Hello! I bring Kuwabara's proposal as a thanks to the couple of you who were gracious to take a look. I decided that Kuwabara's a traditionalist along with being a sweetie, so I've written his proposal accordingly. I hope you enjoy it. As usual, this story was written for fun and not profit. All credit goes to Togashi Yoshihiro-san. Thank you!
Kuwabara was going to do this. Heck, if Urameshi could get married, he surely could. He had been in love with Yukina since he saw her on the video tape…oh it seemed so very long ago. Surprisingly, it took Hiei's proposal to finally jog Kuwabara into thinking about marriage. He had just purchased a ring, and was preparing to give Yukina a memorable proposal when he was approached by both Kurama and Yusuke as he left the jewelry store.
"Hey guys! What brings you here? Find a way to piss off Keiko already?" Kuwabara asked, giving Yusuke a large grin. Yusuke retaliated by punching him in the face.
"Actually Kuwabara, Yusuke and I noticed that you have been planning to get engaged and we need to talk to you before you propose," Kurama interjected, pulling Yusuke off of Kuwabara and helping him to his feet. "Let's go get a drink somewhere and sit down and talk." Kuwabara shrugged and followed Kurama as he started down the street.
Once they were all seated at a small table in the corner of the bar with soft lounge music playing in the background, Kuwabara, Yusuke and Kurama exchanged pleasantries until their drinks arrived. Thanking the waitress, Kuwabara glanced between his two friends to find them both looking at him solemnly.
"Alright guys, what's the problem. Did Koenma call with some urgent case or something?" he asked, beginning to get concerned. Yusuke shook his head.
"Nah, Kuwabara I just need to apologize to you," he answered, leveling his large brown eyes at his best friend. "A long time ago, I found out something, but because of all the things that have happened in between, and the nature of what we're about to tell you, it kind of got passed over when it came to you," Yusuke explained, taking a swig of his beer.
As Yusuke swallowed, Kurama continued: "We truly didn't mean to keep this from you, but it was necessary. Hiei was extremely reluctant to reveal this information to anyone, especially you."
"Alright guys, what's the problem? I'm not about to accept apologies if I don't know what you're apologizing for." Kuwabara interrupted, folding his arms and glaring at them suspiciously. "What do I care about Hiei?"
Kurama smiled tightly, "That's just the thing. You have to care about Hiei, because if you and Yukina end up married, Hiei will be your brother-in-law." Both watched him intensely as he processed this information.
"Wait, you mean they're related?" Kuwabara said after a few minutes, standing abruptly and knocking his chair over. Yusuke and Kurama both stood after him.
"Relax Kuwabara, they are only half-siblings," Yusuke consoled, attempting to grab Kuwabara before he made more of a scene.
"You don't understand," Kuwabara replied, dropping his head into his hands, "I suspected something from the way everybody would make weird jokes at Hiei like that time during the Dark Tournament, and from the fact that they kind of look alike. That's not the problem."
Kurama and Yusuke exchanged baffled looks. Kurama shut his eyes and smiled, chuckling softly.
"Well then what's the problem you idiot?" Yusuke asked, slapping him on the back. Kuwabara merely moaned.
"It means I have to ask his permission before I can marry her!" Kuwabara lamented grinding the heels of his hands into his eyes. Yusuke burst into laughter and fell backwards over a chair.
Later that evening, the group convened at Genkai's temple, having a little get-together in honor of Hiei and Katrina's finished preparations for their wedding. During the course of the evening, Kuwabara nervously approached Hiei, intending to ask his permission as soon as possible.
"What do you want, fool?" Hiei asked, leveling his customary glare on him. Kuwabara fidgeted nervously and avoided Hiei's gaze. Instantly Hiei was on alert. He knew something was wrong; normally the idiot would blather on about how strong he was or some such. Hiei's glare softened momentarily when Yukina came into view.
"Hello Kazuma. Why do you look so nervous?" she asked, looking between Hiei and Kuwabara with wide eyes and a gentle smile.
