He wakes up the next morning, deliciously relaxed and warm. Deidara rolls over, snuggling into Kakashi's chest. Kashi mumbles softly in his sleep, pulling Deidara closer. Deidara kisses him softly, content. Kashi rumbles quietly, shifting closer. Deidara nuzzles at him, voice becoming sing-songy.

"Maaaaster…" Kashi wakes up a little more, nuzzling at him.

"Mm?"

"Good moorrrning, un…" Kashi kisses his head, trying to fall back asleep. Deidara pouts, biting at his spot. Kakashi whines, turning away from him. His dom still clearly doesn't like this whole "waking up" business. Deidara whines, sprawling on top of him. "Pay attention to meeeeee, un….!"

"Dei..." He grumbles quietly, hiding. Deidara huffs.

"If I have to be awake without you your shoes will suffer, yeah."

"If my shoes suffer, your ass will suffer."

"I can live with that, yeah."

"And the stuffies will take a vacation."

"Nuu!" Deidara scrambles off of him, protectively clinging to the floppy puppydog stuffed animal Kashi bought him. Kakashi chuckles, snuggling back into the pillow. Deidara pouts, cursing as he tries to get out of bed too quickly. "Oww…"

Kakashi pulls him back to bed, spooning him gently. "Ass?" Deidara nods, whimpering softly as he settles against him. Kakashi kisses over his shoulder, cuddling him close.

"You think we tore something? There was no blood..." Deidara shakes his head.

"Just sore, yeah. 'm okay, yeah." Kashi cuddles him close, wrapping an arm around his waist.

"You sure?"

"Mm-hmm." Kashi cuddles him close, nuzzling at him. Deidara stays in his arms for a little while before turning around to kiss his Dom's cheek when Kakashi falls asleep. Dei slips out of his arms, leaving the stuffed dog in his place, and goes slowly but surely to get advil. By the time he's crawled back into bed, Kakashi is snoring softly. Deidara grins wickedly, snuggling close until the pills take effect. Then he flees and hides until Kakashi wakes up. Kakashi wakes up slowly, yawning quietly. The phone goes off right next to Deidara's nose, scaring the shit out of him. Deidara scrambles back a bit more, pushing Kakashi's cell out of the closet. Kakashi walks over, opening the closet doors and grinning at his sub as he answers the phone.

"Hello?" His expression slowly goes darker and darker, little "uh-huh"a being uttered. He ends with a "I'll be right over." Deidara looks up at him worriedly, half-eaten shoe completely forgotten.

"What happened, un?" Kakashi's rapidly pulling on clothes, tugging on shoes.

"Kisame needs me. He just... He threatened to blow his own brains out unless I'm there in a few minutes." Deidara scowls, standing and getting dressed.

"I'll drive you, yeah." Kashi nods, uttering a quiet 'thank you.' as Deidara grabs the keys to his Impala. Dei drives Kakashi to Kisame's, idling out front and getting out with him. "I don't trust him, un. I'm coming with you, yeah."

"... Okay. But be nice." Deidara nods, pulling his jacket a little tighter around himself as he opens the front door and lets Kakashi walk in. Kiba looks over as Kakashi and Deidara walk in, obviously worried.

"Where's Kisame, un?" Kiba points to the bedroom, white-knuckling a small bundle of papers. When Kakashi, followed closely by Deidara, enter the bedroom, they find Kisame seated on the bed with a small pistol next to him. Deidara hangs back by the door, watching Kakashi carefully as the stripper approaches Kisame.

"Kisa?" Kisame sniffles softly, looking up at Kakashi with tear stained eyes. When the lanky man sits on the bed, Kisame hugs him tightly after Kashi holds open his arms. Kakashi holds him close, hoping that his presence will calm Kisame down a bit. Deidara sneaks forward, to take the gun. Kisame moves his foot over it right before Deidara takes it, effectively now having Kakashi close and the gun at his side.

"Kisa, talk to me, Hun. What's wrong?" Kisame shoots a mistrusting glare at Deidara as the blonde backs up a step to wait him out. Kashi kisses his hair, currently all poofy from anxiously running his hands through it. "Kisame?"

"Leave." Kisame practically spits at Deidara. Kakashi looks over at Deidara, giving him a little pleading glance. Deidara glares at Kisame for a long moment before leaving the room. Kakashi very gently runs his hands through the shorter hair at the back of Kisame's head, trying to relax him. Kisame looks up with eyes long past tears. His voice is barely a whisper, but holds all the weight of a shout. "You ruined me."

