A/N: Starting a collection of drabbles for certian pairings/characters. Requests are welcomed, and I wil try to do it, unless I just can't write about it.

Pairing: DeiKuro if you squint, mostly just Deidara and Kurotsuchi friendship fic. I see them as not related but really close.

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto

"Congratulations, Kurotsuchi!" All of Kurotsuchi's friends, family, and teammates were gathered around the table, smiling. She shrugged it off.

"It was nothing really, I mean, half of you guys are already jounins. It's not much to celebrate."

"Don't be a downer, Kurotsuchi! You're an elite ninja now!" Akatsuchi smiled.

"My little girl, all grown up-"

"Mom."

Today, the Tsuchikage, had announced (not without a small ounce of pride, after all, Kurotsuchi was his granddaughter) that Kurotsuchi had rose to the ranks of a jounin. Kurotsuchi was happy, really, but she didn't see why they had to host a party for her. She would have preferred a quiet rest in her room, maybe an early night's sleep, but not a full blown party dedicated to her. Kurotsuchi had never been a social butterfly.

She looked around the room, at all her acquaintances, and felt pang of sadness, even with the cheery mood surrounding her.

She wondered what he would have said, what he would have done. Would he be proud of her if he knew? Or would he simply not care?

The reason Kurotsuchi hated this party was because there was one empty space in the crowded room, one that could not be filled up.

The one where Deidara was supposed to be.