Hey everyone! Guess who's back! Thats right. I've got a new chappy up. I hope all of you like it. I really do. This is a little bit...different then what I had originally wanted when I started it, but I think it turned out REALLY cute. Please send me a review telling me what you think.

Note;; If I get enough reviews, I am going to end up doing another chapter. A special chapter. For more info. check out the little...snippet after the story.

Warnings;; This story is yaoi. ie...men dating men. If you don't like it don't read. Other then that nothing really. A few small kisses, but this one is mostly fluff!

Disclaimer;; Don't own. I just take the characters and plot idea and use it for my own amusement.

Chapter 6 - Butterflies
By;; Rakki-Gesakusha

Only a few weeks had passed since the two boys had agreed to try things out between the two of them. Kuwabara, wanting to reassure Hiei that he had made the right choice, had decided that a more human approach would be a good idea. He was picking Hiei up tonight at 7:30 to take him on his first date. The day, for Hiei, had been spent at Kurama's the two boys going over all of the basics to dating. Hiei'd never been on a date before so Kurama had agreed to help him out with a few things. Not only that, but with Hiei and Kuwabara living together it would have been hard for them both to get ready. In exchange Yusuke had gone over to Kuwabaras' to help the other human get his things in order. Kurama had spent the better part of the day going over everything that he thought Hiei would need to know. From the basics, such as holding hands or eating in public, to the proper technique of kissing and what was acceptable to do on the first date. To be honest, the things Kurama said about the first date sounded as if it was still too advanced. With only about twenty minutes or so left Hiei had been showered and changed into a nice outfit. Dressed in a silky button-up crimson red shirt and black slacks Hiei was really afraid that Kurama had overdressed him. Though Kurama had assured Hiei that he had not.

Hiei was extremely nervous and he wasn't used to feeling this way. He really didn't notice though, to busy with being nervous to notice much of anything. Kurama did notice though. It was easy to tell with the way Hiei was pacing the living room and how he would look up, almost anxiously, at any sound of a car door slamming or the steps of someone's foot. It was amusing to the red head without a doubt. After a few minutes of waiting, Hiei suddenly gave a complaint to Kurama that he thought he was coming down sick; there was a tingly feeling in his stomach. With much amusement evident Kurama passed the next few minutes explaining the annoying little things known as "butterflies" and how they'd appear in ones stomach when they got nervous. He could tell by the blank look on Hiei's face that this wasn't sinking in at all, but Kurama didn't try to reiterate the information.

The smaller demon couldn't help but to watch the clock as the next twenty minutes seemed to crawl by. Honestly! How damn long did it take? Any minute the human boy should get here, and Hiei thought he was going to die from the wait. Finally the door bell rang and Hiei looked like his heart was about to leap right out of his throat. Thankfully Kurama, standing up gracefully, moved towards the door murmuring a small 'I got it,' to the smaller demon. Pulling the door open he murmured a small hello to whoever was outside the door before he turned to Hiei. "It's for you." He said lightly.

Moving over to the door, Hiei took a deep breath to prepare himself for the next couple of hours. However he was ill-prepared for who was really standing on the other side of the door. Sighing slightly he said. "Hello, Yukina." He was glad that Yukina was here, of course, but he just...he'd been hopeful that Kuwabara had gotten here and that the waiting was over.

Yukina seemed to understand Hiei's apparent unhappiness at seeing her and just smiled it off. "I'm so happy that you haven't left yet. I was sure that I was going to miss you." She said, while her eyes took in Hiei's form. Smiling her approval at his appearance she grinned brightly. "I am so glad I could be here to see this." She said, a girly little laugh escaping her.

After Yukina had finished squealing over Hiei's outfit and how excited she was, probably more so then Hiei himself, she settled down on the couch. Soon enough, just like Kurama, she amused herself by watching as Hiei once more took to pacing. By eight, half an hour after Kuwabara was supposed to arrive, Hiei sat down besides Yukina with a disappointed sigh, trying hard to look angry though he mostly felt hurt. "He's not going to come, is he?" It was a rhetorical question, but Kurama instantly crossed the distance between himself and Hiei and settled down on the side of Hiei that Yukina wasn't already occupying.

