A/N: After eons, I finally decide to write something. I've been scouring for my crack pairings and I was getting kinda sad that some of them are dying. No one writes about them anymore. And so, I just wanted to let this out.

Disclaimer: YYH is not mine.

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Rupture

By ChoppingBoard

A girl with light blue hair was shaken out of her concentration of closing up shop when she felt an intense gaze directed to her. She nervously fidgeted with the keyring where the key to the metal shutters was attached to.

She saw a guy standing a few steps from where she stood. His breaths were labored and he carefully placed his hand on a lamppost nearby.

Botan carefully studied his features. Red hair, emerald eyes. She wondered if she had something on her face or if she owed something to him since he stood still and kept his gaze on her. "Yes? Can I help you with something?"

He slowly tried to open his mouth as if to say something, but seemed to find it difficult to select his words. In the end, he just took a deep breath, trying to slow his heartbeat.

The girl with light blue hair furrowed her eyebrows as the scene is slowly becoming very awkward. She just said what came into her mind first, "Umm... I'm sorry but we're closed now. Hope it's okay with you to come back tomorrow instead?" She let out the last word as a squeak as she's not sure if it will sit well with him. He looks like he even ran just to get here. Poor thing.

The guy across her took another deep breath which seemed to finally normalize his breathing. "Ri-Right. I figured as much." He tried to respond as normal as possible but his breath hitched as he started his sentence. He offered an apologetic smile after.

Botan mimicked the emotion on his face and continued, "Really hope it won't be a problem. Well, I'm off now. See you!" Her face lit up as she ended her greeting and ran off to a small alley two blocks from the left of the store she just closed up.

In contrast, Kurama let out another deep sigh and still held the lamppost offering a feeble light above him. It was the 7:15pm, Spring in Kyoto where he saw her again.

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Earlier, Kurama found himself accompanied by Yusuke and Keiko below one of the trees in his university. It was lunch time and he usually spent his breaks alone, nevertheless, he welcomed both as he thought they made an effort to go all the way from their school to his. For Yusuke, it wasn't so surprising as he had a habit of cutting classes, but with Keiko, it seemed to be another story altogether. He couldn't help but be curious.

"Will you be asking me to be a godfather soon?" He couldn't help but tease the couple.

Keiko blushed furiously and automatically clasped her face with her hands, while Yusuke smirked. The two had gone off from a vacation from Kyoto and Kurama was surprised they visited him immediately the day after.

"Not exactly Kurama, though it's a nice suggestion." Yusuke responded with a grin, but within a few seconds, his jolly expression died down. "We saw her." He now averted his gaze from green eyes to his girlfriend.

The only girl in the group was silent for a while before finally deciding to speak out. "We saw Botan in Kyoto." A few seconds of silence again and she felt the downcast expression of the redhead. She wanted to say how she was delighted and relieved that they saw her but she couldn't fathom what Kurama was thinking. She fidgeted with the pleats of her skirt instead of elaborating.

Botan. So Koenma and King Yama were merciful after all.

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Flashback

He also wasn't sure how but it just happened. Red hair and light blue hair hung out more and more after many hardships and victories among the three realms. They put all that had happened in the past behind them, instead, they looked forward to more and more of the future. The future that was so uncertain and although they might not admit, it was terrifying.

A deity of death and a ningen. Scratch that, a deity of death and a half ningen-half youkai. What can possibly go wrong?

For that reason, Kurama and Botan held hands while they faced King Yama.

The King of the Spirit World offered a small smile as he started, "I've observed what has been going on between the two of you."

The redhead was very calm and he squeezed his hand as he felt uneasiness on the smaller hand on his.

"We're very happy with what we have right now Your Majesty." He responded with a glint of confidence in his eyes. He tried to peek to the girl beside him and smiled at her.

"I...I agree with what he said my Lord." Botan wasn't usually this quiet and this meeting seemed to unnerve her to no end. Kurama let her hand go and put his arm over her shoulder instead.

"Do you think you'll end up marrying each other?" his Royal Highness asked next.

The two figures stood still and the redhead tightened his grip on her shoulder. A person came out from the shadows and stared at the two of them.

"We'd like to offer you something. Actually, to Botan specifically." A small boy with a pacifier on his mouth said as he tried to get closer to the couple. "Would you like to stay at Ningenkai...permanently?"

Botan swallowed a lump on her throat as she let the question linger on her mind. She found herself dazed and didn't notice that the meeting had ended and she was now at a clearing with Kurama.

Noticing that she finally is coming to her senses, Kurama inquired, "What's on your mind right now?"

She smirked and teased him, "You". He smiled and sat down beside her. He carefully leaned his head on the trunk of the tree they were under and softly touched her head to lean on his. "I'm scared."

"I am too Botan." He tried to speak as calm as possible. He fears that if he spoke with the intense emotion he was feeling at that time, Botan would no doubt start crying.

Koenma said they can make her human, but at a cost. She'll lose all of her memories. Of the Spirit World, of ferrying dead souls, of standing by all of them during the dark tournament and monsters invading the human and spirit worlds, of defeats, of triumphs, of him. He silently mused that she would be all alone. The prince of the spirit world guaranteed that she'll be the same age and she'll even have some memories embedded, as if she's been in Ningenkai all her life. Another consequence was no one will know where she'll end up and if they'll ever meet her again.

He felt the irony of it all. All this, is it worth it?

Fin

A/N: I felt that this can be a oneshot but I can still consider continuing it. I've been reading Kurama x Boton fics and I wondered if a relationship between the two would be smooth, thinking that one was from the Spirit World and the other was a half-human, half-demon. And thus, this fic. Reviews are definitely appreciated :)