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I sighed when my back hit the bed. We had finally made it back and I was exhausted from carrying Deidara the whole way here as he was still unconscious which worried me slightly. I looked over to the blonde lying on his bed and thought I would calm down and give him another hour or two before completely freaking out, besides he was probably just out of chakra. I decided I would go and visit Itachi for a bit as he should have been back from his mission by now and I could do with a little cheering up. I usually would go to Deidara for that, but he's a little too unconscious right now and I'm not really close to any of the other members here. Well except Sasori, but he can be a little too quiet at times and he was probably really busy fixing his recently broken puppets. I got up of my bed and headed for Itachi's room hoping he was in a good mood.. well good for him anyway. I knocked on his room door and entered when he told me it was ok to enter. "Hi, how was your mission?" I asked walking over to sit beside him on his bed.

"Exhausting" he simply replied. I knew he was feeling very tired, I could feel it too after all, but honestly he was being so quiet and it was beyond ridiculous.

"I'm glad to see you're as talkative as ever, Itachi" I stated sarcastically and he smirked slightly at this.

"You're right, how rude of me not to ask how you got beaten up by the enemy this time". My eyes widened.

"Do my ears deceive me? Did the famous Itachi Uchiha actually make a joke?" I burst out laughing and he just smirked. "Sorry, Sorry. Gosh I crack myself up too much. My mission was fine I guess"

"You cried all night didn't you?"

"H-how..." I was about to ask how he knew when I remembered my kekkai genkai. "Oh yeah I forgot about that" I laughed awkwardly rubbing the back of my head and Itachi just rolled his eyes. "Yeah well I was just a little upset after seeing my father again was all"

"What happened?" he asked suddenly concerned. I told him everything from pissing off Sasori to meeting my siblings to crying all night long, leaving out the part about sleeping in the same bed as Deidara and falling asleep on Sasori's lap, after I cried myself to sleep. "Sounds like you had it worse than me" he replied when I was finished.

"Is that all you're going to say to that?" I joked. "What happened to you anyway, you seem a little more.. 'Itachi' than usual". He smiled slightly then sighed.

"Sasuke left the village to join Orochimaru" I tried to hide the shock in my face, but I knew it was useless as he could tell how I felt anyway.

"You mean that pedo snake guy that tried to take your body and then attacked the leaf village during the chunin exams?" I gasped. He just nodded his head and I could tell he was slightly worried and guilty. "Hey! It wasn't your fault he joined him, you were just pushing him to be stronger so he could protect himself and I wouldn't worry about him, Sasuke is very strong and very stubborn, but he's not stupid. He probably knows what Orochimaru is planning and when he is strong enough will probably take him down. He won't let his body fall into the hands of a pedo snake, he enjoys the fan girls attention too much" I joked trying to lighten the mood. He just smiled slightly and nodded. I leaned over and lay my head on his shoulder and he hugged my waist and lay his head on top of mine as we sat in silence just enjoying each other's company. After a while, I got up and told him I had to go see if Deidara was recovering yet and left his room telling him to take it easy and get some sleep. I closed the door and walked into my room to see Deidara sitting up on his bed. "Glad to see you're finally awake" I said feeling relieved.

"You worry too much, yeah" he grinned.

"I do not!" I argued. He just laughed.

"I think it's cute, un". I blushed. "Where were you anyway?"

"I was talking to Itachi" His face suddenly dropped.

"Why were you talking to Itachi, un?"

"Why do you wanna know? You Jealous?" I teased, but he didn't look amused at me so I decided to tell him. "I was just talking to him, I have other friends than just you, ya know?" I smiled and he faked one. I could tell he was still really annoyed, but he really doesn't like Itachi so I guess that's understandable.

"What happened anyway? Was the mission successful, un?" My face dropped and Deidara seemed a little on edge, but I just sighed and told him what happened.

"I met my father, we made up and I erased his memory about everything to do with the Akatsuki including me, then  I came and saved your sorry ass from the Anbu" I smiled weakly. 

"Kootoni, are you alright, un?"

