Hiei's cold
Solaris: I finally got around to writing the one-shot fic I've had in my mind for a while. When Hiei gets a cold, what happens?
Foxglove: Hiei-sama got a cold? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!
Solaris: Sheesh, Foxglove, it's just a story. Chill.
Foxglove: Oh.
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Kurama sensed something wrong the second he woke up. It was about a week after school had begun. Kurama didn't even have to sit up to know what was wrong. He could hear coughing from his bedside. He looked over to see Hiei asleep in a chair near his bed. He heard the wind whistle and knew that the window was open. He finally pulled himself out of bed and looked out the window. It looked like it had rained and rained hard during the night. As he looked over at Hiei, he noticed the fire demon's thick black hair was really damp. Kurama sighed as he shut the window as quietly as possible. Unfortunately, it shut a little harder than he intended for it to, which somehow started a coughing fit from Hiei, waking the poor fire demon.
"What's the idea, Kurama?" he rasped, the obvious cold he had giving him a slight case of laryngitis as well.
"Well, if I wasn't sure before…" Kurama sighed. He stood at the foot of his bed and pointed to it. "In bed with you now. You have a cold, and I do not want to see it get worse. Who knows, you might start sneezing fire or something."
"Hn. I never get colds. Never. And I wouldn't start sneezing fire, where'd you get that ridiculous idea?" Hiei said.
"Well, I wouldn't know that since you've never had a cold." Kurama sighed. "Just get in bed, so you won't freeze. Colds may not be fun, but yours is so minor that it can probably be cured in a day. So just do as I say." (A/n: THIS IS NOT YAOI! I don't like yaoi at all. The last time I read a yaoi fic, I got physically ill.) Hiei sighed to himself and did as Kurama said as the fox spirit walked out of the room, carrying his white uniform. Hiei knew that when Kurama told him to do as he said there were no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
Kurama sighed mentally as he walked back to his room to see if Hiei had done as he had said. He knew that Hiei was prone to ignoring people if he didn't want to do as they said. So when he looked into his room to see Hiei lying down like he had told him to, it was a pleasant surprise. Since it was Sunday, he could stay home to watch over his friend. Hiei noticed him in the doorway.
"Don't start gloating yet. You won the battle, but not the war." Hiei scowled.
"Oh, come now. You already sound like you're getting better. And it's your fault, you stayed out in the rain." Kurama sighed. "I'll get you some breakfast," he said as he walked to the kitchen. "Hm… chicken soup is supposed to be good to cure colds. And I really would prefer not to mix a potion. The last time I made a potion, Okasan came up and knocked on the door to get me to stop burning that funny smelling incense." Looking in the cupboard, all he saw that was remotely like chicken soup was chicken ramen. So he fixed that and carried a bowl of it to his room, leaving the pot on the stove, which was set for warm.
"I'm not eating that." Hiei griped. Kurama put the warm bowl into Hiei's hands.
"Yes, you are. Chicken soup is supposed to be good for you. So just eat the ramen and shut up." Kurama said. Hiei still didn't pick up the spoon. "I'm not going to feed you.So just shut up and eat the soup." Hiei finally caved and ate. The scene was repeated at lunch. This time, Kurama lost it.
"Now look here! I am not going to baby sit you all day, and I am not going to coax you to eat all day! Now if I call Yusuke to come over here and tell him to bring Kuwabara, I'm sure they'll do it gladly! And I'm sure one or both could get you to eat quicker than I have! So unless you want to be laughed at, I suggest you eat." Kurama said angrily. Hiei backed off a bit, and ate. He did not want Yusuke and the baka to have a laugh at his expense. Kurama smiled and nodded. "That's much better."
Strangely enough, Yusuke came by around 1, and brought Kuwabara, who looked a little depressed. "Genkai told him he should go home for lunch. He was four seconds away from being there for 5 hours."
"A new record, I suppose? Well, if you had been here since 9 in the morning, I'd probably say the same thing. Sorry, but I've had problems with Hiei refusing to eat all day. He's got a cold."
"Shorty's sick? Well, this cheers me up!" Kuwabara smiled. Kurama looked at him in shock.
"How could you enjoy another's pain?" Kurama said.
"He's Kuwabara, that's why. And that's really not nice, Kuwabara, Kurama's been miserable all day." Yusuke said. Kuwabara looked ashamed. After a while, Kuwabara left, Yusuke going with him to try and keep him from getting Genkai ticked off again. Kurama went to check on Hiei, who was awake and looking ticked. Kurama had another bowl of ramen in his hands, which was probably the reason.
"I'm going to be clucking like a chicken if this keeps up," he said, the rasp gone from his voice.
"Oh, you sound much better already. So just be quiet and eat your ramen." Kurama said as he put the ramen in Hiei's hands. Hiei scowled, but ate. Truth was, this 'ramen' stuff was pretty good. And if it got him better, he was all for it.
Around 10:30 that night, Kurama pronounced that he was better. "Nothing more I can do. Your cold is gone. But maybe you should stay here for the evening." he said.
"Where are you going?" Hiei asked. Kurama smiled.
"I promised to take the new girl out for dinner. Remember, Rose? Turns into Thorne?" he laughed. Hiei smiled. He understood his friends like for this girl.