Dear You pg11

He finally stopped his sobbing. He shut the closet door and went to sit on his bed.

"Thanks," he said, still sniffling.

"Uh-huh. As long as you don't do that to me."

He had apparently taken this sentence seriously, so he looked at me wide-eyed and said, "Never!"

"I was kidding!" I laughed. I sat next to him. "So, does your Granny know about them?"

"Yeah. She found out not that long after I made them. She apparently saw me sitting in front of the closet, staring at them." He laughed a little. "Must have been creepy since they look so real."

"I guess I'll have to burst Hidan's bubble and tell him that I'm not leaving you." I said.

"So, he hinted to you about them?"

"Yeah. I think he was trying to get me to break up with you so he could be the guy that I come crying to. God, what a retard."

Sasori did his cute giggle and said, "Well, I can see why he would want you so badly. You're certainly the best person I've ever met."

"Ha! Do you use that line on your Granny when you want more wood?"

"Hey, I was serious. And... only sometimes..."

"You're horrible. I love you." I snickered and leaned my head on his shoulder; He turned red and replied, "Love you, too."

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"Alright, but don't say I didn't warn you."

"I know, Hidan, and... thanks. I've got to say, it's probably the nicest thing you've ever done." I smiled weakly; Why was it so easy to talk to him when I knew how much of an ass he could be?

It was the day after I had seen the puppets, right before school. I had seen Hidan walking through the doors and told Sasori to wait for me at his locker. It was another nice thing about him. He wasn't overprotective, even around Hidan. I figured he was ready to attack at any minute, though. We were standing right by the front doors inside the building, people walking in all around us. No one payed attention to us, though. They had classes to get to.

"Seems like it was a waste anyhow," Hidan sighed. "I wish you wouldn't hang around him so much. You never know what could happen."

"You sound like my mother. C'mon, he's not a bad guy. Okay, so he had one slip-up, but he was five. People can change." I shrugged. He sighed again and shook his head.

"They can, but that doesn't mean they will."

"Alright, that's enough, Hidan. Look, I'll chat with you in Geometry. That's the only class that Sasori's not in. You can come sit next to me in the back. I always fall asleep there." I felt bad with him always having to stay so far away from me, even though I knew he liked me. I'd just have to tell him that we could only be friends, nothing more.

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"What's up?" Sasori asked when I reached my locker.

"I just told him the truth." I yanked open the metal door and pulled out a few books, then closed it. "He's still a little up tight. I told him I'd talk to him later."

"So you're gonna get all buddy-buddy with him now?"

"Not really, I just felt bad for him. It wasn't the wrong move, was it?"

He shrugged. "Did it feel like a bad move?"

"No, it's just that I don't want to get his hopes up. You know how people like him can be. I hope he doesn't try anything stupid, though."

"Kick him in the stomach or break his nose."

"You're violent."

"Only when I have to be!" He turned away and I followed him to class.