"Relax Hiei." Yukina said gently, placing her small hand gently upon Hiei's shoulder. "He'll get here."

"Yeah. Guys are always late. I don't know what we were thinking... Kuwabara's always late as it is, and Yusuke never shows up less then 45 minutes later then he was supposed to." Kurama said smiling in a reassuring way for his friend.

"Kurama's right. Don't worry. I'm sure he'll -" She was cut off by a knock on the front door and she smiled as Hiei instantly stood to his feet.

"I've got it, Hiei." Kurama said quietly, chuckling slightly at the others anxious response. Getting himself to his feet he crossed the room and opened the door. He then gave a gentle smile at the two boys that he found there.

"Hey, Kurama. Is Hiei ready?" It was Kuwabaras voice. Kurama gently nodded his head and ushered Kuwabara into the house. Hiei was instantly relieved because; although he was more dressed up then Kuwabara it wasn't that much. The other teen wore a pair of black jeans, a short sleeved shirt which showed off the human boys muscles and a light jacket. "Hey Hiei, sorry I'm late." Kazuma said lightly as he moved over.

"It's alright." Hiei responded as he took note that Kuwabara was holding onto a large thing of flowers. He couldn't help but to wonder if those were for him, even if he didn't particularly care for flowers. It would still be a nice thought.

Kuwabara stepped over in front of Yukina, smiling brightly for her and brandishing the flowers. "These are for you." Both of the twins looked stunned, as if they had been slapped. Had Kuwabara only set this up for another chance at Yukina? The two were instantly put at ease as Kuwabara saw the looks, chuckling slightly. "You two really are related." Pausing briefly he explained, "Whenever a guy picks up his date they sometimes bring flowers to someone's parents, normally the mother, as a thank you. So, because you and Hiei don't have any parents, I'm bringing you the flowers. For letting me take Hiei out." Finally understanding the idea behind the flowers Yukina murmured a bright thank you, even adding that the flowers were beautiful. Turning now to Hiei, Kazuma gave a bright smile. "Are you ready to get going?" Receiving a nod Kuwabara took Hiei's small hand into his own.

"Have fun you two!" Kurama called after them, both of the boys turning back to give him a wave of goodbye.

Walking in silence for a few minutes Kuwabara finally asked, "You're not mad at me, are you?"

Hiei glanced over to him curiously. "No, of course I'm not. Why would I be?"

"Well...I was late, and I brought Yukina something-"

Hiei cut him off with a snort. "Both of them told me that guys are always late, and you explained why you got Yukina something. Besides -"

This time it was Hiei who was cut off as Kuwabara pulled out a black rose and stuck it right in front of his face, just below his nose. "And...I figured you might have thought I had forgotten about you."

Hiei took the flower from him, smiling somewhat shyly. "Thank you, Kazuma." He added in a quiet voice.

Kuwabara simply nodded his head lightly moving over to brush his lips lightly against Hiei's own, feeling content with things at this moment. Pausing for a while the two remained silent before Kuwabara straightened up and said, "I've got a plan for us to go and see a movie. It's supposed to be scare, but I'm not to sure you'll find it scary. Then I was thinking we could just take a walk through town and I could show you around a little or we could find somewhere to eat." He offered lightly. He was telling Hiei just incase the demon wanted to change their plans. Since Hiei didn't offer any protest to these arrangements Kazuma reached for Hiei's free hand and together they walked silently in the direction of the theater.

Both of them were quite content to walk in silence, remaining with each other only through the contact of their hands. Both were reflecting on what they hoped this night would bring out for them, but neither one was putting their hopes to high. Kuwabara just was hoping it would bring them closer. True they were only a few weeks into the relationship and all but he was hoping it would be the beginning of where Hiei opened up to him. Hiei...he wasn't sure exactly what he wanted, there was a lot.

