Sugar Sugar
Thanks for the reviews! To Sasukesbiggestfan, thanks for your review. I'm glad you like it. I don't really think Ino's a bitch in the anime, it's just when I started writing this, I needed a bitchy character, and Ino just seemed perfect. I think the reason that I don't feature Itachi quite as much as I could (and thanks for pointing that out! I hadn't realized) is that for some weird reason, I've always liked Deidara, Sasori, Hidan, Pain and Konan more than the others, Itachi included. I'm not sure why. But he is a good character, so I'll try and get him more parts in this chapter.
Hope you like it! :3
After lunch, it was Konan's turn to vacuum. She was kind of excited, because the guys had all gone out food-shopping and whatever else, and for the first time, she had the house completely to herself. Even if she had to vacuum, she could still have fun doing it. She flicked through Deidara's CD collection, stopping when she found one that she recognized: Konan's mix. He must have brought home the cd he'd made using most of her favourite random songs. It had Lily Allen (smile, not fair, and f**k you), Steriogram (walkie talkie man) T-pain (church), Jet (are you gonna be my girl), Black eyed peas (hey mama, don't phunk wit my heart), Goldfrapp (Ooh la la), M.I.A. (paper planes), Deadmau5 (ghosts n stuff), and Vengaboys (Boom boom boom). She grinned, plunked it into the stereo, cranked up the volume, skipped to track 4, and started the vacuum. She began dancing with herself and the vacuum as the fast song started blaring out of the speakers. She used lamps as microphones as she paraded around, vacuuming the carpets and frequently taking breaks to use a mop as an air guitar. Little did she know when they all came in the back door.
Pain and the others grinned as they recognized JET pounding through the house. They dumped the stuff quietly in the kitchen, took out the camera, and moved stealthily towards where the music grew loudest. Pain was the first one into the living room, and he grinned when he saw Konan. She was bent over a broom like a rockstar and a mic, and she was lipsynching as she twirled her hair like in an 80s Twisted Sister music video. Are you gonna be my...GIRRRL! she grabbed the mop and leapt to her knees with a huge air-guitar flourish as the song ended. Next, Hey Mama came on as Itachi was snapping picture after picture. Konan stood up, put away the vacuum (she still hadn't noticed they were there) and turned off the sound. Then she turned, and jumped when she saw them all standing there, grinning, laughing, and obviously having just watched her rock out with a broom. Great.
Happy holidays to you, too.
It was Christmas Eve. They were all gathered in the living room, having just finished watchig Nightmare Before Christmas (after deeming Miracle on 34th street a kid's movie) and eating the christmas cookies that Konan had almost set fire to the oven to make (she had succeeded in burning a wooden spoon, and melting two plastic plates and a cookie cutter in the shape of a tree). They were currently talking about random stuff. Then Konan suggested they play True Confessions or something like that. They all looked at her and asked what that was. "Is it a fucking girl game?" Hidan asked, rolling his purple eyes. Konan frowned. "I don't think so. It's like, everybody in the room has to answer questions truthfully. And when I play, everybody writes down ten questions, folds them up, and puts them in a hat, so there's no pressure. And I also play with punishments if you refuse to answer the question." she said, smiling. "Sounds okay." Itachi said, and Deidara volunteered to get everybody pens and paper. They all spread themselves out, with a pen and paper, and wrote down ten tell-all questions. Konan was writing her fifth one when she suddenly was having second thoughts: she had only ever played this with girls. She knew what to expect from them; When did you get your period? What cups size do you wear? Who do you like? Who have you ever imagined yourself marrying? If you could choose, who would you lose your virginity to? What's the most embarassing moment of your life? Have you kissed a boy on the lips? Have you ever mooned/flashed anybody? Boys might be completely different. Konan rolled her eyes; it was Christmas Eve. YEah! she thought grimly, scribbling down the next 5 questions. Bring it! Bring it on! Hell yeah!
She sat up, tore the paper into ten squares, folded them up, put the pen back on a table, and dropped her clues into a hat. "Hey!" she said, examining the woolen headgear. "This is mine!" "All's fair in love an war, sugar." Sasori said absent-mindedly as he wrote. "That doesn't make any sense, you know." Konan said, plopping herself down on the couch and stretching. "I know..." Konan shook her head; it was no good talking to Sasori when he was doing something.
Finally (it took three more minutes) all the guys were done. They folded up their questions, dumped them in the hat, shook it to shuffle the questions, then sat down in a loose (anybody else would have questioned their geometry prowess) circle, the hat in the middle.
"So...before we start, what are the punishments again?" Itachi asked casually. Konan smiled.
"Don't worry. I wrote some down. They're in my pockets." she said, her hand closing around a crumpled strip of paper as she spoke.
"Well, ladies first..." Pain said, grinning and pointing at the hat. Konan bit her lip as she grinned at him and pulled the hat towards her. She closed her eyes and stuffed her hand into the hat. She grabbed the first one she got a grip on, put the hat down, and unfolded it. Who was your first crush? Konan snorted with laughter as she read it out loud; she had thought that she would be the one asking the normal, girly questions.
"Answer the question, silly." Kisame said, crossing his legs and resting his elbows on his knees. Konan thought.
"Er...is this a realistic crush? Or do...never-gonna-happen-unrequited-one-sided-obsessions count too?" she asked awkwardly, thinking of her Sirius Black rituals. Or, there was that whole Inuyasha-Hiten-Koga-Sesshomaru-Juromaru-Bankotsu-Hakudoshi thing...(please don't ask about that. It was the only anime she ever saw in her whole life, and every guy they introduced, besides Naraku, was better than the last.)...or then there was the half-hour Edward Cullen thing, which was ended swiftly as soon as she realized he was in love with a cow. Then Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd...the list went on and on of her crushes on people who weren't even real.
"Er...sure..." Pain said, grinning. Konan sighed, tried to think of a real boy she'd ever had a crush on...besides Pain...ah...um...er...screw this.
"Okay. My very first never-gonna-happen-unrequited-one-sided-obsession...or unrealistic crush...was on Dipsy, the Telletubby." she said, turning red. She knew that this was an embarassing answer. But she didn't want to do any of the punishments she'd written down. There was a moment of silence. She heard a pin drop (figuratively). Then the room exploded into howls of laughter. Pain had fallen off the sofa. Sasori was banging his fist on the carpet. Deidara had keeled over backwards. Hidan was in fits of hysterical laughter. Kakuzu, Kisame and Itachi were gasping for air as they roared with laughter.
