A.N. ANOTHER little one-shot I thought of. Gosh darn it its HOT out. Let's see how our 4 favorite hero's handle the oppressive heat, shall we?
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(Hiei x Kurama are a pairing in this BTW. So that's why this is labeled as Hiei x Kurama)
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Yu Yu Hakusho
"GAH! It's so damn hot!" Yusuke groaned, fanning himself with a magazine Kurama had laying on his coffee table. They were all gathered around the fox's apartment, because it had 2 air conditioners in it and it was small enough that the cold didn't have much to cool down.
"I agree with Urameshi!" Kuwabara complained, fixing the cold wash cloth over his forehead. Even with the AC's cranked on their highest settings...the place was still warm.
Kurama's long red hair was damp against his sweaty back, he was wearing a wife beater shirt and a pair of boxers, trying to keep cool. "I must agree, this is oppressive." He said.
Even Hiei, the ultimate fire demon, was uncomfortable. He had stripped off his cloak and was standing in front of the AC, his arms crossed, growling. "This is stupid! Why the hell must the heat be like this?" he demanded.
No one had an answer as the boys tried to keep themselves from dying of heat stroke.
Kuwabara wiped the sweat away from his forehead and grumbled as he stood up, "Anyone want a drink?"
"Please Kuwabara, if you don't mind." Kurama gave him a brilliant smile, leaving Yusuke and Kuwabara wondering how the HELL the fox could be so calm when he was dying of heat himself.
"I'd like one. Whatever you're gettin', just get me one too." Yusuke said, fanning his face harder.
"Hn. Kurama." Hiei looked at Kurama and then continued staring out the window, he had un-tucked his tank top and was letting it flap in the breeze of the AC which was quite amusing to Yusuke who burst out laughing at the sight.
"What the hell is so funny, detective?" Hiei whipped around, looking angry.
"You!" Yusuke pointed and laughed again as Hiei snarled and took a step forward.
"Hiei, love, control yourself." Kurama said softly and then looked at Kuwabara. "Hiei and I would like some lemonade. There should be enough for everyone if you add some ice to the glasses." Kurama said, smiling.
"I don't want HIM touching my drink!" Hiei snarled, "That's why I said YOUR name Kurama!" Hiei spat.
"Hey! Why can't I fix your drink? I don't have germs!" Kuwabara said, indignantly.
"Hn! I beg to differ!" Hiei said, Kurama smiled, knowing Hiei had learned that little line from him. Kurama stood up, "It's all right Kuwabara, I can get his drink for him." Kurama said.
Kuwabara and Kurama disappeared into the kitchen and both came out carrying 2 drinks each, handing them to their respective owners, Kurama pulled Hiei down to sit beside him. "Please calm down, Hiei-koi, you shouldn't be getting all worked up in this heat. Even as a fire demon, this heat is bothering you." Kurama rubbed his shoulder gently with one hand.
Hiei growled uncomfortably, "Isn't it too hot to be cuddling, fox?" He demanded.
Kurama, not fazed by Hiei's rude behavior, smiled. "I'm not trying to cuddle, Fire-fly, if I cuddle with you and your body heat, I may just die on the spot." Kurama chuckled.
Hiei muttered something that sounded like 'stupid fox' before looking out the window again, though sitting on the couch. Hiei was somewhat fascinated by the heat waves rising off the road and cars, though he'd never admit that.
"What should we have for dinner?" Kurama asked, looking at all of them.
"Something cold, god damn it!" Yusuke said, shaking his sweaty black hair of his face.
"Urameshi's right, we need something cold. The girls are getting spoiled all day in a freaking ice rink, I think we deserve something cold to eat." Kuwabara said. The boys had chipped in money (even Hiei) so the girls could have free passes into an ice rink so they could spend all day out of the heat.
They mainly did it for Yukina, because the heat was really making her sick. Hiei had actually "convinced" the manager to let them stay there until the heat cooled down. All it took was a little tweaking from the Jagan and a sack full of gold coins to convince the cheap bastard. So, Keiko, Yukina, Genkai and even Shiori got to hang out in the cold ice rink.
