once again its three in the morning... im an insomniac wat can i say?

but yeah, these sideflings are not going in chronological order at all, nor are they going in the order that i wrote them. theyre just being added as i feel like adding them :) this takes place before the wedding, but after the tournament, so it takes place during spreading your wings.

and i guess i deserve the lack of reviews for being away so long and breaking promises to write nd update. but i am thankful for the ones i got, and i cant expect to get as many as i did before considering this isnt an actual story. i cant be greedy after all!

anyways, please enjoy!

The Birthday Present

"Wake up, onna…"

Kelly shifted in Hiei's arms, giving out a groan of protest.

"Wake up. You're going to be late," Hiei told her sternly. She only shook her head, gave another groan, and snuggled closer to her mate and fiancé.

Hiei rolled his eyes and sat up. He gave a smirk when Kelly whined at the loss of his warmth. He gently shook her shoulder to which she whined again and said in a groggy voice, "Five more minutes, kay?"

He shook his head and stood, pulling the blanket with him.

"Hey!" Kelly yelled. She curled up in a ball, her night gown bunching up around her waist. She looked up at Hiei's amused face and narrowed her eyes at him. "Not cool."

"As attractive and arousing as this is, you have to get up for patrol," Hiei said with another smirk. He greedily raked his eyes over Kelly's exposed legs and panties.

Her face flushed with red and she sat up and made a grab at the blankets. Her hand closed over a portion of the blanket and she quickly pulled on it. To her surprise, Hiei flung the blanket to her other side and quickly climbed over her, straddling her waist. He brought his head to rest just above her face.

"Happy birthday, Kelly," he whispered.

She blinked. A couple times.

"It's my birthday?" she asked in surprise.

Hiei only stared at her in disbelief. His eyebrows furrowed in thought.

"February third," he said in order to clarify that it was in fact her birthday.

Kelly's eyes widened. "Oh! It's really my birthday?!"

He hung his head, resting it on her left shoulder. "Yes… Onna, how do you forget about your own birthday?"

"I don't know!" she exclaimed, "I've been busy with patrol and planning for the wedding…I wasn't paying attention to the date. I knew it was comin' up 'cause i'sa week after my dad's birthday…" She paused and Hiei could feel her fingers on his back tapping out the days. "Oh… yeah, it's definitely my birthday. Tha's cool."

"That's cool?!" Hiei asked incredulously as he shot his head back up to look at her. "That's all you have to say?"

She blinked then shrugged her shoulders.

"I've never really made a big deal about my birthday," she said nonchalantly, "Last year was one of only two birthday parties I've had since I was thirteen."

He sighed and closed his eyes, almost as if he were asking for patience.

"Thanks though," he heard her cheery voice say. He opened his eyes again to see her smiling up at him.

He gave her a half-smile. "Yeah," he said before lowering his lips to hers. He felt her smile into the kiss as she pulled him down to lie completely against her.

A few moments later they broke apart, but Kelly kept her grip on Hiei so that he couldn't pull away from her. She smiled up at him again, bringing out his half smile once more.

"Come on," he told her, "You have to go to your squad. They wanted to take you out today after you were finished your assignments."

She nodded and rolled out of bed after Hiei had gotten off of her. She quickly changed into a fighting tunic and pants, slipped on a pair of shoes and puller her longer hair back into a ponytail. She had decided to let it grow long again.

She and Hiei had their breakfast together at the table in the small kitchen, then left to go to the patrol bug garage.

Kelly's squad was already waiting for her at the entrance to the underground hanger that served as the garage for the patrol bugs that took out the squads to their assigned areas.

"Kelly! Happy birthday!"

She smiled as the four walked over to her.

"Thanks… how did you know?" she asked as she cocked her head.

"You think we don't know our commander's birthday?" Trey asked with a laugh as he captured Kelly's neck in an arm and ruffled her hair. She swiped at him, yelling that he was going to mess up her hair. He gave a laugh then backed up.

"You know all of our birthdays," Delia pointed out.

"Yeah, 'cause I have your files," Kelly answered. Mukuro had given her the files on the four in her squad before they had ever met.

"Stalker," Sora said with a snort.

Kelly rolled her eyes and walked forward. "Can we jus' go already? I heard you were takin' me out."

Noah chuckled. "Yes, you would be excited about that."

Kelly sighed and decided to not give a retort. She instead walked over to the assignment boards that hung on the wall. She found her name and turned slightly so that her teammates could hear her say, "Larin Planes, guys. Easy one… Hey, Hiei? Your name's not on here."

"I have a special mission with Mukuro today," he told her from where he stood still at the entrance.

Kelly turned to look at him in surprise. "Oh! I didn't know…"

Hiei shrugged. "I'll be back by the time you get home."

She cocked her head at his response. He hadn't told her what the mission was for. She sighed and decided not to pester him about it. Not now at least.

"Alright, see ya when I get back I guess," she said as she walked to a patrol bug with her squad.

Hiei nodded, and then disappeared. Kelly turned back to her squad then got on the bug to go on her assignment.

Kelly's squad ended up taking her to Alaric's old capitol. They walked around the bazaar and, though Kelly protested, they bought her several new books, a new tunic, and a bag filled with various sweets.

After having lunch at one of the numerous bars, the five headed home. The other four offered to hold Kelly's things and help her bring them to her suite, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. In fact, they walked ahead of her in the hallway and seemed more excited than she was to be home.

They finally made it to her room and pulled her ahead of them, pushing the button on the door and shoving her inside. She was about to turn around to yell at them when something caught her eye. She turned back to look across the room, below the bug's eye window. Her breath was immediately lost and she found that she couldn't move.

She heard a chuckle from her right and she quickly turned to see Hiei and Mukuro sitting at the kitchen table.

"I think she likes it, Hiei," Mukuro told her heir with another low laugh.

Hiei smirked and nodded, then looked to his mate who was still frozen to the spot near the door. Her teammates looked like they were about to laugh, but they held it in.

Kelly's brain finally started to function again as she pointed to the object across the room.

"H-Hiei, do you realize what that is?" she asked in a whisper.

He raised an eyebrow and answered, "Hn. I better know what it is. I bought it."

"Bought it?" she squeaked, "As in, for keeps?"

"Yes, Kelly," he answered as he stood and walked over to her, "It's yours, for your birthday."

"You bought me that for my nineteenth birthday? I'm still a baby in demon world," she pointed out, still in disbelief.

"Yes, but your eighteenth is a big deal in human world, so I've been told. And I never bought you anything for it," he explained. Before she could say anything else, he nudged her forward. "Go."

She took a shaky breath and nodded. Hiei kept his hand on the small of her back and led her to the bench in front of her present.

"I can't play," she told him.

He smirked. "I think you'll learn quite fast, and all on your own."

He motioned for her to sit down. She did as she was told, then lifted a quivering hand and ran her fingers lightly over the keys, then over the black top of the grand piano that sat in front of her.

"Oh, my god," she whispered, "Oh, my god. It's real."

"Hn. It had best be real," Hiei grunted beside her. She turned to look at him, silently noticing that everyone else had left. "I paid a lot for money for it."

She frowned at this. "You didn't hafta do this for me."

He frowned in return. "Hn."

She laughed and smiled at him. "But I'm glad you did. Thank you."

He smirked and nodded then sat down next to her.

"Happy birthday, Kelly," he said before his lips met hers.