"Yes, yes, very drole." Konan said irritably. "Well who were your first crushes? Mariah Carey? Tom Cruise?" she demanded, and that succeeded in shutting most of them up, as they thought about their very first crushes, which probably were just as embarassing as hers...or so she hoped.
Unfortunately, Pain, Sasori and Deidara were still laughing hysterically. Konan solved the problem by standing up, grabbing the stiffest, most-stuffed pillow, walking over to each of them, and hitting them in the face. (She showed pity to Pain simply because he was wearing all his piercings) She hit him in the chest, and told him to shut up. He finally did, sitting up and crawling back onto the couch, occasionally bursting into quiet fits of laughter as he remembered Konan's very first crush.
"Well? It's somebody else's turn to answer, now that we've all had a good laugh." Konan said, trying to be cold, but failing. That comment sent Pain into yet another fit of uncontrollable laughter. She muffled him with a pillow, and asked to go counter-clockwise, so as to give Pain a chance to compose himself before answering.
"Okay." Sasori said, a huge grin still on his face. "My very first crush was on my cousin." Everybody leaned forwards, eyes wide.
"No!" Konan said, in a soap opera voice.
"That's kind of...weird..." Kisame said, and Sasori shrugged.
"I didn't know she was my cousin, okay?" he said sheepishly, and they laughed.
"Um...I guess my first crush would've been...hmm...Sasori...un..." he said, looking down, his long, dark blonde hair hiding as much of his face as it could. There was a tiny pause, and then- "
AWWWWwwww!"
Konan had seen it coming. She was smiling smugly as Sasori leaned over and grabbed Deidara in a hug. And then she suspected they were kissing...oh dear. She cleared her throat loudly, and (just as loudly) asked Itachi's first crush. He thought about it for a while.
"I guess it would've been...Lavagirl. From that really really bad movie?" he said..
"I remember that!" Konan said excitedly. "It was horrible, wasn't it? And Taylor Lautner was sharkboy..." she said thoughtfully.
Kisame's first crush had been Captain Haddock from Tintin. Hidan's first crush had also sprung from the well of Inuyasha flames that Konan did her best to drown in her memory: Jakotsu, the mercenary, Bankotsu's best friend. He dressed as a girl, had a girl voice actor, and loved Inuyasha. His favourite thing to do was cut up hot guys. Konan vaguely remembered skipping ten episodes in Inuyasha, and seeing Jakotsu for the first time.
She had thought that she was a random new girl character, and she had shouted at her tv; "INUYASHA DOESN'T LOVE YOU, YOU HAG!" Of course, those had been the good old days when she had liked Inuyasha...His brutal murder of her ultimate favourite character had ruined that relationship, however... Kakuzu's first crush had been on Hidan ("Aw! Hey! I knew it! You really do like me, don't you, 'Kuzu?" "Shut up, Hidan!"), and Pain's (he had finally regained control of himself) first crush had been on Sailor Jupiter. Konan snorted with laughter.
"Hey, it's better than Dipsy, okay?" he said, and that shut her up.
Pain grabbed a question from the hat next. Have you ever had an obsession? Konan's stomach dropped; she had once been dragged (quite literally) to see a counsellor about her obsessive habits. She had managed to control them since arriving at the school, since she had purposefully left her DVDs and things at home, and their weren't any TVs there anyways, but there was always a moment when she would miss them a little... Pain grinned.
"Piercings. That was easy."
"Indianna Jones movies." Kakuzu said.
"Horror movies." Hidan said.
"Sharks." Kisame said, and Konan smiled; he kind of looked like one.
"I wouldn't call it an obsession...but I could say my hair." Itachi said, and Konan nodded slowly; she had heard about that whole growing-out thing. Deidara had freed himself from Sasori by this time, and answered that he had an obsession with explosions. Sasori said he was obsessed with puppets, and dolls, and that kind of art. It was Konan's turn. She blushed in advance, and she heard Hidan whisper; "This is gonna be good."
She took a deep breath.
"Well, I wasn't exactly obsessed, and I don't really still like him any more...I guess it's kind of a complicated obsession..." she stalled.
"Hurry up, or we'll be here all night!" Sasori said, and she sighed.
"I had to see a counsellor because of my obsession of Bankotsu, leader of the Band of Seven from Inuyasha. I loved him so much. I screamed and shook my tv and threw pillows at it and cried when Inuyasha killed him. I mean, come on!" she said angrily, falling into the long, and well-practised lament she'd perfected years ago.
"Seriously? Bankotsu could not have died like that! In the anime, at least they gave him a somewhat good ending! In the manga! He was just cut in half when he lost all his extra jewel shards! That is impossible! And Jakotsu didn't even have a proper death either! In his entrance into the anime, Inuyasha (that bastard) was all upset because his Wind Scar was being disrupted by the aura or something around Jakotsu's sword! So WHY WAS HE ABLE TO KILL JAKOTSU WITH A WIND SCAR!" she demanded hotly, having stood up in her passion and irritation. Hidan was nodding in agreement.
"So, anyways, Bankotsu was voiced by Matt Hill. I used to watch Ranma 1/2, and then I quit when Ranma's english voice actor was switched for the guy who does Inuyasha (and naturally I couldn't listen to that murderer.) But I watched an episode when this guy called Pantyhose Taro (don't laugh at the name) came in. Because he was voiced by MATT HILL! And so was that flying teddy thing in Card captor! (I only watched the first episode of that, because I didn't really like the plot.) And Matt Hill also does the voice of Finn in Stormhawks!" she said breathlessly, suddenly noticing that she had her hands victoriously up in the air.
"I mean...not that I...uh...like him or anything...But you know what? Matt Hill didn't go to those Inuyasha voice-actor conventions that people put on youtube! I mean, he SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE! And Bankotsu was voted number 1 sexiest bad guy EVER on Inuyasha! And in the movie four, two of the four war gods or whatever they were, were DEFINATELY based off of Bankotsu and Suikotsu's designs! They were! Bankotsu's name, I think in real translation, means Barbarian bone, but I heard it also mean reckless courage! I can't quite remember the others, but I know Jakotsu's means Snake bone. They have these markings on their faces, too, and Bankotu's means Youth, because he's the youngest (and strongest) of the Band of Seven. He's only seventeen! He's also the shortest, probably only 5ft5'' or something, but nevermind! He has this HUGE halberd, Banryu, which he carries with one hand, although it takes three strong men just to pick it up! Jakotsu's signs mean Death, Suikotsu's mean..er...I can't remember, damnit! Renkotsu's (he's that BASTARD-ASSHOLE who actually killed Jakotsu! Luckily Bankotus killed him in revenge, but still...:) mean deception, Mukotsu's mean poison, Ginkotsu's mean machine, and I can't really remember what Kyokotsu's mean...but nevermind. And you know what else?" she demanded hotly.
