Disclaimer: I do not own Yuyuhakusho or anything related to it. You all know this. If I did. Well... I don't think I would be on here. I'd be somewhere enjoying my money :)

I hope you all like this story. It took me a while to figure out how to make it a little longer. My plans had been to just make it a few paragraphs. But then I knew I wasn't ever going to be happy with it unless I added more to it then Yusuke being sad about 'it'. So, I hitched Kurama and Yusuke together!

Thanks for reading!

"W...w...WHY?" Yusuke cried, before pushing his face firmly into the pillow. He was laying on his bed in his apartment and was currently getting some awful news. . . again. Unfortunately, the news was being delivered by the ever friendly red head. Green eyes closed and the red hair bounced about, as Kurama shook his head at Yusuke's antics.

"It will come back. I promise," Kurama murmured to the other. The boy merely ignored him and started to weep into the pillow. Green eyes glanced back to the rest of the group for support. Everyone just shook their heads and headed for the living room. They all knew Yusuke would be okay in a few minutes. But that didn't stop the fox from wanting to help.

Slowly and carefully the red head walked towards the edge of the younger boy's bed. Not knowing how he might react if he knew that Kurama was coming this close while there were others around. 'So far. So good,' the fox's thoughts even seemed to be hushed and whispered, as he continued to get closer.

"You can sit if you want," Yusuke sobbed from his pillow. It was a brief pause, but one that helped the black haired boy regain his breath. However, to only start crying again. Now knowing that he was welcomed Kurama sat next to the teen and patted his head. Trying to give a little bit of comfort.

"Remember that time, just before I went to fight Genbu, when you asked how a beast could be a saint? And how Kuwabara thought my rose whip was to 'girly'?" Kurama asked. Watery brown eyes glanced up and gave the fox a skeptical look. Where was the crazy red head going with this? But after a few seconds of thinking about that moment; the boy couldn't stop himself from laughing and nodding his head.

"Yes. Good times wasn't it?" The fox asked another question. This time instantly met with a nod, even when brown eyes looked confused.

"Remember when you first got Puu and everyone kept picking on you? And Hiei asked 'what is that ridiculous appendage growing out of your head?'" By the time the red head had finished asking; both were gasping for air through streams of laughter. Kurama had not been able to hold himself up and had ended up over top of Yusuke. While Yusuke had ended up on his back and trying to smack the fox for causing him to laugh.

"Then right after that we started to pick on Hiei about helping Yukina find her 'lost' brother?" This time it was Yusuke asking and Kurama struggling to nod his head through the pain of laughter. Again both we doubled over laughing and holding their sides. By then the corner part of the bed looked like a wet dog had come and rolled around a few times.

"So now tell me. What had 'it'," Kurama merely contained himself from laughing at the fact that Yusuke would only address his problem as 'it', "done to cause those happy memories?" Yusuke stopped his small chuckles and faced the fox with seriousness like never before. The black haired boy now saw where the red head on been trying to lead him.

"Well Mr.Smarty-Pants. Tell me what your plants have ever . . .," Yusuke trailed off, as he thought of all the things the fox's plants had done. He was going to retort on why Kurama asked that; when the red head became depressed when his plants died. Even when they had done nothing. But that was a lie. 'Hell. Those plants have saved my life!" Yusuke shivered at some of the dangers he had once almost been in.

"Not the point. My plants are also alive. 'It' was never alive," Kurama tilted his head in one direction and, out of instinct, Yusuke tilted his in the other. Since they had come together a year ago; Yusuke had learned that his red head liked doing. . . odd stuff. Including stuff that was cute and some stuff that was dangerous. 'Just what I like in my partner,' the brown eye'd boy had told himself, for he had always known it was true.

True. Some believe a years time was no time to decide who you were going to be with all your life. But the moment when Yusuke had helped Kurama nurse his wound, from jumping in front of Hiei, both had known and both had been prepared. Well. The youngest had to get use to the new changes of their relationship. But he quickly had the hang of it by the time the dark tournament had rolled around.

Little did either know. But things could change. That is for a later time of course.

