Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
A/N: Sorry, the characters are really OOC, and I'm sorry bout that….Anywhoo, hope you enjoy the chapter!!! :-)
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Rena was still pouting, while Itachi had fallen down on the couch. Pein was sitting on another couch, reading his book. Sasori came over to me.
"Why did you do that?" He asked.
"Do what?" I was surprised he even talked to me, since he hadn't the previous day.
"Make us drunk and recording us…"
"Because I wanted to see what happened when ninjas get drunk." I said smiling.
Sasori looked quite annoyed and walked away. I went to my room and got all the drawings I've drawn, and some blank papers, with my pencil and eraser, and walked back to the living room. I put the stuff down on the table and sat down, then looked around.
"Tobi, stay like that." I said, he seemed to be dancing with an imaginary partner.
"What?" He seemed surprised.
"I want to draw you, now stay like that, don't move."
He seemed to struggle keeping his position, but did so. I think he was a bit frightened of me. When Rena finally stopped throwing her tantrum, she came and sat down next to me. After about half an hour the drawing was finished.
"Tobi, you can move now, I'm done."
Tobi shook a little, and then fell down flat on his face. Rena and I giggled and stared at my drawing, she seemed really amazed, but kind of surprised.
"Why did you draw him?" She asked.
"I don't know, it looked cute." I said smiling.
She just nodded and stood up. She walked over to Itachi, and seemed annoyed that he was still sleeping. She sat down next to him, grabbed his Akatsuki cloak and started shaking him awake.
"What?!" He screamed with an annoyed tone in his voice.
"Hi…" She said smiling broadly.
"I'm tired, you know! My head hurts!!" He shouted.
"That's because you're having a hangover, ass." She said, and turned on the TV.
I stood up and walked to the kitchen, then returned with another glass of cream soda.
"This better make you feel better, it's the last bit."
I handed him the glass and walked back to my drawing. But Tobi had reached it before me.
"Ashna-chan!! You're good!!"
"Thank you, now move." I replied. To my surprise, he actually obeyed. I took my pictures and drawing kit and walked to my room. When I reached it, it was a complete mess. I groaned and just threw my things on my bed, then walked over to the computer. I opened the internet and went onto facebook. My inbox was filled with messages, including one from my current boyfriend, which had almost never happened:
"Hey there…
I'm sorry to say this through a message, but it really can't wait. I'm going over to Australia for business, and maybe stay there for quite a while. I'm so sorry, Ashna, but I can't see you anymore. An overseas relationship has never worked for anyone. Don't get me wrong, I still like you and all, but it just won't work.
So sorry.
Nicholas."
As I read through the message, I felt tears starting to stream down my cheek. Nicholas and I have been together for more than two years, and now he dumps me because of work.
"Watcha doin'?" Rena had just entered the room with a very cheery expression on her face.
"I'm not in the mood…" And I really wasn't. I felt tired and careless and I just wanted to fall asleep right there.
"What's wrong?" Rena had come up to me and was surprised to find me depressed right after that video.
"It's nothing…I'm fine." My mind was racing. I didn't know what to do next…
"I've known you for more than five years, and if anyone can tell when something is wrong, it's me. Now spit it out." She said impatiently.
"I told you, it's nothing. I'm just tired…" I stood up, picked up my drawing things and walked over to the study desk. I just picked up the pencil and began drawing the outlines of a tree.
"Uh-huh. You usually draw a tree when you can think of nothing else to draw." She was leaning over me, apparently to see what type of tree I was drawing. "And that almost never happens…" She added.
"Rena, just drop it, OK? I said I'm fine and I meant it. I happen to have a great idea of something to draw…" I lied.
"My bad, I was just trying to help!" She said annoyed. She walked away and, I guessed, had resumed watching the TV with the rest of the Akatsuki. I started thinking of something to just keep my mind of the damn guy. Swimming always helps, I thought, and put on my swimming wear and walked through the living room and out of the house towards the pool. All eyes seemed to have moved from the TV to me, for some reason.
"Ooooooohh…." Came from the living room. I ignored it and continued to walk. When I reached the pool, I took a deep breath and dived in. The water was perfect. I went underwater again and stayed there. Suddenly, a face emerged. I screamed and swam to the surface once more.
"What…the fuck…….are you doing here?!" I said, breathing hard from the shock.
"Taking a swim, of course." Said a smiling Pein.
"Well, don't scare me like that again…please. And why not with the rest of your 'gang' watching TV?" I had forgotten how shocked I was seeing Pain underwater, and was grumpy once more…
"Because I don't feel like it, and it's not like they're watching anything exciting…hey, what's wrong? You seemed in such a good mood only moments ago…"
"Well," I thought for a moment, "to be entirely honest, it's not really something I want to discuss with someone I barely know."