"What?" they all asked, as an obediant audience should.
"Inuyasha took credit for killing the rest of the Band of Seven! He actually had the audacity to pretend he'd killed the rest of Bankotsu's 'brothers' (that's what they called each other, even if they're not related). He hadn't even killed one! He mostly killed Ginkotsu, but then Renkotsu made him into a tank (don't ask, it's weird), so he didn't die. He mostly killed Jakotsu, but then Renkotsu came and finished him off (DAMN HIM!). Sesshomaru killed Mukotsu, Koga killed Kyokotsu, and forced Ginkotsu to self-destruct. The only one he killed was BANKOTSU (Waaaaaahhhh)! Sheesh! And you know what else?"
"What?" they chorused as she began jumping up and down on the couch in her frenzy.
"Bankotsu shouldn't have died! He really really really shouldn't! Because he was totally going to fry Inuyasha's sorry doggy ass to a crisp with this huge power thingy, but because Inuyasha had his girly little BACKLASH WAVE (DAMNHIM!DAMNDAMNDAMNHIM!) he sent it back! YAAARGH!" she screamed, a little hysterically.
"And then guess what?"
"What?" they asked, looking slightly alarmed by her demented expression.
"When Naraku traps Inuyasha in his intestines (that was weird...and a little disturbing) Rumiko Takahashi had the nerve to torture me FURTHER by bringing back Bankotsu's body! Well, okay, it was only the top half (he was cut in two...sobsobsobs...), and he wasn't really alive, but STILL! And then they KILLED him- AGAIN! YAAAAGH! So he turned to bone and dust...and what does Inuyasha do? He uses Bankotsu, my poor, awesome, sexy Bankotsu as an example of PURE EVIL! AAAARGHHHHH! And before he died, I think it was in episode 112, the one after he comes in, Kagome shoots his arm with an arrow (so it turns to bone) and calls him a COWARD! HOW DARE SHE! That airhead probably couldn't think of a proper insult, but SERIOUSLY!" Konan howled, shaking her fist at the ceiling. She looked down, gasping for air, and saw Pain tugging on her skirt.
"Um...maybe you should calm down a little now..." he said awkwardly, and Konan froze.
She was standing on the couch, fist raised, a crazed expression on her face, and her friends were all staring at her. She coughed, embarassed, and blushed.
"I'm sorry...this wasn't supposed to happen any more..." she said, sitting down quickly, and wrapping her arms around herself, repeating the silent mantra the psychiatrist had given her; "Live my own life. It's not real. It is unimportant."
There was a long silence. Konan was blushing furiously, and her arms and legs were crossed so tightly it looked like it would take a while for her to unwravel herself.
"Soo...next question?" Pain said, and Konan snorted with laughter, mostly just laughing at herself. It's lucky they already know I'm a freak, or they could be running for the hills right now.
The next question was What is your guilty pleasure Disney movie?
"Aristocats." Pain announced automatically.
"Lay some skin on me, Scat cat." Sasori immitated, and Pain slapped his hand, grinning.
"Little mermaid." Kisame said, looking sheepish.
"Pinnochio." Sasori said.
"Ooo, a classic." Konan said teasingly, and he smirked at her.
"Lady and the Tramp." Hidan said, and there were a few stifled giggles (mostly out of Konan).
"Mulan." Itachi said, and Konan nodded: Mulan was a very good movie, although she'd only ever seen it in french.
"Aladdin" Deidara said, to general agreement.
"Beauty and the Beast." was Konan's automatic answer: she knew all the words to it. She reached into the hat and grabbed another question.
"What is one secret that you've never told anybody?" Konan read, then frowned.
"Well, that's silly. Even if you've never told anybody, you're just going to tell us now. So the don't tell anybody about this ever thing is ruined." she said. Pain shrugged.
"Well, it could be something about yourself that you've just never found important enough to tell anybody. Like, I don't know, the name of your first stuffed animal. What you'd like to name your second kid. Or what song gets stuck in your head most frequently." Konan nodded.
"Okay then. Who wants to go first?" she asked.
"I guess I could." Sasori said with a yawn. "A secret I've never told anybody ever...hmm. My grandfather didn't really die of cancer. His tea was poisoned." he said, and it was another sitcom moment: everybody scooted forwards, leaning in with a big gasp and a lot of "No!"s. Sasori nodded, and looked at Deidara, leaving the conversation there. Deidara played absent-mindedly with his dark blonde hair as he spoke.
"Ino's my second cousin." he said, and there was a collective gasp, and Hidan said 'No wonder you never fucking told...' in a low voice.
Itachi spoke next: "I used to have Peladophobia." he said.
"What's that?" Kakuzu asked. Itachi looked slightly embarassed: "Fear of bald people." There was a general shout of laughter.
Kisame's secret was that he used to put his father's hand in water when he was asleep, so he'd wet the bed, then move the cup so nobody would know. Kakuzu's secret was that he would hang his sister's barbies from the roof, then tell her that the King of the squirrels must have done it.
"A secret I've never told anybody." Pain said thoughtfully. "I guess I've never told anybody that I used to be scared of piercing guns." he said, grinning.
"Seriously? But you-" Konan began, pointing at his pierced-up ear. He laughed.
"Yeah, I got over it pretty quickly. I think I wanted the piercings more than I was scared of the gun." he said, and she laughed. "So, what's your secret?" Sasori asked, and Konan rolled her eyes.
"That one's easy. I used to be obsessed with Inuyasha. More specifically, Bankotsu. I never told anybody except you." she said. ]
"Yeah, but you've already practically told us that, Konan-bitch. So it doesn't count." Hidan pointed out, grinning.
"He's right." Itachi said, and Konan frowned.
"Oh. That sucks. Okay then...When I was eight, I really wanted to name my kid 'Armpit'." she admitted, and everybody laughed.
"Armpit? Poor kid, un!" Deidara said, grinning, and Konan sighed.
"I know. I was shocked, though, when my father said that it was a horrible name. I thought it was beautiful, at the time..." she said, suddenly realizing that she had been a very very strange child. And she probably hadn't changed too much.
