Chapter 26

It is the night of mine and Zetzu's date, there was a slight excitement in the air, I am very glad that the whack to my head hadn't bruised, and I was even more glad this morning when I awoke to a note from Leader, saying that he had 'Taken Care' of the Madara problem. Through the day I had made mental notes to thank him, to go and see him but I kept forgetting, now it was an hour before me and Zetzu were meeting outside of the base, in their garden, for our date. Deciding that there is enough time before I have to be outside I get up and wander through the base towards the room that Leader-sama spends most of his time in.

Of course, I am all dressed up for my date, in a mid thigh length Japanese style dress with long sleeves, it was black and red much like all my clothes here and I had actually put some effort into styling my long white hair into some sort of loose plait leaving some of it loose beneath it. Overall it didn't look too bad. Worried that my lip-gloss might wear off before the date I place some in my small bag before staggering out of the room in my heels. Never worn before.

Leader-sama's office is one that always frightens me, even standing outside it; after all, the things that happened inside it were horrible and I am in no rush to enter it again, yet, I knock politely on the door and wait for him to let me in.

Hearing a small grunt of recognition I open the door with a small nervous smile, hopefully he wasn't mad that it isn't someone more important, but as he turns to look at me I swear for a moment the corners of his mouth lift up. Leader is one of these men who both scared and thrilled me at the same time he thrills me because he scared me. He could kill me right now and I know it. I bite my lip and I move into the dark, dank room. Surprise surprise it is black, again.

'What is it I'm bu- oh, Abi-chan, it's you.'

'Uhm, yes, sorry to disturb you I can leave if you want.'

Unable to avert my eyes from his own Pein grinned at me and seemingly appraised my dress from afar, of course, he must have been really lonely lately, he is without Konan for so long. Yet, surely it's he who sends her away so perhaps they weren't an item after all. I stand there for a moment in an attempt to puzzle him out, then, a chuckle interrupts my train of thought and I blush slightly as my gaze wanders back to Pein's.

'Penny for your thoughts, I believe that's the saying from where you hail.'

'I was just wondering about…' I flush

'About?'

He teases flicking through a folder, the smell of blood overpowers my nose, yet, a slightly clean smell, like aftershave mixes with it, it smells like Hidan, or maybe Pien smells like this too? It wouldn't surprise me.

'I was thinking about you and Konan, you always seemed to be a couple in my world, so I thought you must be lonely without her, but…then I thought you keep sending her away so maybe you don't like her…'

'That's a little forward for you isn't it Abi-chan?' he chuckles

'Uh I'm sorry! I'm sorry please forgive me!'

I bow repeatedly to him and before I know it his hand is on my chin tugging me upwards and into his chest, the only thing is that Pein also moved back as he tugged me forward so I land in between his legs trying to squirm out of the way yet he holds me fast, not with his hands, even though they do lightly hold my waist, but with his eyes. They seemingly push me back down onto the ground and I kneel down softly looking up at him intently.

'Don't be sorry, you are correct. Konan and I despise each other.'

'I see, I didn't mean to pry where I wasn't wanted Leader-sama.'

'Say that again…' he whispered out

'Uhm excuse me?' I squeak out and blush slightly

'Nothing, nothing. What did you come in to see me for or did you just come to tease me with what I can't have, Zetzu is a lucky man, plant thing. You look stunning tonight.'

A blush creeps across my cheeks and I move a tendril of white hair that has crossed in front of my eyes back behind my ear. Hearing a growl coming from Pein I look up swiftly into his eyes, he seems to be either annoyed by something or frustrated immensely.

'Speak to me.' He growls

'I…I came in to thank you.'

'Thank me?' he asks, his eyes widening

'For sorting out Madara, I…I should have done it myself but I'm not strong enough yet, so, I wondered if you wanted me to do something for you? I don't know, like cleaning this place out or something? If you have a mission that needs doing I could go.'

'No. You will not be going on any missions.'

'Leader-sama!' I plead

It is at this moment that I see his eyes widen and he half growls half moans at me, it sets my eyes widening also and I watch as he lifts his hand trying to point to the door but he doesn't seem to quite get there. Merely sitting there obediently I wait until I have some sort of inclination from Pein, if he wants me to leave, or if he wants me to stay. I don't quite understand what that noise meant, I had heard it before from Zetzu, and he had made one like it last night in fact. But surely not.

'No.' he whispers softly

'Why?'

'Because, I am the Leader and I said so.'

'That's a really shit answer. You know that right?'

'You want a better answer? Fine. I don't want to have to deal with my teams being a bunch of whiney pussies if you get hurt or die, if you get hurt, everyone suffers and we fail at being effective as a team unit.'

'Oh…'

'In a manner of speaking Abi-chan, you are the heart of the Akatsuki.'

'That…that seems to be a common theme that keeps occurring, but surely not everyone would miss me, I mean look at Itachi, look at you, it wouldn't be a total break down of the organization.'

