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"Kakuzu, we need to talk."

Those were not pleasant words to hear, especially with the tone of voice Konan was using. As he silently followed her down the hall, his imagination was running wild with possible things she could be wanting to talk to him about. Maybe they weren't really having twins? Maybe it was triplets! That would be a nightmare. Maybe they were going to be still born! That would be amazing! But what if Kakuzu was going to have to break the news to Hidan?

When they got to the infirmary, Konan started talking, but Kakuzu wasn't really paying attention. He was thinking about everything Hidan had said, and was still coming up with crazy ideas of what might be coming out of Konan's mouth.

"Hey, Kakuzu! Are you even listening to me?"

"Huh? Oh..sorry."

She looked at him kind of funny and brushed it off.

"Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about a couple of things that are, believe it or not, directly related. Hidan's pregnancy, and your relationship with him."

"I don't see how those are related at all."

"Then let me explain."

She took a deep breath, which made Kakuzu kind of nervous, and began.

"For starters, you and Hidan constantly fighting is putting him under allot of stress. That could be potentially harmful to him, as well as the babies."

"...And?"

She sighed.

"Kakuzu, you don't get it. People can do crazy things when they're depressed. If he has an emotional breakdown, he could do a number of things to himself that range from cutting to starvation. It might not have much of an effect on him, but who knows what it will do to the kids? And if they were to die, which is already a high possibility, it could be even worse. He might have a complete mental breakdown that we can't fix."

"I'm sure he'll be fine. We won't get that lucky."

Konan looked shocked.

"Listen to yourself! Do you say that shit to him?"

Now it was Kakuzu's turn to be a little surprised. He hadn't ever heard Konan cuss before.

"Uh..."

"Do you ever think about anyone but yourself? Is it really that difficult for you to be considerate?"

"You do realize that we ARE in a highly feared criminal organization right? It's not that much of a surprise."

"I'm surprised that you treat the man you love that way."

Kakuzu was at a brief loss for words.

"Ex-excuse me?"

"Oh don't try to hide it with me Kakuzu. I wasn't born yesterday."

"I am not in love with him. Such things don't exist."

"Then you must be a figment of my imagination."

"...What?"

"If things like love, and emotion don't exist then you are a figment of my imagination. Anger is an emotion that you show quite often."

"I..I never said emotions didn't exist.."

"But you said love didn't, and love can be considered an emotion, or something close to that. And what 'such things' could be on the same non existent level of love?"

"Uh...well..."

"Exactly. You're in denial, Kakuzu. And not only is it potentially physically harmful to Hidan and YOUR children, but it can be mentally harmful to him as well, and mentally harmful to YOU. Face the facts. As strange and unreal as it sounds, Hidan is pregnant with YOUR children, and you are IN LOVE with him!"

"It's not your place to butt into my affairs with Hidan."

"I'm not butting in, Kakuzu. I'm giving you womanly advice. You could use it. Majorly. The love you feel for him is as plain to me as the mask that usually adorns your face. You might have yourself fooled, but you don't have me fooled. If you didn't care that much about him, you wouldn't have stuck with him like this through the pregnancy-"

"I was forced to do that!"

"Were you forced to have sex with him today?"

"Ah-I..."

"Even if the walls are soundproofed, it doesn't take a genius to figure out what you two would be doing in a locked room together. Not to mention, those cheap ass so called soundproof doors of yours aren't that soundproofed. It really only muffled the sounds."

"...Ok so you caught me. I screwed him. So what?"

"I know that if you didn't care about him, you wouldn't have done that, especially knowing how he feels about you, and knowing he's having your kids. Anyway, even if it's not a romantic confession, and even if you don't flat out tell him that you love him, tell him something, or perhaps do something for him. Something that proves you truly care."

"I'm not the least bit romantic, nor do I care to be. He doesn't need me to tell him anything."

"You're wrong. I think it's safe to say that right now, you are about one notch below Jashin on the list of things deeply important to him. He loves you with every fibre of his soul. Come on Kakuzu. It's not healthy to be so deeply in denial."

"I'm not in denial!"

"So you're admitting you love him?"

"No! I don't love him!"

"Liar."

"This is ridiculous! I'm not obligated to sit here and listen to this!" Right now, Kakuzu's rage was beginning to boil.

"No, you're not. But you need to."

"Why do you even care?"

"Because unlike you, I actually carry a quality called sympathy. I'm a woman. I know what it's like to be in love. Also, I can't stand sitting back and watching you make yourself more and more miserable because you won't admit your feelings." She paused, looking deeply into Kakuzu's eyes. He felt as though she was staring right through him, directly into his very soul.

He didn't like it.

