I was speechless. I had absolutely nothing to say. "Hidan, how would we even do that? After finally becoming friends then we take a huge step forward just to make deidara jealous? How would we do that?"

He pulls me into his arms and into a delicate kiss. I guess it was shock or just the feeling of actually being desired that kept me there-kept me locked in the kiss-but i didn't move and I didn't pull away. Finally, he pulls away and brushes my hair back from my face. "Like that." He winks and leaves the room.

To be honest, I didn't know what to make of that. What was one supposed to think after a kiss like that? And with Hidan? That was the most surprising part. This definitely changed the layout of everything. Of course, everything had to get complicated.

I walk out despite the blush creeping across my entire face. Deidara was gone. It was as if he was never there at all, which was how I came to think of deidara anyway but the absence had a strange effect on me. The kiss didn't really change anything between me and Hidan so we just carried on as we always did.

"Hey Hidan, what did you want to do today?"

He grins. "How about a pool day?"

I nod. "Yeah sure." I grab my bathing suit and run to change in the bathroom. I grab two towels and head back into the living room.

Deidara was sitting on the couch and looks up as I walk into the room. He stands and walks to me. "Hey, Nioki."

I bite my lip. "Hi...Deidara." The name tumbled from my mouth and it felt foreign. I look at the ground.

"So um...do you wanna hang out today?" He asks quietly.

In shock, I jerk my head up and my eyes widen to oblong discs. What was he high on! I felt ferocity rising but I pushed it down. "I...i cant."

He looks at me and he looked-sad almost. "Why not?" He was bewildered that I had denied his company.

"Hidan and i have plans today." I say straightforwardly.

His eyebrows come together in a deep frown and his voice rises. "Since when do you hang out with Hidan!" His voice held accusation in it and it made my knees go weak.

But I held my ground. "Since whenever you stopped!" I stormed out of the base angrily, Hidan at my heels.

He catches up to me and puts a hand on my shoulder. "Are you okay?"

"He-he's got a lot of fucking nerve! What a fucking ass wipe!" I say fuming.

He puts a hand on each of my shoulders and lightly shakes me. "Hey... Calm. Down." I sigh. "Look at me." I look at him, an irritated look on my face. "We are going to have a fun day today. Okay?"

I nod. "Okay."

He takes my hand and leads me away until we finally arrive at the pool.

We sit in the chairs by the poolside and I look at him quizzically. "Hidan..." I pause not knowing how to word this exact question. "About the kiss earlier..."

He looks at me inquiringly. "What about it?"

"What did it mean?" I seemed to be the only one confused that we had a kiss but he acted like it wasn't a big deal.

"Is it supposed to mean something?"

I shrug. "I dont know. Yes? I think so. Doesn't every kiss mean something?"

He laughs. "Nioki, dont think too much about it. You're getting too deep. It just happened. Not everything has to have a meaning."

I open my mouth but all that would come out was a stutter. What happens next? I lost-there was nothing else I could do or say. That was that.

Hidan stands and dives into the pool. He goes to the edge and holds onto it, eyeing me. "You should really come in; It feels nice."

I shake my head. "Nah, I want a tan."

"OW!" We walk back into the base, me clutching Hidan tightly.

"I told you that you should've put sunscreen on." He says before laughing at me.

"Why did you not tell me I fell asleep and without sunscreen on! Everything hurts!"

He raises his eyebrows. "Oh really now?"

I slap his arm. "Not like that! God Hidan!"

"I think you meant Jashin." He corrects.

I laugh but quickly stop as we pass Deidara. Hidan puts an arm around my shoulders and Deidara glares at him. A part of me felt guilty but the other part of me felt arrogant because he did, after all, deserve it. I look at a clock in the kitchen to see it is 5:00. I head to Itachi's room (which is where I put my clothes that I had changed out of) and I hear a small chuckle.

"What happened to you?" I hear Itachi say after clearing his throat. So he had been laughing at me.

"Its a slight sunburn." I grab my clothes in my arms and watch his amused expression.

"Slight?" He questions with sarcasm.

"Shut up..." I pause. "Everything stings."

He looks down to cover his smile. "I bet it does."

"Itachi!" I guess I took it the wrong way.

"I meant because of your "slight" sunburn. I think hidan is rubbing off on you just a little too much."

I look down although he couldn't see my blush because of the sunburn. "Yeah....well...im gonna go change..."

He nods. "Yeah, you do that."

I walk away to the bathroom but peek my head in the door one final time. "Um..."

He looks up at me bemused. "What Nioki?"

"Do you guys have any, like, guest rooms, perhaps?"

He inquires. "Yeah, I believe we do in fact have an available guest room that you could stay in."

I do a giddy jump in the air before disappearing down the hall to check the room out. It looked just like the others but it was bland and all mine. I mistakenly plop on the bed and groan in intense pain.

Hidan saunters in, entertained by my pain. I flip him off. "Hey! I was going to offer you some aloe but nevermind. You'd rather fuck me." He holds up a bottle of aloe cream.

I give him a death glare before demanding he hand it over with clenched teeth.

"Okay, okay." He says, tossing the bottle to me. I hold my hands in front of me in defense as it hits me.

"Mother fucker! Hidan!" I yell. Why was he such an idiot?

He clicks his tongue at me. "You'd better put a lot of aloe on, I like it rough." He winks and shoots me with his fingers.

"Is sex all you ever think about?" I ask irked.

"It is when I'm looking at you."

I throw the aloe back at him. "Make yourself useful and help me apply the aloe to my sunburn."

Hidan walks over to me, squirting the aloe into his hand and gently massaging it onto-first my back-then my shoulders. I feel him place a delicate kiss on my neck and then onto my lips, drawing me into a long kiss, pulling me into his lap. He places his hands around my hips, pulling me closer to him.

"What the fuck! Am I interrupting something?!"