Title: Hurt
Author: CanaanAlshea
Summary: They Never Knew, Because Kurama Never Said. (Hiei POV]
It really was a stupid way to die. After living for over three thousand years. After living twenty three years in the human world...he fucking gave up.
We found him in his home.
It had been over a week since any of us had heard from him. It was Yusuke who had asked for help after multiple calls and no response to Kurama's cell phone. It was Yusuke who finally broke down the front door to our fox's apartment, where he lived, alone.
It was Yusuke who found him with gashed open wrists, his three-days-cold body. Yusuke who called Genkai in tears, who then called me. I'm not sure how she hacked into the communicator that Mukuro assigned to me. It never occured to me to ask. I felt my body go numb.
"...He's dead."
"I'm so sorry," my former leader said, choking, "I'm sorry. We found him. Overdosed. He died quickly."
"No," I said, numb, "No he wouldn't have wanted it quick. He's been dying for years."
'Stupid fox...' I stood alone as the sun came up, turning the sky a depressing grey. I traced his human name, his human birthdate.
I blinked away tears as I traced the message written in gold over the black headstone. Something only those of us in the Spirit Detective group could understand. His mother simply accepted the nickname.
"Kurama:
Loved,
And of both worlds."
END