No Sleep Days (ch2

No Sleep Day
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Summary: Everyone’s tired today, but not for the same reasons. Pein may have had to fight some burly idiot, but Deidara didn’t get any sleep, and it’s getting to him. Zetsu, on the other hand, is actually complacent. Gasp! Get a medic!

Zetsu-Yin, Zetsu-Yang.

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Pein hated it when he missed coffee.

He wavered slightly on his feet, waiting for Deidara to take the first step forward and bring the annoying captive inside, although he had his doubts about the stability of the ancient shack, if it would hold up at all.

Trying not to let him see, Pein glanced over at the blonde. The shorter man was biting his lip, looking concerned, miles away. He looked up again and sighed, eyes hooded. The Leader’s eyes widened almost imperceptibly when Zetsu reached forward and ruffled the hair of the Iwa muke-nin. So as not to be caught, he looked away quickly, breath catching in his throat.

“What the—“

“It’s okay, Deidara. Just quit complaining, all right?”

What just happened? Pein almost forgot where he was and turned his head to face Zetsu. Was he all right? The only visible gesture of confusion was when he blinked, twice, almost like a small child. In some ways, he still was.

Still waiting to go inside but not willing to give in first, he looked forwards again, not seeing, thinking. Absently, he wondered why Deidara had decided to come. It didn’t seem like the sort of thing that would interest him, and there wasn’t anything particularly important that was happening, so why did he come?

Blackmail, maybe?

And what was taking him so long?

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Chipmunks.

….

Driveway.

Car.

Pein. Pein’s coffee. Now I regret spilling it. But it was so funny…

Eep, a reader.

Get the hell outta my mind, heathen.

Uh, cream… puffs…

Sunscreen, cold hair, carrots… socks, knitting needles, red. Ack!

String… string man. Kakuzu.. black, blackmail, pain in the ass… Oops, wrong direction.

“What the—“

“It’s okay, Deidara. Just quit complaining, all right?”

Is he thinking about that? Does he remember how I said that… that I lo- argh, not again!

A, B, C, D, E, F, G…

Why are you still here?!

H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P…

Stupid… this is so stupid…

Q, R, S. T, U, V. W, X. Y. Z.

Now I know my ABC’s!

Next time won’t you sing with me?

Ha, take that. You’re not getting anything out of me! It’s my brain, dammit.

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Our stomach is growling.

I told you not to eat him, you idiot. Now look what, we’ve got indigestion…

I was hungry!

You’re always hungry.

….

… What’s taking Deidara so long, anyway?

You know… I think he’s daydreaming.

Ugh, figures.

Zetsu reached up with his right arm and messed up Deidara’s hair. As expected, he turned right around, the funniest look on his face.

“What the—“

“It’s okay, Deidara. Just quit complaining, all right?”

The blonde blushed, looking down. Zetsu would have smiled if he wasn’t so tired, however weird that may seem. Even he had these urges, but it took a lesser… well, not man, uh.. person… to succumb to them.

Like Tobi, for example.

Now that kid… Zetsu rolled his eyes. There was something about him that made him lose himself. It was a major weakness, but he couldn’t bring himself to let go of it. The whole thing was just a major hassle.

Was he feeling..? N-no. He wasn’t. He… ugh.

Oi, Deidara’s moving…

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Wow, I need sleep. I’m going to go to sleep now.

Good night.