When the couple arrived to school, Kakuzu held Hidan's hand to assure him that everything will be ok; everything is better when having good friends to support you. Hidan had to admit that he was nervous and a little frightened to enter the building, but with Kakuzu some of his fears lessened.
"Hidan remember; you have friends. And don't worry what people think or say. I know it'll be hard, I was afraid to take my mask off because of what people would think, but you helped me. I couldn't have done it without you, and I'll be here for you to help you get through this" Kakuzu said and Hidan smiled and nodded as with what his boyfriend said gave him the courage to make it through the day.
Once they got inside the building they started walking to the auditorium for their play rehearsal. People in the hallways started to stare at the couple with disgusted looks as others were mumbling bad things from the things Akise told them 2 days before. Hidan flinched and Kakuzu then glared at them as harsh as he could go, which was pretty harsh. Kakuzu's glare made the students stop talking and run away in fear. Kakuzu looked to Hidan, who had a tear form. Kakuzu smiled sadly and wiped the tear away and Hidan smiled; placing his head on Kakuzu's chest
"Th-thanks Kuzu" Hidan said softly and Kakuzu just nodded as they continued to walk. As people were about to say something about Hidan on their way to the auditorium, Kakuzu glared at them, causing them to cower away in fear.
The trip to the auditorium was not that bad, since Kakuzu's glaring caused people not to say much of anything, but there was still some who did.
In the auditorium, Hidan was glomped by Deidara, making both fall
"Hidan un!" Deidara yelled "We missed you!"
"…I-I mis-missed you too" Hidan said and chuckled as a certain redhead pried the blond off of him
"Deidara…" Sasori said and sighed looking to Hidan helping him up "sorry Hidan, you know Deidara, well we're glad to see you're ok"
"Thanks Sasori" Hidan said seeing Sai walk over to him and Kakuzu and gave them their missed homework, making Kakuzu groan
"I would've thought you would've forgotten…" Kakuzu said and Hidan laughed along with Sai's chuckling. Hidan took his jacket off and Sai smirked
"Ohh, what's this…?" Sai asked circling around Hidan, looking at his neck.
"What?" Hidan asked
"Hum, you're neck seems to have more hickies than I remembered Hidan" Sai said in a knowing tone and Kakuzu and Hidan blushed slightly
"Wh-what are you talking about?" Hidan asked nervously and Deidara studies the tone of his voice and Hidan's and Kakuzu's faces
"Ahh! You did it un!" Deidara said smiling
"Wh-what?" Hidan and Kakuzu blurted out nervously as their tiny blush turned darker.
"Everyone can tell" Itachi said and Hidan's and Kakuzu's blush deepened again
"Hidan I would've expected you would be kinda…you know….afraid to do that" Sai said and Hidan looked to him and smiled
"That's what Kakuzu said, but I wanted it" Hidan said and Sai smiled understanding that nothing could've made Hidan happier that Kakuzu.
Before Hidan and Kakuzu could say anything more, Kakashi came in the room
"Sorry I'm late; a dolphin kept making noises last night, causing me not to sleep as easily. Which caused me to wake up late" Kakashi said and Sasori smirked
"Mmm, so you were doing it with Iruka Sensei eh?" Sasori asked, still not forgetting his payback plan for Kakashi. Sasori's smirk grew even more as Kakashi blushed and coughed twice
"O-ok then, let's get ready and rehearse the play" Kakashi said and Sasori smirked and Deidara sighed
"Sasori-Danna, please forget about getting him back un" Deidara said and Sasori looked at him shocked
"What but—"
"Danna, what goes around comes around un, please?"
"…ok for you" Sasori said kissing Deidara lightly
"And Danna, don't be jealous un, you're the only one for me" Deidara said smirking walking to the play set, as it was time to rehearse the Mad Hatter part. Deidara, being Alice, and Tobi being the Dormouse
"Tobi what're you doing un?" Deidara asked
"Since Tobi had a small part as the door, Kakashi Sensei gave him the part of the Dormouse" Tobi said and Deidara sighed
Kakashi then looked to where the Mad Hatter and the March Hare were, and saw them sitting down talking about what to do about something that's not very relevant to the play.