"So, Hiei, have you ever gone on a date before?" Kuwabara questioned, generally curious about the truth. After all, it was their first date together and Kazuma was just as nervous as Hiei, even though he'd already been on a few dates.

Hiei shook his head slowly, glancing to him in silence. "No, I haven't." He felt nervous now. Kurama had already disclosed to him, having heard from Yusuke, that Kuwabara had been on a bunch of dates already. That meant Kuwabara had a lot of experience as to what to do while he, Hiei, was just going on the advice Kurama had given him earlier today. What if he messed up really badly? A soft curse slipped from his lips, under his breath, as the butterflies returned in his stomach and made him feel queasy.

At hearing the curse from Hiei's lips Kuwabara instantly turned to look at him. "What is it, Hiei?" He asked, concerned.

"The butterflies are back." The small demon complained, a frown marring his lips. Kuwabara glanced around for a moment, searching for the butterflies that Hiei was talking about. Finding none he returned his gaze to Hiei, letting him see the confused look he held. Hiei, sighing in annoyance as if this was something Kuwabara should know, explained. "Kurama said that when someone gets nervous butterflies appear in their stomach." But then...if this was true...why didn't Kuwabara know about them?

Kuwabara couldn't help but to start laughing at this, understanding now. "What are you so nervous about?" He questioned once his laughter had died down.

Hiei scowled slightly as the other laughed at him, but other then that he showed no other signs of being bothered by it. "Because I've never been on one of these dates, and you've been on a lot." Hiei muttered, not liking how much of him was being shown in this conversation. "I have a feeling that I'm going to mess up." He added, his voice a grumble now, as if it was a great inconvenience to tell Kuwabara this.

"You won't mess up." He assured the small demon, falling silent for a brief moment before he added, "I'm afraid that I'm going to mess up, actually."

"Why are you nervous? You have done this a lot." Hiei pointed out, starting to think the other was just...humoring him.

"True, but I'm nervous that you won't have a good time." Hiei had to admit there was some credibility in that fear. Nodding his head in understanding of the human boy's fears, he felt a bit relieved to know that Kuwabara was nervous as well. Seeing that the small demon had seemed to relax he smiled at him. "Come on, if we don't get moving we might miss some of the movie." Taking Hiei's hand once more into his own,he led him to the movie theater.

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The smell of stale popcorn hit Hiei like a tidal wave as they stepped into the movie theater. It was followed closely by the smell of people. His nose wrinkled slightly already not liking the place. It was loud on his sensitive ears, and the smells were just...horrible. There was the bitter, salty smell of popcorn mixed with the sweet scent of pop, and the more noticeable smell of sweat and perfume from the humans. "Wait here, Hiei. I'm going to go and get some snacks and stuff." He pulled away from Hiei before the other could utter his rebuttal. He hadn't wanted to be left alone among all of these humans and these strange smells.

Hiei remained in the corner of the room, his eyes tracking the movement of Kuwabara through the crowds of people littering the building.

Not many people paid attention to him, just curious glances that were merely the eyes passing over him. Relieved by this, Hiei was soon content to just await the return of his boyfriend, watching the humans in curiosity. He had never really seen so many of them in one spot. He didn't have very long to wait though as he soon spotted his human returning through the crowded room, holding a large bucket of strange looking yellow...things, an X-large pop (On which it proclaimed the latest box office hit), and a box of candy. "I didn't know if you liked popcorn or pop so I just got one for us to share." He told Hiei who just nodded his head. He had no idea what it was really, and not knowing himself if he liked it. Reaching forwards, he relieved Kuwabara of the drink, waiting for Kuwabara to stuff the candy into his coat pocket before he reached his hand out, taking Kuwabaras into his own. Kuwabara was surprised the other had made such a move in public, but he wasn't complaining.

They settled into their seats, placing the drink down into the holder while Kuwabara held onto the popcorn. Taking a few pieces of the popcorn Kuwabara glanced over to Hiei, holding some in font of Hiei's mouth. "You should try some."

