Welp, Here's chapter 12 !
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Iris.
"5 more minutes! Can y'all last that long?" I heard Zach call out after Jerr and I while we were both doing a dare.
Playing outside while it was storming for twenty minutes. I screamed when Jerr tackled me to the ground and smushed a handful of mud on my right cheek. She laughed at me and I quickly rolled us both over, taking both of my hands and rubbing mud all over her face and cheeks.
"Whoo! Take her fucking shirt off!"
We both stopped dirtying each other up for a second and stared at the person who said it. Everyone was glaring at Hidan while he grinned at us both, milliseconds later, we both heard a loud slap.
"OW! KAKUZU YOU STICHED BASTARD!"
"Stop being a pervert, moron." Jerr laughed and she pushed me off, cupping her hand and gathered some of the cold water in her hand and washed off the mud. I only stayed where I was on the ground and felt the water pour on my face generously.
"2 minutes!" Zach called out but was then stopped when Kat came to the back door as well.
"Guys, get out of that rain! You're going to get sick!" Jerr and I glanced at each other once and the former grinned. She jogged passed me and I followed her afterwards. She came up to the door and grabbed Kat's hand, pulling her out as well.
"Stop being such a party pooper Kat and live a little! Come on!" I scolded her and held her arm tightly when she attempted to pull away, Jerr held on to her other arm to keep her from getting away as well.
"Let me go! I am NOT about to get sick just because you two wanted to do something stupid!" Jerr rolled her eyes and quickly dipped her hand on the ground and smushed mud in her face as well.
"Too late now diva! You're all dirty now!" I grinned and let her arm go. If she didn't want to have fun then I sure wasn't going to let her ruin mine. Jerr did the same and Kat immediately covered her head and ran back to the patio and glared at us both while we grinned at her back and followed slowly.
"All right! Both of you made it over twenty minutes! I've gotta hand it to ya girls…that's pretty badass considering both of you are such drama queens." I wrung out my hair and sighed happily, placing my hands on my hips.
"Thanks a lot! I told ya I could handle it!" Jerr grinned and wrung out her hair as well, then took a little more time to wring out her shirt and cargos.
"That was super fun! But now I have to go and take a bath!" I nodded, agreeing with my friend as we made our way inside. I stopped and then looked down. Our feet were all dirty and muddy and I didn't want to track all of that crap inside…it would just be a hell of a lot to clean up. I sighed and wondered how in the hell I was going to get upstairs without tracking anything, it seemed that Jerr figured this out as well and bit her lip.
I smirked and turned around to see Kisame standing at the door watching the rain pour like crazy. "Hey…" I said to him, tip-toeing slowly so my muddy feet wouldn't do much damage to the marble floor under us. "Carry me upstairs please?" I gave him a big and innocent grin while poking his arm. He turned around and shot me the same grin, revealing his sharp teeth. God those teeth never seem to stop taking me off guard. Not one bit…
"Sorry squirt, but no can do. You're really dirty and I don't want to contaminate myself with your filth." I puffed my cheeks and poked his chest roughly.
"You will do as I say blue man." I crossed my arms and pouted, he only grinned wider and turned his back to me, shaking his head.
"Nope…ask somebody else kiddo." I was about to stomp out like a child but then something stopped me and looked down at my shirt and then at Kisame. "Alright then blue man, I see how it is."
Taking my hand, I gathered up as much mud and gunk off my shirt and cheeks as well as my legs and rubbed my hands together, I heard a snort from behind me and I grinned wider.
"Well, it looks like you're going to get dirty too then Kisame!" He turned around when he heard my voice but was too slow to react when I smeared my dirty hands all over his face and shirt. I quickly stepped back and smiled innocently, Deidara was howling with laughter as Kisame looked stunned that I did that.
"You got…a little something on your face there blue man." I whispered to him and pointed to his face.
It was quiet for a moment as we stared at each other and I finally made the move to get out of there since I could tell by his eyes that he was planning something. I didn't make it very far when he caught my leg and threw me over his shoulder.
"Oh ho ho, you…" He growled playfully at me and I screamed, squirming while trying to get out of his grip.
"Apologize, runt."