"Alright you two, stop with the chit-chat and get on the stage. And Pein, stop being in denial" Kakashi said and Pein looked to him
"…Den… I AM NOT GAY!" Pein yelled and Sai and the others started laughing. Pein's reaction was and always will be priceless and never gets boring.
"Pein are you gay?" Sai asked teasingly
"Shut it gay-boy" Pein said and Kakashi smiled
"Oh ho, so he's gay too eh? So you two were flirting" Kakashi said and Pein blushed
"Oh FUCK NO! I AM NOT GAY!" Pein yelled
"Oh? But you said he's gay—"
"So!? All my friends are, 'cept me and my GIRLfriend!" Pein yelled and blushed when hearing the laughter of his friends.
"Hmm, if you say so—"
"Fuck you"
"Hmm, I don't like you that way" Kakashi said with a smirk and Pein blushed
"SHUT UP!"
"…denial…" Kakashi said
"Grr! WHATever! Let's just get this damn play done with already!" Pein yelled stomping towards the stage and Kakashi stood next to Sai with a smile
"It's fun to tease him isn't it?" Kakashi asked
"With the reaction he has, of course" Sai said with a smiled leaving to the stage and Kakashi chuckled
"Ok Mad Hatter part take 1!" Kakashi said and they did the whole scene
"Ok cut, good job everyone. Hmmm wait…there is something wrong" Kakashi said and Deidara, Tobi, Sai, and Pein looked to him
"What?"
"Well, I've seen Alice in Wonderland many times before and I've never known Mad Hatter to be in denial about his sexuality" Kakashi said and everyone had wide eyes in excitement waiting for what's coming. Pein growled, in a deep red color and glared at Kakashi
"I! AM! NOT! GAY!"
Kakashi chuckled at the now red out of breath kid
"Ok, we have time to rehearse the Red Queen part and another part" Kakashi said and Itachi sighed because he was the Red Queen.
The part was rehearsed quickly and Hidan sat next to Kakuzu. Kakuzu smiled and pulled Hidan close
"Why is it so fun to tease someone about their sexuality?" Hidan asked with a smile
"It's not; Pein is an exception, because he overreacts" Kakuzu said and Hidan giggled and nodded
Lunch came and Hidan sat with his boyfriend and friends. Hidan froze when hearing people talk about him and how he was either a 'slut', 'prostitute', or 'whore'
Kakuzu knew how harsh those names were and pulled Hidan close
"Hidan don't listen to them" Kakuzu said and the rest nodded
"Yeah, everyone where has something about them that people don't entirely like" Konan said and Hidan looked up
"Really? Like what?" Hidan asked
"Hmm… well me…since I have skin that is a shade of blue, everyone thought I was a fish freak that drank blue dye or something" Kisame said and Hidan looked to him
"Really? That's too bad, you look cool with blue skin" Hidan said grinning and Kisame smiled
"Thanks"
"When I get mad, my eyes change to a red-ish color, causing people to think that I'm a demon" Itachi said
"Hum, you're eyes may be red, which is awesome by the way, but you're too kind to be a demon" Hidan said and Itachi blushed and moved closer to Kisame making Hidan smile
"Since I like puppets so much, people made rumors about me 'supposedly' turning human beings into puppets" Sasori said and Hidan looked at him with a disbelief look
"Are you serious? What kind of idiot made up that?" Hidan asked
"Who knows?" Sasori asked
"Anyone who believes that is retarded"
"That's the rest of the school then" Sasori said and Hidan shook his head in shock
"Me un, I like fleeting art, like bombs and fireworks. Since I have this fascination, people think I'll be a terrorist or something… which isn't true un!" Deidara said and Hidan nodded
"Us, well we… we have a split personality, and people think we're a psycho freak. It's only because of a birth defect because of our mom. And people don't like us also because of our skin color, white and black, which was also a part of the birth defect" Zetsu said and Hidan grinned
"So who is black and who is white?" Hidan asked
"I'm white, and I'm black"
"Tobi wears a mask because of what happened to his hidden eye and people made bad rumors about why he wears it. Also about why he talks in third person" Tobi said calmly getting held by Zetsu
"You Pein?" Hidan asked
"Piercings. People think I'm a bad person because of them… and that I was growing up on the streets with Kakuzu, people don't like that" Pein said and Hidan looked to Kakuzu
"What? But Kakuzu you said your family let you—"
"That was when I was ten, I was on the streets when I was five. They didn't do anything until then, and they only did it because the authorities threatened to arrest them" Kakuzu said and Hidan hugged him
"Oh…I'm sorry" Hidan said and Kakuzu smiled
"Hum… its ok, met Pein because of it" Kakuzu said and Pein smiled and Deidara looked to Pein
"You forgot something to add in why people might not like you un" Deidara said
"Oh and what is that?"
