Botan was beautiful. She had many pursuers but only one guy sparked her interest. Minamino Kurama. He was so perfect in her eyes. He was sexy without being cocky and conceited. He had manners, was smart, and very friendly. He was the type of guy her father would definitely approve of. Only he never seemed to pay her much mind. Sure he spoke to her all the time, but it was in a friendly sense. Botan was used to the guys who chased her, came at her with the lame "Hey baby, looking good," always ogling her body, and yelling obscene gesture of which they wanted to perform on her. She wasn't use to the nice guy and always fell for the 'Bad Boy.'
Botan lived a pretty descent life. Her mother had died when she was 10 years old, leaving her with her father, Roto, and her younger brother, Kougi, and her eldest brother Nago, who at 23 years old moved to Tokyo wife his wife to start his own family. But the three had no complaints. Her death only made them stronger and brought them together. The death of his wife took a huge toll Roto, who also panicked at the thought of having to raise a young girl who was quickly becoming a teenage, and his son who would one day become a man. Roto was a retired military man, who still traveled often on military business, testing the military's software for different bases around the world. He hated having to leave his kids with his mother in law for weeks, but still he had to make a living to support him. Once Botan had turned 16 years old, she made the decision to quit the visits to her mean spirited grandmother, who only wanted to blame the young children for her daughter's heart attack.
Botan took responsibility for caring for her little brother and herself while her father was away on business. She did all of this without suffering from the loss of childhood fun. Actually, Botan enjoyed the fact that her father was away sometime. It made her feel like an adult and it gave her the freedom to do whatever she wanted without being under any supervised eye. Sometimes Nago and his family would come down if her father had planned to be away for an extended period of time, which was fine with Botan, because she loved her brother dearly.
Botan had had a few boyfriends in her time, and experienced her share of heart ache in life, but that didn't stop her from going after something she wanted. She felt confediant about Kurama. She knew was a good guy.
She saw how Yusuke treated Keiko. How he flirted with every girl he came in contact with without any care of who was watching. Yusuke would be kissing and feeling up on a girl one moment, and then the next it was a different girl. Not that Yusuke slept with every girl he saw, he was really just a big flirt. But he kept a select few with whom he did sleep with, like Ayame.
Nonetheless, Kurama seemed different. He was goal orientated, like Keiko, and rarely dated too many girls. Botan knew he wasn't innocent, but he wasn't the dog that his best friend was. She'd been to parties and seen him at work with the girls from the neighboring schools, (for some reason he never dated any of the girls from there highschool) and saw that he was madly romantic
She had to pursue him no matter what.
"What's up Kurama?" The red haired teenager heard his name being called. He slammed his locker shut only to find his bestfriend standing up against the next locker.
"Hello Yusuke." He responded simply. The two walked down the hall towards their first period World History class.
They walked into the class and took their seats, Yusuke sitting to the right of Kurama, in the back corner. World History class was pointless, the teacher was a at least 80 years old and spent most of the time a sleep or talking to himself, so the class was a simple social hour 75 of the time. Kurama had taken the class in summer courses so he wasn't too fazed by the lack of learning.
There was a loud crash at the door before it swung open and in entered Kazuma Kuwabara.
"Dumbass, Musta ran into the door again." Yusuke sighed
"I heard that Urameshi!" Kuwabara yelled as he took his seat in front of Kurama. "Actually, I was pushed" he huffed folding his arms.
"By who?" Yusuke quizzed.
"Keiko." Kuwabara answered.
That grabbed Yusuke's attention. "Why did Keiko pushed you."
"Umm…" Kuwabara thought while scratching his head. "Oh yeah…I was making fun of her for being late when she's almost never late for anything. And then she said something like 'isn't this you stop Kazuma?' then she pushed me into the door." He said mocking a girl's voice. "Oh and she told me to tell you she said hi." He added looking at Yusuke.
Yusuke only smiled.
"So how was your weekend, Yusuke?" Kurama said looking over to his friend "Do anything interesting?"
Yusuke smirked slyly at his friends. "Well he said sitting back in his seat, he propped his legs on his desk and looked up at the ceiling. "Ayame's parents went out of town on Friday, not much to brag about there. Then Saturday…" he paused reflecting. "Saturday I spend with Keiko."
"Yeah Ayame's parent are always 'out of town'" Kuwabara said accenting the out of town part. But you mean to tell me you and KEIKO actually did something together. Sheesh Urameshi seems like you two hardly ever talk to each anymore, how'd that come about?"
"I dunno." He said looking a his friend. "Just kinda happened."
"How long were you all together?" Kurama said, actually interested.
Yusuke thought. "Pretty much the whole day"
"Wow. Really?" Even Kurama was shocked. Yusuke and Keiko, had seemed to fallen out since school had started, so this was sudden.
"Yeah, we spent about 3 hours at the lake, then went back to the ramen shop and helped out her parents until they closed, I ate dinner with them, then me and Keiko went up to her room." He said staring at the ceiling again, reliving the day.