"Next question!" Itachi said, grabbing a piece of paper. They went through Have you ever peed in a pool?, Have you ever been skinny dipping?, How many people have you kissed, on the cheek/mouth?, What are your worst/ most embarassing habits? What is something you do when nobody's looking?, Have you ever walked in on somebody changing?, and What is the first thing you'd do if you were invisible for a day?, along with dozens of others.
There were some pretty funny answers, too. Konan and Itachi were the only ones who had ever peed in a pool, Deidara, Kisame and Sasori had all been skinny dipping, Konan had only ever kissed two people on the cheek, and only one on the mouth (coincidentally, she was sitting next to him), whereas Sasori spent five minutes counting, while Deidara looked more and more irritated.
Pain's worst habit was spitting on people from balconies, Kakuzu's was kicking people in the butt when they bend over, and Hidan's was making barfing sounds behind people during romantic movie moments. When nobody's looking, Deidara tries out various hairstyles, Itachi does yoga, Kisame watches Desperate Housewives, Kakuzu plays cards with his stuffed cow, Hidan watches Hetalia World Tour, Pain cuts his toenails, Sasori reads Confessions of a Shopaholic, and Konan said that she argues with herself.
"But you do that out loud, too." Pain said teasingly, and she shook her head.
"It's not on purpose." she said, and he laughed. Deidara had walked in on Sasori, Hidan, Pain and Itachi while they were changing (and had walked in on Konan in the shower). Sasori had only walked in on Pain, and Konan had only walked in on Deidara. Itachi and Kisame had never walked in on anybody, and Hidan had walked in on Pain and somebody at a swimming pool. Kakuzu had walked in on Sasori and Pain.
"Do you change with the door open, or something?" Konan asked Pain, and he shook his head, laughing.
"No...Maybe I'm just too hot to resist." he said, and the guys laughed.
"I know somebody who thinks so..." Sasori said suggestively, looking at Konan, who looked at her big toe, hoping she wasn't blushing. But naturally, she was.
The first thing Konan would do if she was invisible for a day would be to go around the school, pantsing everybody she knew. Everyone liked her idea so much, that they all agreed, except Deidara, who admitted that if he woke up one day and found he was invisble, the first thing he would do would be to panic.
Deidara pulled out the last bit of paper out of the hat, and read it, grinning.
"What would you do to the person on your left for a Klondike bar?" he asked, and they grinned. Itachi went first: he was sitting to the right of Hidan.
"I would give Hidan a foot massage every day for a month." he said, and Hidan laughed. Next Hidan went.
"I'd lick Kisame's fucking armpits after gym." Kisame said he'd carry Kakuzu to all his classes for a week.
"For a Klondike bar...I would buy Konan tampons. But only if I was wearing a disguise, and it was never mentioned ever ever ever again." Kakuzu said, and the boys all laughed. Konan felt slightly...odd at the thought of a boy buying her tampons. That's kind of a gross thought, somehow. It was her turn. She glanced to her left, momentarily forgetting that she was sitting next to Pain.
"Okay. For a Klondike bar...and it had better be a good Klondike bar..." she began, thinking. She loved Klondike bars.
"I would...remove all of Pain's earrings...and other piercings...while singing Achy breaky heart." she said, deciding that she could do that...maybe. Pain laughed.
"Sure. Okay, for a Klondike bar, I would give ten cents to every single person Sasori's ever flirted with." he said, and there was a collective gasp.
"W-o-w. That's some Klondike dedication." Kisame said.
"Imagine what's he'd do for 7up!" Konan said, and they laughed. It was Sasori's turn.
"I would write a sonnet about Deidara and write it all over him with purple ink." Sasori said, and Deidara smirked, rolling his eyes.
"Okay. For a Klondike bar, I would floss Itachi's teeth, un." he said, and Itachi laughed.
They all began playing Monopoly soon after that, with Kakuzu taking an early lead.
"It's Christmas Eve!" Konan said.
"Yes. It's Christmas Eve." Itachi said, looking at her like you already knew that this morning, silly.
"Yeah! So we should put up stockings and sing and stuff!" she said.
They were sitting on the stairs with Kisame while the others finished the Monopoly game. Konan had lost after only making it around to GO four times. Itachi had gone bankrupt a while after, from buying too much property and not being able to afford taxes, and Kisame had given up after morgaging all his property trying to pay Sasori after landing on Boardwalk. Kisame thought about it.
"Well, I guess so. We put up the tree yesterday, so I guess stockings should go up next. And if you can get Hidan and Kakuzu to sing, I'll pay you ten dollars." he said, Itachi nodding, and she grinned.
"Deal."
As everybody was putting up socks over the fireplace (Konan put up a pair of tights. "'the hell? You think you're gonna get, like, a puppy in there?") Konan sidled over to Hidan and Kakuzu.
"Hey!" she said cheerily.
"What's up?" Hidan asked as he nailed his stocking to the wall.
"Oh...I was just wondering if you two wanted five dollars." she said, and they looked at her.
"Why?" Kakuzu asked suspiciously, but intruigued at the mention of money. Konan bit back a grin.
"Well...Itachi didn't think you two would want to sing Christmas carols. But I'll pay you to prove him wrong." she said innocently. Hidan snorted.
"Hell no, I'm not singing. But..." he glanced at Kakuzu, who smirked. "...if you can get Deidara to go Drag and flirt with Sasori, pretending to be a girl, then we'll do it." Konan frowned.
"Why do you want him to do that?" she asked, and Kakuzu shrugged.
"For fun. Besides, Sasori always said that Dei would be a hot girl. Hidan just wants to get a picture of Sasori's face when he finds out it's really Deidara." Konan laughed.
"Okay fine. I'll try." She went over to Deidara.
"Hi Deidara." she said with a winning smile (it probably looked more like a smirk, but whatever.)
"Hey. What's up, un?" he asked, and she shrugged (why does everybody ask that?). She sat down next to him.
"I was just wondering if you could do me a tiny favor..." she said, beginning to realize that she wasn't gonna get anything out of this. She had already promised the ten dollars from Itachi to Kakuzu and Hidan. But whatever, this is fun.
"Uh, sure. What is it, un?" he asked, sitting cross-legged on the couch. She sat down next to him.
"Well, I'm trying to get Hidan and Kakuzu to sing," she began, and was interrupted by Deidara, who laughed.
"Seriously? Wow, good luck, un." he said, and she sighed, smiling.
"Yeah, I know. But see, they'll only sing if you do something." Deidara looked wary.
