Thanks to everyone who loved this story! :) this is the end, sorry. I might make a sequel, depends on what you guys think/ if I feel like it... :P well, enjoy!

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Hidan opened his eyes, the sound of rain pounding on the pavement harshly. He murmered and felt arms wrapped around his naked waist.

"... Good morning, Hidan." Kakuzu cooed and kissed the back of the albino's head. Hidan blinked and looked back to see Kakuzu smiling at him.

"Morning. Umm... Listen... About last night and how-"

"You snapped?"

"Yeah, shut up. Well, I'm sorry I said that you'd end up hating me." Hidan said softly and cuddled up to the stitched teen.

"It's fine, you don't have to apologize for that." Kakuzu vowed and played with Hidan's hair.

"... Kay..." Hidan nodded and sat up suddenly. "Do you think that maybe my dad's friends are after me?" he asked. Kakuzu's eyes widened a fraction and he shook his head.

"Even if they are, we'll protect you." the stitched teen vowed and played with Hidan's hair. The albino nodded and smiled a bit, but came to stare yet again at those mysterious stitches lining his lover's cheeks. Hidan often wondered since he had got together with Kakuzu, why there were so many stitches all over the taller boy's body.

"That's good, but I have a question, Kuzu." Hidan purred and crawled onto Kakuzu's groin, pushing

the darker skinned boy's shirt up a bit. Kakuzu blushed and watched Hidan intently, but managed to actually nod.

"Yes, Hidan?" he asked softly. Hidan smiled sweetly and traced one of Kakuzu's biggest stitches, that was trailing up of from his left hip, to where his heart was.

"What's with all the... Stitches? Like, how'd you get em'?" Hidan asked and watched Kakuzu sighed.

"Do we have to talk about it?" the stitched teen asked softly. Hidan frowned and nodded slowly at Kakuzu's question. Of course Hidan wanted to know! He knew what it was like to be hurt, so he'd be damned if he went about the rest of his day without knowing Kakuzu's little story.

"C'mon Kuzu~, you can tell trust me! I told you my story..." Hidan smiled softly. Kakuzu looked thoughtful and sighed softly, wrapping his arms around Hidan's waist, his hands resting on the very end of the albino's back.

"Okay..." he nodded. "I'll tell you, but do NOT tell anyone." Kakuzu said sternly. "And it's not all murderish like yours... It's just painful."

"I promise, Kuzu." Hidan vowed and put a hand over the area of his heart.

*Flash back*

"Wait up!!!" a six- year old Kakuzu shouted happily, running after his best friend, Katsurou. Katsurou laughed and ran faster, a grin spread across his dark coloured face.

"No way, Kakuzu!" he laughed. "You'll have to catch up!" Katsurou yelled and looked at the ground as he ran. Kakuzu laughed and nodded, speeding up, but was watching the sky. Kakuzu suddenly stopped when it started to rain.

"Hey Katsurou, we should go inside, it's starting to rai-"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!" a scream sounded through the field the two boys were in. Kakuzu's whole body stiffened as his eyes slowly trailed to the source of the scream. The site that the little boy encountered was horrific. There at the end of the field was a wire filled fence and intangled in it was his best friend, bleeding and making horrible grunting noises. The tan skinned boy's eyes filled with terror as his friend struggled to get out, the wire cutting deeper and deeper. Kakuzu tried to move, but it was like his brain had completely shut down. Finally, when he was able to move he ran over to his friend and tried to pull him out, only to get his wrist caught in the wire. "Kakuzu... Make the pain stop."

"I'm not killing you!"

"Please?"

"No!" the boy grunted and tried to pull his friend free, however, the only thing Kakuzu got out of it was pain from the barbed pieces scratching his skin, but he fought on. After what seemed like years, Kakuzu had failed to help his friend. So there they were, both caught in the fence. Kakuzu knew it hurt like hell, but if he thrashed around too much, like Katsuro, he would get more cut and possibley die. He wasn't ready to die, not yet.

"Kakuzu?" Katsuro asked weakly. Kakuzu coughed and looked at the ground, as the rain started to pour, washing their blood away slowly, but surely.

"Yeah...?"

"... This is it... I'm done. I can't... Do this anymore... I wanna die." the child whined and grunted as the wires cut further into his skin. Kakuzu whimpered and tried not to struggle, but he wanted to help Katsuro so badly.

"Katsuro, you're not going to die." he coughed and watched his friend scream yet again.

"Ehe, Kakuzu... You're such a..." he trailed off, then his whole body went limp in the wires. Kakuzu looked over and his eyes went wide.

"Katsuro... You're not gonna die... This is joke right..." Kakuzu trailed, then realized that his best friend was indeed dead. "AUGHHHHHHH!!!"

*End of flash back*

"So he died... And I was stuck in those wires for hours, hense all the stitches." Kakuzu said solemly. Hidan frowned and hugged his lover.

"Jezz... That's sad. How'd you finally get out of the wires?" the albino asked. Kakuzu smiled softly and looked Hidan in the eyes.

"Katsuro's mother came to find us about four hours after the wire thing began and called the ambulance. That's how."

"Woah." Hidan gasped. "Good thing you didn't move around like your friend."

"Yeah..." Kakuzu said softly. "If I had, I would've died too and would have never met you." he chuckled. Hidan smiled and played with a piece of Kakuzu's black hair.

"True that."

"Mmmhmm... Wanna get some breakfast?"

"Sure thing, Kuzu."

"Ughhh, Hidan."

*****

"What-" Konan began and heard a shatter from upstairs. Everyone that was down in the living room stood up and looked at the ceiling to where the noise came from, which happened to be Kakuzu and Hidan's room.

"The-" Yahiko blinked, hearing a loud sound of someone hitting the floor.

"Hell?!" Kisame groaned and watched a pissed off Uchiha come into view.

"I'll tell you what it is. It's Kakuzu and Hidan again." Itachi growled, walking downstairs, only a towel wrapped around his waist. Everyone looked at him then heard a bone shattering scream from upstairs.

"Hidan!" Deidara yelled and ran upstairs. All of the rest cursed, then ran upstairs also. They got most of the way to the room, but they all stopped when they heard absolute silence. "..." Deidara choked up and tears formed in the corner of his eye. "H- Hidan?" he asked softly. Not seconds after there was a growl and Hidan stomped out of the room.