"Yeah. I guess you're right," Yusuke sighed before snuggling himself into Kurama's arms. Maybe life would be okay without 'it'. . .

"I see. Close to five years later. And they finally re-open the place," Yusuke turned at the sound of his ex-lover's voice. He knew that he shouldn't be entirely startled. But couldn't help feeling like it had been forever since they had parted.

It had been quite a few years ago. Right after the battle with Sensui. As the team was making their way home. Kurama had stopped and stood back to gaze at the view. To get another look at his home.

"Come on fox boy. Let's go home," Yusuke had murmured where the fox's human ear would have been; had Kurama been in his red head form.

"I'm looking at home. Yusuke. Won't it be great when we return to live here--at home?" Kurama's deeper voice caused shivers to run down Yusuke's spine. The tattooed half human went to comment on the effect of the deeper voice, but stopped. What had the fox meant when he said 'here at home'?

"What do you mean? Home is where my apartment is," Yusuke muttered, moving to stand in front of the still gazing fox demon.

"Yusuke. We are both demons now. This is where we belong. This is home," Kurama's golden eyes seemed to shimmer with fear, the instant Yusuke started to shake his head.

"No. Blood doesn't change where a person lives," and with that the newly awaken boy walked away. With the intention of never going into Kurama's arms again.

"It hurt you know," Yusuke said without thinking. He was meaning to tell the fox about how it had hurt to think that where he was raised. . . was not his real home.

"Losing 'it'?" Kurama asked. Either he was playing dumb or really hadn't gotten what Yusuke had meant.

"I mean it hurt when you talked about Demon World being home. But," Yusuke stopped to gather himself. He could feel his emotions on the edge of errupting. "It hurt more when I stayed in Demon World for a while. And realized how at home I felt. . . yet angery and sad. . . that I had lost the one I was meant to live there with."

Yusuke turned his head away, as Kurama moved to stand next to him.

"It hurt me to lose my lover and then to only receive a letter explaining how things couldn't work out," Kurama confessed. Knowing that it wasn't really going to help with the other half human's emotions; yet needing to get the information off his own chest.

"I guess we were both hurt then. Huh?" Yusuke smiled and turned to let the fox see it. It was one of the boy's rare smiles. The ones he usually only showed in battle when he was happiest. Except this one showed everything that the red head needed to know. That Yusuke was sad and that he was sorry for his mistakes.

"I know what you're thinking. But it will take a while for you and me to bend my broken heart," Green eyes then shifted to look at the sign to the building before them.

"Remember when you asked me something related to what 'it' had done good for me?" Yusuke asked. He knew Kurama would remember, since the fox hardly forgot. Something else that Yusuke had liked about Kurama. . . and in a way Keiko.

Keiko had remembered how strong their friendship had stayed; even when Yusuke had gone and started dating an almost complete stranger. But she remembered how Yusuke had promised her that he would always take care of her whenever she needed it. When the half human had returned to Human World, with the intent of marrying Keiko, it was Keiko that reminded him of his first promise and that it didn't mean they had to get married. The young woman had known that marrying Yusuke would not make either of them happy and, for Yusuke, never compare to being with Kurama. She was the one that called off Yusuke's marriage plans and she was the one who had told him that the building had re-opened.

"Yes. I do remember," Kurama spoke softly. Afraid that whatever the black haired person before him was thinking. . . might not be good for him.

"Well. It always gave me something to help mend my thoughts. . . and eat all my money!" Yusuke chuckled at his own joke and Kurama couldn't help but laugh a little himself.

"Who would have known?" Kurama asked, but knew that it was something to just fill the silence that always came after a good little laugh.

"Come inside with me. And I'll let you see why I cried when my favorite arcade closed," with that said, the boy held out his hand and waited. For Yusuke, it seemed like forever before a gentle hand softly closed around his and he was given a nod. And one of the beautiful smiles that Kurama hadn't given out since. . . let's just say a long time.

Hand-n-hand both walked in the arcade knowing that they wouldn't stay long. For neither had brought much money to use and neither could hardly wait to return home.

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Thanks again for reading! I hope you all enjoyed!

-Ssa