"Oh hello Yukina, I just wanted to talk to Hiei for a minute, could you excuse us for a second?" Kuwabara asked, smiling brilliantly at her. She giggled and covered her mouth with a sleeve of her kimono.
"Of course silly, you guys just go into the next room and I'll make sure nobody disturbs you," she answered waving them out the door. Both of them could do nothing but turn and walk out, shutting the door behind them.
"Alright Kuwabara, what is so important that you felt you needed to torment me with your company?" Hiei asked, folding his arms and tapping an impatient foot on the floor. Again Kuwabara's countenance became nervous.
"Well," Kuwabara began; Hiei rolled his eyes. "I know that you're Yukina's brother and I just wanted to ask your permission to marry her," he blurted, finishing with a defensive glare at Hiei. His companion's eyes had widened with the revelation that Kuwabara knew of his relation, and he had barely processed the last part of the sentence. Kuwabara merely stood, as if prepared for a blow.
"Hn. What are you talking about?" Hiei snapped, covering his earlier astonishment.
"Hey, I already asked once, surely you could try to listen to me when I'm talking!" Kuwabara yelled, crossing his arms. With that, he turned on his heel and began to stomp back to the party, mumbling under his breath.
"Kuwabara, wait." Hiei commanded from behind him. Kuwabara turned to see a smirk on Hiei's face.
"If anything happens to her, rest assured that you will be dead before you know you've done something wrong," Hiei told him, the smirk turning into an icy glare as his sword made an appearance. "I promise the dragon will be more than pleased to tear you apart." With that, Hiei strode past Kuwabara and flitted out of sight, back to Katrina's side. Kuwabara stood for a moment, trying to find the meaning of the series of veiled threats in their conversation.
Hiei located Yukina in the crowd and stepped toward her. She looked at him questioningly. He tilted his head and slid his eyes toward the room where he had left Kuwabara. Yukina followed his gaze and when she turned back to Hiei he was gone, sitting in the corner nearest Katrina. Yukina shook her head and heaved a sigh, turning to find where Kuwabara went.
She slid the door open and entered quietly. Kuwabara was leaning against a window sill, staring out into the night. Yukina sidled gently up to him and put a hand on his arm. Kuwabara still looked ponderous and didn't notice her.
"Kazuma, you are awfully quiet. Did your conversation with Hiei go alright?" she asked. Kuwabara jumped. He looked down at Yukina and smiled; Yukina noticed that he was holding a strange box. When Kuwabara saw where her gaze was pointed, he clenched his fist around the box and hid it from her view.
"Yeah, I was just thinking don't worry," he grinned slyly, "My love will keep you safe." Yukina laughed.
"Oh Kazuma, you always say such funny things," she told him. After another comfortable silence, Kuwabara took both her hands in his and got down on one knee.
"Yukina? I have something to ask you," Kuwabara began, shuffling the box around in his palm so that he could better grasp her hands.
"You can ask me anything, you know that," Yukina replied.
"Well, uh…will you," he paused. Yukina tilted her head and smiled up at him. "Will you marry…me?" he asked after swallowing hard. Yukina blinked at him for a moment.
"Marry you?" she asked, still blinking. Kuwabara gulped and nodded fervently. Yukina looked deep in thought for a moment before she smiled.
"Of course Kazuma, I would be happy to," she answered.
Back at the party, Cass and Kat were pulling out the karaoke machine and were preparing to sing a song when there was a loud shout from the other room. Like a stampede, both girls, Yusuke, Kurama, Botan and the rest of the gang ran to the door. Yusuke kicked the door down and leapt inside. Instead of danger, everyone (excepting Hiei, who stayed where he was) saw Kuwabara with a glowing red face; and Yukina with a pretty little ring on her finger.
Well, that was it. Kuwabara is so wonderful, it's a pity many people don't give him some happiness. I hope this gives him a little anyway. Up next is Kurama, who will take a little while (as I have yet to write it. The other three have been written for quite some time). Anyways, thanks again for giving up some of your time to read my dabbles!