Oh, teh fluff and romance in this chapter! Meh, I like it. It's teh cute. And I'll leave it up to your imagination why Deidara wasn't wearing pants when he tumbles down the stairs (and lol, it probably won't be what you may think. He and Itachi didn't... you know... YEAH.) Enjoy! ANNNNNNNNND...

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM HONG KONG!!!!!

Chapter 8: Winter Wonderland.

Hidan had no idea what was really happening, but he decided that Deidara couldn't have chosen a better moment to burst out of the room, tumble down the stairs and demand, "why the heck are the lights off, yeah?! I'm gonna' kill myself over here!"

Konan scrambled away from Hidan, her face bright red. Hidan got up as calmly as he could, walking stiffly over to the light switch and turning the light on. After spotting Deidara he immediately switched it off.

"There is no way in hell I'm turning the freaking light back on until you put some pants on!"

"WHAT?!" Konan yelped, shuffling around on the couch. Deidara released a nervous sounding laugh before bounding back up the stairs, bumping into the wall and finally making it into Hidan's room. Hidan flipped the light back on.

His violet orbs met with Konan's amber ones and they just stared at each other. Hidan then silently cursed Deidara for his perfect timing – it had ruined the moment.

"So uh, that was a good movie. Seriously," Hidan started. Konan nodded, "y-yeah. I thought that Eva and Wall-E were just so cute! They make a uh, a great couple."

Hidan smiled crookedly at her, "y-yeah... they do. Make a great couple. Heh."

She walked toward him cautiously and stopped in front of him. She was hesitating – 'why? Damn it, she's kind of scaring me. What's that look in her eye? Crap, I wish I could freaking read minds...' - and suddenly she put a hand on his shoulder. His heart started pounding in his chest again, his whole body anticipating something that his mind wasn't contemplating.

He rested a hand on her waist, head spinning, as her arms slid around his neck. He tilted his head, leaning forward then pulling back, unsure. She pushed up against him, before pulling back a little herself. They leaned toward each other at the same time, and Hidan went further, his lips just barley touching hers.

It was that moment that her heart when spastic, and Hidan was drawn to her neck, his vampiric instincts taking over. His teeth grazed her neck where her pulse was and she released a shaky breath. His hand slid around to her back, his free hand cradling the side of her head. She pressed it into his hand, and his tongue slid out of his mouth and slowly over her neck, stopping just behind her ear. She gasped, arms tightening around his neck and shoulders.

--

Itachi stared, wide-eyed and mouth agape, at the two downstairs. He stood on the platform that made up the second floor, attached to the staircase – it was an open hallway floor, there really wasn't a second floor, 'unless of course, you... count... the... rooms! Holy shat! Is he – he's teasing her?! HE'S TEASING HER?! No wait...' Itachi inspected the scene more closely, and realized instantly the problem.

As a half-breed, the line between vampiric feelings and human feelings was very thin. Itachi's eyes showed him that the two halves were conflicting, the vampiric side wanting only blood, the human side wanting more. He squinted, 'Hidan's Vampire half is winning right now, but he's licking her neck, and holding her like that...' his eyes flicked to Konan, 'she's probably thinking something else right now, or not thinking at all. This isn't good. They'll both get confused.'

Itachi's jaw dropped again though when Hidan's hand slid under the back of her shirt, making Konan arch into him. One of her hands pushed the open bunny hug off his shoulder before her fingernails scoured over his skin. Itachi swallowed lightly, a blush coming to his cheeks.

He shouldn't be watching. What if they noticed him? Hidan was going to kill him later – and that would hurt more than a bullet.

Itachi noticed too late that Deidara had walked out of the room – pants on – and came to stand beside him. As the sight of Hidan nipping and licking Konan's neck came to his view he wrapped his hands around the banister, leaned forward and shrieked – as Itachi brought his arms up and opened his mouth, turning to Deidara - "HOLY SHIT!"

Hidan's head shot up instantly, and Konan's head whipped around to look up and over her shoulder to see Itachi in a pose that suggested he was about to attack Deidara, and Deidara staring shocked at them. Itachi had never seen Hidan move so fast in his life.

--

"HOLY SHIT!"