'What gives you the impression that I wouldn't care?'

With that I stop breathing for a moment and I bite my lip, shifting my gaze between his eyes eventually laying my gaze on Pein's lips, the piercings there were glittering in the dull light coming from a lamp on his table. My legs begin to get stiff from kneeling but I still don't rise just yet, it seems as if there is something else that he would like to say to me, after all, from the way his mouth parted suddenly he obviously wanted to do something with his lips.

'You're so temping Abi-kawaii.'

'E-excuse me?' I stutter, this, is not what I need right now

'You're dangerous, you're tempting me, temping me to sin.'

'L-leader-sama!'

'That's not helping…'

There was that moan again, it set me alight but then I stood up quickly, trying to move away but Pein moved to catch my arm and I now fall into his lap, much to his pleasure. For a moment I stay there, looking into his eyes, when his rough hands move slowly up my thighs I squeak and move again but he holds me fast this time and I can't help but wrap my arms around his neck.

'Please, please let me go.'

'I thought you said you wanted to do something for me?'

'No! I didn't mean like that!'

'You're acting the innocent aren't you? Surely you can't be as coy as you're making out, what with your plan with Deidara and Zetzu when you first arrived, your companionship with Zetzu now…'

I flush bright red. These are all true facts of course yet there is no truth to what he is saying, even though all of these things were planned I never went through with any of them, I hadn't even…I hadn't even made up my mind if I am going to let Zetzu have sex with me at all just yet. Of course I had feelings for him, I might even love him, but I am scared, scared of finally losing what I have been trying to lose for the past few months. Pein seems to pick up on this and he chuckles slightly.

What if Zetzu walked in now? What would happen?

Tensing slightly I feel Pein stroke my skin softly and I relax once more, it seemed to bring a sense of calm with it. As if he was reassuring me that nothing would happen to hurt me in here, gazing into his eyes again I feel a lull come over me. It is almost like I am drunk. My body seems to be pliable like play dough and I lean back from Pein, trying to get away again and he grabs my wrist again.

'Stay.' He whispers 'Please.'

'Leader-sama, I can't, I'm going out with Zetzu, you know that, I can't cheat on him even if you are the Leader. You could make me. But I know you wont do that.'

'How do you know I wont? How do you know I wont talk to Zetzu and persuade him to let me?'

'I just…I just don't think that you would do that to me. I'm probably wrong. Maybe you should try it. See what happens.'

'Don't tempt me even more.'

Suddenly my wrist is released, smiling softly at Pein I turn to him and peck him on the cheek, much to his surprise. It seems as if he didn't think that I would come near him ever again after what he had just done. It wasn't as if I thought that I am lucky because I have Leader-sama wanting me, quite the opposite, I am mortified, but there is a part of me that wants to get to know the man behind the piercings and that spurs me on despite my fear.

'I'll see you soon Leader-sama. Thank you once again.'

With that I opened the door to his office and stepped out, hurrying to the clearing where Zetzu had said we were going to be meeting this evening, it is a lovely mild evening and I can't help but sigh happily when I step out into the warm evening air. This is going to be a good night. I could just tell it.

Despite that episode with Pein-sama I am feeling fine and knowing from his reaction that I must look at least half decent, taking a glance at my watch I see that I am just on time and stride into the clearing with a small smile on my lips, casting my eyes around to see if Zetzu is here. Which he isn't? A soft frown forms on my face and I step further into the wood, there seems to be a light in the distance and I move towards it, why on Earth wasn't he here? It makes my heart flutter. Maybe he found out about what Leader had just done to me? Has he gotten the wrong end of the stick?

As soon as I step into another clearing, the source of the lights is clear to me and I can't help but grin happily there were hundreds of little fireflies floating around in the air, almost as if they were enchanted to stay inside and light it. A dinner table was set into the middle of the grass and I can't help but bite my lip to hold in a gasp as I see Zetzu, fully kitted out in a new suit waiting with his back to me, shoulders tensed, maybe he thought that I wasn't coming.

'Hey there.' I say quietly

Watching as Zetzu turns and places his hand on his heart, seemingly shocked, I can't help but giggle slightly which turns into a little blush as he looks over my body, it is hardly subtle but it is much appreciated by me, there's no doubt there. As he looks me over, I cast a sly eye over his body too, it seems to me that over the months he had worked out more, his muscles were more defined and you could visibly see that underneath his suit.

'Hey Abi-seiktei you look beautiful…'

'Thank you Zetzu-kun, you look very handsome in your suit.'

'I remembered that you liked men in suits so; I decided that I might wear one for you tonight. It's bloody uncomfortable so you best stare all you like.'

'You didn't have to wear a suit for me Zetzu! I think you look handsome in anything you know that.'

'Shall we?'

As Zetzu draws back the chair which I assume is mine now, I bite my lip softly and think about how well this date is going to go, if the start is anything to go by, tonight is going to end with a bang.

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