Kakuzu was stirring in his sleep after falling to sleep after the long day he had.
'N-no'
Dream~
Kakuzu walked down the street, and saw Sai and Hidan walk the direction towards him. They were holding hands and kissing each other gently. Hidan opened his eyes slightly and glanced at Kakuzu and broke the kiss. Hidan smirked evilly looking at Kakuzu
"You're a fool to think I would ever love you back" Hidan said and Kakuzu glared slightly, not at Hidan as much as himself for his feelings. Sai chuckled and pulled Hidan closer to him
"Why would anyone as beautiful as MY Hidan ever love you?"
"Sai you mean, why would anyone in their right mind" Hidan corrected and both of them chuckled. Kakuzu glared at them, feeling tears coming, and forced himself not to cry
"Sh-shut up" Kakuzu said and Hidan looked at him
"What, the monster going to cry?" Hidan asked
"You're just an ugly monster" Sai said
'What? N-no I'm-' Kakuzu's thought was cut short as he heard Hidan
"Monster, monster, monster" Hidan started chanting and even before Kakuzu could even think a huge group of people surrounded him chanting the same thing
Kakuzu glanced around to see his family chanting the same thing
"I can't believe that's how he got the scars un"
Kakuzu had wide eyes at the sound of the voice and glanced around to see his friends were their looking at him with a 'that's messed up' look
"Yeah, I heard he just stood there and watched his mom get killed by his father" Sasori said
"So messed up... even for us"
Kakuzu had tears form and began falling. Even his friends… Kakuzu glanced at Hidan knowing the only person he told about his past was…him
End~
Kakuzu gasped, waking up and breathed out in relief to realize it was a dream. Kakuzu touched his cheek to noticed they were damp from tears
'I-it was a dream…b-but…'
"Kakuzu?" Hidan asked looking at him and Kakuzu looked back shocked
"…Hidan"
"What's wrong, 'Kuzu? You look like you were crying" Hidan asked concernedly
"…"Kakuzu turned around, laying on his side, so that he had his back to Hidan
"…'Kuzu?"
"Just a bad dream" Kakuzu said and felt arms wrap around him
"It's ok" Hidan said and Kakuzu mentally sighed and pushed Hidan off, shocking Hidan
"Kakuzu?"
"Just go to sleep" Kakuzu said "I'm fine so stop worrying"
"…O-ok…sorry" Hidan said 'There is something majorly wrong here… Kakuzu what aren't you telling me?'
With that thought Hidan forced himself to go to sleep. Once Hidan fell asleep, Kakuzu let out a shaky sigh
'H-how a-am I going to deal with this emotion?' Kakuzu thought. He knew he can't push Hidan away…Hidan would just hate him. He can't tell him his feelings, Hidan would hate him also. So he had to force those feelings aside…but how was he supposed to 100% hide the feeling as big as love?
Kakuzu sighed again and turned around to see Hidan who was now is a deep sleep with a look of concern on his face…concern for Kakuzu.
"I should apologize for being so rude…tomorrow" Kakuzu whispered and look at Hidan's lips.
Kakuzu blushed at the temptation of having those smooth lips on his. Kakuzu bit his lip and shook his head
'No, Kakuzu, No! NO! This is wrong…'
But the temptation grew to a point Kakuzu couldn't handle anymore and found himself lean closer to Hidan and shut his eyes tight
'NO! No Hidan's just a friend! I-I can't give that up because of…' Kakuzu thought and opened his eyes and saw Hidan and instantly gave up
'Just please don't wake up' Kakuzu thought before pressing his lips firmly on the ones of the sleeping boy. Kakuzu closed his eyes as he gently kissed the other's lips
What felt like an eternity for Kakuzu, was actually a few seconds, before breaking the kiss. Kakuzu opened his eyes to see Hidan was still asleep and sighed in relief and laid down looking at the ceiling
'I-If I couldn't handle the temptation of kissing him, wh-what will I do when…' Kakuzu couldn't finish his thought
"Kakuzu….go to bed"
Kakuzu froze in fear 'W-was he awake?'
"Kakuzu…stop eating cookies and go to bed"
Kakuzu looked at Hidan to see he was out and chuckled
"Silly boy"
Kakuzu was so tired he fell asleep
In the morning Hidan woke up and looked to where Kakuzu was supposed to be but he wasn't there. Hidan sat up rubbing his head slightly
'Where is Kaku-' Hidan's thought can to stop as he heard a loud bang coming from the kitchen. Hidan got up and walked out and followed the noises all the way to the kitchen.
"Ka-" Hidan started but didn't finish seeing Kakuzu in a pink apron, cooking something.
