I am so proud of myself for updating so quickly. And, as promised, this chapter is centered around Kakuzu. Incase you forgot, it takes place during the same time as chapter 7.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed (I forgot to do this last chapter... I feel kinda bad)! And thanks to everyone who added this to their favorite stories list or story alert thing.
It's harder for me to write about Kakuzu than to write about Hidan for me, so don't kill me if this chapter sucks; I am very aware that it is totally OOC.
"talking"
thinking
notes are the same as they always are
Well... here goes nothin'!
Partners
Chapter Eight
Kakuzu watched as Deidara came running towards Hidan as they re-entered the Akatsuki headquarters, crashing into him and sending them both tumbling to the floor. He rolled his eyes as Deidara all but screamed a greeting to Hidan.
He seems excited, Kakuzu thought.
He continued to watch their short exchange, amused.
Idiots... though it must be nice to be on top of Hidan.
He sighed and shook his head. He began walking towards his bedroom.
I have to stop thinking like this. Falling in love with a coworker will only be trouble in the end.
He unlocked and entered his room. He quickly unpacked his bag and put everything back into it's proper place. He put his dirty clothing in a pile next to his bed, which was still covered completely in it's original grey; he had not, and had no desire to, put a personal touch to his room.
Kakuzu retrieved a towel and shower necessities from one of the well-organized drawers of the dresser. He left his room and started towards the bathroom.
He stepped into the white-tiled room and locked the door. He set his towel on the closed lid of the toilet and turned on the water, stepping into the spray before the temperature of the water had even begun to adjust.
As he shampooed his thin black hair, his thoughts returned to his partner.
It's definitely stupid to like him; he probably wouldn't give you a second thought, he scolded himself. And as for returning you feelings, he could never love a stitch-covered freak like you.
Kakuzu's thoughts turned to the times Hidan had lain on him. He snorted.
Hell, he probably sees you as nothing more than a pillow.((1))
Kakuzu looked down at his palm, tracing the scars with the index finger of the opposite hand. He let out a long, sad sigh.
He had completely forgotten where he was or what he had been doing until the water carried the shampoo suds into his eyes. He hissed at the sting and turned his face up to the warm stream of water, rinsing out his eyes and soothing the slight burning sensation.
He let out another heavy sigh and continued washing himself.
When he was done, he turned off the water and stepped out of the shower, grabbing his towel and drying his hair and body. When he was satisfied that he wouldn't soak his cloths, he but them back on, gathering his things and leaving the bathroom.
Ont eh way back to his room, Kakuzu passed Deidara's room. He only caught a brief and broken portion of the conversation taking place on the other side of the door, but it was still enough for him to understand the gist of it.
"... me... Sasori... did it."
He let out a small chuckle and continued walking. He passed Sasori in the hall.
"I hear you got lucky," he said, smirking.
Sasori stopped and turned his head towards Kakuzu.
"That's none of you're business," he said cooly. "It's personal."
Kakuzu began to laugh again.
"When you're with someone as loud as Deidara, nothing's personal," he retorted.
Sasori just grunted and continued walking.
Kakuzu continued towards his room, glad that he had been able to forget his bad mood, if only for a few seconds.
When he was finally in his room, he stripped completely and put his cloths in the dirty pile. He got clean pair of boxers and put them on.
Suddenly, he was hit with a wave of tiredness, and he crawled into his bed after shutting off the lights.
God... being depressed is exhausting...
As he lay in his bed, awaiting sleep, Kakuzu felt a slight presence; he knew it was from the strand in Hidan's neck. The strand was composed of his chakra, and it formed a connection between the two of them((2)), even if he was the only one who could feel it.
The feeling of closeness comforted Kakuzu, and he fell into a peaceful slumber with a smile on his lips.
((1)) As you can see, I'm making Kakuzu really insecure about himself, so he ignores or denies any of the obvious signs of Hidan's feelings for him.
((2)) I had to put this in... I couldn't leave Kakuzu all angsty! Too much angst totally ruins stories!
I'm sorry that this chapter was so short, but like I said: It's hard to write about Kakuzu.
I hope this wasn't to bad...
See you next chapter, guys (hopefully that will be soon)!