Secret

3

I wake up. Did that really? Of course it did. What am I thinking?
Oh well. I think. I get up and get dressed in a casual outfit.
I walk out, towards the village entrance.
"Hey, who are you?" One of the entrance guards ask. The man who is trying to enter is...DEIDARA!?
But he is wearing the old outfit from his childhood. His hair is also down.
"And I thought that I dressed like my younger self today!" I laugh.
"Ah, Saki. Ya I haven't worn this in a while but you- jeez! That ponytail, i haven't seen that in years!" Deidara says.
We walk around the village together. "But- why are you here? How did you get in?" I ask.
"Oh ya. That. Well, I thought you would know this by now, but I'm supposed to be dead." He says.
"Dead?!" I ask.
"Yea, when Sasori was killed by Sakura and his grandmother, Lady Chiyo of the sand. She died as well. But only after. Then I supposedly blew my self up. Hidan and Kakuzu were killed as well. By Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, Sai, and Naruto Uzumaki." He says.
"I only knew of the death of Lady Chiyo and Sasori. I hadn't been informed of anything else." I say.
"Well I'm uh, sorry about your loss of teammates, or um, what do you call them?" I say, awkwardly trying to start a conversation.
"Umm, I guess teammates is the right word. We weren't exactly, friends." Deidara replies.
We walk around, then stop at a bench underneath some cherry trees.
"The trees are pretty beautiful this season." I say, gazing at the light pink tree tops above us. The petals fall around us in the wind and one lands on Dei's nose.
I let out a giggle, and he blows the petal off.
"They are, but," He pauses. I start to cock my head. "not as beautiful as you are..." he starts to blush.
"Aww, thanks Dei!" I blush and giggle. I lean over and peck him on the cheek. He blushes harder.
I giggle, and he just stares at me.
"Quite childish for a 19 year-old, right?" He says, laughs, then gets up and taps me on the shoulder.
"You're it!" He laughs as he runs off.
"Aw! Come on!" I laugh, and immediately get up to run after him.
I ran through the streets of the peaceful village.
There were few people, but I quickly jump onto a nearby roof just to avoid running into citizens.
I stopped for a quick breath and searched with my eyes.
"Hmm..." I say, tapping my chin as I pretend I didn't know that Dei was behind me.
"Gotcha!" I laugh, my arm around his neck.
"Ack! Saki! Can't br-"
"Oh sorry." I say.

———

Deidara and I strolled around the village as the sun set, and I showed him around the village.
"Saki~Sensei!" A cheerful voice called.
Ren was running down the street towards me. Daichi followed not far behind.
" 'Sup Ren?" I ask.
"Who's this?" The small girl asks.
"That's-"
"Wait! He fits your description! Is he Deidara?!" Daichi says.
"Shhhh Daichi! You'll get us in trouble!" I react quickly, covering his mouth.
"So it is?" Daichi whispers.
"Yes." I nod.
"Whoa! That's like so cool!" Ren says. "Do you really have mouths on your hands?"
"Yep." Deidara laughs, holding up his hands. The mouths open and the tongues roll out.
"Whoa! Can you eat with those?" Daichi asks.
"No. Not really." Deidara shrugs.
"Oh right! You use them to mold clay!" Ren says.
"Yea. Where's Ikki?" I ask.
"He uh..." Daichi looks at the ground.
"He..." Ren says nervously.
"Spill." I say, putting my hands on my hips.
"Hegotcaughtdoingyouknowwhatinhisroom!" Ren says quickly, then covers her mouth as if she wasn't supposed to say that.
"Not again! That boy..." I sigh.
"Well err, Deidara and I gotta head out. See ya!" I wave and start walking off.