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Arriving in the human world, it was past midnight and Yusuke was still only in his worn pants as he continued running through the city, taking the quickest route to his destination. Minutes felt like hours because of his rut, and his body was already flushed at the thought of finding his mate. He felt so stupid, he should have stayed in the human world. He didn't want to be anywhere except right where he was. And right where he was happened to be hanging onto the ledge of Kuwabara's second story window. He pulled himself up and pulled a Hiei, opening the human's window.

Kuwabara jumped from his desk to his feet when he heard his window open. He looked surprised to see Yusuke there, especially since Yusuke's skin was flushed red, decorated in more tattoos than he remembered, his hair lacked gel and he was only wearing worn pants; not even shoes.

"Oh, Urameshi," Kuwabara relaxed a little, but still kept his guard up, "You're back already? Did your 'rut' end"

As soon as Yusuke had opened the window the mild musk permeated his senses and he took a deep breath through his nose and mouth. His body quivered and he gulped back a moan. Of course Kuwabara's energy and scent coated the room thickly. It was HIS room. Yusuke held his head for a moment as Kuwabara asked him the questions. He was sort of glad he could control himself a bit better. At least he didn't pounce Kuwabara upon sight, or smell.

"N-not exactly." Yusuke finally replied, closing the window behind him without turning away from Kuwabara. "I... I need your help." Kuwabara eyed him suspiciously, remembering the surprise kiss from earlier.

"What kind of help?" He asked slowly and Yusuke took a few steps closer to him.

"I..." Yusuke felt his lip quiver with anxiousness and he held his hand over his mouth for a moment to get his bearings. It was hard to when he was in the room of the one he wanted to be with for 5 days, "I'm still in rut..."

"Whoa, whoa, hold up," Kuwabara pulled his rolling chair between them, wanting to hold back any surprise kisses, "Kurama and the midget took you to the demon world to take care of that." Yusuke couldn't say he wasn't a bit hurt by the defense Kuwabara displayed.

"It's not that easy, Kuwabara." Yusuke said tiredly. He forced himself to step away and he sat on Kuwabara's bed, leaning his elbows on his knees. "The last few days have been torture you'd never be able to begin to understand and all I wanted to do was come back here and I was too stupid to listen to myself... You can put the fucking chair away, I won't kiss you again if you don't want me to." Yusuke snapped, hating how Kuwabara was keeping his distance from him. Kuwabara realized the chair was still being used as a shield and he rolled it back into place under his desk. Yusuke held his face in his hands, silent for a minute. Kuwabara slowly walked over to Yusuke, not used to seeing Yusuke so distraught.

"You look like shit." Kuwabara commented and Yusuke chuckled bitterly.

"I feel like shit." He said, "This is so fucked up." Kuwabara sat next to him and patted his back gently. Yusuke resisted the instinct to lean into him when it was all he wanted to do. Yusuke took a deep breath, "Kuwabara. I want you." He wouldn't look at Kuwabara, he couldn't take his mate rejecting him, but he couldn't stay silently pining any more either, "I think it's the only thing that will help. B-but I'll leave if... If you don't want to." The last part was the hardest to say because he didn't know what else he could do at this point to not go crazy.

Kuwabara's hand was still on his back a for a bit and Yusuke felt tears welling up. Kuwabara sighed heavily, rubbing Yusuke's shoulder warmly.

"This is pretty serious, huh?" he asked and Yusuke nodded. Kuwabara sighed, "What... What can I do?"

Yusuke didn't answer with words, he merely turned and wrapped his arms around Kuwabara's chest and he pushed him to the bed. Kuwabara wasn't sure what he was expecting, but he certainly wasn't expecting for Yusuke to demand cuddling. Yusuke rested his head on Kuwabara's chest, listening to the rapid heartbeat and he buried his nose in Kuwabara's shirt, taking deep whiffs of his scent and energy.

"Don't go." Yusuke eventually said and Kuwabara slowly wrapped his arm around Yusuke's shoulders, not feeling quite so awkward about it as he thought he would.

"Sure, I can do that." Kuwabara said softly, easing in to stay with Yusuke for the night.