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Konan: Thursday 12 AM

The door slammed open as my next client walked in. She was my only female Akatsuki client and the only one that it made any sense to have their nails painted every week.

"Hello Konan, did you get my little memo?"

Konan flashed me a mischievous smile. "Let's just say that Deidara is a bit...wrapped up." Konan gracefully sat in front of me. "Hello Harumi."

"You want the usual?" I asked holding out the orange. Konan's orange eyes narrowed at the bottle.

"Actual," her voice was clip and hard, "I want blue this time."

I shrugged and pulled out a blue. She didn't even cast it a glance as she agreed to the color.

"Are you alright?" I asked tentatively as I cleaned up the orange which I noticed was scrapped off.

Konan looked at me and then whispered. "I can trust you, right?" I nodded my head reassuringly. With a deep breath she started. "I got in a fight with Nagato."

"A fight?" I asked confused. As far as I knew, Nagato and Konan got allow very, very well.

Konan nodded her head gravely as I started her clear coat. "I'm just sick of it."

"Of what?" I prompted.

"Of Pein." Konan sighed.

"Pain like abuse or Pein like orange hair Akatsuki leader?" I asked wincing. Sometime that guy's name really was a bitch.

"The six body orange hair freaks controlled by Nagato." Konan murmured. "I understand the uses of Pein but I didn't fall in love with Pein but with Nagato." Konan looked down. "When we are together, it has to be with Pein since none of the other Akatsuki members know about Nagato and Nagato is a little disabled."

"I'm so sorry." I stated sympathetically.

"I'm just tired of it and Nagato doesn't understand." Konan narrowed her eyes. "He feels everything the same but for me, I have to be with a man that is a corpse AND I considered my brother in order to be with the man I loved." I paused through brushing the first coat of blue. This was getting a little weird, weirder then most Akatsuki problems.

"But this problem only became an issue recently." I remembered. It wasn't until after Kisame's session, those issues around the Akatsuki happened.

"When Kisame came back from his appointment, he and I were having our afternoon coffee break and were talking. Kisame was telling me how he is looking for love and then asked me about Pein and I kindoftoldhimsomepersonalstuff." Konan finished quickly before looked away.

"What kind of personal stuff?" I asked as I finished her second coat.

"Like about how Nagato doesn't really talk to me anymore, now that we are almost ready to start hunting tailed beasts and how Nagato has been distant lately. He won't let me visit him in person as much." Konan looked down right close to tears. "I'm sick of only being there when he wants me, not when I need him!"

"Now, have you tried talking with Nagato?"

Konan nodded her head. "I did but he never listens to me. So while Kisame and I were talking, Itachi and Pein walk in. Kisame and Itachi exchanged a few heated words before Kisame went to talk to Hidan and then Itachi grabbed his dango and jasmine tea and left. I then told Pein that I couldn't handle being used by him anymore and that we need a break. Somehow we ended up getting into a fight about how I don't believe is Yahiko's dream anymore and how he doesn't even love me anymore and I locked myself into our room."

"Wait, he said he doesn't love you anymore?" I asked astonished.

"Well, no, but he didn't bother correcting me so what else am I supposed to think?" Konan sighed. I nodded my head sympathetically as I started her finishing clear coat.

"I don't know sweetie, I don't know." I murmured quietly.

"Pein, or I guess it is essentially Nagato, has been sleeping on the lumpy couch for the past four days." Konan sighed. "I feel kind of bad, I mean, he even went to Tobi for help."

"I heard about that." I stated nodding my head.

"I mean I may have a flower on my head, but Nagato knows I'm allergic to roses. The love poems were…gorge our eyes out worthy; but the chocolates were nice."

"Come; let's go to the pedicure station." I offered my hand to Konan as I lead her over to the chair. "Were the poems that bad?" I dared to ask.

Konan gave me a strangled look. "I'm sure you've done Tobi's nails, he is pretty bad. His poetry not any better. The first two lines were: My Konan, you're like a cobra. Girl you make me crazy, like those crayfish."

My mouth hung open. There was really nothing I could say to that except, "And Nagato thought that would work?"

Konan nodded her head gravely. "I just want to talk to him, I don't want to fight. I still love him." Konan looked down. "You know who I have to seek comfort in?"

"Who?" My mind was going through each member. Kisame was busy looking for his lover girl (or boy). Deidara was wrapped up and probably suffocating. Tobi wasn't an option. Sasori, as far as I knew, was still in his room getting out of Itachi's jutsu. Hidan was being an ass. Zetsu, maybe but I doubt it. That only left Kakuzu and Itachi and I couldn't see either of them doing that.

"Itachi." Konan paused for dramatic effect. I stared at her, begging her to continue as I started her clear coat. "He saw me yesterday in the kitchen and offered me a cup of his tea."

"And then?" I asked hurried. This was apocalyptic.

"Then we watched four episodes of Suna's Sand Flower." Konan saw my confused look. "It's a soap opera that follows the story of a medic in Suna who falls in love with one of her patients while she is married to the general of the Military. It turns out Kenji, the patient, is a Miss-nin from Cloud."

"You both watched this together, and shared tea?" I asked stunned.

"Yeah, he even shared some dango." Konan thought for a moment.

"Really?" I asked, still not being able to wrap my head around it.

"I think he is just upset that Kisame's ignoring him." Konan stated. "Itachi even muttered something about missing his Kenji when Kenji tried to run for the hospital."

I was in the middle of the second coat of blue and I couldn't stand it. "Wait, Itachi said that?" I asked.

"I'm telling you the boy is as gayer then a Pride parade in East Mist." Konan nodded her head.

"There is a gay community in East Mist?" I asked.

"Hell yeah, that's like a gay retirement community." Konan shrugged. At this point I was done with her clear coat and was standing up.

"Well, you're all done." I brushed my hands together,

"Thank you Harumi, just leave the bill with Kakuzu okay?" Konan sweetly asked. At this pointed I just nodded my head and waved her off.


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