Citizen: Do the disclaimer!
Shio: No.
Citizen: Please?
Shio: Let me think about it….No!
Citizen: Fine! In my next fic, you're going to be celibate!
Shio: C-Ce-Celibate?!!?
Citizen/evil grin/ Celibate as a doorknob!
Shio: Doorknobs can have sex?
Citizen:…………..Do the damn disclaimer!
Shio/sigh/ Citizen Cobalt does not own YYH, although she does own me…Which is why I am Hiei's guardian in this fic instead of the sexy stranger who offers him candy filled with an aphrodisiac so I can have my wonderfully wicked way with him. /evil perverted grin/
Citizen: You awful perverted man!
Shio/shrug/ You made me that way. By the way, a few Naruto characters may pop up in here, and Citizen doesn't own them either.
Citizen: Gaara! No/cries/
Shio/pats Citizen on the back/ Gaara is hot, but at least you've got me!
Citizen:…………………..
Shio/hits Citizen/ What the hell is the silence for?!
Citizen: On with the chapter/Sniffle/
Shio: By the way, this fic has yaoi and stuff like that in it, so if it offends you…too bad. And I noticed that even though Kurama introduces himself as Shuuichi, people call him Kurama. Well, that's just how it's going to go.
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Chapter 7
Monday morning dawned bright and early. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and all was right in the world.
"SHUT UP! GODDAMN BIRDS!!!" An empty bottle flung out the window smacked one of the cute, sweet, innocent, fluffy birdies and sent it plummeting into the bushes below. The other birds took the hint and hightailed it out of there.
All was right with most of the world, anyway.
Hiei groaned and buried his head under the pillows. He hated mornings. He hated birds. He hated hangovers.
"WAKIE, WAKIE, SUNSHINE!!!" And most of all, Hiei hated bright, loud, obnoxious, hot, apron-wearing guardians.
"I MADE BREAKFAST!!! WAKE UP!!!" Hiei whimpered and clapped his hands over his ears.
"Why are you so loud?" He asked through gritted teeth and Shio smiled brightly down at him. The silver haired man was grinning just a little too happily for six thirty in the morning. Come to think of it, Shio was never up at six in the morning. What was going on?
"WHY AM I SO LOUD?!" Shio was almost yelling at him and the sound made Hiei's head pound.
"I'LL TELL YOU! SOMEONE DECIDED TO BREAK INTO MY LIQUOR STASH LAST NIGHT AND, IF I AM CORRECT, THEY ARE CURRENTLY SUFFERING FROM A PAINFUL HANGOVER! AM I CORRECT?!"
"Leave me alone!" Hiei grabbed the closest thing, his alarm clock, and threw it at the smirking man. Luckily for Shio, Hiei's aim was never the best in the morning, and it whizzed harmlessly past his head.
"Nope! Sorry!" Shio abandoned the yelling and grabbed Hiei's visible ankle and began pulling the boy out of his bed. Hiei reacted quickly and grabbed hold of his bed post.
"He who gets drunk on a school night must suffer the consequences!" Shio said cheerfully as he tugged harder on Hiei's feet.
"Fuck you." Hiei growled.
"You're underage, I can't!" Shio pretended to look appalled as he let go of Hiei's ankles.
"Go away." Hiei made the mistake of relaxing and before he knew it, Shio had grabbed his ankle again and pulled him off the bed.
"Ow!" Hiei hit the floor with a dull thud and instantly curled up into a ball. His head was pounding and his stomach was threatening to force up whatever it still held.
"C'mon, Hiei." Shio said as he gently unwrapped the boy from his blanket. Hiei allowed himself to be pulled to his feet and led out of his room to the bathroom. Instantly, he felt his stomach rebelling and he stumbled over to the toilet.
"That's what you get." Shio said smugly, but he held Hiei's hair out of his face as he retched. The poor boy was a mess and Shio felt a small pang of guilt for waking him up so harshly. Still, he should have known not to get drunk when he knew full well that he had school the next morning.
"Take a shower," He told Hiei as he rubbed his back in a soothing circular motion. "I'll make something to help with your hangover."
"Hn." Hiei grunted as he coughed up the last of his stomach contents.
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Kurama eyed Hiei's empty seat with annoyance. Great. His lab partner was missing. How irritating.
----Author interruption!!!-----
In case anyone wants to know, here are Kurama and Hiei's schedules!
Kurama---He is more of a scientist.
1st period Algebra
2nd period Biology
3rd period English
Lunch
4th period Chemistry
5th period Phys Ed.
6th period History
7th period Study Hall
8th period Calculus
Hiei---Will be an Art major.
1st period History
2nd period English
3rd period Geometry
Lunch
4th period Chemistry
5th period Phys Ed.
6th period Art
7th period Study Hall (in a different room than Kurama)
8th period Graphic Design
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"I see your lab partner is missing." The teacher frowned as she looked at Hiei's empty seat.
"Apparently so, sensei." Kurama sighed.
