I awoke the next morning and felt something on my cheek. I wiped it off with my finger and looked at it. It looked like a drop of water, so I cautiously licked it. 'Salt water,' I thought. 'What? Had I been... crying? No way. No fucking way.' Had I really felt so lonely as to shed a tear in my sleep? I got up, trying to shake away the thought. Hidan doesn't cry. Only pussies cry!
I went downstairs and sat at the kitchen table for breakfast and saw Itachi pass through the kitchen, followed by Kisame. "Where the fuck are you off to?" I yelled after them.
Kisame paused, "Pein sensed something suspicious, so we're searching the perimeter."
I got up a few minutes after they left to check for myself. I scanned around the entire Akatsuki base, and, after an hour, decided to head back.
I felt a drop of rain and looked into the sky to see someone crouching in the tree from my peripheral vision. I stared at them, and they quickly jumped to the next tree and disappeared from sight. I breathed a heavy sigh, assuming it was just a hallucination. When I did so, my nose caught the faded scent of female and bloody roses, one I recognized immediately, but couldn't place. I felt the rain fall harder, so I went back to base.
When I walked through the front door, I knew Itachi and Kisame had been back for some time, for there were trails of drying rainwater going down the steep hallway, which weren't there when I left. I headed straight for the kitchen and grabbed a bowl, a box of cereal, and a carton of milk. When I'd finished putting my breakfast together, I sat down at the table and hunched over the bowl, eating savagely.
After about ten minutes, I heard the front door swing open, followed by the sound of pouring rain and wet shoes squeaking as they touched the floor. A second later, Pein was standing in the doorway of the kitchen, holding the girl from my dream by the back of her shirt in his hand.