"Ka….Kakuzu?" Hidan asked blushing slightly at the sight. Kakuzu turned around to see a half tired Hidan
"Did I wake you?" Kakuzu asked
"N-No…" Hidan said and Kakuzu flipped something in a pan on the oven
"Sorry"
"You didn't wake me up, no need to-" Hidan started
"No… for yesterday"
"What?"
"I'm sorry for my attitude yesterday…I was just…I don't know" Kakuzu said looking down
"Kakuzu, everyone has off days, I do all the time, no need to apologize" Hidan said and Kakuzu smiled slightly
"…you want breakfast?" Kakuzu asked and Hidan glanced at the clock and had wide eyes
"But aren't we going to be late for school?" Hidan asked
"Heh heh… It's Saturday"
"Oh… Heh heh"
"And after we eat breakfast, we could go to the hospital and get…Sai" Kakuzu said trying so hard to hide his feelings
"Really? Thanks Kakuzu you're the best~!" Hidan said
"Yeah…whatever"
"What was wrong yesterday?"
"…nothing"
"…" Hidan knew he was lying but let it go, not wanting to be yelled at or make him hate him.
"Uhm… what are you making anyways?" Hidan asked to break a long awkward silence between them
"Well I'm making omelets with bacon"
"What's in the omelets?"
"Calamari, ham, onions, cheese green and red peppers, and other vegetables… you could have something else if you like"
"No, it's fine…I never tried your cooking before, bet it's better than mine"
"Ha ha, yeah right, you're like a pro"
"But, you were cooking longer that I have, I'm excited to taste what you make" Hidan said grinning and Kakuzu blushed slightly getting plates out putting the food on them. Kakuzu handed one plate to Hidan and himself and they sat at the table to eat
As Hidan put one piece of food in his mouth his eyes grew wide
"Oh my god, this….this is" Hidan said and Kakuzu looked to him
"Bad?" Kakuzu asked
"No, it's wonderful, it's really good, beyond good" Hidan said taking in another piece of food but chewed it slowly to get all the flavors making Kakuzu's blush deepen in color
"Really now?"
"I'm serious, it's delicious, better than mine" Hidan said and Kakuzu shook his head
"No way, mine is good, but yours is so much better" Kakuzu said
"No…"
"Yes"
"No"
"Yes"
"NO!
"YES!"
"WELL, maybe we are sick of eating our own cooking for a long period of time. And with that we need to try others' cooking" Hidan said
"Wow, maybe you're right, but didn't think you could come up with that. You're smarter that what you look" Kakuzu said and Hidan growled
"WHAT the hell does that mean?"
"…Hidan finish your food before it gets cold"
"…Ok…jerk"
After breakfast, Kakuzu did the dishes and went to the living room to see Hidan sit on the couch
"Kakuzu?"
"Hmm?"
"Can we go get Sai now?"
"…..sure" Kakuzu said at the same time trying so hard to mask his feelings up, looking down
"….thanks?"
Hidan obviously knew something was wrong, but forced himself to let it go. To Hidan it hurt when seeing Kakuzu upset like that and couldn't do anything
The two went silently through the house to get ready
"Hidan hurry up"
"Coming" Hidan said putting his shoe on and the two left the house and went to the hospital. The administrative lady gave them Sai's room number because they moved him in another room, for observation.
As Hidan and Kakuzu walked in the room they saw Sai talking to a certain pink haired nurse. Sai looked at the two visitors that entered the room and smiled
"Hey" Sai said and the nurse turned around to see Hidan and Kakuzu and blushed
"…g-gotta go. T-Tsunade will be here shortly" She said bolting out of the room as fast as possible. Sai looked at Hidan and Kakuzu confusedly
"…Uh what's with her?"
Hidan and Kakuzu blushed looking away from each other
"N-nothing" Kakuzu said and Hidan nodded
"Yeah right the blush on your cheeks says everything, what happened?" Sai asked
"You don't want to know" Hidan said and Kakuzu glanced at him and looked down and mentally sighed
'Of course you wouldn't want Sai to know that you kissed me, you love him'
Minutes later Hidan and Kakuzu dodged every question about what happened with the nurse until DR. Tsunade came in.
Tsunade glared at the two boys and had her hands on her sides
"Ok, now I'm wondering why one of my best nurses is running away every time she sees you two" Tsunade said and Kakuzu and Hidan blushed more
"Uh…Uh" Kakuzu started
"N-no reason" Hidan said
"I am not letting you leave until you tell me, NOW!"