"Understandable." I saw that Pein was still smiling, but ignored it and went underwater again. I let out all the air in my lungs to be able to lie on the bottom of the pool. I watched the bubbles float up to the surface. I knew I would die without air, but remained where I was, and felt my eyes close and thought, "finally".
The next morning
I thought, actually hoped, that I would be dead by now. But then I started to hear a few voices speaking quietly. I opened my eyes, surprisingly, to find a spotless clean and neat room, and Rena, Itachi and Pein sitting around my bed. I guessed Rena must have cleaned up while I was asleep.
"What happened?" I asked, my eyes hating me, I struggled to keep them open.
"You tried to drown yourself…why?" I heard Pein ask.
Rena looked really worried and Itachi seemed to have recovered from his hangover.
"Oh yeah…I remember. I drowned…" I said smiling.
"Almost." Pein corrected me. "Ashna, tell me…us…why you did it. We can help you."
"No. You can't. Now just fuck off, all of you. Leave me in peace." I actually couldn't believe I had said that. But, strangely enough, I meant it.
"Why? So you can just try and find another way to kill yourself. In your dreams, girl."
"There isn't anything to kill myself with here…wait, is there??" I turned back anxiously to find that Rena was shaking her head. I rolled back to my side with my back to them and said, "Then leave me alone, just…go away." I was very, very surprised to hear the sound of moving chairs – they actually did what I told them to! When I heard the door close again, I rolled back to my other side, just to find Pein still sitting there.
"Will you stop following me?!" I said loudly, I was getting really annoyed with the fact that, everywhere I was, there was Pein. "And why the hell did you "save" me?! I WANTED to die, you moron! Otherwise I wouldn't have tried to drown myself!" I added when I saw that Pein wasn't going to reply. Moments of awkward silence passed, neither of us saying a word.
"I saved you…" Pein said finally, very slowly. It creeped me out, "because I'm in love with you…and because I knew that Rena would not have wished for you to die."
"Well dying is a natural part of life-"
"Not if you kill yourself! It is anything but a natural death if you try and drown yourself!" He was actually shouting at me, he really scared me.
"Firstly, DON'T SHOUT AT ME!! And secondly, it has nothing to do with you whether I kill myself or not, SO DON'T LECTURE ME!!" I was shouting back at him. I wanted to scare him just like he scared me, and so I went on, "I had my reason for not wanting to live! It's my problem if I don't intend to! So stick your perfect little ninja life up your ass!!" I rolled back to the side I was before the argument and closed my eyes, hoping for some peace and maybe, if I'm lucky, for sleep to attack me.
"My perfect little ninja life, eh? Just because I can use a kunai properly doesn't mean that my life is perfect. On the contrary, my life may be harder than yours will ever be!" With these words he jumped up and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind him.
"DON'T FUCKING SLAM MY DOOR LIKE THAT!!!" I screamed after him, but I knew he would no longer be able to hear me. I glanced up and saw that it was 11o'clock, and I closed my eyes again, sleep falling over me.
3 hours later.
I opened my eyes again, the sound of laughter coming from the living room. I sat up straight to find that I was still in my swimwear. I groaned softly and walked over to my cupboard, made a face and just put on a jean and a black spaghetti top. Then I walked to the living room, which was crammed with Akatsuki members and Rena.
"Hey, sleepy head! We're watching The Pacifier, wanna join?" Said Rena cheerfully, apparently she forgot that only hours ago, I swore at her and the other two men to leave me alone. I shook my head and glanced up at the clock, it was already 2o'clock in the afternoon. I looked back at Rena, and saw that she and Itachi were cuddled up together, holding hands and everything.
"Pein…can I talk to you for a second?" I asked. I saw that he looked very grumpy, but stood up and started walking over to me. A loud "ooooooooooooohhh" broke out amongst the Akatsuki members, and I said, "Shut…up." Immediately, silence broke, as every member except Pein had resumed watching the movie. Pein and I walked outside into the garden, where we both sat down on the bench.
"Listen-"I began, but Pein interrupted.
"I'm sorry about earlier. You were right, I have absolutely no right interfering with your life, and I'm sorry I did." He was looking at me with such intensity, but quickly looked away.