"IT'S OVER, HIDAN!" the voice of a pissed Kakuzu yelled from inside of their room. Hidan turned and looked back into the room, his eyes filled with anger.

"FINE! SEE IF I GIVE A FLYING FUCK, YOU DICK HEAD!" he screamed, then coughed. Kakuzu hissed and walked out into the hallway, about to give the albino a piece of his mind, but was stopped by Yahiko.

"Kakuzu, downstairs. Hidan, to your old room. Do as I say, NOW." he spat. The two teens growled, but did as they were told, walking off in seperate directions. Yahiko turned to Konan and frowned.

"You talk to Hidan, I'll handle Kakuzu." he said sharply and walked off. Konan nodded and ran after Hidan.

"Go to bed guys." she said, then ran off to Hidan's room. Sasori sighed and rubbed his temples slowly.

"This is terrible." Kisame said softly. Itachi nodded and leaned against his lover gently.

"I know, un."

Konan knocked on Hidan's door softly, waiting for the albino to speak up. She ran a hand through her hair and shook her head. Nothing like this had ever happened in her house, ever.

"Who the fuck is it? Because I doubt I wanna talk to you!" Hidan growled, but Konan could hear the sobbing that came with that growl.

"It's Konan. May I please come in?"

"... Sure." and with that, Konan opened the door, walked in quickly, then shut the door after letting herself in. She looked at her foster child and a sad frown appeared in her face quickly. It shocked her to see the now shirtless albino. Covering his arms and chest were bruises, old and new ones alike. There were even a few new small gashes.

"Hidan... You're-"

"Hurt? Yeah, I figured." Hidan muttered and tears ran down his face. "I told him I'd fuck everything up-"

"You didn't fuck up anything." Konan frowned and walked over, sitting next to the silver haired teen. "Maybe you two weren't meant to be together." she said softly. Hidan looked at his new mother and he shook his head.

"But-"

"No buts about it! You're going to be okay... Well, maybe not for awhile, but things will get better. You're a great kid, Hidan. You'll find that perfect someone." Konan cooed and Hidan laid on his old bed, closing his eyes. "My mom used to tell me this when ever my heart hurt over a boy... 'Here's to teenage love and not knowing why it hurts so much'. It's completely true."

"Yeah..." Hidan sobbed.

"You need sleep, honey. Want me to stay with you for a bit longer?" the blue haired woman asked. Hidan continued to sob, but managed a small nod. "Okay... Don't worry." she began and ran a hand through Hidan's soft hair. "Everything will be okay."

However, Everything was not okay, Hidan wasn't an idiot.

*****

It was about a year after Hidan had first became a part of Konan's heaven. A lot had changed since then, some for the better, and other things for the worse. Hidan and Kakuzu had broken up over fighting issues, as you all know. Since then, Hidan didn't seem to talk much and he quit singing. When the two saw eachother, they'd just look away, but what Hidan hated the most was Kakuzu now had a girlfriend. And she was a complete slut, except, Kakuzu didn't notice it. Hidan knew that he still loved Kakuzu, but he would never be able to tell the stitched boy, well, maybe he could if he was willing to get shot down. It was a sunny afternoon when Hidan had finally woken up from his slumber. He sat up and heard a knock on the door.

"... Come in?" he blinked.

"It's Deidara, yeah."

"Yeah, you can come in." Hidan nodded. Deidara was pretty much the only person he still seemed normal around. Hey, the blond had that effect on anyone. The blond opened the door, ran in, then slammed it closed.

"She's here."

"Huh?"

"Ughh... Tiz, un." Deidara frowned. "I fucking hate her! She said I was pole dancing wrong! Bitch is the one that don't knows how to pole dance."

"Deidara. I'd rather not see her face, more less talk about her..." Hidan frowned and pulled a hand through his messy hair. He never bothered to slick it back anymore, not that he gave a fuck anymore about how he looked.

"And when Kakuzu went to go get water, she called you a man whor-"

"She's dead." Hidan growled. "She doesn't even know me and she's calling me a man whore."

"Be careful, she's a dirty fighter."

"How do you know this?" Hidan asked. Deidara frowned and sat down on the albino's bed.

"She picked a fight with Itachi, right, un? And so Itachi got in this pose to fight her and she went and pulled his fucking hair!"

"That's cold, but I'm not gonna beat her up..." Hidan rolled his magenta eyes, but a smirk was playing on his lips. Deidara blinked and sighed.

'Oh my... He's up to something, hmm...' the blond thought and adjusted his black and gold cap. "What're ya gonna do, un?"

"I'm gonna steal him back, duh. I'm wayyyyy hotter than that slut." Hidan smirked evilly and stretched. Deidara smirked and his saphire eye seemed to sparkle.

"Let's do this!!" he cheered. "I have to tell Danna, Itachi, and Kisame!!!" he smiled. Hidan nodded and pulled his black tight shirt on that said FRESH Till' DEATH in gold letters on it, then grabbed a pair of tight red pants. He wrapped his bullet belt around his waist and smiled slightly, but came out as an evil smirk, yet again.

"Okay, let's go." Hidan grinned and lastly grabbed a purple a pink bandana, that if you pulled it up, your mouth would be replaced with one of a skeleton. He tied it around his neck and walked out of his room. Deidara laughed and followed quickly.

"So, you're going to..." Itachi began and watched Kisame paint his own toe nails a dark purple.

"Win Kakuzu back?" Kisame finished. "You want dark purple, right?"

"Yes..." Itachi nodded softly. Hidan smirked a bit and stretched again, yawning.

"Hellz yes I am. I can't take it anymore. I need my hair gel, can you get it for me, Deidara?"

"Sure, un!" Deidara laughed and ran upstairs. Sasori smirked and put his book away, placing it on the coffee table near where Kisame was sitting.

"So, how do you plan to do this?" the red head asked.

"Get some of Konan's skirts and start wearing em', but I'll start with this outfit." he grinned. "Whenever I wear it, lots of people eye hump me, so it'll fucking work. Plus, Konan doesn't approve of Tiz at all."

"Doesn't approve, I down right hate her." Konan commented and walked into the living room. "So, you kids evil plotting?" she asked, leaning over the back of the couch. Hidan nodded and looked up at his mom.

"Yeah... Hey, could you give me some of your skirts?" the albino teen asked. Konan blinked and looked at the four teens.

