Aurora Borealis
Epilogue
Soft green and blue stripes grace the night sky above a duo of men in Akatsuki coats. One of them lay comfortably down in the grass as the other sat and watched as the unusual colors went by in streams. A gentle breeze picked up every once in a while as the two rested before regrouping with the Akatsuki for one last event.
"Deidara-senpai?" spoke the man who sat still in the grass, waiting for his senpai to respond. As the one in the grass pulled off his straw hat and waved his hand in response, the other gained enough courage to ask a single question.
He must've been silent for a while when he realized, Deidara had been glaring at him and had said, "What, Tobi, un?"
Tobi sighed, and with as much bravery he could sum up inside himself, he asked a question that held a single word of taboo for Deidara – a word that could possibly shatter him.
"Deidara-senpai, what's the one thing you miss most of Eos?"
Deidara's glare turned quickly into a confused frown, almost appearing as if the word 'Eos' was no longer in his personal dictionary. It had been two years since Eos's death, and all the while, Deidara was forced to stay within the Akatsuki base unless he was needed else where. Staying inside that building could've numbed him down to the point where he became Itachi, or it made him forget about the memories that still lurked in the hallways, kitchen, and the bedroom.
The blond, still appearing like the subject didn't hurt him, sat up and returned his gaze to the aurora.
Yes, Deidara did still remember the girl who had become a woman while she stayed with him. Everyday he thought about her, and there would be times when yes, he thought of the what-ifs. Being stuck in a building where he could still feel her drove him insane. The subject didn't in fact, not faze him, but instead felt like a knife slicing open his chest.
It was Deidara's turn to sigh as he casually scratched the back of his head. In the back of his mind, he could still hear the echoes of a woman's laughter. She was a ghost living within his mind, and forever would she stay in his mind. He had thought about it in the base…
An artist who ignores their true path of art and strays to far will either have something gained. . . or something taken away.
An artistic eye dropped from the sky and watched the dancing grass. Tobi waited patiently for Deidara's answer, and he got an answer that surpassed what he was imagining.
"Her laughter."
The End.
AN: Short but sweet, ne? NOW! To work on Aurora Australis!
Fanfic by ione