"What...?" Konan was really trying not to laugh as she answered.
"They want you...okay, you know how we're going outside soon?" Deidara nodded. "Well, they'll only sing if you dress as a hot girl and flirt with Sasori." she blurted. He looked stunned. And the he raised his eyebrow.
"What's in it for me, un?" he asked, and Konan looked blank.
"Uh...you'll get to hear Hidan and Kakuzu sing?" she asked hopefully, and he laughed.
"No. I'll only do it...(and if anybody takes a picture, I'll kill them...)...if you can get my man Sasori to go toboganning in nothing but a skirt, and you get it on video, un." he said, grinning, and Konan laughed.
"I'll try. If I do, you promise to do the...thing?" she asked, just as Sasori walked past on his way to the kitchen. Deidara agreed, and Konan followed Sasori. They were (luckily) the only ones there. Sasori turned to look at her, grinning.
"Hey there, Konan-babe! What's up?" (third time? Geez!) She sat on the table, swinging her legs as she answered.
"Well, I need you to do me a favor." she said, and Sasori turned and leaned against the counter, smirking.
"What d'you mean?" he asked, and she sighed.
"If I promise you that something really good and funny will happen if you do it, would you go tobogganing wearing only a skirt?" she asked in a rush, and he blinked.
"What? No way!" he said, and Konan's shoulders slumped; she knew this would happen. He looked at her oddly. "Why do you want me to anyways? You should ask Pain, it's really something he should be doing..." he said, smirking at her. She rolled her eyes.
"No. It has to be you. And if you do it...well, it's a secret, but Deidara will do something...er...interesting. But only if you do what I say." she said, and she saw Sasori's interest heighten.
"What kind of 'interesting'?" he asked, tossing her an apple, which she caught gratefully and bit into. She considered how to answer without giving it away: there would really be no point to Hidan's picture-taking if Sasori knew what was gonna happen.
"Well...let's just say that depending on your opinion of it, it could be really...er...sexy-in-a-kind-of-weird-and-perverted-way...?" she said, sweat-dropping slightly when he laughed.
"Okay. So long as you're right about that, and Dei-baby's gonna be se-e-e-e-ex-y-y-y-yy-yyyy...then sure. I'll do it." he said, punching her shoulder lightly, and she beamed at him: he was the first one she'd talked to who hadn't wanted something in return...and yet, she had spoken too soon. "Okay, I'll only do it if it's as awesome and sexy as you say, and if you get Pain to ask you to marry him on film. Only then will I wear a skirt." he said with a wave of his hand and a snort as he exited the room, leaving Konan slumped on the floor (she had slipped off of the table in shock and despair).
Pain found her sitting cross-legged under the kitchen table not too long after, and he sat down in front of her, making her laugh; his tall frame wasn't made for crouching under tables. Konan herself, was no dainty little nymph, so she wasn't in a world of comfort, her back against a chair leg, table legs digging into her knees.
"Hey. Are you waiting for an earthquake or something?" he asked, and she grinned.
"Well...I guess that I am dreading a disaster...so yes. Something like that." she said, and he laughed, giving up on trying to cross his legs and just lying on his front before her.
"What kind of disaster? You didn't forget to get somebody a present, did you?" he asked in mock-horror. She shook her head with a laugh.
"No. I made this bet with Itachi and Kisame..." she began, and he shook his head.
"Oh dear. That sucks for you. What do you have to do?" he asked, and Konan had a funny feeling that a similar thing had happened to Pain before. She sighed.
"Okay. Itachi and Kisame were going to give me ten dollars if I got Kakuzu and Hidan to sing Christmas carols. So I promised them the ten dollars if they did, and they said that they would only do it if they got the money and if I got Deidara to go Drag while we are out shopping, and go up and flirt with Sasori before revealing that it's really him. So Deidara said he'd do it if I got Sasori to go toboganning in only a skirt, and get it on film. So he said he'd only do it if what Deidara was gonna do was really as awesome and sexy as I said it probably-might be. But he also only agreed to do it if I got you to-" she broke off, blushing and looking down at her feet.
Really, it wasn't such a big deal. He could just...say it...and not...mean it...and it would all be okay.
"What are you supposed to get me to do?" Pain asked, amused. Konan blushed redder, and it got darker as she tried not to.
"You're so cute when you do that." Pain sighed, resting his head on his hands and grinning. Konan sighed and looked at him. The Something stared back at her from deep his eyes. So what if SEXY-PAIN is...sexy. That doesn't mean that he won't do me this tiny favor. I mean, it's not like he's gotta really mean what he'll say, right? So...what's the problem? ASK!
Konan blurted it out; "He wants you to ask me to marry you on cameraaaaaa...!" she said, breaking through her thin-as-tinfoil confidence at the end and bursting into a miserable whine. Pain stared at her, flabbergasted for at least ten seconds. And then he laughed loudly. Konan wasn't sure if this was a good thing or a bad bit her lip, looking at her knees, until Pain suddenly grabbed her arms, yanking her forwards. She toppled over into a hug, and he kissed her quickly, before grinning.
"Sure I'll do it! After all, it would be really fun to see Deidara dressed as a girl...do you think he'll look like Ino-bitch?" he asked thoughtfully. Konan snorted, getting over her huge shock at Pain's reaction to her strange request at last.
"I hope not. I'd never be able to look at him with a straight face again!" she said, scooting out from under the table and helping Pain extract himself from his similar situation.
Konan took a deep breath; this was getting to be much, much, much more complicated than it was worth! And what the hell do I get out of doing this, huh? A few laughs? Trauma of worrying about what I'm gonna think when Pain asks me to freaking MARRY him just as a JOKE? YAAAAAAAA-A-A-A-A-Aghhh! Why do I have to spend my lovely, long, nice Christmas holidays like this? Wa-a-a-aA-a-A-A-A-A-a-AAAahhhh...Boohoohoo...waaaa...sobsobsob...waaaa. And so on and so forth: these were Konan's varying thoughts as she paced the living room, waiting for the others to come down so they could go shopping.
"Okay. Well, Deidara fell asleep, and he won't wake up. Believe us, we've tried. So we'll just go without him, I guess." Itachi said as he came down the stairs. Konan looked up, trying to look surprised by this (Itachi wasn't supposed to know that Deidara would be doing his...unfortunate task.) As Itachi passed, he paused and muttered something to her, a smirk on his pretty face.
"So...do you want that ten dollars or not?" Konan rolled her eyes.
