Sorry for taking so long! Been busy like crazy with school work and my exams are coming up real soon! So, wish me good luck! Argh, I'm so nervous! You know what to do from this point! Comment with some good or bad (i hope not) feedback!

"What are you going to do today, Hidan?" Thanerah asked casually as she sat down in the table with her breakfast and glass of orange juice. Hidan was sitting the opposite side of her with the same breakfast and orange juice.

He answered her with a small groan as he pierced his cooked sausage, "Odan is really being a pain in the ass. And winter is starting today. Also the competition to find a damn Kryselis is going to begin soon."

Thanerah felt totally lost now as she watched him chewing his sausage calmly. He must have felt her stare because he looked up and arched a curious brow at her. "What?"

She let out a small defeated sigh, "You lost me, Hidan. What competition? And what the hell is a Kryselis?"

"And here I thought Dr. Raze was going to fill you in."

Thanerah slightly frowned as she remembered the old man, "Dr. Raze was more concentrated to find the Spirits than anything else." She grabbed a piece of sausage and whistled towards Thunder who was playing a ball of yarn; seriously he's acting like a cat. "Open wide, Thunder." She threw the sausage in the air and he caught it with his mouth with little effort.

She turned her attention back to Hidan, "Seriously, what competition?"

"The competition is part of the f**king Anniversary, babe. Whoever finds the first Kryselis gets to be honored guests in the Ball; sitting with the high class people and all that shit."

"What about the ones who don't make it?"

"They'll still come but they won't sit in the grand high table as the honored guests."

"Who will be coming?"

"Everyone," he said quite nonchalantly.

Thanerah looked at him queasily, "Everyone…?" she sounded nervous, and that's what Hidan could tell.

He smirked up at her and teased, "Are you f**king nervous, babe?"

"And why aren't you?"

Hidan opened his mouth to answer but he was cut off by her.

"Never mind, forget I ask that question."

He smirked at her quick mistreat and said, "Love, it's going to be fine. But when I say everyone, I mean EVERYONE who is a Jashinist, even the civilians. It's a good thing that there are no more Ukrahs to be worrying about so we can celebrate the Anniversary outside."

"How did you celebrate it before?"

"I got to f**king tell you, it wasn't pretty. Terribly crowded and easily getting crushed by the lot of them. But since there are fewer numbers these days, things will be more spacey than before."

"But isn't winter coming? Don't you think it would be inappropriate to celebrate the Anniversary outside? With the snow and all?"

He softly smirked at her, "Tha, we do this every year and Lord Jashin had made a specific area to celebrate the Anniversary. It's quite huge; huge enough to fit everybody and it's always warm so it's like spring inside but you can still see the snow outside."

"It's an enchanted area?"

"You can say that."

She couldn't help but to feel excited to see the event of the year. That's when she realized something. Hidan and she had been together for a year now. How time flies by so fast, she'll never know. Hidan saw her shocking expression and he immediately got worried.

"Tha, are you seriously okay? Do you need to see a doctor?" he asked as he moved forward, forward enough to lift up from his seat so he could feel her forehead to see if she had any fever.

She slightly rolled her eyes in the air and softly pushed his hand away, "I'm fine, love. Don't worry. I'm just…really surprised that we've been together for a year. Yet it doesn't feel like a year...you know?" She was blushing as she said that while diverting her eyes from him.

He looked at her with a surprised expression as well as he realized how long they have been together. He softly smiled and reached his hand forward so he could cover hers. She went a bit rigid in surprise but when she realized that it was him, she relaxed.

"Tha, many f**king things happened this year. But I'm happy to confess that meeting you was the best part."

She let out a small laugh, "Our first meeting was you sacrificing me while I was in the woods."

He frowned but he held her hand tightly, "If I knew you were going to be the love of my life, I would have taken you with me instead of killing you…" he trailed off as he remembered the first day they met.

Not really a romantic meeting, right?

She let out a small chuckle as she covered his hand with her free one, "Don't look so down, Hidan. Look how it turned out for us. I don't know what my life would be like now if I haven't met you."

She was happy to see that he lifted a small smile and let out a small chuckle himself, "Yeah…I guess you're right about that."

Knock! Knock!

They heard from the front door. They exchanged some curious looks and Hidan asked her, "Did you invite Tagor here while I was taking a f**king shower or something?"

She shook her head. She asked him, "Did you?"

"Now who the f**k would I invite them here? I just want to spend my days with you, Tha."

She smiled at him heartedly, "That's sweet of you, Hidan. But if neither of us invited anyone, then who the hell is that?"

