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I think what drove me crazy the most was his red hair…
At first I hated it…I don't know why…maybe to me it didn't look natural, although he was a demon so of course he was one of the most natural parts of nature, but still…and even though I hated it I had to admit that he wouldn't look right with any other colored hair but red.
And I think that's what actually made me fall in love with him in the first place…the way that his bangs would fall in front of his gorgeous green eyes and the way he would just move his head a little to get them out of his way…
His eyes were another thing…they're the color of ferns…something I've never thought about until now.
Anyway though I would sit and watch him because he was so much different than I remembered him.
The man that now goes by the name of Shuichi among human family and friends or Kurama among we youkai…the man that I once knew as Yoko Kurama…
Yoko, after running from hunters like a coward, joined with the spirit of a human baby and after growing up with the mother, he learned what love was and that changed his heart, changing everything about him…
He was kinder and was no longer the strong youkai that he had been…and the damn red hair drove me nuts…after seeing him with silver hair for so long it was ridiculous…
But soon because he was kinder and because he was essentially different my attitude toward him changed.
It first turned toward pity because he had grown weak…but then it turned to love because of my pity…he had changed and it changed me…but from what I could tell, it had changed me for the better because I had found someone who I could be with forever…
His newfound lesson of what love was allowed him to love me back and for the first time, deep down I was happy…I had been happy before when I was a small child…and when I would gain in power and defeat my enemies…but now I was really and truly happy on a level that I had never felt before…
I found it enjoyable whenever we did things together and whenever I did something to make him smile that gorgeous smile of his.
Everything was amazing…but then reality hit…
So here's the story from the beginning…
For some reason the hair that had always annoyed me was gorgeous in today's light. The sun was glinting off of it in a way that made me take a second glance at it, which then made me stare, which was apparently annoying him.
"Hiei will you stop staring at me already…it's very annoying." Kurama told me but no matter how much I wanted to look away, I just couldn't.
"Seriously Hiei, that's not only annoying but also very rude…"
"I'm sorry." I said as I turned my head away…why the hell was I saying sorry to him? I never said sorry to anyone!
"Well, well Hiei…I guess hanging out with you has rubbed off on you. I think you just learned what manners are." Kurama smirked and laughed.
Normally I would have not only glared but also punched someone who even implied that I was getting weak, which having manners in essence did.
But instead I turned back to face him and just as I was about to hit him he did the thing that I know triggered the love. He flipped his hair out of his eyes, which let me see his bright green eyes, and in that light I new that I didn't hate him…hell I didn't even pity him anymore for being weak…instead I felt something I hadn't felt in a long, long time.
It took me a minute to realize what it even was…
What I was feeling, and the reason I couldn't take my eyes from him, was love…
Now you see, if you're a youkai then love doesn't feel the same as I imagine it would for you humans…for us it feels like we have someone squeezing our heart…not in a painful way but in a way that's almost unnatural.
It feels like your insides are swelling and that no matter how much you want to stop the feeling it doesn't go away.
That was how I was feeling now and it took a moment for me to recognize that.
One thing about it that I know is different is that for a youkai, falling in love is instantaneous. Its not something that takes a while to build up…
"Hiei…you're staring yet again." Kurama raised an eyebrow and looked at me bluntly.
I felt a small shiver go up my spine as he said my name…it took a moment for his words to sink in.
One they did I turned away again and could feel myself blushing.
"Kurama…" I said in a small voice.
"Hm?" he said and looked over, apparently seeing my pink cheeks. "Why Hiei, are you blushing?" he stifled a laugh. "Embarrassed at being caught staring again, are we?"
I almost yelled no before realizing that if I did I would blow our cover, so instead I looked at him and said, 'No, that's not it at all…There was something I was going to tell you, but now I'm not going to."
I turned back toward the field and refocused on the mission at hand. Although Kurama was now human he still had a large amount of spiritual energy that he used to fight with.
Which was made worse by the fact that stupid toddler Koenma was forcing us to work for him as our punishments for our crimes against the Makai…otherwise I would never have been with Kurama, minus the love that I felt now.
This was the first time we had been partnered together when on a mission. I was usually with Yusuke, because I couldn't stand that stupid oaf Kuwabara.