Hidan and Kakuzu froze in fear
"…W-well…" Kakuzu started
"W-we kissed and she, she saw us" Hidan said. The two were afraid of Tsunade; she had a really scary part to her personality. Tsunade and Sai looked at them shocked, but Sai smiled softly
'They must really love each other' Sai thought and Tsunade chuckled
"No wonder" Tsunade said
"What?" Kakuzu asked
"You two kissed in front of the of the biggest Yaoi fan in the world"
The three looked at the doctor confused and she smiled
"Seriously. She was madly in love with one guy named Sasuke and he broke up with her, for his best friend, Naruto, who is a guy as well. And a normal person would be really heartbroken right?"
The three nodded
"Well she was all like 'OMG That's so hot! Yaoi~' and other things that I'm never ever going to tell because it's to disturbing, but you get my point right?"
"Y-yes" Hidan said as the three sweat dropped
"Well I came in here to say you're free to go Sai, but you need to be homebound 'til Tuesday" Tsunade said and Sai nodded
"Does he need a wheel chair, since he broke his leg and ankle?" Hidan asked and Tsunade shook her head
"No actually, it's weird. Sai your bones have healed intensely. Enough so you can walk normally without hurting" Tsunade said
"How is that even possible?" Kakuzu asked
"Yeah, isn't broken bones supposed to take a long time, weeks?"
"Yes, but with a lot of vitamin C, the bones can speed up the healing process"
"…Well I have drunk milk all my life" Sai said
"How much?" Tsunade asked
"Four cups a day since I was 3"
"Yep, that will do it."
"So I don't have broken bones anymore?" Sai asked
"No, don't get me wrong, they're still broken, but not as bad. Rough housing or any type of running will re-break them, so that's why you need to be homebound" Tsunade said and Hidan and Sai nodded
"I'll call my brother to pick me up, he probably didn't even come" Sai said
"No he did" Hidan said
"God he was mad, and blamed Hidan" Kakuzu said and Hidan grinned
"Stupid brother, he knew how I was" Sai said and sighed "I know I told you this before Hidan, it's not your fault"
"I know"
"Good, gotta call Shin" Sai said and pulled his cell phone out and dialed his older brother's phone number and Shin answered it
"Shin? It's Sai….I-" Sai started
'Sai!? Glad to hear you're ok!'
"Shin! My ear!"
'Sorry, so what's up?'
"Well Can you pick me up? The doctor said I need to be homebound 'til Tuesday and-"
'Oh…Sai I'm out of town right now and won't be home until then'
"What? But you know you never got a spare key for me"
'I know... can you stay over at someone's house until then?'
"I don't know, maybe…"
'Text me later when you find out, got to go'
Sai shut his phone and sighed
"…I need a place to stay…Shin's not here until Tuesday" Sai said and Tsunade sighed
"You know you can't just stay here, we might need this place for other patients"
There was silence in the room, until Hidan looked at Kakuzu
"Kakuzu?" Hidan asked and Kakuzu looked at him shocked, knowing what he wants to asked and mentally sighed and nodded and Hidan grinned
"Sai you can stay with us until Shin gets back" Hidan said and Sai looked at him shocked
"R-really I could?"
"Yeah of course you can, it's fine, right Kakuzu?" Hidan asked
"Yeah…whatever"
"Really?" Sai asked "I don't want to intrude"
Kakuzu sighed and nodded
"It's ok, let's go" Kakuzu said and Sai nodded before trying to get up. Tsunade made him sit back down.
"Hold on, just to be on the safe side, I'm making you walk with crutches, so wait here until I get them for you" Tsunade said "What is the length of your arms and how tall are you?"
Sai told answered your questions and Tsunade nodded
"You're tall, how old are you?" Tsunade asked
"15" Sai said
"… Be right back" she said and left to get the crutches
Kakuzu looked at Sai and Hidan shocked
"…15? You're a year younger than Hidan?" Kakuzu asked Hidan and Sai blushed deeply
"…y-yes"
"…I-I know what you're thinking. You're thinking how can a person younger than me be-"
"stop! too much information!" Kakuzu half yelled
"…sorry"
"If you're a year younger than us, how is it that you're in the same grade?" Kakuzu asked
"…Well…I just studied really hard, as hard as I can. Just to get in the same grade as the one I love" Sai said and Hidan blushed slightly
"…Ok, I'm going to get coffee, you want any?" Kakuzu asked and the other too shook their heads
"Ok I'll be back"
Kakuzu left and Sai grinned at Hidan
"So you kissed Kakuzu huh?" Sai asked
"…Shut up" Hidan mumbled out
"And by the way that wasn't the first kiss we shared" Hidan said and Sai looked confused for a second and then remembered
"Oh…righhhhhhhhhht"
"Oh did I tell you we're in a play at school?" Hidan asked trying to change the subject.