The small demon looked at the pieces of popcorn held before his mouth before he plucked a small piece, eating it testingly. "Not bad." He agreed lightly. At right about this time, the lights in the theater dimmed and the movie began. The two boys instantly fell silence; the only movement for a while was the two boys eating pieces of the popcorn in silence, faces glued to the movie screen. Not too far into the movie, Kuwabara had finally gotten his guts up and shifted slipping an arm around Hiei's shoulders. Hiei glanced to him out of the corner of his eye before he paused thoughtfully, turning his head back to the movie. Kurama's voice suddenly appeared into his head, whispering a few words of advice. If he puts an arm around you let him, humans like to show off to people who they are with... Contemplating the words of wisdom for a moment Hiei decided to allow it, it wasn't like anyone could see them anyway. Then Kurama's voice popped into his head again, continuing on with his wisdom. If you two are sitting still or something you should also lean into his hold. It's nice, and guys enjoy holding their dates in front of others... Hiei didn't know about this. He was hesitant for that. But he would allow the action the other had gone with so far. It wasn't THAT bad.

For the rest of the movie the two were quiet, both were munching on the popcorn, taking drinks of the pop as they needed to. After the movie was over Kuwabara pulled his arm from around Hiei's shoulder and stretched. Hiei had actually been a little upset about that, he had gotten comfortable with it. He didn't have long to dwell on it though. "What'd you think?" Kuwabara asked as he gathered the empty pop and almost empty popcorn bucket before he started towards the garbage and then the exit.

Hiei followed after him, frowning slightly. "It actually was alright." He murmured slowly, as if hesitant to admit it. "It wasn't scary though."

Smiling in relief Kuwabara looked over to him, "I'm glad you liked it." He spoke truthfully, really having been worried about it. As they passed the garbage he tossed everything out before he opened the door, allowing Hiei to leave before him. At first he couldn't stay close to Hiei because it was really crowded, but once people began to clear out he once more slid an arm around Hiei's shoulders which gave Hiei a rather thrilled feeling. It made him feel wanted. Kuwabara was showing everyone around that they were together.

Leaving the theater they headed towards the city, just walking together. They didn't have a destination in mind, but it seemed as if that was right for this date. They were just walking and each asking the other questions as they came along. They were keeping the questions basic, wanting to learn more about each other. It was a simple game. One question, back and forth. It was Kuwabaras turn now, and for a few seconds he was quiet, thinking. There was a question he had wanted to ask Hiei for a while, but he was hesitant to do so. It went way past their limit of "the basic things." This was a good opportunity to ask, and he might not get another shot. "Hiei...how come you never told me or Yukina that you were related to her?"

Hiei didn't respond for a long time, not sure if he actually wanted to give so much of himself away. It was a hard question. Taking a breath he slowly began. "When I was born, the ice maidens from my home...thought of me as an outcast. They hated me before I was even a full day old. Yukina had been accepted into a world where I wasn't, and never could be. She grew up with those women who hated me before I even had abilities. They simply hated me because I wasn't liked them. I figured that Yukina, too, would have converted to their beliefs." He paused for a moment before he continued. "I did not actually tell anyone but Koenma. I had to tell him, it was one of the requirements to keep me out of prison. But, like any secret, everyone else found out. Everyone thought we hated each other, and I threatened death to anyone who told Yukina."

Kuwabara nodded his head in understanding to Hiei's explanation. "But why --"

Hiei cut him off by shaking his head. "My turn." Kuwabara scowled slightly but nodded his acceptance. Frowning slightly Hiei slowly decided on a question to ask the teen. "...How come things between you and Yukina changed?" He finally asked.

Kuwabara glanced over to him for a moment before he shrugged slightly. "I'm not a demon. She tried to look past it, but in the end...I didn't mind really, me and Yukina just weren't supposed to be together." He said shrugging. Hiei didn't understand really, but he accepted it. "Why were you not accepted among your home?" Kuwabara asked quietly.