We were partnered together because our current mission was to bring in an old friend of ours.
He was one of Kurama's gang until he was defeated by a newcomer and left fleeing for his life, which was the last time we both had seen him.
"What were you planning on telling me Hiei? I have a feeling we'll still be waiting a while for our friend to show up." Kurama prodded.
"No. I'm not telling you until you say your sorry for calling me weak." I knew it was childish to act in such a manner, but I couldn't help it. He had offended me and I was going to get an apology from him willingly before I made him apologize.
I may have feelings for him but that wouldn't stop me from being cruel if I needed to be.
"But I didn't. When did I say that?" He obviously had forgotten that having manners made one weak…although he did have them and so would obviously not admit to it.
"When you said that I was learning manners…for a youkai having manners means that your weak and you've obviously forgotten that."
"Ok then, fine. I'm sorry. Now what were you going to tell me." It hadn't sounded very convincing, but I would take it.
"I was going to say that…I think…that I might…"
Kurama raised his hands and looked away from me back out into the field. The scent of blood filled my nose and I new that the battle that was coming next would be a big one.
"Your going to have to wait until we have him in custody before you can finish what you were telling me. Sorry." Kurama looked back at me before running off.
I ran after him knowing that I might not have the courage to tell him after the battle.
I might have been fearless in battle, but emotions were something that were as different to me as the Makai world is from the Ningenkai…
-x-
Kurama and I were now bloody, bruised and tired and I was pissed. Our old friend apparently didn't want to be brought in a lot more than we had thought.
We walked into Koenma's office and handed over our prisoner right before Kurama collapsed. He'd lost a lot of blood and I was beginning to feel a little dizzy myself.
As for our prisoner, well Kurama and I were at least still moving on our own.
"Botan!" Koenma yelled in that high-pitched, whiny-assed squeak of his.
"Yes?" Botan appeared out of nowhere, and I continued to wonder who the hell was punishing me. (I mean I'm a yokai, how'd you expect me to act? Therefore I was continuously wondering who sent Botan and her perpetual cheeriness to punish me…Wasn't working for the pipsqueak bad enough?)
"Botan, take that demon down to the prison section to await trial and send some medics up here to look after these two."
Botan nodded and ran off.
"I don't need a medic. I'll be fine in a few hours." I told Koenma and turned to leave. As I stood up, everything went black.
~.X_X.~
I woke up with bright light streaming in on my face. Someone was sitting next to me. Out of the corner of my eye all I could see was a mass of bright red hair on whoever it was.
They were holding my hand and sounded like they were quietly crying.
I had no clue who it was though I wished that it was Kurama.
"Kurama…" I whispered. I tried sitting up but was held down by Kurama hovering over me having moved from his seat.
"Shh…don't talk. Everything will be just fine."
He had some bandages on his face and his eyes were a little red. He obviously had been crying.
I stared into his bright green eyes and he did the one thing that I wanted him to do most.
He leaned forward and kissed me. I was shocked at first but then I let the feeling settle in and I kissed back, loving every moment of the feeling.
His lips pressed against mine with their sweet taste. The tears falling from his cheeks and landing on mine. All of it was perfect. If only it were real…
~.X_X.~
I woke up and saw Kurama lying in a bed next to mine. He had bandages all over. I knew the kiss had been a dream the moment it happened but I still remembered what it felt like.
The honey taste from his lips…it had been so good that I wanted to get up and do it for real this time.
I stood up, being careful not to move to quickly because I was still a little dizzy, and walked over to his bedside.
Leaning down close to his ear I whispered, "Kurama, there's something I need to tell you." I knew he wasn't awake.
"I love you." It was the first time I had said it out loud.
Kurama stirred a little and his eyes opened.
He looked up at me and whispered back, "I love you too."
Shock took over and I stared for a minute. This was no dream…this was real. I leaned over and kissed him, his lips tasting even better than I thought they would. Almost like sunshine and honey mixed together, if that makes any sense.
I felt only a little pressure from Kurama, but I knew that was all he could do seeing as he was so weak right now.
As I pulled away I felt water on my cheeks. I put a hand to my face and found that I was crying. It was something I hadn't done since I was very small…I was surprised I even still could.
