Finished: February 22, 2018

Published: February 22, 2018

== A.N. ==

It's been a while… sorry for the delay. I've been really busy lately

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"Are you done eating?" asked Kakuzu as he got up from his seat and put his plate in the sink.

"Yup." Hidan got up as well and walked to Kakuzu with his plate.

"Do you want more? There's still a bit more left over." Asked Kakuzu as he took the plate from Hidan's small hands.

"Nope, I'm full. I'll only eat if you eat." Hidan smiled as he looked at Kakuzu with large violet eyes.

"Alright, head to the bathroom while I quickly wash these dishes and put away the leftovers." Hidan stared at Kakuzu as he stood in his spot.

"Do you need help with something?" asked Hidan as he played with his hands nervously.

"Not right now, enjoy it. Soon you'll be complaining about having to wash dishes." Kakuzu ruffled Hidan's hair before he nudged him in the direction of the bathroom.

"But I can help! I'm a big boy!" Kakuzu had to stifle a chuckle.

"Sure you are…"

"I am!" Hidan pulled up the long sleeves of the baggy shirt and flexed his arms, "Look at these muscles! They're just like yours!" Kakuzu bit the inside of his cheek, the kid was so scrawny it wasn't even funny.

How was he even comparing his non-existent muscles to his? Why was he comparing them? He was just washing dishes. There was no need for him to pull out his non-existent guns.

"Ok, calm down before you pop something important." Kakuzu looked around before he saw bits of food on the table, "Hey, how about you help me by cleaning our mess in the table?" only Hidan had made a mess, he just didn't want the small kid to feel bad.

"Alright, but only because you asked me to." Hidan was going to be the death of him. Seriously, who ever said shit like that? He was way too adorable.

Hidan pulled up his sleeves again before he started picking up pieces of soup and put them on his palm. After he was done he walked to the trash can and threw away the pieces of vegetables and soup away. While Hidan was doing that Kakuzu had already finished washing the dishes and had already put away the food.

"Done!" declared Hidan as he waved his hands in the air, they were dirty from the sauce from the soup.

"Come wash your hands real quick." Kakuzu gestured the small albino to the sink where he picked him up and held him, "Use that soap right there." Hidan grabbed the soap and poured a generous amount in his hands.

The boy sloppily tried to rub the soap on his hands; Kakuzu being as impatient as he was decided to just turn on the water and wash the albino kid's hands.

"Hey I can do it myself!" protested Hidan but before he knew it Kakuzu had already finished and had put him down after turning off the water.

"I know, but I just helped you out because you helped me too remember?"

"Oh yeah, I did huh?" Hidan smiled as he played with his wet hands.

"Of course." Kakuzu started walking towards his room after ruffling Hidan's hair, "Now go to the bathroom, I'll be right there in a second." He couldn't get enough of the little brat.

He walked to his room to get a towel and a mesh sponge. When he found those things he looked through his shirts to find one for Hidan. After picking a red t-shirt he walked towards the bathroom where Hidan was supposed to be waiting for him.

"What took you so long?" asked Hidan with a pout as he looked up at Kakuzu accusingly. Kakuzu raised an eyebrow at the albino's behavior.

"I only left for a bit." It was the first time he had seen Hidan so assertive but in some sort of clingy way. It was slightly strange if not amusing.

"You said you would be here in a second." There was a cute pout adorning his face and Kakuzu felt like pinching the small boys cheeks.

This felt so out of character, ever since he encountered the small child he started becoming soft. Is this what being a parent felt like? Suddenly having a soft spot for someone felt strange.

"I didn't mean it literally; it would take me much longer than a second to find everything I needed."

"What are we doing in the bathroom anyway?" Hidan quickly had forgotten he was upset at the brunette.

"I'm giving you a bath."

"What's a bath?" Hidan had no idea about the things Kakuzu talked about sometimes.

"Something people do to get cleaned."

"I don't need one of those; my mom taught me how to clean myself already." Hidan did a pretty good job himself if he did say so himself.

"Since you want to live more as a human than a cat you'll have to take baths, it won't be enough to just clean yourself like cats do." Hidan pouted at the statement.

"How come?" Kakuzu had no idea why Hidan wouldn't just do what he said, but then again it was a good quality in the boy.

"Because as a human you can get dirtier than you probably would as a cat."

"I guess you're right…"

"Alright, take off the shirt." Hidan suddenly developed a cheeky grin.

