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Chapter Four Tango

POV: Kuwabara

Urameshi acted funny when he woke up the next morning. After shouting, "Ah! Where the hell AM I?" at seven, he wandered out to the living room where I was sitting on the couch reading the paper and stared at me dumbfounded. "Was that a dream?"

"Was what a dream?" I asked.

Urameshi turned red, something he came back. "Do you own a purple wig?"

"Jeeze, Urameshi! Did you get drunk before you came home?"

"I'm not a morning person."

"I don't own a purple wig and I think we should leave it at that. It was a dream. Whatever IT was."

Urameshi does this thing where he stares at people when he's embarrassed. He was doing that to me now. "Most people look away when they do something stupid. You must be some kind of masochist." Urameshi turned even redder. "Oh my god, Urameshi, get some caffeine in your system before you say something I REALLY don't want to hear."

Urameshi wandered into the kitchen. He returned a few minutes later with a huge cup of coffee, which he chugged. "I'm gonna do us both a favor and pretend none of that just happened."

"Okay," Urameshi said.

"No… Wait… I can't pretend that didn't happen. It was too weird. Are you gay, Urameshi?"

"Are you?"

"Fair enough. You don't have to answer that."

"No, you deserve all the facts. The truth is… I'm… bisexual." He looked away as if he was scared I'd punch him.

"Do you know what 'over compensation' means?"

"Uh… I think so."

"You might be bi, but I'm not."

"That's okay, I never said I wanted-"

"I'm totally gay."

"Really? No shit?"

"Yeah."

"Wow, I just thought… because of Yukina and Botan… mostly Yukina…"

"It first started at Maze Castle. It was lust at first sight."

"With who?"

"Hiei."

"Wait, you had the hots for Hiei?" Urameshi started laughing. "I thought you hated him."

"I pretended to hate him 'cause I didn't want him to know I was crushing on him."

"The kindergartener approach."

"Exactly. Anyway, he only noticed me when I was calling him 'hamster legs,' or 'shrimp.' You know, 'cause he's completely infatuated with Kurama. Unfortunately for him, Kurama was in love with you. Still might be, as a matter of fact. I don't know."

"How do you know that?"

"Hiei loving Kurama was obvious. Yukina even knows that. Kurama was harder to read. I knew he was gay the second I saw him but I had to watch him closely to figure out who he liked. Then I realized he was in love. Completely and utterly in love. With you."

"I wish he'd have said something. I think he's hot."

I felt a flare of jealousy. "He's not your type."

"How do you know what I like in men?"

"You don't want to get involved with Kurama. If Hiei ever came back and found out, he'd slaughter ya. Forget you're an S Class demon, he'll kill you dead."

"But I think Hiei is in love with Mukuro. He let her hug him. I don't think he'd ever let anyone do that."

"Mukuro?"

"One of the kings of the Makai. Queen, actually. Which is weird if he's gay."

"Hiei isn't gay. He's like you."

"Do you still like him?"

"As a friend. I don't think he's so hot anymore." I can't believe I'm telling him this. I must be crazy. It's obvious he doesn't find me attractive. And why should he? It's like Shishiwakamaru said, I have an inferior face.

Urameshi set down his cup. "That's good," he said. "I mean, because I think Hiei really hates you."

"Yeah. He probably does. I was so mean to him. I wish I could apologize."

Urameshi sat down next to me and rested his hand on my knee. Every cell in my body went on red alert. Urameshi didn't ever touch me like that before. "Maybe he'll come back. I mean, he's got to tell Yukina who he is."

"Huh?" Hasn't she met him?

"Never mind."

"No, tell me."

"Well, I guess it won't do any harm now. Yukina is his sister. Yeah, Hiei is the long lost brother she's been looking for."

"How ironic."

"I know." Urameshi slid closer and inched his hand up a bit. "You got cute while I was away." He bit his lip.

"Are you coming on to me?"

"I wish."

"Uhh…" Oh crap. Well, idiot, you walked right into that one. "Okay."

"Now look who's red. Unh." He moaned.

"Stop that!"

He moved his hand away from my leg and placed it over my heart. "You're lucky to have a heart that beats." The seduction was over. He was only messing around. Now he was acting vulnerable.

"Before you do anything, you should know something," I said.

"What?" he asked.

"I'm in love with you. I have been ever since we met. I don't want to get hurt with your little games. If you like me, just say so."

"So. I'm not trying to hurt you. I don't want that. You should know better. I love you too, in a way."

"In what way?"

"The friend kind."

"That's not how I feel."

"Yeah, but I'm also attracted to you. I have romantic feelings that I wouldn't want to rush into calling 'in love' yet. I realized last night… this morning at three before you woke up that you were the one who cared about me the most. You were most hurt by me leaving. Keiko was being a bitch and not showing up but you were there, ready to leap into my arms. Granted, I never expected it to happen this way but I'd rather have you then Keiko anyway."

"You would?" Please don't be playing games. You don't know how much it means to me.

"Yeah, Keiko may have been my childhood sweetheart but I'm all grown up now. And you…" That's when it hit me. This was no act.

I touched his face, feeling his smooth skin beneath my fingertips. He leaned in closer and laid his hand delicately on my shoulder. We stayed like that for a moment, just looking at each other with an odd intensity before Urameshi spoke. "I hate to ruin the moment, but were you going to kiss me?"

"Yeah, but I chickened out."

"Don't worry. I'll be waiting when you're ready." He leaned in closer. "Don't make me wait too long," he whispered.

"I don't intend to make you wait at all," I whispered back. "I just want you to call the shots."

"All right. I'll do that then." He kissed me tenderly. It was everything I had ever imagined. Ever dreamed about. My first kiss with a guy who not only did I love but who was amazingly hot to boot.

He snaked his arms around me pulling me closer. "You can bury me in sweet kisses all you want, itoshi."

"Sweetheart? That's a little lame," Urameshi said. "How about Nushi?"

"No way am I calling you 'master'."

"Doofus, it means 'lover.'"

"It also means 'master.'"

"Fine, aijin. You can call me itoshi if you want."

"I'm not your lover yet."

"You will be eventually."

"I sure hope so."

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