-1What You Can't Say Sober
By F. W. Bourdillon
There were these small things you couldn't say with a sober mind.
Warning: Contains Shonen-ai / Yaoi and contains sexual situations
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and all rights belong to Kishimoto
Chapter Two
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Hidan woke up feeling strangely relaxed considering how much his head hurt, but aside form that he felt like he hadn't has a rest that good in a long time.
He sat up wincing a bit at a strong pain shot to his head, "What the hell…" he muttered in annoyance before unfocused eyes came upon the figure that belonged to his partner; who was, at the moment sitting on chair by a table and scribbling on a ledger with a pen.
"Hey asshole!" Hidan called to Kakuzu unnecessarily loud, especially with Kakuzu less than 15 feet away.
"What is it dumbass?" came Kakuzu's deep voice his eyes not tearing away from the paper he was currently writing on.
"What the fuck happened last night? My head like it's fucking ready to tear itself apart!" he complained resting a hand on his forehead trying to recall last nights events. He only remembered going out to drink with Kakuzu…
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Kakuzu stared at Hidan, "I don't know how you can consume that much alcohol and not already be passed out…"
Hidan seethed at Kakuzu glaring, "Fuck you." he said taking another drink.
"You should stop before you get piss drunk, I'm not going to lug your sorry ass back to the hotel." Kakuzu replied glaring at Hidan with annoyance.
Hidan snickered lightly to himself, hell, Kakuzu was paying, he was going to enjoy himself, "Shut the hell up! What are you my wife?" he retorted beginning to feel a small tinge in his head and his thought becoming less clear with each drink he downed.
Kakuzu just shook his head at the other man.
Hidan took another drink but stopped only to let out a loud laugh, "Heeeey fuuucker…" he drawled.
Kakuzu blinked at the silver-haired man, "What is it Hidan?"
"Tonight sure is GREAT isn't it? Just lookit the stars!" he yelled staring at the ceiling lights.
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After that Hidan didn't recall anything, but for what he did remember he cursed himself for being such an idiot, and in front of Kakuzu no less! He prayed the man didn't say anything about his behavior the previous night.
"Well Hidan…" Kakuzu paused placing his ledger and pen down on the table, in this moment of silence Hidan braced himself for the worse but didn't show it, "You just about drank more than half your weight alcohol and started acting like an idiot." he paused again, "More of an idiot"
Kakuzu didn't think it a good idea to tell Hidan what had gone on the night before, afterall what was he supposed to say anyways, "Well, you were so drunk you were hitting on me, but that's not it, we almost ended up banging each other right there on my bed. Oh yeah, and I became your personal pillow to! We ended up sleeping together in the same bed, I just left before you woke up!" Kakuzu shook his head at his own thoughts, but wither way, it would not bode well in Kakuzu's opinion.
Hidan was relieved to find that Kakuzu hadn't said anything too bad, he was used to being called an idiot by the other…and he was also used to bitching about it as well, "Shut the fuck up Kakuzu! The only fucking idiot here is you!"
Kakuzu just ignored the other man picking up his ledger and pen and starting to write again
"Hey! Stop ignoring me asshole!" he was greeted by silence. Hidan growled in annoyance and was about to yell again when he realized something, or he realized a lack of something, "WHAT THE FUCK!?" he yelled loudly making Kakuzu send him a sharp glare.
"What the hell is it now Hidan?" he asked.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY CLOTHES!!!" Hidan yelled even louder than before.
The stitch man froze, he couldn't tell Hidan why his clothes were missing, so he improvised, "You took them off before you went to bed." he replied trying to keep his voice as calm as possible.
"Yeah right!" came Hidan's snappy remark, "I bet you took them off and tried to do something to me last night you perv!"
Kakuzu resisted the urge to say "other way around you idiot" but instead settled for letting out an agitated sigh and glaring at his smaller partner, "Why, in gods name, would I EVER want to do that to you of all people? I think you're being a little to full of yourself Hidan." he replied turning back to his paper and pen.
Hidan crossed his arms over his chest and simply sent one of his infamous glares, that were strictly used on Kakuzu, to the man in question.
He couldn't actually say anything without it sounding like he wanted Kakuzu to do something to him, he didn't want the taller man to think so anyways, if anything, Hidan thought that Kakuzu might start to avoid him and he really didn't want that.
So a small silence settled into the room before Hidan broke it by standing up and grabbing his clothes and walking to the bathroom yelling, "I'm going to take a shower you ass!" and slamming the door.
