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A silence fell in the backyard.

Pein lit on cigarrette, and took sips.

Itachi's laid panting and trembling, watching Pein fearfully, fearing Pein might move the flaming end of cigarrette onto his thigh again.

However, Pein kept on smoking quietly and motionlessly.

Then Itachi's view started to blur. Itachi tried to pull himself together desperately, but his body could no more bear horrible exhaustion caused by forceful mating.

Panting, Itachi watched Pein as Pein stood up and put back on clothes.

Then Itachi lost his conscious.

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Prick... Prick... Prick..

Somebody's prodding his cheek with a finger...

"Emme...."

With a slight moaning, Itachi opened his eyes, and found himself in clinic's bed. Rolling his eyes quizzically, Itachi moved his eyes to the side, and realized that Kakuzu was prodding his cheek.

"Oh!! You'r awake!!" Kakuzu exclaimed brightly. Itachi blinked.

"Wh.. Why am I here...?"

"What do you mean? You're sick, so you should be here!"

"I mean.."

"Oh, yeah. Pein sama brought you here last night." Kakuzu slapped his own forehead. "What happened to you?"

"Pein sama...?" Itachi's eyes widened, then, soon he flushed his face, remembering last night's incident.

Just then the door of the clinic opened, and Sasori and Kisame burst in.

"Oh, Itachi!" Kisame cried, rushing toward the bed. "You ok?!!"

"Hey. What happened last night?" Sasori questioned dryly.

Itachi bowed his head. "I.. I don't remember. I just fainted."

The other trio blinked. "Fainted? Why?!"

"I.. I just fainted after you've left, Sasori. And I don't remember anything.." Itachi mumbled meekly.

Sasori narrowed his eyes suspiciously, but soon nodded. "Well, then.. I couldn't sleep last night by thinking what would happen to you with Pein sama."

Itachi scratched his head nervously, then abruptly looked up. "Wait. What time is it?"

"It's exactly 2pm afternoon." Kisame answered, which caused Itachi to jump down from the bed rather rashly.

Kakuzu rebuked. "Itachi!!!! You should..."

"I have to get back the monsters until the evening!!!" Almost screaming, Itachi tried to dart out from the room, but soon stopped by Sasori.

"Calm down, boy." Sasori sighed, grabbing Itachi's arm. "Hidan and Deidara went for them already."

Itachi didn't calm down. "What?!!! But then..."

"Pein sama allowed it. So you can just take a rest." Kisame grinned.

An obvious look of perplexity rose on Itachi's face. "Pein sama...? He allowed it..?"

"Surprise, eh?" Kakuzu giggled. "Maybe he felt a pang in last ray of his conscious last night."

"Or decided that you're still valuable to die already." Sasori added juicily.

"All right, now lie down on the bed and don't jump down again. You should stay in clinic at leat for weeks to be completely healthy again_ for your weals and weak body status." Kakuzu clapped his hands.

Blinking quizzically, Itachi lay on the bed again, wondering what's really on Pein's mind.

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So for the few weeks Itachi stayed in the clinic, watched by Kakuzu who regarded himself as a diligence doctor.

Sasori'd left for mission with Deidara, and Hidan and Kisame visited the clinic every evening to entertain Itachi.

Itachi hadn't seen Pein for the whole weeks. Well, of course, since he's in clinic, it was a natural thing. However, Pein's unexpected silence about the whole matters caused Itachi great uneasiness... And still, Itachi felt paralyzed, as if a layer of coldest ice enveloped his thoughts, his mind.

He was not able to forget what had happened; he could not move on. Again and again he remembered what Pein had done to him, what he had made him feel, and yet no matter how much he wept every night, he could never find the strength in himself to act.. And He could not tell any of the other members of his shame....

"You have too much thoughts on your head." Hidan stroke on Itachi's head lightly. "What are you so anxious about? Why don't you just be positive?"

"I'm not being negative!" Itachi pouted.

Hidan chuckled. "All right, then now let's finish your lunch."

Giving a glance to Hidan, Itachi held the spoon and took a sip of porriage. And as he took a sip, he immediately threw the spoon, and rushed to the toilet in clinic.

"Itachi?!!" Hidan yelled embarrassly.

After opening the cover of toilet bowl, Itachi started to vomit, bombing out everything in his stomach. Soon he felt Hidan's hand hitting his back lightly.

"What's wrong with you?" Hidan questioned anxiously.

Itachi flushed the toilet bowl, and rinsed his mouth with cold water. "..I don't know. Just felt a sudden nausea..."