The knocking came again, but this time it was louder. An angry voice was heard from outside, "Hey! Are you going to let me in or what!"

Hidan groaned deeply as they both recognized that voice. He asked Thanerah grouchily, "Does your brother have anything else to do than to f**king disturb us?"

"Nope," she answered him dryly.

Hidan – against his will – pulled his hand away from her and walked towards the front door with a very unpleasant expression. He opened the door and asked Tagor with a sneer, "Now what the f**k do you want now! Don't you have anything else to do!"

Tagor didn't looked surprise at all and simply answered him, "The High Priest wants to discuss with you about the Hunt. Apparently the others are already on their way to the Hunting Grounds."

"Why the f**k does my father want to discuss this kind of shit with me? Can't he discuss this with Wraith or someone else?"

"No," he replied flatly. "Now, get your ass over there. Odan's waiting for you at Wraith's office."

"Why couldn't he call me himself?"

"He did but you wouldn't pick up your damn phone so he called me!" Tagor explained as he crossed his arms on his chest with an annoying expression.

Hidan asked him after telling himself to calm down mentally, "Is that all?"

"Yeah bu-!"

He was cut off when Hidan closed the door. He returned to his seat as Thanerah said to him while looking at the door worriedly, "You didn't have to do that, you know?"

Hidan ate a piece of his egg and replied to her, "I don't really give a f**k about your brother."

"Hey!"

"But it's f**king true!" He defended himself as his mouth was half full.

She let out an exaggerated sigh, "Why can't you and Tagor go well with each other; for my sake at least."

"But I get so f**king angry whenever he disturbs us when we're alone! It's like he doesn't f**king believe that I'm a good husband to you."

Thanerah recalled the conversation she had with Tagor before Hidan came. It made her quiet for a moment in deep thought while Hidan was waiting for her response. He got a little worried so he asked her, "Tha, you okay?"

She shook her head, "It's nothing, Hidan."

He narrowed his eyes at her suspiciously, "Thanerah…Tell me the f**king truth." He said her name as a warning and reminder that he hated when she lied to him.

She softly smirked, *I keep forgetting that he can read me like a book. Bet he can feel my discomfort by our connection…*

Hidan arched a brow and asked "Why do you feel like you have some f**king doubts about our marriage?"

Thanerah looked up at him surprisingly then let out a small laugh, "You got that from our connection, didn't you?"

He smirked and lightly shrugged, "Hey? It's unavoidable." Then he turned his face serious, "Seriously though, what's on your mind?"

"…Before you came back yesterday, Tagor and I had a talk."

"About what?"

"Our marriage; whether I was happy or not." She smiled at him lovingly with the truth in her eyes, "And believe me, I'm really happy."

"Then what's the f**king problem?"

Her smile disappeared and he could see some doubts in her eyes, "You. Are you…happy with me?"

He looked quite surprise that she would ask him with such a silly question. If he was unhappy before he would have begged Lord Jashin to take his life away. He stood up from his seat which made Thanerah to flinch because she worried that he was going to walk away from her.

Instead he walk around the table and kneeled on one knee before her while holding both of her hands. "Tha, look at me."

She hesitated for a moment but finally looked at him in the eyes.

"Thanerah, I love you more than anything in the whole world. And I know you love me, too. There's nothing else that I would prefer to be than being your husband. If you die then I'll gladly follow by your side; whatever the cost."

Thanerah could feel tears threatening to come out of her eyes. She tried her best to fight back the tears as she stared at the love of her life but she was defeated as the tears finally escaped. Hidan brought his hand to her face so he could wipe away the escaped tears with his thumb.

"Tha…"

She let out a shaky sigh as she leaned her face against his warm palm. She smiled at him as the last tear escaped from her eyes, "I'm sorry…I shouldn't have doubted you."

Hidan smirked at her, "Babe, do you trust me?"

"…I trust you with my life."

He leaned up to capture her lips but it was only for a peck. She whined deeply when he pulled away and he chuckled at her pout of disappointment. "Then don't listen to whatever the f**k your brother is saying. He's just jealous of what we have."

"Yeah…He told me that as well. Guess I gone over my head this time."

He glanced at the doorway then look back at Thanerah with a wide grin, "When winters comes I'll give you the time of your life."

Thanerah arched a brow at his mischievous grin and that twinkle in his eyes; he was definitely planning something. She asked him in suspicion with a playful smile, "Hidan, what are you planning?"

He leaned forward once again and pecked her nose. He pulled away with that mischievous grin still on his handsome face, "That's for me to know and you to find out."

She playfully whacked his chest, even though he didn't feel a thing from her weak attack. "That's not helping!" she scolded him but she was laughing.