"Trust me. I'm getting it...kind of..." She trailed off at the end, remembering that she really didn't benefit at all from this whole thing. As they all pulled on their coats and boots, Konan was counting silently in her head; Five...four...three...two...o-
"Wait! We should sing some fucking carols first, right, 'kuzu?" Hidan said loudly, only then skidding into view, Kakuzu right behind him. They all turned and stared: they were both wearing Christmas hats and jingle bells around their wrists. Behind her, she felt Pain silently raise the camera.
"Hit it!" Kakuzu said charismatically, and Hidan flicked a button on the stereo. Brief silence...and then...
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer! (Reindeer!) Had a very shiny nose, and if you ever saw it, (saw it,) you would even say it glows (Like a flashlight!). All of the other reindeer, (reindeer)...
It had to be the oddest thing Konan had ever seen; Hidan and Kakuzu (who if you knew them, would never ever in a million years do this,) belting out Rudolph, with musical accompaniement, wearing festive hats and bracelets, as they 'sang' one of the more popular children's Christmas songs. She looked around, grinning, as Itachi and Kisame both placed five dollars into her hands.
"How'd you do it?" Kisame asked, amazed. Konan smirked, and tapped her nose conspiritorially.
"Well...I'm just that good..." she said, and Pain laughed, having heard, and wrapped her up in a hug.
"Did you get any good pictures?" she asked teasingly, seeing the big black camera in his hand.
"Yup. I love getting memories like these on film." he sighed as they all turned and trooped out of the house, Hidan and Kakuzu pausing only to stop the CD, get their money from Konan, and to take off their hats and bells.
"It's really too bad Dei-babe didn't come," Sasori sighed, and Konan hid her grin behind her gloved hand. "This really would have been funner if he had..." he continued as they passed yet another cafe. They were just coming up to South street, when they paused; a very interesting character had just turned the corner. Sasori, who wasn't looking, almost dropped his shopping when he did look up. Konan could almost hear that music from Confessions of a Shopaholic, when Alicia comes in; Bad Girl by the pussycat dolls, incidentally.
Long, curved legs were half-covered by (what Konan knew was hers, along with everything else they were wearing) sheer fish-net patterened stockings, ending in black, ruffled high-heeled boots. They were wearing Konan's black ruffled dress (to hide their lack of feminine...er...curves..?) under her pale grey peacoat, which was left inticingly open. (Konan had the oddest idea that she was the only one who recognized these clothes as being hers. Go figure.) They were carrying a large, black leather bag (also Konans...okay, screw this, it's all hers.) which was slung casually over their shoulder. Their long, dark-blonde hair was windswept and flowing, covering the left eye nonetheless.
Sasori had frozen in his tracks. He was staring at the newcomer as if they were some kind of weird, wonderful hallucination. Konan heard the familiar click of the camera from behind her, and the new 'girl' scowled slightly: Deidara had not wanted any pictures of this most embarassing moment. Deidara walked up to them, swaying slightly in the high-heels (walking in them through snow was impressive nonetheless, for a guy).
"Hey, Sasori my man. What's up, un?" he asked, obviously trying to be flirtatious, but failing as he tried not to laugh. Sasori looked only slightly less shocked. Or slightly more. It was awfully hard to tell, because they were all behind him, unable to see his face. (Which, incidentally, was covered in shock) It was quite a while before he composed himself enough to speak.
"W...What are you doing?" he asked, completely flabbergasted. Deidara looked very embarassed.
"I...I don't know...un..." Deidara fidgeted, after looking at Konan, who shook her head; he musn't tell why. Sasori shook his head, walking around Deidara (who was now taller than him, instead of being the same height) and shaking his head again now and then, looking absolutly amazed and weirded out.
"Well," he said finally (it took so long for him to speak again, that Kisame, Kakuzu and Hidan had ditched to get coffee) "you look very...sexy." he said, and the others laughed while Deidara scowled.
"Right. Thanks. Are you done shopping yet? I seriously can't walk around like this any more. These shoes are killing me, un." he said, and Konan howled with laughter.
She had lost the ability to walk she was laughing so hard, so Pain piggybacked her to the nearby cafe where they would meet the others. Sasori was now walking with Deidara. He kept glancing sideways up at him. When Deidara asked him if he had developed a twitch, Sasori laughed.
"No. I just can't get used to how...tall you are in those!"
Pain laughed loudly (Konan was still laughing into the back of his coat) and Deidara condescendingally patted Sasori on the head, making him laugh as well. They were almost at the cafe when a group of early celebraters (it was only 5pm) spotted Deidara from across the street. (Naturally Konan didn't count; she was being piggybacked, laughing hysterically, and wasn't looking anyways.)
"Oy! Gorgeous! Wanna come an' have a pint?" One shouted loudly, and the others laughed when Deidara didn't look around. They resorted to whistling. Deidara didn't even realize who they were whistling at, but Sasori did. He snarled, glowering at the men across the street. He began walking angrily towards them, but Deidara grabbed the back of his coat and pulled him into the cafe.
When they all got home (and after Deidara had been whistled at a few more times, and Sasori had been equally restrained) after shopping and drinking coffee and hot chocolate, it was time for Sasori's Great Event. (This is how they would refer to it every time it was brought up) At exactly 6:30 pm, Christmas Eve, in Konan's fifth year at school, her sixteenth year of living, she stood outside at the bottom of a large snow-covered hill with a camera, waiting for one of her closest friends to toboggan down wearing only her least favourite purple skirt.
"Okay! I'm going now, Konan-babe!" she heard Sasori yell from the top of the hill. She heard the jeers and cheers of the others, and then she saw him zooming down from the top. She turned on the camera, and waited. He picked up speed, clutching the toboggan as he zipped down the snowy hillside, the back of the skirt flying as he raced down.
Konan took one of him coming, his face shocked from his speed, one of him horizontal to her, the snow flying as he went, and one of him going past one was her favourite, and the one that made her turn scarlet when she took it; the ripply purple skirt was billowing up behind him. I hope there aren't any werewolves around here, because there's a full MOON tonight! Lol...(she often makes bad jokes in her head as an effort to make her less embarassed about things) Sasori's butt winked at her as he flew down the hill.
"AAaaack! Konan! How the HELL do I stop this thii-i-i-iiiii-i-iinggg...!" he asked as he zoomed towards the forest. Konan ran after him, losing her balance from laughing, the camera clutched in her gloved hand. Sasori was shooting like a bullet towards the trees as Konan thundered after him. She could hear the others laughing and running after as well.
