Yo ! I wanted to try out a rare pairing with some of my favorite characters in YYH ^^ So this is a short, light hearted two shots
A little AU I admit but I though it could be cute T.T
Rating : T
Genre : Romance and humor
Disclaimer : I don't own Yuu Yuu Hakusho and it's characters.
Summary : In a couple, perfection doesn't exist the way we so often imagine it.
BE QUIET.
Part I
When he came back from his long day at work, Hagiri was not too surprised to find a pair of women's boots near his slippers in front of the shoe cabinet. Closing behind him the door of his apartment, he inhaled the subtle scent around him. Violet and vanilla, it never changes.
He looked cautiously around for several seconds, taking in the sight of an unfamiliar coat and bag This situation did not surprise him more than that. It was friday night, the weekend was already pointing the tip of its nose so it was not odd she would be here.
He threw his keys on his living room's coffee table and removed his jacket which he dropped on the couch without paying too much attention. Feeling his stomach grumble, he went to the kitchen, a small satisfied smile playing on his lips as he saw a plate filled with cookies on the wooden island. He took a chocolate flavoured one that he devoured in a few bites as he then served himself a glass of water that he swallowed in one go. Once reinvigorated and feeling his fatigue take over a little more, he went to his room, pausing in front of the white door.
The silence disturbed him vaguely and he took a few moments to decide whether or not he should enter the room, being slightly afraid to disturb the intruder. However, his moment of compassion did not last long. His worried expression quickly turned into an indifferent one when he heard the faint sounds of various laughs in the other side.
'Fuck it, it's my room after all'
With a swift movement, he opened the door. A bead of sweat ran down his forehead and his left eye twitched at the sight that met him as he entered the room. A certain blue haired girl was lying on his bed, already comfortably tucked under his sheets and thick blanket. She did not seem to notice his presence as she was too focused on laughing at whatever show was playing on her laptop.
'You gotta be kidding me.'
Hagiri leaned against the nearest wall, watching the girl carefully, the annoyance gnawing at him from the inside. He did not hate the girl, far from it, however to have someone trespass into your apartment during your absence and monopolize your bed while sleep is threatening to take you at any time was not something everyone would like to experience. Not to mention she did not give him any sign of aknowledgment. Not any. He stood there staring for several minutes at the way different facial expressions lined up on her thin features, finding them strangely fascinating. She was his complete opposite in that field. He could not stop wondering how it was possible for someone to switch and show so many emotions on their face in a short amount of time. He came back to reality when he noticed that the sound of the video she was watching had stopped. The girl closed her laptop and put it away as she got up in a sitting position on the bed and stretched. This time he cleared his throat with the least possible discretion, this attempt bearing fruits when she turned to him, surprise adorning her features. She smiled happily to him, recognition flashing accross her pretty face.
"Hagiri ! Welcome back ! How long have you been here ?" She exclaimed more than asked, excitement apparent in her voice.
He snorted as he walked to his closet and unbuttoned his shirt which he carefully hooked on to a hanger "I thought I told you several times already that I had a name, use it. And for your information it's been a while since I'm here, but you were too engrossed with whatever idiotic show to realize, Botan." he gave her a piercing look to which she responded with a sheepish grin "What was that anyway ?"
Botan shook her head and brushed off the subject he just started "It doesn't matter, just a comedy Kuwabara advised me to watch. Anyway tell me more about yourself ! How's work ? I heard your performances were top notch."
Hagiri put on a t-shirt and the rest of his pyjamas. He then headed towards the bed, sighing for the umptheeth time this day although he was internally satisfied that his dayly life peaked his girlfriend's interest. Anything to feed his ego he guessed. "Nothing special, the routine. I'm very thrilled to finally have this weekend for me." he pulled off his slippers and collapsed into the place the blue haired girl just made for him. He wrapped himself in what was left of the blanket and interwined his cold feet with the girl's, gaining a grunt of protest from her. "Why are you here anyway ?" he finally asked.
Botan stared at him and pouted for a moment, involuntarily attracting the male's attention to her lips before she finally answered "You said you missed me, I thought I could make you one little surprise" she watched his reaction with a child like expression and sparkling eyes.
The man raised an inquiring eyebrow "What surprise ?" This earned him a small blow in the stomach from his partner. Not powerful enough to form a bruise but nonetheless painful.
"You're so dense ! Isn't it obvious ? I am the surprise. So as an exemplary and caring girlfriend I came to visit you. Besides, how were the cookies ?" She asked.
He grimaced at the pain and clutched his abdomen following the received blow "An exemplary girlfriend would have cleaned up a little around the apartment and would have come to welcome me with a much more romantic atmosphere. What you obviously didn't do. And the cookies were delicious ... But don't you try to change the subject." He glared at her "Oh and I don't see caring girlfriends hitting their signifiant other like you just did, gotta take thirthy points out from your overall score."
She smirked "That's a proof of my love."
"I don't see it that way." he responded.
The blunette sighed while scartching her head, deep in thoughts "After what you told me on the phone I thought my only presence by your side would have been enough ... You sounded desperate." she added mischievously.
"I was drunk."
"I figured it out." she laughed before pressing herself closer to him "Thank God alcohol exists I guess, without it I'd never know the depth of your feelings."
