Here you are, chapter 3! I apologize for the long wait... I hope you still keep reading this, for I promise my updates will never take that long again (meaning the whole month XP)... Unless of course it's a must.
Mid-terms are next week, and so the reviews for them have been driving me off the walls...
Anyway, I'll do a speedy thanks to all of my reviewers; Jessica, KyoHana, bloodyredsilver, and phoenixfirekitsune (thanks so much for beta-reading this too! You're a great help, thanks!)
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(Just in case you haven't noticed, the rating has been upped due to the content in this chapter and, most likely, those to come. If you have a problem with this, I'm sorry but nothing will be done, though I do take some suggestions, thank you. At this moment, the content is really not that bad, but I rather play it safe then sorry.)
Chapter 3: Paying a Visit to the Past
The faint sound of beeping made Hiei jump out of bed and check the time, "Shit! It's six!"
He took a quick shower before throwing on a suit and grabbing his car keys.
Only once he closed and lock his apartment did he remember Kitshu, "Fuck!"
The door flew open, the car seat was grabbed, the diaper bag snatched, and the baby tucked safely and neatly into the said seat. He sighed and re-locked his apartment before rushing downstairs and locking the car seat in. It is after all this that his car jetted out of the lot.
Looking down fast he grabbed his phone, called his sister, and tucked the said phone between his ear and neck.
"Hello? Yukina can you meet me outside your building? I'm running a bit late and-"
"Of course. I was starting to worry when I didn't see you sooner."
"Thanks. See you soon."
He hung up and halted in front of the traffic lights as they turned red.
"Thanks a lot, Yukina. I have to go now. I'm going to be late. See you tonight. Good-bye Kitshu."
The baby whimpered and whined as his father sped off.
"You're running late, Hiei."
"I know Kai."
"Better hurry up. Your assistant is already here!" she called after him.
Hiei sighed and opened the door to his office.
"Hello there Mr. Jaganishi."
"Call me Hiei. Brown nosing will get you no where," he rolled his eyes and settled into his desk's chair, relaxing.
"What is that you're carrying?"
Hiei blinked before looking down at himself and mumbling, "Shit...I'll just give it to Yukina when she stops by..."
After placing the diaper bag down on the ground he looked up.
"Alright, let's get some things straight. Your job involves you helping me."
"You know: running ideas over with each other, adding features, and subtracting the useless. After a good idea comes, we give credit where credit is due; I will never take your ideas and claim them as mine so I trust you to do the same."
"We also look over the models for future ads or commercials, pick a few of the best, and send Mukuro our opinions and then she chooses. Mukuro will also get sent the finished product of our ad. Any questions?"
"Just one...What will you be doing?"
"I will be dealing with the paper work, the dealings with the said ad, and trying to get our products on the market. Anything else you would like to know?" he stared across the room at the redhead daring him to ask more.
"I do, actually, have a few more questions...One being what's your cell phone number so I can get in contact with you."
With a small 'hn,' the man held out his business card, "Everything about me you need to know is on here."
Shuichi stood after scribbling down something on a piece of paper.
He then walked over to the other's desk, took the card and replaced in with the scrap, "This is mine. So, Hiei...What do I do now?"
Hiei's other hand opened a large draw and lifted something before handing it over, "Scribble down some ideas. If you get a good idea bring it to me. Make sure it's a good idea before you go bothering me too. I have a lot of paper work to do...Fucking prick who last had the job rarely did it..."
With a quick nod, the younger man returned to his seat and bit his lip once he read what the product was.
About five minutes past before Shuichi's curiosity got the best of him.
"Hiei...?"
He dropped his pen down and eyed the redhead carefully, "Yes?"
"What kind of products does this company make?"
Hiei stared blankly across the room, "Shuichi, why did you take this job before doing research on it?"
With a small sheepish chuckle he replied, "Well...As an aspiring advertiser it's a great honor to work with a brilliant one such as yourself... My professors talked about you and used your works a myriad of times during class...So this job was simply something I couldn't pass up..."
He continued his blank stare at the redhead, "Talked about me? Look here, most of the shit that hits the books or out of the professor's mouth is bullshit. They never get the true facts. You better look over your jobs in the future."
"This here company specializes in meeting the hunger of lovers. You know, lingerie for both males and females, soaps to accent the taste or mood, candles to pleasure the senses, and other things of that kind."
Shuichi's face turned as red as his hair, "A-And you've always worked here? I heard you started right after highschool..."
"Back to work. We've wasted enough time."
With a small gulp the taller of the two started writing down whatever came to his mind to promote the product called Flavor Your Dildo.
Hours past faster than Hiei had paid mind to and soon both him and Shuichi were disturbed by a knock.
With a quick glance to the clock, Hiei smiled and opened the door.
"Hiei, Kitshu has been whining for the last couple of hours...You do know why, right?"
With a quick nod, he took the baby boy and walked over to the diaper bag. He pulled out a small white bear and held it out in front of Kitshu.
The baby squealed and reached for it.
"Oh, who's this little cutey?" the redhead smiled and looked up.
"Oh, that's Kitshu, Hiei's son. Aren't they so adorable together?" the sister said after closing the door.
With a chuckle, Shuichi nodded.
"Hn. Shut up."
Yukina smiled brightly, "Shuichi, it's been a long time since I last saw you. Look at how you've grown!"
With a small cough the man looked at her oddly, "I'm sorry...We've met before?"
With a joshing slap to his shoulder Yukina chuckled, "Yes silly! Highschool clubs and you were also in my art class."
He leaned against his desk and tapped his chin, "Perhaps a name?"
Hiei laughed and rolled his eyes, "You've dyed your hair since highschool Yukina."
Shuichi beamed at the mention of her name, "Yukina? My I would never have known! How are you? Is this your husband?"
