A/N: AHHHH! So many feels! A lemon literally almost happened. I was so in the mood to write it, don't worry, it didn't and couldn't happen. Milyssa and her family were literally inches away. Though I am almost positive Kakuzu isn't the type to care about frivolous things like privacy. PSSSHHHH. *Waves hand* But behold the tease! Aaaaaannd…. SAVED BY THE CORN!
Disclaimer: I own everything but Kakuzu in this story *Cries* (Well maybe not my friends. They actually help me with their own character in the story, so they should get some credit.) *Claps* If I did so happen to own Naruto and the associated characters, I am sure there would be some people that I would like to beat some sense into. And others that I would give more screen time and avoid their deaths. I understand why Masashi Kishimoto did it, I just kind of wish he hadn't. (Mumbling about writers who kill off the good characters way too quickly)
Sorry this was so late guys! Family is in town, (it is actually Milyssa, Ian, and Mrs. Hilko! (Lyssa)) haha so of course we have to do all of the Vegas attractions. So that is what we have been doing for the past week! I am going to go ahead and post next week's chapter because we will be actually driving back to Georgia from Las Vegas. Who knows when we will be getting back? Anyways, hope ya'll enjoy this chapter! Rate and Review please! (:
Before I knew it the first movie was ending. I lift my head up off of Kakuzu's shoulder and look into his eyes. His face was calm, no trace of the regret I saw after we kissed those two times. There was just a hint of a smile on his beautiful bronze face.
I let go of his hand and tap Milyssa, "hey, Milyssa, go to the bathroom with me."
She 'Mhhm's' and jumps over the edge of the truck and I follow. We walk silently to the bathroom as we weave through the vehicles in the dark. We get to the bathroom and wait in a line about six people deep. "Sissy… HE HELD MY HAND! Did you see it?!" I say excitedly, practically jumping up and down, causing a couple women around us to shake their heads.
She smiles mischievously. "Yes. Yes I did. He likes you, Jenny Lynn! It was so cute!"
"I. I can't believe it. You know the little walk me and him went on before we left for the drive in? Yeah, well we just ended up yelling at each other… But I think we both got everything out of our system, I think everything we needed to say to each other was said….. He really led me to believe that we were never going to be an item. But him holding my hand had to of been a sign that he's ready for something!"
"He's like an awkward middle school boy with a crush. He knows he's too old to pull on your pigtails to get your attention, but he's not sure what to do instead." She winks at me.
I giggle, "That's a perfect description! I love it!" we laugh together for a little bit. Then I stop and blink a couple times. "Wow. I sure do rant a lot these days, huh?"
"I think your public speaking class you had is finally kicking in."
"Yeah I guess it is. I'm just going to talk everyone's ear right off." I laugh as I walk into a now empty stall.
We get back to the truck and Mike is fixing the corn and rolling it up in tinfoil to throw on the grill. Me and Milyssa walk over and help. After that's done I hop back up on the truck and grab some more Twizzlers, take a few, then hand the bag to Kakuzu. "Want some?"
He just grabs the bag from me and reads the ingredients.
"Oh come on. I know you're not one of those!" I laugh as I take the bag from him and replace it with a strand of candy. "Just eat it and stop trying to figure if you'll like it or not from the ingredients." He rolls his eyes and take a bite. I giggle, "Try it like this." I pull apart the candy in demonstration.
Ian looks over and I hand him the big bag full of candy. He happily takes out some gummy sour candy then sets the huge bag in the middle for everyone else to get to.
I scoot closer to Kakuzu and whisper in his ear. "Does this mean I can hold your hand whenever I want too?"
He puts his arm around my shoulders. "Holy crap, Kakuzu. Your arm weighs a freaking ton! Cut down on the steroids!"
He just glares at me then pulls me closer as he starts leaning on me. "I… I think I'm going to die…." I say playfully and go limp in his arms. He lets me go and I fall on a pile of pillows with my eyes closed and my tongue out. I crack open an eye just a little bit and look at him. He's smiling down at me. Finally. I finally have him. I beam, sit up and then throw all of my body weight onto him and wrap my arms around his neck. Milyssa and Ian look back as I let out a little squeak. He puts his big strong arms around me and I feel so small. He felt warm and familiar. Strong and safe. I wanted to cling to his shirt, burry my face into the curve of his neck. And never let go. I kiss the spot where I bit him the night we first meet and then turned around and sat in the middle of his crossed legs, his arms still wrapped around me. He kisses the top of my head and I lean back into him.