"People think you're gay" Sasori said and Pein's head dropped and groaned and everyone laughed making him whine
"God you guys suck" Pein mumbled
"Yes…yes we do suck" Kisame, Zetsu, Sasori, and Kakuzu said and all their ukes blushed deeply as they said their semes' names in an embarrassed tone, simultaneously
"TOO much information!" Pein said blushing, obviously not wanting to hear that.
Hidan giggled and looked to Konan
"What about you?" Hidan asked
"Well let's just say I love it more hanging out with irreplaceable and trustworthy friends than be in a popular crowd with untrusting, non-caring, soon to be in trouble with society people. They hated that I chose these guys over them so They made rumors about me, which I will never speak of to anyone, and Pein you better not tell or I will kill you" Konan said with an evil tone at the end, scaring Pein
"I-I haven't and Y-you know I won't" Pein said in an nervous tone and Konan smiled
"Good, love you baby" Konan said and Pein sighed in relief
"Love you too"
"Well since I know Kakuzu, I kinda know, and Sai wasn't staying here that long" Hidan said
"I doubt that Hidan" Sai said
"Why?"
"I practically was here when you were" Sai said
"But you don't have any rumors about you?"
"Yes I do, people think I'm a suicidal emo freak" Sai said and Hidan looked and him, shocked
"Why…..oh that" Hidan said and Sai nodded with a grin
"Yeah, the whole school practically saw me jump off the roof" Sai said and Hidan looked to the side
"Sorry…" Hidan said and Sai looked to him shocked
"It's not your fault Hidan, I was an emotional wreck back them because of what I had caused…" Sai said and Hidan shook his head
"It isn't your fault" Hidan said
"But it wasn't yours" Sai protested
"I know, its Akise's fault"
"Hum, you're right" Sai said grinning and Hidan smiled
"See Hidan, everyone here is like an outcast at school, we're like our own group" Kakuzu said and pulled Hidan closer
"Hmm, I think if this is a group we need a name" Hidan said grinning
"Like what?" Itachi, Konan, Sai asked
"Dawn!" Tobi yelled and got hit by Deidara
"No way are we naming the group that Tobi un!" Deidara said and Tobi rubbed his head
"Oww…" Tobi said and got kissed by Zetsu to make the pain feel better and Tobi smiled
"Wait, dawn isn't a bad name" Hidan and Pein said together
"What?" the rest asked in shock
"Pein the Japanese word for dawn?" Hidan asked grinning and Pein nodded
"Akatsuki, I like it" Pein said and everyone agreed on the name
"I'll make our logo!" Konan said in excitement and Hidan laughed
With that said the bell rang and the Akatsuki group went to their classes, but before Hidan and Kakuzu could enter theirs, Hidan froze
"…K-Kakuzu…A-Akise…" Hidan said nervously and Kakuzu pulled him close
"I know… shh, it's ok, I'm right next to you the whole time". They entered the classroom and went to their desks, noticing the teacher isn't here. Hidan looked to Akise and froze when he smirked
"You have some nerve running away on me like that" Akise said and Hidan froze and Kakuzu growled and picked Akise up by the collar of his shirt
"You HAVE some nerve not listening to me!" Kakuzu said "you're lucky I can't kill you!"
"Che… you know we did it right?"
