Reality Check: A Deidara Love Story

Chapter 10: Take A Chance, And Steal It

***CAUTION***

THERE ARE SPOILERS! DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T REACHED AT LEAST EPISODE #345 OF NARUTOSHIPPUDEN!

~Third Person's P. O. V.~

Rai slowly slipped into consciousness by the throbbing pain in her head. She recognized the exact spot as her wound she'd received a couple of days ago. She groaned in pain and lifted her heavy lids open to come face to face with orange and one red Sharingan one. Her eyes widened and a huge grin appeared on her face.

"Tobi!" she cried while wrapped her arms around his neck and squeezing him tightly. He screamed and whimpered.

"Wh-what's pretty lady doing to Tobi?!" he yelled. She hugged him even tighter to her chest.

"It's Tobi!!!" she cheered, fan-girling. Tobi was one of her favorite Akatsuki members; despite his hobby of annoying people, she thought he was super adorable. 'It would be so fun to have a friend like him,' she used to think. She knew that under the mask contained none other than Obito Uchiha, But that didn't worry her-she still thought he was pretty attractive, even with all those scars. Why he wore the mask even with one eye being the Rinnegan did confuse her though. She didn't know if everyone else had realized that Tobi was an alias yet, so she decided to play along.

"Rai, un?" Deidara called, poking his head into the room. His blue eyes widened when he spotted the scene of Tobi struggling helplessly against the cuddling Rai. "Uh...?"

"H-help, Sempai!!!" Tobi pleaded. "Pretty lady won't let me go!" Deidara casually walked in and pried Tobi away from Rai. RIght away Tobi zipped out of the room, desperate to get away from the strange lady. She eyed him warily as the sudden rush of adrenaline dispersed quickly. She sighed and sat up weakly, running her fingers over the new bandages. Her head still felt like someone was repeatedly hitting it with a brick.

Memories came rushing to her like a tidal wave. 'Oh yeah, I bumped my head, what, one, two, no three times?' she thought. Deidara pulled her out of the bed she laid on, supporting her with an arm wrapped around her shoulders. She blushed and moved his hand away, muttering "I can walk by myself". She took a step and nearly fell because of her shaking knees, but he caught her. She glared up at him and he smirked.

She slowly made her way out of the room and down the long hallway she'd came down earlier. The next room they came to was the living room with the huge TV. He brought her into the room that Sasori came from earlier-where many bustling people seated around a long, rectangular table.

Rai recognized every person as a member of the Akatsuki. Everyone immediately quieted and all heads turned toward her.

"Oi, that's Deidara's sex toy, right?" Hidan asked Sasori. He nodded in response. He and Kisame, the blue-skinned shark man burst into laughter. Pein glared silently from one end of the table, where he sat next to Konan.

"Shut the f*ck up," Deidara growled. "Her name's Rai, and I used to live with her, that's all, un." Despite his pleas, an obvious blush was blossoming on his cheeks. Many rolled their eyes.

She caught eye contact with Pein and froze, stuck in his purple gaze. He scoffed and turned away, causing an irk appeared on her forehead. 'Aite, this guy might think he's 'god' and everything but in this world he's just a stuck-up snob...' she thought.

"What's she doing here?" Kisame asked.

"Well, I wanted to introduce her to everyone, un." Deidara explained.

"Yeah, and instead she got injured thanks to your carelessness."

"Wha - wai - ?!"

"No, no, he didn't do anything," Rai defended. "It was my own clumsiness. Seriously. I didn't knock, either..."