Kakashi flinches. "K- Kisa-"

"I love you and you used me." Kakashi hugs him close, like he can fix his mistakes somehow.

"I know. I'm so so sorry."

"What does Deidara have that I don't? Why does that whore get to be happy?" Kisame clings to Kakashi a little too tightly, hands shaking. Kashi hugs him back, rubbing his back gently.

"Hun, you- you're great. You're fantastic. You can be happy..."

"We could have been happy. You and me. Without them. We still can be. Just you and me. No Deidara, no club, no whores. Just us and nothing else." Kisame's voice is starting to tremble as his hands grip Kakashi's shoulders a little harder and Kisa pulls back to look at the other man. What Kakashi sees in Kisame's eyes is animalistic with only the barest hints of sanity left. Kakashi's hand trembles just the tiniest bit as he cards it through Kisame's hair again.

"Hun, we can't just leave. And- I love my job."

"But the two of us. Together. That's better than any job, right? Right?" Kisame looks at him pleadingly. Kakashi glances nervously at the gun still within his reach, biting his lip.

"K- Kisa-"

"It is. It has to be." Kisame finally releases his stone grip on Kakashi's shoulders, wringing his hands. Kakashi gently cups his face, hands smoothing down to his shoulders.

"Why?"

"I only have you. I can't go on without you. I need you, Kakashi. Please." Kashi nuzzles at him gently.

"You have lots of people who love you."

"But I love you. They mean nothing to me. And that whore of yours mustn't either. I'm sure that once you realize-"

"No. He's not a whore."

"How much are you paying him?"

"Nothing. Kisa, you're gunna meet someone and be really happy. Someone like Konan. Not someone like me."

"Don't lie, Kakashi." Kakashi gives him a look. Kisame looks right back at him, hand resting on the bed barely inches from the gun. Deidara pokes his head into the room to check on them, Kisame spying the small ring around his finger. When Dei goes back to the kitchen, it's barely a moment before he hears a gunshot go off in the silence.

Deidara sprints into the bedroom, pistol drawn after having armed himself the first time Kisame kicked him out. His lover is sitting on the ground on his ass, like he scrambled backwards off the bed. He's covered in gore, chest heaving. Kisame's lying on the bed, most of his head blown off by the insanely powerful handgun. Deidara carefully puts his gun away, kneeling beside Kakashi.

"Kakashi? Love?" He looks fairly pale, especially against the bright red blood.

"He- he-" Deidara very carefully moves in front of him, drawing Kakashi's focus away from the body.

"I know. I know. Shh… Let's get you cleaned up, okay?" Kakashi's trembling, averting his eyes from his best friend's body as they walk out of the room. Deidara very carefully sits him down at the little table in Kisame's kitchen, using a red washcloth to remove most of the blood. He looks numb by the time Deidara's done, a tear escaping. Deidara very gently kisses his forehead. "It'll be okay, yeah."

"I- I loved him. He was my best friend. Why didn't- why wasn't that enough?"

"I don't know, yeah. But I think he had problems for a long time, un. Don't blame yourself, un." Kashi buries his head in his hands, shoulders shaking as he quietly mourns. Kiba silently shows up, looking a little lost without Kashi for direction. Deidara very quietly asks him to look after Kakashi, leaving the room to make a few calls. Within half an hour, people show up to take the body away. Deidara cleans the room to the best of his ability, then gently puts his jacket around Kakashi's shoulders. "Would you like to go home, un?"

Kakashi nods just a little, wiping at his eyes. Deidara gently helps him to the car after a quiet goodbye to Kiba, driving them home. Kashi's abnormally subdued. Deidara helps him down to the reverse penthouse, sitting him gently but firmly down on the couch and making tea. Kashi curls up, messing with one of the many charms on his necklace. Deidara hands him a mug of tea.

"Do you want to talk about it, un?" Deidara asks softly, sitting close to let Kakashi know he's here but not pressuring him. Kashi takes it, sipping at it before snuggling close to Deidara.

"He's so... I never... He's Kisame. He's always been there." Deidara holds him close.

"I know, un. But he's in a better place, yeah."

"Says who?"

"Says me, yeah." Kakashi hides in his neck, sniffling quietly.

"... If I never fucked with him, do you think he'd still be here?"

"No, I don't, un. He had some serious demons, yeah."

"I- I'm his best friend! I should've helped him."

"You tried to, yeah." Kashi mumbles a quiet "bullshit", hiding further into his collarbones. Deidara hugs him. "You did, yeah."

