A/N: Well, I guess I should state right now that this story isn't nearly over

A/N: Well, I guess I should state right now that this story isn't nearly over. I suppose the last chapter could have been the end but it's not. Sorry for the confusion!

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Hiei wrapped his arms ever so carefully around my waist, his touch tentative. Resting my cheek on his spiky hair, I smiled to myself. Was this really happening? Could I really be allowed such a pleasure as this? Feeling the need for a test, I pulled slightly away from the fire youkai. "Hiei, do you really care for me?"

His burning eyes looked questioning as he scoffed. "Why would I lie about that?"

Biting my lower lip, I shrugged and cupped his chin in my hand. "Oh, I don't know. I just wanted to make sure you weren't going to punch me when I did this," I murmured, leaning towards him until my lips grazed against his ever so lightly. He drew in a quick breath out of surprise but eagerly returned my affection. His hands reached up and his fingers tangled in my hair, giving him a more dominate grasp over the situation. I was so under his control that I barely even registered the door opening and didn't realize anyone had entered until I heard Yusuke's voice.

"Hey Kurama, is it okay if I crash here tonight?" He yelled his question, his head swiveling around to find me, his eyes quickly lured to Hiei and I tangled in each other's arms. Hiei promptly shoved me onto the ground and I tried in vain to hide the blush spreading to my cheeks. "Whoa, were you two just….were you making out?" Yusuke practically screamed the statement, looking fairly confused at the scene being played out in front of him. I opened my mouth to try and explain but Hiei's hand to my stomach swiftly stopped me.

"No, I was showing Kurama a new move to use in battle. Keep your stupid human mind out of the gutter. It must be from hanging out with the maggot so much," Hiei muttered, obviously referring to Kuwabara.

Yusuke's dark eyebrows drew together as he chortled, "Yeah, okay. Hah, you guys kissing? I must need more sleep, eh Kurama?" He kept forcing the same laugh as he helped me up off the floor. I smiled back as normally as I could and nodded, hurrying to show him the room he could stay in. Anything to try and clear my mind.

Later that night while I was getting ready to go to sleep, Hiei walked in.

"Yusuke's asleep," he stated as his excuse to come and talk to me. He wasn't the type to come right out and say he wanted to be in my company. Looking around the room, he sighed. "You could never guess that the feared Youko Kurama lived here. It looks like any other ningen room." He snickered softly, glancing my way.

"I suppose you're right. If people knew I was here, I'd probably have been captured and killed by now." I glanced over at his face and noticed the deep pain in his eyes. I tried to recover the situation by adding a whispered, "But no one would ever find me."

He blinked, his face returning to its neutral position. "I suppose if they haven't found you for sixteen years, you're pretty safe." The faintest hint of smiles graced his lips as he got on the bed and crawled toward me, placing a kiss on my cheek. "Night fox."

I smiled at his collapsed form in front of me before wrapping my arms around him, breathing in the spicy scent of his hair. "Good night Hiei."

A moan was the first sound I made as I felt the sun's blaring presence in all three of my eyes. Groping around for my headband, I grabbed various other parts of my bedfellow's body, glad he was still deep asleep and missing the reddening of my face as I touched him. Finally finding the missing headband, I secured it back into place. Opening my eyes to mere slits, I looked down at Kurama's sleeping form. He looked rather peaceful with his mouth slightly open in a grin. The peace was disturbed by the sure tell crashing sounds of Yusuke waking up in the room beneath us. Frowning, I grabbed Kurama's shoulders and shook him, hoping he'd wake up without much effort. His emerald eyes looked dazed as he tried to focus on me. "Hmm? Good morning Hiei, did you need something?" He sat up and smiled that dazzling smile at me, causing my thoughts to run like scared rabbits into the underbrush. "Hiei? You're staring. What's the matter?"

I could only shake my head in response as my eyes roved down the planes of his bare chest. I hadn't realized that he'd taken his shirt off before getting in bed. Now I tried to memorize every inch of him available. It wasn't like I hadn't seen Kurama with his shirt off before but usually he was injured and I was beyond frustrated with myself for being unable to show how very much him being in pain worried me. Now, my eyes were allowed to gaze openly and I wanted every second I could savor. Too bad the stupid fox kept interrupting me with that silly look on his face as if I were the crazy one. "Hm? Oh, nothing is wrong. I just thought you should know that Yusuke is awake and that it'll be much harder to explain me in your bed. You should probably hurry and get ready."

He nodded before gracefully getting out of bed and searching his closet for just the right thing to wear. "What I should do is find you something new to wear. You've been in those same clothes for awhile now and they've got to be getting dirty. I mean, you can't wear the same thing every day, can you?"

I was about to shrug off his comment when I saw him grip the edge of his closet, his knuckles going white. "Kurama?" I asked my voice low with worry. His head dipped into his chest as he swayed slightly, as if a large gust of wind had blown and knocked him off balance. As soon as I got to my feet, he started falling, his long elegant body hitting the floor with the softest thud, the sound echoing in my ears, sounding my louder and much more terrifying than it had to the rest of the world.

A/N Yeah, that's right, there's a twist in this simple plot. Hah! Well, sorry that I'm slow at updating. Keep up your sweet reviews!