"Why?"

"I'm gonna steal Kakuzu back." Hidan smiled. Konan giggled and the others nodded, she ushered Hidan over and he blinked, a bit curious, but he did as he was told.

"You don't need em'! Look at yourself, Hidan! You're hot to trot!" she snapped. "That outfit looks awesome on you! However, if you really think you need em', go for it, but you'll have to buy girl's underwear, because they're all too short for boxers."

"Thanks mom, that means a lot." Hidan smiled and nodded. "Okay, will do."

"You're welcome, but one more thing..." she trailed off and messed up Hidan's already messy hair. "Don't put gel in your hair. You look wayyyyy better looking without your hair pulled back. It brings out your eyes, which are very pretty. Well, good luck!" Konan grinned and walked off. Hidan smiled to himself as Deidara came back down with Hidan's hair gel. The blonde blinked and looked at Hidan's very messy hair, a bit confused at the huge smile on his best friend's face.

"Un?"

"Don't need it." Hidan grinned.

"Good, yeah... You look better that way!" Deidara laughed and heard the back door open. The blond knew it was Kakuzu, so he grabbed Hidan and pushed him towards the kitchen door, then pushed him.

"ACK!" Hidan screamed and flew through the swinging door and into the kitchen, but surprisingly didn't hit the floor. Hidan opened his eyes and looked up to see a shocked Kakuzu. Hidan blinked, huffed, then stood up straight. He looked back at his former lover to see him continuing to stare. "It's rude to stare like that, but thanks for catching me." Hidan said coldly.

"Hidan...? Since when did you wear stuff like that?" Kakuzu asked, looking Hidan over.

"Since... I became single." Hidan lied. "I mean, since I'm still young, might as well get myself out in the playing field, right Kuzu?" he asked/ teased. Kakuzu's eyes widened a fraction, still looking the new Hidan over.

"Why would you do that?"

"Because I'm not going to be heart broken about you forever, unless you-" he began, then watched Tiz in a lime green bikini walk in. The weird thing was, that she looked a lot like Hidan, except her hair was died silver and had blue and silver coon tails in the ends of it, her eyes weren't purple, and her fake silver hair was longer than that of Hidan's natural silver hair. Hidan and er exchanged glares, before she smirked.

"Well hello there, Hidan." she said sweetly, but Hidan could see right through it.

"Oh fuck off." Hidan frowned. "You're not fooling me like Kuzu." he hissed. Tiz glared and put her hands her hips.

"Make me, and you can't call him that!" she growled.

"I'll call him whatever I want!" Hidan hissed, his magenta eyes flashing in anger. Tiz heard this, and a smirk played onto her thin lips.

"Well... You can't call him yours!" she spat. Hidan frowned at this, feeling a sharp pain stab at his heart.

"If Kakuzu didn't love you, I'd would kick your skinny little slut ass to the point where no one could tell if you were a girl or boy. Don't start fucking telling me things I already know, because unlike you... I am smart." he hissed. Kakuzu frowned and rubbed his temples.

"Hidan-"

"I'm leaving." he said. "So don't tell me to." the albino teen said coldly and sauntered out. "It's on, Tiz." he mumbled and glared ahead.

*****

"Any luck?" Itachi asked and stretched the elastic band back as if to shoot it, then did so. It flew through the air and Kisame caught it on the other side of the room. Hidan shook his head and sat on one of the arms of the couch the Uchiha was laying on.

"Nope." Hidan frowned. Kisame sighed and shot the rubber band back, Itachi holding his hand up quickly, catching it.

"You're good, Itachi." Kisame chuckled, then looked over at the albino. "It's been like, a month... Hidan, maybe you should move on."

"I know." Itachi said calmly, his bored tone not changing in the least.

"Give up?" Hidan asked/ snorted. "No way in hell! He belongs with me, and you all know that as well as I do!" he argued. Itachi looked thoughtful while snapping the elastic band back over to his lover.

"You have a lot of hope. It's a good thing, and I believe in you." he said softly and closed his eyes. Hidan watched Itachi and bit his bottom lip, as he saw the Uchiha's usually unreadable face hold a mass amount of pain. Kisame frowned and walked over to the fragile teen.

"I do too." he nodded. "Another headache?"

"Yes, a bad one this time." Itachi nodded and Kisame quickly picked up the Uchiha. Itachi smiled softly and opened his eyes a bit, the hazey orbs looking in the albino's direction. "Just don't give up..."

"Okay, get better Itachi." Hidan smiled slightly. Itachi nodded and closed his eyes, snuggling into the blue skinned boy.

"See ya later, Hidan." Kisame smiled and walked off with the weasel in his arms. Hidan watched and nodded, but couldn't help but be curious to what was wrong with Itachi. He frowned and decided he would go ask Konan.

"Itachi? He's going blind very quickly." Konan said softly. "That and he's a very fragile person... He could die from just simply having a cold." she sighed. Hidan's eyes widened and he stared at his new mother, shocked.

"He's going to die?"

"I don't know. It's a battle that only Itachi can fight... No doctor has pin pointed his condition..." the blue haired woman said calmly.

"... He won't die... He can't." Hidan choked. "I won't let him..."

"I know, none of us will..." Konan said, a small smile appearing. "Kisame takes very good care of Itachi, so he'll get better. He only gets like this when the weather gets colder." she explained. Hidan nodded a bit, but he still knew he would never let Itachi die, not after the whole incident the Uchiha went through with Hidan's father.

"I know mom, I know."

*****

"YOU SHUT UP!" Tiz screamed and jumped at the albino. Hidan's narrowed eyes widened and he dodged the maniac infront of him. Tiz cursed and landed in a crouched posistion, then stood up quickly.

"Fucking well MAKE me!"

"I WISH I COULD!!!"

"I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT, YOU SKANK!!!" Hidan spat and balled his hands into fists. Tiz growled and glared at Hidan. Hidan frowned and glared right back at his look-a-like. Now, you may ask how Hidan got into this situation, other than his big mouth. Well, it started because of earlier that morning...

*****

"Wow." Sasori blinked.