"NEVER!" He headed up the stairs and I giggled as he tickled my legs. "Jerr! H-Hey! Zach! Somebod-body!" I choked out as he tickled my legs more, bringing me upstairs. Jerr only shook her head and grabbed a towel, heading upstairs as well but at a slower rate.
"Apologize now!" Kisame chuckled out as his grip on me tightened, I laughed harder, thrashing my feet and pounding my arms on his back.
"N-no! I-I'd rather-"I stopped and gripped the rails, clinging onto them for dear life. Once we made it upstairs and I pulled myself from him, he held onto my body like a vice grip and pulled me from the bars. He assaulted my legs again and brought me to the first bathroom he came across.
"You better apologize right now kiddo!" I giggled again and shook my head.
"Not in a million years fish face!"
"Fish face? Oh you're gonna get it now!" He tickled my sides and I pretty much died.
"Oh! Oh I-I'm Sh-shivering! T-ell somebody wh-who CARES!" I laughed out while screaming as he brought us into the shower and turned on the water, I accidentally pulled down the shower curtains as he attempted to push me under.
"Y-YOW!" I yelped as the water was ice cold, I quickly grabbed the shower head and placed it above him, making him grunt and let me go, unfortunately, we both slipped in the tub and I tumbled on top of him while the nozzle was still spraying him in the face.
"Argh! Not the plan! That wasn't the plan!" Kisame admitted as I tried to push myself away from him and turn off the water since it was giving me chills. Once that was over and I finally caught my breath from laughing so damn much, I cleared my throat and leaned back on the tub, still tired from the ruckus that we both created. There was water all over the floor and once again, I was soaking wet while Kisame was wet as well, but nowhere near as bad as me.
"You still didn't apologize, runt." Kisame noted with his grin still in place, his teeth shining. I only smirked and crawled out of the tub, it was covered in my filth and I wrinkled my nose at it.
"And I never am going to fish face." I stuck my tongue out at him and slipped once my hands was supporting the rest of my body. The blue skinned man only grinned at me and gripped my legs, forcefully pulling me back. He grabbed the shower nozzle and switched on the water, my eyes widened and I struggled to get out of his grip but his hand was far too strong for me for shake off.
"Well here's your payback then shorty." He aimed the nozzle at me and I yelped, twisting and turning as the water was cold again. I couldn't help but laugh as we were both having a good time even though we screwed up the bathroom as a result.
"Okay! Okay!" I surrendered as I knew that he wasn't going to let go of me until I said sorry to him.
"Say it, shorty."
"S-AH-AH-WEE!" I screamed out as I was running out of air and sputtered, the water making me shiver even more.
"What? I can't hear you!" Kisame taunted me as I twisted and turned even more.
"I said SORRY!" I yelled out once again and I swear I could hear him grinning. The water finally stopped and I sighed, my body falling limp against the wet floor as I caught my breath yet again.
"Now was that so hard to say, runt?" I narrowed my eyes at him while he still had the same satisfied grin plastered on his face.
"Shut up…"
I picked myself up from the floor slowly and made a disgusted face at the filth I just created on the floor. Once I made it back to my feet, Kat came to the door and made a face as well.
"I would ask what the hell what you two were up to, but there's no need considering I could hear you both. Anyways, I was just coming to let you know that Jerrie is asleep…do you think we should begin wrapping everything?"
I thought about it and tapped my chin, I then shrugged it off, grabbing a towel on the counter and wiping off my dirty face. "Meh, we can…that's if you want to. But I just want to wrap all of the large things and we can do everything else tomorrow morning or something. Maybe we can do breakfast in bed or something like that?"
Kat groaned and turned around. "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. But you're gonna have to teach the others how to wrap the presents because I sure as hell am not about to." I puffed my cheeks in irritation but then sighed and shrugged it off and exited the bathroom, leaving Kisame to call after me (which I ignored) as I made my way into the bathroom next to my bedroom.
I quickly gathered my clean pajamas and some fluffy towels to dry my body in. After an hour in shower, I made my way out with a towel around my shoulders my hair wet and dripping and a brush in my hand. I was brushing out my ends when I came across Jerr's room. Her door had her first initial large in purple with black polka dots decorating the inside of it. I opened the door slowly.
