3 am and I haven't done my homework yet, again! Sorry for the long wait D= School has been tiring. Hopefully I'll get more free time after this month. So how's everyone been doing? Good, I hope. Thank you for all the reviews and for those who added this to your favorite stories list. ^o^
Chapter Eleven: Be Careful of What You Say, Hidan
Hidan groaned as he shifted from lying on his back to his side, throwing his arm over the empty space beside him. Empty. The immortal man shot his eyes open to see that the ex-princess was not by his side. He slowly sat up and ran a hand through his messy hair. "Whatever…" he muttered before yawning loudly. He sat there for a few minutes, staring blankly at his legs covered by the bed sheets. His fever had finally gone down after a few days and he knew that they would be leaving soon. Hidan growled with frustration as he forced himself out of Shino's bed, cursing Kakuzu under his breath. Where was the shit-head anyways? Usually, both Kakuzu and Hinata would still be in the room by the time Hidan woke up but this morning, they were both gone.
It didn't take long for Hidan to freshen up and get ready for the day, the smell of breakfast had reached his nostrils the moment he opened Shino's bedroom door.
"Good morning, Hidan-kun~! How are you feeling today?" Akiyo's mother, Reiko, greeted him when he had entered the kitchen.
"Fuckin fine. Where's everyone else?" Hidan scratched his chest as he stared at the cheerful Hyuga woman. Was she seriously related to that stiff white-haired bastard? He couldn't understand how anyone could be so cheerful and bright in the morning. He rubbed his eyes a bit, looking at Reiko reminded him of fucking Tobi.
"Mmm…. Kakuzu-san has been gone since six and Shino-kun and Hinata-chan are outside taking care of the laundry. Could you please be a dear and call them in for me, Hidan-kun?"
Hidan snorted and left the kitchen, wishing he could tape the woman's mouth shut, place a bag over her head, tie her up, and lock her up in a closet. He could've been a total jerk and just sit down, demanding her to feed him but that would waste his energy. He reached the back of the house and pushed the sliding door open to see Shino and Hinata collecting the clothes from the clothes line.
"Hey, fucktards!" Hidan yelled loud enough for the neighbors to hear. The teenagers spun around, the smaller of the two was panicking. Aw, he loved embarrassing the Akatsuki newbie. The way she would turn red whenever he would say something naughty, stutter violently when he pressure on her, and come close to fainting when he invaded her personal space was beginning to grow on him. At first it was irritating but now, he enjoyed it and it was kind of cute… in a pathetic, weenie kind of way…"It's time to eat, seriously!"
"O-Okay, H-Hidan-k-kun! I-I mean Hidan!"
Hinata and Shino quickly gathered up the rest of the clothes and placed them into the basket before heading back inside. "You go on ahead. I'll put the clothes away." Hinata nodded and thanked Shino before going to Hidan's side. "H-How are you f-feeling, H-Hidan?" she asked timidly, pushing the tips of her index fingers against each other as the two walked towards the kitchen.
"Fine. Nice sex hair," he teased, noticing how the wind outside had messed her long hair up. He glanced down at her to see her cheeks become a rosy color as she tried to make her hair presentable. "I-I d-don't h-have s-s-s-sex hair! I don't even know what it is supposed to look like…" she muttered the last part. Hidan wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him. She looked up with confused and frightened eyes while he looked down at her with an intense, intimate stare. "If you're a good girl today, I'll show you later tonight, princess." Three, two, one…
Hidan smirked as he watched the female's face turn bright red and her mouth opening and closing, unable to get any words out. She whined and pushed him away, running away from him. Hidan burst out into laughter and casually followed the speechless girl.
During breakfast, Hidan ate while staring at Hinata. He knew that she knew that he was gluing his eyes onto her to embarrass her as always. There was nothing she could do but try to ignore him and concentrate hard on her food. Reiko was completely oblivious to the pair but Shino was eyeing Hidan suspiciously. It made him uncomfortable to see Hidan go after his best friend. It was like watching a vicious full-grown wolf toy with a baby bunny before eating it. So after breakfast, Shino decided to confront the big bad wolf while Hinata was busy helping Reiko clean up.
