Innocent by day, murderous by night [Deidara story] 6

When I regained consciousness I found myself tied to a chair in the center of an empty room. I looked around wildly, starting to panic; there were no doors or windows to be seen. With a loud grinding sound a portion of the wall in front of me slid down to allow the figures of Leader and Sasori to enter the room. The wall sealed itself again and they walked towards me until they were on either side of me. Leader spoke first.
"Why did you attack Deidara?"
I was afraid to answer. Tears welled up in my eyes at the harshness in his tone.
"Hn. You can either answer willingly or we can force the answer out of you but either way you're going to answer the questions we ask you," he said dangerously.
A few tears spilled out.
"I didn't mean to attack anyone."
"I don't think it's possible to accidently stab someone multiple times, Mori."
Well, he did have a point...
"It wasn't my fault," I whimpered childishly.
Sasori snorted.
"So it wasn't you we found holding kunai and stabbing my partner?" the puppeteer retorted sarcastically.
I couldn't hold it back anymore; I started sobbing and snapped at them.
"It wasn't my fault because I was asleep and when I fall asleep I kill people until I wake up. I usually don't fall asleep though because I have insomnia..."
They were both silent for a moment.
"Maybe it has something to do with the fight yesterday?" Leader suggested.
"Could be," I said in consideration.
He sighed and untied me from the chair.
"We need to look into this and try to fix the problem, but until then DON'T let it happen again or a punishment may be necessary. Understood?"
I nodded and looked down at my feet. We exited the small room and went our separate ways. I was too afraid to face Deidara, so I went to the library to read more of Scarlet Breath. After only three pages my mind lost focus on the book; I was too guilty about having hurt Deidara. I had to apologize to him and see how he was.
I got up and walked slowly to his bedroom, only to find that he wasn't there.
"He's in the kitchen," Sasori said as he walked past me.
"Uh, thanks."
I made my way to the kitchen and found Deidara, just as Sasori had said. He had his back to me, not noticing me enter. He froze when he turned around and spotted me.
"Ohayo D-Deidara-san," I said nervously.
"Hi, un," he replied bluntly, sitting down with his breakfast.
I noticed him wince a few times, fueling the growing guilt inside me.
"H-how are you f-feeling?"
"I've been better."
"Oh...sor-"
"Why'd you do that Mori?" he interrupted.
I hung my head to hide the tears in my eyes.
"I didn't mean to. When I fall asleep I kill people, but I don't have any control over it."
"So should I expect to die in my sleep tonight, un?"
He said it coldly and with a hint of sarcasm, hurting me deeply. I started to cry.
"I'm sorry! It's not like I wanted to hurt you!" I yelled.
"You did a pretty good job of it, hmm," he mumbled.
"I said I was sorry! No need to be an ass about it!" I shouted in frustration, then turned and stormed off, tears rushing out rapidly.
How could he have said that!? I cared so much, more than he knew. He didn't understand how much that had hurt me.
I ran, tears blinding me, not knowing where I was going, just running. I turned a corner and collided with someone. They caught me before I could fall back on my butt.
"Ow, un."
When I heard the signature 'un' I immediately started to struggle, but his hold on me held strongly. After seeing that my efforts were pointless I relaxed and gave up.
"Mori-chan?"
I refused to look at Deidara. He sighed and let me go. I considered running, then just decided to listen to what he had to say.
"I'm really sorry, un. I know you didn't intentionally hurt me, and I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, hmm. I'm...uh...I'm really glad you seem to care so much, un."
He turned my head towards him and looked into my blue eyes with his.
"I don't seem to care, I do care. A lot. I'm sorry I stormed off and I'm sorry for hurting you. You shouldn't have apologized; you didn't do anything wrong."
"I hurt you, yeah. That was wrong."
I smiled and blushed.
"That's ok Deidara."
He smiled back then laughed.
"Look at us, un! Being all sad and all. We gotta loosen up, yeah."
My smile widened and without even realizing what I was doing I leaned in and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. He blushed a deep shade of red, but I doubt it matched the shade of red I was probably blushing.
"Uh...s-sorry...," I said, embarrassed.
"That's o-ok Mori, un."
He smiled and gave me a gentle kiss on the lips in return. I hadn't thought it possible but I could feel my face getting hotter and even darker red than before. He pulled away and waved at me.
"See ya later, yeah."
"Y-y-yeah."
I watched him walk off, feeling like I was going to pass out. HE JUST KISSED ME!!!! It had felt good too. I leaned against the wall and slid down, the recent event playing through my mind over and over. Did that mean he liked me then? It sure seemed like it... I hoped it was true, because I was sure now that I liked him too.
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"Hi Deidara!" I greeted happily.
"Hey, un."
It was a Wednesday and there was nothing to do; most of the other members were off on missions. It was also a week after Deidara had kissed me. Ever since that happended we've been really close and hang out almost all the time. I haven't fallen asleep again either, which leads me to believe that Leader-sama was right about it being because of what had happened in the fight with Itachi.
I sat down on the couch next to Deidara, who was watching the news out of boredom.
"Watchya want to do?" I asked.
"I dunno. You?"
"Umm...we could go shop for those art supplies you need."
"Ok. I don't have anything better to do, un."
We headed outside and jumped on a large clay bird Deidara made, flying off to the nearest village to get some clay and such things. Once in a small village we hopped off the bird and went in search of an art store. We found one that had everything he needed and were soon on our way back. We decided to stop and just relax for a while with no one to bother us. Deidara made some clay sculptures and threw them into the air to watch them explode into brilliant shades ranging from red to violet.
"They're so beautiful," I said in wonder.
They never ceased to amaze me, and they seemed to fit Deidara's personality quite well. Each time one exploded you could just feel the emotion in it, whether it be happy or sad or something else.
He just nodded in agreement to my statement.
"We better get back before I end up using it all right now, un."
We laughed at that because it was true; the new bag was already almost half empty.
At the base we sat around in his room, me writing in a new notebook and him sketching something on a drawing pad.
"Finished, yeah."
"What's finished?" I inquired.
"This."
He showed me what he had been sketching and I gasped; it was a beautifully done drawing of he and I sitting under a sakura tree in the evening, petals raing down all around us, his arm around my shoulders and my head resting on his shoulder. I blushed like crazy upon seeing it. He grinned at my reaction.
"So do you like it, un?"
"Yeah."
Before I knew it he had his lips softly on mine in a very sweet kiss. My eyes went wide with shock and he pulled away a moment later and smiled.
"I liked that, un," he said.
I just nodded, unable to speak. He laughed, a sound that lifted my heart right into the sky, and hugged me tightly. I hugged him back, enjoying the feel of his arms around me and his scent of clay and...fruit? Ah well, whatever it was, it smelled good and only added to the moment of total happiness I was experiencing. I just wanted to stay that way forever...
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Unfortunately, school starts tomorrow so I won't be able to make regular updates (not that I've ever really been that regular about updating, but still). I know this one is cliffy-ish and people will probably want to know what happens after this so I'll try to put out the next one this weekend or something. 'K? And sorry for making Deidara kinda jerk-ish in the beginning.
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