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A/N: And now that that's finished, I guess I'd better clear something up. This fic was written by two people in the NaruYaoi writing group. Myself, Tenchi, and Mika. This idea came up after one of us thought that Neji and Deidara kissing would be cute. (yes, we know that they're both guys) Anyway, read, enjoy, and please review. Tell us if you liked it, or even if you hated it. Oh, and look forward for more stories by NaruYaoi.

Writers: Tenchi and Mika

Warnings: Shonen ai/Yaoi that's boyxboy love for those who don't know.

Pairings: Neji/Deidara and Itachi/Hinata

Deidara sighed, he hated sulking. That was a reason to why he loved to annoy others. It kept his miond of things. But sometimes he couldn't find the energy to bother. He'd go into his and Sasori's room and cry on the puppet masters bed. Sasori was.. more than a partner. That's the way Deidara though of it. ".. Hmph! Well, I shouldn't be sitting here. " Deidara thought about going into his room, but e couldn't not that night. He wanted to stay out and see the other happy. Maybe celebrating some more would get him hyper. " I'll just get Hinata-chan and itachi-kun to dance! Un!" Yes it was brilliant. Itachi hated dancing, but.. it was his day... "Damn... maybe I could get some one else to dance.. Who else would be fun to annoy... un?" Deidara lifted his bangs and scanned the room with his eye. " No... No... No... Eww! He'd eat me (guess who...) .. No.. N-ah! Neji , the Hyuuga smarty. He looks like some one who can be fun...un"

Almost as if he had heard his name spoken the Hyuuga Protégé looked up and ended up matching his blank, lavender gaze with the bright blue of the stone nin's. Neji went to look away and continue his angsting in person, but something made him look closer at the Akatsuki member. that same something helped him realize the other nin wasn't as joy-filled as he was pretending to be

Deidara let his hair slide back over his camera like eye. Making him once again.. look like a girl... "He's from the branch, so they won't care as much if i do anything. Hehe, Deidara, you are a funny one...un!" the stone nin quickly moved through the crowd of Akatsuki and Hyuuga's, only to land with his back against the wall as well as next to the Hyuuga. " So...un. Can you see through peoples clothing with that bloodline? " It was the first thing that popped into Deidara's mind. Plus it was a question that bothered him for god knows how long. He missing nin looked down at the Hyuuga boy with his one eye. Poor Deidara... he looked so damn girly.

Neji fixed Deidara with his very best cold glare before turning and pretending he hadn't heard the question. What had possessed the missing nin to come talk to him, much less ask a question like that?

Deidara looked at the Hyuuga a bit more... He hated being ignored. so He decided to poke the Hyuuga's head. " Hello...un? Is the Hyuuga home? I asked you question. It's proper manners to answer." Deidara kept up the poking. If it came to it, he'd bit him with his hand.

Neji slapped his hand away. "It is also deemed polite to not poke someone in the head or bother them when they clearly wish to be alone." He let his voice take the chilly tone that had kept the youth of Konoha away from him.

Deidara frowned. He didn't like this child... which was all the more better to bother him. "Child, I've been banned from my village, killed many people. older and stronger than you. I don't care about manners much...un... Plus it's just to damn fun to see others being annoyed other than me." He patted the Hyuuga's shoulder and bit him while at it. He didn't think the boy knew about his hands.

The bite met nothing. Neji, who already didn't like being touched by others, much less by this nin, he'd created a chakra field about himself. "Don't touch me."

Deidara smiled. "Why not? Is the child trying to hide something? Hmm.. We need to work one your social skills... I know!" It was Deidara's favorite thing to do." Dancing would help! It would also be fun to watch. C'mon... un!" This missing nin... he wasn't scared of anything.. after all.. he probably almost got eaten by Zetsu. He ran over to a boom box... he stole it... and placed it near the Hyuuga. Deidara, being the most annoying and crazy member of the Akatsuki, grabbed the Hyuuga's hand. " Get up.. un! Do it for your cousin, Hinata. It'd make her happy." Deidara had already pushed a button, making some song come up. Horrid enough, the others stared at them, one at a time.

Neji gave Deidara a glare that would have killed men at twenty paces before standing gracefully. "Fine, I will dance if you promise to leave me alone."

"Okay.. un!" Deidara Smiled and pressed another button. As if the missing nin was odd, the song sounded exactly like something he would listen to. Up beat, some what techno, and odd lyrics. The blond began to dance, hips swaying, arms moving to the beat, feet sliding and turning, not to mention his hair flowing along with him. " I love dancing ...un!" that wasn't much of surprise...