"May I talk to you?" Shino asked politely as he followed Hidan to his room. "Whatever… Whaddya want, freak?" Hidan replied with almost friendly tone as he sat down on Shino's bed. He was going to miss sleeping in a comfortable mattress once he and the others were out traveling again. Shino closed the door and pondered whether to lock it or not but didn't. "What is Lady Hinata to you?"
Hidan blinked. Should he be surprised with this question? No he shouldn't because this boy only talked to him concerning the girl yet he was. "Uh… She's the Akatsuki's fuckin newbie?" Shino shook his head, making Hidan's eye twitch. "No. I asked what Lady Hinata means to you."
What did Hinata mean to him? The little sister he never had and never wanted? I can't use that lame excuse… Who makes sexual jokes and moves on their own sister? Hidan stared hard at Shino but wasn't looking at him at all. What could he say? Wait. Why the fuck did he have to answer to the freak?
"I take that your silence means that Lady Hinata is more than your plaything or your punching bag?"
Crud… Why didn't I fuckin think of that? "Well, you're fuckin wrong, seriously. I don't need to answer your damn question, but I'll tell ya anyways since you're so damn nosy. She means nothing to me. N-O-T-H-I-N-G. Nothing."
"I know how to spell. I'm not an idiot like you are."
Hidan growled and quickly got up onto his feet, his hands curling into huge fists. "Why I oughta-"
The door opened and Hinata's head appeared. "A-Am I interrupting anything? Can I come in?" she asked softly, looking down at the wooden floor.
"Ye-"
"No, you weren't, Lady Hinata, and of course, you can."
Shino moved out of the way, allowing Hinata entrance to his room. "Auntie is c-calling for you, Sh-Shino-kun." Shino thanked Hinata and left the room, leaving the ex-princess with the Akatsuki.
Hidan uncurled his fingers as he watched Hinata drag herself to one side of the room where her bag was, getting her things ready. "K-Kakuzu-san is back," she whispered but it was audible enough for him to hear. Hidan could feel the light tension in the room. Did she hear what he said about her? "Yeah? Well, screw him." He plopped down onto the bed, lying on his back and staring up at the ceiling. So what if she heard him? She didn't mean anything to him, right? Nothing ever did, not ever since he became immortal. He was just ticked off because of that nosy bug brat. "S-Shouldn't you t-tell K-Kakuzu-san that you're f-feeling better?" Hidan closed his eyes, frowning deeply. "He can find out on his fuckin own. You're too damn loud."
"S-Sorry…"
"Shut up."
Hinata looked away from Hidan and went back to fiddling with her belongings in her bag. There was this dark, heavy feeling in her chest and it bothered her greatly. After Reiko shooed her out of the kitchen, Kakuzu had came back and told her to get her things ready for tomorrow morning. He had decided that whether Hidan was well or not, they were going to leave. They had wasted too much time in this village. So, Hinata went to Shino's room and curiously eavesdropped on Shino's and Hidan's conversation. She wished she didn't because now she was hurting.
Why should I care if I mean anything to him or not? It wasn't like they were friends, were they? What were they? Hinata couldn't find an answer, so she came to the conclusion that they were nothing to each other. Perhaps she was just a toy for Hidan, something to amuse him and that was all. Stupid Hinata. You're just like this because no one but Itachi-kun cares about you but he's not here. For the past few days of nursing Hidan back to good health and sleeping by his side, she had enjoyed his company. Sure, he was loud, whiny, and a bully, but he wasn't all that bad. But he killed Naruto-kun, your beloved prince. Yet, he comforted her whenever she had nightmares of Naruto dying over and over again.
Hinata was mindlessly sitting on the floor when Kakuzu finally came into the room. "Hey, shithead. Where did you go?" Kakuzu grunted in response and went to Shino's desk, pulling out a bag of coins from the inner pockets of his cloak. "Fine, don't say anything," Hidan muttered stubbornly before turning his attention to Hinata. "Hey, princess. Let's go out." Hinata froze, now feeling even more confused. Go out? Did he mean as in a date? "S-Sorry, H-Hidan-k-kun… I-I promised to h-hang out w-with Shino-kun t-today… You should rest m-more. S-Sorry." Hidan watch Hinata rise to her feet and leave quickly, gently closing the door behind her.