I walked back to my bed and laid down, letting sleep and the dream that was now reality take over.
-x-
I repositioned the chair and placed my hand in his.
It was a strange feeling, but a good one. Feeling his warmth against me…
"I probably shouldn't have gotten out of bed…" I was dizzy and I knew that it wasn't because of Kurama.
"Mr. Hiei, please get back into your bed." The nurse said as she entered.
"No. I have to stay with him. He was wounded badly and I can't leave him."
"Mr. Hiei, will you kindly get back to your bed." She seemed adamant about that.
"No I will not. I can't leave him."
"Mr. Hiei, I will only tell you one more time, get back into your bed…NOW!"
"I SAID N-" and everything went black.
~~~~X_X~~~~
It was dark out when I woke up again. This time Kurama was sitting next to me. My head was killing me. Damn nurse had hit me with that clipboard harder than I thought she could…
"What happened?" I asked in a whisper causing Kurama to move closer. Even among the hospital smells he smelled sweeter than his lips tasted.
"You were apparently not listening to the nurse when she told you to get back into your bed. You apparently passed out."
Oh yeah, that's what it was…sure…
"Why were you out of bed to begin with?"
"I couldn't leave you…"
He leaned over and kissed me on the forehead. "Thank you."
"Anyway how are you feeling?"
"I'm okay…little dizzy, tired and my head hurts a little but otherwise I'm okay." he said and smiled at me.
"You should get back to bed yourself. You were hurt worse than I was."
"Your right." he stood up carefully and slid me over on the bed, laying down next to me.
"Kurama, I meant to your own bed."
"But this is comfier…" He placed his arm over my stomach and cuddled close to me. "Besides, didn't you say that I was wounded badly and that you needed to stay with me?" he whispered his lips brushing my ear.
My eyes widened and I blushed lightly. "You were awake?"
"No I wasn't. The nurse told me what 'my boyfriend' had done once I'd woken up."
My face blushed deeper at the thought of being called Kurama's boyfriend.
"Hiei, would you wanna be considered my boyfriend?" he said almost reading my mind. "I know you said you loved me, but does that mean you would call yourself that?"
Before I even thought about it I said, "Kurama of course I would! There's nothing in the world that I'd like more!"
Kurama smiled and he kissed me. Not like the first time which was sweet, but like he was thanking me. Like it'd made his dreams come true.
He pulled away and said to me, "Good, because there's nothing I'd like in the world more either."
I smiled back at him and we fell asleep, healing our wounds, in each other's arms.
-x-
At night one of us would get up and go lay down with the other and then in the morning they would get up and go back to their own bed before that damn nurse came in and yelled at us. The night nurses didn't care. They thought it was adorable…annoyingly so because Kurama loved it. These dimwitted girls annoyed the hell out of me…
"Don't worry about it. They're just trying to be nice." Kurama said.
"Yeah I know but it's still annoying."
"You two can go now. Doc says your all good and I don't have any missions for you…yet." Koenma said as he popped his head in the room. "I'd stay but I have a meeting to get to." He waved and out the door he went.
"Finally we're alone and don't need to worry about those stupid nurses." Kurama said. "I've been waiting a while to do this." He stood up and walked over to the door. I heard a click and he turned to face me.
"Hiei…I want you."
My face flushed and I said, "What?"
He walked over to me and looked into my eyes. "I said I want you. When I first saw you, you interested me. Your cute little lips and your deep dark eyes. I knew then and there that I had to have you. Now I finally can." Kurama kissed me and I leaned into him.
"Kurama…I want you too…It was kind of the same for me. I fell for that hair of yours and your eyes…"
Kurama kissed me as he lifted my shirt up and pushed me over onto the hospital bed. He left a trail of kisses down my chest as he made his way to the button on my pants. His lips found mine as he undid my pants and shifted them downwards, exposing my hardening length.
He kissed his way down my chest again. "Kurama."
"Shh…Wait until I actually start." he whispered. I shuddered lightly as he gently kissed his way to the tip of me. He swirled his tongue around me while making short little up and down strokes. He started to suck on my head and move up and down my shaft.
I moaned and ran my fingers through his hair. "Kurama…"
He started to suck harder matching my breathing.