Neji paused to listen to the beat a moment before dancing, his hips rocking in perfect timing with the beat as his hair swished behind him. His eyes closed as he blocked out the fact that the entire clan was watching him and that his partner was a missing nin from the Stone. Even stranger then the fact that he was dancing was probably that he seemed so familiar with the tune. His steps were precise, as if he had danced to this same song many times before. Even the motions of his hand were perfectly timed, and through it all, his hips continued rocking in perfect rhythm.

Deidara turned to look at the Hyuuga boy. Such rhythm! ' Closet dancer... un? What a shame...' The blond stepped out of his little dance bubble and into Neji's. Good thing no one knew what gender he was, then he wouldn't be able to mess with others. Deidara, being Deidara, began to dance along side with Neji. The looks they got were a mix of things. Some amazed, some .. scared, some wondering if they ever danced together before. It did look like they've gone through the song together. Deidara laughed as he danced. He found a new dance buddy!

Neji's eyes were still closed, but his dance modified to adjust for a partner. There were certain advantages to having eyes that could see through anything. And, as much as he resented the man? woman? Deidara. Anyway, as much as he resented Deidara, he had to admit that he made an excellent dancing partner.

Deidara jumped once the song ended and hugged the Hyuuga boy. " You're such a great dancer.. un! See, you need to be more open like when you're dancing! Then maybe other people wouldn't think you're some angsty emo wanna be weirdo!" Deidara had both of his hands on the boy's shoulders, he took a mental picture, just to remember his new dance buddy. " Oy, you're not going to go sit back now, right? ...un"

Neji gripped the other's wrists and lifted Deidara's hands from his shoulders. "I agreed to dance so that you would leave me alone. Now give me a reason that I shouldn't go back to my seat now."

Deidara frowned. He looked like a child when he did. The blond though for a moment, what could he say... " Ah! You're cousin is getting married to a member of .. i guess you can say family.. un. But either way, I'm going to end up meeting you again and again and again. So you might as well get used to me now boy, this is just the beginning." Why did that sound like a threat? no matter, Deidara didn't care. He probably didn't even notice either. The stone nin crossed his arms and gave Neji his well known smile. Since he couldn't annoy Itachi anymore, the boy would have to do. I mean. who wants to get eaten by a plant thing, or get mauled by some shark mutant?

"..." Neji looked like he was tempted to shove something sharp and pointy down the other's throat. Probably not a good idea. This was, after all, supposed to be a peacful meeting. "Fine," he all but growled.

Deidara squinted his eye at the Hyuuga... he didn't like the look on his face. " you need to smile more... un" He grabbed the Hyuuga's cheeks and picked them up so he had that odd forced smile on. Deidara grinned. " See! You didn't even crack your skin! Now let's try laughing.. un?" The blond tilted his head to the side he kept the mouths on his hands closed, they tend to bite people when they were open.

"..." Before he'd just wanted to injure Deidara. Now he was getting sorely tempted to kill the other nin. "Let go of me."

" No, you need to learn how to keep a nice face on. you shouldn't be sad.. or sad looking. Your cousin is getting married and you now have the Akatsuki to help the Hyuuga's if they need it. You're still part of a village, you have a family, and you aren't getting chased around by almost everyone. Be Happy!..." Deidara gave a hard stare towards the boy. Odd... he managed to lecture himself and the boy... damn did that hurt. He pinched harder and pulled the Hyuuga's cheeks. He hated himself, he couldn't even follow his own advice. 'Damn kid... just when I was having some fun...un'

The Hyuuga's pale cheeks were starting to redden under the pinching fingers, and the glare only hardened. "Why should I be happy," he hissed, "When the only person living person who gives a damn about my existence is getting taken away,"

Deidara grunted. " Idiot, what do you think we, from the Akatsuki, have gone through? Not all of us massacred people to get here. You need to know that in life.. no one really gives a damn in the first place. And the people who supposedly did.. heh Herd of 'Misery loves company?.. they're just going to leave once they find some one that will love them."

Neji knocked Deidara's hands away and turned to stalk off to his corner so that he could brood on his own and fall into a cycle of self-hatred that would probably be oddly satisfying.

Deidara stood there looking at his hands. The blond shoved his hands into his Akatsuki pockets and bit his bottom lip. " Always.. alone...Danna..." He wiped away some tears that had fallen from his one eye. How stupid he looked wiping away a few tears quietly, or at least he though. The blond took a deep breath and sat back in the chair where he first was sulking. "Back to square one.. un" He looked at the others once again, letting envy build up.

