Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto and its characters

Summary: AU Deidara's sick. /One Shot

Pairings: Dei/Saku

AN: As requested by 1TraceMemory and ayane04…plus it was short so I could finish it before Spring Breaks end!

Edited as of March 28, 2009

"You had no trouble grabbing me from work when you found out you were sick, didn't you?" Sakura grumbled, spooning the sick Deidara another spoon of soup. There was the urge to whack him with the metal spoon, but she knew that given that he was her boyfriend, it would be near impossible.

"Un!" Deidara grinned, knowing perfectly well that Sakura hated leaving her job, even if she was ill herself. Her boss had to literally force Sakura to take a vacation, once. And even then, it had been difficult.

"Geez, Dei-chan from what I heard, you passed out during a meeting because you insisted on being there, despite the fact that so many warned you to take a break. Hypocrite. Didn't you tell me to take better care of myself? You should listen to your own words."

"Yeah, yeah," he sneezed into his own soggy tissue, waving his arm weakly.

He blinked and stared at Sakura like she was an alien, "Dei-chan?" He scratched his head lightly, "You never called me that, un."

"Well…um…" Sakura fumbled around with the spoon, lowing her face till Deidara thought she would fall from her unstable position of her chair. "Sai-told-me-he-read-in-a-book-that-nicknames-meant-you-were-close-to-someone." By the time she had finished, it looked as if she was mumbling to the floor. She adjusted her position on the chair, slightly squirming around for room. Slowly, she peeked up, a bright pink blush apparent on her cheeks. Deidara laughed, loudly, despite his cold.

"You making fun of me?" Her eyes twitched dangerously, but the reddish of her face told the truth. She was embarrassed.

He continued laughing, "Really! You're like a child sometimes! You…actually believe that guy?!"

"You want that bowl to end up in your stomach?" Sakura warned.

Deidara immediately bit down her on his mouth to stop his laughter. Sakura had been number one at several karate matches, managing to send her opponents to the hospital, where she would treat them, as the doctor. Needless to say, her patients never returned.

"That's better," she declared, narrowing her eyes, "I'm so killing Sai tomorrow…"

She looked over to Deidara.

"Use a new napkin already, you cheapskate! You've been using the same tissue for the last few hours!" She pulled out a new one from the box and shoved it forcefully into his hands and throwing away the old one. He remained silent with a red cheeks and a red nose to go along with it. Sakura couldn't tell if it was the cold or something else.

He had better not be thinking about something weird.

"Want more soup?" Sakura placed the empty bowl on the table besides her.

Deidara shook his head.

She tucked him like a little child and sat back on her chair, grabbing a soft bird plushie she had given Deidara from a shelf.

"You can go back, you know. Besides, I know that chair's not comfortable. Believe me, I know, un."

"Shut up and go to sleep already," she yawned, placing her head on the plush toy. Almost instantly, the pink haired blossom had fallen asleep. It had made sense. She had been working for a long time without breaks at the hospital before coming here.

"Thanks for coming here…" Deidara had a smile on his slightly red face, "Saku-chan."

She shifted slightly in the chair, 'So that was what he was thinking about. Nicknames.'

Sasori walked in his apartment. Technically, it was both his and Deidara's. The two of them were roommates.

He had avoided coming back earlier, knowing that a certain Haruno Sakura would have been around. It wasn't that he didn't like her. But, it was true that being a lightbulb between two lovebirds was the worst feeling that one could get. But, he came back still, just in case the Haruno girl was really the workaholic he perceived her to be.

And then, there was that. Haruno Sakura was not known for her loving nature, but her fists.

But to his relief, he found the two of them sleeping. Though, he noted that Sakura would feel immediate back pain tomorrow.

Deidara had slept on the chair once and the results were dire.

It was the chair of hell.

But suddenly, as if Deidara had read his thoughts, the blond got up and placed a pillow between Sakura's back and the chair.

And he was asleep once more.

End