Destiny rose from the bed, her eyes glued to the floor. Slowly she turned and walked toward the door. Hiei raised an eyebrow and grunted "and where exactly are you going?"

"I'm leaving… I thought that was somewhat obvious by the fact that I'm walking out of the room…"

"hn, don't be a smartass with me. I'm the one giving you a place to stay and food to eat, remember?"

"no, you're not"

"excuse me?" she sighed and turned to look at him. Her eyes sparkled with a certain secrecy to them, something hidden deep behind what he could see.

"Hiei… I'm not that naive. I don't need the power to read minds to know that you don't want me here. I'm excellent at reading body language and so far despite your welcoming gestures with the whole giving me food and a place to sleep, it doesn't hide the fact that you don't want to take care of anyone other than yourself…" after her speech she turned and quickly exited the room, or at least tried to. Suddenly Hiei was in front of her, blocking her path to the stairs. He refused to let her see what he had done to her father. He knew she was naive and innocent. All though he couldn't see all the secrets she kept locked away behind her eyes, he could see that she had never dealt with anything even closely related to something at devastating as seeing a parent dead. He knew what he turned into after he saw that, he couldn't willingly let the same happen to her. "move…"

"no"

"Hiei"

"hn, no"

"Hiei! Move!" he stared her down angrily.

"Do. Not. Raise. Your. Voice. To. Me." He growled very slowly and sternly. She glared back at him defiantly.

"Get out of my way, now" she demanded.

"Hn… make me" she glared at him and tried to push him out of the way. After a few minutes and a couple different attempts, she decided to give up.

"fine… u win… I'll stay…" she walked to the bed and sat down. She looked at the nightstand, staring at the food. "since I'm staying do you think you could get me a glass of milk?"

"no"

"why?"

"I'm smarter than you"

"that's a horribly rude thing to say to a guest in your house and quite unprovoked if I do say so myself"

"Hn… if I let you out of my sight for even a second you'll either bolt down the stairs or climb out the window."

"damn it" she mumbled under her breath, her hands in fists.

"as I said before, I'm smarter than you"

"fuck you…" he glared at her and walked up in front of her.

"I dare you to say that again…"

"fuck… you…"she said slowly, making sure to pronounce every syllable to its fullest extent. he could feel the anger building inside him. He'd never been challenged in such a way, with so little care, so little fear in her eyes. He made a grown man shake in fear when he was only seven. How come he couldn't get the slightest bit of fear from such a young frail girl?