Spring Memories

Chapter Three: The Uchiha Brothers

CHAPTER 3: THE UCHIHA BROTHERS

While Itachi was back at his family's place, Ino took that particular day off to hang out and take care of Hinata and in the afternoon, Sasori joined them after work. Followed by the ever-expressive…Deidara.

"Oh Hinata-chan" Deidara was practically screaming with excitement. Hinata looked at Ino and then back at Deidara. Her pale pearly lilac orbs were confused.

"Huh?" Hinata looked at the cheerful bubbly blonde dressed in a white shirt-dress tied at the waist with a yellow-orangey scarf with bell-bottom jeans and odd-looking accessories hanging around his neck. Covering his head was a multi-coloured bandana-scarf that made Deidara looked like some hippy from the by-gone era.

"Oh, its so nice seeing you finally awake now, darling Hina-chan,yeah?" Deidara threw his arms around Hinata and hugged her. Hinata was sitting on a wheelchair because her legs were still weak after she gained consciousness.

"You don't have to kill the poor girl, Deidara," Sasori reminded. Deidara finally let go of Hinata and kissed both her cheeks. Hinata blushed tomato red at the gesture.

"Look at what you did to her, Dei Dei!" Ino yelled, bringing in a tray of drinks to the patio.

"Hey!" Deidara put his hands on his hips.

"I can't believe you're an Akatsuki," Sasori sighed.

"Don't judge my sense of fashion, yeah, I'm an artist who sees the beauty in everything, yeah," Deidara said, putting his arms around Hinata.

"I…I'm…sure you…are, Dei Dei-kun," Hinata giggled.

Deidara looked at her. His large eyes brimmed with tears and hugged the young girl again and pressed his cheeks against hers, screeching, "Her voice is absolutely kawaiiiiii"

Hinata didn't know much what to do in that situation, but she has a feeling that she'll like Deidara and Sasori.

Deidara was so infectitious that Hinata warmed up to him instantaneously.

"Where is Itachi?" Sasori asked as Ino poured everyone tea.

"He's on the Uchiha Mountains," Ino replied and gave him a don't-talk-about-it-when-Hinata-is-here look. "Here Hinata-chan, I hoped you like it. I'm not a really good at baking, but I hope this is okay with your taste." Handing her a plate full of chocolate muffins. It looked fine except it looked unevenly portioned.

Hinata looked at it innocently. She took a muffin and bit it. Everyone just looked at her, as if anticipating her judgment on Ino's muffins.

"To tell you the truth Hinata-chan, I'm not really that good with baking and I didn't have the time for it as well since working with Itachi," Ino looked at her apologetically.

Hinata munched the muffin while giving her an innocent sweet smile. Ino just melted. Hinata was like this little lost girl and gave her the infamous 'kitty-eye' look (like Puss in Shrek 2). Absently, Ino ruffled the top of her head. Even they were about the same age, Ino acted like an older sister to Hinata.

"Tell us the truth Hina-darling, we all know Ino here is a lousy cook, yeah," Deidara grinned as Ino smacked him on the head.

"Oww! You're such a meanie, Ino-hag!" Deidara stuck out his tongue at her. Hinata giggled at the two of them.

"That's enough influencing there you perverted fag! She doesn't need your opinion either!" Ino's veins popping when she smacked Deidara's head. Hinata and Sasori looked at Ino wide-eyed at Ino and the star-eyed Deidara.