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Konan sighed quietly. She and Pein had both finished their dinner, but she didn't want to leave Pein's room yet. She'd much rather be safe with Pein than alone and constantly afraid of everything.

"So," she began. "Do we have any upcoming missions planned?" she asked.

Pein shook his head. "Not for you and I. Deidara and Tobi will be leaving on an un-intentional distress mission later tonight, though." Pein stated.

Konan's attention had been caught. "An un-intentional distress mission? Where?" she asked.

Pein grabbed a balled-up piece of paper from his desk. He opened it up, revealing a crinkled map. He pointed to an area just outside of the Land of Rice Patties. "Here's the place." he said.

Konan stared at the details of the map. It was covered in large cliffs and jagged rock. "What's going on there?" she asked.

Pein pointed to one of the cliffs. "A few nin from Amegakure were sent here to destroy a rampaging monster. It's not a demon, so we assumed it would be relatively easy to kill. Apparently, it isn't as weak as we thought." he explained.

"And?" Konan asked.

"They were sent there yesterday, and were supposed to return early this morning. We're assuming that the monster has gotten the best of them."

Konan sighed. This time, it was out loud. "Do you think the nin will survive?" she asked. Usually, monsters weren't as powerful as a fully-trained squad.

Pein sighed. "Well, I can't really say until Deidara and Tobi come back." he said. Pein looked at the clock on the wall. "They should be leaving in a few minutes.

Konan frowned. She picked up a blank sheet of paper from Pein's desk and began to fold it. Her eyes drooped even lower, seeing as how the folding sounds seemed to calm her.

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Pein sat back in his chair, watching as Konan did what she does best. It was most definitely a second nature to her, origami that is. She had always used it as a stress-reliever.

Every moment of the day, he could read her like a book. She wore her "paper heart" on her sleeve. She was usually either sad or apathetic, but she also showed happiness towards some of the other Akatsuki, including Pein himself.

Pein watched as Konan's tiny fingers carefully folded the paper. They were both silent, lost in the peaceful sounds of the origami creation being made. The sound of the other Akatsuki members had been temporarily blocked out by the two.

Pein closed his eyes. Like Konan, he was used to the sounds of an origami orchestra. Whenever they ran out of things to talk about, Konan would pick up a piece of paper and begin to fold it.

When the sound of paper against paper ceased, Pein opened his eyes. He grinned slightly, seeing the creation that sat in Konan's lap. Konan picked it up, handing her work-of-art to him.

It was a bird, a beautiful one too. It had wide-spread wings, and a small beak. It's feet were two perfectly bent triangles.

"It's nothing compared to Deidara's birds," began Konan. "But I still think it's lovely."

Pein grinned, handing the fragile bird back to Konan.

"As do I." he gingerly replied.

Konan wrapped her hands around the bird tenderly. She always treated every one of her pieces like a new-born infant, seeing as how they were made of one of the most fragile things a jutsu could use. She carefully set it on Pein's desk, hoping that he'd think of her when he saw it.

Moments later, a knock came at the door. The knob twisted, the door flew open, and in came Deidara, followed by Tobi. "Oh, uh, are we interrupting something, un?" asked Deidara.

Pein raised a hand as an answer. "Not at all. We were actually just discussing you-two's mission a few minutes ago. Is everything alright?" said Pein.

The two boys shook their heads. "No leader-san. We were just coming here to inform you of our departure, un." explained Deidara.

Pein nodded. "Very well then. I expect you to return no later than late tomorrow night. You are dismissed." said Pein.

The two men nodded. The door handle clicked behind them. Once again, the awkward sound of silence filled the room.

Konan stood up, taking up she and Pein's dinner plates. "I'll go clean up now, assuming that all of the boys have finished. Good night, Pein." she said.

"Good night, Konan." Pein said as the door closed.

When Konan closed the door, she felt a large blush rise to her cheeks. Whenever Pein said "good night" to her, or said "bless you" when she sneezed, Konan felt like she really was receiving a blessing from a god. Because, that's what he was considered to be in Amegakure -God.

She on the other hand, was called an angel. It warmed her heart when people called her that. The feeling of being considered inhumanly glorious, it sounded like a title that was far too great to achieve.

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Konan scrubbed the dishes the way any woman would; with apathy and boredom. She didn't mind doing the cooking and cleaning, because it helped her feel needed. Sure, paper folding was a good stress-reliever, but it didn't get any work done. Whenever origami didn't seem like the right thing to do, Konan would clean her troubles away.

She scrubbed away at the already bleach-clean plate. She was so lost in thought, that she didn't notice the fact that all of the dishes were already sparkling-clean. This type of thing happened to her all of the time.

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Konan sat in her bed, reading a book she'd bought recently. She was wearing a short, black night gown with black shorts underneath. She listened quietly as the rain poored.

She wasn't sure if it was true, but she had a theory. Pein always seemed to let the rain fall when she needed him to. Whenever she was sad, or wasn't feeling well, he would let the rain fall. Perhaps, he did it just for her.

End of chapter quote:

"I wish I could cross my arms,

And cross your mind,

Because I believe,

That you fold your paper heart,

And wear it on your sleeve."

-Brave, Owl City