-1This is YuusukexHiei(shounen-ai, not yaoi YET, it may be a one shot or it may be a prequel, I'm not sure yet.)

If enough people like it, I might end up writing more, but I'm not to sure about it. This was just an idea I've had in my head for a very VERY long time now and so I figured I'd get it all down before I forgot it, cuz I think it's cute.

I know it's short, I know it goes by kind of quick, but I really do like it.

If I Fell

"Hey twirp, what are you doing up here?" The teen blinked, he hadn't been expecting to see Hiei on top of his school.

"I was just…thinking about a few things…"

Hiei sounded distant, not his usual distant, but a scary distant, and Yuusuke couldn't help but worry.

"You want to talk about it?" He asked, sitting down against the wall the little one had been leaning on. Hiei looked at him for a moment, then shook his head and walked over to the ledge, hopping on top of it. "Where are you going?"

Hiei didn't respond to that, either, but he didn't move from where he was, instead he tilted his head up a bit and stared into the big empty sky.

"It's going to rain later, detective."

"Hiei, the sky is clear, how the hell can you tell?"

"I can smell it." Hiei replied simply, still staring up at the sky.

"You can? Wait, hiei you're not up here to smell the sky, why are you here?!"

"I told you detective, I was just thinking about some things. That's all."

"Were you thinking about Yukina?"

"No until now…"

Yuusuke gave him a look of confusion, and Hiei chuckled, turning to face away from him.

"Well then, three eyes, what are you up here thinking about?"

"The rain."

"The rain?"

"Yes detective, the rain."

Yuusuke's POV

I could tell something was wrong with him, but I couldn't figure out what. He was talking a lot more than usual, and he hadn't said hn yet, which wasn't normal for him.

"Why are you thinking about the rain, Hiei?" I wasn't just talking to carry a conversation, I really was curious, but I don't think the poor little guy understood that.

"I'm not really sure."

"Do you have something on your mind?"

"Rain."

He was really starting to get confusing, and it was really worrying me. The tone in his voice was…almost…like he was afraid of something.

"Well…do you have anything else on your mind?" I asked him, hoping that perhaps it would provide a little more insight to what was wrong with him today.

"Yes detective, as a matter of fact, I do…but you wouldn't be interested in hearing it."

He had turned to face me again, and for the first time, I could see nothing but pure despair in his eyes. I had never been able to read those beautiful crimson orbs of his before now, and I didn't like what they were saying.

"Are you alright Hiei?"

"No."

That was the first time Hiei had ever given me a completely straightforward answer about something like that, and I was baffled.

"Well…do you want to talk about it?"

"Since when are you interested?"

I stopped, pouting slightly. I couldn't really understand how Hiei could possibly ask me something like that. I'd known him for almost two years, and he was still acting like he hated me…but I sighed, and I gave him my honest answer. "You're my friend Hiei, I've always cared."

"You haven't always cared, detective."

I just watched him, unclear of his meaning, and he seemed to understand that.

"You haven't always known me, Yuusuke."

"That, my dear friend, is a very good point!" I replied, smiling a little. Hiei smiled a bit too, which I hoped was a good thing. "So are you going to tell me what's bugging you?"

He was silent for a while, and hour actually. I know cuz I heard the clock inside go off twice, and then he spoke, very quietly, and very painfully.

"What do you think…would happen…if I just fell…"

"What?" I didn't get it, why on earth would he be thinking about such a thing? "Hiei I…"

"Just answer the question detective! What would happen if I fell?"

"…I would catch you."