A/N: This is your author signing in for the last time (for this story at least). Ah, I'm so sad but this is the final chapter. Thank you to: all of you, who read and supported this fanfic, Kakarotto, who supported me in all of my fanfic writings, and my mom who supplied me with a computer to type and create this story with. There will be a sequel to this, and it will be called "Just Be Friends". Yes, just like the Vocaloid song sung by Luka. I hope you all go and read it, and enjoy it like you have this story! And, for the last time, sorry for the OOCness.

I love you all to death. Honestly.

-Nappa

Chapter 7

What has been happening? Why is Itachi like this suddenly? For the past few days, he has been talking to me. And, A LOT. He and I have been going to the meadow everyday as well. So, now, it has to be asked:

What the fuck decided to possess Itachi?

I mean, he's never been this... nice to me before. He's never WANTED to be around me like this before. He keeps asking me to go and do things with him, like just yesterday, he asked me to help him with the grocery shopping. Which, may seem like it's not odd, is extremely weird. Usually, he just does the groceries on his own. But not yesterday. Yesterday, he wanted me to come with him and help him pick out everything to make sure they're just right. Plus, he kept askng me all about myself. Things I liked, my family, etc. It's frankly starting to scare me. Why is he doing this? Is this some weird joke? Does he know how I feel for him, and now he's just toying with me? If he is, I will fucking murder him. I will find his stupid little otouto, and I will make sure Itachi knows that I will torture him. Or, no, I will just shave all of his stupid, and extremely sexy, long hair, so that his stupid Uchiha ego will be crushed. (Calm down Deidara, you're going insane over this.)

I am just so confused.

"Dei-chan?" I heard Konan say. I looked at her.

"Yes, un?" I asked. She smiled at me.

"I couldn't help but notice that you and Itachi-san are spending... most of your time together," she replied. I felt my face flush.

"Y-yeah? What about it, un?" I stuttered in response. Damnit, why can't I just keep my cool?

"Is there... anything going on?" Konan's eyes sparkled due to the fact that there might be potential gossip. I sighed and shook my head. "Oh..." she said, sounding disappointed. I then heard a slight snicker, and immediately, I felt my face turn pale.

"YOU BASTARD! HOW MUCH DID YOU HEAR, UN?" I said, walking up to Itachi, who was standing in the hallway. It shouldn't bother me that he heard, but it really just did.

"Why did you stutter, 'Dei-chan'..." he was smirking his stupid smirk. I felt my face heat up.

"D-DON'T CALL ME DEI-CHAN, OR I'LL CALL YOU ITA-KUN! A-AND, I DIDN'T STUTTER, UN!" I yelled. Itachi just kept on smirking. His eyes sparkled with happiness.

"Go ahead. Call me Ita-kun. See how much I care. And, everytime you call me Ita-kun, I'll call you Dei-chan," he said. I felt myself calm a little.

"Fine, un! Then I won't call you Ita-kun. I don't want you to call me Dei-chan!" I said angrily. Itachi just smirked some more.

"Oh, now I have to call you Dei-chan, just because you don't want me to." He smirked so much, and I was mad. Not that he was calling me Dei-chan (in fact, I like him calling me that. He makes it sound so... sexy.), but he was having way to much fun seeing me suffer. Stupid Ita-kun.

"Ugh, just do whatever you want, un!" I said as I stormed off. I felt Itachi follow close behind me. "What do you still want?" I said as I turned to him. He just stopped and looked at me.

"Uh... I don't know... Just, come let's do something." He then looked at me. I must have been redder than a tomato. Honestly, I was so confused at that moment.

"F-fine... un..." I said, a slight sound of defeat in my voice. He smirked.

"Ok, then let's go." He grabbed my hand as he pulled me out of the base. GRABBED MY HAND. What the hell is happening?

He kept leading me by my hand until we reached a little restaurant just outside of town. He brought me inside, and he told me to order something. I looked over the menu. What did I want? I decided to just go with water. Itachi ordered oolong tea. While the waiter scurried away, I turned to Itachi.

"What is this place?" I asked him. He looked at me.

"My meadow," he replied. I felt myself smile at that statement. He took me to his own private meadow. I felt very touched that he would trust me with such a place.

"You know what," I said, "let's have some fun. Right now."

Itachi looked surprised. "What do you mean?" he asked. I smiled a little evilly.

"Waiter! One bottle of sake and two cups, please, un!" Itachi stared at me. He looked slightly shocked and disgusted at the same time.

"Really, Dei-chan? Sake? Oh, god..." Itachi said as the sake was brought on over.

Although, it totally backfired...

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I woke up, the next day, on the couch at the Akatsuki base. I quickly sat up, but I immediately regretted that. I had a pounding headache. Great... Now, I'm hungover. Wait- what happened after the sake last night? I thought to myself. I looked around and saw no one there, except for Itachi.

"Um... Good morning, un?" I said. He looked up at me, blushed, and he looked away. As soon as he did that, I checked my clothing situation. Good, everything's still on. Even my shoes were still on. But, why that weird reaction from Itachi?

"Go and take a shower, Deidara," he said, coldly. I almost visibly winced from how cold he was to me. And, I wasn't Dei-chan to him anymore?

"What happened after the sake?" I asked cautiously. Itachi's eyes immediately widened.

"N-nothing happened..." he said. I didn't believe him.

"Lie, un," I interjected. He looked at me, face red and eyes widened. He was unreadable right now. I was starting to worry about what happened. I mean, we were both dressed, so \i that\i0 couldn't have happened. "Itachi, tell me what happened, or I swear to god, fuck even Jashin, that I will murder you in your sleep, un." I said that in a rushed and worried tone.

"You... you confessed to me," he said in a small voice. I felt my face go pale, my heart stop.

"W-what do you mean?" I acted as if I didn't know exactly what he meant. I lied, saying I was confused. I knew exactly what was happening. I knew what was going on.

"You said you loved me. You started crying to me. You told me everything." He was very red. Itachi stared at a small patch of ground. His eyes were wide. I felt my eyes widen. I fucked up. I got drunk and told him. I told him my true feelings. I told him. I felt the tears well up in my eyes.

"You mean... I actually told you, un?" I felt a tear escape and slide down my cheek. Itachi nodded. I felt everything go crashing down with that one nod. Great, it's Sasori leaving all over again. "I would understand if you were to avoid me from now on, un," I said after a long silence. "I would understand if you don't ever want to talk to me ever again." Itachi's eyes locked with mine.

"Who ever said I wanted to?"

What's the right way to say how I felt? My heart lifted. My face burned. Itachi got up, walked over to me, and he wiped my tear off my cheek. He slowly leaned down, and he kissed me. It was soft and sweet. I thought I had to be dreaming. Yet, if I was dreaming, I never wanted to wake up. He pulled away and stared at me straight in the eyes.

"Deidara, no, Dei-chan, what would you say to a date later this afternoon?" he asked me.

There's a fine line between love and hate. Which is why, as I now know, love and hate are basically the same thing.

Owari