"Oh my god, un." Deidara said, his eye sparkling. "You look sexy, Hidan-chan!" he cheered. Hidan smirked and looked at himself in the mirror. It was true, and he knew it, he knew he was sexy, but was he sexy enough to get that stitched teen back? After about two months of trying, he was finally ready to whip out the secret weapon... Konan's sluttiest skirt. Now, Hidan wasn't proud of the black short skirt, about two chains hanging around it. He had to admit, getting Kakuzu back like this was a dirty plan, but it was one of the only ones the albino had. Well, either that or tell the stitched man the exact words that he never wanted to admit might. The dreaded 'I still love you', yeah, he definitly did not want to say it. He felt Deidara zip up the red and black corset top and smiled a bit.

"Thanks for helping me, you two fags." Hidan laughed softly.

"No problem." they both said, getting used to Hidan's choice of language.

"You guys think I can get him back?" he asked as the three walked out of Hidan's room. Since the break up, Hidan most definitly moved out of the stitched teen's room. In fact, he made Kisame and Zetsu get his stuff out of Kakuzu's room, since he wouldn't go near the damn room.

"Of course." the short red head nodded.

"Hell ya, hmm!" the blond giggled and led Hidan down the stairs to the kitchen. Hidan nodded as they walked into the kitchen, only to see Tiz making a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich. She turned around and glared at Hidan angrily.

"Oh great... It's you." Hidan frowned, his eyes narrowing. Tiz blinked and looked Hidan over, her jaw dropping.

"What. The. Fuck?" she asked, her eyes narrowing again. "Oh I see what you're gonna do! Well, it's not going to work! Kakuzu loves me!"

"Fuck..." Hidan laughed, his voice filled with hate. "You are SO fake!"

"I am not!" Tiz spat. Hidan nodded, a smirk on his face.

"Of course you are."

"At least I'm not a man whore!" Tiz retorted. "Or a cross dresser!"

"SHUT UP!" Hidan growled.

"YOU SHUT UP!" Tiz screamed and jumped at the albino. Hidan's narrowed eyes widened and he dodged the maniac infront of him. Tiz cursed and landed in a crouched posistion, then stood up quickly.

"Fucking well MAKE me!"

"I WISH I COULD!!!"

"I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT, YOU SKANK!!!" Hidan spat and balled his hands into fists. Tiz growled and glared at Hidan. Hidan frowned and glared right back at his look-a-like. Sasori and Deidara took this opportunity to leave, just as an angry Kakuzu walked in.

"She's not a skank." he frowned. Hidan looked at Kakuzu, his eyes widening. Tiz smirked and nodded.

"Are you kidding me, Kakuzu!? She's so damn fake! The only thing that's faker than her personality is her hair colour." Hidan growled.

"I am not fake!" Tiz hissed.

"Hidan, you're-"

"He's jealous!" she finished. Kakuzu sighed and rubbed his temples.

"Crazy, I was going to say crazy." he frowned. Hidan's glare softened a bit and he sighed.

"I maybe crazy, I always have been that way, but I'm not crazy when I say she's fake. She doesn't love you." the albino teen said seriously. By now, outside of the kitchen, everyone in the household had one of their ears up against the wall.

"Oh? And how would you know?" Kakuzu asked, glaring at his ex- boyfriend. Hidan looked down, tears forming in his eyes.

"Well, maybe she does. But... She doesn't love you... Like I do." Hidan said softly. Tiz and Kakuzu both looked shocked by Hidan's words. Hidan looked up, a small smile on his face, but tears were now streaming down his face and falling onto the ground. "No one loves you like I do. Kakuzu, we were meant to live for so much more than this. I understand you more than anyone! I know that and you know it too!" he said, the smiled growing a bit. "If you don't choose to accept it, that's your choice, but Tiz... She's not the person for you. I'm sorry I said all that shit that made us break up, but I've learned my lesson."

"Are you done?" Tiz asked, a frown on her face. "You fucked up, so why should you get another chance? YOU shouldn't!" she growled. "Can't you just-"

"Shut up? No, you can shut up." Kakuzu interrupted Tiz. "Have the decency to let Hidan speak." he frowned. Tiz gasped a bit, but nodded, going quiet. Hidan watched them and continued to smile, but on the inside, he knew his heart was breaking, well, what was left of it.

"... No, Tiz is right, Kakuzu. I did fuck up." he laughed. "I shouldn't get another chance, and I don't expect you to give me one, but I want you to know that I always will love you, no matter how much you curse at me or hurt me..." he smiled and looked at Tiz. "And Tiz?"

"Yeah?" Tiz glared.

"You are a miserable sod. I wish you never came into Kakuzu's life... If you hurt him in any way, I'm going to hunt you down and make you wish you never came into his life in the first place. You got me? Good." he growled then walked out of the kitchen. Kakuzu's body completely froze, thinking over everything Hidan said. Was the albino being serious just then? Well, it seemed pretty justified, and there wasn't one curse word to tell the stitched man off. Not one.

"... How could you have EVER loved someone like that?" Tiz asked, a frown on her pale face. Kakuzu looked down at her and frowned.

"Don't say anything bad about him."

"Why not? He's a complete ass hole-"

"Get out."

"What?" Tiz blinked. "You did not just tell me to-"

"Get out now. Go home. Don't you fucking ever say anything bad about Hidan." Kakuzu glared. "I'm sorry, but no one says anything bad about him around me. He's gone through too much shit to deserve you saying such things. We're over, go away." he growled. Tiz glared back and slapped Kakuzu.

"WHATEVER. I hope you know what you're giving up, just so you can get back with someone like him! You're all fucking crazy, you know that." Tiz yelled and stormed out of the kitchen. She looked around at all of the household. "ALL OF YOU ARE FUCKING CRAZY!" she screamed and picked up her bags, stomping towards the door. Itachi leaned against the wall, opening the front door, but also sticking his left leg out, making Tiz trip. He smiled as she tripped, falling out of the front door.

"Have a nice day." he said calmly, shutting the door. "Wait. That was Tiz, right?" he blinked. Kisame snickered and nodded.

"Yeah, that was Tiz."

"Okay, good." Itachi nodded. Kakuzu walked out of the kitchen and looked around, seeing everyone in the household except for a certain albino.

"Where is Hidan?" Kakuzu asked quickly. All of them, except Itachi pointed up towards the ceiling.

"His room." Tobi said happily. Kakuzu nodded and thanked the brunett, then ran upstairs. When he reached the top, he walked towards Hidan's room, knocking on the door when he got there. Hidan looked up from lying on his bed, tears streaming down his face.