Kakashi curls into Deidara, nosing his way into Dei's neck. "I rejected him. He tried to sh- he shot himself after he saw the ring." Deidara holds him close, gently petting his hair.

"That still wasn't your fault, yeah." Kashi trembles a little against him, voice soft and afraid.

"He tried to grab me and shoot us together." Deidara growls softly, holding Kakashi a little tighter.

"Bastard. I wouldn't have called in a favor for his burial if-" Deidara sighs, nuzzling Kakashi's hair. "Sorry, un. But no one gets to hurt you, yeah."

Kashi shakes his head. "I hurt people, Dei. A lot of people."

"I know, un. But that doesn't mean that anyone gets to do it back, not as long as I'm around, yeah."

His voice is muffled a little. "Why not?"

"Part of the perks of being a mob boss, yeah. Anyone fucks with my family and they end up dead, yeah." Kashi pulls back a little, voice funny with grief and something else.

"Your family?"

"You're my family. Right?" Deidara looks worried, like Kakashi will throw him away like everyone else has. Kakashi snuggles back close, sniffling softly.

"I missed family."

"Un?" Deidara holds him, nuzzling at him worriedly. Kakashi leans up and kisses his cheek, snuggling into his lap.

"I like having you as family." Deidara kisses him softly, keeping it chaste and smiling at him softly.

"I do too, yeah." Kakashi's face crumples again at the soft kiss, the taller man hiding against Deidara to cry. Deidara rubs his back, being a willing shoulder to cry on. "Shh… You're okay, un. It's okay, yeah."

The night goes a lot like that, a lot of little things setting Kakashi off. Deidara is patient, making mental notes of things to stop doing for a while. The next day, Kakashi breaks the news to the rest of the strippers and whores. Deidara is there for moral support, and gives them the rest of the week off, saying the funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. They all shuffle off, a few tentatively staying after to express concerns about losing a whole week of work. Deidara smiles warmly at them, telling them they've earned it. He isn't surprised that the lot of them are newbies.

"Rest of the week still grants you full pay, un. It's how we honor the lives of our "master performers" here, yeah. Kisame was one of them, yeah." They thank him profusely and scurry off, the whole group casting admiring glances at Deidara. Deidara sighs softly, taking the timesheets off the wall to fill them out for normal work hours for everyone.

"Kakashi?" He looks over, arms wrapped tight around himself.

"Do you want to go tomorrow, un?" Deidara looks up at him curiously, leaving it up to him. Kakashi shakes his head, fidgeting with his sleeve.

"I just wanna come here by myself if that's okay." Deidara nods.

"Whatever you want to do, yeah." Kashi nods, relaxing just a tiny bit. Deidara very gently nuzzles his head, offering a hand. Kakashi steals his hand, stepping close to him immediately. Deidara carefully leads him back to the reverse penthouse. Kashi follows him quietly, seeming a little... Lacking. Like he needs something. Deidara stops, looking at him a little more closely and a lot more worriedly. "Love? What's on your mind, un?"

Kashi shrugs, snuggling close to Deidara on the little love seat. Dei's done so many things with various customers on that seat. Deidara shudders involuntarily at the thought, hugging Kakashi a little tighter.

"I'm sorry, yeah."

"Why?" Kashi hides in his neck, soft and vulnerable.

"You've been through so much, un. And I couldn't protect you, yeah." Kakashi pulls him down for a slightly desperate kiss, talking against his lips.

"I just need you here." Deidara pulls him closer, kissing him back as the paperwork is completely forgotten.

"I'm not going anywhere, yeah." Kakashi whimpers softly, pressing himself against Deidara. Deidara holds him close, grip almost painfully tight but exactly what Kakashi needs to keep him grounded. Kakashi kisses him harder, moulding himself against Deidara. Deidara keeps Kakashi pressed against him. Kashi deepens the kiss, whining very quietly. Deidara keeps it slow, but deep, letting Kakashi know he's here. Kakashi pushes him a little farther, maneuvering them to the wall with his own back against it and opening his mouth. Deidara gently explores, pressing Kakashi between himself and the wall. Kashi opens his legs for Deidara, letting himself be taken. Deidara gently breaks the kiss to look at him for his explicit permission. Kashi chases his mouth for a moment, looking at Deidara in confusion. Deidara gently holds Kakashi at arms length.