"Hum…Oh by chance is it Romeo and Juliet?" Sai asked "Him being Romeo and you Juliet?"
Hidan blushed deeply
"Sh-shut up! No! And WHY me Juliet!?" Hidan yelled
"Hum…" Sai gently caressed Hidan's cheek "Well you were my uke and you have very….feminine qualities about you" Sai said and Hidan coughed, jumping back slightly
"…..o-ok then" Hidan said during coughing
"Are you ok?" Sai asked concerned
"Y-yeah I'm fine" Hidan said
"Good, then what's the play?"
"Well it's Alice in Wonderland, and I'm the damn White Rabbit" Hidan said and Sai smiled
"Really? Nice" he said grinning
"Not really"
Before the two can continue their conversation, Kakuzu entered the room
"Hey guys what were you talking about?" Kakuzu asked
"The damn play" Hidan said and Kakuzu nodded
"Oh by the way Hidan, I thought you couldn't act" Sai said and Hidan had wide eyes
"Sh-shut up"
"What? But it's tr-" before Sai finished his sentence, Hidan put his hand on Sai's mouth and leaned close
"Shut up, the first kiss was supposed to be fake, but it wasn't for me. It ended being real, if you get what I mean" Hidan said and Sai nodded understanding what Hidan meant and smiled
Tsunade came in with the crutches and gave them to Sai
"Do these feel comfortable?" Tsunade asked and Sai took them and tried them
"Yes"
"Good, you are free to go" Tsunade said and the door opened and Tsunade's assistant, Shizune came in
"Tsunade! Emergency!"
"Ok be right there" Tsunade said
"Leave soon" she said to the three boys and ran out of the room with her assistant.
"Well…anyways lets go home" Hidan said excitedly and a smirk and Kakuzu and Sai chuckled. They left the room and coincidentally ran into Sakura, who blushed and smiled
"Hi guys~" she said and Kakuzu sighed, irritated
"Let's get one thing straight, there is nothing going on between me and Hidan, and never will" Kakuzu said trying so hard to mask his sadness. Hidan, behind Kakuzu, had wide eyes and looked down in sadness. And next to him, Sai caught it all even the sadness in lurking somewhere deep in Kakuzu's voice
The three were walking home in silence
'…something's up' Sai thought
'I knew it. Why would he ever love a loudmouth idiot like me?' Hidan thought
'I know it's hard for me to accept it, but there will never be anything between us, even if I want to' Kakuzu thought
'I should just give up' Both Hidan and Kakuzu thought at the same time.
They got to the house and Sai settled in
Later that afternoon, Kakuzu was getting ready to leave
"I'll be back later, need to see Pein" Kakuzu said and Hidan nodded
"Ok, see you later" Hidan said in his not usual tone and Kakuzu shrugged and left
Hidan sighed as he heard the front door close and sat on the couch next to Sai
"Sai, is this how you felt when I told you I didn't love you anymore?" Hidan asked tearing up
"Wh-what?" Sai asked confused
"I-I knew Kakuzu would never love me back, but it hurt like hell when he said it at the hospital" Hidan said and tears started pouring from his eyes
"H-Hidan"
"I-I don't know how anyone could ever love me" Hidan said
"Shut up. I loved you; I still do, and always will" Sai said and Hidan smiled
"Th-thanks…Sai" Hidan said putting his head on Sai's shoulder
"Hidan don't give up on him just yet" Sai said
"B-but-"
"No buts. Don't. Give. Up."
"O-Ok" Hidan said smiling
With Kakuzu, he walked to Pein's house and talked to him
"Pein, Sai's better… and Hidan took him back. I-I don't know what to do" Kakuzu said and Pein looked at him shocked as they were sitting on Pein's bed
"Kakuzu…"
Kakuzu put his hand on his forehead
"How was I stupid enough to think anyone could love an ugly monster like me?" Kakuzu asked and Pein slapped him on the cheek, stunning Kakuzu
"Don't talk Like that! There is always someone out there for everyone" Pein explained and Kakuzu smiled and put a hand to his stinging cheek
"You're probably right…but never go around slapping other guys' faces; people might just mistake you for being gay"
"Sh-shut up…" Pein half yelled, blushing deeply
"Well, I should head back home" Kakuzu said standing up and started walking to the door, but was stopped by Pein grabbing his wrist
"Kakuzu…one more thing. Don't. Give. Up. On. Hidan" Pein said and Kakuzu left
'Don't give up huh? Right Don't give up' Kakuzu thought on the walk home
What Kakuzu didn't know was at the exact same time Hidan was thinking the same thing.