"Hidan... Can I please come in?" Kakuzu asked softly. Hidan blinked and sighed, so he sat up and wiped the tears from his eyes.

"... Sure." he nodded a bit. 'I might as well let him. If he needs to tell me something, we live in the same damn house, so we'll have to see eachother eventually. Might as well get this whole fucking thing over with.' the silver haired teen thought and watched his door open gently. Kakuzu walked in and closed the door after him. Hidan's mind raced with the possible endings to this, most of them being bad, but some of them being good.

"Hey." Kakuzu smiled a bit, standing infront of Hidan's bed. The albino teen sniffed a bit and a small smile made its way onto his pale face.

"Hi, Kakuzu." he said softly and leaned against the headboard of his bed. "What's up?"

"Nothing much, just have to tell a certain someone something." the stitched teen chuckled slightly. "May I?" he asked and gestured to Hidan's mattress.

"Huh?" Hidan blinked, looking confused, but nodded. "Go for it." he smiled slightly as Kakuzu sat on his bed. The bigger teen sighed and looked as his once lover.

"Hidan... I owe you a huge apology." he said softly. Hidan blinked then shook his head.

"No you don't! You don't have any regrets about breaking up with me! Do you?" Hidan asked.

"That's not true... I have shit loads of regets about it." Kakuzu said seriously. "I'm so sorry for all the shit I said and did to you. It was absolutely unacceptable of me."

"... You are?"

"Yes, very much so. When I saw your face I couldn't help but remember the anger and pain it held. I have anger issues, but it's no excuse-"

"Ya think?" Hidan laughed. "You need help, man."

"Interrupt me again. I dare you."

"Imma shut up." and with that, Hidan closed his mouth.

"Thank you." Kakuzu smiled. "As I was saying... It's no excuse because you were lover, and I shouldn't have ever hurt my boyfriend. I felt and still feel horrible about the whole ordeal." he said softly. Hidan blinked and played with the edge of Konan's black skirt.

"... It's okay, Kakuzu. I forgive you for all of it." he said. "Maybe it's not you that needs help..."

"No?"

"Nope. It's us. We need help, man." Hidan grinned a bit. Kakuzu smirked slightly.

"True that." the darker skinned teen laughed. "Hidan?"

"Yeah?"

"Could you find it in your heart, if you have one." Kakuzu laughed.

"Watch it." Hidan glared playfully.

"Sorry, It was tempting. I couldn't refuse." the stitched teen smiled. "Maybe you could give me another chance?" he asked. Hidan's eyes went wide and he felt his heart skip about five beats. Well, it seemed that way to him. The albino nodded and glomped Kakuzu happily.

"Fuck yes I can!" he laughed and Kakuzu caught the smaller teen. Hidan snuggled his face into Kakuzu's chest. "I love you, I love you, I love you, I love-"

"I love you too." Kakuzu laughed. "But we have to try not to fight."

"Okay. Deal." Hidan grinned and played with a piece of Kakuzu's black hair. "Wait, what about Tiz?"

"Didn't you hear the 'you're all fucking crazy,' thing?" he asked. Hidan shook his head, which made Kakuzu smiled softly. "Well, I broke up with her and she lost it."

"She left?"

"Yeah, well, Itachi tripped her and she fell out of the door..." Kakuzu smirked. "Let's not talk about her though, no more Tiz." he vowed. Hidan grinned and sat in Kakuzu's lap quickly.

"Sounds good~" he purred and wrapped his arms around Kakuzu's neck. Kakuzu blushed and glared playfully.

"Jezz... You in a skirt is pretty damn hot." Kakuzu laughed and kissed Hidan's cheek. The albino teen's face heated up and he smiled slightly.

"Thanks, Kuzu. I'm glad you like it." he chuckled. Kakuzu smirked and kissed Hidan's pale neck, something he missed doing. Hidan mewled and felt the firmilar feeling in his region begin to heat up.

"I do. But I'd like something else from you, my dear Hidan~" Kakuzu cooed and played with the zipper to Hidan's corset shirt. Hidan's face went red and squeaked as he felt Kakuzu's fingers on his back.

"Y- yeah? What could that be?" he studdered/ asked. Kakuzu laughed and unzipped the corset top slowly, making Hidan squeak again.

"Ahaha, you should know." he growled playfully into the albino's ear. Hidan felt a moan in the back of his throat, but he'd be damned if Kakuzu would make him moan this easily.

"... You're a fucking pervert."

"Oh really? I'm the pervert?" Kakuzu chuckled/ asked, finishing the zipper on Hidan's top. The albino took his arms from Kakuzu neck and felt the top come off himself quickly.

"Y- yes."

"Tch. Well, then you're a slut." Kakuzu commented, which made Hidan moan softly.

"I really fucking hate you sometimes." he grunted and felt Kakuzu's hands move down, playing with the chains on Hidan's skirt.

"Love you too." Kakuzu laughed and his fingers traced the skirt, looking for a way to get the thing off of the albino. Hidan moaned again and he wrapped his arms around Kakuzu's neck quickly. The stitched teen smirked as he found the small zipper, pulling it down. "And as much as I love you in a skirt, it has to come off." he growled and lifted Hidan off of his lap for what seemed a split second. Hidan nodded slightly and felt the skirt being removed from his body quickly. Kakuzu looked down and grunted. "You're wearing-"

"Shut up!" Hidan protested and snuggled his face into the tanned neck of his once again lover.

"Girl's under wear." he smirked, hooking his fingers into said article of clothing. "Don't worry, I won't mock... Right now." he laughed. Hidan mewled again and licked Kakuzu's neck gently, which earned him a grunt from Kakuzu.

"Just take the damn thing off already." Hidan hissed. Kakuzu blushed and nodded, removing the black and red striped under wear. After Kakuzu had finished he looked Hidan over, smiling softly.

"Damn. I missed your body, Hidan." he murmered and tweeked one of Hidan's pink nipples. The silver haired teen moaned happily and kissed Kakuzu on the lips quickly. Kakuzu smiled and kissed Hidan back, slipping his tongue into his lover's mouth quickly. Hidan smiled and bit the burnett's tongue, then parted from the kiss.

