Arianna sat in between Kurama's legs, her back to his chest as she looked up at the stars. Kurama couldn't help but stare down at her, his fingers tenderly stroking her hair. She tried to hold back but felt herself succumb to tiredness as she let out a small yawn. Kurama smiled and hugged her gently "sleepy?" she blushed a little and nodded slowly.

"But I don't want to go home yet… I like being here with you" she said softly, snuggling into him more. He smiled and kissed her cheek lightly.

"I'll make you a deal… if you let me bring you home so you can get some sleep… I'll bring you to an even better place tomorrow" she smiled and blushed, turning in his arms.

"Where" he smirked and put his finger to her lips.

"Shh it's a surprise… but you have to go home and get a good night sleep… ok?" she frowned but nodded slowly as she tried to hold back another yawn. She smiled sheepishly and sighed.

"Alright… you have a deal" she said gently, staring up into his hypnotizing eyes. He kissed her lightly on the lips and stood, picking her up. She let out a small squeal from surprise as she was lifted from the ground. She smiled and hugged him around the neck, snuggling into him. She leaned up and kissed his lips gently, sighing against them. He kissed her back and with a little effort picked the towel and the bag up before walking to his car. He opened the passenger side and slid her in. he shut the door and walked to the driver's side and got in, starting the car. Once they arrived at her house he got out and opened her door for her again. She stepped out and looked up at him. He gave her a gentle smile and held her hand.

"Did you enjoy the evening as much as I did?" he asked, staring deep into her eyes. She nodded and kissed his cheek, hugging him close

"Of course I did… this was the most wonderful day I have ever had…" she sighed happily and buried her face into his chest. He held her and rubbed her back soothingly. After a few minutes of basking in their happiness, Kurama took Arianna's hand once more and led her to the door. She went to open the door when Kurama stopped her. He smiled down at her and kissed her passionately, holding her body to his. She kissed him back smiling against his mouth and let out a sigh of pleasure. She pulled away and started to giggle softly, smiling wide. He lifted her chin and smiled kindly

"what is so funny?" she shook her head and smiled up at him.

"nothing… I just thought that only happened in those cheesy movies… and everyone just blew it out of proportion… but that truly was the best kiss I've ever had" she sighed and leaned into his chest as she shut her eyes. He smiled and kissed the top of her head, rubbing her back slowly.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it" he whispered. He slowly pulled away and looked down at her. "now… no more stalling… it's off to bed with you…" she smiled and nodded, opening the door and walking inside

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Destiny slowly opened her eyes to a pitch-black room. She groaned and stretched before looking around. She cocked her head to the side and felt around curiously. She wasn't in her bed. She yawned and shrugged, too tired to worry about it at that moment. She rolled over, being used to there being more bed there, and fell off. She landed with a loud thud, groaning in pain as she rubbed her head. She let out a loud gasp as she felt someone touch her. "Destiny" a familiar voice rang through her ears. She opened her eyes but it didn't do any good thanks to the darkness of the room. Suddenly a light flickered on and she saw blood red eyes in front of her. 'Hiei?' she thought silently, her eyes slowly opening more as she remembered the night's events. How could she have forget how kind he was to her, unlike all the rumors around school that she had heard about him? He stood up and held out a hand to her. She took it and got up slowly
"Erm… thanks…" she said shyly, scratching her head. He shrugged and turned so his back was to her

"No problem…" he walked over to the window, a long black curtain covering it, shading the dark room from the rest of the world. He moved it aside and stared into the trees behind his house. "You should be getting home now… it's noon and your parent's are going to be worried about you…" he looked back at her and frowned a bit. She had her head hung and her shoulders dropped low as she let out a heavy sigh.

"B… but… can't I… just stay a little longer…?" she pleaded softly as she raised her head, her sorrowful eyes met his and he let out a sigh deeper then hers.

"Destiny… I'm not a baby sitter and I never hope to be one… now get up and go home…" he said in a gruff tone, averting his eyes from hers so he didn't see her pleading stares. She tried to hold back a few whimpers but couldn't stop the trembling of her small body. He ignored the whimpers and stared out the window "you can climb down this tree and go through the forest… it's pretty safe this time of day… and no one will see you… if anyone asks where you've been tell them you were at one of your girlfriends' houses… and tomorrow at school… you don't talk to me, walk near me, look in my general direction… I'm not gunna have some squirt like you ruin my rep… got it?" his hands clenched the windowsill as he spoke in a harsher tone then he meant to. She started up at him, his jacket still around her. She trembled and sniffled a little as her bottom lip quivered. Suddenly he felt a quick gush of wind push past him to the outside. He turned to look at destiny but all that was left was his jacket. He sighed and fell backwards onto the bed she had slept on that night. He turned his head and sighed, staring at the jacket. What had he done? Why did he say those things to her? Why was this so confusing? He had never had any trouble like this with any other girl. What was so different about her?