Hidan's heart nearly stopped when he jerked his head up. Half of him was angry – he wanted her blood, and he wanted it now – while his other half was shouting 'oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap! CRAP!'

He bolted away from Konan, slamming violently against the wall. Breath went in and out his nose rapidly and he watched as Konan turned red from the neck up. Itachi's red eyes went to Deidara and Deidara looked at him, still with a shocked expression on his face.

Itachi attacked Deidara while screeching, "OH MY GOSH DEIDARA YOU IDIOT YOU FREAKING RUINED IT WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU WHY CAN'T YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT?!"

'I have seriously never heard Itachi say a freaking run-on sentence before. Seriously.'

"WELL IT WASN'T LIKE YOU WERE ANY BETTER, YEAH! YOU WERE JUST STANDING THERE WATCHING THEM! YOU EAVESDROPPER!"

The two continued to grapple and bicker upstairs, bumping into walls. Hidan and Konan made eye-contact and immediately looked away, Hidan's face reddening. The front door opened and Hidan almost whimpered, 'oh gee. Kisame... you and your frikkin' timing.'

--

Kisame entered the room, heard Deidara and Itachi freaking out at each other in the open hallway, then glanced around the ground floor. He blinked.

Konan stood near the bean bags, looking one direction, while Hidan was flattened against the wall, looking the other way. Kisame saw the back of his silver head.

'Oh. Action. Just as I thought. Heh. Hidan's gonna' find out that I planned this whole thing and then I'll be screwed. Totally screwed,' Kisame leaned against the door, a knowing smirk on his lips, 'in the mean time, I think I'll enjoy this.'

"So... how was the movie?"

"It – it was great! Uh, if you don't mind, I'm gonna' wait in the car," Konan responded quickly, hopping over to the couch and scooping up her bag and books. She hurried toward Kisame who was holding out his keys.

"Bye, Hidan!" she called before whizzing out the door and clamoring into the car. Kisame swallowed lightly, "well? How was it, boy?"

He said that while thinking, 'and I know you know I'm not talking about the movie.'

Hidan's red face turned to him and the infuriated teen jabbed a finger at him, "when you get back here, Kisame, you are so frikkin' dead. You better come prepared, dad," he snarled before storming up the stairs. Deidara squealed and Itachi jolted about a foot in the air when Hidan bellowed, "AND YOU TWO! You two are so totally freaking screwed, seriously!"

Kisame nodded his head and took a deep breath before closing the door and walking over to the car. Konan sat stiffly in the passenger seat and he took his place next to her in the driver's seat. She surrendered the keys and he started the car.

Half way to her house she accused, "you planned that didn't you?"

Kisame could only laugh as she scurried out of the car and into her house, Anko meeting her at the door.

Kisame headed back to Hidan's place, slightly on guard, 'wonder what he's gonna' do to me,' he thought for a moment about Konan and Anko's relationship, 'those two have a good relationship. Great mother and daughter bonding times, making Konan study for History tests,' Kisame chuckled to himself as he pulled up to the house.

When he entered it was quiet, signaling that Deidara and Itachi were gone. He cautiously walked up the stairs and nodded at Kurenai when she poked her head out of her door. She nodded back to him, stared at him a moment longer and then she retreated back into her room.

'Must have just had a shower. Anyway...' he stared at the ominous door that led to Hidan's room, 'back to business,' he pushed the door open.

And nothing happened. Hidan wasn't in the room. Kisame whipped around, scoured the area, then turned back around and walked into the room.

"Hidan...?" he called cautiously, stalking around. He looked around, 'this is ridiculous,' and just as he was about to give up and leave he heard a zipping sound and looked down, 'what the -!!'

He was spun, knocked down onto his stomach and then a knee pressed between his shoulder blades. Warm breath was on his neck and he turned his head a bit, staring at Hidan in shock as the teen grabbed one of his arms and pulled it around to his back, holding it in place.

"Thought you might use your mind reading to find me, seriously," Hidan hissed, tugging at Kisame's bunny hug, pulling it away from his shoulder. Kisame just stared at him, "now this, I wasn't expecting. Where'd you learn it? And what the heck are you doing?"

