Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from the Yu Yu Hakusho series. I only own the storyline. There will be no original characters in this story, only two characters. This one shot is a story written for a request for someone. I hope it brightens someone's day.

What happens when Kurama's birthday rolls around and he spends the day alone with Youko? And exactly WHAT does the Youko do for the young redhead for his birthday?

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Happy Birthday to Arashi Wolf Princess. I hope you like it. This one is for you.

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Chapter One: The Day Before

Kurama looked out of his window and frowned. The earth was soggy from the heavy downpour and it didn't look like it was going to let up any time soon. He shook his head. Just his luck, the night before his birthday and the worst storm in years decides to pop up. It looked like his plans of hiking up the North Mountains of the Makai were shot, considering this amount of rain meant that the Spirit World was most likely flooded as well. He sighed as he turned and looked at the snoozing form laying across his bed. He smirked. It was not often that the Youko visited him, but when he did, it was a treat for the young redhead. He shook his head as he sat at his desk and pulled out his homework for that night. Even though it was a Thursday and he had already gotten a message that classes were canceled the next day. He smiled at that. His birthday was going to be all to himself, and he wasn't going to have to call in sick or anything in order to have it to himself the next day. But he would still do his homework. For Thursday AND Friday. Going to college sucked that way... It was like the mail - through rain and sleet and snow or sun - it had to be done. Oh, well. The thought of having to finish his homework didn't seem to bother the redhead on nights like this, it took his mind off things.

After twenty minutes of scribbling words on his notebook, Kurama stretched slightly. The chair in which he was sitting wasn't the most comfortable of all chairs... but his other option of leaning back against the pillows of his bed was unavailable to him on this night. He glanced over his shoulder and seen that the silver fox was on his side, hugging one of his pillows. Kurama shrugged and turned back to the paper at hand. The fox had said that his journey here tonight was rough, and so he was letting the fox rest before the tall creature of silver fur decided to explain why he decided to drop by.

Youko was not asleep, however. The sneaky fox was only resting his body for the time being, feigning tiredness as to get a few hours of rest. Golden eyes peered across the room at the youth at the desk. He never understood why Kurama chose to go BACK to college for a second degree. He already had a Bachelor's degree in Biology... why would he choose to go back for a degree in Agriculture as well? Youko shrugged lightly. It didn't matter to him. Since the day that the two were separated and two beings were created, Kurama had moved on with his life, choosing to remain among the humans here in the Human World. Youko had asked the redhead to come back to the Spirit World with him, but for some odd reason, the youth refused him every time. Youko frowned. He knew that it was because of Kurama's attachment to his mother, Shiori. Youko only wished that type of attraction could be shared by others.

Youko frowned as he continued to hear the pen scratching against the paper across the room. He laid his ears back and shook his head as he snuggled deeper into the pillow. He could smell the redhead, both around him and in his arms in the shape of a pillow. The smell was intoxicating. Of course as a Fox Demon he was able to smell the true scent of the redhead. That was his one small joy in life. No one else could actually smell the true scent of the human sitting across the room. Youko smiled lightly, the smell was his alone to enjoy. The Youko had never met someone like Kurama. The red headed human smelled like a beautiful, delicate rose. And that was something to say. It wasn't some fruity scent that humans put into that awful concoction they call "perfume". It was a deep, luscious scent that drove the fox batty.

"So how long are you going to lie there and pretend to sleep, Youko?" Kurama suddenly asked from his desk, setting his pen on top of his paper and turning slightly in his chair to look at the fox.

Kurama stared at the fox for a few minutes. Youko did not move, not even the slightest flicker of an ear. Kurama frowned and shook his head. "Oh, come on, Youko. I can hear your breathing patterns have changed! I am not a fool!"

Youko frowned deeply and opened his eyes. "I should have separated from you a hell of a lot sooner than I did. At least that way you wouldn't know me so well."

Kurama smiled triumphantly as his emerald green eyes met golden ones. Kurama was indeed no fool. The Youko had been a part of him for so long that the redhead could tell exactly what he was thinking about. "And get off of my pillow. You shredded the last one."