"Hey Jerr?" I whispered softly and poked my head inside to see if she was really asleep and fortunately, she was. I could barely see her since the dark purple curtains on her canopy bed were all closed but she was lying on her stomach, hugging her large panda bear with the blanket kicked off on the ground. Both of the balcony doors were open and the curtains on that were blowing elegantly as the nighttime breeze came through. I quickly went to close the doors on that and turned around to put the covers back on Jerr who was slightly shivering.
I glanced at the large collage that she put together with all the pictures she's gathered so far, most of them being with us and the Akatsuki together while we took the road trip here. After that, I left out of her room and softly shut the door, heading downstairs to see what everyone was doing.
There was wrapping papers everywhere along with scotch tape and colorful bows. I put down my brush and watched a couple of the guys attempting to learn how to wrap up the presents…but they failed miserably.
I laughed softly as Hidan, Suigetsu, Deidara and even Sasori struggled to wrap up each of the large gifts we bought when Jerr was busy doing housework with the other members.
"Ugh! Fuck this shit! Jerrie-bitch is just gonna have to accept this shit like it is! Ain't nobody got time for all this hard ass wrapping and shit!" I smirked as I made my way down and sat in the middle of the living room. Deidara sighed and pushed away the wrapping paper and fell back.
"I agree with that crazy Jashinist for once, yeah. This shit is too damn hard." Suigetsu and Sasori were still trying their best while some only watched and the rest were doing something else on their own.
"It's not hard!" I chirped happily, smiling at Hidan and Deidara. The latter cracked an eye open at me and snorted.
"Yeah well, why don't you try to wrap one up yourself huh?" I shrugged and grabbed the present he attempted to wrap, I gathered the tape and bows and scissors and finally the wrapping paper. In a matter of minutes, I was finally finished.
"Done." I pushed the wrapped box towards the blonde and he (as well as the others) gaped at me like I was crazy or something. Hidan snatched up the wrapped box and inspected it.
"Damn that bitch is good. How'd ya do that?" I grinned and cracked my knuckles, wriggling my fingers.
"It's all in the finger work boys. I'll show you how it's done." I gabbed another present while Suigetsu pushed more wrapping paper to me. Kisame finally came down as well but I didn't really notice since I was still explaining how to wrap.
"…and then you fold the paper like so. You have to make a perfect crease; basically it has to mold the shape of the box. Then you take your scissors and snip off all the excess wrapping and bring it all to the middle of the box. Take your tape and seal and then add your bow and voila! Wrapping is done."
"You're an expert on that aren't ya, runt?" Kisame ruffled my hair and I grinned at him.
"I suppose you could say that…now here!" I shoved a large box in front of him as well as the others. "If you need any help, let me know and I'll happily expl-."
"Done." I looked up to see Kakuzu and Itachi simultaneously pushing their presents away, already wrapped. I blinked, utterly surprised at how quickly they caught on. I grabbed the boxes and looked at them both.
"These are…perfect…wow." I said softly, looking to Kakuzu who was already wrapping another one.
"Whoa…The Akatsuki learning how to wrap presents? Where the hell am I?!" Zach taunted as he came in with a bowl of cereal in his hand. This earned a laugh from me while Hidan and Deidara growled.
"Cheh! I can do this all by myself!" He was measuring the paper when he ripped it trying to get it around the box successfully. The blonde snorted a laugh while taking his time with his own box.
"Argh! Shit! I can fucking do this!" He balled up the ripped paper and tried it again, ripping that one as well. It took Sasori and Suigetsu a minute, but they finally wrapped theirs perfectly.
"Hidan, if you need an-"
"Shut up bitch! I don't need no damn help!" I put my hands up and shook my head, grinning. "Alright, alright mister macho man, no need to get all emotional and crap."
I turned around to see Kisame still struggling and I sat down in front of him, crossing my legs Indian style and smirking at him. "Need any help asshole?" I taunted, he only narrowed his eyes at me and chuckled afterwards.
"Still pissed at me for making you say sorry, squirt?" I shook my head.
"Nope. Just enjoying watching you suffer now." He smirked at me as well and sighed.
"Well that's mean, but hey, whatever floats your boat missy. Anyways, you mind giving me a hand? I kinda missed out on your boring lecture about learning how to wrap this and stuff." After he asked me that, my hands smacked his away and I took the whole thing apart.