"I thought you said I wasn't supposed to be naked~…" The little albino giggled after saying such thing and looked at Kakuzu in an annoying smartass way.

"You're not supposed to, but this is a bath; you need to get clean and the clothes get in the way." Part of Kakuzu didn't want to deal with bathing Hidan but he knew he had to help the young boy develop good habits.

"Well since you explained so nicely I'll listen." Kakuzu had a feeling Hidan might not grow out of those cheeky smiles or smirks; not that he really minded them, they were starting to grow on him.

Hidan quickly removed the shirt happy to finally be free from the constricting clothing, he couldn't really get used to it, no matter how much he really loved the way it smelled like the brunette.

"Get in the tub." Kakuzu helped the brunette into the tub and turned on the water, he turned the hot and cold water knobs simultaneously making sure the water was warm. When Hidan felt the water land on him he quickly jumped away from the water.

"What the heck?" the small albino moved to a corner of the tub as he wrapped his arms around himself.

"What?" asked Kakuzu unsure about why Hidan had shied away from the water. It couldn't possibly be true that every cat is afraid of water.

"Why didn't you tell me water was going to come out?" Hidan looked slightly alarmed as he held himself in the corner.

"What else were you expecting?" asked Kakuzu; this kid was seriously exhausting. He didn't know how long he would be able to survive while he kept the albino.

"I don't know, just not that. It feels weird, like rain but nothing is protecting me." Hidan moved close to the stream coming out of the faucet in the tub and placed his hand on it, "Its warm instead of cold… it's strange." Hidan let his fingers play with the water. He had thought that washing his hands had been weird at first but maybe this was even weirder.

"Sit down." Hidan listened to what Kakuzu said and hesitantly sat down, not sure what to expect would happen. He shuddered at the feeling of water on his butt but said nothing, it was obvious by his facial expression that he was uncomfortable, "Stop making that face, it's not that bad."

Hidan nodded and tried to make some sort of face that somehow was supposed to look relieved or something but just ended making a constipated face. Kakuzu had to hold in his laughter; at least the boy was trying so he couldn't say anything.

He grabbed the shampoo with conditioner from a shelf above Hidan, the albino had no idea what was going to happen next. He just played along and patiently waited as the water was running warming up his body. It was really strange but he could definitely get used to this feeling; it felt like rain but not actually bad since it was warm, it was a feeling he couldn't describe, not having fur changed the way he felt things completely.

Kakuzu poured a generous amount of soap onto his palms and rubbed the soap until foam formed. He knew he probably shouldn't be thinking about such things while he was bathing a child, but he couldn't help it as memories of bathing his dog resurfaced. He remembered doing this but with the exception of being outside and using a hose, he couldn't bathe his dog inside, if his father were to find out he would've beat him black and blue. He remembered the way his dog trembled against his hands from being wet and cold from the breeze, but the dog listened to him and let him wash him without any complaint, what he hated the most at the time but missed now was how after he was done the dog would shake itself from all of the excess water and end up splashing him.

When Kakuzu snapped out of his trance he realized that his hands were still covered in soap and that Hidan was still patiently waiting. In the heat of the moment he began to contemplate the idea of getting a dog. Would it be weird for a cat to own a dog?

"Close your eyes." Hidan obediently listened and closed his eyes, "Don't open them no matter what, trust me if you do it'll hurt if you do." Hidan nodded and said nothing, Kakuzu proceeded to place his hands on the boys head and started massaging his scalp with the bubbly substance.

Hidan wanted to purr badly but no noise would come out, it felt nice to have Kakuzu touch him affectionately. He had missed the brunette badly all day and now he was glad to have him all to himself, he would listen to anything the brunette would say if it would always be as rewarding as this.

Kakuzu noticed the change in the boy's attitude almost instantly, his expression had softened just from the contact of his hands on his silver locks. He even rubbed his head against his hands slightly. Kakuzu was almost sure the boy was doing it unconsciously but he didn't say anything, it wasn't like he minded.

Kakuzu continued to lather the boy's hair. Taking care of Hidan gave him this feeling of affection he couldn't get used to. He ducked Hidan's head under the faucet and rinsed his hair from all the foam while being careful of not letting water get in his ears. He felt Hidan stiffen a bit from his head being in such proximity with the water but the boy said nothing and just focused on keeping his eyes closed.