He pulled away and started to unbutton his pants. "Now for the real fun."
I looked at him and smiled, my face flushed and my breathing heavier than normal.
"Kurama…" I said as he removed his pants. I sat up and slid mine off while he took off his shirt. "How do you want me?" I asked.
He sat down on the bed repositioning me so that I was on top of him and licked his finger to ready me for him.
We both started moving against the other pushing him in and out of me. I moaned loudly. I started to move faster up and down.
"Hiei…" Kurama's breathing was harder too. We moved against each other, panting and moaning louder and louder.
"Kurama…" I was nearing the edge and I could feel that he was too.
He thrust upward one last time and I bit my lip as we both came. We pulled apart and laid there for a minute to catch our breath.
"We should probably go now before someone becomes suspicious. Yusuke and the gang will want to know how we are. Should we go see them?" He asked as we got redressed.
I smiled at him and said, "Sure."
-x-
We walked into Yusuke's house and, not surprisingly at all, everyone was there.
"Hey you guys, I see Koenma finally let you out." Yusuke said and smiled at us. "We'd of come visit you but according to him 'It'd probably be best if the lovebirds were left alone' or something like that. You should have seen it. As soon as he said it I nearly died laughing. Imagine you two as lovebirds!"
"Yusuke, I'm amazed that you even know what a love-" I started to say before Kurama's lips cut me off, and the whole room went quiet.
Kurama moved away from me and said, "Good, now we don't need to worry about telling them."
"Awwwwww…that's so cute!" Botan said and started daydreaming.
"Oh my God…man Kurama…is Hiei that best you could do, seriously?" Kuwabara said as I glared at him.
"I would start being nicer to me if I were you. You see I'm closer to Yukina than you'd think." Kuwabara gave me this confused and puzzled look (so basically the one he has most of the time) and Yukina looked intrigued. "You see I'm-" Kurama's lip cut me off again.
He stepped away and whispered, "You can't tell them yet. Besides are you the one who didn't want them to know?"
I looked at him and nodded.
"You're what to Yukina?" Kuwabara asked.
"Nothing. Just trying to intimidate you."
"I knew it!" Kuwabara said and looked at Yukina and smiled. Yukina looked at me and knew it wasn't a lie. I think she figured out I was her brother. I would have to talk to her later.
We sat down and got caught up on what had happened the last couple of days.
~~0_0~~
Kurama and I were about to leave when Yukina came over to us.
"Hiei can I talk to you about something?"
"I knew this was coming. That you'd figured it out…especially with what I said today."
Kurama nodded at me and left. Yukina and I walked out of earshot of the rest.
"Is it true? Are you really my brother?" I nodded. "Why didn't you tell me before when I first found you guys?"
"Because I couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to tell you that you had a monster for a brother. A demon with no soul whatsoever, and one who didn't care. One who was angry at everyone because no one liked him because he was a male demon and so took whatever he wanted from whoever had it. I couldn't tell you that. Normally I'd have bragged about having no soul or feelings, but I just couldn't do that to you."
"Is that why you left Mom?" Yukina had tears starting to form.
"I don't know what you were told about me but she broke the Island's laws and fell in love with a demon. Shortly after birth I was thrown off the Island and into the Makai."
"That's terrible!"
"From what I understand she wasn't the one who threw me out."
"That doesn't matter! Don't worry Hiei…I won't leave you, not now that I found you!" Yukina moved forward and hugged me. It was the first time we'd touched each other since birth. I hugged her back feeling a hole fill up inside me that I hadn't even known existed.
We stepped away from each other before Kuwabara walked over.
"Hey Yukina, you ready to go?" he looked over at me and glared. "Hiei. What are you and Yukina talking about? For a moment it looked like you were hugging her. Don't you already have someone of your own?" He had placed his arm around her protectively.
"You sure ask a lot of questions don't you?" I said and glared. He may have been good for Yukina, but that didn't mean that I liked him.
"Don't worry Kazuma. I'll explain it later." She winked at me and said, "We'll talk more later. Now go catch up to Kurama."
Kuwabara just gave her this odd look and they went back over and sat down as I walked out the door.
Kurama was standing there waiting for me when I got outside.