"Are you sure about this, un?" Kashi gives a little nod, pulling him close. Deidara pulls him back, kissing him deeply. Kakashi kisses him back, one hand tangling in his hair and the other sliding down his back. Deidara gently presses him up against the wall again, kissing him deeply. Kakashi lets him take control submissively, clearly just wanting to forget for right now. Deidara takes control, kissing him. His hands leave no bit of Kakashi untouched. Kashi melts under the gentle attention, already looking just a tad teary eyed before their clothes are even off. Deidara kisses his tears away.

"I love you, un. So very very much, yeah." Deidara gently thumbs over Kakashi's shoulders. Kashi nods, stealing another kiss and blinking rapidly in embarrassment. Deidara kisses him between words. "I love your smile *kiss* and how you act *kiss* and your hair *kiss* and your legs *kiss* and your neck…" Deidara kisses down to Kakashi's throat. Kakashi bares his neck with a little whimper, clinging to Deidara's shoulders. Deidara carefully leaves a light mark on Kakashi's spot. Kashi melts a little further, totally pliant under Deidara. Deidara gently leads Kakashi over to the bed, laying him down and holding him close. He kisses Kakashi's head. "I love you, yeah."

Kakashi looks up at Deidara, kissing him back. "Punish me please... Beat me, hurt me..." Deidara pulls him away a little, holding him firmly and looking at him.

"Do you remember the safe words, un?" Kakashi nods, legs parting further for Deidara. "What are they, un?" Deidara asks, kissing lazily at Kakashi's neck. Kashi arches his head, biting his lip.

"R- Red and yellow, Sir." Deidara nods, kissing him softly before moving off of him.

"Bend yourself over the end of the bed, yeah. I'll be right back, un." Deidara leaves to get a few things from the other room. Kakashi is bent over the bed when he gets back, face in the pillow. Deidara rests a gentle hand on his ass after placing a few items out of sight.

"Do you know why I am punishing you, un?" Deidara strips off Kakashi's clothes while Kakashi answers.

"No, Sir."

"Guess, un." Deidara traces lazy shapes on Kakashi's ass with his fingers. Kakashi shudders, pushing his ass out further.

"Be- because I was a bad sub? I fucked other Doms then hurt my best friend?" Deidara gives him a solid spank.

"Exactly, un." Kakashi shudders, face buried in the pillow. Deidara picks up a gag, using Kakashi's hair to pull his head out of the pillow. "And bad behavior deserves punishment, yeah?"

Kakashi gives another helpless nod, opening his mouth for the gag. Deidara carefully puts it in his mouth, buckling it on. He also takes Kakashi's hands, gently but firmly tying them together with rope, the knots loose enough that he can struggle without hurting himself, but tight enough that he can't escape them. "Snap your fingers once for yellow and twice for red, okay, un?"

Kakashi nods again, hiding in the bed. He signs a 'please', ass pushing out further. Deidara picks something up, a paddle cracking down on his ass. Kashi whimpers softly, pushing his ass back out. After five more strikes, Deidara kisses the now red skin and rubs soothing circles over it. Kakashi pushes his ass out for more, body trembling just the tiniest bit. He's not as far gone as Deidara wants him right now. Deidara picks up a riding crop with a smooth edge so it won't cut. He trails it over Kakashi's skin, gently tapping the underside of Kakashi's cock with it. Kakashi jumps, whining highly. Deidara rubs it along him idly, very gently tapping his cock and balls as he does so until Kakashi is achingly hard. Kashi ruts a little against the bed, keening quietly and signing broken 'please's. Deidara pulls the crop away, slipping a cockring on him and setting it to vibrate at the lowest setting.

"Bad boys don't get treats, yeah." Kashi shudders, trying to talk through the gag. Deidara undoes the gag. "What was that, un?"

"P- pl- please. Hurt me. I deserve it, Sir..." Deidara rubs the gag over Kakashi's tip before putting it back in his sub's mouth covered in precum.

"As you wish, un." Deidara traces a little 'x' with the crop before striking him with it. After Kakashi's ass is thoroughly red and looking like it's going to bruise, Deidara stops. His sub is rock hard, chest heaving as he sobs into the bedspread. Deidara gently pulls the gag out, rubbing gentle circles on his lower back. "Shh… You're okay, love. All is forgiven, yeah. Such a good sub, yeah..."

Kakashi curls close to his Dom, sobbing apologies into his shoulder. His hard cock lays betweens them. Deidara gently unties Kakashi's wrists, kissing him and gently brushing away his tears.

