Hidan came from a broken family.
It wasn't anything too bad. There was no fighting, no throwing things, no yelling even. Just the general feel of hate that was always there could show that this family was cracked. His father worked in the local supermarket, his mother ran a bookstore. His older brother had left years before for college.
Kakuzu came from a nuclear family.
He had a sister, his parents were dedicated and loved each other so much it was almost embarrassing to the miser. TenTen, his sister, was a straight A student with a loving boyfriend from a wonderful family, the Hyuuga's.
Hidan was loud and as explosive as his best friend, Deidara.
Kakuzu was quieter than his best friend, Sasori Akasuna, who people thought was mute.
Hidan was a C student, known for missing more days than the school principal was hair, and his record was as clean as their science teacher, Orochimaru Asp, was straight.
Kakuzu was straight A, had a spotless attendance record, was generally the type of student teachers fought over to have in their classrooms.
Kakuzu hated Hidan for his looks and his disinterest in money.
Hidan though Kakuzu was shallow, and a heathen.
Two very different souls, thrown together by one event.
The bottle smashed on the wall, just above Hidan's head. Hidan was in shock, body rigid. He knew that his father hated him, but this....
...This was the first time he had threatened to really hurt him.
His father, handsome, although he was in his forties, leered at him, brushing his brown hair away from piercing azure eyes. Hidan could smell the liquor on his breath. It burned harsh as he wrinkled his nose.
"How come you look so much like her, huh?!" Kenta slurred at him, brandishing his hand, and Hidan flinched. "Ya look so much like her....my looks not good enough for ya, huh?"
Hidan dared to raise his eyes to meet his father's. Kenta snarled at the lavender eyes staring at him, and took a step forward, raising his hand back before bringing it full force across Hidan's face. Hidan didn't respond as he stared mutely at the floor.
"Your momma has everything in life. She's cheating on me...." Kenta was sounding even more slurred than he had before. "Walked in on her with her lover today."
Hidan made no response.
"Little slut....all your looks are going to get you is a world of pain," Kenta taunted. "I heard from the school....everyone hates you, huh? Even that Frazier....Kakuzu. Nice family, and what do you do?!"
Hidan narrowed his eyes, but keep silent.
"You fight with him. Little slut, that you are. Maybe I should sell you as one, I'm getting fired soon....caught drinking on the property...."
Hidan's eyes widened, but he forced himself to keep staring at the ground.
"....Not using your big mouth for once, huh. Well, I'll be having you put your mouth to good use, soon as I can...."
Hidan felt sick. His father was going to sell him. As a whore. Did he have no say in this?
"And don't run crying to mommy, slut," Kenta warned, bending over to pick up a new can of beer, cracking it open. "I'm getting rid of her soon enough, anyway. Besides, you're so useless and stupid, being a whore is the only real future you have, huh?"
Hidan felt his eyes burn, and he forced himself to move, pulling himself away from the wall, out of the room, out of the house, down the street....
Into the dark night.
Author's Comments: This is ~ChasingFreedom's request for getting first place.
Okay, general details: TenTen and Kakuzu are siblings, simply for this to work, Kakuzu had to have a sister, and TenTen looked the most like him. Hidan is a rebel, who's dad thinks he's useless and wants to start selling his body.
The title is weird, I know. ~ChasingFreedom just told me she wanted a school fic for KakuHi, where they hate each other at first. That left me to my own devices from there, and this is what comes from that.
This whole story, and the title, is based off this song (Apologize by Timbaland) and I'm, following that, kinda. Some roles are reversed from the song, though. Kakuzu's dad is the alcholic, and his mom will turn out to be a druggie.