He wrapped his arms around her waist, smiling despite the growl he let out. She was right, for whatever reason he has always struggled to express what he felt towards her. He was doing very well with platonical love like the one towards his friends or family, even with hatred towards ennemies but when it come to Botan and romance there was still a blockage inside his throat. His words mingled with each others and his tongue would froze. It was just as if he was afraid to confess everything he had on his heart, all his desires and worries and to be unfortunately rejected. He always feared that he may be the only one who was really in love in this relationship, that the attention she was giving him was just a gesture of kindness, out of pity for him who had trouble to be loved. His father never even once looked at him and left just like that. His mother never understood him completely, she kind of did a point of considering every single one of his crisis as selfishness. His siblings weren't particularly close to him either even though his younger sister always tried to check on him whenever she could. Hagiri had a few love interests in his life but every single one of them were just attracted to his looks to begin with. Most of them would just leave after a few nights or put pressure on him to finally run away because of this personality they couldn't understand. Who would want of someone with such a narcissistic pride after all ? No one, no matter who came his way they would just vanish and let him be all alone. That's what he always told himself but she accepted him as he was, no matter how much he could be demanding or cold with her, doubting that her feelings were even real, she didn't run away from him and even found a way to soften that temperament that frightened many. And for all that he was infinitely thankfull.
He confessed one day that he was not sober. Alcohol is said to let our real thoughts and emotions slip, in his case it worked. His tipsy state untangled his tongue and gave him enough courage to say what he had on his heart. He still had some memories of that evening, the way her cheeks ignited and the almost afraid look with which she looked back at him. He thought he had lost the game, that she would run away without coming back or talk to him ever again. But she did something unexcepted. He did not really know how it happened, but in a blink of an eye she was holding him firmly by the collar, pulling him eagerly towards her. He could still feel the soft, warm sensation of her lips against his-
"Hagiri ?"
-He remembered taking several seconds before starting to kiss her back with as much intensity, hugging her feminine figure against his viril one. He still remembered the way she stiffened in his arms at the sudden embrace but relaxed quickly after, making him lose his sanity even more, chaining kiss after kiss after-
"K-Kaname ?"
Botan's panicked voice brought him back to reality and he then realized that he had let his hand wander too close to the girl's face. He blinked, feeling the warmth of her lips against his fingertips. He cleared his throat with some difficulty as he stopped his little invasion of personal space "You said my name."
She raised an elegant eyebrow at him "Well ... Yeah, you asked me to call you like that earlier, remember ?"
Hagiri blinked again and then let back his indiference's mask cover his face again "Oh yes, that's right. It doesn't matter, what were you saying ?"
He stopped himself from laughing at his girlfriend slowly losing her patience and fighting back a cry of exasperation before his amused eyes.
She face palmed "Seriously ? I was talking about how you called me a few days ago, practically whining over the phone that you wanted to see me, to have me close. You said it wasn't fair to see each other so rarely. To be honest you sounded quite needy, I concluded that you didn't skip the alcohol hum ?" She teased him with her signature Cheshire cat grin, poking him on his belly "Now that I'm here, what do you want from me ?"
"I want to hear your voice." He said without hesitation.
She tilted her head to the side confusedly before nodding happily "That demand is quite out of character coming from you but hey ! If that's what you want, I'd be happy to answer your request."
He quickly regretted it though when he saw her take a deep breath. He knew what would come next. How the fact that his girlfriend was a real chatter box escaped him ?
And so she embarked on a long monologue and detailled descriptions of all the days during which he had not seen her. Hagiri sweat dropped to all of Botan's misadventures, at this point her life was a movie. He occasionally gritted his teeth at the mentions of Kurama, Hiei and even Yusuke whom he did not necessarily appreciate. But he could not say much about it, they were her friends, she knew them even before meeting him. Voicing his dislike towards them would just pass him off as selfish and she was the last person on this planet he wanted to think like this of him.
The fatigue mixed with the jealousy that Botan's smile was giving to each time she spoke of another man bothered him greatly. Without thinking, he took her face between his bonny, masculine hands and planted a rough kiss on the pink and plump lips of the blue haired girl. She gasped, caught by surprise by the young man's actions. However as she at last began to kiss him back, he suddenly stopped and slowly parted from her, a veil of longing obscuring his gaze "Stop it."
She blinked, a little frustrated and disappointed at the loss of her lover's hot breath on her face "What do you mean ?"
"Just be quiet," he took off her hair tie with his long, thin fingers and gently slid his right hand through her hair "I'm tired, how about sleeping now ?"
Normally she would have pull a tantrum at him subtly telling her she was noisy but finding the sensation of Hagiri's fingertips rubbing her skull extremely relaxing, she did not oppose his suggestion. Leaning a little more in his touch, she wrapped her arms around him and leaned her forehead against his hard chest. She whimpered with satisfaction at the gentle massages the young man gave her and whispered in a soft voice "Good night."
Knowing that she could no longer see him, he let a tender smile take place on his sharp features and patted the girl's head that was snuggled against him. He allowed himself to close his eyes too, feeling sleep pulling him strongly. As he was about to doze off completely, Botan's noisy snores made him open his eyes wide. He signed again and prayed internally that it would stop at some point. Unfortunately for him, it never stopped.
'I said be quiet didn't I ?'
Thus he spent his night with his lover, the girl's arms and legs spread over him, bear like snores becoming louder hour by hour. He could not even close his eyes for a moment and tought of a possible revenge all this time. When he finally found an idea, a dangerous smirk that could scare the devil drew itself on his sharp features. He took a look at Botan and then turned away from her, counting the hours and minutes left before she leaves the house to go shopping and so that he could put his plan into action.
To be continued ...
Okay it was a little bit cheesy but hey ! We need it considering the fact Halloween is running towards us !
I hope both Botan and Hagiri were in character and that their interactions felt real T.T We didn't get to see much of Hagiri in YYH
A part 2 will follow ! Don't forget to review if you liked it (or didn't, any respectful feedback in welcome ^^)