Hiei sighed quietly, not enjoying such deep questions. "The women of my home were isolated. They didn't accept any other demons. Every one hundred years they produce a child, always female, asexually. My mother was different. She snuck off the island and met a man. This man," Hiei didn't call him father.
"Was a fire demon, which only made things worse. The Koorime and the fire demons have hated each other forever. When I was born they instantly hated me. I remember all of this even though I was a new born. They called me and 'abomination' and they said I was 'a curse upon us all.' I was just going to turn out evil." Hiei paused for a moment, taking a few deep breaths. He'd never openly told someone such truths about himself. He'd just had to tell Koenma he was a han-koorime and he understood. "I was only about 3 days old when they got rid of me. They wanted to kill me, but it didn't work. I can still remember my mom, yelling for me when they tried to get rid of me. She even told them that she would leave. That she would just take me and Yukina and just get off of the island, and never come back. They wouldn't let her." Hiei felt a strange feeling of relief, perhaps because he had told someone else. It was strange that he would give a part of himself, such a huge part, to Kuwabara so soon. Although he felt a sense of relief he also felt the depression and anger that always sunk into him when he thought about this.

As he spoke Kazumas arm tightened around Hiei's shoulder, wanting more then ever to protect him from whatever evils could possibly do him harm. "Wow...I'm sorry I brought that up." He said quietly, a note of apology in his voice and Hiei just shrugged slightly. Kuwabara made a note to not bring that up again. "It's your turn to ask a question."

Hiei nodded his head before he looked up to the other. "You said you have already gone on a lot of dates before but...have you ever dated a guy before me?" He asked curiously. He hoped not, it would take some of the pressure off of him. It would mean that, although Kuwabara had already dated a girl, he had no prior experience with a guy. Just like Hiei. Well...almost.

Unfortunately Hiei wasn't that lucky. "Yeah a couple of them actually." The human said lightly, as if he were trying to impress Hiei, though it wasn't really working that well if he was. "You haven't dated anyone before, right?" He had assumed not, considering Hiei'd never actually been asked out on a real date before.

"Actually I have too." Hiei said quietly, a small smile forming on his lips as he saw Kuwabaras jaw drop. "Kurama and I tried a while ago." Hiei said quietly, answering Kuwabaras unasked question. "We learned quickly that we weren't meant to be together."

Kuwabara still looked shocked. Not only had Hiei had a boyfriend before him but it was Kurama. Of all people it just HAD to be Kurama. Kuwabara instantly felt more pressure then ever to impress Hiei with their date. "Let's go to the beach, we're close by." He said suddenly, snatching up Hiei's hand and practically dragging him in the direction of the beach. His worried mind didn't even catch Hiei's demand as to why, of all places, he wanted to go to the beach.

Before they reached the large expanse of sand the two had to navigate themselves down an incredibly rocky slope. The rocks were huge; the only problem was that the spaces between them were just as large unfortunately. Kuwabara was constantly turning back to take Hiei's hand and help the small demon from rock to rock, even though Hiei would have been just fine getting down himself. Once they reached the sand Kuwabara sat down, removing his shoes and socks so that he could walk barefoot. "What are you doing?" Hiei questioned, brows furrowing slightly in confusion.

"It feels good, try it." Kazuma insisted and Hiei, looking very uncertain, kicked his boots off and stood uncertainly in the sand.

"It doesn't feel too bad." Hiei admitted, watching as the taller male stood up and held a hand out for Hiei to take. Once the short demon got a hold of Kazumas hand the two began a walk along the beach just walking and continuing their "game" from earlier.

"So...you said you had dated Kurama before me, right? Do you ever...miss being with him?" Kuwabara spoke uncertainly; the nervousness he was feeling was creeping through his voice.

Hiei shook his head almost instantly, "Kurama and I both understand that we were friends only, nothing more. We both mistook our feelings for something else." He said simply.

"So...it doesn't bother you that he's with Yusuke?" Kuwabara asked, wanting to be absolutely, positively sure that Hiei had no more feelings, at all, for Kurama.