"What did you do this time?"
"Whaddya mean what did I do this time?"
"She's sad."
"So? Why the hell do you gotta think that whenever she's sad, I did somethin' to her?"
Kakuzu turned his head, glaring at Hidan with his lifeless green eyes. "Because you always do. You're the only one who messes with her." Hidan glared back before shifting onto his side, his back facing Kakuzu. "Why do you care, seriously?"
"Because she'll slow us down and we'll lose more precious time so get your ass off that bed and apologize to her. Now."
"You ain't the boss of me, shithead. I'll get my ass off this bed whenever I want and there's nothing you- AH! My head! Argh!"
Kakuzu smirked, proud that he had taken Hidan's head off of his body again. "NOW, Hidan." Hidan swore at him for a bit before finally agreeing to do something to cheer Hinata up. Once his head was sewn back to his body, Hidan rolled off of the bed and stomped out of the room, damning Kakuzu to hell.
For the rest of the day, Hidan sat on the couch in the living room, trying to think up of what he should do to make Hinata happy again. In his opinion, girls were too hard to please. What the hell did they want? After all these years of living, he could still not figure them out. What did Hinata like? She liked helping people and being nice, being the opposite of Hidan. Maybe she'll like flowers? Damn, that's lame. C'mon, Hidan. You gotta think up of something big and completely amazing!
"Uh… The bathroom is over there."
Hidan snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Shino, who was staring at him as if he was a freak. "What the hell is that suppose to mean?"
"Well… You look like you're constipated or something."
"Yeah? Well you look fat." Nice insult, Hidan…Seriously… Damn, why does he have to wear a big jacket? "Where's Hinata?"
"I don't know."
"What do you mean, freak? Didn't you hang out with her today?"
"I did but that was hours ago. I'm about to go out and find her now."
Hidan got up on his feet and rushed to the door, zipping pass Shino. "Nuh-uh. I'll go find her, you stay, bug-boy." Without waiting for a response, Hidan left the house but stopped after a few seconds of running. He mentally slapped himself before going back to retrieve his weapon. Who knows what kind of dangerous people are running about at this time of night.
Once he had everything settled, he went out to search for the missing ex-princess. Can't believe I spent the whole day thinking! I don't even remember what I was thinking, damn!
Hinata panted heavily, dropping to her knees as she held her shaky hands in front of her face. She was drenched with sweat and her whole body was tense. "N-Not good. I'm still weak." No matter how hard she tried, she could never do anything right or get stronger. Was she good enough for anything? She lay down on her back on the grass, tired from all the training she had just done. Her mind kept wandering back to Hidan and his hurtful words. It bothered her greatly that she meant nothing to him. Exhausted from her intense training, it didn't take very long to fall asleep but when she woke up, she found herself being carried by skeleton-like Hidan.
"Wh-What are you doing, H-Hidan?"
He looked down at her with a pissed expression on his face. "Carrying you, stupid. What were you doing sleeping out in the open? You wanna fuckin die?" Hinata softly apologized as her eyes shifted to his chest, noticing that he wasn't wearing his cloak and that there were trails of blood from the left side of his chest. "You k-killed someone…" He nodded, thinking about the bastard he killed. When he had found Hinata, he had found some sleazebag trying to take advantage over her sleeping form.
"What the hell were you doing before going to sleep?"
"T-Training. I… I want to be stronger. I-I'm too weak to be in A-Akatsuki." I also want to be more than just nothing…
"You're damn right but seriously, don't go off by yourself anymore. Look, whatever I said or did to make you so upset, forget about it. It probably isn't even important anyways."
Hinata slowly nodded and looked down at her scratched up hands as Hidan continued to carry her back to Reiko's house. Yes, I'm not important anyways.
There you go =) It'll probably be awhile before I can get chapter twelve up x_x Well, good night or good morning to you all. I'm off to do my homework! Whooosh!