Chapter Five
'What the fuck?!" Hidan gained awareness to the feeling of being dragged across hard, rocky ground. A stone jabbed him in the back and he winced. "I liked it better when you were unconscious…" Kakuzu grumbled, his voice barely audible. Hidan looked up as he was let go and stood to dust himself off. He didn't bother to comment on the rough treatment. Kakuzu and stopped to wait, watching him quietly. It was dark, but the moon was full and the sky cloudless, making it bright enough to see without problem. Hidan cast a weary glance around, trying to figure out exactly how far along they had gotten. It all looked the same. Trees all over with no distinct features to tell one spot from the next. Jashin only knew how much longer they would be walking. He shook his head. Better get going. The sooner they got back the sooner he could part ways with this stubborn ass and go to his room to be alone.
"It's late… shouldn't we be stopping?" Hidan called to his partner before heading towards the darkened silhouette that was Kakuzu. "You've been asleep, why do you need more rest?" Kakuzu shot back, starting to move off. He hadn't even been fucking thinking about himself! He'd meant for Kakuzu to rest! He clenched his hands into fists and narrowed his eyes, but followed, going silent. Fine then. Screw him. If he wanted to wear himself out, he can go ahead and do as he damn well pleases. He would hate to be caught 'whining' about it or anything. Hidan felt his mood slip lower. This was so fucking stupid.
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They travelled that night and all the next day without stopping. The silence between them was extremely unnerving; stretching on for seemingly forever. Once night fell again, they stopped to rest. It was Kakuzu who broke the silence first as they made up a fire. "Are you hungry?" Hidan shrugged and looked away. Kakuzu sighed and stood from where they were sitting. "Honestly, Hidan, I didn't expect you to be pouting about it this long." He looked off towards the tree line and started to head off. "I'll find us something to eat." Hidan glared into the flame that they had made. First he whined and complained like a woman, now his was pouting?! He wasn't pouting. He scoffed. It's not like anything that Kakuzu said or did…bothered him or anything. He rolled his eyes. Yea, right. He didn't care.
"Here." Kakuzu had returned silently, or perhaps he had just been too caught up in his own thoughts to notice, and tossed him and apple. The larger man took a seat next to him and they ate, both not saying a word. Forest noises were all around them; the sounds of crickets off somewhere, soft rustlings of animals in the underbrush, the shift of leaves over head as a gentle wind blew by… The temperature was slowly dropping though as the night drug on. The only source of warmth and comfort being the fire that they had going, which they would, eventually, have to put out. Hidan cast a glance to Kakuzu as he finished up his apple. The small amount of food was hardly enough for the two of them, but it would do until they got back to the hideout. Kakuzu had already finished and was staring into the dancing orange and red blaze, looking content with the quiet. Hidan took on last bite and tossed the core aside. What was he thinking about? He couldn't help being curious. Kakuzu was always quiet when he wasn't angry and beating the shit out of him. Hidan sighed and looked away to the woods. His stomach was starting to feel weird… Perhaps the apple was poisoned. Not that it would have a real affect on him… Why would Kakuzu bother to try to kill him if he knew it wouldn't work? And the food had tasted normal so he highly doubted that was it. He frowned. This wasn't normal. At least it was nothing he'd ever felt before. It was like he was nauseous but not really. He shook his head. It was probably nothing…
End Chapter Five
I finally got it up. I know it's taken a while, but I haven't been able to use my computer class (my scheduled everyday writing time) to get any typing/writing accomplished. Not to mention a lot has been going on at school that's had me stressed out. It never fails to amaze me how much teacher abuse their authority to pick on the unpopular kids. Unfair. But this is besides the point. Hopefully all issues have been resolved so I won't have to worry about it again. I'll try to get the next chapter up soon!
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