What started out as a simple one shot ended up blooming in my head as a regular fic and screaming at me to let it out.

Jocey and Tonia, you have requested, I have delivered :)

Without any more delay let's dive in.


If I had more weight or any other powers I would have dug a hole through the wood boards in my room with the amount of pacing done. The line "I have fallen for you" rang in my ears as my little heart fluttered away uncontrollably. No, no! He was referring to the joke we have been playing, it had nothing to do with the one sided feelings. Crashing on my bed a groan escape my chest as I travelled back on memory lane, reliving the discussion me and Kurama had right on the last day of high school.

Like in one of those silly soap opera teen drama cheap settings, we were on the roof saying our goodbyes to the school that had witnessed the last years of our youth. By that time I have had confirmation that Kurama knew I had a crush on him. Ideas and ideologies changed once my horizons expanded, however I still wanted to know if there was a chance in Hell. Last day, last chance.

"Look Kurama" I wasn't going to go all full confession and be my boyfriend crap "I know you are aware of my feelings for you by this point" I wanted to slap myself as my voice started shaking "this isn't a confession if that's what you are thinking" he was just looking at me, unresponsive, waiting for me to finish. I have seen the same scene play out as many girls called him to confess their feelings and he rejected them flat. This was his "it's not you, it's me" face.

"You are human" he interrupted me "you smell human."

Inhaling sharply I did my best to sniff myself without drawing too much attention to the action. I did take a shower the previous night, perhaps I didn't scrub hard enough?

"So what I stink now?"

The look he gave me said all that he did not utter, he was talking to an idiot. Yusuke had explained the entire demons, spirits, humans web. Powers, stats and all that jazz, but the one member of the team I came close to wanting was watching me like I have lost all my neurons with that question.

"You do know I am not a human right? Demons and humans should not mix."

"That's racist." I blurred out feeling the need to just talk. I was fine with him telling me no, but I didn't need him invoking racial cultural bullshit to blow me off. A faint chuckle escaped his lips as his face finally gave out something else.

"In a way, I can see what you mean. However you don't interest me. This will probably be the last time we see each other as well. I'm sorry."

Placing my hands on my knees I let out a full breath of air and then grinned at him.

"Is it because I am a bad girl?"

Clearing his throat he tried to hide his amusement, but I also had an ace up my sleeve. I had Yusuke and Kuwabara. I had Keiko and Shizuru, I was part of the group, I was getting close to them. If they wanted to cast me out they made no indication of that happening.

"I am not the type of man you want in your life. For various reasons that would be too many to invoke right now I can tell you I have thought about all possibilities and there is no way that you and I could work."

He sounded so formal that I honestly was under the impression I was being kicked out of a job instead of rejected. Giving him my best smug look, I lifted my chin and smiled.

"I will surprise you, remember that silly."

As I turned to leave I knew very well I would not look back. It was because I couldn't, I just couldn't look him in the eye.

"This is not something personal, please understand."

Waving my hand in response to his last statement I tried to shrug off the feeling growing in my chest. It wasn't because of me, it was because of some nonsense he tried to use as a justification.

"I'm not taking it as a personal offence, I just think you're full of crap."

And that was that. We never spoke of it again, he didn't bring it, I didn't bring it up and we both acted like it didn't happen. Until now.


Yusuke's laughter reached my ears and I knew he probably saw the fox cardboard cutout so it was time to stop busting my imaginary balls over a line Kurama said and go greet him.

"Oi" my voice rang loud and cheerful as my hand lifted in the air "Tell me you got beer."

Lifting two large bags, he grinned from ear to ear coming to meet me half way. Turning back to the cardboard, he let out another giggle before placing the bags on the ground.

"Latest addition to the team?" he snickered away as he hunched to retrieve two beers from the bags, popping one open as I worked on the second. On queue a voice rang, making Yusuke cover the back of his head with the available hand fearing the worst slap or slaps. Keiko glared daggers telling him off for drinking before dinner making me laugh in response to their quarrel. Out of the blue, like walking on clouds, Kurama materialised next to us making me jump sideways.

"On edge are we?" the smirk on his thin lips made me question his motives once more. Oh so you want to play big boy? Fine we can play.

"You just startled me, but I am running out of foxs to give."

Yusuke let out a loud snort as Kurama's eyes begged me to stop but also warned me what would happen if I wouldn't.

"I do believe we can move on from that, no?" he insisted as I turned looking around me ignoring his tone that sounded sweet however if I were to put my tongue on it, it would sting.

"Oh you were talking to me?" I said pointing a finger to my chest looking back in his eyes "Sorry, I don't speak fox."

Waving a hand between us Yusuke looked confused. Kurama was hinting at something he did not get and I was deflecting.

"Did I miss something you two?" he took a big gulp from the beer "You know I don't like it when I don't get something."

Holding a burp in, I pounded my chest twice as the most judging face in the world came from the foxy boy.

"Kurama over here is no fun wouldn't you agree Yusuke?" bobbing his head from side to side like one of those dog toys you place at the back of your car he listened to me rant on "He doesn't like to play with others." Waving my hand casually I totally ignored how Kurama came close to me and took the beer from my hand taking a sip from it "So what I am saying is that we move on."

"What?!" Yusuke yelled "But we were doing so good." Pointing an accusatory finger at Kurama his voice elevated "You did it, didn't you? You said it!"

Passing me back the beer, he shrug his shoulders giving me a small wink before turning to smirk at Yusuke.

"You did didn't you!" I didn't know if Yusuke was more shocked or surprised, or both.

"Who knows." Shrugging his shoulders he chuckled as Yusuke flapped his arms like a headless chicken asking him to say it again. Looking at my beer can I stopped before it touched my lips. Throwing my head back I just poured it down my throat from a distance and then turned to the boys whipping my mouth with the back of my hand.

"By the way, I bought a new board game."


After dinner, we all sat on the living room floor as I presented to them the latest find.

"This my lovely bunch is called Alias Party, a word game." Rolling his eyes at the possibility of using his brain and not his muscles, Yusuke earned a poke on the forehead from me "In a minute you have to explain to your partner as many words from the cards as possible without using the actual words on the cards. For example if you have to explain the word black you can say it's the darkest colour, however if you mention black or blackish you lose the point."

"And how is this fun?" Yusuke insisted while Keiko elbowed and hushed him "Hey it's a legit question."

"Indeed it is." I flashed a smile as a couple of them took some cards to look at the words "This set of cards" I mentioned holding them up "Have challenges on them and you have to explain the words to your partner while doing let's see" I turned over a card and read it out to the gang "Explain to your partner while jumping on one foot and holding your index finger in your ear."

Kuwabara clapped his hands together "Sounds good to me, let's do this."

Kurama rose his eyes from the rule book pointing out the flaws in my explanation.

"You forgot to add that after the time runs out all of us can try and guess the word." rolling my eyes he went on while I laid out the board "We move forward depending on how many words the partner guesses, but if you say pass to a word that means it's one point in minus." The gang all nodded their heads in unison taking in the last of the explanations. Kurama tapped my shoulder as he put back the rule guide and I turned to look at a charming smile "So who goes first partner?"

"Partner?" looking over at the rest it was clear Yusuke would pair up with Keiko and Kuwabara with Yukina "We draw numbers partner."