"Grow some balls Kakuzu. Man up already. It's super easy to hold back, but it takes a real man to admit your feelings. Don't be a wuss. Be a man dammit."

The miser was shocked. Speechless even. He honestly had no clue how to respond to that.

"You're excused."

With that, she walked out of the room, leaving Kakuzu to himself to himself to think about everything that had been said.

A few minutes of just standing there later, he managed to force himself to dazedly wander down the hallway.

He didn't know where he was going. He just knew that he needed to get somewhere away from where he currently was. Konan's words were ringing through his ears, over and over and over.

"Grow some balls Kakuzu...it takes a real man to admit his feelings...Don't be a wuss. Be a man. Be a man. Be a man..."

"I am a man..."

"It's not healthy to be so deeply in denial."

"I'm...I'm not in denial!" Kakuzu muttered to himself a bit pathetically.

'Yes you are. You pathetic moron! Denial...denial! You're in complete denial! You're lying to yourself, and to everyone else! Baka, baka, baka! Admit it, admit it! You're head over heels for that stupid zealot! Oh wait, you can't, because you don't have the balls to say it!'

And now his very mind was against him.

"Shut up...shut up! Just SHUT UP!"

'You need to hear it you pathetic piece of crap! Get it through your thick skull! Man up, grow a pair!'

"I have a pair!"

'Prove it.'

And with those two simple words from the recesses of his own mind, Kakuzu snapped and whirled around, dashing back to his room. He flung open the door to find Hidan laying on the bed, his back facing the door. His shoulders were shaking with quiet sobs.

Wow. Couldn't have made this easy could he?

"Hidan." Kakuzu said loudly, and a bit rougher than he intended. Hidan jumped and rolled over to face his partner, tears slowly rolling down his cheeks. The miser sighed and closed the door softly, slowly walking towards the bed. He stopped, staring down at the sniffling Jashinist who stared back up at him, a hint of fear in those beautiful violet eyes.

He sat on the edge of the bed and slowly, hesitantly placed his hand on Hidan's hip.

"Hidan I uh...um..." He stared at his partner, but the words wouldn't form. Sighing again, he moved his hand to gently wipe off the tears on his cheeks. Hidan flinched and Kakuzu's chest tightened.

"I just...I came back to say something...ah...well.." He paused, building up the nerve to say what he came here to say. He was going to do it. Prove to himself and everyone else that he could.

"...Hidan, I lo-lo...lo-ike...like you..."

Son of a bitch. Son of a mother fucking bitch.

The Jashinist was silent for awhile, just staring at the miser who had looked away from him with embarrassment. Slowly, a smile started to work it's way over his lips. Soon, it was a full out grin and he sat up suddenly, tackling the miser clean off of the bed and onto the floor.

With a startled yelp and a resounding 'oomph', Kakuzu hit the floor with an ecstatic zealot on top of him.

"What the hell?"

"Kakuzu...you have no idea how happy that made me..."

"I have a feeling I'm gonna find out..."

"Even if you didn't say it...I know you tried and..well it's good enough for me...say it again!"

"Wait...what?"

"Say it again!"

"I thought it was good enough for you."

"It is, which is why I want to hear it again! Please? One more time?...Today?"

Kakuzu sighed.

"I...I like you."

Hidan squealed almost girlishly and crashed his lips against the miser's, kissing him eagerly. Kakuzu was caught completely off guard, but quickly relaxed and returned the kiss. After a moment, Hidan slowly pulled away, blushing faintly and grinning widely.

"I like you too...well...that's a understatement but I think I can deal with it..."

"Good." Kakuzu grumbled, but his eyes were shining as he gently pressed their lips back together, initiating a deep and passionate kiss that left his partner breathless.

"Hidan..."

"Y-yeah?"

"You're naked..."

"Oh...right...sorry..."

Kakuzu chuckled. "I don't really mind...Just thought I'd let you know."

Neither were aware of Zetsu hiding expertly in the wall, both involved in their little moment.

After that last sentence, Zetsu felt as if his job was complete and exited the room, slowly forming out of the floor in Konan's room.

"Well?"

"What you said must have worked on some level. The pussy actually came close to spilling it. He got as close as he's ready to right now. He tried to say 'love', but spit out like instead. Either way, I'd say all is good between the two. For now. 300 Ryo says they're at each others throats by the end of the week. Oh shut up."

Konan grinned, ignoring Zetsu's little argument with himself.

"Excellent. I knew he could do it. Thanks Zetsu. You're dismissed."

Without a word, he was sinking back into the floorboards, off to do whatever it was Zetsu does when he has nothing else to do.


2 months later...