"Learned that one from Zetsu – he said he uses it on Sasori a lot. You'll see."

Kisame felt rather then saw what Hidan was doing, 'guess he got a little more upset than I thought.. OW!'

"Gee, kid! That hurts!"

"It's meant to, old man," Hidan laughed, fangs raking over the bottom of Kisame's neck and part of his shoulder. Kisame struggled and after wrestling a bit with Hidan he managed to pin the teen down, shoulder bleeding. He glared, "you little monster."

"Correction: I am a big monster, considering I am almost as tall as you, and not that much smaller in the shoulders, seriously."

Kisame blinked at him, then snarled, making Hidan cower. The teen couldn't really get out of this predicament now – 'he got himself in it, and now his hearts beating too fast. Damn human blood' – and Kisame couldn't resist leaning down and sinking his fangs into Hidan's neck.

Hidan stiffened slightly, but Kisame could sense that Hidan was forcing his body to calm down.

'He's getting better,' Kisame thought proudly, pulling away – he hadn't really sucked that much blood out of Hidan. He'd already gotten more than enough from Sakura, and he got off of Hidan while remarking, "you're getting better at calming yourself down, but its your pulse you've gotta' control. Drives me crazy sometimes," Kisame tenderly touched his shoulder, shook his head and stared at Hidan as the teen got up, "little monster."

Hidan huffed and raised a hand to heal Kisame's shoulder while his neck healed itself. He bounced over to his bed and said, very childishly, "tuck me in, daddy."

Kisame burst into loud laughter, and when he finally calmed down he smiled and shook his head at Hidan before walking over and pulling the blankets over him. He leaned forward and kissed his forehead, "good night, son."

"Good night. Now go be a good dad and say good night to my mom, seriously."

Kisame laughed again, but did as he was told. He exited Hidan's room, walking down the hall and into Kurenai's room. She was reading a book when he walked in, her reading glasses on.

She looked up and her red eyes widened slightly as he approached her, pressing his hands into the mattress, "I have been instructed by my kid to be a good dad and say good night to his mom."

He leaned forward to kiss her on the cheek, but she turned her head and caught his lips. He stiffened, then relaxed, 'it's nothing really...' her tongue slipped into his mouth.

No. It was something. Technically he was cheating on Sakura.

He pulled away quickly and quietly warned, "Kurenai..."

Kurenai brought the book to her face and whispered, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Kisame. I just... I – I'm lonely."

He frowned and rested a hand on her head, "I know, kid. I know. But you should know that Hidan won't mind if you want to sleep next to him. You may only be his caretaker but he really sees you as his mother, you know that?"

"Yes, yes I know that. I do know that," she sniffed, climbing out of her bed. Kisame followed her as she hurried down the hall and entered Hidan's room. He stood in the doorway.

"Kurenai? Oh, hey, what -" she just pulled back the blankets and curled up against Hidan's side. Kisame watched as Hidan turned to that he could sling his arm over Kurenai.

"Thanks, Kisame," the blue Vampire heard in his head. He smiled at Hidan and nodded; Hidan smiled back.

"No problem, kid. I'll be heading out, then."

"Sure thing. See ya tomorrow."

"See ya."

--

The Christmas party came too fast, in Hidan's opinion. He and Konan could not stop being shy and unable to speak around each other, either out of embarrassment or due to the harassment they never stopped receiving from Deidara.

Hidan tugged at the collar of his shirt, 'I hope he lets up at the party. Pein's already pissed, seriously. But I honestly don't get what that guys freakin' problem is.'

Sakura sat in the passenger seat of the car as Kisame drove them over to Konan's to pick her up. She wouldn't stop fidgeting or glancing back at Hidan with a twinkle in her eye.

Nothing really happened when Konan got in the car except for her saying 'hi' to everyone. Hidan crossed his arms over his chest and stared out the window.

Kisame's mansion was brilliantly decorated, lights hanging all around the building. Cars were crowding the area, keeping Kisame from getting to his garage. He didn't mind though, and the four plunged through the snow, Konan clinging to Hidan for warmth.

"Should've brought a jacket, girl," he muttered. She scowled up at him and replied, "I didn't expect it to get this cold!"