"Yes, Kazuma. I was the one that talked Yusuke into telling Kurama." There was an exasperated tone in his voice, signaling to Kuwabara that Hiei's temper was running short with him, annoyed that he had to explain this so much.

"Are you sure you...-"

"I'm sure!" Hiei growled, yanking his hand from Kuwabaras in annoyance. He hadn't come out here just to have Kuwabara get on him about having been with Kurama. "It was a long time ago. He's a fox, he liked to play. He thought I would too. I didn't want to. We then left each other. I haven't thought of him since as anything more then a friend, and he hasn't thought of me as anything more." He said angrily, turning away from Kuwabara and heading to his shoes, snatching up the boots and getting ready to tug them on.

"I'm sorry Hiei!" Kuwabara said instantly, following after Hiei. He saw his chance at impressing Hiei fading quickly and he wanted to hold onto it. "It's just...Kurama seems like he'd be the perfect guy. I mean...it just seems surprising that you wouldn't be upset about Kurama and everything." He said, assuming Kurama had been the one to cut it off.

Hiei turned a face him, a frown marring his face. "Why is it hard to believe?" He demanded.

"Well Kurama is...he's just perfect." Kuwabara said, allowing his own annoyed feelings, and perhaps more his fears, to show through now. "He's smart, he's a demon just like you want, and he's really good looking. Plus I bet he's romantic." Kuwabara said flatly, settling cobalt eyes on Hiei's own red one for a moment before he turned them away. "He's perfect, for anyone."

"Just because he's a little bit more like a human in some aspects, that doesn't mean in everything." Hiei told Kuwabara coldly. Then seeing the true feelings behind the orange haired teen's accusations he continued in a much gentler voice. "He is a Youko. As I told you, they enjoy playing. I don't. I didn't want to move as quickly as he did. Youko's are not happy when they don't get what they want. In the end we both knew it wouldn't work." Hiei then paused for a moment before he added. "And, Kazuma, if your being a human really bothered me, I wouldn't be here right now."

Kuwabara lifted his gaze to Hiei's and he smiled slightly. So goofily, in fact, in his relief that it brought a small smile to Hiei's own lips. "Come here, Hiei." The other murmured, opening his arms for the other. There was only a slight hesitation before Hiei was in the others arms returning the others hug. Kuwabara was actually startled by the others forwardness to his hug.

/This is not good...I'm really starting to like it here. / Hiei's mind whispered as he buried his face into Kuwabaras shoulder. /I shouldn't like being held by him so much...but I do. This can't be happening.../ The small demon was fighting paranoia as he allowed Kuwabara to pull him tighter, snuggling his face into the others hair.

"I love your hair Hiei..." Kuwabara whispered, his breath brushing against the strands of black. "It's so soft. Like fur."

Hiei's attention was dragged from the worry he felt as he looked up to the other, amusement on his features. "It is. That's why." He murmured lightly.

Kuwabaras eyes widened slightly, almost as if in awe, before he pulled back slightly, removing one arm from around Hiei to run his fingers through Hiei's hair. "Really?"

"Mm-hm." Hiei said lightly. "Run your hand the other way." He ordered. Kuwabara stopped his hand for a moment before he brought it down in the opposite direction and he watched in awe as Hiei's eye lids dropped half way and a soft growl left his lips. He did this for a few moments, before he stopped and for a moment the soft growling continued before Hiei looked up to him, as if to ask why he had stopped.

Kuwabara almost grinned. "That's so cool." He said happily, instantly running his fingers through Hiei's hair again, listening on in amusement as Hiei's growls began again. That explained it. He continued to brush his hands through Hiei's hair, listening in amusement to Hiei's growls of enjoyment. He then pulled his hand back and soon pulled him close. "I'm sorry, Hiei. For not believing you, I mean. But can you really blame me? Its not that I thought you were lying, I'm just worried that I won't be any good after Kurama." He sighed lightly, looking down to the other, a small frown covering his lips.