"Yeah, I'm fine" I smiled and he just gave me an 'I don't believe you look'. "Look I'm sick of crying alright, just.. can we drop this please?". He nodded and took out his clay and started to play around with it sculpting different things like he normally did when he was bored. I grabbed my art-book and started to sketch a drawing. I usually draw pictures when I'm feeling overwhelmed with emotion. I find it helps me let my feelings out, when the pencil hits the paper it's like my emotion flow out of me and stay on the paper leaving me feeling much better than I was previously. I love art maybe even more than Deidara does, even though I love sculpting, drawing is definitely how I express myself and with drawings you can look back on them and see the beauty you captured in that single moment that they were created.

"What ya drawing, un" I was dragged out of my thoughts by Deidara looking over to my sketch book to see what was being sketched on the page. When he saw it he gave me a sorrowful look.

"I couldn't help it. I needed to see what it would feel like for me to be with my family. It's pointless I know, my own father doesn't even know who I am anymore, but I...". Deidara hugged me before I could finish. "Damn it! I'm crying again" I said wiping furiously at my cheeks.

"It's gonna be alright Kootoni, everything's gonna be alright" I buried my face into Dei's chest.

"You're the only family I need Dei" I choked, my words muffled by his shirt. After a while, I sat up again and continued drawing while Deidara kept sculpting and we both acted like nothing happened. Then, Deidara started to get really nervous for some reason.

"Kootoni, un?"

"Hm?" I replied continuing what I was doing.

"Do you like Itachi?"

"Of course I like Itachi, you would too if you would just forgive him and get to know the guy"

"I wouldn't even want to know the guy if my life depended on it, un!" he snorted. "But that's not what I meant. I meant do you like, like him?" I burst out laughing when he finished.

"No! Dear God Dei, he is like five years older than me!"

"So what is he then? Everyone else seems to think you guys are a little 'too' close"

"Um.. Well... Damn it's really hard to explain. I love him, but not like I would a father or a brother. BUT I also don't love him like.. well.. that. I guess he is just someone who I feel safe around, it's like we are two peas in a pod. I suppose he's my confidant if ya really must know" I blushed.. a lot at what we were just talking about and then without thinking I blurted out, "Besides I kinda like someone else". I slapped myself mentally for saying that, knowing what was coming next.

"Oh really! Who do you like then, un?" If I wasn't deep red before I was definitely deep red now.

"Um.. Well" I sighed internally. Well I guess I should just tell him, I mean he's never going to drop the subject and what's the worst that could happen? I suppose he could stop talking to me altogether. Don't be stupid that would be a huge over reaction. AGH just say it already! "I like you" I muttered.

"You what?" Deidara looked at me in disbelief. "I think I misheard you, could you repeat that, yeah?"

"I like you Dei! I always have!" I looked away from him and started to get up off his bed, but before I could, I was pulled down again and Deidara smashed his lips against mine. I tensed not expecting that at all, but relief suddenly washed over me and I relaxed into his grip, wrapping my arms around his neck and running my fingers through his long, silky, blonde hair. Closing my eyes I felt a heat rise in my chest that started to spread, my heart rate speed up and my breaths quickened. Deidara started to move his hands down to my waist and pulled me in closer, sending chills throughout my body. I felt the warmth of his body radiate against mine. His lips were soft and supple as they moved like one with mine, I felt in total bliss. Eventually we broke free panting for air, his nose brushing against my cheek as we broke apart and then he rested his forehead on mine and looked lovingly into my eyes.

"Please don't leave, I love you more than anything Kootoni!" he said with such sincerity it made my heart melt.

"I love you too, Dei" I confessed into his ear when I buried my face into the crook of his neck. The rest of the night I snuggled into Deidara and we both fell asleep in each other's embrace. Life couldn't be anymore perfect.

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Okay, one it's a short chapter I know, but I didn't want to start writing the next part as it would make this chapter over 4,000 words. Two I tried my best at describing what happened, but it was my very first time writing anything like this before, ever! So cut me some slack :D Hope you enjoyed, next chapter should be longer. I hope :) Thanks for reading! <3

P.s: Do not own Naruto! Damn, I wish I did though :(