"We're not doing anything today that requires partners, so consider yourself lucky." She moved on and Kurama glared at Hiei's chair.
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On reflex, Kurama looked around the entire gym before he dared to step inside. Hiei had taken up the hobby of trying to knock Kurama's head off with a volleyball whenever he could. Therefore, Kurama had to be constantly alert, lest he suffer a repeat of the first gym class.
"Minamino." A deep voice addressed him and Kurama turned to look at the speaker. The boy standing in front of him was a few inches shorter, with a slim physique like his own. The baggy black pants and the black shirt with the mesh overlay made a startling contrast against pale skin. Following the slender neck up to the face, Kurama was met with startling green-blue eyes framed by heavy black eyeliner. The face was handsome enough, with a dangerously beautiful quality. The fiery red, short, messy hair did not cover the kanji tattoo on his forehead. The symbol for love. Okay….
"May I help you?" He asked politely. The boy had a slight glare on his face that reminded Kurama painfully of Hiei. What was this boy's name again?
"Sabaku Gaara." The boy said tonelessly. Oh. So that was why the name sounded familiar. Gaara Sabaku was the name of the recently acquitted child murderer. He had been accused of murdering his entire family, but had been let off, even though everyone knew that he did it. Why was Sabaku talking to him?
"Have you seen Hiei?" Gaara asked.
"Why?" Kurama asked suspiciously. Whether or not Gaara was a murderer, he was still bad news and Kurama was instantly suspicious of his intentions.
"Never mind." Gaara turned on his heel and walked away, ignoring the classmates who scrambled to get out of his way. Kurama frowned as he watched him go. What did Gaara want with Hiei?
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Shio gently nudged Hiei awake and the dark haired boy groaned and rolled over. A few more nudges, and he had a grumpy Hiei glaring at him.
"What?" He growled. Shio held out the steaming cup of tea and Hiei accepted it gratefully. He sipped it and made a face.
"This tastes like shit." He grumbled. Shio ran a hand through Hiei's messy hair and smiled.
"It works, though. Once you're done, go back to sleep. I'll go to the school to collect your assignments. Okay?" Hiei nodded and continued sipping the foul tasting tea.
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Kurama dialed in Hiei's phone number and waited patiently for someone to pick up? How did he know Hiei's number? Well, the benefit of being the perfect wonderful student is that you have access to absolutely everything. Namely, personal student files.
Beep "Hello, you've reached the Yamatoya residence, you lucky person! I'm out performing demonic rituals, but leave a message and I'll call you back. And if you leave a sexy message, I'll call back soo-Ow! Hiei! Give me the phone! I'm setting the message you little-!" Beep Kurama sweatdropped when he heard Shio's message.
"Hiei, this is Kurama. I am calling to harass you for missing Chemistry, and to tell you that Sabaku Gaara is looking for you. How many people are you going to piss off this year?" He hung up the phone, satisfied with his message.
"Yamatoya-san!" Mrs. Huruka, the secretary, suddenly squealed.
"Huruka-chan! You're looking lovelier than ever! Is that a new blouse?" Shio suddenly appeared next to him as if out of nowhere. Huruka blushed and began messing with her hair.
"Why yes! I can't believe you noticed!" Kurama eyed the usually stoic secretary with interest. He had never seen her so flustered, it was almost ridiculous.
"What can I do for you today?" She positively simpered. Even though she acting extremely pathetic, Kurama could understand why Shio affected her so much. The man radiated sex, how could anyone keep their head straight? Straight in the sense of not acting funny, not straight in the…never mind…
"I'm here to pick up assignments for Jaganashi Hiei." Huruka went into a flurry of motion and in seconds had produced a small stack of papers.
"Here they are! The second I noticed that Hiei was missing, I made sure to get his assignments for the day!"
"Thanks, Huruka-chan! What would I ever do without you?" Shio smiled widely at her and she turned a bright shade of red.
"Kurama-san? Are you coming?" Kurama found himself being dragged out of the office by Shio. Once the door had closed behind them, Shio turned to Kurama.
"What's up?"
"How did you do that?" Kurama asked. He had to know.
"Oh, that? Women love a hot man who is also charming." Shio said. "I mean, just look at James Bond! He had everyone! Why? Because he was hot and charming! Not to mention he had gadgets, was a cool spy, and because he was just ultra-cool!" Shio paused in the middle of his rant to ruffle through the papers.
"Yamatoya-san." They both froze at the deep voice. Kurama turned and winced. Sabaku Gaara was leaning casually against the nearby wall, glaring at the both of them.
"Sabaku." Kurama nodded respectfully. Shio, however, was silent. Kurama looked at the man curiously when Shio said nothing.
"S-Sabaku!" Kurama blinked. Did he just hear Shio stutter? That couldn't be right. A look at the man confused Kurama even more. Shio's cheeks were rapidly turning a bright red and he was staring at Gaara with his mouth slightly open.
"Where is Hiei?" Gaara asked.