"OOOOH! So…whatcha do in her room, Eh Yusuke, If ya know what I mean." Kuwabara howled. People only looked back at them then returned to their own conversation, figuring it was only about Yusuke and another girl, nothing new.
"Damn man, could you be any louder." Yusuke scolded. "Beside, nothing like that happened. Just caught up on a few things and kissed. I was out of there by about midnight."
"Keiko's a good girl. She's no Ayame, or Yuri, or any of the other's you sleep with." Kurama commented. He liked Keiko, she was in his opinion the portrait of the perfect girl: she was smart, attractive, and respectful toward her self and her peers. Yusuke was a fool.
"Speaking of girls…"Yusuke said sitting up, now sitting right in his seat. "What up with you and Botan, Kurama? He said staring at his friend.
"What?" Kurama said raising his eyebrows.
"C'mon Kurama." Yusuke said "Don't act like you don't know!"
"Know what?" Kurama asked genuinely confused.
His two friends looked at each other and cracked a smile.
"Botan is crazy about you, dude." Kuwabara spilled.
"Why me?" Kurama asked
"I dunno, but she's hot, you should give it a shot." Kuwabara responded. "Hell I remember when I was chasing after her, that was before I met my Yukina!" he said dreamily.
"Your Yukina? Kuwabara you don't go with her." Yusuke joked.
"So. Someday she'll be mine." He said making his voice deep.
"Whatever. Back to Kurama and Botan." Yusuke said.
"Are you sure, maybe she was just joking." Kurama said.
"Nope she tells me about it a lot" Yusuke confirmed. "As her bestfriend, I approve."
"Hmm…" Kurama simply responded.
"So whatcha think about her?" Kuwabara asked his red-headed friend.
"She's nice. She's a little crazy when she drinks." Kurama added thinking about some of the past parties he'd been to what Botan also attended, some of which were her own parties. "She's beautiful though."
"You should give it a shot man." Yusuke said. "She'd be good for you."
"Well now Yusuke your not one to talk about settling with what's good for you are you?" Kurama said in reference to a certain brainy brunette.
Yusuke knew what he meant by the comment, but chose to ignore it. He was tired of everyone telling him what to do about Keiko. He loved her, and that was enough. So he thought.
"Whatever" he said.
"Yeah Urameshi. You better stake you claim on her . I've seen her around town lately, and those guys are after her like flies." Kuwabara informed his best friend.
"I've already staked my claim. Those guys know Keiko's mine." Yusuke said getting angry.
"Women aren't prizes. You don't 'stake claim on any of them'" Kurama said annoyed.
"Blah."Yusuke teased.
"You two are ridiculous."
The bell rang and the three got up and went to their next class.
Kurama saw Botan around school a lot but he never took her into consideration.
Sure she was cute, funny, and smart despite her ditzyness, But he just never thought about her in the aspect of a girlfriend.
Kurama had had quite a few girlfriends, and he was no virgin, but he wasn't the promiscuous type like Yusuke was. He like girls a lot but still respected them. He had lots of girls chasing him, most of which were girl who had no self respect and only wanted sex. So when Kuwabara and Yusuke told him about Botan he was surprised. Maybe he should give it a shot.
"YOU DID WHAT?" Botan screamed at her best friend.
"Mrs. Fukiama! Do you have something you would like to share with the class.
Botan turned back around to face the front of the class where her English teacher stood with her hands on her hips.
"No mam, my apologies." She apologized and turned in her seat the right way.
"Now class…."the teacher turned back to the chalk board.
Botan could here Yusuke chuckling behind her.
She turned her head back around to him and whispered "Yusuke how could you! I always keep your dirt a secret from Keiko, How could you rat me out like that?"
"That's not dirt Botan, I was doing you a favor. Besides I think he might go for it." Yusuke whispered back.
"R-really?" Botan said surprised, "What did he say?"
"Well nothing really I guess. He did say you were hot." Yusuke added.
"Kurama doesn't say 'Hot'" Botan replied skeptically.
"You're right that was Kuwabara." Yusuke corrected himself as Botan rolled her eyes. "Kurama's words were 'She's Beautiful"
"BEAUTIFUL?" Botan whispered to loudly
"MS. FUKIAMA!" The teacher said annoyed.
Botan snapped her neck back around. "Sorry" she apologized. The teacher returned to her lesson about hyperboles.
"Yusuke you really think I've gotta chance with Kurama?" Botan turned and asked her bestfriend.
"Why not babe? You're perfect Botan, he'd be crazy not to see it." Yusuke said sincerely.
"Thanks friends!" Botan shrieked reaching over the desk and grabbing her bestfriend around the neck, hugging him so hard he was choking.
"FUKIAMA! URAMESHI! DETENTION!!!!!!" was all the two friends heard. But they simply laughed it off and kept their hug until they heard the bell ring.
End
There's the next chappie! I'm trying hard to getting them out there as fast as I can but being a senior in high school, is a busy task. Next chapter soon. Some mixed things. More Yusuke/Keiko interaction, also some Kurama and botan, and introducing Yukina!
MUAH!
LATERS!