That night, Sai was on the couch getting ready for bed, Hidan sitting next to him and
Sai sighed in relaxation. Kakuzu in the shower
"God, this couch is actually more comfortable than the hospital bed" Sai said lying down. Hidan got up and kissed Sai on the forehead
"Thanks for being here for me and accepting my feelings towards Kakuzu" Hidan said and Sai blushed
"No problem…"
"Goodnight Sai"
"Goodnigh-" Sai said, stopping his sentence as he realized something
"Hidan if there is only 1 couch and 1 bed, then where are you sleeping huh?" Sai asked in a knowing tone and a smirk. Hidan blushed
"…I think you know the answer to that" Hidan said and Sai started laughing and Hidan said nothing and started walking to the room
"Goodnight Hidan, have fun~" Sai teased
"Fuck you"
"You should say that to Kakuzu, Hidan, not me" Sai teased again and Hidan blushed
"D-damn you"
"Hahaha, goodnight" Sai said falling to sleep with a smirk and Hidan sighed in irritation and walked to the room and waited for Kakuzu to come in
Minutes later, Kakuzu got in the room and ready for bed. Once Kakuzu lay on the bed, Hidan laid down as well. Kakuzu opened the book he was reading the night before and started reading from the page he book marked
"Kakuzu, are you sure you're ok with Sai staying here for 3 more days?" Hidan asked and Kakuzu sighed putting the book down.
"Yeah it's fine" Kakuzu said "night"
Kakuzu turned off the light
"Ok, just making sure… goodnight"
Sunday afternoon came and Sai was there alone, as Hidan and Kakuzu went to the grocery store for food and other things, for Sai, since he can't get in his house.
Sai was on the couch reading a book when the doorbell rang three times and stopped and rang two more times. That was a code, which Kakuzu taught Hidan and Sai to learn. The code was that if their friends came over they would know it's them. Sai got up and walked over to the door and answered it
"…Sai what are you doing here?" Pein asked
"Hey Pein, come in" Sai said and let Pein inside and they went to the couch and sat down
"So why are you here again and where is Kakuzu or Hidan?"
"They went to the grocery store, oh and I'm here because I'm homebound until the day my brother gets back from his trip Tuesday. And I can't actually get in my house"
"Oh…so how are you feeling?" Pein asked and Sai smiled
"I'm fine, nothing hurts"
"That's good, how's Hidan doing?"
"Hidan…hum…I really don't know. Hidan did blame himself for what I did, and he fell in love with someone who doesn't seem to love him back" Sai said "So I have no clue, plus he changes his moods so easily"
"Wait what? But didn't he take you back?" Pein asked confused, confusing Sai who had wide eyes
"What? No he didn't" Sai said
"But, how do you feel about that?" Pein asked and Sai blinked
"Wow…uh you a psychiatrist or what?" Sai asked
"What n-" Pein started
"That or gay" Sai said bluntly and Pein blushed
"God damnit every damn time! No I'm NOT gay" Pein said
"hum…sorry… but you look it"
"I have a girlfriend, GIRLfriend, god" Pein said and Sai smiled
"Ok I believe you, and I feel fine about Hidan loving someone else" Sai said laying down looking to the ceiling
"Really? Don't you still love him?"
"Yes of course I do. I'm still madly in love with him, but he could only offer friendship right now, and I would be a fool to pass that up"
"Ah…"
"But who told you Hidan took me back?"
"Oh…Kakuzu did"
"Well…he's the one Hidan loves" Sai said
"…WHAT!?" Pein yelled
"Yeah… don't tell anyone I said that" Sai said
"Ok…but that love isn't actually one-sided" Pein said and Sai sat up with wide eyes
"Really? So Kakuzu loves Hidan back?" Sai asked and Pein nodded
"That's amazing! I'm happy for them" Sai said grinning "but Kakuzu said that there was nothing going on between them and never will" Sai finished
"Well Kakuzu thought Hidan took you back, so he's sad"
"And it made Hidan sad… I'm always causing Hidan pain without meaning to" Sai said looking down and Pein shook his head
"It wasn't your fault, don't blame yourself. Hidan was sad because of what you did last time" Pein said "It'll make him in a really unstable state if you think of doing that again" Pein finished
"I know…but what can we do?"
"I don't know"
A huge grin appeared on Sai's face and Pein smirked
"What's with that grin?"
"I have an idea for a plan" Sai said
"What type of plan?"
"To get those two together"