Kakuzu walked towards the room he shared with Hidan, sulking. They'd been late on their last mission, so Pein had only paid them half their reward. Kakuzu walked into the room, ignoring his partner and flopping facedown on the bed.

Hidan looked up from the book he was reading in the chair and sighed, shutting it. He walked over to the bed and sat down beside his partner. "How bad?"

"He took half," Kakuzu muttered, voice slightly muffled by the pillow his face was buried in.

The immortal shook his head, smirking. "That's not so bad, dumbass. He could have kept it all."

"Don't even joke like that."

"Whatever, dumbass." Hidan slid his hand onto Kakuzu's back, gently rubbing small circles into him. The banker turned his face to the Jashinist. "What are you doing?"

"Trying to get you to calm down, is that a fucking crime?" Hidan frowned. "Dammit, you're tense." He removed his hand and slid his body onto Kakuzu's thighs, massaging the banker's shoulders. "What the hell did you do, Kakuzu?"

"Nothing at all." The banker sighed and shut his eyes. God, he wondered where Hidan had learned to do this. His hands felt so good as the traveled up and down his back, and Kakuzu couldn't help smiling slightly. After half an hour of this, Hidan stopped and lay down on top of him. "Feel better?"

"Yeah." Kakuzu began to move, and Hidan got up just enough for him to flip over, then lay down on Kakuzu's chest again. He began kissing the banker, eyes shut in pure bliss. Kakuzu broke away. "You know, you're being awfully nice tonight."

"I fucking hate you, burn in hell, you fucking heathen." He smacked Kakuzu. "Happy now, dumbass?"

"No." the banker made them kiss again. "Seriously though, why are you so happy?"

"It's a holiday for Jashin, I can't help it." Hidan frowned slightly and looked away. "And, about my holiday, 'Kuzu…." The banker raised a brow. Hidan only used that pet name when he wanted something, be it love or money. "Yes?"

"I can't have sex until it's over."

Kakuzu blinked and sighed angrily, sitting up. "Dammit!" he muttered. "Hidan, I really needed to screw you after all this."

"It's only until tomorrow."

"That doesn't make me feel any better."

Hidan frowned, annoyed by his partner's sulking. "Sorry I have no control over Jashin's holidays, would punching my head off make you feel better?" he asked sarcastically.

Kakuzu balled his hand into a fist and knocked his partner's head across the room, sighing afterwards. "Nope."

"Dammit to hell, you asshole, sew my fucking head back on!" a long stream of curse words flowed from Hidan's mouth that would have made an ordinary person faint, but Kakuzu merely rolled his eyes and walked over to the talking head, picking it up none-to-gently and going over to the body, stitching it back on. Once he was reassembled, Hidan frowned and walked back to his chair, sulking. "Sorry," the banker muttered. Hidan grunted and picked up his book.

A while later, Kakuzu walked over to the light switch, preparing to turn in for the night. Hidan saw this and grabbed a pillow from the bed, walking to a corner. "I'm sleeping here."

"Whatever." Kakuzu shut off the lights and crawled into bed.

A few hours passed. Kakuzu heard a shuffling sound and grinned. A moment later, his partner crawled into the bed, albeit as far from Kakuzu as he could get. "It's fucking cold," he hissed, answering the unspoken question.

Kakuzu gave him a few minutes, and (after seeing that the immortal wasn't moving) wrapped his threads around Hidan's waist, pulling him close. His body was ice cold. "You shouldn't be so stubborn," he whispered, arms wrapping around the immortals waist, pressing his small back against Kakuzu's chest.

Hidan didn't reply. "Hmm. So, you're not talking to me. Well, I'm sorry for earlier. Ok?" Still no answer. "You forgive me or what?"

"Fine."

"Good." The banker gently kissed Hidan's neck. "Love you."

"Night, 'Kuzu." The banker smiled and kissed his partner again, drifting off.

But Hidan couldn't sleep. It always felt odd to him; being held so close by his partner, like he was the most precious thing in the world to him. He sighed and shook his head. We've come a long way since we first met…

Back when all they wanted to do was kill each other.