"First things first, you measure the paper like this, then you place it under the box." I looked at him straight in the eyes and he looked at me as well. "Then, you wrap the longest sides first, creasing them by the edges." I took his large hands in mine and made them make creases on the sides of the boxes. "Then after that you go from there and place the points all in the middle and tape it together!"
"Like this?" Kisame asked me seriously and I nodded, giving him a sincere smile. He finally added the bow on top and he grinned. "Not too shabby for an amateur huh, squirt?" He leaned back, satisfied with his work and I laughed.
"Yeah, you're a natural alright." He looked at me and smiled, sweeping his index finger under my chin, making my cheeks heat up for a second at the quick movement. He stared at me for a while longer, making my cheeks a bit warmer for some odd reason.
"ARGH! Fuck this shit!" Hidan threw Jerr's present across the room and crossed his arms. Deidara chuckled at him as he finally got the hang of it himself.
"Aw, looks like somebody is angry, yeah." The blonde bomber taunted and Hidan narrowed his eyes.
"Fuck you she-male."
"Oi! Fuck you asshole!"
"No! You're the ass-"
"Just shut up would you both?" Sasori intervened, glaring mostly at Deidara, making him scowl.
I glanced at Kisame once more and we both shook our heads, knowing that this was going to be a long ass night.
Kat.
After the little conversation with Iris (and watching the Akatsuki wrap presents) we all went to bed, well at least, I did because I had to get up early before Jerr. We decided on making her breakfast in bed.
I yawned, rolling over on my side to see Kakashi reading his little book. He had one hand behind his head, lying on his back. I narrowed my eyes and wondered how in the hell I was going to ever see what was behind that damn mask of his. Oh well I guess…maybe next time I'll be able to see his face completely naked.
Said copy ninja looked over at me from his book and then turned his attention back to it.
"Morning." He said lazily. I sat up slowly and groaned, rubbing my head and brushing my hair that fell in my face.
"Morning…I guess I should go ahead and get up before Jerr does huh?" I asked him and he shrugged, sitting up as well.
"Since you're up I suppose it's a good idea."
Kicking the blankets off me (and Kakashi as well. Damn Jerr and Iris for making us sleep in the same bed together), I rolled out of bed and went to my window, opening it and squinting when the light assaulted my eyes. It was still cloudy as ever and everything was wet along with random branches and debris thrown in our backyard. Thank goodness Zach had a brain to suggest a pool cover. The day before it rained, we had Kisame and Suigetsu put it in so all the nasty dirt and stuff wouldn't mess up the pool.
After inspecting the backyard and such, I stretched and went to my dresser and pulled out my clothes for today. Unfortunately, this bedroom did not have an en suite bathroom so I had to go outside of here and get dressed since Kakashi was in here with me as well.
Just as I was heading to the door, he stood up and raised his hand. "Don't worry about it. I was just going to take my leave anyways." I blinked and nodded, watching him open the door and leave the room.
It took me less than five minutes to make myself presentable, my hair was up in its usual ponytail and I was ready to begin my morning with cooking. Once I was at the end of the stairs I saw a couple of the Akatsuki members sitting on the couch.
"Kitty Kat-chan! Kitty Kat-chan!" My eyebrow twitched when I saw Tobi appear from behind the couch and when he used that cursed nickname. I sighed and just made my way into the kitchen; turning on the light and opening the window to let some of the wind come through.
"Kitty Kat-chan! You're up really early today!" Tobi said cheerfully, pulling out a chair from round, glass table and sitting in it.
"Please…don't call me that." I warned him firstly and crossed my arms, having no idea what to cook. Then something hit me when I remembered what Jerr's favorite food was when I cooked. Bacon omelets. I wasn't a bacon fan. In fact, I hated bacon…it just isn't my cup of tea.
Another idea popped up in my head. Apple cinnamon muffins. She liked those as well. Yummy. I quickly set to work, taking out a few eggs and heating up the pan, covering it with cooking spray and I cracked the eggs in one of my favorite bowls and began beating them.
Before I actually realized Tobi peeking over my shoulder, I almost spilled my perfectly beaten eggs when he back away and went to the pan.