"So how did it go?" He asked and put his arm over my shoulder as we walked away.
"Better than I thought." We kept walking awhile and I looked around.
"Where are we going?"
We stopped and he said, "My house," He leaned over and kissed me before looking right into my eyes. "And your home now too…if you want."
I smiled and nodded as we kept walking.
-x-
6 Months Have Passed
I looked at Kurama with a questioning gaze.
"Are you serious?" At first I couldn't believe what he asked me.
"Of course I am. There's a new place I wanna check out. We should go for our anniversary. It has been six months you know."
"Yes but I don't do human things like dance."
"So? Just do it for me…please?" He gave me this look that just said 'You'll be very well rewarded if you do this…' and believe me it worked well…a little too well in some cases.
"Fine…as much as I'll regret this I'll do it. Only for you though…"
"One more thing. You won't be able to go like that."
"What do you mean?" Now I was worried a little.
"Well there's going to be all humans there dancing around to fast paced music. You dressed in your normal clothing probably won't work too well."
"So what do you have in mind then?"
"Well since I knew you'd say yes, I dug these out of the back of my closet." He held out a pile of black clothes and as I sorted through them I looked at him and just shook my head. He had handed me a black shirt (which wasn't the problem) and a pair of black leather pants (which was the problem).
"What?" he looked at me innocently.
"I am not wearing those. I refuse to. No matter what you say or do, I will not wear them."
Kurama moved real close to me and said "Please?"
"Absolutely not."
"Please…don't make me beg." he said as he pulled me close and fondled my ass. "Those are all you'll have to do for me for our anniversary."
I blushed as I let out a huge sigh. "Fine but don't expect me to do anything for our one year."
He leaned over and kissed me gently, running his tongue over my lower lip. "You'll probably have forgotten by then, but ok."
~~~~0_0~~~~
"Kurama, the sex tonight better be amazing or else I'll kill you for making me wear these."
I walked into his living room and stopped at the sight Kurama made. My face got bright red and it felt like one of those "nosebleed" moments those damn fangirls were always talking about.
Kurama was wearing this green shirt that almost matched his eyes and a pair of leather pants almost like mine. Let's just say that words could not describe how sexy he really looked…[A/N: Let's just say that their pants are designed to look like Gackt's from the live Vanilla fanservice video which can lovingly be found on youtube, and for more references, like the pants Kenshin wears to visit Sano for their date in Heaven in Your Arms by StarRose.]
"You look amazing…" I was otherwise speechless.
He walked over and put his arms around me and said, "Thank you. You look amazing yourself. Are you ready to go?"
I sighed again and nodded. "I guess."
We grabbed jackets (not that I really needed one but I was going to be among humans so I had to look the part of someone being out in mid-autumn) and left to go to this new hotspot he wanted to see.
"Oh yes, and about the pants…don't worry…you won't be doing much sitting tonight…in them anyway." I smirked as we walked out the door.
~~~~0_0~~~~
We turned the corner and bright lights hit my eyes. There was a large group of people standing outside waiting and we got a lot of looks as we walked by them.
I leaned over and said, "And how are we just getting by the crowd?"
Kurama whispered back, "Well the owner is a low level demon who enjoys being in the human business system, so lets just say I used a little demonic persuasion to get us V.I.P. access tonight."
"Wow…you must really have bet that begging would work.""Yes I did. But I wanted everything to be wonderful tonight." We walked through the door and were surrounded by loud music and lots of people dancing.
"Just spending the night with you would have been fine.""Yeah, but we do that every other day, so we needed something new." Kurama said as he led me over to a table marked 'V.I.P.'
"What do you want to eat? It's on the house." Kurama asked me.
"Another part to your persuasion?" I asked and Kurama nodded. "No thank you anyway though."
"Are you sure?" I nodded and he walked over to the bar and ordered drinks for us. He walked back over with them and we snuggled close together.
"So why exactly did you want to come here?" I asked him as we cuddled close.
"Because then I can finally get you to move around for me somewhere other than in bed."
I blushed and scoffed at him. "Well then your out of luck. I told you I don't dance. It's completely moronic."
"Suit yourself." he said as he walked away.
