully touches his hand. "I would never unless you wanted me to, yeah. I remember you being really drunk last night, yeah."
"I- I-" Kakashi pushes past him, dropping the comforter and heading to the bathroom to retch. Deidara follows, holding his hair back. Kakashi mumbles some excuse to escape, heading into the shower. The water does absolutely nothing to hide his soft sobs.
Deidara doesn't know what to do, so he lets Kakashi have time alone, cleaning up any evidence of last night and getting dressed. He leaves Kakashi clean clothes for when he's done with his shower. Kakashi comes out tentatively, grabbing the clothes and getting dressed in the bathroom. It's one of the things they haven't done since Dei just moved in.
Deidara gives him space, but makes him food. He knocks on the bedroom door. Kakashi comes out, fully dressed in one of Yukio's old shirts and a pair of Kashi's own pajama pants.
"Sorry, I- I just needed a shower."
"I-It's okay, un. Here, um- Food, un." There's none for Dei to steal, and the blonde flees once he has it. Kakashi only picks at it, gaze lowered. He's a pretty pathetic sight, draped in his abusive ex-boyfriend's shirt and alone like yesterday's trash again. A crash from the other room snaps him out of his zoning. Kakashi puts the food aside, heading out to explore it.
He finds that Deidara broke a mug that he had brought when he moved in, having gone back to just coffee today. He's on hands and knees, cleaning up the mess. Kakashi picks him up, it's easy by this point, and moves him from the shards of ceramics to check him over.
"Fuck- you're going to hurt yourself. I'll sweep it up later. Are you okay?" Kakashi very gently takes his hands, looking over them. One of his palms is sliced, but neither hand will stop shaking. Deidara drops his gaze.
"I'm- I'm sorry. About last night." Deidara says, not seeming to care that he's bleeding since Kakashi's upset, which is actually kind of touching.
"I don't get drunk. I'm sorry. I expect too much when I'm drunk." Kakashi carefully takes the shard of coffee mug out of his hand, wrapping his hand in a dish towel.
"I- I'll clean up the glass. I'm sorry." Deidara tries to pull away from him.
"Stop. Just- can we talk about this? I'll make you breakfast after and we'll clean up the glass. I can't fuck this up. Just talk with me." Deidara hesitates for a moment, but nods.
"O- Okay. We can talk. I- I don't really want breakfast, though." Deidara says.
"You still have to eat, even when you're upset." Kakashi carries him to the couch, carefully setting Deidara down.
"P-Please don't make me. Not today. I- I'll eat tomorrow-"
"Talk to me first." Kakashi folds himself up in the corner of the couch.
"I'm sorry, Kakashi. I really am, yeah." Deidara hugs his legs to his chest.
"Do you-" He takes a deep breath and starts again. "What happened last night?"
Deidara explains about what he came home to and why he decided he was willing to sleep with Kakashi if Kashi was willing to sleep with him.
"So it's just- just sex? You didn't- there were no other reasons?" And if his voice is a little funny, well, Dei is still bleeding. Maybe he hates blood?
Deidara sighs. "I maybe like you more than I thought, yeah. Pein said he'd let us have a shot, but I couldn't be the sub. I'm sorry, Kakashi."
Kakashi crawls across the couch, snuggling straight into his arms. "Why is that a problem?"
"I've never liked someone before, yeah." Deidara drops his gaze.
"I've never had someone do me before they said that they liked me." Kakashi nuzzles under his chin sweetly. Deidara hugs him with a nervous chuckle.
"Then we're okay, yeah?" Deidara sounds hopeful.
"Do you mind clingy subs?"
"Nope, un. Do you mind socially awkward Doms, un?"
Kakashi gives him a tentative kiss. "I love socially awkward Doms."
Deidara smiles hugely, hugging him. Kashi can feel something warm against his face when Dei's hand rests there.
"Fuck- your cut!" Kakashi hustles off to get bandages. Deidara stands when he leaves, going back to picking up the glass shards once Kakashi is gone. Kakashi comes back and lifts him out of it, carefully bandaging his hand then sweeping up all the glass and throwing it away. Deidara poutily drags him back to the couch, crawling into his lap.
Kakashi hugs him close, nuzzling at Deidara's head. His words at muffled against the blonde hair. "Do we have to tell Pein?"
"Let's treat this as hooker business, yeah." Deidara says, nuzzling into his neck. Kakashi grins at him, slow and familiar.
"Okay." He says. Deidara smiles back at him happily. The day passes quickly amongst napping and cuddling, both getting ready for that night of working. Deidara slips on something in the kitchen when he goes to get more coffee, breaking a second mug and hitting his head pretty hard on the ground. Kakashi gives up, putting him to bed with a bag of peas and making him swallow Advil.
"No more moving until tonight, got it?" Kakashi asks. There's actually a hint of concern in his voice. Deidara groans.
"Okay'n. C'n I 'tleast have my coffee, un?" Deidara asks, words slurring together.
"No. Nap time right now. Maybe coffee later." Kakashi tucks him gently into bed, kissing his forehead. "I'll call you out of work." Deidara tries to stop him from getting the phone.
"Nonononono! I don' skip work-" Deidara says, panicking a bit.
"Shh. You hit your head really hard." Kakashi dials the number. Kiba answers, covering for someone, and transfers them to Pein. He simply wishes Deidara to heal quickly and tells Kakashi he has the day off to take care of Dei, with full pay of course minus the tips he would earn. Kakashi informs Dei of what's going on, trying to head off to clean and do whatever.
"Shleep w'th me…!" Deidara whines, pulling him back by his shirt like a small child.
"Dei-!" Kakashi lands back in the bed, huffing slightly and blowing a piece of hair out of his face. "Fine. Only because you're cute and I'd like to see sex sometime in the near future." He grins cheekily at him as he settles in. Deidara pouts, snuggling up to him. The peas fall right on Kashi's neck. Kakashi's yelp is worth skipping work and Pein for.