ROOMING WITH DESTINY
By Starflower Sakura

DISCLAIMER: Am I female? Yes. Am I insane? Maybe. Do I own Yu Yu Hakusho? No.

To readers/reviewers: Another fanfic, you ask? Yes, it is. Yu Yu Hakusho fandom is spilling over with those horrid Mary Sues that I can't bear to click on the link there anymore. Evil things they are. –twitches- The Hiei/Botan, Kurama/Botan fics are also getting on my nerves a bit. Botan belongs with Koenma (or maybe Yuusuke) I tell you!! –sighs- Sorry for my ranting but everything I go into the YYH fandom I get this way.

Rooming With Destiny
Chapter 1 – Love? Hah! You Must Be Kidding!

"So… where's Jaganshi?" Aihara Botan asked while stepping lightly into the kitchen after peeking in to see what Kurama was doing.

"Why must you mention him?!" Minamino Kurama whined. "As if it isn't bad enough that I have to face him every night and day."

Botan studied her friend as he took a tray full of cookies out of the oven while pouting cutely. He had long crimson-red locks that, when the girls weren't fawning over it, made girls secretly jealous. Botan could be added onto the list of secretly jealous girls, but she wasn't in the group of fawning admirers. She had already found her special someone, thank you very much. As if having beautiful hair wasn't enough, he just had to have green eyes that seemed to sparkle. Sometimes it's hard to have one of her two best friends a beautiful boy.

She turned to look at the glass cabinets which reflected her image slightly. She was not bad looking either. Long blue hair that she tied up with a ribbon or ribbons if she wanted it to be colorful and pretty pink eyes that shimmered in the sun. She had to be at least a slight bit attractive to have caught the attention of one of the most sought after guys when they were in high school, Hayashida Koenma.

Botan grinned as she stole one of the cookies that Kurama baked. She bit into it and savored the sweetness of it all. Finishing up, she looked about to see if she could sneak another one. Seeing Kurama's playful glare, she backed away slowly.

Answering Kurama's question, she started, "It's just strange that he's not around. He usually is. Of course, it's also strange that during the whole time that I was here, I didn't hear you complain about him even once!"

Kurama shrugged, "I have better things to do than talk about him. He must've had something to do. He was gone before I woke up."

This perked Botan's interest. She was always known to be a bit curious so this wasn't anything new. Curiosity also led to strange ideas and questions. Seeing that Kurama had sat down at the table, she followed suit.

"Do you think… maybe… he's seeing someone?!" Botan suggested, eyes wide with anticipation for Kurama's answer.

"That would be a surprise. His friends usually have to come and drag him out of our apartment. I can't remember a time when he would actually go anywhere with them willingly."

Botan shook her head in a way that suggested that Kurama had misinterpreted her meaning. She looked at him, slightly irritated that he didn't understand right away.

"No, no. I mean, seeing someone. You know…"

Kurama, usually smart, had the meaning go right over the top of his head for the second time. Botan could see the confusion clouding his eyes. Botan sighed and pressed three fingers onto her forehead.

"To think… he's the most chased after guy in the whole college and he doesn't know what 'seeing someone' means…"

Botan looked up at Kurama, who was looking at her, waiting for her to clear things up.

"To put it bluntly," Botan began, wondering just how her friend could not have gotten her meaning the first time around, "it means, 'do you think he's dating someone?'"

Kurama stared at her. She stared back. Botan was beginning to feel uncomfortable as Kurama continued to stare at her with this half-confused, half-surprised look. Then, Kurama started to laugh. First it started as a light chuckle, then it went into a light laughter, and soon Kurama had his head buried in his arms trying to control his mirth.

"What's so funny?!" Botan asked indignantly, miffed that he's laughing at her idea. It could happen, right?

"Botan-chan… do you seriously believe that…" a gasp for breath, "… Jaganshi would be dating someone?"

Botan gave him a look that clearly stated that she's sticking with her statement.

"Fine, we'll just say that he has the potential to date someone, which he doesn't, mind you. That insufferable idiot can't say a word to anyone without insulting them. Anyways, do you seriously think that anyone would actually agree to date him?"