"Che… of course I did, Hidan told me everything; you have nothing against him now, so get the HELL out of our lives!" Kakuzu said dropping Akise back into his seat and the teacher came in
Kakuzu sat down and looked to Hidan with a smile, and with that Hidan relaxed knowing that Kakuzu'll always be there to protect him.
The rest of the day went fast and Hidan and Kakuzu returned home
"Ahh, finally home! It was like the school day wouldn't ever end!" Hidan whined, plopping on the couch and Kakuzu chuckled and sat next to him
"Yeah it was pretty long, so how was your day?" Kakuzu asked and Hidan sighed and looked to Kakuzu with a smile
"It was ok; couldn't have gotten through it without you" Hidan said and Kakuzu blushed and kissed Hidan
"I'll make you your favorite dinner for being so brave getting through the day" Kakuzu said and Hidan smiled excitedly
"Really?" Hidan asked and Kakuzu laughed
"Yes, you deserve it"
Kakuzu left to make Hidan his favorite food, BBQ ribs with dango. Kakuzu chuckled to himself when making it
'All ukes love dango don't they?' he asked himself
Once the dinner was ready, Kakuzu called Hidan into the room
"Ahh it smells so good!" Hidan said and Kakuzu gave him a plate full of the food he had prepared for him
"After dinner we have to do our homework from 3 days ago" Hidan said and Kakuzu groaned
"Again I wish he had forgotten" Kakuzu mumbled and Hidan laughed
After dinner, Hidan pulled his protesting boyfriend into the living room to do their homework
After homework the two teenagers laid in bed and Kakuzu sighed
"Homework… what a waste of time" Kakuzu said
"You'll never graduate without doing homework you know" Hidan said grinning
"Yeah I know, but it is still a waste of time" Kakuzu said and what he said goes
"Fine…fine" Hidan said and the teens began laughing
"I love you Kakuzu"
"Love you too Hidan, let's get some sleep" Kakuzu said kissing Hidan and pulling him close
"Ok"
"I promise tomorrow will be a little better" Kakuzu said and Hidan snuggled closer with a big smile on his face
"I believe you Kakuzu"
The next day at school, Kakuzu and Hidan were walking to their play rehearsal, when a kid in a grade higher that Hidan and Kakuzu walked to them making Hidan and Kakuzu freeze. Both have no clue what to expect from a senior.
"Hello Hidan" he said with a smile
"H-hi?" Hidan asked confusedly and he just continued to smile and walked away. What was confusing about this is that the senior wasn't saying that in a tone as the students had done yesterday, it was like a simple hello to a friend. Others came up to them saying hello to Hidan like nothing happened and that he was their friend.
Once the two were alone
"Kakuzu?" Hidan asked looking to Kakuzu to see that he was as confused as he was.
'I know Kakuzu said things would be a little better, but this is weird…' Hidan thought
"I have no clue" Kakuzu said as they continued to walk to their class. They stopped as a kid had walked towards them
"Hey there he is!" The kid yelled evilly with a hint of disgust to his friends. They started running towards them, and Hidan froze, but froze even more when they ran past him and his boyfriend.
Kakuzu and Hidan then turned around to see a kid surrounded by people who were tormenting him
Kakuzu and Hidan shot each other a confused look, before walking away towards their class
The two were so confused, but did not talk about that until they got to the auditorium where they ran into Deidara, Sasori, and Pein
"So will someone please explain why has everyone stopped picking on Hidan?" Kakuzu asked
"Yeah, now some kid is getting picked on, didn't see him/her since there was a crowd" Hidan said and Deidara looked at them shocked
"You don't know?"
"No" Kakuzu said
"So you didn't hear anything" Sasori and Pein said in unison
"What? Who is it?" Hidan asked and Sai sighed and smiled
"It's Akise" Sai said and Hidan and Kakuzu had wide eyes in confusion
"What happened?" Kakuzu asked in confusion and excitement that finally Akise's karma came.
"Well you'll see later on today" Pein said
"Ok" Kakuzu said and Sat down with Hidan. Kakuzu looked at him to see the same confusion and excitement, but knowing he had the same question on his mind
'What the hell could Akise have done to make everyone forget what Hidan did in a day?'