Was envy building up inside of the Hyuuga too? Yup. He was already past the overflowing point. He had hit that cycle of near self-hatred, and he was right, it was odly satisfying.

Deidara sighed as he got up. This was annoying him now. The boy got him angry... now he shouldn't blame it on him. It was his own fault. He smiled as he passed by the other members and the Hyuuga's. It was better of to sulk alone than with others. 'maybe the kitchen.. no.. food being served... augh.. this sucks... un" The blond turned around and went the other way, towards the main opening. He passed by the Hyuuga boy and gave him a quickly glance. There were tears steaks down his cheek. Deidara forgot to wipe those away as well. The stone nin slinked out of the celebration quietly, as if it would matter anyway.

Neji just happened to look up in time to catch the glance Deidara threw at him. He swore softly when he saw the tear streaks. Now he felt guilty. Why he didn't know, but he knew that he had to do something about the guilt. He sighed and stood before walking after Deidara. "There are better places to be alone then the Hyuuga grounds during a celebration."

Deidara sat a few feet away from the main opening. He was making his infamous clay birds. Letting his hand eat the clay and spitting out. He looked at the clay bird and let it fly off... not too long before he mumbled his special word. Almost as soon as the clay bird was out of sight, it exploded. Deidara looked down at his hands, it began to clench it's teeth together. " Fine, fine. I'll let you rest...un" He placed his hands down and looked around with his mechanical eye. It wasn't often that he'd use it out of missions. But there was nothing else to do.

When Neji came up behind the other ninja, silent as night, he repeated what he'd said to himself moments ago. His tone was surprisingly soft, odd, coming from the chuunin

Deidara turned around quickly, startled that the boy even came out side. He stared at him for a few moments, surprised at the tone. ".. hmph..." The missing nin turned back around and shut off his mechanical eye. The odd colored eye kept a distant gaze. He was fighting himself mentally over something. The trademarked cloak was held tightly from the wind.

"...I'm...sorry...if I upset you..."

"It wasn't you... un...It was my fault. I started to bother you. I deserved it..." Deidara didn't bother to turn back around. He simply looked at his hands and sighed again. He wanted to make more art.

"No, you didn't. You were right. I shouldn't be so sour during a marriage." Not only had Neji apologized, he was now admitting that he was wrong.

Deidara shrugged and kept quiet. He glared at his hands again. But then again... it was a lot better than a few months ago... "You have a tight to be, in life, we can't really be happy unless we take what we want while we have it..." The blond curled his legs up and hugged them.

Neji had no answer to that, but he did look at the other ninja. "As I said, there are better places to be alone, I can show you one or two if you like."

Deidara turned his head, he wasn't one to go follow some one automatically. But this one seemed trusting enough. He stood up and dusted off the cloak. " If you are willing to take me... un"

A slight smirk, as close to a smile as Neji had gotten in years, curved his lips. "Just don't tell anyone, don't want to lose the few places I can't be found." And with that, he led Deidara off.

Deidara reached out and held on to a piece of his jacket. It was a hobby of his. He would do the same thing to.. well we all know who. "Thank you, Neji... un" Deidara never really bothered to say his name before. So he decided to be nice, it's what he could do since nothing else came to mind.

"You're welcome," was all Neji said in reply. His guilt was gone, even if he wasn't going to be alone and allowed to wallow in self misery. One out of three was far below his normal par, but he could live with it for now.

Deidara blinked and smiled from Neji's reply. Maybe this boy wasn't so cold. "I should apologize for being ... annoying earlier. I guess It is my way of feeling better...un." the mechanical eye was set and scanning around. The manor was rather large, but then again they needed the space.

Neji slid open the door to a training room that was dusty from disuse. Normally, the head of the branch family would use this to train his children in the Jyuuken, but seeing as Neji's father was dead and Neji too young to have his own children, there was no reason for the room to be used.

Deidara looked around, taking a few mental pictures while at it. "Oy... this seems like a nice place to sulk...a bit dusty though... " He leaned against a wall and looked over at Neji. " Is it nice to live in such a big place...un?"

"Sometimes." He answered truthfully enough. He really didn't come to this place much anymore, memories tended to lurk in unexpected places.

He smiled and shook his head a bit; his bangs were itching his cheek. "You're not very talkative... are you?" He looked down at his hand, wondering if they were rested enough to make more birds. He liked his art... in fact.. as said many times by himself... art was a bang.

"Not normally, no." Neji sighed and shifted his forehead protector slightly. He hoped that Hinata wouldn't come looking for him. For some reason she always seemed to know exactly where he was.