Hiei wanted to leave now, his senses told him too; he was getting himself in to deep. Things were getting much too personal. However a better part of his mind told him that things would be ten times worse if he left Kuwabara here. "How come you feel so threatened by Kurama?" He asked quietly. He couldn't understand the human mind in this concept. As a demon he had very simple logic for this. If you wanted to be with someone you were with them, and if he had wanted to be with Kurama he would be with him.

"He's your best friend, right?" A short moment occured where Hiei thought before the demon nodded his head. "So he knows things about you that I don't. He knows you better then I do." The human finished a frown on his lips.

Hiei was quiet for a few moments, just watching Kuwabara for a moment. The darkness was gathering quickly now but he could still make out the sight of Kuwabaras face not to far from his own. "Kazuma...that is true. He does know things about me that you don't. But I've been closer to him for longer. You already know things that he doesn't know. Things that he will never know." Hiei said his voice quiet.

"What, Hiei? What do I know about you that Kurama doesn't know? That everyone doesn't already know?"

Hiei supposed he should have seen that coming. After telling Kuwabara why he hadn't told him the truth of his relation to his Yukina. He had been the only one, besides Yukina, not to know. "I told you myself what my past had held, did I not? Kurama knew of my relation to Yukina, but he knew very little more. All of which he had learned by snooping. You are the first person I told that to by choice."

This little bit of information caused a feeling of pride to swell in the others chest. He knew things that Kurama didn't know. That Kurama would probably never know. What else could he possibly learn of the apparently dangerous demon in his arms? Pulling the other close he had to admit that he had seen Hiei in a new light now. This was not the high strung, arrogant, evil little bastard he had thought. Looking down he watched with a strange feeling in his chest as the small demon turned his head, using Kuwabaras broad chest as a pillow almost. If one would have told him months ago he would be holding Hiei like this he would never have believed it. But...he better understood Hiei now. He was not evil. He had been hurt many times. The evil face he used with the rest of the world was a farce. He wondered what else could be hidden beneath the mask of cold, anger Hiei's face always wore. "I'm sorry Hiei, I should have believed you." He whispered content to just hold onto Hiei for now.

Meanwhile, Hiei's mind was beginning to rebel the comfort he felt. He had to get away from this. He was getting to close to the other. His mind reminded him of this and yet...he couldn't make himself pull away from the other. Not yet. No...It was warm. He was warm, comfortable...safe. For the first time he felt safe and he wouldn't trade that for anything. Turning his head up in the others direction, he watched the others face. The blue eyes were closed, and Hiei was happy for it gave him a chance to study the face. Slowly though, blue eyes slid open catching the red ones and Hiei felt his heart skip a beat at the happiness he found in them. /Did I do that? Is he happy because of...me? / Kuwabaras lips parted in a small smile, and Hiei felt the unused muscles of his own mouth parting in the unfamiliar shape. A true smile. He hadn't given one in years. Not a real one anyway. Not one from sheer happiness, and that was what he felt right now. Sheer, innocent happiness.

The smile disappeared for a moment, and watching the cobalt eyes take on a worry look and the mouth open to ask if he was alright, the red eyed being covered the teen's mouth with his own in an inexperienced kiss. One that Kuwabara almost instantly took control of, despite his surprise at being given one in the first place. As the kiss deepened Hiei couldn't help but to feel the butterflies return to his stomach and this time he didn't care.

/They're back...and I don't even care. They're taking me away, and I don't seem to mind because...because I'm falling for him and I think...I think I want to.../

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Wow! Can you believe that's the end of the chapter? I...don't really know where this came from. Well...for like...the 2nd chapter in a row, I had a different ending written out then the one I decided to use but...I think I like this one better.

I REALLY hope you do too. I am not sure if this is the end of the story or what. I want at least one more chapter. Perhaps...if I get a lot of reviews I'll add on a little side story, perhaps a sweet like sappy song-fic or something?

Who knows? Remember...read and review and if I think you deserve it (or if I just feel like continuing for one more chappy) I will give it to ya! Though...I might anyway because the reviews I've been getting so far have made me really, really happy and I think you all deserve it!

Love always,

Rakki-Gesakusha