"Cut your lights off!" I yell at a car that was driving by, their windows down. Don't they know how rude they're being?! We're trying to watch a movie and they're driving around being assholes.
The car throws on the breaks the moment the words leave my mouth. The passenger door swings open and a man gets out and yells at me. "Shut the hell up bitch, can't ya see were trying to find a parking spot?!"
I stiffen. Oh no he didn't. "Don't you see how rude you're being?! Just turn your damn lights off and no one would yell at you!" the driver's door opens and another young man gets out. Mrs. Hilko says something and the two guys yell at her. Kakuzu quickly pushes me to the side and jumps down between the testosterone encouraged young men and the Hilko's and I.
The guys take one look at Kakuzu and try to stand taller. Kakuzu says something low, his deep voice rumbling, sounding ultimately intimidating. The guys look at each other in surprise and quickly hightail it back into their car. The headlights turn off and they quickly drive away. The people in the cars around us give Kakuzu a round of applause. He stands there until their vehicle disappears behind another row of cars. He says something to Mrs. Hilko, too silent for me to hear and then gets back up on the truck.
"What did you say to them?" Milyssa whispers as she turns toward Kakuzu.
He sits next to me and Ian turns around as well to listen in.
"I just told them what would happen if they didn't listen." He snapped. I laugh and punch him in the arm lightly.
"Ya know how good it is to have you around! I got muscle to back up my big mouth now!" I say as I flex my biceps. The three of them laugh then we quiet down and Milyssa and Ian turn their attention to the movie.
I lean back and whisper in Kakuzu's ear. "Thank you for having my back there."
He smiles and puts a finger under my jaw and pulls my face closer. I close my eyes and his lips ghost against mine. I whimper and open my eyes as he pulls away. A devilish smirk takes hold of his lips and he leans down and kisses my cheek, his hand still holding my jaw in place. I whimper again and he kisses the other side of my face.
"Kuzu…" I whisper. My need for him growing with every second. He keeps kissing everywhere on my face but my lips, my hunger for him ready to devour me. My hands ball up on the side of my sweatpants, that gorgeous devilish smile still taking control of his lips. I grab his wrist that's holding my face but he doesn't budge.
I bite my lip and his expression changes. The smirk turns into fascination, his eyes focused only on my mouth. I release my lip and let my tongue glide over the spot where my teeth were. I look him dead in the eyes and run my tongue over my lips once more. His mouth parts open and I could see his chest rise and fall a little quicker. I smirk, reach up and let my hair down. Blonde locks gently cascade down and I reach my hands up to shake out the lumps, giving it a bit more tousled look. He moves his hand away from my jaw.
I crawled closer to him on my hands and knees, my hair falling over one shoulder. A low growl rumbles deep in Kakuzu's throat. It's so fucking hot to turn someone on and know that you were the cause of it. I stop getting closer and sit down and look at him. He was breathing heavily, a light pink blush spread across his face, his eyes were low and his mouth was open ever so slightly. I lean in and pull his head closer to mine. I turn slightly and put my lips up to his ear. "I thought you didn't feel anything for anyone…?" I purr.
"You… are the only exception." He rasps as he picks me up and sets me on his lap. He moves his head closer and I close my eyes.
"Hey you guys, the corn is done!" Mom whispers to the four of us.
I Jump and quickly try to push myself away from Kakuzu but he doesn't let me go. I smile and put my teeth on his bare arm. He grunts and holds me tighter. "You can't keep me away from food!" I whisper loudly as I giggle and try to snake my way out of his grasp.
He lets me go and I bolt for the food. I snatch up two ears of corn and a couple of sausages. "This is all mine. Go get your own." I growl at Kakuzu, who rolls his eyes and stands up. "I'm just playing! Sit your butt down!"
At 12:47 the last movie ended. It had been a pretty funny movie, but honestly my mind was elsewhere the entire time. Kakuzu gave in to me. What else was I supposed to focus on? Two whole movies went by in a blur.