"H-Hiei? He's sick! Y-Yes! Sick!" Kurama eyed Shio suspiciously. What was up with him?
"I see." Gaara turned to walk away, but he paused when Shio spoke.
"Sabaku!" He slowly looked over his shoulder at Shio.
"Y-You're welcome to dinner tonight, if you like!" Kurama stared at Shio openly now. Dinner? What? There was a tense silence before Gaara nodded.
"I accept."
"O-Okay! See you later!" Gaara continued walking, signaling that the conversation was over. Shio stared at his back until he turned the corner. Kurama, in turn, stared at Shio. The man was oddly flushed, and he was breathing rather hard.
"Shio-san?" Shio jerked out of his daze and broke into a coughing fit. Kurama patted him on the back awkwardly.
"Sorry you had to see that." Shio said as he recovered.
"What was that, exactly?" Shio sighed.
"That," He said calmly. "Was a display of my wonderful fucking crush on Sabaku Gaara."
"…You're joking, right?" Shio looked around nervously before he grabbed Kurama's arm.
"Let's go somewhere else to discuss this." Kurama obediently followed Shio until they were off school grounds.
"Okay, to put it bluntly, IkindasleptwithGaaraandnowIhaveamadcrushonhim!"
"Say that a little slower, please?"
"I kinda slept with Gaara and now I have a mad crush on him," Shio admitted in a low voice.
"I see." Kurama said for lack of anything else to say. No, he did not see. Wait…it was coming to him…
"You did what?!"
"Be quiet!" Shio hissed. "I thought he was eighteen, alright?!"
"How the hell did you end up sleeping with him?!"
"He was hot and he came onto me! I had nothing to do with it! Other than being totally hot myself. I mean, who wouldn't come onto me, honestly. And he did it in the most delightfully hot, rough, demanding, forceful, dominant, sexy…why the hell am I telling you this? It's none of your business!"
"You do realize you're a pedophile, right?" Kurama asked dryly. Shio froze.
"Holy shit…I am! I mean, I'm not too bad of one, right! I thought he was eighteen! And granted, he never gave me an opportunity to ask, come to think of it…What if he's younger than he looks?! What if he's a six foot ten year old! What if he tells someone and I got jail for the rest of my life?! Who will take care of Hiei and Yukina? I'm certainly not fit for the job! And to think I was perfectly sober at the time, too!"
"Shio…I'm pretty sure Gaara is not going to tell anyone." Shio halted mid-rant.
"What makes you so sure? And why the hell did I tell you all this?!" Kurama shrugged.
"How old are you anyway?"
"Twenty-five."
"You look like you're sixteen, I'm sure Gaara thought he was raping a poor, innocent, sexy, underage kid."
"No way…you think I'm sexy?" Kurama froze and his face heated up as he tried to formulate a response.
"What…No…Yes…well, you're attractive, but I don't…!" Shio waved a hand dismissively.
"Don't you worry, everyone thinks I'm hot." Shio paused to think about that for a moment.
"Hell, even Hiei thinks I'm hot, although from what I hear, he's busy chasing after a hot little thing from his school."
"What?!" Kurama stopped walking. Hiei? Chasing after someone? There was no way. Kurama had to know who it was so that he could get back to his original plan that had involved ruining Hiei's life forever! How had he gotten so sidetracked?
"Really?" He tried to ask casually. "Who?"
Shio shrugged, although the evil smirk on his face had Kurama convinced that he knew more than he let on.
"If I tell, it will ruin all that fun! Now, about Gaara. You won't tell?"
"I won't tell."
"Good, because I would hate to have to send Hiei after you. Come to think of it, he'll probably kill me if he finds out that I had sex with his best friend."
"Best friend?"
"Yeah! Didn't you know?" Shio tsked softly. "You don't make a very good stalker, Kurama-chan."
"I'm a lousy stalker, and you're a pedophile. What's your point." Shio sighed.
"Why do you keep bringing that up? He made the first move! Hell, he even topped! Quite viciously, I might add. I was sore for two days after that guy…Are you alright?"
Kurama waved off Shio's concern. He was fine. Yeah, he was only choking on his own saliva and seriously considering therapy. Why did his life have to be the one to get screwed up?
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A few blocks away, Gaara sneezed. He glared at the sidewalk. Some one was talking about him again. He was sure of it.
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So…like it? Hate it? Personally, I don't really care if you hate it. I love Gaara, and as much as I would love to have him and Shio be paired in this, Yuusuke came first, so it shall be Yuusuke/Shio! With a side of Gaara/Shio, of course. Don't worry, Hiei and Kurama shall be taking a larger part of the next chapters. I don't even know where this 'Shio having already slept with Gaara' thing came up. I just typed. Yeah. Anyway, Gaara is not going to turn into some crazy psycho stalker, he'll just be Gaara. And in case any one is wondering, Gaara definitely was top. I mostly pictured him as that type. Thanks to all my reviewers and I do not like flames! Constructive criticism is nice, though.
