Chapter 14: Tender Loving Care
"Th-thank god" Hidan mumbled rubbing his sore neck groaning and started coughing and sneezing hard. He wanted to text his friends to come over but instead he went upstairs to his room. Hidan fell on his bed and instantly falling to sleep. He's slept until around 10pm, so around 6-6:45 hour sleep. Hidan opened his eyes and groaned deeply before sitting up and rubbing his eyes. God he didn't even feel better in the slightest. He got up and dizzily walked to the bathroom and looked to the mirror and saw he was flustered and the dizziness got worse, so much so Hidan fell near the toilet seat and threw up
"Sh-shit…" Hidan mumbled as he really couldn't get up; luckily he has his phone in his pocket. Hidan used it to call Kakuzu
'H-hello?' Kakuzu asked sounding tired
"S-sorry to wake you up" Hidan mumbled
'Hidan, are you ok? You sound horrible' Kakuzu's tired voice turned to one that is concerned
"I-I don't even know anymore… c-can you please come over? M-my dad isn't here until… tomorrow sometime"
'Sure, I'll call you when I'm there'
Hidan groaned slightly, "Alright… K-Kuzu… spare key… under mat" Hidan said letting his arm fall as he was too weak to keep it up. Hidan shut his eyes and leaned against the cool porcelain of the bathtub and fell asleep again
"Hidan, hey Hidan wake up" a soft voice said and Hidan groaned and forced his eyes opened and saw Kakuzu there
"Th-that was fast… Kuzu. Only shut my eyes for a few seconds…" Hidan mumbled and Kakuzu had wide eyes
"…Hidan did you fall asleep after the call?" Kakuzu asked and Hidan looked to him
"Y-yes, why?" Hidan asked and Kakuzu sighed
"…It took me 45 minutes to get here after the call" Kakuzu said and Hidan clenched his eyes
"…Sh-shit, doesn't feel like it" Hidan mumbled and opened his eyes and saw 3 Kakuzus and Hidan groaned and sat up and put his head near the toilet. Once again the dizziness had made him throw up. Kakuzu gently rubbed Hidan's back as Hidan was barfing and gave him a glass of water to clean out his mouth. Kakuzu flushed the toilet and looked to the horribly sick looking boy
"Let's get you to bed" Kakuzu said and Hidan looked to him tiredly and had wet eyes
"C-can you carry me? I think I'm too weak to move…" Hidan said and Kakuzu gently picked the boy up and held him bridal style. Kakuzu made his way to Hidan's room and gently lay the boy down on the bed
"Th-thanks Kuzu" Hidan said and groaned from dizziness as Kakuzu put a hand to his forehead to check for a fever and instantly pulled back
"You're burning up! Here" Kakuzu said taking out a thermometer and put it near Hidan's mouth, "I need to see how bad your fever is" Kakuzu said and Hidan took the thermometer in his mouth and under his tongue. After a good 10 seconds, the thermometer beeped and Kakuzu took it out and looked at the temperature. Kakuzu had wide eyes as the thermometer said he had a temperature around 103.4 and jumped to his feet and ran out of the room and later coming back with a cold wet rag, a huge glass of water and a couple of fever reducing pills
"Hidan, can you sit up for me?" Kakuzu asked and Hidan struggled in a sitting position and Kakuzu handed him the pills and water, "Take these alright; they will reduce your fever tremendously" he said and Hidan took them with only a tiny sip of water
"No Hidan, you need to drink all of it; you can't be dehydrated when you're this sick" Kakuzu said and Hidan slowly drank the water and Kakuzu put the glass aside
"Better?" Kakuzu asked and Hidan nodded lying down and Kakuzu put the rag on Hidan's forehead making Hidan groan slightly at the coldness
"That… feels good" Hidan mumbled and Kakuzu caressed Hidan's cheek
"What did your dad do when you got home?" Kakuzu asked and Hidan told him about the punishment he was given, "Oh Hidan…" Kakuzu said seeing that Hidan's neck now has a deep purple bruise. Hidan then told him about what happened after school, since he wasn't there.
