As they where walking to town, hand in hand, Kakuzu started worrying.

Hidan noticed his uneasyness. "What is it?" he asked. And before he got a response, Kakuzu forcefully took his hand back and was pink looking down at the dirt. Hidan just stared at him, then down at his opened, emptry hand by his own side, then back at Kakuzu. "Are...are you embarrassed by us?"

Kakuzu did not respond to Hidans remark, but just kept looking at the ground he was walking on. Hidan stared at him in awe, then he put his hand down by his side and looked at the ground with sad eyes. His eyes twitched in sadness and worry.

'Why is he embarrassed by us? I knew it...I should've known it was to good to be true...' He looked back at Kakuzu with sadness. Kakuzu did not look back at him, scared of what feelings he would see in his eyes.

Kakuzu sat at the table, cloak off and on the chair he was sitting in, twidling his thumbs on the table while Hidan slouched in his chair looking at his untouched meal. He looked up at Kakuzu who was also looking at Hidan's untouched food. Then he looked at Hidan.

"Whats wrong?"

Hidan didn't respond vocally, he looked back down at his food instead, a silent response saying 'don't talk to me.' 'How could he be scared of our love?' His eyes began to water.

Then Hidan looked at his fork, meaning to pick it up, but he was to weak and depressed to even think about eating anymore.

Kakuzu just sighed and looked down at his twidleing thumbs. 'Why can't I just hold his hand? Why do I care what people think? I...' Kakuzu sighed again and looked at Hidan, who was face first in his food.

"Hidan?" Kakuzu shouted. He jumped up and ran to his side. He lifted up his head, just to see closed eyes and a slightly opened mouth. Kakuzu giggled and put Hidan's arm around his shoulder.

"Excuse me" Kakuzu called. "Can I get a box for this?"

**back in the cave**

Hidan was sitting in Kakuzu's lap, legs lazily hanging out of Kakuzu's crossed legs with Kakuzu's cloak about him His cheek was resting on Kakuzu's shoulder with his arms tight around him making sure he would never leave. Kakuzu's lips rested on his head, slowly rocking him back and forth and humming to him softly. Eyes closed and peacefull, not wanting to see the hatred in the world that they lived in.

'How can I get over this fear? I...I really care for him...Why should I care what people think?' Kakuzu thought. He took one hand and brushed Hidan's hair back. 'How peacefull he looks' Kakuzu thought 'how can I be scared to show how I feel around other people? Why do I feel like that?'

He sighed and put his lips back on Hidan's head, closed his eyes, and rocked him back and forth, humming to him softly. He wanted to stay up all night, just with him in his arms, just being so happy, he never wanted tomorrow to come, just let the passing seconds stop forever, and just let now be past, present and future, not careing what the world thought of them. Just happy and in love...thats all he wanted...all that he needed...

**Hidan's Dream**

Running...running fast...running fast beside him...running fast beside him holding hands...knowing that he was happy running with him also...

Running...running away...running away fast...

...alone...dark...scared...

"Kakuzu!"

...screaming...fear...lonleyness...wondering...why...

...why...

**back in cave**

Hidan jumped and almost broke Kakuzu's jaw with the force of his jump. Panting and sweating, he sat up, cloak sliding off his bare chest. He gulped and looked back at Kakuzu, who was stareing back at him. Hidan's eyes watered and he jumped up and turned to him.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" Hidan shouted, tears rolling down his blushing cheeks.

Kakuzu looked at him surprised and stood up, looking in his red eyes. "What do you mean?"

Hidan teeth where tightly clenched and his whole body was shaking in sadness as the tears rolled faster. "You...y-you couldn't even..." Hidan covered his mouth to hold back the sobs, and before Kakuzu could stop him, Hidan ran out the cave, with his hands clinging to his head and screaming in sadness.

"Hidan!" Kakuzu shouted, and ran after him before he could get father away from him.

Hidan was running through the forest, hopeing that the day was all just a dream, wanting to go back to when he woke up resting on his chest, his warm, warm, soft chest. Hidan started to slow down at the thought of losing that...then he started to run faster realizing that he might never have that. He heard Kakuzu cry his name and reach for his hand.

He slapped it away and stopped and turned to him. "D...Don't you dare touch me!" he cried though his sobs. He lifted a clenched fist, looking him dead in the eye, ready to punch him...but he couldn't hurt the person he cared for and let his arm fall to his side and his eyes to shift away from his.

Kakuzu just stared at the red faced Hidan, with all his hair messed up and panting chest, his strong, panting chest. Kakuzu gulped thinking of a way to calm him down, but nothing came to mind, but...

"Hidan...ple-"

"No!"Hidan yelled. His finger was pointing at him, shaking in fear. "Dont...you talk...to me..." He sobbed, but bit his lip to stop the unjoyful sounds. He gulped. "You...y...you l..l-listen t...to me...you ass!" he cried. "I...I loved you..."

Kakuzu's hearts dropped. 'Did he say...loved?' He stared at Hidan in fear and in wonder.

Hidan let his hand fall by his side and his shaking body stopped moving and his face relaxed. He couldn't look at Kakuzu, none of him, after how his loved seemed so fake. "I loved you..." Hidan clenched his eyes shut to let the waiting tears flow freely. "I loved you..." He rubbed the back of his hand wipe the tears away, then feel to his knees letting all the tears flow into his palms.

Kakuzu couldn't move...He wanted to help...He needed to help...He started to walk to him, but Hidan screamed at him, so he stopped and let Hidan cry out the pain.

But Kakuzu couldn't watch it any longer, he walked up to the screaming Hidan and got to his level, just to be slapped.

"Stay away from me you bastard!" Hidan cried, and lifted his hand to slap him again, but Kakuzu caught his hand before it hit his face. Hidan gasped and looked at his gripped hand then at Kakuzu, whos eyes where watering and looking down away from his eyes. Hidan growled and lifted his other hand to slap him, but it was grabbed by Kakuzu's other hand before it could do any damage. Kakuzu looked up into his eyes. Hidan stared at him wide-eyed and scared.

Hidan screamed "NO! Let go of me you-" lips stopped his shouting, and love stopped the fear. His shaking began to stop and his fearfull eyes began to calm and to close, till they were shut and his lips where kissing back.

Kakuzu stopped and rested his forehead on his, looking him straight into his pink, wet eyes. He stared into them for a long, loveable time before saying "I will always love you...don't stop loveing me..." and ina soft whisper "please...don't...ever..." and kissed him again...softly...so softly...tender...so tender...