Konan smiled, noticing Pein's gesture. "L-let's go. Before somebody notices what you did." She said, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.
"O-okay." He replied, following her into the main street walk. She let out a small yawn, "I'm tired." She said, looking at Pein.
"And, what do you want me to do about it?" He asked.
"I dunno...Am I still going home?" She asked.
"If you still want to."
"Oh...Okay. I live down there." She pointed down the street, "Then you make a left, then turn into Greenwood."
Pein was startled, over the last 2 days they've been with each other, he'd grown attached. "O-okay...But, that's pretty far away, you don't want to rest before...or anything?" He asked.
"Well, I don't want Mom worrying about me..." She said, already walking. Pein followed, not really wanting Konan to go home. He decided to be behind her to make sure he could watch her.
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After several minutes of walking, Konan started to slump, and get dizzy. Pein decided to take matters into his own hand, He walked up to Konan and scooped her up bridal style. It was obvious she needed to rest, she didn't object. Instead she cuddled close to Pein, and after a few minutes, she fell asleep. Pein sighed when he made the first left. That meant that Konan's house was nearby. "Pein." Konan mumbled in her sleep.
"Yea, Yea. We're almost there." He said, smiling at Konan's sleep-state. He could start to see the Greenwood sign. He looked around, trying to find a path that would take longer to get there. Nope. Nothing. He sighed again, and kept on walking.
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Once at the neighborhood, Pein looked around. It was very luxurious, with large houses and different colors, and plants. He looked down at the sleeping Konan, he didn't know how to wake her up, he'd never woken up anyone before, at least that he couldn't remember. Then an idea came into his mind, he walked over to the grass, and dropped her.
"Ow!" She squeaked, rubbing her head.
"Sorry, my hands seemed to have slipped." He lied looking at her, and helping her up.
Konan looked at him sceptically, "Sure they did..." She said, looking around. "Well, this is my neighborhood, I guess this is where you leave..." She said.
"Well, I have to escort you, I cant just let you walk off, there could be murderers." He said, then realized what he said. "Oh yeah...Sorry. So, where do you live?" He asked.
Konan pointed to a sky blue house on the right, a couple of houses away. "The window leads into my room, I love looking at the sky. Especially when it rains." She said, walking to the house. Pein blushed when she mentioned the rain, he could, as you know, control it. Pein ran to her and started walking.
"Is this a private neighborhood?" He asked.
"What do you think? You just waltzed right in." She said, giggling.
Pein blushed. They entered the driveway of Konan's house, and Konan turned to him. "Thanks, Pein. I really will -miss you..." She told him, trying to hide her sadness, but the cracking in her voice gave it away.
"Ditto..." He said, "But I have a feeling that this wont be the last time we'll see each other." He said, putting his hands on the side of Konan's face. He lifted her face up and kissed her gently on the lips. Konan was blushing furiously when he pulled away.
"See ya' later." With that, he did some unknown jutsu, and dissapeared. Konan sighed as she walked up to her front door, and rang the doorbell. Her mom answered with a red face. Her blonde hair looked unhealthy for a woman so young, her eyes looked sleepy, and red. When she saw Konan, she gasped and held Konan.
Konan hugged her back, unable to hide the tears that formed. "Hey, mom." She said through tears. Her mom stopped the embrace and closed the door. "I'm so glad you're safe Konan! I heard from the passengers that you were taken by Pein!" Her mom said, the tears fading. "Where were you? I had the most horrid visions of what he would do to you!"
"Im fine mom. It wasn't Pein, it was Sakura's boyfriend Sasuke, he dressed up as Pein as a joke, when I fainted he took me to Sakura's house to rest." Konan lied.
"Okay, well. Im just glad you're alright. I'm guessing those are Sasuke's clothes?" She asked.
"Um. Yeah, Sakura let me borrow them. I'm sorry, I should've called."
"No, its fine, now you need to go rest. You probably miss your room, and you're probably stressed out of your mind. I have half the mind to call Sasuke's parents!"
"No- I just, He got yelled at real bad for it. I'll be in my room." Konan went upstairs, leaving a very confused, and happy mother.
Konan shut the door behind her, and plopped onto her bed. She took in the strawberry scent, then got up and walked to her desk. A cellphone, her cellphone was laid on it.
I must've dropped it when I fainted... She thought, picking it up and checking her text messages. Most of them were from her mother, asking what was wrong, and why she hadn't replied. She decided to call a few friends, and talk, trying to forget about Pein, and his kiss.
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After several hours of talking, and having dinner, and talking to her mom, she decided to turn in for the day. Glad to be in her own bed for a change, yet a part of her was dead.