Naruto One Shots

Kakuzu - My Oh My 🍋

Word Count - 2160
Ages - 29 and 91

"I don't like this (Y/N)." Regardless of Konan's warning she still helped me get ready. "I don't see what you see in him."

"It's not for you to know." I spoke to Konan as I watched her in the mirror curl another section of my hair.

"I'm your best friend (Y/N). Everything about this is for me to know." She set my freshly curled piece of hair down before grabbing another strand. "If not me than who?"

"Anyone else." I laughed. "You are worse than my mother."

"Hence why I don't see her around." Konan scolded me through the mirror.

"She pushed me away long before this talk could ever be. But if she hadn't I'm sure it would have been the same. Don't do the same thing babe. You are my bestie. I hear your words but don't keep pushing." I warned her with an empty threat.

We both knew she could say whatever she wanted about my relationship with Kakuzu and I wasn't going to do anything about it. I was convince it was nothing and we were just having fun. But she knew my heart more than I'd like to admit. She knew how I felt about him. But she also knew how he treated me. And she didn't like it. Never once was she afraid to tell me the truth. That's what I loved about her. But in these moments I hated it.

"I just don't like him for you (Y/N). You know how I feel." She sighed as she finished my hair.

"I know you don't. But it's my life. So what if he has a bad reputation. I'm no different."

"Yes you are. You have morals. And you're wasting it on him."

"No I don't Konan." I laughed. We both knew the truth. I was not like her. I was not in the Akatsuki for good reason. I was fucked up. Growing up with an addict I learned the value in using people to my advantage. And I loved to do it. Just like my lover did. "He makes me happy. Is that so hard to understand?" My voice started to show the agitation I was feeling.

"Yes." Her voice matched mine. I turned in my chair so I could face her as she took a slight step back. "You are not happy with him. Sure there are happy moments but there is more hurt than love. We all know this. He knows the power he has over you and you give it to him time and time again. If you can't let go of him at least set boundaries."

"I like what we have Konan." I got up from my chair to grab my ninja pouch before strapping it onto my leg. Something that always reminded me of home. A gift my mother had given me that once belonged to my father. The only thing either of them did for me.

Granted my father died before I was born but my mother let her gambling addiction get in the way of raising me properly. Every time she looked at my pale blue hair and dark green eyes that were so similar to his, she had to go on another binder.

And I hated how much I picked up on her addiction. Fortunately I had my father's wit and I was a lot smarter than my mother. I was ashamed to be linked to the legendary sucker. But I was thankful that my addiction to the fast money had led me to Kakuzu.

We both were addicts to this fast life style. Looking for the next wave of money to come in. It was an adrenaline high to see the odds come my way. And Kakuzu and I coveted that market. We were good at what we did and our bank accounts proved that tenfold.

That was a big reason that I couldn't let go of him. He had the same twisted desires as me. We would sacrifice anything to see the money come in. That was what was most important to us. Well almost.

To me, he was more important. The love that I pretended not to have for him was more important to me than the money and the fast life style. But to him, I would always come second. I understood his position and I tried to be okay with it. But when I had these talks with Konan it instilled that I could be treated better. Hence why I shut her down every time. Because I didn't want to hear the truth.