"Ugh! Tobi! Stay out of my way will you? Go sit over there or something!" I snapped at the masked man but he pretended to ignore me and seemed to be fascinated with the batter for the muffins and the eyes on the stove that glowed red once they were hot enough.
"Ooo Kitty Kat-chan! Look how red these ar- OW!" I chuckled when Tobi burned his index finger on the red eye part of the stove. He held his finger that got burned and shook it, whining as he went to the sink to cool it off with cold water.
"You should've known that it was ho-"
"Oi! Morning Cherry! The fuck ya cookin' eh?" I wanted to die when Hidan came in, with that silly grin on his face. I promptly ignored him and poured in the eggs while the pan was still hot, that is…I heard him call me that silly name.
"Cherry? Who in the hell are you calling that?" I asked him with a slight frown on my face, wondering where in the hell he got the nerve to call me that from.
"Well, I heard that blue bastard calling Iris that so I decided to give you that nickname since your hair is fiery as hell!" I groaned and decided not to question his answer. While the eggs were cooking, I was already placing the placing the muffing batter inside the oven.
"Is that for us, bitch? It looks really really good!" Hidan stood next to me and licked his lips. I shook my head and attempted to push him away, but he wouldn't budge…he was like a damn rock for Pete's sake!
"Would you please go stand over there with Tobi or something? I don't need all of your spit and germs in Jerr's food! Now move!" I ordered once again, poking his bare chest with my finger. I noticed that he tended to sleep without his shirt but then again, he was always a shirtless character in the show too.
"Say what? Why the fuck is you cooking for just Jerrie-bitch? She ain't special!" He growled at me and crossed his arms, still not moving away from the stove. I bowed my head and grabbed the spatula, flipping over the eggs, once one side of them was already solid enough.
"Hidan-san how could you have forgotten? It's Jerrie-chan's birthday remember? So she is special today of course!" I noticed Tobi not whining about his burn anymore and I shuddered a little, even though he was his goofy self, he still managed to come off as creepy.
Iris and Zach made it downstairs already dressed and ready to go somewhere.
"Goodmorning everyone!" Iris greeted cheerfully, waving to everyone she came in contact with. Huh, last night with Kisame must have put her in a good mood.
"Iris-chan! Zach-san!" Tobi greeted loudly, running to the former and hugging her. Hidan still glared at me for not making breakfast when he wanted it.
"Morning. Where are you guys going this morning?" I asked while taking out the bacon omelet and the muffins, setting the latter in the window to cool.I advanced towards the two and sat down in the chair next to Jerr's rather large birthday cake I made with the help of Iris and Kakashi (surprisingly).
"Oh, we're just going up the street to get the last of Jerr's presents. This one couldn't be brought home for obvious reasons." Zach noted dryly and headed outside, waiting on Iris to come with him.
"We won't be gone too long, just going to go tie up some loose ends. Try and wait until we get back." She and headed out of the door but not before talking to Kisame about where they were going.
I sighed and then turned around to see Hidan grabbing one of the muffins, grinning as he did so, I frowned , wooden spoon still in hand and got up and smacked his hand, making him drop the muffin in my hand.
"Ow! The fuck was that for bitch?!" He snarled at me afterwards, his pink eyes glowing with anger. I placed the muffin back in its rightful place and crossed my arms.
"Those are not for anybody to eat you fathead. Those are Jerr's! And once she gets the first bite, it'll be her choice if she wants to share or not." I told him and he sighed, throwing his hands up in the air and storming out. Tobi placed a hand on his mask and watched at the Jashinist stormed out.
"Tobi thinks that Kitty Kat-chan made Hidan-san angry…" I tensed at that name again and clocked Tobi against the head with my wooden spoon, surprised that he didn't dodge that.
"Stop. Calling. Me. That." I warned him again precisely and turned back around to examine Jerr's half chocolate and half vanilla cake.
"Ow!" The masked man whined and rubbed his head afterwards. "Kat-chan! That was very mean!" I shrugged that off and went into the living room to see if everyone was already up or not. I didn't hear Tobi follow me so I assumed that he'd went to the back or something.
