We were something

Chapter 9

Please be safe.

After Konan straightened her hair and did her make-up she just sat for a moment longer looking at her reflection in the mirror. First noticing how long her hair had gotten, almost now hanging to the lower part of her ribs. The blue colour never really washing out as it stained the natural colour.

A Knock on the door completely startled her as she stood up and advanced to the door opening it slightly. As Peins face appeared greeting her as she side stepped slightly to let him in.

"Where are you going?" he asked seeing the backpack on her bed in her room as he entered her apartment "Just going to Tsuno's place for the night to get away from here just for a little bit." Konan replied. "Hey do you want anything to drink?" Konan asked as she opened the fridge. "I'll have what you're having." Pein replied picking up Konan's phone and turning with his back to the kitchen, putting on her GPS then liking his phone with hers.

"Android, huh?" "Yeah I got that from my parents a few weeks ago." She commented handing Pein his glass as he sat her phone down on the table and sat next to her on the couch. Taking a sip of his drink he then commented on the good taste as they both went forth in the conversation.

After a while of talking Pein stood up and sat the empty glass on the table as Konan also stood up. "Well, I have to get home. Next time it's my turn to babysit you." He said jokingly as both of them joke facing each other.

After a moment of not moving he quickly pulled her into a hug wrapping his arms around her waist to fill the space between them. "Konan, please be safe." Pein whispered in her ear, tensing up the atmosphere as he pulled away letting himself out. Konan surprised by his actions just standing there for a moment as she took in what just happened and pondered on the thought of why he would tell her to be safe.

Pein closed the door ever so lightly as he slid down it letting his head rest for the moment between his knees, his hands tangled in his wild orange hair making the bruises on his hand where he had hit Tsuno hard in the jaw stand out. He just wanted to walk in there and tell her to stay with him tonight and not go with Tsuno but he knew better to tell someone not to be someone else…

.~*L*~.

Konan picked up her phone which had been vibrating on the table and opened the text message. 'I'm here .' It read she smiled then stepped to her bedroom getting her backpack then walking out her apartment locking it and trotting down the stairs and out the main door and pausing in front of the last few steps that led to the street.

Konan gazed at Tsuno who was standing in front of the car taking a few steps forward and slightly smiling at her. She took the last few steps on and embraced Tsuno in a hug as he gave her a little peck on the mouth as she cupped his face in her hands and rested her forehead on his, closing her eyes for the moment. "What happened to your face?" she asked her voice light and filled with worry as she slid her thumb over the bruise looking at it intently. "Just a little miss understanding between old friends but were almost about to work it out." Tsuno replied smirking slightly and an almost evil glint in his eye that Konan didn't seem to notice.

He then grabbed the backpack and gently took it off her back holding it in his hand as he opened the passenger door for her and closed it as she climbed. Tsuno walked to the boot and sat the backpack in back as he made sure he had taken the gun and its ammo out when he last got to his house and as he was sure he walked to the driver side slit in and looked at Konan as the boot closed automatically.

He started the car, buckled up and reversed like a pro-driver and drove off as Kona also slid the seat belt over her chest.