Hello my lovely readers~! So This was suppose to be an angst buuuut I think it would be classified better as a hurt/comfort. So yeah, that's what it is. ANYWAYYY, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto! If I did, all of the Akatsuki members would be alive, Sakura would be dead, and there would be a shit ton of yaoi!

"Maybe next time you'll think before you fucking talk to me like that again bitch!" Hideki bellowed as he landed yet another punch to Deidara's jawline. "You're lucky to even be here you worthless piece of shit!" A kick to the ribs came next and a sickening crack echoed throughout the nearly empty room as the boot made contact to Deidara's already swollen, purple chest. "I'm surprised someone like Itachi would even consider knowing let alone claiming someone as worthless as you."

By now Deidara was wheezing and hacking up blood. "Heh, it's not my fault I'm so damn irresistible, un. Unlike your sorry ass." Deidara laughed weakly before Hideki punched him in the cheek, again.

Hideki was practically shouting, "This family-no, this WORLD would be better off if you just fucking left bitch!" Hideki gave one last swift kick to Deidara's back before he spat on his face and exited the room leaving Deidara withering in pain on the floor.

Deidara glanced up at the place Hideki was just standing before shouting, as best he could, "Done playing already, asshole?! I wouldn't even qualify that as a beating, un!" He knew he should've shut up and been thankful that that's all Hideki decided to do to him today, but he had to have the final word.

"Shit," Deidara wheezed out. He knew he had at least two cracked ribs and a bruised, possibly fractured, jaw. He was just thankful Hideki decided to go easy on him tonight, though, because he had school in the morning.

It wasn't uncommon for Hideki to beat him at least once a week, but he usually did it on a Friday after school or Saturday. He would always tell Deidara's mother, Akai, that Deidara would get into fights with the neighborhood boys. Akai was always working so she had no choice but to take Hideki's word for it.

Deidara knew better than to tell his mother the truth. He had learned that lesson the hard way.

Akai was working late again that night and Deidara's little sister, Ino, was tucked away in bed asleep. Meaning: no one was around to hear what was going on upstairs. Hideki always plans everything out before administrating the beatings to Deidara. He would never get caught and he made sure Deidara would never try to tell anyone about his beatings.

The only other person who knew of this abuse, however, was Deidara's childhood friend, Hidan. It always tore Hidan apart the way his friend would beg him not to say anything about his abuse. Deidara would always tell Hidan that he could handle it himself and if he were a true friend he wouldn't tell anyone. Hidan promised to keep the horrible secret, but it still broke his heart whenever he would see a new wound on his best friend.

Deidara tried to hide every wound he could, especially from Hidan, but sometimes someone would see them. He would always tell them that he was a total klutz and would fall down the stairs or bump into the doorframe or something like that.

He had become a pretty convincing liar over the years, but he could never lie to Hidan. He knew him well enough to know something else was going on. When Deidara first told Hidan of what was going on, he was afraid. Afraid of what his best friend would think of him. Would he be pissed at him for lying all this time? Would he be disappointed that he was a weakling for taking the beatings? Would he pity him? Would he hate him?

But when Hidan was informed of what was going on, he didn't pity him. Or hate him. Nor was he pissed or disappointed in him. He only felt sympathy for his friend. He didn't judge him in any way. If anything, it brought them even closer together.

Deidara felt relief wash over him when he told Hidan. However, this didn't mean that he would go crying to him every time he was hit or called a distasteful name. Hidan knew this so he would always discreetly comfort him by going out to the arcade, or getting ice cream, or just hanging out. Deidara appreciated that of Hidan and it made Hidan happy to help his friend in any way he could.

Finally regaining enough strength to stand, Deidara got up from his balled up position on the floor to get cleaned up in the bathroom. He staggered over to his mirror in his bathroom. His long golden hair was knotted and messy from the scrap he and Hideki had. It was a Sunday night, meaning Deidara had some cleaning up to do before his mother got home in a few hours.

He had a little sister but she was a daddy's girl and was never around to see her oh-so-perfect father beat the crap out of her older brother, well half-brother.

As he gazed at himself in the mirror, he lifted his long blond fringe to see his left eye start to swell just enough to notice. It shouldn't turn into a black eye but it was soar. He touched the pained eye and immediately regretted it. He withdrew his hand from his eye and swore under his breath as he began to clean the multiple cuts and bruises all over the rest of his body.