The twins froze before Yukina all out laughed, though her laughs still came out soft, as it always had.
After a few blinks Hiei stated, "She's my sister."
"Oh! Hiei, here's your lunch," she reached into her large purse and pulled out a bag.
With a small thanks, he took it, placed it on his desk, and sat with his son.
"So, who's the lucky lady?"
"Hn. None of your business."
With a small glance to his sister, Hiei looked down at Kitshu. He bounced the young one on his knee a few times and Kitshu squealed as his head bobbed.
"So, Yukina, how are you?"
Her smile brightened, "I'm doing very well. I'm a daycare teacher during the week from seven to eleven-thirty. My husband and I are also thinking about having children soon, seeing as how he now has a sturdy job."
"That's wonderful to hear. You know I never knew you had a brother...But I do see the great resemblance now...You two wouldn't by chance be twins?"
"Yes, we are."
"Yukina, we should get back to work soon...I have a lot of things to do."
Shuichi laughed when Kitshu finally noticed him and just stared.
"Hiei, why don't you let Shuichi hold him?"
"He doesn't like people he doesn't know touching him. Remember him screaming when Yusuke just tapped his nose?"
"And how do you expect him to get over this?"
"I don't need him screaming in the office," he eyed his sister carefully.
"It's quite alright. I wouldn't want-"
Before Shuichi knew it, Yukina took the baby from Hiei and brought Kitsu over to him.
"Alright, you see how I'm holding him? Just mimic it, alright?"
Shuichi blinked and nodded.
Kitshu quirked his head and looked at the man as he was placed in his arms.
Hiei watched carefully, waiting for the scream...but it never came. Instead, his son grabbed ahold of Shuichi's hair and started pulling with a squeal.
Shuichi laughed and gently untangled the hand from his hair before tickling the sides of him. Kitshu squirmed and giggled as he tried to grab hold of the hair again.
He looked up and went blank when he saw Hiei continuing his work with eyes cast down.
"Well, it was nice seeing you again, Shuichi. Kitshu and I have to be going. Perhaps we'll see each other again.".
Yukina gently held the baby and diaper bag before leaving out the door the redhead held open, "Thank you."
With another small glance at his new comrade, Shuichi set back to work.
Again, time passed quickly and the older of the two finally stood and stretched. Slowly, the other looked up and sighed.
"I'm leaving, best you do the same. Lock up when you're done."
He received a nod and went off.
A few weeks went on like this. Shuichi not finding out much about his new partner and vise versa. It started to irk the redhead how set the dark haired one was to keeping it this way.
"Hiei, why don't I take you out for dinner tonight? It's best if we get a bit more acquainted if we're going to be working together."
Hiei quirked his head as he looked up, "Can't. Have to take care of Kitshu."
"Well, bring him along than. Your wife too if you wish."
He ran a hand through his hair, "Why?"
With a nervous chuckle the other said, "Well, it's a bit awkward to be working with a person and not know a thing about him other then he has a sister and a family..."
With a smirk Hiei reclined in his seat, "That's all I knew about the old advertiser."
"Oh. Well, by the way you spoke about him before he didn't seem like someone you would want to know."
"And I would be any better?"
"Look, it was merely an offer. If you don't wish to go,just say it."
"Whatever, a free dinner is a free dinner, right?"
"Quite right. How about after work? You can pick anyplace you wish."
Hiei looked amused as he watched the redhead fidget. He knew he wanted to ask something, "You'd need a ride, correct?"
Relief flowed off the taller one, "It would be appreciated. I usually just take the bus to work and back."
"No car at all?"
"Paying off student loans and apartment rent..." he smiled and stacked a few scattered papers.
The shorter man shrugged and stretched his arms until he heard a crack, "You haven't come to me with any ideas yet. The deadline for that product is in four months. Better think of something."
"Which product? I have over twenty here."
"The first one, the Flavored-"
"Oh, that one... Well, I do have one idea in particular that is pretty good..."
"Well tell me about it. I finally caught up on the paper work, so I can listen to a few," Hiei then made himself more comfortable in his chair and waited.
The other's cheeks reddened as he looked through his papers, "Here it is... Um. My idea is astrawberry cut in half...and in the area surrounded by white a small...well, pink shaped dildo..." (Don't give me credit for that... hehe I saw it somewhere and thought it was creative...)
"Has potential. How about a woman sucking on it though... more exotic that way and shows a bit more of what it is... If you were to leave it like that it could perhaps looked like flavored condoms."
By this point the man's face was the same color as his hair.
"Hn. Are you sick or something?" he grinned and rolled his eyes, "Or are you just nervousand embarrassed about speaking of this?"
"Well, it's certainly not something I would talk about in public..."
All amusement faded from the other's face as he put his feet up on the desk with a sigh, "How old are you Shuichi? Older then twenty-one I know this... but you need to... Hmm..."
He tapped his chin in thought as he tried to piece together his views, "Alright, you need to think of this as a job and nothing more. No one's here to judge any one of us so though one may be a perv in the office it doesn't mean one can't also be a reflective and charming man in the outside world."
"I know... it's just not-"
"What you planned for, for your first big job?"
With a small nod the redhead relaxed into his chair.
After looking at the clock, Hiei picked up his jacket and stood, "Get up. Let's go now. Mukuro usually doesn't care if we leave early on Fridays."
Well, 'tis all for now. Please review after a small peak into the future:
"A father's instinct. He can tell when Kitshu's awake with the faintest of murmurs."
"Hiei, you didn't tell him? You've been working with him for over a month and you haven't told him?"
"Oh, Kuwabara! I remember now, I was his student tutor at one point... As well as this other kid's... Now what was his name... The two use to fight with each other all the time... I believe it was... Urameshi..."