Deidara looked around a bit more... he was starting to get bored. His gaze went from the wall, to the floor, then to Neji. Like all the Hyuugas, he had the odd colored eyes. He thought about them for a moment. "hmm... " Deidara walked over, his head slightly down as if trying to look for something on Neji. He stood a few feet away from him, his mechanical eyes examining the Hyuuga's.

Neji shifted slightly, not quite comfortable under the scrutiny. "What are you doing?" he asked.

Deidara held a curios expression. "Can you.. see through clothes?" ...Deidara... the youngest of the Akatsuki.. The crazy one...known for his exploding birds.. and lack of manners and common sense...

"Can you tell me your gender?" Neji countered. He could check himself, but it would be less embarrassing this way.

"No, that ruins my secret! Plus.. I want you to guess.. am I girl.. or a guy..un!" Deidara grinned as he crossed his arms. No one knew Deidaras gender, it was funny to hear people arguing over it, along with others trying to find out. He was clearly a guy, but i guess if you tend to act like both genders and look like a girl, people get confused.

"..." So much for not embarrassing the other nin. Neji sighed and activated the Byakugen. A quick glance was all he needed. "Male. Most definitely male."

Deidara blinked and looked down at him self.. only to look back slightly blushing. " I said guess.. un..." he slinked away slightly, most of his back facing Neji, you could only his face slightly. "Cheater..." It was cute how he held his blush. Deidara was so outgoing, but very shy at times, but most anyone would be.. I guess.

He shrugged. "Why guess when I can know for sure? Besides, I answered your question as well, didn't I?"

"Yes.. but ... mweeh..." Deidara closed his eye tightly as he held himself. " That was cheating and it made me feel really violated! ...Un!"

"..." Neji didn't get that. it's not like he'd really done anything to the other male. He should probably apologize though, even though Deidara looked cute when he blushed. Hold it! Hyuuga Neji did not just think that another male was attractive!

Deidara looked at him, rather... puppy-like? .. no.. submissive is more of the word. He slid awya a bit more before sliding the door open and quickly walking out. Boy was that awkward for the 'genderless' , or so what he had been called before, missing nin.

Neji walked out after him. "Deidara. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." Neji was actually reaching out to someone, a rarity all it's own. Hard to believe that this same cold boy had tried to kill his cousin during the chuunin exams.

Deidara turned around and stood there for a moment. this was even more awkward to the Stone nin. He turned back around and was about to run, until he managed to slip on some pieces of his broken up birds. He quickly caught himself and looked down, maybe he shouldn't just leave the pieces of his art once they exploded...

"..." Well this was awkward. For them both it seemed.

Deidara moved the pieces aside and turned around to see the Hyuuga. Funny how some one can look when they are startled, funny, scared, or adorable. the Akatsuki member stood silently there.

Neji licked his lips as he tried to think of something to say that wasn't completely stupid. Unfortunately, his genius mind was drawing up complete blanks.

Deidara stood quietly for a few more moments. He didn't know what to do... this was really awkward and it made him uncomfortable. He looked at Neji again, next thing Deidara realized, he was blushing, a lot more closer to Neji, and was kissing the Hyuuga boy? What had happened? He didn't know.. hell not even the mechanical eye caught it.

The Hyuuga boy was no less shocked, though his biggest amazement was that he was actually kissing back, and rather skillfully for the first time.

Deidara blushed deeper as he held onto the slightly taller boy. A few tears ran down his face, he had forgotten how a kiss felt like. He knew it was odd to kiss some one who you just met, but it was out of... god knows what.

Neji pulled Deidara closer, his arms going about the other man's waist as he tried to make him forget about whatever was making him cry.

"Neji-nii-san?" Hanabi opened the door from one of the rooms only to gape at what she saw.. "Neji-nii-san! When did you get a girlfriend?"

Deidara broke away with a jump, blushing madly. "Ah! " He looked really scared now... for Dei-chan. "Eh... erm.. un.." Deidara wiped away the tears that had been running down his cheeks and quickly ran. What had he been doing? Of course some one was going to come in, what if it had been one of the others. Damn, he really didn't have any common sense. 'This was stupid1 I don't know what going on, un! damnit!'

"Neji-nii-san? Is your girlfriend shy? Oh Hinata will be so happy you found someone!" Hanabi then turned and ran off to tell Hinata the supposed news, leaving a slightly confused, slightly blushing, and very unbalanced Hyuuga Neji behind.

Deidara ran out of the manor and opened the mouths on his hands. This was going to take up a lot of energy, but he didn't want to be there. Deidara, for the second time, was creating one of his giant birds to fly off on. " I should stay at the hide out next time!"