Botan took to thinking while Kurama took a bite into a cookie he picked up from the platter while talking at first. Okay… so Jaganshi was mean… and scary… and cold… and a very hard person to get along with, but maybe there's someone out there that likes people like that.

"Well… it could happen…"

Kurama snorted lightly, "Don't make me laugh."

Botan acquired a mischievous twinkle in her eyes and her lips twitched slightly. Kurama didn't catch the look, though.

Botan just couldn't contain herself from saying, "Jealous?"

Kurama sputtered, choking on the piece of cookie that was in his mouth. He hurried to get himself a glass of water and gulped it down. He looked at her, baffled and mouth wide.

"How can you even suggest such a thing?! Of course not! You know I hate him and he hates me!!"

Interested in his reaction, she continued to bait him along, "Oh? Are you sure? You seem a bit jealous to me, Kurama-kun."

"You're crazy, Botan-chan! The day I fall for Jaganshi is… is…"

"Is?" Botan pursued, leaning forward to catch his words better.

"… Is when Jaganshi starts being nice and comes about bearing gifts!"

Botan was about to respond when the lock on the front door clicked and the door was pushed opened, revealing a short guy dressed in black with black hair and a white starburst in the middle. He turned to look at them with unusual colored eyes. Red. They were use to it, but whenever someone new saw them they couldn't help but stare.

"Minamino, Aihara," Jaganshi Hiei greeted.

They stared at him in shock. Did he just acknowledge them? Usually he would just walk past them as if they weren't there. Kurama was the most shocked when Hiei walked up to him and tossed a wrapped package his way.

"Here. It's for you."

Kurama caught it rather clumsily as he watched Hiei walk to his room. He stared at the package, then at Hiei's bedroom door. Package. Door. Package. Door. The routine went on for a while until Botan took the package out of his hands and shook it to try and figure out what's inside.

"H-Hey!"

"I was tired of you staring at the package and then Jaganshi's bedroom door," Botan stated, shaking it again since the first time she couldn't quite figure out what it was.

All of a sudden, Kurama snatched the package out of her hands and went to sit onto the couch to open it.

"Hurry up! I want to see what it is!"

Kurama ignored her as he tried not to ruin the gorgeous wrapping paper. When it was finally opened, Kurama stared dumbly at what was revealed. Botan squealed as she took the necklace out to admire it. The pendent was a yin yang circle that flashed when the light hit it as it spun.

An impish smile crept onto Botan's face as she handed the necklace back to Kurama.

"Do you remember what you said at first, Kurama-kun?" Botan asked, trying to sound innocent.

He looked at her and shook his head slowly.

"Didn't you say that the day you fall for Jaganshi is the day when he starts being nice and comes about bearing gifts?" she grinned. "He greeted at when he came in through the door and since it isn't something that he normally do, that could count as nice. And if this necklace isn't a gift, I don't know what is."

Kurama stared at her. He seems to do that quite often today.

"Botan-chan… you should know better than to think that I meant it!! I mean," he lowered his voice in case Hiei would hear them, "this is Jaganshi we're talking about! He's a boy! I'm a boy!"

"So? I've figured that you're either homosexual or bisexual years ago with Keiko."

"You've figured?!!"

"Well… you don't pay any attention to the girls. I mean, there are PLENTY of girls that are trying to get you to notice her and it seems unlikely that not ONE of them would catch your interest."

Kurama gaped at her, unable to think of a word to say.

"I better head back to my apartment, Kurama-kun. See you later!" she added cheerfully.

Botan walked towards the door, opened it, and walked out, not waiting for an answer from Kurama. She gently closed the door behind her and leaned against it, grinning.

"I always knew Kurama had some sort of feeling besides hatred for him."

To be continued…

People must hate me for starting a new fic. I like this idea though! Botan is fun to write when she's playing matchmaker. Most of my fics that includes matchmaking, Kurama, and Hiei will have Botan and maybe a couple of other people playing matchmaker. Heh, I hope you guys liked it, though.

- Starflower Sakura