His other once bright azure eye began to water, but he refused to cry. Crying never got him anywhere in life except for more pain and suffering as he's learned from past experiences.

As he was washing his face, he winced when he ran the wet cloth over his now deep purple bruise on his jaw, "Dimmit, that hurts, un. I'm going to need to cover that one too." He opened his mirror and reached inside to retrieve a tube of his mother's cover up make up. He had taken it into his bathroom after Hideki's brutal abuse the first time. It was assumed that Ino took it, so no one minded it was gone.

It sure comes in handy when your psychotic step father decides to beat you up the day before you have to go back to school, allowing no time for his wounds to heal. He noticed he was running low of the cover up. He sighed heavily and applied the cover up to most of his bruises. He would have to go to the drug store after school tomorrow to get more.

His mind began to wonder to when he had first met Hideki. His father walked out on him and Akai when Deidara was born. Akai was heartbroken and Deidara swore that he would kill the asshole if he were to ever meet him. He also made a promise to himself and to his mother that he would keep her from suffering anymore then she already has. So when she started to date again, Deidara honestly wasn't on board at first, but after seeing how happy his mother was, having fun, then he would keep an open mind.

One day, when Akai and Deidara were having dinner, she told Deidara that she had been seeing a man for about a month and she couldn't be happier. Deidara was skeptical and a little suspicious at first but after seeing his mother so happy, and remembering his promise, he accepted the idea of his mother in a relationship.

Later that week, Akai brought over her new boyfriend to introduce him to her son. She had mentioned that his name was Hideki. When he walked into the room where Deidara was, he noticed that Hideki was a good head taller than himself. He had short shaggy black hair and a 5 o'clock shadow. He wore a black button up shirt with dark blue jeans and black dress shoes. He was older than Akai by about three years.

It was like hate at first sight. As soon as Deidara looked into Hideki's soulless black eyes, he knew he was bad news, but he kept to his promise and grinned brightly holding out his hand to shake Hideki's. Hideki's hand was ice cold and Deidara instantly shivered at the contact but he kept his smile in place and Hideki returned the smile.

"Awe I'm so glad the two of you are getting along!" Akai smiled at the two before saying, "I'll go and get some tea and snacks then we can all get to know one another better." Akai gave them one last sweet smile before disappearing into the kitchen.

After Akai was out of sight, both Deidara and Hideki's smiles dropped and were replaced with scowls. "Alright listen up kid, I don't like you but I do like your mother, so I'll tolerate your presence for tonight, but if you piss me off, even in the slightest bit, I'll make your life a living hell." Deidara's scowl deepened at those words. What was his problem anyway? He hasn't even said two words to the man! Deidara simply rolled his eyes and muttered a 'whatever asshole, un' before taking a seat on the couch away from Hideki.

Hideki growled before taking a seat on the couch opposite of Deidara. Akai waltzed back into the living room with a plate of cookies and three cups of tea, unknowingly interrupting their silent glaring contest.

The rest of the night could have gone worse, but the one thing Deidara learned about Hideki was that he was a total asshole and he hopped he would leave, or die for all Deidara cared, and never come back. But alas, Deidara just couldn't catch a break, and six months later, he was going to have a new step father with a new little sister on the way. As long as Hideki made his mother happy, he would grit his teeth and tolerate Hideki for as long as his mother was happy.

Deidara was brought out of his thoughts about his first encounter with Hideki by a car door. His mother must be getting home now, which means it was late and he should be getting to bed. He finished concealing his bruises and was about to head back to his bedroom until he stopped to look at himself in the mirror again.

His eyes skimmed over his once perfect sun kissed skin. He could still make out the discolouration of some bruises on his chest and arms. His face twisted into a mixture of disgust and shame as he remembered how he had acquired each bruise and scratch.

He finally tore his gaze away from himself and walked back into his bedroom, changing into his pajamas, which consisted of a light grey pair of sweat pants and a black tank top, and crawling into his twin bed. He snuggled into the covers and closed his eyes.

"I'll get you someday, Hideki Kurai, un. One way or another; you're in for one hell of a revenge." Deidara smiled at the thought of finally being freed of Hideki's abuse before sub coming to unconsciousness.

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Sooo this story is pretty much all planed out (as far as the plot goes) and I've already gotten the next chapter finished and I'm working on the next. I'm going to try and work on it here and there and probably update again next week so look forward to that if you enjoyed the prolog!

Anyways, have a beautiful day~