Kurama heard Hiei mumble something, so quiet that even Kurama couldn't even hear it. "What was that Fire-fly?" He asked.
"Sweet snow. We should have sweet snow for dinner. I, for one, agree with the detective and fool. We should have sweet snow. It's cold." Hiei looked at them and smirked and Kuwabara's and Yusuke's shocked expressions.
Kurama gave him a gentle smile, "That sounds like a plan." Kurama stood up, and went out to the kitchen to dish up some ice cream.
Hiei caught his arm, and pulled him down. "Let HIM do it." Hiei pointed to Yusuke.
"Why me!" Yusuke complained and Hiei smirked at him. "Because, my beautiful fox is being generous enough to share OUR sweet snow with YOU buffoons, the least you could do is fetch it so my fox can relax." Hiei said, his eyes glinting.
"Oh but Hiei, I don't mind..." Kurama started to object.
"Shut it Kurama! You will sit down and you will relax. You always do everyone's bidding for them, it's time for you to relax and let them serve you." Hiei snapped.
Yusuke and Kuwabara were amazed when Kurama didn't flinch at the tone, in fact, he just smiled at Hiei, "Thank you." Kurama said, relaxing.
Yusuke fled to fix the ice cream, Kuwabara was seething however.
"Why the hell do ya gotta be so mean to Kurama, shorty? You always get mad at him when he treats you like a king! And for your information! Kurama doesn't serve everyone, he serves YOU all the time. I doubt you do anything to help him!" Kuwabara said, his eyes flashing back at Hiei's glaring eyes.
Kurama cut off the fight before it started. "Enough!" He said. "Kuwabara, I kindly suggest you be quiet. Hiei is an amazing boyfriend and he does not take advantage of me or my kindness. If you must know, at least 3 times a week he'll treat me to breakfast in bed or an extravagant dinner that HE makes. Then he'll promptly serve me all night or day, doing my entire bidding and getting whatever I need. Not only that! He'll do all the daily chores that need done, especially if I'm tired or don't feel well. Hiei never uses me." Kurama said firmly. "And as for his tone? He means nothing by it." Kurama said, waving his hand. "It's just the way he is, I'm used to it. I know he's not mad at me."
Of course, Kurama had left out all the juicy details about what they did AFTER the prepared meals and how being waited on and doing his bidding entailed to the bedroom.
Kuwabara looked surprised and mumbled an apology as Yusuke came out, balancing four bowls of evenly distributed ice cream. "What did I miss?" He asked looking at the tense group.
"Nothing of importance." Kurama gave a beautiful smile at Yusuke and took the bowls from him with a thank you.
Yusuke and Kuwabara began to chow down on their food, trying not to watch as Hiei and Kurama decided to feed each other the ice cream. It was Kurama's apartment, they could do what they wanted.
After their meals, the boys were still so very hot. It seemed the temperature had risen drastically.
"We could go to the local pool and take a swim." Yusuke said dully.
"The water is probably too hot," Kuwabara grumbled, shaking his head.
"Plus, I won't share a pool with a bunch of dirty ningens." Hiei spat, shaking his head.
"Wait a second." Kurama said, sitting up and looking at them all confused. "I just realized something." he looked like he was about to start laughing.
"What's that fox?" Hiei asked, sitting up, curious. Both the other boys were curious too...what was so funny that it was going to make Kurama laugh?
Kurama snickered for a moment, "Why didn't we just join the females at the ice rink?" he asked, and then literally fell off the couch laughing at their stupidity.
Hiei snorted then actually started to laugh too, how dumb could they have been! They hadn't even though of themselves as they worried more for the girls.
Yusuke was grinned his broad grin, "Man, we're a buncha idiots aren't we?" He asked, laughing.
"I'd say so." Kuwabara laughed, embarrassed.
Kurama chuckled as he sat up, grinning, "Men will be men." He said, standing up.
Hiei's next comment made them all start laughing again. "I blame it on the heat."
A.N. What did you all think? I hope you enjoyed, please leave a review on the way out!