"Deidara? Love? Are you in here?" Sasori walked around the corner and froze when he saw Rix. Everything went silent. Rix felt like she wasn't supposed to hear that. She knew she wasn't supposed to hear that. She looked over to Deidara then to Sasori, Deidara, Sasori, Deidara, Sasori, Deidara…

"Oh my… Are you guys…?" She felt happiness fill her. "Oh my Jashin! You guys are! That's awesome!" She hugged Deidara tightly. "Deidara! Sasori! That's awesome!" Rix yawned. "Well, anyways…Hagane is probably pissed by now, or still asleep. I don't know. Goodnight guys." She washed her cup and left back to her room.

Sasori and Deidara blinked in a bit of confusion. Deidara cleaned up his mess and put the Oreos away. "That cousin of your's has a nice taste in jokes, un." Deidara said quietly to his lover and grabbed his wrist, dragging him back to bed.

Rix slowly creeps back into the room. "Where were you?" Hagane whispered harshly, respecting the others sleep.

"Yeah, where were you?" Hagane and Rix jump at the voice. Rix's eyes adjust to the pitch darkness of the room. She saw Hidan propped up on his elbow. She looked over to Kakuzu, he was in the same posture in his bed. Blue eyes, magenta eyes, and the oddly colored eyes of Kakuzu were looking at her.

"I woke up and hung out with Deidara in the kitchen for a while." Rix walked back over to Hagane and laid back down with him. "Night, again…" She heard shifting of blankets and Hagane whispered another 'Goodnight, Rix' and they all fell into sleep for the second time that night.

Rix felt Hagane nudge her. "Rix, wake up…"

"Nnnmmm…Later…" Rix mumbled back.

"Someone's here to see you." Hagane whispered to her.

"Who…?"

"Sasori…" Rix shot up straight, wide awake and alert. She saw Itachi standing in front of her, looking down at her.

"Nice to see you awake." Rix sighed, but in frustration.

"This is Itachi. Not Sasori." Hagane chuckled.

"Yes, I know."

"Well, I just wanted you to know that we won't be having training today, Kisame and I have a mission." Rix nodded and Itachi walked away. She looked back over to the digital clock and saw it was only four in the morning. Hidan and Kakuzu were still asleep so she decided to have another go-round with sleep.

"Hagane…You're not very nice…" Rix mumbled as she curled up against him again and drifted back into a sleep that made her toss and turn. She had another nightmare, though without the screaming out in horror. She woke again, but it was at a more reasonable hour in the morning, 6:32 AM. She sneaked out of the room but before this she let Hagane walk back into her body. As she's walking down the hallway to the kitchen, she sees that a light is on.

She turned the corner and saw Deidara, a cup of coffee in hand. The blonde looks over to Rix. "Good morning, Rix, un." Rix turned fully to Deidara and he saw her disturbed, tired-looking face. "Un, or not…" Rix sighed and took a deep, shaky breath.

"I'm fine…" She smiled a cheap smile and looks away.

"Even I know you're not, un. What happened, un?" Rix shook her head and smiled the same cheap, forced smile. "You can talk to me, un, you probably don't have anyone else to talk to." Rix sighed.

"Maybe later…" Deidara smiled.

"Ha! So there is something wrong, un!" Rix glared at him.

"What's wrong with who?" Sasori walked around the corner again. Rix turned around and Sasori took a look at her facial expression. "That knocks the who down…"

"Nah, I'm fine. Just a little, uh…nothing." Rix shook her head, making her red locks flow with the movements. One of the chunks of her hair was caught and tugged on.

"So, where's that cat of yours?" Rix snapped her head around to see Hidan. She glared at him. "Your fucking glare matches Sasori's exactly!" That made Sasori glare at him as well. "See?" Deidara examined the looks and nodded.

"I see it, un."

"GAH!" Rix hid her face in her hands. She looked back at Hidan "One: Hagane is not a 'cat', he's a steel tiger. Two: Don't tug, pull, pet, touch my hair, ever again."

Hidan smirked. "You mean…like this?" Hidan ran his hand down the top of her head and slid his fingers through her long hair. Rix accidentally let a small moan of pleasure pass her lips.

"GAH! Hidan! St-stop that!" Rix shouted while holding her head and slapped Hidan on the chest once. "You bastard!"

"That was fucking funny!" Hidan chuckles. Rix growled and crossed her arms across her chest. A little bit of anger mixed with the disturbed look on her face.

"What's your fucking problem?" Hidan asked while poking her cheek. Rix sighed, knowing that she couldn't win.

"Nothing." Rix closed her eyes and sighed.

"Fucking lie." Hidan smirked

"Fucking truth."

"Lying isn't a very nice thing to do." Hidan gave her a 'Tsk, Tsk' look.

"I'm fine!"

"No you're not."

"Says you!" Hidan crossed his arms across his chest and gave a smug look.

"That's right." Rix hung her head and held her face in her hands.

"Okay, fine, I had a dream, whoopty doo." Rix's voice was muffled and tired. At this point, Kakuzu had walked into the kitchen, unnoticed. So, there was Rix, Deidara, Sasori, Hidan and Kakuzu in the kitchen together.

"If you need to talk, un, we could-" Rix smiled, gathering her usual happy, joyful mask together.

"I'm fine." Rix stood up and grabbed a mug of coffee then sat back down. "So, Itachi left for a mission this morning, when do you reckon he'll be ba-" Before Rix could even finish she heard Kisame's voice.

"We're back!"

"Never mind." Rix felt the two chakra signatures enter the room. She turned around and greeted the two older males. "Hi! How was the mission?" Kisame was the one to answer.