Hidan just chuckled as they entered the building. Then he looked at Konan and stared.

The lights on the highway had offered little light, and he hadn't been paying much attention to her, but now that they were in better light he could see her dress. The back of it fell down to her ankles, the front of it a bunch of ruffles that started from the middle of her left calf. As his eyes traveled up he was glad at least that the dress had sleeves, but the neckline was low, exposing a little bit of cleavage. He swallowed lightly and looked away, only to be grabbed by her and dragged onto the dance floor.

He recovered, 'gee, she's eager. Uh, don't look down, boy. Just don't look down. Look at her face. Her faace!'

As they waltzed around on the floor, he found he could only stare at her face. She was gorgeous without the heavy makeup, the light blue eyeshadow much better on her eyes than the heavy blue. There was a sheen on her lips; she was only wearing gloss. That was a first. He also noticed that she had a necklace on as he spun her around.

They danced for several songs, and when the slow song came Hidan wanted to bolt. Because it meant her body would be very close to his. And it meant that his head would probably be resting on her shoulder. He tugged her off the floor, and watched with a bit of guilt as a look of disappointment crossed her features.

"I'm thirsty," he explained, and it wasn't far from the truth.

"My neck is here," she purred teasingly, tapping her neck. He blushed, remembering what had happened after the movie that fateful day.

"No, r-really Konan. I'm thirsty for punch. Not hungry for blood."

She frowned, sticking out her lower lip. He glared at her, wrinkling his nose and pursing his lips. She giggled and walked off, going to chat with Ino and Sakura – Ino was Sasori's date.

As the clock struck twelve people began leaving, mostly in pairs. Hidan was talking with a few guys he knew when he heard high heels clicking on the floor. He turned his head to see that Konan was walking over, a small frown tugging down the corners of her lips.

'Oh crap. Is something wrong?' he gave her a look as she came to stand next to him, resting her hand on the arm that he had up, holding his glass. The other guys stopped talking and stared at her. She spoke, "I need to talk to you," and then she glanced at them, "alone."

Hidan nodded and handed off his glass. One of the other guys took it as Hidan led Konan away and up the stairs, walking calmly into one of the spare rooms. He glanced over his shoulder at her, noticing the blush on her cheeks.

Once she had walked in he closed the door, carefully locking it, then wondering what he'd just done. He shrugged off the feeling that made butterflies go bonkers in his stomach as he reached for the light switch.

"Don't uh – d-don't turn it on."

He froze then said, "okay. What did you want to talk about, Konan?"

She was quiet for a moment, then, "bite me first."

He tilted his head curiously, then walked over to her. She was standing in front of the window, sitting on the sill a bit, her hands pressed against the wood. Hidan stood in front of her, resting his hands on the sill next to hers. He watched as her eyes became lidded and her breathing escalated. Her moist lips parted.

"I'm not gonna' bite you, Konan," he whispered huskily, pushing his body between her legs, making her catch her breath, "I've got a hunch I know what this is about. But before you start talking," he licked his lips, moving his head towards hers, "I wanna' try something first, seriously."

He pressed his lips to hers, eyes sliding closed. She kissed him back timidly, a hand rising to rest on his shoulder. He pulled away slightly; her hand went into his hair. He pressed his lips to hers again, harder this time. Her left leg came up around his waist, followed by her right leg. Her other hand went to his face.

He slipped his tongue out of his mouth, grazing her lower lip and tasting raspberry. He thrust a hand into her hair, then pulled, tugging out the hair tie, causing the flower to fall, her hair cascading over her shoulders. He moved closer, and she released a muffled moan against his lips.

He pulled back to catch his breath, and listened as she caught hers too. It seemed like she was about to speak but he shook his head and whispered, "one more thing."

She tilted her head at him, arms slinging over his shoulders, "o-okay..."

He leaned toward her again, but instead of pressing his lips to hers, he opened his mouth and slid his long tongue past her slightly parted lips.

Hope you liked. Teh naughty stuffs next chapter, and da title is... Heat of the moment. Ha ha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH IT'S REALLY FITTING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT!! *evil laugh* ... BTW. I'm tired. GOOD NIGHT! *sleeps*