"Thanks. I missed you being all over my body." Hidan cooed and unwrapped his arms from Kakuzu's neck. The tan skinned boy smirked slightly and pulled off his dark red shirt, throwing it onto the pile created on the floor. Hidan smiled and traced the biggest stitch on Kakuzu's chest. His pale fingers trailed down to Kakuzu's belt, undoing it quickly.

"It's been two and half months and you can still do everything perfectly." Kakuzu laughed. Hidan grinned and nodded, his fingers rubbing his lover's hard on through the denim cloth. Kakuzu grunted and felt his face heat up quickly.

"I know, Kuzu~" he purred and his hands were pulled away by Kakuzu's.

"... Dammit Hidan." Kakuzu laughed and Hidan sat up, so the stitched teen could remove his pants. "You're so fucking sexy~"

"I know." Hidan smiled and watched the denim jeans pull off of Kakuzu's body quickly. he looked down to see the compressed erection, then laughed softly. "Wow. Usually it takes you longer to get hard, but this'll be fun." he grinned. Kakuzu glared a bit, lifting Hidan off of his lap, and put the albino on the floors on his knees between Kakuzu's tanned legs. The pale skinned boy's magenta eyes went a bit wide. "You know I hate bringing you off. You always fucking cum in my mouth and I hate the taste." Hidan whined. Kakuzu rolled his eyes while removing his under wear.

"One, I'm hard because I haven't done anything in two and half months. And two, you don't have a choice in this, my love." he grunted and pulled Hidan's head to his stiff erection. The albino teen cringed, but nodded, opening his mouth. He wrapped his lips around Kakuzu's member and sucked on the tip, already tasting pre cum. His tongue circled the tip a couple times before Kakuzu's hands pushed on the back of his head. He scoffed, but swallowed about half of the large cock, humming as he did so. The tan skinned teen groaned and shivers went up his spine. "Fuck... Hidan." he grunted, which made Hidan smile. The albino took a deep breath and continued to suck on Kakuzu's member. "Why don't you deep throat me already?"

"Phmm- pai." Hidan muttered and glared up at Kakuzu. The tan skinned boy blinked, confused to what Hidan was trying to say.

"What?"

"Hen-phai." he mumered, trying to make his words clearer. Kakuzu blinked, then understood what the pale teen was trying to say.

"Hentai?" he blinked. "You're calling me a pervert?" he asked, a frown on his face. Hidan nodded and continued to glare at the stitched teen. Kakuzu rolled his eyes and fisted some of Hidan's hair. "Whatever, Hidan. Now, continue what you were doing." he growled a bit and pushed on Hidan's head, making the albino deep throat him quickly, almost gaging as he did it. Hidan choked, but began a steady tempo. He figured the quicker he obbeyed, the quicker he'd get what he wanted. Kakuzu grunted again and watched Hidan bob his head along the teen's cock. 'Jezz... Why did I ever let him go? I'm almost as much of an idiot as Hidan is.' he thought and felt the coil in his stomach tighten. "Ugh, Hidan..." he groaned and came in the albino's mouth. Hidan cringed yet again and almost puked at the taste in his mouth. He knew that Kakuzu never let him spit it out, so he swallowed it and hoped not to throw up.

"Eww... I hate the fucking taste of that!" he whined and winced at the horrible taste in the back of his mouth. "I need water, please?"

"Do you want me inside of you or not? After we're done you can drink whatever you want." Kakuzu promised and lifted the albino up. Hidan sighed and nodded.

"Yes I do... I'll wait." he smiled a bit, trying to ignore the taste.

"Excellent." Kakuzu smirked and placed Hidan on his lap. The albino teen laughed a bit and ran his fingers along his lover's member, beginning to make it hard again. Once Hidan figured it was good enough he looked up at Kakuzu, kissing him on the cheek quickly.

"I love you, Kuzu~"

"Tch. Love you too, Hida." he mocked and Hidan glared playfully at his lover and placed himself over Kakuzu.

"You sure you wouldn't rather fuck me from behind?" he asked, hopeful. Kakuzu smirked and shook his head.

"Not this time. I want to try this, my love." Kakuzu said softly and felt Hidan's pale hands rest on his broad shoulders.

"Fine. Whatever." Hidan frowned. Kakuzu rolled his eyes and ran his hands down the fragile teen's back.

"Come on Hidan, it'll be fine. Just go for it." he laughed and watched Hidan shiver from the cold hands being placed on either side of his waist.

"... Okay." Hidan nodded and slowly, but surely lowered himself onto Kakuzu's large member. However, Kakuzu was an impatient man and grew easily tired of Hidan's hesitant ways, so he tightened his grip on his lover's waist and pushed him down onto his cock quickly and roughly. "Haa!~" the albino almost screamed and wrapped his arms around Kakuzu, digging his nails into the older teen's back.

"Hidan... Don't cling to me so tight." the stitched teen grunted and felt the albino's nails dig deeper into his back. Hidan winced and clenched his teeth together. Kakuzu blinked and bit his bottom lip. "What's wrong?"

"It's- ahh! Hard to - ngh- move." he shuddered and moaned softly. Kakuzu sighed and ran on of his hands through Hidan's silver hair.

"You can be a real pussy sometimes." Kakuzu mumbled. "So have it your way." he smirked a bit and lifted the smaller boy off of him. Hidan's eyes went wide when he saw the evil smirk that was on Kakuzu's face.

"Oh shit." Hidan frowned and was roughly shoved onto his bed, bent over and on his knees. He blushed and felt Kakuzu's hands wander down Hidan's sides. Kakuzu smirked more and kissed Hidan's lower back before placing his cock at Hidan's entrance. "No, wait-"

"I can't wait." Kakuzu frowned and gripped Hidan's waist, thrusting into the lethal body infront of him. "Heh, still tight as ever." he grunted and pulled out, slaming back into the tight orifice.

"Haa- hya- ah~" Hidan moaned and fisted the sheets quickly. "Faster, Kuzu!" he begged and felt the stitched teen pick up his speed, creating a steady tempo of thrusts. Kakuzu grunted and kept thrusting, hoping to find that certain spot that always made Hidan moan his name. He knew when he had found it by Hidan's sudden loud moan, however did not scream his name for once.