"JUMP OFF NOW!" she hollered, and she watched through the camera lens as Sasori leaped through the air (she got a picture of that) and landed in a snowdrift as his toboggan crashed into a tree. Konan rushed towards him and heaved him out of the snow after making him swear that his skirt was covering his...er...soldier of love, as he had put it one night when drunk. She pulled him up and handed him the long trenchcoat she'd been carrying. He put it on, shivering and swearing in a low voice as they walked up to the others, who were meandering their way down to meet them.
"I really...feel like a...brr...flasher in this..." Sasori said, his teeth chattering, as he trudged alongside her through the deep snow. Konan laughed.
"You really do. But then, knowing your history, you probably have already flashed dozens of people whose lives just wouldn't be complete without a glimpse of your...er...perfection." she said sarcastically, and he winked at her flirtatiously.
"You know it!" he said, and she swatted him with her hand, making him laugh.
Finally they all made it inside. Deidara had long before changed out of what he called the 'Never-again-to-be-worn-outfit-of-terror-and-extreme-discomfort-un' outfit, and was now looking much more comfortable (not to mention manly) in semi-tightish black jeans and a loose dark blue V-neck with his usual fishnet tank underneath.
Konan was breathing a sigh of relief as Sasori got everybody a glass of cider. But her hopes were dashed when he returned and began handing them out; when he gave her hers, he bent low, winked, and murmured, "Don't forget your part, sexy girl. If you don't get Pain to do it, you are going to be very, very sorry on Boxing day." he said teasingly, but Konan knew him to be dead serious.
She nodded with a sigh. He continued on, passing out drinks until everybody had one, upon which he slumped down next to Deidara, pulling him against himself and leaning against the couch with a loud yawn. Konan, who was leaning similarly against Pain, looked up at him doubtfully, and gave him a tiny poke. He looked down at her, raising an eyebrow questioningly. She nodded at the unspoken question: now...? She sat up as Pain got off the couch and cleared his throat loudly. The others all paused in their various conversations, looking at him. He looked very solemn as he spoke.
"Gentlemen...and Hidan," he said jokingly, and Hidan scoffed. "I have a special announcement to make." he said, and they swivelled around, muttering slightly as they did so. Konan was surprised, and kind of scared; she had thought that he was quickly just gonna do it in a quiet room with just them, the camera, and the elephant in the room. But no.
Pain took her hand and pulled her up. She stood, awkwardly. He grinned at her, and she couldn't help but smile back; his smiles were just as contagious as his laughter. She heard her weird mantra run through her head; I...Love...You... It was odd how those three words seemed to softly whisper in her mind, like a gentle breeze through long grass, whenever she saw The Something in his eyes. And she saw it practically every time she looked at him when he smiled. He got down on one knee, still holding her hand.
There was a huge audible gasp.
And then she heard a loud, synchronized shuffle as everybody scooted forwards, watching like it was The tragic saga of Pain and Konan, Season finale.
Konan felt a blush creeping over her cheeks. She concentrated on unhappy thoughts; dead puppies, brutally slashed new clothes, persecuted innocents, the Hunchback of Notre Dame...it wasn't working. She was blushing like a tomato as Pain looked up at her, the ghost of an amused smile playing on his handsome, pierced face.
"Konan?" he asked quietly, and she couldn't find her voice. It was odd how she was acting as if he was serious, like he was seriously asking her to marry him.
"Yes?" she squeaked finally. He honestly looked like he was trying not to laugh. She could feel everyone's eyes glued to her and Pain, but she didn't dare look, for fear of cracking a rib from laughter.
"Will you marry me?" he asked simply, and there was a huge gasp and a soap-opera Oh! as they all drew breath as one.
Konan felt shaky at the knees. She swayed slightly before regaining her balance, and repeating the mantra she had purposefully gotten into her head whenever she felt like doing silly things: I am calm. I am silent. I am cold. I am snow. I am calm. I am silent. I am cold... She took a deep breath and looked at him. Wait...was she supposed to say yes? Or no?
She was beginning to panick inwardly now. If she said yes, then he might go ooo...she's really serious in a creepy way. I'd better dump her, but if she said no, then he might go ooo...she's totally not serious about me...I'd better dump her... and if she said maybe, then he might go ooo...she's totally indescisive...I'd better dump her... She mentally slapped herself. Just be honest, a tiny voice inside her head said, and she took another deep breath.
"Honey, I love you, but I just can't smile." she said, quoting her favourite game.
There was a moment of silence, in which Konan screamed shrilly inside her head, whilst I...love...you... and I am calm, I am silent, I am cold, I am snow... and Ohmigod-what-did-I-just-say-Oh-crap-now-he's-gonna-be-freaked-out-and-what-the-heck-was-I-thinking-? all ran through her head simultaniously.
And then Pain was roaring with laughter, and then everybody else was laughing, and then Konan was laughing, albeit a bit hysterically. She sat back down on the couch, and laughed quite scarily, her expression slightly crazed, as Pain dragged himself back up and next to her, still laughing.
Finally he calmed down enough to say; "Honey, I love you, won't you give me a smile?" That made her laugh.
He stopped her mouth with a kiss, and for once, Konan didn't care one bit that the others were there.
After dinner (fetticine alfredo, made by Kisame) they all sat in the living room, and started watching A nightmare before Christmas. Konan had never understood whether it was a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie, but she supposed it was a bit of both. Finally, after belting out several Christmas carols and laughing about the day's weird events, and wishing everybody a Merry Christmas, the others marched upstairs to their various rooms, and Konan beat Pain in the race to the bathroom and changed and brushed her teeth and washed her face, still singing 'A Meryy Little Christmas'. She was wearing her Christmas Eve pyjamas.
She had specific ones for the Christmas season, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, and New Year's. I wonder why I have these, anyway... she mused as she pulled on her festive Christmas Eve pyjamas: red and pale pink horizontally striped ones, tight caprees with elastic top and bottoms, and a matching top that was really more of a day shirt than a pyjama shirt; snug, with a rather low front for pyjamas, but her father had given them to her the previous year, saying that if she wore them on Christmas Eve, good things would happen on Christmas day. Plus, the bottoms read You callin' me naughty! on the butt.
Konan left the bathroom, her hair in pigtails (or..bunchies? I really don't know what they're called, the two ponytails on either side of your head...?) with white ribbons. She had baked festively-shaped cookies earlier in the day, (setting a small fire in the oven as she did so) and as Pain changed, showered, and brushed his teeth, she took them out of the tin, and placed them decoratively on a tray, which she then placed on a counter. She got out a glass of milk, and put it next to them. She went and sat on her bed, humming with excitement; since she was sleeping in the living room, she'd have absolutely no trouble waiting up for Santa Clause.
