I know, Kin…I know…

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I wrote this in like thirty minutes and this is my first one-shot, so I know it sucks. Please! I really love KinxZaku! If anyone has a few extra minutes, please write a decent story about these two. And remember, I do not own Naruto. This is supposed to be angst...my first angst, so no flames! The rest of the stories should be funny...

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Kin was sobbing. She couldn't stop, it was just too much.

"Why?" she sobbed. She was shaking violently. "I didn't ask you to……"

"Kin, we have to leave, now," Dosu said uncertainly but firmly. They were on the edge of a cliff facing the sound village. It was midnight but the moon wasn't out that night. Kin was on her knees sobbing. After Dosu had barely survived his encounter with Gaara he had returned to the hidden sound and found his teammate Zaku had been used as a sacrifice for Orochimaru's invasion of Konoha. Zaku had found a replacement for Kin and used a genjutsu to disguise the substitute. He had to be there to die to keep the genjutsu up during the sacrifice. Kin had begged him not to…. She wanted to die with him…. But he refused. He had knocked her out after kidnapping her from the Konoha hospital after his arms had healed enough. He had kept her knocked out during the invasion and Dosu found her when the invasion was over.

"I told you not to….I...Zaku…." Kin sobbed. Dosu sighed. He didn't know what he could possibly say to ease her pain. He could just watch helplessly as his teammate cried her eyes out.

"Zaku…."

Dosu closed his visible eye and shook his head sadly. He was standing behind her as she wept on her knees. He had heard this sobbing many times before. All these words were just repeats. Tonight certainly wasn't the only night he had heard her sobbing and mourning.

"Dosu….why did he?..."

Dosu groaned quietly. 'We've already gone over this,' he thought sadly and slightly angry. He answered reluctantly.

"B-because," Dosu sighed. "Because he loved you Kin," he murmured reluctantly. But he loved her too…..

"If he loved me than why didn't he let me die with him?" Kin demanded angrily looking back at Dosu glaring and tears streaming down her face. "I wanted to be with him, Dosu!"

"I know…" Dosu said tonelessly. He looked back into her eyes expressionlessly. 'And I wanted to be with you,' he wanted to tell her.

"I-I….h-him.." she said shakily standing up and whipping away her tears. She turned to face him and walked up to him slowly. Dosu blinked and stared at her. Her eyes held back more tears. They were three steps apart.

"I really wanted him, Dosu……" She whispered softly. Two steps apart.

"I know, Kin…."

"Kin looked at the ground. "I-I needed him, Dosu…."

Dosu clenched his teeth together and closed his visible eye, but kept his calm.

"I-I know, K-Kin…." He forced himself to say. One step…Kin threw herself at Dosu and wrapped her arms around his neck. She broke down into more sobs. Sobs that were more emotional than she'd ever cried before. Kin went to her knees taking Dosu with her. She was burying her face into chest sobbing and shaking uncontrollably.

"K-Kin…" Dosu breathed. His visible eye had shot open when she had brought him down. His normal hand awkwardly touched her back. She clutched him tighter and he put both arms around her hesitantly. His face was red. Kin was finally in his arms….But why was this so bittersweet?

"I-I…..loved him, Dosu……" Kin breathed when she couldn't cry anymore. Dosu remembered why the moment was so bittersweet…….He put his bandaged mouth on top of her head and breathed in her warm scent. He sighed.

"I-I know….Kin…..I know….." he whispered sadly.