I awake feelings of drowsiness suddenly dissapate when I see Zetzu lying next to me in the delicate satin bedcovers, his face relaxed and peaceful as he snores lightly continuing his deep sleep. A small smile breaks across my face, but looking at the time emblazened across the red flashing lights of a chirping digital clock it quickly turns into a shocked grimace. I'm ten minutes behind schedule, normally I get up at about half seven in order to be awake and ready for any lessons I have today but now I'm going to have to rush, I hate rushing because I always forget something.
Shaking an aggrivated Zetzu awake I dash into the shower and slam the door behind me, allowing the warm water to wash over me I feel slightly more relaxed, rubbing the shampoo into my hair I fail to notice the heavy breathing coming from behind me. When I turn to climb out of the shower, I wipe my hand over the misted glass to clear a small patch for me to see through. It's then I'm rooted to the floor in absolute mortification.
There, standing as bold as brass in my bathroom is Kisame. Blatenly gawping at me through the shower curtain, and it gets worse also, he's standing with his mouth agape in a towel as if I'm the one in the wrong. I mean he's the one in my…shit. I'm in the wrong bathroom. Nothing can come out of my mouth but a startled gasp for the first couple of minutes until a frightened squeak escapes shaking Kisame from his gaze.
"I am sorry, I got the wrong bathroom." I stutter, feeling totally wrong, I don't know how to explain it really, just like I'm dirty or something.
"Uh…wow…no problem." Kisame whispers, backing out into his bedroom so I can get out of the shower in peace but I don't really see what the point is in that, he's seen all anyway.
"Thanks, um Kisame I know I don't have to ask you but could you not tell anyone about this?" I stammer as I appear in his room about 15 minutes later with my hair wrapped up in a cream towel and my newly designed black corset and skirt by Dei-Dei being showcased for the first time.
"No I totally understand, no-one will be able to get this out of me. Were you that tired Abi-seiteki?"
"Yes, I was in a rush because I was behind schedule. Do I want to know what that means?" I ask with a slight edge of curiousity to my voice
"It means 'sexy'."
Kisame grins as he stalks his way into the bathroom leaving the door wide open in the vien hope that my curiousity might get the better of me and I'll sneak around the doorframe for a sneak peak at him. Well I'm not going to. I even stamp my foot in resolve hoping that this would be enough to slake my desire to go ans have a sneak peak, alas it is not, and so I quietly begin to tiptoe around the door, pink eyes glancing around the door. What I did see was much the same as Zetzu, only blue and a little more toned this isn't to say I didn't like what I saw but I thought it best not to lead him on so I promptly left his room.
Which by the way was pretty much the way I had expected it to be, blue decorated walls, all in different shades swirled together like waves as they crash against the ivory furnature. Several beat up surf boards adorned the walls, humg up like portraits with tell tale splashes of blood and what is most surprising a poster of Jaws on his wardrobe, obviously a cruel gift from Itachi the way that it was customised so it is Kisame instead of the large shark on the poster.
As I slowly walk back to get Zetzu from my room, I realise that he would have known that I didn't go to my bathroom, I'll have to explain it to him. I flush at the very thought of having to explain myself to him especially considering what we'll be doing tonight. My pace slows even more to a litteral crawl as I begin to think about things, about who's going to go where and all that jazz and before I know it I'm getting a little flustered. Pausing outside my room to gain my composure before throwing the door open and striding in.
Zetzu merely smirks at me, leaving the subject well alone like I hoped he would. It's funny I thought he would have minded. Putting my pyjama's underneath the bedcovers I feel a cold clink of metal upon metal as my button catches on something, thinking nothing of it and expecting it to be a spring sticking up or something like that I reach my hand underneath the covers and pull it out. Much to my surprise it is most definitely not a spring. It is a pair of strong, metal handcuffs. As I look from them, to Zetzu and back to them he laughs out loud, probably at my confused face.
"Just in preparation."
He winks slinking out of the room, taking the bait I follow him in a kind of daze until we reach the small kitchen where he rummages around for something in the cobweb ridden cupboards, grunting when there is nothing to be found he turns to me, leaning on the counter. His hands splayed across cream stone, gesturing to the ajar cupboard door behind me. Faintly I smile as I see the box of alphabet cereal has a scruffily written note attached to the lid, in Tobi's handwriting it says that he left the last bowl for me because he knows how much that I like these alphabet cereal things and that because he is a good boy he will go out an buy me some more. Aww.
"What did it say?" Zetzu enquires rootling around once more in the freezer compartment
"That he's going to go and buy me some more cereal and that he left the last bowl for me."
Tipping the remainder of the cereal into a chipped china bowl, I hear Zetzu ripping something behind me, probably the box off a pizza or something. It's a bit early for pizza though. When I finally do turn around I see that he is chewing on what appears to be a joint of ham, as it sinks in I realize that it is not ham, it's human! Struggling to come to terms with what is unfolding in front of me, Zetzu continues eating, but he seems to be shovelling it down, maybe he doesn't know that I've spotted him so he's trying to avoid me seeing. In any event this is not something you'd want to see a couple of hours before you're due to kiss someone.
"Uh, Zetzu?" I ask
"Yeah?" He whips around hiding the last of the bloody bone behind his back but realising that it's a bit late to try and cover it up now.
"Were you just eating a person?" I mumble with a faint trace of disgust in my tone, that I was unable to mask.