She was just setting up her 'bed' next to the fireplace when Pain came in. He looked at her. Then he did a double take, noticing the cookies and milk, and her arrangement of blankets, sheets and pillows laid out next to the fireplace. Then he grinned, walking towards her.
"Don't tell me: you're waiting up for Santa." he said, sounding amused. Konan looked around at him.
"If you're going to try and crush my spirit by telling me Santa doesn't exist, then you can just stuff..." she broke off.
He wasn't wearing a shirt.
She could practically see all his piercings.
He had just had a shower.
He was only wearing dark red pyjama bottoms with black reindeer artfully scattered.
But that wasn't what caught and held Konan's attention. He hadn't towelled himself dry properly. His wet hair stuck up slightly, sticking to his face and neck in places. Water dripped down from it, down his shoulders, down his toned, calorie-free chest, down, down...Ah...okay. I feel very fat. But more importantly, SEXY-PAIN! SEXY, SEXY, SEXY, SEXY... He had, of course, realized she was staring. He was grinning at her, but also looked a little sheepish.
Konan snapped back into herself (she had been in lala land...ahh...good times...:3) and blushed bright red. She began busying herself with the blankets, kind of hiding behind the couch.
"Uh...um...yes. So...if you're going to try and convince me that Santa doesn't exist, you can just...just go away. I mean, seriously, some people just-"
She was cut off by two long, wet and muscular arms grabbing her around the waist and hoisting her up onto Pain's lap. He had sat down on the couch, and was grinning at her, his arms around shifted, so she had a leg on either side of him, kneeling so they were face-to-face, but she was still blushing and looking down.
Except down was at his abs.
Aaahhhh...why is he so damn hot? Is it even fair for him to look like this? Seriously? Pain laughed as her ears turned pink and her cheeks burned even redder. "You're adorable, Konan." he said, and the use of her name made her look up in surprise. He was looking at her, his head tilted cutely to one side, an amused smile on his mouth as The Something stared at her.
"Merry Christmas." she said weakly, and he grinned, poking her in the stomach.
"Oohh...right in the dough-boy tummy...way to go." she said with a small frown; first he shows up dripping wet and looking sexier than Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Mister I-vant-to-suck-your-blood Rob Pattinson all rolled into one. Then he is skeptical of Santa Clause. Then, to add insult to hormonal injury, he pokes her in her much-less-calorieless stomach.
Darn him and his sexiness!
He laughed. "I don't know what you're talking about." he said teasingly, taking her hands and waving them around a little as he spoke. She sighed.
"Do you believe in Santa Clause?" she asked, and he nodded seriously.
"I never stopped. And I punched a guy who was dissecting Santa Clause is comin' to town and telling everybody that he was a pedo-stalker." he said, and Konan shook her fist, a face of mock distaste on her face.
"How dare he." she said seriously, and Pain laughed, making Konan want to laugh, too. There was a brief moment of silence, which Konan seized, drumming a little on his chest absent-mindedly as she spoke.
"You're contagious, you know? Like a disease." she said, and he frowned slightly.
"What do you mean? I don't see anybody else with this many piercings." he said, casually fingering one on his shoulder. Konan shook her head, grinning.
"No, silly. I mean your laughter. I can't not smile when you laugh." she explained, and he grinned. They were quiet for a moment again, then Pain sighed, his hand sliding up her arm and shoulder (she shivered slightly, and prayed that he hadn't noticed) and tangled it in her hair. He looked thoughtfully at the white ribbons keeping it up.
"That's cute." he commented, and she blushed faintly at the compliment. "By the way..." he said, a charmingly amused grin spreading over his handsome face as he looked up at her. "...why do you shiver whenever I do...this?" he asked, demonstrating by sliding both his hands up her waist to her shoulders and back down, nodding as she shivered again.
She blushed, like blood in a bowl of milk.
"Er...you must be imagining it." she said evasively, and he laughed quietly, doing it again. She decided that it was time to stand up for herself.
"Eat this, Cookie monster!" she said randomly, and grabbed his shoulders, pulling herself up and kissing him. He kissed her back as she pressed him back into the couch. Terribly typical of the couch, it had an automatic recline function. The back of the couch bent back, and as Konan kissed Pain, she drew a happyface on his bare chest with her finger.
He broke away from the kiss, laughing. She kissed his cheek, his neck, down to his collarbone, proceeding to trace a heart on his chest as well. She knew he was tickilish, so maybe it was a dirty trick, but whatever. This was payback for the stomach-poking. He kissed the top of her head, circling her with his arms and making her look up.
"Would you do me the honor of waiting up for Santa Claus with me?" Pain asked, grinning, and Konan sighed dramatically.
"Well...since you asked so nicely..." she said, and he grinned at her happily. She liked making him happy like that. He's got this special expression just for her, just for Konan-made-me-happy times. It was like he was a little kid, who just got a great birthday present, hugs and kisses from his usually too-embarassed parents, and now he was riding on a merry-go-round, something he'd wanted to do for years.
And now he was doing it on his birthday, and he was going to have ice cream afterwards, to boot.
It was that kind of happy. And Konan, sitting wrapped up in his protective arms, her head against his chest, his chin resting on her head, felt like she was feeling just as happy as he was, simply because he was happy. Making him happy made her happy, she discovered.
"Honey, I love you, won't you give me a smile?" she asked quietly, her eyes closed in the darkness. She felt Pain laugh quietly, his warm breath fanning over her hair.
"Honey, I love you too, but I just can't smile any more than I already am." he said teasingly, and she sighed happily.
"Merry Christmas, Sexy-Pain." she yawned before falling asleep.
Needless to say, Santa evaded their night-watch once again.
Hope this chapter was okay! I know it took longer than my others, but I'm just feeling a little slow as the horrible doom-monster called SCHOOL is rolling around...*shudder* WEll, the next one's Christmas morning, and trust me, it'll be fun. I'm really looking forwards to the Valentine's day and Spring break chapters, as well as New Year's (it's weird how I think of chapters in holidays) ;3
Well, hope you liked it! Reviews are ADORED! (No seriously, I actually shout out "I GOT A REVIEWWWW!" whenever my email goes, and when it's not, I cry inside (okay, not exactly...3) Well, happy..er...lives! :)