"You didn't scream my name?" Kakuzu questioned and hit that exact spot again. Hidan groaned and shook his head, which made Kakuzu smirk a bit. "No matter, you'll be screaming my name soon enough." he chuckled and repeatedly slammed into that same spot, a different sound of pure ectasy coming from his lover every time. Kakuzu did miss a lot of things about Hidan, but one of the top things would be the sex. Everytime they had sex, it seemed like Hidan had never been fucked in his life. There was something weird, but he was always tight... Not that Kakuzu was complaining. Oh not at all, he rather loved it, but it must have hurt for his partner. However, he also found out Hidan was a complete masochist.

"Ahh! Ngh!" Hidan groaned and felt fingers running up and down his erection. "Ah- Kuzu!~" he moaned and felt the coil in his stomach tighten, then release when he came, his bed below him and Kakuzu's hand being covered in his cum. Kakuzu smiled and took two of his fingers, showing them into Hidan's mouth. The albino's magenta eyes widened when the salty taste of himself was in his mouth. He glared and knew that Kakuzu would only remove his fingers if he licked all of the sticky substance off his lover's fingers. Hidan grunted and quickly licked off all of the cum from Kakuzu's two fingers. Almost exactly after that, the fingers left his mouth and he groaned. "You're a complete fucking douche, you know that!?" he hissed. Kakuzu rolled his christmas coloured eyes and glared at Hidan.

"Watch it, Hidan. I could hurt you."

"... Touche." Hidan mumbled, deciding the conversation was to be ended there. Kakuzu smirked slightly and continued to thrust into the albino, but he knew this feeling, the earlier coil in his stomach came back and it tightened like a knot. Not soon after, did he come inside of Hidan, spilling his seed into the smaller teen. "Ngh- Kakuzu!" Hidan moaned happily and felt the sharp pain, but he liked the pain... Odd enough. Kakuzu took several deep breaths, then slipped out of Hidan quickly. He laid on the bed next to where Hidan was bent over and sat up.

"And?" he asked as Hidan straightened his posture, so he was on his knees now.

"That was amazing. As expected." Hidan grinned and got off of the bed. Kakuzu watched him and looked confused. Usually Hidan would fall asleep right after, but maybe two months changed that. Hidan quickly managed to get a pair of red boxers and black sweat pants on, before he turned to Kakuzu and smirked. "But you're still a fucking douche."

"Hidan. You better run." Kakuzu warned and got out of the bed in lightning fast speed. Hidan grinned and backed up as the stitched teen put his boxers back on, but as he was about the open the door, Kakuzu shot him the dirtiest of death glares, which made the silver haired teen gulp.

"OH SHIT!" he yelled and ran out of the room as fast as he could.

"It's on." Kakuzu growled playfully and fastened his belt back around his waist, grabbing his shirt and throwing it on. The tan skinned boy smirked and ran out of the room after his lover.

*****

"So, you two are back together, yeah?" Deidara blinked, watching Kakuzu and Hidan wrestle outside.

"Yep- ah!" Hidan laughed and screamed, trying to dodge Kakuzu, but failed. Konan watched and took a sip of her wine.

"Awww... They're beating eachother senseless... How cute!" she giggled. Yahiko sweat dropped and looked at his wife.

"How is that cute?"

"Because, dummy! They aren't actually trying to kill eachother. They're just play fighting." she grinned. Yahiko sighed and shook his head, not understanding his wife's logic in the least.

"Well, it's good you two are happy again." Kisame sighed. Kakuzu and Hidan stopped wrestling and looked at Kisame sadly.

"Itachi's not doing well?" Kakuzu asked.

"Not at all... Doctors said two weeks at most." Kisame said softly. Hidan winced and leaned into Kakuzu.

"... To live? That's fucking terrible." Hidan cringed. Kisame nodded and heard a scream from upstairs.

"Shit." he gasped and ran inside, Konan and Yahiko following. The others gulped and frowned.

"What if he dies, Kuzu!?" Hidan asked. "Kisame will be heart broken!"

"... I'm sorry to say it, but everyone dies. It's sad, but if it's Itachi's time, it's Itachi's time. Don't worry, love... Everything happens for a reason." Kakuzu cooed and ran a hand through Hidan's hair.

Kisame burst into Itachi's room to see the frail teen curled into a ball on the bed, holding his head. The blue skinned teen's eyes went wide and he rushed over to the Uchiha.

"Itachi? What's wrong?"

"It hurts. Make it stop." he mumbled. "Make it stop, Kisame." it sounded like Itachi was actually sobbing. Kisame had never seen a tear slip from the Uchiha's eyes, but now... Why did something new have to happen at such a terrible moment?

"I can only give you advil..." Kisame said softly and sat on the bed, bringing Itachi into a hug. "I know it must hurt, baby, but you gotta fight it off." he cooed. "You're stronger than any sickness... Any." Kisame vowed and kissed Itachi's cheek.

"I... Kisame?" Itachi asked/sniffed. Kisame blinked and looked at Itachi to see the similar pale face, but it seemed full of more pain than ever.

"Yes, Itachi?"

"Would you do me one thing before I die?" Itachi asked softly. Kisame choked when Itachi said die, oh how he hated the word.

"Of course... What is it?" Kisame asked. Itachi smiled slightly and cuddled into Kisame slowly.

"I want you to make love to me." Itachi said softly, the smile growing a bit. "I need to know what it feels like to do that with you. You always say no because I'm too sick, but I'm not getting any better." he said seriously. Kisame's whole body stiffened and he stared at his boyfriend.

"Have you lost your mind, Itachi?!" Kisame asked. "I can't do that! It's too much for you!"

"When will it be enough for me? Never. That ship has sailed, Kisame." Itachi said seriously. "I'm going to die, we both know it. I just want this... Please?" he asked. The bigger teen gulped and thought about this. How could he possibley do that to Itachi? He always looked so... So... Breakable. Kisame always wanted to do that kind of stuff with the Uchiha, but he was too scared at first, then Itachi got sick, and he knew he would never bring Itachi anymore pain, no matter what kind of pain it would be.

"Are you completely sure?" Kisame asked. Itachi chuckled and closed his eyes.

"Of course. I've been sure about it since we started going out, Kisame~" he purred and sat up swiftly. "And don't worry about breaking or hurting me. I'm stronger than I look, honestly."

"... Okay Itachi, I'll do it for you."

"No, don't do it for me..." Itachi said softly and pulled off his own shirt slowly. "Do it for us."

*****

"Wait. So, the fucker didn't die!?" Hidan exclaimed infront of the whole waiting room. The other people in the waiting room glared at the albino and Kakuzu pulled him back into his chair, shushing the silver haired teen.