Kakuzu stopped writing yet again and let out an exaggerated sigh leaning back in the chair, something was definitely wrong with himself, when Hidan had yelled he didn't feel the slightest bit of annoyance that he usually got when he heard the other mans complaining.
His thoughts ever so slowly drifted back to last night when Hidan had tried to seduce him. And it worked.
He could explicitly remember what Hidan's warm lips felt pressed against his own, and running his hands along the other mans soft face, he could remember every little detail that had went on during those few minutes.
But most of all he could remember how much hearts ached for something he knew he couldn't have.
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At had been three weeks and Hidan was beginning to get annoyed, he noticed it very slightly at first thinking maybe it was his imagination, but as time progressed these small changes became more and more apparent.
They were fighting less and less; Kakuzu would let Hidan have the last word in their argument, which had never happened before a couple weeks ago. Sure, he didn't like Kakuzu constantly making him look like a retard but it was so fucking annoying that the other man barely put up a fight!
When Hidan was doing his rituals Kakuzu would be quiet and wait without making a single complaint. Hidan had thought at one point that it might have been nice if Kakuzu would just leave him alone and let him do his rituals to Jashin but now he realized how much he missed those arguments.
Hell! The man even let him preach about his religion and try to convert Kakuzu and he wouldn't even say anything! It was always replied with a number of "…" and "We'll see." there wasn't anymore of the "Shut the hell up Hidan, I don't want to be a part of your stupid ass religion."
Kakuzu had become so damn…depressing lately! Kakuzu barely even talked to him now! It was like the man was constantly in thought or something!
And it was pissing Hidan off to no fucking end!
Hidan would never say it aloud but he come to someone…like the asshole of a partner he was used to, not this quiet and agreeing one.
And for some unknown reason, he felt sort of sad to see Kakuzu like that.
But Hidan was going to get to the bottom of this, he was getting really annoyed and was ready to try and kill Kakuzu if he didn't know what was making the taller man act so strange soon.
So they had just finished up a their mission and were now heading back to the Akatsuki.
"Kakuzu! I'm fucking tired! Lets take a fucking break! We've walking forever now!" Hidan complained hoping to get some sort of insult from Kakuzu but all he got was, "We'll stop soon then."
Hidan stopped in his tracks and crossed his arms over his chest, Kakuzu stopped as well and turned to Hidan giving him a questioning look.
He was slightly shocked, but didn't show it, when Hidan stomped to him and grabbed him by the collar and put their faces mere inches from one another, "What the hell is wrong with you lately!?" Hidan asked not evening bothering to hid his aggravation.
Kakuzu simply blinked, "Nothing."
"Nothing!? Nothing my ass!!! You've been acting weird! When we argue you don't even bother to try to put up a fight and you're fucking patient with my bitching and my rituals!" he shouted glaring at Kakuzu.
Hidan stiffened when he felt Kakuzu's hand on his cheek, the stitch mans thumb gently stroking it in an almost affectionate way.
"Wh-what are you d-doing a-asshole…?" Hidan stuttered trying to sound angry and not to stutter but found himself sounding more shocked than intended.
"Did you know you're beautiful Hidan?"
Hidan's breath caught in his throat, "Wh-what?" he asked wondering if he had heard correctly.
Kakuzu said nothing but continued to stroked Hidan's cheek with his thumb giving the smaller man a saddening and slightly mournful look.
Hidan swallowed, "S-stop being such a p-pansy Kakuzu…!" he said once again trying to sound angry but failed and after those words escaped his lips he almost felt regretful on the off chance that his words would somehow hurt Kakuzu.
"What the hell? Why the hell would I care if Kakuzu was hurt or not!?" the religious zealot thought to himself.
Kakuzu's hand fell from Hidan's cheek, "Maybe you're right…" he said, he knew he could never be close to Hidan no matter how much his heart and body carved it, so he would try to forget those feelings for Hidan, maybe then he could go on without that sensation prickling in the very depths of his heart every time he looked at the silver-haired man.
And without words or an explanation Kakuzu began to walk away leaving a very dumbfounded Hidan standing their on the road.
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A/n: Kakuzu probably seems out of character so let me just sum things up here; Kakuzu likes Hidan but doesn't really know how to deal with it, sure he's probably been in love a long time ago but if anything he's forgotten what it feels like so he's having difficulties with it.
That's all I have to say…
Next Chapter:
Gradually everything has gone back to normal, they fight, Kakuzu is an impatient bastard again, everything is like it used to be…but Hidan wants to know what was up with that incident on the road.