There were happy birthday banners everywhere. Pein helped Iris put them up last night as well. And since Kakuzu and Kisame were the tallest people ever, they helped her as well. It wasn't much but hey, the Akatsuki was here so that was a big party by itself.
"How could you even think that, my man? Art is definitely something to last just for a second. You're screwed up in the head." I heard Deidara argue for the nth time with Sasori about art. I wondered how in the hell they lived their life this long obsessing over something so stupid.
Pein was sitting outside in the front with his arms crossed while Suigetsu was napping on the couch. Kisame was busy talking with Itachi in the corner and Kakuzu was glaring at his partner arguing to him about me not giving him a muffin.
Cheh, so childish.
Since we were now waiting on Zach and Iris to get back, I decided to go and speak to the leader since we never really spoke much. I opened the screen door and sat down next to him, he quirked a brow, his ringed eyes, narrowed.
"So…how do you like it here so far? Do you think this place is your cup of tea?" He eyed me up and then spoke after a minute.
"Cup of tea?" He repeated, obviously confused. I only nodded, giving him a small smile.
"Yeah, well…I mean like, do you favor this place? Do you feel even a little bit comfortable here with us?" He leaned back in his chair and stared at the grey skies as if he were searching for an answer to my question.
"This world is quite interesting indeed, but it is not for us. Instead of celebrating some petty party, we should be looking for that crystal ball that your friends have seemed to have misplaced." I sweatdropped and chuckled nervously.
"Ah yes, about that." I rubbed the back of my head, not knowing how to respond to that. "Well...even so…we still wouldn't be able to wish you back until the rest of the people get sent down here. I mean…it's kinda useless right now…you know so why not take this time to relax before you actually go back to your home and cause havoc again?" I noted softly to him and the Akatsuki leader just stared at me, probably wondering the same thing.
"Maybe you should think about that a little more, I mean…everybody needs a break right?"
"I…suppose…"
I grinned and winked at him. "Then start acting like you're on vacation then silly!" I noted happily and slapped his back, earning a death glare; I placed my hands up and grinned. "Sorry! Sorry! I'll just go ahead and take my leave now…" Just before I was about to open the door, Zach and Iris pulled up and I ran out to the car to hurry up and bring them inside to come wake up Jerr and wish her a happy birthday. Before they could even protest, I kicked the door open and ordered them to have everyone go upstairs and wait at Jerr's door while I set up her breakfast tray.
I had to convince Pein though to move, but he eventually moved and went upstairs as well. Once I was finished in the kitchen, I carefully went upstairs and saw Iris going inside first. I came in second as well as everyone else. Pein, Kakuzu, and Sasori stayed by the door, only watching as Iris began trying to figure out how to wake her up.
"Hey…hey…hey Jerr…are you awake?" Iris whispered to her and kneeled down where she was just inches away from her face. Jerr was lying on her side, the blanket covered all the way up to her shoulders, she was hugging a rather large panda bear. Suigetsu and Deidara chuckled at her sight while I only blew the stray hairs out of my face.
"Psst…wake up now Jerr…" Zach whispered and poked her face, earning no response from the sleeping girl. Tobi pushed them both aside and I smirked. This was going to be good…
"Step aside friends…Tobi can handle this" He stated in his usual high voice, he took his hand and stretched the glove that covered it. He slowly put his hand under her chin and tickled her softly.
"Jerrie-chan…time to wake up now. Breakfast is being served…" Jerr only smirked and then giggled, turning over and curling up again, still fast asleep.
"Damn she's a hard sleeper." Hidan muttered to himself as Tobi came around and tickled her again, this time; she opened her eyes slowly and stared at Tobi.
One Mississippi,
Two Mississippi,
Three Missi-
"HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS!" She shrieked and smashed the large panda in Tobi's face. She pulled the blanket over her head and rolled over, pushing down the cover just a tiny bit, Kakashi happened to be on that side and he simply threw up his hand.
"Yo."
She screamed again and was about to hop out of bed again until Iris pulled the blanket from her and grabbed her shoulders, shaking her lightly to bring her back to earth.
"Would you stop and calm down!" She raised her tone a little and that's what made Jerr calm down, she looked around her room to see everyone. She fell back and her eyebrow twitched.