"E-even though… S-Sasori almost got killed… I told… them I wished I was… in his shoes" Hidan said weakly and Kakuzu started stroking Hidan's cheek gently
"I'm guessing you didn't tell them about what your father did to you?" Kakuzu asked and Hidan nodded
"H-how am I supposed to tell them that? There's a chance that they wouldn't want to be friends with me anymore…" Hidan said and Kakuzu sighed
"We became friends and then boyfriends…" Kakuzu said and Hidan nodded and shrugged
"But I trust you. It took me a while but I have trust issues since everything that happened. I can't trust them just yet" Hidan said groaning deeply
"Are you ok?" Kakuzu asked concerned and Hidan nodded
"Just tired" Hidan mumbled and Kakuzu kissed him on the forehead after taking off the rag and got a fresh cold wet on and put it on Hidan's head
"Go to sleep" Kakuzu said and Hidan couldn't argue as his mind was already shutting down to go to sleep
"I'll take care of you Hidan" Kakuzu watching Hidan sleep and smiled slightly; he fully trusts him. After al Hidan's been through, that is big, and Kakuzu couldn't be happier. Kakuzu looked to his phone to see 8 missed calls, 5 voicemails, and 6 text messages; all from his mom. Well he did leave in the middle of the night, on a school night without telling and on a grounding too. Kakuzu sighed and set his phone to the side. He will deal with the consequences later from his mom, but right now Hidan can't be left alone with how sick he is. Kakuzu pulled a chair next to Hidan's bed and sat in it still watching Hidan sleep
"Poor thing…" Kakuzu said softly and gently caressed Hidan's cheek making the sick teen flinch
"…D-don't… hurt me… dad" Hidan mumbled and let out a slight cough and with that said Kakuzu had tears form in his eyes. He really wanted to save Hidan… but his father could find out and hurt them. As Kakuzu was thinking of ways to save his love from his dad, which none were working out, Kakuzu found him drifting into a deep sleep. 3am, Kakuzu woke up to see Hidan wasn't even in his room
"Hidan?" Kakuzu asked getting up and walked out of the room to see the light in the bathroom is on, "Hidan?"
"I'm here!" Hidan said leaving the bathroom walking to him, "Just grabbed a glass of water"
"You could've woke me up to get you one" Kakuzu said and Hidan shook his head
"Naw, you need sleep too, plus I don't feel like I have a fever anymore" Hidan said
"You don't? Let me feel your head" he said touching Hidan's forehead, "It doesn't seem like it's as high as before, but still pretty high"
"Oh" Hidan said and Kakuzu checked his temperature and it was around 100 degrees and Kakuzu gave Hidan another fever reducer pill
"That should get your fever down all the way" Kakuzu said and Hidan smiled
"I love you" Hidan said and Kakuzu smiled and gently ruffled his boyfriend's hair
"I love you too Hidan" Kakuzu said and kissed him on the cheek, "I hope you feel better soon" Kakuzu finished and lead the boy to his bed and gave Hidan another back massage. After it Hidan looked to Kakuzu and smiled in relaxation
"H-how did I get so lucky with having you in my life?" Hidan asked and Kakuzu pulled Hidan closer to him
"You deserve it Hidan… I'll always be here for you" Kakuzu said and Hidan smiled
"You do know my dad… will make me not see you anymore right?" Hidan asked and Kakuzu shook his head
"No way am I letting my boyfriend not see me" Kakuzu said, "Plus how am I supposed to help my boyfriend recover from whatever that jackass does? If it was up to me he wouldn't be living anymore" Kakuzu said and Hidan smiled
"Love your protectiveness Kuzu" Hidan said and Kakuzu smiled
"I'm only protective of you and our friends… mostly you though" Kakuzu said and Hidan smiled
"I love you"
"I love you too" Kakuzu said and wrapped his arms protectively around Hidan, "You should go to sleep; you need as much energy as you can for school in 3 hours"
"Alright… uhm Kuzu?"
"Yeah?"