The drive home was a lot less awkward because this time I wasn't trying my hardest not to touch Kakuzu. This time I let our legs touch, this time I could look at him. This time he would look at me.
A yawn escaped my lips as we walked up to the house.
"So are you two together now?" Mrs. Hilko asked.
I stopped dead in my tracks, Kakuzu walks ahead a little bit then looks back from me to Mrs. Hilko.
"Yes." He responds. And then continues to walk into the house. I glance at Lyssa, and she doesn't look all too happy.
"Can I have a word with you after we get everything inside?" She asks me. Her voice flat with that underlying mom tone.
Oh no….
I nod quickly then precede to carry the bag of pillows through the front door. We dump all of the supplies on the living room floor, and one more trip and then everything was inside.
"Let's sit on the front porch." She opens the door and leads me to the stairs and sits on the third from the bottom. "I'm only telling you this because I worry about you and have taken care of you for a good portion of your life. But I know how you are with boys. I know how you are with relationships. You are moving very fast with him, you just meet him a couple of days ago. I cannot have the two of you having sex while I am at work during the week. You are not getting pregnant while I am supposed to watch you. This… this is very dangerous for you. He is a killer. This is very dangerous for my family and he cannot stay here any longer."
I jump up. "Are you serious? Yes. He is a killer. Yes. He can kill very easily." I spoke angrily and slow. "He wouldn't hurt us. He wouldn't hurt me. I can feel it in my gut. I can see it in his eyes. And you're wrong." My voice starts to shake and tears slide down my face. "His first appearance in the manga was over a year ago. Over a year that I have gotten to know who he is. Now if that is moving too fast for you then I would really hate to see what slow is. Those feeling only strengthen and deepened the moment I realized who he was when I meet him in the woods. The only one who is taking it fast is Kakuzu, and I'm not sure how much control he has over the matter. He isn't the type to…. To love. But look at the way he acts around me and tell me that you don't see something. And sex?! I have barely even kissed the man! I know how to play it safe, so that's none of your concern." I spit. "If his intentions were to hurt your family. You would have been dead." I whirl around and run. I hear Lyssa's voice call after me but it was drown out in the wind. I focused on my feet hitting the concrete. I focused on Kakuzu's voice and in my head I repeated over and over "You… are the only exception."
The wind lashed my hair at my face causing my eyes to sting and water more. My lungs felt like they were going to burst, but my muscles relished in the moment, loving being pushed to the limit. I pushed all thoughts of anything but HIM out of my head. I ran and ran and ran. Everything is against us.
What…
What was that?
A sound broke my thoughts. Something familiar.
I slow down just a bit and strain to hear what it was.
A voice.
Milyssa's voice.
Keep running.
And Ian's voice.
Speed up.
Echoing.
Don't stop.
The road shifts from flat to an incline. My muscles start to protest as I go up the hill.
What are they saying?
I pull to a stop, dirt and grass flying out from under my shoes. My breathing comes out loud and raspy. My throat tightened up from dehydration. It was like someone flipped a switch back on and I could feel again. Feel more than just the wind in my face. I turn around and fall into a sitting position with my arms draped across my knees.
I ran so far…. I must have ran for a good half hour.
The edge of the neighborhood lay at the bottom of the hill I was on. The neighborhood stretched on for two and a half miles. At the front, where Milyssa lived were the homes that were built first, twenty years ago. Every five years the owners of the development would add on a new and improved section in the surrounding acres of land, trying to make the structure different from the other sections. The further out the neighborhood got, the lower the income of people that would move in. The furthest section of this development was a section of ghetto.
Huh. It looks like there's a couple more houses being built. I thought as I looked to my left at half build wooden shells of buildings. Haven't they learned their lesson yet? The value of these homes are going down and they're only adding to their own demise.
I could not see Milyssa's house from here. But I closed my eyes and imagined what everyone was doing.
I wonder if they're still looking for me. It's well after midnight. Probably getting close to two… And I am missing. Yeah… They definitely are still looking for me.
In most cases I would feel guilty for putting them through this worry… But here lately my emotions have been splattered around like open paint bottles at an empty canvas and I don't feel anything except weary from my run.
Guess I'd better head back now…
I move to stand up and then whip around hearing footsteps behind me.