Deidara-chan needs to decide
“Ugh…this sucks.”, Deidara groaned and let his head slump on his keyboard, producing long lines of complete gibberish.
“Is something the matter?”, Itachi asked, looking up from his council ledgers to the student council’s secretary.
“No…”, Deidara mumbled and Itachi nodded. “I see, still…if you need any assistance, I’ll be happy to help.”
A few moments passed.
“I haaaaate this…it’s driving me fucking insane, hn!”, Deidara yelled, burying his face even deeper in his laptop.
“Is something the matter?”, Kisame asked, closing the council binder before him.
“Yes!”, Deidara whined and Itachi raised an irritated eyebrow. Was his attention not good enough for him?
“We have to do this stupid ass project for computer science and I hate it! Hate, hate, hate!”
“One might think that the council chamber is for council business.”, Itachi mumbled and his secretary gave him a sharp look. “I heard that, hn!”
Kisame gave his junior a pitying smile. “Sorry dude, but IT isn’t exactly my forte either.”
“What even is your task?”, asked Itachi and Deidara shrugged.
“We have to create a JavaScript site from scratch.”, he said.
“And you don’t know how?”
This question made Deidara glare at the older student again. “Of course I know how, I’m not as stupid as you might think I am!”
“I never said -”
“Whatever, man..”
Kisame sighed heavily. Since the student council had formed, the president and the secretary had never really gotten along. Itachi’s overly polite and calculated attitude had immediately put off Deidara and Deidara's brash and often juvenile charisma had quickly annoyed Itachi. They were like fire and ice - with Kisame as the water between them. If it wasn’t for him, they would have probably tried to stab the other at least once.
Kisame forced a patient smile on his lips.
“I’m honestly pretty glad you got the hang on the language, because I sure don’t. But if it isn’t that, what’s wrong then?”
Deidara sighed and looked out of the window.
“I can’t decide?”
“What do you mean?”
Deidara blushed a fine rosé. “The website should be about our favorite animal, but I have so many of them.”
“Favorite animal? I thought you were in highschool by now.”, Itachi couldn’t help himself to say.
“I thought I made it clear that I wasn’t asking you!”, the younger student hissed.
“Hey, hey!”, Kisame raised his voice and glared at both of them. “Stop acting like children.”, he added and he thought he saw Itachi grinding his teeth in frustration.
“I’m going to make some coffee for us and Deidara, maybe you could write down the animals that you are considering the most?”
The blonde nodded slowly and quickly began to scribble on the notepad beside him. Kisame eyed Itachi as put the ground coffee into the filter. He seemed tense, maybe even… as if he was pouting? He couldn’t suppress a small grin, so there was something, or rather someone, that Itachi couldn’t solve with ease.
“Don’t you want to sit by us?”, Kisame asked Itachi, as he brought three cups of steaming coffee to the table between the fancy leather couch (which was generally accepted as Kisame's kingdom) and the more simple IKEA couch (which was generally accepted as Itachi’s kingdom).
Kisames attentive stare laid on the president who stood up, walked a few steps and immediately stopped in his tracks. Where would he sit down? Both couches were already in use and both couches had enough space for a second person. But would he rather sit on his preferred seat next to Deidara or would he go out of the way to sit next to Kisame?
His pride forbade him both - he was too stubborn to sit next to this annoying junior but to sit next to Kisame? Next to his large, muscular form? One wrong move and their shoulders or knees could touch… What if Kisame would notice the faint blush that would creep on his cheeks, the embarrassed scuttling away?
Oh, you are running away - I don’t bite, unless you want me to, of course. Now you are blushing even more, how cute…
Itachi blinked a moment too long, before turning around and quickly returning, pulling his office chair behind him and sitting down at the head of the table
Kisame smiled knowingly and passed the cups around - two sugar for himself, simply black for Itachi and three-quarters milk and three sugar for Deidara. Itachi stared at the light brown beverage in disgust.
Deidara put his pen away and slid the paper to the middle. “So, what do you think?”
“You should definitely choose crow.”
“You should totally make something about sharks.”
Itachi and Kisame stared at each other and the room temperature seemed to drop by a few degrees.
Deidara didn’t seem to be aware as he nodded slowly. “Yeah, both sound really interesting, but I can only take one.”
“Sharks are some of the most interesting and diverse kinds of animals - from the Great White Shark to the dwarf lantern shark, to the tiger shark to the greenland shark, there is a whole ocean of these wonderful animals.”
“While this might be true, everyone knows that crows are some of the most intelligent birds out there, they have amazing memory and recognition - they can even remember the faces of people who have wronged them and tell their crow comrades to be wary of them.”
Deidara blinked. “Well, I did not know this.”
“Yeah, yeah, how impressive. But did you know, Deidara-kun, that sharks have some of the best senses in the animal kingdom? Their eyes are much more sensitive than those of humans, their nose is so sharp, they can easily smell their prey from over 75 meters away - and even though you can’t see them, sharks have internal ears.”
Deidara nodded.
“Yeah, and greenland sharks are made of pee!”
“Huh?”, the secretary gasped, but the senior continued without a pause.
“Crows are extremely social animals, having over two hundred different calls to communicate with each other. They also mate for life and their older chicks assist their parents by helping to raise the younger chicks.”
“Good for them, but what can they actually do except be smart by some weird, arbitrary standards? Sharks are on the top apex predators of the ocean - their rows and rows of razor sharp teeth help shred their prey to bits! They can track heartbeats by their electro-magnetic impulses, how fucking awesome is that?!”
“Guys, please…”, Deidara mumbled.
“Crows actively seek out ants to rub on their feathers, which give them a venomous, anti-parasite shield. Crows play sports! Crows are shown to forgive and show affection after fights! Crows hold funerals for their deceased friends! Crows are perfect, friendshaped babies!”
“And the species of shark is older than trees, older than the FUCKING SATURN RINGS!”
“Shut up! Both of you!”, Deidara yelled and slammed his palms down on the table, making the coffee stir and wave.
“You aren’t helping at all!”
He stared at the two older students. “Jeez, y’all need some therapy, because both of you have some unresolved issues, if you ask me.. There is no reason to scream about some fish or cry because of some birds. Whatever, both of you won - or lost, I don’t know… whatevs, I’m going to the library, researching owls. Researching alone, hn!”
With that, Deidara slammed down both his laptop and the door behind him.
“Well, technically, owls are more similar to crows then to sharks”
“Oh, shut up!”
Itachi smiled and took a sip of coffee. “I didn’t know you were so interested in crows.”
Kisame laughed a bit. “Well you know, sometimes you end up falling into some weird YouTube rabbit hole.”
The vice-president eyes fell on his hands. “And I was surprised that you are so into sharks.”
Itachi's smile widened a bit. “Well, a student council president should be informed about all urgent topics.”
And though he would never ever admit to it, a small blush crept onto Kisame's cheeks.
Todays result: Mutual victory - or defeat, I don’t know, whatever