After he finished he let Hidan go, "You can open your eyes now." Hidan opened his eyes and blinked a bit from the water running down his face; this was definitely something new.

He couldn't help but to want to lick at the water. Kakuzu saw this and chuckled but made no comment. This kid was surely very strange.

"Is that it?" asked Hidan as he looked up at Kakuzu who was grabbing his body wash.

"We need to wash your body." Kakuzu grabbed the mesh sponge and dipped it under the stream running out of the faucet, he put a copious amount of body wash on the sponge and soon he made bubbles from as he rubbed the sponge. Hidan was looking at him attentively, "Give me your arm." Hidan gave him a weird look but didn't question the brunette and complied with the request.

Kakuzu grabbed the albino's arm and started scrubbing, Hidan felt funny. This was stupid and unnecessary to him.

"What is all of this for anyway?" asked Hidan bored as Kakuzu scrubbed his arm thoroughly.

"If you don't wash up everyday you'll start smelling like butt." Hidan giggled and shrugged.

"What's so bad about smelling like butt? Bathing like this is unnecessary." Hidan handed his other arm to Kakuzu when the brunette motioned for him to switch arms.

"Well in that case go ahead and smell like butt." Hidan smiled, this was the second time he had heard Kakuzu say butt, "But, if you smell like butt I won't be able to take you with me. Oh well, such is fate." Hidan pulled his arm away from Kakuzu.

"What do you mean?" He looked so shocked it was almost comical, but for the sake of teaching the small brat a lesson Kakuzu kept a straight face.

"First of all, people who don't bathe smell unpleasant." Kakuzu took Hidan's arm again and began to scrub it once more, "second of all, I can't take you to the store if you don't bathe because like I said before I'll get in trouble, I'll be blamed of child neglect or something." Kakuzu began to scrub Hidan's back.

"Then I change my mind, I want to bathe." Kakuzu chuckled, Hidan was so simple at times.

"Good, give me your leg now." Kakuzu scrubbed Hidan's white chicken legs, he was really skinny.

He paid extra attention to his knees. Since Hidan had nothing to do he started playing with the running water and started splashing around making bubbles and just messing around. It was going to be a pain to clean up afterwards but he was glad to see Hidan being so happy.

…

"Alright, put up your arms now." Hidan did as he was told and Kakuzu wrapped a towel around his small frame. He helped him out of the tub and walked him to the spare room – which by now was obviously going to be his.

Kakuzu opened the door and led Hidan in, "Now what?"

"You need to get dressed and I need to dry your hair." Hidan stood waiting for Kakuzu to do something. Kakuzu grabbed Hidan's towel and dried him, then he gave him the red t-shirt to put on.

He quickly went to the kitchen and grabbed the bags that had the clothes he had bought for Hidan. When he returned he placed the bag on the bed and looked through it until he found the pack of underwear he had bought for him.

"What are those for?" asked Hidan as he saw Kakuzu holding tight-y white-y's in his left hand.

"For you to put on?" Hidan tilted his head to a side wondering where those would go, since they had like three holes, "raise your leg up a bit." Hidan lifted his right leg a bit not completely knowing what was going on.

When Kakuzu put on one part of the underwear on him he caught on, "Your other leg now." Hidan did as he was told but once the underwear was completely on he made a face.

"This is really uncomfortable…" Kakuzu quirked an eyebrow.

"You have to wear underwear, at least during the day; I can't tell you anything about sleeping naked because I sleep naked but you need to wear underwear under your clothes."

"Why?" Kakuzu didn't know why he told things to the kid if he always questioned him.

"Well, imagine I take you with me shopping." Hidan's eyes brightened quickly from the brunette's words, "But then while we're shopping your pants slip and everyone sees your butt."

Hidan made a horrified face, "They'll kick us out of the store and they'll take me to jail for child neglect."

"Really?" asked Hidan still stupefied.

"No." Hidan made an annoyed face, "It's not that bad, but it will be embarrassing and in that case I'd rather not take you to the store with me."

"Fine, I'll wear the underwear tomorrow. But you have too many rules."

== A.N. ==

Man it's really been a while… Thanks for the reviews HidanHid it's really cool that you speak Russian :)

Sorry for the delay, hopefully my schedule will clear up and I'll be able to actually update. (I really can't wait to already start the good stuff in this story :P)

See you guys later, thanks for reading. See you in the next chapter, Bye!

*Gives you candy*