"H-how are you here? I mean aren't you grounded?" Hidan asked and Kakuzu nodded
"Doesn't mean I can't sneak out to see if you're ok" Kakuzu said
"But… you'll be—" Hidan started but got cut off by Kakuzu kissing him and broke it off
"I don't care; you and your health are more important to me" Kakuzu said and Hidan smiled and put his head on Kakuzu's shoulder. In doing so Hidan caught a glimpse of Kakuzu's phone and had wide eyes as it said there were 40 missed calls, 25 voicemails, and 15 text messages
"That's a shit load of missed calls… you probably should go back" Hidan mumbled and Kakuzu sighed and shook his head
"Naw, I don't want to leave you alone since you might get sicker…" Kakuzu said and smirked, "plus I think it's exciting to get in trouble" he said and Hidan started laughing
"Pein would be proud" Hidan said and Kakuzu kissed him
"I know; we'll fit in with them perfectly" Kakuzu said sitting down in the chair, "get some sleep" Kakuzu finished and Hidan looked to him with puppy eyes
"Only if you sleep with me; I know I'm not contagious" Hidan said and Kakuzu smirked and got into bed with him and Hidan cuddled to his chest
"I know you're not contagious; plus I hardly get sick at all" Kakuzu said and Hidan smiled and slowly fell asleep on Kakuzu's chest and Kakuzu kissed him on the forehead
"Goodnight Hidan" Kakuzu said slowly falling to sleep as well.
Around 5:45am, Kakuzu woke up to the sound of the front door opening and shutting. Kakuzu froze and gently shook Hidan awake
"Hey Hidan wake up, I think your ad is home" Kakuzu said and Hidan snapped his eyes open wide
"Hidan I'm home!"
"Sh-shit" Hidan said and before anything can be done the door to Hidan's room opened and Hidan froze slightly. His dad walked in and had a shocked look on his face as he saw his gay son cuddling up to the man he didn't want him to see anymore. Before Hidan's dad could say anything, Kakuzu decided to do something. He pushed Hidan away from him
"What the hell are you doing?" Kakuzu yelled and Hidan looked to him shocked but saw Kakuzu wink at him and instantly knew what he was doing, "Why the hell are you cuddling up to me? When you called me over because you were sick; I did not sign up for that!"
"B-but K-Kakuzu…" Hidan whimpered out as sadly as he could
"He is gay and in love with you" his dad said not wanting his son to see this man again. Hidan looked to his dad hurt and sad that he would say that and looked to Kakuzu blushing and had fake but realistic tears in his eyes
"Ka-Kakuzu I—!" Hidan started and Kakuzu glared at him
"You're… in love with me?" Kakuzu asked in disgust and sighed and put his hand to his eyes, "I should've figured that you were a fag. That's it" Kakuzu said getting up, "I'm never going to be your friend ever again! Don't you ever come near me again!" he said grabbing his phone and left the room. That made Hidan wince deeply, more so when the front door slammed shut
"So I guess that takes care of you not seeing him again" his dad said and Hidan had fake tears run down his face
"I-it's not fair…" Hidan mumbled hugging his knees to his chest
"Suck it up, you're used to your life being lower than shit. You know what; I'm feeling somewhat generous today, so your pain will be your punishment for not obeying my orders to not see him. Get ready for school" he said coldly before leaving. Hidan looked from his knees and wiped the tears from his face away and got up and got ready for school. Hidan then quickly left the house and walked a block to school when he ran into Kakuzu. Kakuzu pulled him, gently, into an grassy alleyway and pinned Hidan to the fence and kissed him
"I… will… never… say… those… words… again… I… love you… too much" Kakuzu said in between kisses and Hidan smirked and started kissing back
"I love you too, plus now I can hang out with you without worrying about my dad since he thinks you hate me" Hidan said grinning, "you're the best" he said and Kakuzu smiled
"Hmm… you don't seem like you're sick anymore" Kakuzu said and Hidan grinned deeply and leaned close to Kakuzu and wrapped his arms around his neck
"Because you took good care of me… TLC" Hidan said and Kakuzu chuckled and held him closer
"You're right about the tender loving care" He said kissing Hidan again, "Come on, school will start soon, its 6am" he finished and they began walking to school