Can you turn my black roses red? Chapter 3

-"So I thought about it." Kuwabara put down his cup of coffee seeming a bit distant. "I never thought it would be this difficult. I mean, for Keiko and Urameshi…."

-"Yusuke and Keikos situation is very unique Kuwabara-kun."

-"Should've guessed so Ku- I mean Minamino." Kurama sighed; Kuwabara never fully learned that did he? However for him, there were more important things hanging in the air.

-"You're still young."

-"Don't use that fathering tone with me will you." Kuwabara leaned backwards looking up at the roof. "I can't imagine you being in love, you're so……Adult." Kurama raised an eyebrow.

-"What are you hinting at Kuwabara-kun?" Kuwabara eyed the room quickly and then leaned a bit forward, talking in a lower tone.

-"….You're like this…… ancient demon…..But that doesn't mean you have to act like one. It's like you think that showing any sort of negative side will blow your cover. It's not like that; learn from me and Yukina." Kuwabara leaned backwards again and smiled. Kurama returned it.

-"I will consider it."

-"Yeah don't forget to live while you're still living."

-"We didn't come here to talk about me, now did we?" Kurama let his elbows rest on the table, folding his hand and letting his chin rest on them. "So how were you going to….pop the question?" Kuwabara looked embarrassed and started scratching himself behind his head.

-"Weeell…."

Even if Kuwabara still seemed unsure on what to do, Kurama felt that there was allot of bravery in his acting. Be willing so look aside so much for love. Yukina hadn't been that understanding in the beginning, since she simply missed the experience. However, Kuwabara had been a perfect teacher for her in the concept of love. They had been going out officially for two years now. And Kuwabara was considering taking it a step further.

-"You have to explain it in detail to her." A more playful smile crossed Kuramas lips.

-"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Kuwabara obviously didn't want to get the reminder. Then he looked more troubled. "What if she doesn't like the human traditions."

-"Irrelevant." Kurama answered quickly without hesitation. Kuwabara blinked at him before Kurama continued. "If she had any specific tradition that she felt that she wanted to have during this process. Would you deny that to her?"

-"Wha, of cour." Kuwabara started fumbling the words around. "Never." He finally said more determent.

Then there was some silence between the two friends as Kuwabara finished his coffee.

-"You're coming right? Too the wedding."

-"But most certainly Kuwabara-kun."

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Maya stopped.

-"Maya-chan?" Ayumus voice dragging her mentally just as much as her arm was dragging her physically.

-"Yes?" She said, her voice not holding any wondering at all.

-"Who are you looking up?" Ayumu peeked over her shoulder. "There!" Her finger jolted out just by Mayas face, as if she had noticed an item she wanted to get. "Over there!" Maya quickly got her hand down, she was creating an unnecessary scene.

-"What are you talking about?" Even though Maya knew perfectly fine what her friend was talking about. She let her eyes try to follow what her friend had pointed out.

Two guys exiting a café, they seemed to be talking; one overjoyed, the other calm. One with orange hair, and one with red.

-(That guy…….he looks familiar.) She tried to think back if she could remember. (Ah! Minamino-kun was it?!...Is that really him? What on earth happened to his hair?)

-"You know him?" Ayumus voice wasn't trying to hide her happiness.

-"Barely" She brushed it of.

-"Buut" Maya felt that she rolled her eyes.

-"Friends only Ayumu, friends only."

-"Liar" Maya started to question Ayumus mental age, again. Maybe she should run for today and hope that her friend was in a more talkable mood tomorrow. She tried to find Minamino again but no, he was lost in the crowd sea.

-"Ayumu I think I'm not feeling so well." She saw Ayumu give her a glance saying that she understood the hidden message.

-"If you wanna go home then just say so."

-"Thanks. You're a real friend." Ayumu just mumbled something under her breath about friend letting other friends go.

-"We'll I'll leave you to that then." Ayumus voice gave of the fact that she was pouting. And then she left.

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-"Hey Kurama you're obvious." Kurama snapped back to reality by hearing Kuwabaras voice. Before commenting anything he gave Kuwabara a quick glare, merely to instruct him that he should use his human name.

-"Obvious to what Kuwabara-kun?"

-"That girl over there. You're checking her out!"

-"I'm not." Kurama stated calmly, there wasn't any trace of denial in his voice.

-(Live while you're still living was it….) "Hey in human years you're still young too!" Kurama was, ones again going to protest because Kuwabara was giving of hints to that he wasn't fully human. But he didn't have time for that, Kuwabara had already started approaching Maya.

Kurama was considering just turning around and just leave; but he stopped in his tracks realising how foolish that was. Might as well end this by himself. So he followed after his friend.

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Maya blinked as she saw the two guys Ayumu had pointed out before approach her. Must have been some sort of misunderstanding, she and Shuuichi had never been that close.

-"Good day I'm Kuwabara Kazuma." The orange haired one reached out his hand at ones. Mayas first reaction was to pull back, he was being awfully strait forward. But maybe they had noticed her friends obvious pointing and thought they wanted something. Might as well be nice they were probably okay people.

-"Kitajima Maya." She took it and shook it.

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Kurama had by now approached them. That was clearly Maya alright. Her hair had grown to a more drastic length then his own. It reached almost all the way down her back. But those characteristic bangs where still hanging over her forehead. Kurama found a small smile crawl up his lips, some things really didn't change. He found a comfort in that. He found his eyes following those bangs down to a set of chocolate brown eyes. That at ones changed their view to him, causing him to snap back to reality.

-"Maya-chan; this is my friend Minamino Shuuichi." Kurama saw how Mayas face shone up.

-"It really was you Minamino-kun. At first I didn't believe it!"

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-(They know each other? Even better) Kuwabara felt how the situation was turning amusing; Kurama seemed so unprepared, how very not Kurama-like.

-"It was a surprise to see you here as well Kitajima-san."

-"So how are things going?"

-"Well I'm working, helping my step father out with his computer company….."

-"You're working already! Well maybe such should be expected by Minamino. You always did have good grades."

-"Now you're flattering me."

Kuwabara had, as slowly and carefully as possible, moved a bit away from the situation to look at it a little better. (Kurama isn't being the usual stiff Kurama. Oh I should've brought a video camera)

-"Well it was nice talking to you Minamino. Maybe we could have some sort of crazy reunion some time."

-"Yes, well, maybe, it was nice talking to you as well Kitajima-san."

-(Why didn't I bring a video camera?! Botan-chan and Urameshi would have died to see this. He's almost stuttering! Well master of match making Kuwabara-sama should save him.) "So Minamino, we should get going." He got Kuramas glance at him.

-"Yes."

-(Pretending to be calm…..)

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Kurama just turned around when he heard Mayas voice from behind.

-"Wait Minamino. Here's my cellphone number." She was scrambling something on a piece of paper and then handed it over to him. "About the crazy reunion I'm considering it." She gave him a blink and a smile and hurried of into the crowd.

-(………Kitajima Maya-san was it…..)