"Yes." Kisame nodded, taking deep breaths. "He's going to live... I'm so friggin' greatful." he smiled.

"Well, I would be to... If this idiot was going to die, I'd freak." Kakuzu commented softly, earning a glare from his lover.

"Ha, un." Deidara interrupted. "So! When does Itachi come home, hmm?" he asked. Kisame looked over at the blond and smiled slightly.

"Well, a week or so... He'll never be completely healthy, but he's way better than he was... His health will be probably the same from when Hidan joined our household."

"Well, that's fucking fine, because he looked pretty healthy then." Hidan laughed a bit.

"Yes, but he'll have to take a good amount of pills..." Kisame said and Konan walked out into the waiting room.

"Kisame, Itachi wants to see you. The nurses will let you, since I told them about you two~" she grinned. Kisame sweatdropped and looked over at Konan.

"Gee... Thanks, Konan." Kisame laughed and walked off to Itachi's room. When he reached said room, a nurse was waiting outside smiling at the blue skinned teen.

"If you need anything, there's a small red button on the side of Itachi's bed." she smiled and walked off quickly. Kisame frowned and sighed, but walked inside of the room. Inside of Itachi's temporary space, it was quite something, mosty because Kisame had never really been in a hospital... Not for a long time. The walls where painted white and there was a big glass window, green curtains pulled back to let in the sun. One of the little windows was opened next to Itachi's bed. In said bed sat a happy Uchiha, who's face no longer showed any pain.

"Hey Itachi." Kisame smiled.

"Hello Kisame." Itachi smiled back, ushering the other teen over. Kisame chuckled and walked over to Itachi's side, bending over and kissing the Uchiha on the lips softly. Itachi smiled the smallest bit and kissed Kisame back. The two quickly parted and Kisame sat down in the chair next to Itachi's bed.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling great, and you?"

"Relieved." Kisame laughed. Itachi looked puzzled and tilted his head to the side.

"And why?"

"Because my one and only love isn't going to die." Kisame retorted, knowing that Itachi had knew it, but wanted the shark like boy to say it anyway.

"Ah. Well, I knew that." Itachi said. Bingo.

"Of course you did." Kisame mumbled and watched Itachi close his eyes.

"Hn. Kisame?"

"Yes?"

"Thank you so much." Itachi said softly, looking away from Kisame. "You've helped me so much and... And... I'm so glad you came into my life." he smiled slightly. "You finding me on the streets was the best thing that ever happened to me. I'm sorry I act coldly and seem like I don't care..."

"It's okay." Kisame laughed. "You're welcome, Itachi. I helped because I love you... I'm glad you came into my life, because finding you was equally amazing to falling in love with you." he smiled. Itachi looked back at Kisame and chuckled.

"You're completely corney." Itachi mocked, the firmilar and comforting smirk playing onto his light pink lips.

"I know."

*****

"GAME OVER!?" Hidan yelled. "Oh fuck Mario!" he growled. Kakuzu smirked and shifted the albino in his lap.

"Oh Hidan... You're not very good at video games, are you?" he asked, snickering. Hidan glared and punched Kakuzu's left leg playfully.

"Fuck you."

"Any place, any time." Kakuzu smiled and scopped the albino up, laying down and putting Hidan on his stomach. Hidan blushed and looked down at his lover. Kakuzu had his eyes closed, a calm smile spread across his usually angry features. "This is nice..."

"I know~" Hidan purred and bent over, kissing Kakuzu's lips softly. The stitched teen opened his eyes quickly, looking into Hidan's amazing purple orbs. Kakuzu moved his hands and placed them on either side of Hidan's waist, then kissed the albino back passionately.

"You guys might want to take that upstairs." Yahiko muttered and walked into the living room, reading a golf magazine. Kakuzu and Hidan both blushed and parted from the kiss quickly.

"Ahahaha, sorry..." Kakuzu sweatdropped. Hidan coughed and got off of his boyfriend quickly, just as the front door opened. Konan ran in smiling, which made the three males curious and quite confused.

"Hi! Guess what!?" the blue haired woman grinned.

"What?" Kakuzu asked for the others, feeling as he spoke for Hidan and Yahiko pretty well. Konan rolled her eyes and laughed.

"Itachi's home!" she cheered. Just as she said that, Itachi sauntered into the house, Kisame at his side as usual. Hidan blinked and grinned, standing up quickly. Itachi had a gentle smile on his thin lips, which was normally odd for the Uchiha.

"Dude! You're home, seriously!" Hidan grinned.

"Yes... It feels nice..." Itachi said softly and leaned against Kisame. Kisame smiled and kissed Itachi's cheek softly. Hidan chuckled and watched the couple.

"..." Hidan smiled and closed his eyes, feeling quite safe with the warmth o

*****

"Hey Kuzu?" Hidan asked and looked up at the stars. Kakuzu looked away from the view of the darkened city and gazed down at his lover that was set between his legs.

"Yes?" he asked. Hidan looked back and up at the stitched man, a small smile on his face.

"Do you think there's a heaven?" he asked. Kakuzu looked thoughtful, a smile making it's way onto his tan face.

"I don't know... One of life's wonders... You'll find out when that day comes..." Kakuzu assured the smaller man by ruffling his silver hair.

"Okay..." he smiled and closed his eyes. "Kuzu?"

"Another question? Wow, but okay, yes?" Kakuzu chuckled and wrapped his arms around Hidan's torso.

"Do you think we can survive?" he asked. "Like, as a couple?"

"Honestly... Yes. we haven't fought for a long time..." Kakuzu chuckled. "I love you, Hidan... I'll never let you go, because I know what it's like to not have you. It feels terrible." he explained. Hidan blushed and snuggled into Kakuzu and felt the taller man kiss the top of his head.

"I think we can too..." Hidan cooed and closed his eyes. "I love you too, Kakuzu. I want to be with you for a really fucking long time." he giggled and held Kakuzu's hands tightly, looking up at the stars. Maybe now, he could enjoy Konan's Haven... No evil killer dad, heart ache, evil sluts, or dying Itachi. That and Hidan hadn't had a nightmare for quite some time. The albino grinned and leaned against Kakuzu happily, feeling strong arms wrap around his waist. This is where he belonged, and no one could take it from him... No one.

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