"Yeah. Sorry, did it gross you out? I was trying to do it so you wouldn't see but you followed me and I was really hungry, I haven't eaten for days because I know that smelling like a corpse isn't an aroma most girls go for." He cries, almost like he's trying to stick up for is actions
"Hey don't you go changing yourself for me, sure it's not the nicest taste in the world but just eat a tic tak or chew some gum afterwards. What was really gross is that just came out of the freezer, that can't be good for you."
"I've just eaten a human and you're saying that I should have cooked it first?"
"Well yes, I don't want you getting sick on me." I smile putting a languid hand to his forehead as if I'm feeling his temperature
Taking my bowl of slightly soggy cereal into the living room I curl up on the sofa and begin to watch my latest show obession of Judge Judy, smiling as her familiar face plays on the screen I feel a depression in the sofa as someone sits next to me. Assuming that it's Zetzu I envalope his hand in my own as I use the other to eat my food, in an attempt to stop the rumbling in my stomach. Much to my surprise it's not Zetzu, it's Kakuzu who seems to be taking much delight in the fact that I've not pulled my hand away yet.
"Kakuzu, you haven't put on a bet on how long you can hold my hand have you?" I sigh, half expecting something as low as that from him after last nights 'Pay and Have a Dance with Abi- seiteki' plan.
"Well, no, someone bet me that you WOULDN'T hold my hand and said for every minute I did they'd pay me £100."
"How did I know." I'm all set to pull it away when he wraps his black tendrils around my wrist holding it in place, however much I struggle all I'm able to do is make my wrist red, looking up at him with large baleful eyes all I seem to wring from him is a sympathetic gaze.
"Sorry Abi-seiteki, I need some more money out of you yet."
"How long do you plan to stay attached to my arm?" I yelp, getting a little bit scared now, little doesn anyone at Akatsuki know this but I have a really bad phobia of my viens being touched, mostly because whenever they do my whole body feels like it's being constricted, needless to say with his tendrils being there all the time it's getting more than a little distressing. Actually I tell a lie, one person knows but he's not likely to come to my rescue.
"For as long as I want. What's the matter, it's not like I'm hurting you."
As I wait desperately for him to come in, not wanting my weakness to become known to anyone let alone Kakuzu (who would probably exploit it in some way and make me sell myself for money or something) I try and talk myself out of Kakuzu's clutches. I even offer to pay him! Having a small amount of money coming in for teaching I've been able to save up about £200 in a week but even all of that wouldn't stop him. It seems like he's doing it out of enjoyment now rather than necessity.
Just when I was about to give in and tell him about my problem because of the fact his tendril is cutting off the blood supply to my hand, making it cold and numb, Hidan walks in. Thank God. I mean thank Jashin. Almost as soon as his eyes snap on me they turn from a pale tortured opal to a dark brooding mauve, he storms over to Kakuzu raising his fist and punching him square in the nose, hearing a satisfactory cruch I await for the tendrils to let go of my red, bleeding wrist. Hidan smiles a sad small smile as he offers his hand out to me, gently taking my blue hand in his and helping me up from the couch.
"Thank you Hidan-kun." I smile almost giving him a hug until I remember my decorum and my anger for him, but it all seems to disappear when I see how beaten and remorseful he is.
"Will you repay me by walking with me?" He asks hopefully
"I suppose one walk wont do me any harm, unless you plan on killing me?"
"No, I would never kill you and you know that Abi-kawaii."
"I see you haven't adopted my new nickname. I don't really like it, it's a bit degrading don't you think?"
"Degrading but true." Hidan smiles as he places a tentative hand on the small of my back leading me out into his room, where the powerful aroma of metallic blood mingles with musky aftershave making my heart strings pull in my chest with painful memories, but as he offers me a seat on the bed I find myself taking it like it's the most natural thing in the world.
"So, what do you want to talk to me about Hidan?"
"You know what I want, don't play coy however attractive it might make you it's infuriating." Hidan takes a huge breath before beginning an no doubt excellently rehearsed speech "I want you to know Abi-kawaii that I love you, not just because Lord Jashin says that we're meant to be together but because you're incredibly kind and you accepted me and my religion."
"And your swearing." I interrupt
"Yeah and my fucking swearing," He smiles "I had to sacrifice her so I thought I might as well let out all of my feelings as I did so, I can't physically touch you because I'd have to kill you. Please, if nothing comes from today but that you understand why I did that to you then I'll understand. I really truly am sorry. You have no idea how hard it's been not to come up and talk to you Abi-sama, I've missed you."
"So, let me get this straight. You knew it was wrong and yet you still did it, that argument is so lame." I find my voice coming out tinged with anger which isn't the path I wanted to follow for fear that I would get Hidan angry but he just sat there accepting it so I continued "That's like a terrorist saying that I crashed this plane because I interpreted God's word to say that! Can you see how idiotic this would seem to me?"
"I know it seems totally stupid, but Jashin-sama says that there has to be sacrifices for him, one of the commandments is not to indulge in sexual sins."
"Why don't you ask him for clarification!"
Suddenly without any warning whatsoever a loud booming (yet suprisingly silky) voice echoes across the room, I'm sure that it could be heard all over the base but nobody seems to be coming to see what it is. I notice that Hidan has flung himself to the floor, probably in worship, oh so I'm guessing this is 'Jashin'. This day just gets better and better.
"So this is the girl you've been whining to me about."
"Yes Lord Jashin."
"Hidan, you're being such a pushover, get up you idiot is just a voice in the sky." I growl
"Abi-kawaii! Show some fucking respect." Hidan whispers tugging on my arm to pull me to the floor
"No Hidan, she is right, one must first show respect to gain it. I will let you and her embark upon this relationship but, if this relationship should fail, you must sacrifice her to it or leave it."