"Well first," Itachi sighed, "We have to drop off this truck because it's the company's and not mine. Then we'll probably go home."
"Where's home?" Neji asked as they pulled into the company parking lot.
"Well my place is an apartment," he paused placing the truck in park, "My car is the black one over there."
The two exited the truck, Itachi walking into the building to fill out the paperwork that was required on a daily basis.
"Well," a familiar voice said in its mono-tone way, "You got yourself a fine catch there."
The Uchiha nodded at the lady who always sat behind the main desk at the company, "Aye, I'll probably be taking care of him for a while."
The blue-haired female nodded, fixing the stack of papers that Itachi had placed his on top of, "Why?"
"I'll explain some other time," he shrugged and walked out of the building and towards his car.
Neji, who was sitting in Itachi's car, watched as the older male walked slowly towards him. 'He looks amazing,' the Hyuuga thought, as the other male got into the car. But he quickly dismissed the thought, it not being natural, in the brunette's mind, for two guys to be together in the first place and Itachi was only a friend – that he barely knew- that had actually helped him.
The engine started and the two stayed in silence as the radio played quietly in the background.
Itachi pulled out of the company's lot and drove a while before pulling into a hotel.
"I-Itachi?" the brunette asked, confused at the scenery around the car, "What are we doing here of all places?"
"It's more proper," he paused, leaning on the outside of his car door as the sky rumbled above them, "To sleep in separate places, so that you would be able to get up on your feet on your own without outside help."
"I don't have any money," he muttered, also getting out of the car, lifting up his hand as a light sprinkle pattered down on the two.
"It's alright," Itachi smiled, "I can lend you some."
"I don't even have a change of clothes with me," he sighed.
"and I have an extra set of my clothes in the back," the raven again smiled at the brunette, "You can borrow those and there is a washer and drier here, if I'm not mistaken, so you can clean your clothes for school tomorrow. Thank God we all wear uniforms."
Neji could only nod at this and duck into the building trying not to get soaked by the rain that was starting to downpour outside.
"Mr. Uchiha!" a shocked voice practically shouted as the raven walked into the doorway, "to think that we'd see you on a night like this one!"
The raven nodded to the human who was still in shock from his arrival and walked to the counter to sign Neji in.
"So you must be that Hyuuga," the person said, turning his attention to the smaller male.
"H-hai *y-yes*."
"Yes, he talks a lot about you," the person continued, "Gosh you're just as-" He was suddenly stopped as Itachi smacked him in the back of the head.
"No need for talking this much, Kisame," he said in an almost cold voice, "Don't make him feel uncomfortable around you, or I will be on his side and therefore against you."
"Okay," the blue male said, "Okay, I'll leave you two alone."
Neji watched as the strange person left and turned to Itachi, "What happened to him?"
"His looks or his personality?" the Uchiha joked, leading the Hyuuga to his hotel room, "I heard that his mother dropped him when he was younger and he never regained normal color, that or he almost drowned and some sharks fished him out." He stopped outside of the room, "Although it would be better for you to stay away from him for a while, I still don't trust him as much as other people seem to." The raven opened the door with the card-key and motioned the younger inside of the room, "Although it is not much, I think it will suit you for the time being."
'Not much' was an understatement. The details, that would no doubt leave Neji's memories when he grew up, of the room where plain amazing. He could probably stay in this one room for a full month and still notice new things about the dark blue walls or the wood carved desk, dresser, and bed posts or even the white washed ceiling that had small multiple lights embedded into it instead of one collection of lights in the center.
Neji gasped as he looked around the room, questioning the situation "How could anyone afford this?"
"I thought that you came from a rich family," the Uchiha wondered out loud, "Or did you just not get the long end of the stick?"
"I-I never have known any riches," the brunette said, "I have only seen glimpses of it through cracks in the doors when they had dinner parties or some kind of thing that had other rich folk come over. I have never even really seen most of the house that I live in even."
"Well then where did you sleep?" the Uchiha asked, taking off his shoes in the front section of the hotel room, muttering to himself about might as well stay there for a few hours or so.
"In the back rooms," he replied, "It's not like it's a different thing for me to stay in the back. It's the place for the just the branch family."
"That's just bull shit right there," the raven said, "Just complete and udder-"
"It's what I am used to," Neji interrupted, "Ever since my own father died due to a small accident."
"Small accident?" the Uchiha questioned.
"I don't want to talk about it."
A thunder clap rumbled through the city.
The Hyuuga slightly jumped at the loud noise and sat down on the large bed after losing his balance for a short amount of time.
Itachi walked over to the window and could see the rain pouring down on the cars and the grass outside of the building. "Terrible luck," Itachi cursed under his breath, "I have to go before the driving conditions become any worse. Sorry."
Another loud thunder clap and Neji lunged forward and grabbed the elder's sleeve, "D-don't leave me."
Pein sighed as he leaned back in his chair within the gang's base, "Deidara, what kind of pizza do we have lying around here?"
"Only some cold stuff," the blond replied, "And some other stuff that you don't like."
"What's the stuff I don't like?" the orange haired male asked the blond, "You could at least tell me what in the world you are holding against me."
"Pepperoni and mushroom," he replied, "Both of which you dislike."
"Dang my life," he said, standing out of the chair and walking out of the door, "I'll be back with some Chinese or something."
The rain had just started coming down harder than a couple minutes ago and the male sighed. The cool rain pattered down onto the warm exposed skin of the male's face and neck, "What a great day for a stroll down the street."
"Pein!" a voice came sailing down the street to where the orange haired male was standing, "Pein! What you doing?"
"I'm going out to eat," he said, shaking his head, "Although it's none of your business in the first place."
"Of course it is!" the male said grabbing the orange hair and pulling him into a hug, "I do LOOOOVEEE you, you know?"
"What is he on, Kakuzu?" the orange haired asked the male who was calmly walking behind the obviously high male.
"Don't know," the other male shrugged, "Hidan gets himself into tons of things these days."
The orange haired male shook his head, "Just get him to a spot where he can crash without damaging anything that's at least mildly nice."
The male nodded, prying the drunkard off Pein, "Ya, now only to find a place like that. Maybe in the back of an alley way or something like that."
The orange haired male shook his head as the two walked away. "That's great," he sighed, "Wasting my time like it's not that important. Anyway, Chinese."
The Chinese restaurant that the male walked into was busier then it usually was, people lining up against the walls and around the main central area.
"Great," he muttered, walking in front of all the people that had been standing in line, "It's just like everyone today is trying to waste my time."
The people in line didn't object to his budging, instead nodding in silent agreement not daring to go against one of the most powerful gang leaders in the area.
"I do believe that it's time for some food," the male muttered, standing in front of the waitress who was on duty of the lobby, "What's on special?"
Well i do believe that the last chapter has gotten the most reviews, TWO! i am so happy :3
I apologise for my lame-ness, but i read some stories that have like... 40 or some review, and just two makes me happy. really depressing.
I had to include Pein in this chapter, along with other Akatsuki members because none of them were in the last chap. Other then Itachi, but duh he's a main character. So i felt bad for them and added them in. I'm such a nice author. :3
No comments = No new chapter. its just how i roll