I watched him as he start to sway his hips to the music an join the group of people already dancing. He danced his way over to this tall black haired guy and started dancing very close to him. The other guy turned and kept dancing with Kurama. As they got closer together my anger rose. I knew he was doing it to spite me and get me out there but I wouldn't give in…not this time. He may have gotten to me earlier but he wasn't going to get me again.
The other guy moved a HELL of a lot closer to Kurama than I'd have even thought of letting him get and he moved to kiss Kurama.
I was over in a second and pushing the guy over and away from Kurama.
"Why'd you do that?" Kurama asked tilting his head innocently…the damn kitsune…
"Why…why…why would you do that to me!" I felt almost like hitting him.
"Cause I knew you'd come out here for me." he said and smirked. He held out his hand and said, "Now come on and dance with me."
I glanced around the room. "That was a dirty trick but fine…Just once though and then we're leaving." I felt like everyone was looking at us and I didn't like it.
Kurama put his hands on my hips and pulled me close to him.
"I've never actually danced before." I blushed lightly as I mumbled.
"I figured that…You've never really done anything in the human world to begin with."
The music had started to slow down and Kurama moved both of our hips to the slowing tune. He held me close as we moved and everyone around us seemed to disappear. We swayed back and forth for a few minutes.
"Kurama…I love you."
"I love you too." He whispered into my ear.
The music start to pick up its tempo and the people around us became apparent again. Kurama looked at me and asked, "I'd have liked to stay a little longer, but you seem to be on edge. So are you ready to go then?"
I looked around and got the feeling again that people were looking at us.
"Yeah." We grabbed our jackets from the table and left.
~~~~0_0~~~~
"You follow them. I'll get the redhead." said a dark figure.
The other figure nodded and disappeared to follow his quarry.
"Hiei, I will take everything from you."
~~~~0_0~~~~
Kurama led me to our bedroom. He started to move his hands up and down my back and kissed me. We kept kissing as clothes slowly started coming off. Finally those damn pants could be burned so they could never be used again on me…damn kitsune…
Kurama led me over to the bed and set me down. He rubbed my thighs as his lips found my member. He licked me up and down over and over before he put his mouth on all of me. I let out a moan and he kept going. Soon he was licking and sucking my head while his hand moved up and down my shaft. I moaned louder this time and I didn't know how much longer I could hold on when he swallowed all of me again and I came.
He stood up and I licked the precum he had on his head causing him to shiver lightly. He tasted sweet and slightly salty at the same time. I took all of him in my mouth and sucked him up and down. He moaned and ran his hands through my hair. I kept going until he came and his sweet warmth filled my mouth.
I shifted around laying myself on the bed. Kurama reached over into his nightstand drawer and grabbed the tube of lubrication he kept there. I heard him open the cap and felt the cold liquid him my ass. I shuddered at the feeling of Kurama moving the lube in and out of me with this finger while he kissed my neck.
He pressed his member against my ass running it through the lube until it was slick.
He slowly pushed himself in me and I bit my lip at the pleasure.
We moved back and forth, away from and towards each other over and over slowly building up. After a while the pressure grew and we moved faster as we both came towards our climax. We were both panting and moaning as we came together, myself all over my stomach and the sheets and Kurama inside me.
We pulled apart exhausted and laid there a moment.
Without saying a word, Kurama got up, grabbed a sheet and placed it under me. He climbed back into bed and pulled a blanket over both of us.
"I'll worry about the sheets in the morning." he said by way of explanation. He was still a little short of breath.
He nuzzled into my neck and I cuddled into him. I never wanted this to end.
"Kurama, I love you. Happy Anniversary."
"Happy Anniversary Hiei. I love you too." he mumbled into my neck before we both fell asleep.
~~~~0_0~~~~
He had followed them from the club and watched them as they had sex, watching their every move like the hunter that he was.
"I will get my revenge on you Hiei…You took everything from me and now I know exactly what I can do to your little redhead before I kill him…"
"The other figure growled low and moved forward to catch his master's prey.
The hunter held out his hand. "Not yet. I'll let him enjoy his last moment of happiness a little longer…"
The hunter sat back on the rooftop and watched his prey sleep peacefully before he would tear that peace to shreds.