"Happy Birthday!" Everyone hollered (well, almost everyone) making Jerr grin afterwards, forgetting about yelling at all of us. She grinned wider when she saw me approach her with breakfast and she blushed slightly.
"Aw! You didn't have to guys…" Iris hugged Jerr and sighed.
"My little Jerr is growing up! It's so beautiful!" She pretended to cry and then we heard sobbing, everyone turned around to see Tobi on his knees, his arm covering his eyes as he cried.
"Wah! Jerrie-chan! She's growing up to be a woman now!"
"Shut up Tobi!" Deidara yelled angrily, making Jerr laugh as she ate her food slowly.
"So, how does it feel to be the big nineteen now huh?" Zach asked, sitting at the edge of her bed with his arms crossed. Jerr quirked a brow at him and finished her omelet, grinning as she wiped her mouth.
"I feel the same…there's not really much of a difference between eighteen and nineteen Zach." Said boy snorted and protested.
"Sure there is! You're getting closer to the drinking age silly!" He happily stated and she scowled, taking pieces of her muffin and popping them in her mouth.
"Psh, like I can't already get a bottle of liquor and drink that bitch up by myself." I laughed at how she put that and Suigetsu grinned, Hidan nodding his head as well.
"That's what I'm talking about!" Both he and Hidan reached over and gave her a high five. There was an awkward silence in the air until Jerr finished her food and then asked a question that made (almost) everyone cringe.
"So! Where's the presents people?" There was another awkward silence and then her phone rang. She peered over at her night stand once and quickly grabbed it, answering it and grinning, putting it on speaker afterwards.
"Happy, Happy, Happy, Birthday!" It was a voice that I did not recognize at all…hmm…
"Thank you June! I appreciate the call!
"Oh no problem dude! I'll be sending your presents sometime this week! They would've come earlier but that storm kinda fucked up my plans!"
"HI JUNE!" Iris screamed over the phone and the girl laughed.
"Hey there Iris, how's everything over there? Are you taking care of Zach? How's the new house and all?" Eventually, Jerr and Iris as well as Zach and somehow…Tobi entered the conversation, cueing our leave.
Hopefully that conversation will make her forget about the presents since we didn't wrap all of them.
Jerr .
After the long conversation with June, finally Iris and Tobi exited my room so I can get dressed. But then I was hit with another call…it was my dad and I answered, only to get screamed at by my younger siblings. They wished me a happy birthday and were excited that they were coming to see me. I frowned and remembered that they were coming to spend the week with me…hopefully the Akatsuki didn't scare them too badly…
They'd be coming next week so I'd have to hurry and get them set for their temporary stay.
After that conversation with my father as well, I went to go and get dressed until I was interrupted by ANOTHER phone call. I groaned and quickly answered it, not bothering to look at the caller ID.
"WHAT?"
My heart dropped once I heard that familiar voice I'd been dying to hear for a while now. I slid down to my knees and my lips twitched.
"Whoa there babes, what's gotten into you huh? Oh well, I guess you don't want to see me today. Is that it?"
I smiled, cradling the phone to my ear as if it needed to be comforted. "Bryson…I'm so glad to hear your voice again…it's been a while now…please tell me you're in Corpus…"
"I am actually…now I'm just looking for your house now. Do you mind telling me where it is?" My heart dropped when he asked me those words. I quickly told him the direct address and told him to call me back if he got lost.
Once we hung up, I quickly pulled out one of the outfits that I'd been faithfully saving for emergencies like this. I quickly hopped in the shower and washed my hair along with my body, then hopping out to get dressed.
I was so excited my hands were literally shaking to see him! I took a deep breath and wiped the fog off the mirror and happily grinned at my reflection.
Today's the big day…
Kakashi .
After that short incident upstairs, everyone went back downstairs and gathered in the kitchen while Kat cooked. As always, Hidan was arguing about something trivial with his partner and the latter only ignored him, angering the Jashinist even more. I was sitting away from the whole group, watching Hidan scoff and come up behind Kat to snag a piece of bacon, and instead of her smacking his hand with the spatula she was wielding, once of Kakuzu's tendrils wrapped themselves around his wrist and jerked him back to the table.
