Chapter 7

Botan was sitting in the library after school. She was struggling with her homework and decided that surely she could get the answers she needed in the one place where all knowledge was supposedly kept. She leaned back in her chair while balancing her pencil over her lip. This was not going well.

The school library was not very big but Botan was sure it would have the information she needed for her report. But the blue haired girl had yet to open a single book. Her paper was completely covered in doodles of cats, flowers and spirals.

"Oh, Koenma is going to kill me." Botan was referring to her foster father. He had gotten onto her several times for bad grades already, one more and she would be grounded for the rest of the year.

A light bulb went off in Botan's head: use the internet. She moved over to the computers and went into a search engine. She typed in her subject and several things popped up. When she was about to click on a link, a pop up got in the way and sent her to a porn site. The girl's face turned blood red as she tried to close out, some how opening more sites.

With the computer still running and showing risqué images, Botan bolted from the library and down the hall wanting to get as far away from the scene as possible. She was not looking where she was going when she turned a corner and bumped into someone. They fell into a heap with their lips touching. Botan was already blushing severely, but once she saw who was underneath her she felt like her face was going to explode. Hiei pushed her off him, glaring at her with his blood red eyes.

"I'm so sorry Hiei, I didn't see you."

"What the hell were you running from that made you not look where you were going?" he growled.

"Well, I was in the library and..." She went into her tale about the naughty computer. Hiei went from enraged to slightly amused.

"I guess that means you found Yusuke's computer. He had some nerds hack into one of the library computers so that it displayed nothing but porn. I don't think any one has complained yet, but do you honestly see girls go into the library often?"

"Keiko does."

"Yeah, but she's a bookworm."

"Wait, does that mean boys like Shuichi..." Botan could not bring herself to finish her question.

"What he does on the internet is his business, but I seriously doubt it."

"Have you ever..."

This time, Hiei's face turned red. "What kind of question is that?"

Botan giggled. "That wasn't a no." If looks could kill. Then, "Hiei, what are you doing here so late?"

"Detention."

Botan waited in vain for him to say more. When they went into an awkward silence, Botan looked at her watch. "Oh no, it's almost eight. I hate walking in the dark, especially alone."

"Well, good luck with that." Hiei turned to leave but felt fingers wrap around his wrist.

"Hiei, please walk me home. I'm afraid of the dark."

"Why should I care?"

"Well I would think you would be nice to the girl you just kissed," she teased. The boy rolled his eyes. "It's dangerous to be a girl on the street at night, don't you want to help?"

Hiei threw her hand off his wrist. "Listen: I am not some hero or knight in shining armor you read about in your fairytales; I am not the bad boy who dates the prom queen; and I am not walking you home. You are nothing but a spoiled rich girl who was adopted by the mayor and knows nothing about how much life really sucks. One night on your own would do you some good."

Of course that pretty little speech did not matter in the end since, after Botan had worked in some tears, the two classmates were walking down the street together. They arrived at her house without incident.

"Happy now?" Hiei asked in a sour tone.

Botan nodded. "Thank you, Hiei." She pecked him on the cheek before he could react and went inside.

Hiei stood in the dark with an annoyed expression.

Note: I do not ship HieixBotan but this idea came to mind and I just had to type it.