Youko's ears pressed against his head as he hugged the soft pillow closer to him. "I did not, and I refuse."

Kurama sighed lightly and shook his head. He stood up and walked to the bed. He sat down beside the tall fox and tilted his head to the side. "Then will you tell me why you came to visit me so suddenly?"

Youko shrugged and stretched out across the bed, still holding onto the pillow as if it was a lifeboat. "There was nothing else to do. And besides, I never miss a birthday."

Kurama smirked and shook his head. "Kinda hard TO miss one when we are the same person, ya know."

Youko peered up at the boy as he heard the sarcasm roll off his tongue. "I didn't come here to be sassed. If I wanted that I would have stayed at home with Hiei!"

Kurama shrugged his shoulders. Since the separation, Hiei had visited so rarely that Kurama was almost surprised to hear his name. He stood up and walked to the window where the shorter demon used to sit and watch him do his homework. "You know I don't mean anything by it though."

Youko titled his head and frowned. Every time he mentioned the Fire Demon stuck at home the redhead seemed to distance himself from him. He sat up and suddenly abandoned the pillow. He looked at the redhead as he stared out the window. There was a sudden change about him, his mood seemed different as well as his posture. Kurama prided himself on having the perfect posture. Instead when the fox mentioned Hiei's name Kurama seemed to sulk by crossing his arms across his stomach with his shoulders drooping low. Youko frowned.

"You miss him, don't you?" Youko asked the redhead, earning the silver creature a deep frown from the redhead. "Don't look at me like that. I know that YOU felt excitement when you spent time with him. Why deny it now?"

"We were friends, Youko," Kurama said defensively from the window. "That was it. He didn't want me... he wanted the fox within... He wanted you."

Youko smiled lightly. "He did want me. But now... I find myself torn."

Kurama looked at the fox and blinked. "I cannot say that I am surprised. You ARE a fox. You don't mate for life."

"But I did for Hiei," Youko stated. "But still, I am torn."

"Torn about what?" Kurama snorted. "You have everything that you could ever want. You escaped death by running to the Human World, thus creating me. You have the perfect mate that no doubt loves you more than life itself. You have EVERYTHING! What on earth could you possibly be torn about?"

Youko smiled. He loved to agitate the young redhead. It proved that Kurama was more like him than he wanted to admit. Youko stood up and took a step towards the redhead. "I am torn about you, Kurama. I have asked you time and time again. Come back with me."

Kurama shook his head. "I will not go back with you, Youko. Especially not to be a pet of yours."

Youko flinched at the word "pet" coming from the youth before him. Youko gripped Kurama's arms and turned him towards the golden eyes that peered down at him.

"You..." Youko shook his head and took a small breath. "You would NEVER be a pet, Kurama."

"You are a mated man, Youko," Kurama said firmly. "Anyone that lands in your bed besides Hiei would simply be a fling, a one night stand, something for you to play with... ergo a pet."

Youko frowned. Kurama had never said something like this about him. He had never been so defensive when Youko suggested that Kurama come back to join him and Hiei. He titled his head to the side and looked at the youth in his hands. What was wrong with him?

"Just... let go, Youko," Kurama shrugged off the silver fox and stepped past him. "You have the perfect life, Youko. I need you to go back to it."

Kurama walked out of his bedroom and closed the door behind him. Youko's ears pressed against his skull and frowned. What the hell was that about? He shook his head, he had no clue that Kurama felt like that about him. What had he done to make the youth so hostile towards him?

A moment later the door opened again and Kurama walked back into the room. He walked directly to the bed and grabbed his pillow. He shoved it under his arm and glared at the fox, almost daring him to try to take it from him. He sighed lightly and turned to the door.

"Please be gone by morning," Kurama said lightly before he walked out of the room.

Youko frowned and crossed his arms. Like hell he was going to be told off like that.

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End of Chapter One: The Day Before. Well, well... now that Kurama and Youko have talked... will the Youko stay? If so, how does he convince the young redhead to accept his company for his birthday?

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