"Love? You still okay, un?" Kakashi just hides against him, tears slowly trickling down his back. Deidara holds him close, turning the vibrator against his length off. "Shh… I've got you, un. I forgive you, yeah. Such a good boy, love…" Kakashi shakes and trembles against him, hugging Deidara tightly and hiding in his neck. He ever so slowly rocks his hips against Deidara. Deidara kisses his cheek, clothes rough against Kakashi's length. Kashi humps him slowly again, sobs quieting down just a little. "Do you want me to fuck you, un? Huh?"

Kakashi gives another tiny nod, not looking up. Deidara kisses him. "Look at me, un." Kakashi looks up at him, eyes red and tears still slowly escaping. His nose is red to boot, the tall man sniffling. Deidara kisses him softly, looking more than a little worried. Kakashi kisses him needily back, sniffling.

"Ple- ease, Sir." Deidara gently breaks the kiss, kissing away Kakashi's tears instead.

"Go blow your nose and I'll get lube and a condom, un." Deidara smiles at him warmly. Kakashi gives another tiny nod, snuggling a little closer before heading off. When he comes back, Deidara sits him gently on the end of the bed and does a strip tease for his sub. Kakashi watches raptly, wiping the tears from his eyes. Deidara kneels in front of him once he's naked, telling Kakashi he isn't allowed to touch before licking up Kakashi's length. Kakashi blinks in confusion, shivering.

"S- Sir?" It clicks when his Dom gives him the most toe-curling, teasing blowjob while he's forbidden to tangle his hands in Deidara's long blonde hair. Kakashi shudders and shakes, cumming hard with a surprised moan into his Dom's mouth when Deidara grabs the sore muscles of his ass. Deidara gags a bit in surprise, but swallows it. He pulls off of Kakashi with a smirk at his sub. Kakashi blushes dark red, drawing his knees up to hide from Deidara. Deidara stands, gently pushing him onto his back on the bed with a deep kiss. Kakashi's legs fall open for him, the submissive giving up easily. Deidara fumbles with the lube for a few moments before he hands the bottle to Kakashi in defeat.

"Open that for me, un." Kakashi smiles a little, giving a rather fancy twist of his wrist and uncapping it. He grabs the condom, unwrapping it and popping it into his mouth. He ducks down, rolling the whole thing on Deidara with his mouth. Deidara moans softly, gently pulling him away once it's on. "Lay back, un."

Kakashi tries to go back for seconds, tongue lapping over the condom before his mouth closes on Deidara. Deidara tugs Kakashi's hair, pulling him off again. "If you want to be fucked don't try that again, un." Kashi sits back, watching him curiously. Deidara pushes him onto his back, kissing him as a lubed up finger enters Kakashi. It slides in rather easily, the sub wiggling impatiently. Deidara stretches him regardless, going slowly. Kakashi doesn't care, trying to move faster and whining about his pace.

"Sir...! Fuck. Me." Deidara pulls out his fingers, slicking up his length and teasingly rubbing the head against Kakashi's hole. Kashi goes curiously still, blinking at Deidara with bright eyes and beckoning him to come close. When Deidara leans over him, he rocks his hips down hard and takes nearly all of Deidara in him in one quick motion. He moans softly. Deidara groans softly, slowly entering him the rest of the way and waiting for Kakashi to adjust. Kashi impatiently wiggles against him, Deidara's balls flush with his ass. Deidara slowly builds to a hard and fast pace, biting at Kakashi's spot. Kashi pulls Deidara closer, not quite able to get hard so fast but loving the feel of Deidara in him mixed with the post-cotial bliss. Deidara has exceptional endurance, still fucking him long after he's gotten hard. Dei does cum first however, slumping against Kakashi after stroking Kakashi to his climax as well. Kakashi wraps all his limbs around Deidara, pulling him closer for cuddles. Deidara hugs Kakashi close, kissing his head.

"You were so good, love. So amazing, yeah." Kashi rumbles quietly at the praise, tipping his head for a kiss.

"If you take the condom out and we wash you off, will you- will you just stay in me?" Deidara nods, rumbling softly as he steals a kiss.

"Of course, un. Be right back, yeah." Deidara ties and throws away the condom before coming back with a wet washcloth to clean him and Kakashi off. When they snuggle close again, Deidara reenters him. Kashi sighs contently, pushing himself back into Deidara's arms to be the little spoon.

"Mm..." Deidara kisses his head, holding him close.

"No more guilt, okay, love?" Kakashi nods, tipping his head back for a needy kiss.

"Yessir." Deidara kisses him, then nuzzles his head.

"Good night, Kakashi. I love you, yeah." Kashi mumbles a "love you" back, falling asleep in his arms.