"Oi bastard! What the fu-"
"Hidan. Control yourself and sit back down." I heard Suigetsu and Kisame chuckling together at the immortal man while he scowled when Pein yelled at him.
"So, when are we going to finish off the rest of the presents, yeah? I mean…we can't wait all day long, or Jerr will get super suspicious. I think a couple of us should probably wrap them now…" Deidara suggested while he looked out of the window. Itachi obviously did not agree with this and spoke up.
"Not while she's already awake now. We must finish them elsewhere…"
"Well what did you have in mind assho-" Deidara was cut off when Zach was looking out of the window and huffed.
"Oh hell no…Oh for fuck's sake no…" He muttered to himself and pulled back the curtains to get a better view. Kat as well as myself quirked a brow at his strange actions.
"What's the problem?" Kisame noted with a confused expression, looking out of the window as well. "Hey…whose car is that? Did you guys buy a new one again?" Zach scoffed angrily and pulled out a cigarette, lighting it afterwards in irritation.
"This asshole did not just pull up here." He muttered to himself again, Iris came downstairs and growled.
"Zach-"
"I know. I know."
"Well then who in the hell told him where we stayed at?" She stated angrily, rubbing her temples. Okay, now she had everyone curious as hell.
"Hey, what's going on? Who's that guy coming out of that car?" Kisame asked Iris instead and then the doorbell rang. Iris sighed and leaned on the table.
"It's Jerr's boyfriend. Should we let him inside?" She answered the blue man's question then quickly switched the next one on over to Zach as his fingers drummed over his forehead.
"Well, should we let Je-"
"I'LL GET IT!" We heard Jerr's excited voice and then frantic footsteps down the stairs and we followed the second redhead out of the kitchen.
"Whoa…" Suigetsu said as Jerr was busy looking herself over in the mirror.
"Does this look okay?" She asked quickly and we all were silent. She wore her hair down with small curls at the end and a black bow on the side. She wore a tight blue denim romper that stopped to the middle of her thighs. She was busy trying to quickly put on her high wedges. It seemed that she went natural with her face but her lips had a light tint of red on it.
"Jerr, what the HELL do you think you're doing?" Iris snapped angrily at her. She only shrugged and turned back to the mirror to fix her hair.
"Don't worry about me. Now open the door before Bryson thinks we're not home or something!" She pushed through us and pulled the door open.
I moved a little closer with Kat to see what this guy really looked like. Well, from the back, he was slightly muscular with dark, shaggy hair, similar to Zach's. He was wearing a plain white t-shirt with dark blue jeans. Once he turned around, his bright blue eyes sparkled, making Jerr squeal so loudly. She tackled him and he caught her, but barely when his back hit the wall. He laughed and rubbed her back softly.
"Well hello to you too, babe. You look amazing as always." I tilted my head, wondering why Zach and Iris had such an intense grudge with this guy. He seemed pretty decent to me…
Zach and Iris were already at the door with their arms crossed and eyes narrowed down to a glare. He adjusted the emotional Jerr in his arms and grinned at the two people in front of him.
"Zach my man… how's it going?" He held out his hand for him to shake, but Zach never moved to do so.
"Riiight…" He eyed up Iris and gave her a smirk. "Iris…." He eyed her up and shook his head, clearing his throat. "You're looking lovely as always."
"Yeah. Well, why the hell are you here" She asked angrily, getting straight to the point. He was about to answer when he saw a glimpse of Kisame and he looked up at him as the blue man towered above Jerr's boyfriend. He was quiet and then blinked when he saw Itachi, and Kakuzu and then his crazy partner, having a look of disbelief on his face.
"No...no way…" I managed to hear him whisper, Kat chuckled and I only smirked slightly, wondering how he'd react to our presence since this wasn't our natural home.
"Well don't stand there with your mouth wide open! Where are your manners, huh?" Kisame finally spoke and Jerr turned around, facing us with a smile on her face, making Iris cringe just a little.
"Oh! Remember I told you over the phone that I had a couple of friends staying with me for a while? Well, here they are…" She rubbed the back of her head and moved aside so he could see every single one of us.
"Holy shit…"
Argh.
I'm so damn tired it's ridiculous. To be honest, I'm going to take a super short break on this one and begin writing my other stories…
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