I do not own Naruto but I DO own the characters Genmaru, Nobuyuki, Yumi, Hareta, Suzuki, Sorami and Meiko
Chapter 8: Confidentials of the Heart
So at 9:00 p.m. they finally reached home.
"Kakuzu," Hidan called.
"Hmm?" Kakuzu replied.
"They followed us. And you forgot to take Sorami-san home."
"No I didn't. Sorami-san lives in this apartment complex."
"She does?"
"Yes."
"Oh…But they still followed us."
"Let's just get out. I'll handle it."
They all got out the car.
"Hareta-san, Suzuki-san," Kakuzu called.
"What?" they asked getting out of their convertible.
"Why'd you follow us?"
"We wanted to know where you lived," Hareta said.
Suddenly, Suzuki's stomach growled.
"You're hungry, aren't you?" Kakuzu asked.
They blushed.
"Well…" Suzuki said quietly.
"You can join us for dinner," Kakuzu said.
"Really?!" they asked.
"Kakuzu?" Hidan said puzzled. "This is quite a change of heart for you, eh?"
"Of course they can," Kakuzu said. "But it'll cost them."
Hidan smiled at the familiarity of his statement.
So they all went inside to have dinner.
They were sitting on the floor in a circle eating Chinese takeout.
"This had better not be bad for Hidan," Sasori whispered to Kakuzu. "You know how…how sensitive his stomach is."
"I know," Kakuzu replied. "Since I'm forcing them to pay me it's not cheap take out."
"Good then."
He looked at Hidan who was sitting next to Kakuzu, slurping up some noodles.
"Because he was seemingly very hungry," Sasori finished.
Suddenly, Hidan leaned towards Kakuzu.
"Kakuzu," he whispered.
"What?" Kakuzu asked.
"I've got a really bad craving for some rice pudding right now…do we have any?"
Kakuzu stared at him for a moment and finally answered, "Hold on."
"Get ready," Sasori whispered to Kakuzu as he walked by.
"What?" Kakuzu asked.
"Seems like he's starting to get cravings. This could be something."
Kakuzu sighed, walked into the kitchen and returned with a bowl of rice pudding and handed it to Hidan.
"So what do you do for a living, Hareta-san?" Genmaru asked.
"We don't," she answered.
"I don't understand what you mean."
"We're in a gang," Suzuki explained.
Everyone in the room was silent for a second and just stared.
"A gang?" Sasori asked.
"Yes," Suzuki replied.
"What made you do that?" Sasori asked.
"I don't know," Suzuki said flatly. "But who cares."
"Were you lonely?" Meiko asked.
"Ooh yeah," Sorami said. "It would be like that Hinaichigo in Rozen Maiden or that girl in that one episode of Aria the Animation."
Everyone paused for a moment again.
"No," Hareta answered.
"Well, what was it then?" Hidan asked eating another spoon of rice pudding. "Everybody's got a reason. Unless you're retarded. If you were, then--"
"If we talk will you shut the freak up?!"
Hidan nodded satisfied, eating yet another spoonful.
"I just got involved with some people after my dad and mom divorced," Hareta confessed. "He started taking out his anger on me so I started hanging out with gangs after I graduated from high-school. I never went to college. Soon after that I met Suzuki-chan."
"I started hanging out with gangs after I left Italy," Suzuki said. "I've wanted to race in Italy all my life so I moved there for a year. When I was rejected, I moved back to Japan. I was just so mad I started making trouble."
She banged the floor.
"Don't break anything or you'll pay for it," Kakuzu ordered sternly.
"Sorry," Suzuki apologized.
"See," Hidan said. "That wasn't so bad. Even if it was kind of melodramatic."
He licked the spoon with his skilled tongue as he would his scythe.
"Wow," Hareta said in half-awe and half-disgust. "You licked that spoon in an…odd way."
"Um, yeah, well…," Hidan stuttered. "It's a habit…of mine."
Kakuzu rolled his eyes.
What an excuse.
"It is," he agreed. " Indeed it is a habit of his."
Everyone just stared inquiringly.
So, after they finished eating all the guest got up to leave.
"Hareta-san, Suzuki-san," Kakuzu called as they were leaving.
"What?" they asked, annoyed.
"If you ever want to blow off some steam, I'll help you out if you want. Here's my number."
He flicked a piece of paper at them.
They both stared at it for a second.
"Here," Hareta said, finally, putting a paper in his hand.
It was her number.
"If you want to call…" she said quietly, blushing slightly.
Kakuzu just smiled under his mask.
"Hareta-san," he said.
"Huh?" she asked.
"You forgot to pay."
"Jerk."
She placed some money in his hand.
"Sorami-san," Sasori said. "If you need us you know where we live. You can walk over anytime."
"Okay," she smiled.
"Kakuzu-san, Hidan-san," Sorami said.
"What?" they both asked at once.
"Can I ask you two a question?"
"I guess," Hidan answered.
"Um, when did you two start dating?"
Everyone had their mouth wide open.
"What?!" Hidan asked in disbelief.
"Well," Sorami said. "I figured you two were like in Loveless*.
"No," Kakuzu said firmly.
"It's okay. Don't deny it."
Then she started going on and on about Loveless's chapters and how she couldn't wait to read the next volume. Then she started describing some…in depth material.
Just then Hidan got a massive nosebleed*.
"Leave." Kakuzu ordered.
"But--" Sorami stuttered.
"Now."
"Okay then, see you!"
Sorami left but everyone else was still standing there.
"Great!" Suzuki finally groaned. "A yaoi fan girl!"
Everyone just stood for a second with their eyes wide open.
Now everyone went to their places and went to bed.
Hidan and Kakuzu had nightmares from Sorami's talking.
A/N: Loveless is a popular yaoi/shounen-ai manga. A nosebleed usually indicates sexual embarrasment.
Hope you enjoyed.
~Katsuki Shizenno