Hidan's POV:

Kakuzu and I had been getting along surprisingly well since the 'I like you' event, only getting in a few minor quarrels that had been solved within at least 24 hours. Everything was going great despite the fact that I was still suffering from unstoppable cravings and random speed of light dashes to the toilet. That mixed with those fucking ridiculous hormonal breakdowns was certainly making this whole pregnancy thing all the more interesting.

And aggravating.

Much to his dismay, I had convinced Kakuzu to start getting stuff for the twins. A large crib, a few outfits, bottles and such. Just so we were at least a little bit prepared when they arrived in what we were assuming would be two more months.

Ha. Haha.

Ha.

Never assume. Ever. Isn't there some stupid ass saying that only fools assume or something? Or assume makes an ass out of U and Me? I don't know. Maybe not. Anyway, that's not the point.

I knew things were going entirely too good, because for one, me and Kakuzu were actually getting along, two, nothing majorly bad had happened in a long time, and three, my little rabbit friend hadn't payed me any visits recently.

I had almost forgotten about him.

Almost.

I'd been sicker than usual on this particular day, spending at least half of it in the bathroom. At least.

I was so happy when night fell and I started to find it difficult to keep my eyes open. I was completely exhausted. I collapsed into the bed, barely registering Kakuzu whispering sweet nothings into my ear as he tucked me in.

Yeah, I know. Adorable isn't it? Somewhat out of character, but he makes up for it by being a total asshole in front of everyone else.

Moving on.

I muttered something under my breath that I didn't even understand, and was almost asleep when I felt him put his arms around me. And then, an image flashed on the underside of my eyelids. My eyes flew open in shock and I froze, not daring to breathe. After awhile I relaxed and tried closing my eyes again, but the image was still there.

Whoever can guess what I saw, doesn't get sacrificed today.

...

Yep. That stupid mother fucking rabbit. It just sat there, behind my eyelids, staring at me, twitching it's stupid little nose.

"Hey...Kakuzu?"

"Hm? What...I'm tired.."

"You aren't seeing a white rabbit behind your eyelids are you?"

"...You must be suffering from some hormonal something or another. Just go to sleep I'm sure it'll go away."

Yeah, apparently he wasn't.

No matter how many times I opened and re closed my eyes, the damn thing was still fucking there. Still. Fucking. There. I was about to loose it.

"Kakuzu?"

"What now?" He groaned.

"I need to pee."

"You just fucking peed."

"Yeah well, you know how it goes. If I'm not puking, my bladder's about to explode."

He sighed and got up, asking me if I needed help getting to the bathroom before flopping back into the bed. I was pretty confident he'd be asleep by the time I got back out.

I hurried into the bathroom and peed, because i did need to, and then I washed my hands and proceeded to splash cold water into my face. The entire time I had my eyes closed, the rabbit was still there. Every time I blinked, he popped up in front of my eyes.

It was about to drive me crazy. No way I'd be able to sleep with that stupid thing invading my sight!

Whimpering pathetically, I dried my face and slunk back to the bed, climbing over my partner and snuggling up against him. Sure enough, he was sleeping like a baby.

Ha, that was kinda funny.

Sleeping like a baby.

I find that ironic.

...Moving on again.

I sighed and closed my eyes again, smiling pleasantly as the rabbit was finally gone from my eyelids. I started to drift peacefully to sleep. Seconds later, that peace was interrupted as that stupid mother fucking rabbit flashed behind my eyes AGAIN, and at the same time, a wave of immense pain washed through my stomach. I sat straight up, crying out in pain.

Kakuzu was awake in an instant, sitting up and turning to me.

"Hidan? Are you ok? What's wrong?"

I cried out again and clutched my stomach as more pain rattled my body.

"K-Kakuzu..."

I groaned.

"I think...oh shit."

"What?" He asked frantically. "What's wrong?"

"I..I think..either I'm having such horrible gas that it caused me to piss myself, or..."

"...Oh shit. Oh shit! Wait...if you don't have a...then how..."

"Disgustingly enough, I think it came out my ass..."

"...That is disgusting..."

Another wave of pain.

"Oh crap...we gotta get you to Konan."

"Son of a bitch! I'm so fucking tired!"

I whimpered.

And then it finally dawned on me.

It was two months early, but...

The twins were coming.

((Again, I'm really sorry about the late updates! I can only apologize. I know if I make any promises I'll end up breaking them. TT^TT Please don't push me off the cliff...although I suppose if it makes you guys feel better, you can turn me into a cliffhanger myself xD Is it just me or is this chapter really short? TT^TT Ug...Writer's block is really aggravating. Hopefully the next chapters will be longer, and updated sooner. I'm thinking there's only going to be a few chapters left. However, I have a few ideas for a sequel, if you want it! Just review and let me know! Till next time!))