"No" I said quickly, "I came to thank you. I'm sorry for going on like that. I was just depressed, and I came to thank you because you taught me something very valuable." He looked at me again with those razor-sharp eyes, and I looked away as I continued, "I was being selfish. A…friend…told me something…shocking…and I wanted to forget it, forever. I couldn't think clearly, and death was the first thing that came into my mind. So thank you again." When I looked back at him, I saw that he was much closer to me now.
"My pleasure." He said, and moved even closer to me.
My heart skipped several beats because of the amazing speed it was going at. I felt my face warm up fast as he held my face with his oh-so perfectly warm hand, and slowly pulled me closer. Finally, our lips touched, his so warm and welcoming. But this simple peck of a kiss was not enough for me, and I opened my mouth to start a proper French kiss. Before I cloud make any further move, his tongue was already in my mouth. I HAD to say that that was the most amazing kiss I had ever received. Even Nicholas couldn't kiss this good.
Several minutes of the perfect kiss passed, when suddenly, the annoying voice of Tobi broke out.
"Ashna-chan!! What are you and Pein-sama doing?! Tobi wanted to tell you that The Paciflier movie was finished, and Rena-chan wanted you and Pein-sama to watch the next movie with us!!"
"That's pacifier, not paciflier. Anyway, fine, we're on our way." I said, very annoyed with this interruption.
"Good!! Tobi will save you a seat, Ashna-chan!" Tobi said and ran up to the house again.
Holding hands, Pein and I followed Tobi to the living room, where we found that Rena had put on what seemed to be an action filled movie, apparently to satisfy the Akatsuki's. Rena's eyes widened at the scene of Pein and me entering.
"What…happened?" She asked with those wide eyes.
All eyes moved from the TV to me and Pein. I could feel myself blush, but before I could say anything, Pein spoke first.
"We're together." He said simply.
"WHAT?!" Shouted the whole room of Akatsuki members, including Rena, and even me.
He looked at me; I guess he was surprised to find me surprised.
"Uhm…the kiss…just now…are we not together?" He was actually looking annoyed now.
I smiled at him. "I guess we are, aren't we?" I looked back at the living room and saw that everyone, especially Rena, was now staring at me as if I was in a mental home. Then I looked back at Pein, he didn't exactly look like the type of guy to explain things, so I said, "I'll explain."
So I told them all about what I had said to him earlier and about the kiss and everything.
I was blushing like hell when I finished, all eyes moving from me to Pein and back to me.
"So…you think you can kiss, huh?" Rena said with a kind of look on her face that showed that she wanted some kind of competition. "Well, I'll show you a kiss." Without hesitation, she grabbed Itachi by the hair and pulled him closer, kissing him. She opened her eyes to look at me, then winked, and started to French kiss him, then took him by the shoulders and pushed him to the ground. Itachi seemed utterly surprised at the scene, but enjoyed it all together, and put his hand on her waist and seemed to be holding her. Suddenly, she put her hands on his shoulders again and pushed him away again; blushing, then said, "Take that."
"Uhm…that looked……….horrible…" said Pein, making a disgusted face, and glanced at me, who also was almost about to puke.
"I know you are but what am I?" asked Rena. I could see where this was going. The eyes of the Akatsuki's were either not moving from shock, or looking at Rena, then at Pein and back to Rena, with the argument of the two continuing.
"Horrible."
"I know you are but what am I?"
"A bitch."
"I know you are but what am I?"
"A complete female asshole."
"I know you are but what am I?"
"Sexy."
"I know you are but…ah fuck you man!"
Everybody laughed except Sasori, who seemed to be enjoying the movie. His facial expressions dropped and a sad expression crept onto his face, and he muttered, "my little brother…"
Everybody stared at him, Rena looked horrified.
"WHAT?! CHUCKY IS YOUR LITTLE FUCKING BROTHER?!" Rena shouted, she muttered under her breath as she seemed to be going mental, "His little brother…complete freak…Chucky…no…"
I couldn't help but giggle at this, and Pein and I took seats on the floor. Everyone resumed watching the movie, while Rena was still muttering under her breath.
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So that was chapter 3!! Sorry it took so long!! Hope the comedy improved, and the grammar and whatever else there is… ^_^
Rena: I still say that my kiss with Itachi was much better than yours with Pein.
Itachi: I cannot disagree…
Me: You're weird…
Rena: We know… *walks over and hugs Itachi*
Pein: I couldn't disagree more…that kiss of yours looked absolutely horrible. At least Ashna kisses better than you.
Rena: Oh just shut up and fuck off!!
Me: You guys scare me sometimes…anywayz…PLEASE R&R!!! ^_^ If you guys review, I'll put youz on the Goody List and you'll get a cookie!! So far only one person has reviewed so far, and that's:
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