Kuwabara mumbles to himself, Koenma had wanted to see all of them together, but Hiei was no where to be found and Botan told him that Yusuke had left the apartment in a hurry, and no one seemed to know where Kurama was. He was so angry that he was the only one around because he was the one who got yelled at by the stupid toddler. He flops down onto his bed, ignoring Shizuru as she complains to him about being out so late, the night before. He groans, because as soon as he shut his eyes, his cell phone started ringing. He reaches over and picks up the phone, grumbling into it.
"Hello?"
'Hello, yeah, it's Kurama.'
"Where have you been?" Kuwabara asks angrily, sitting up in his bed.
Kuwabara hears coughing on the other end, but thinks nothing of it, maybe Kurama was just getting a cold, 'I need your help.'
Kuwabara sighs, he had been chewed out, because no one else bothered to show up, "Nani? (What?)"
'Meet me at the Granpus Inn. Do you know where it is?'
"Of course, it's down in the bad part of town."
'Room 613. I'll call the main office and tell them to let you up.'
Kuwabara grunts into the phone before hanging up. Why did Kurama need him? Why wasn't he calling Yusuke, his boyfriend? He runs a hand over his face; he'd just have to ask him when he saw him. He heads towards the door, and then remembers that Shizuru thought he was doing homework and turns the other way. He opens his window and proceeds to exit from the window.
Yusuke steps out of the shower, a towel around his waist and runs his hand through his wet hair. He was still shocked that Hiei had blown off the handle at him. He had only asked Hiei a simple question. Hiei should have answered him if he didn't want Yusuke to get mad. He might as well head home; because there was no way that he would be able to find Kurama without Hiei's help. He sighs, reaching over for his pants and remembering that they were still in the room. Damn, he thought, Hiei must have dressed quickly. Yusuke looks at his reflection in the mirror before going into the bedroom and finding his pants on the back of the armchair. How in the world they got there, he couldn't tell you. He pulls them on and looks for his shirt around the room. He finally finds it underneath the bed. He shakes his head, he was angry at himself for the way that he treated Hiei, but he didn't understand this other thing that he was feeling. It was like regret, but not really. All he knows is that he wants to find Hiei and apologize, but at the same time he wants to find Kurama. Right now he would never be able to find either one of them, considering that they were both demons and very good at stealth. Of course he had all of his spirit detective items, but with demons being able to go back and forth. He would never be able to focus in on just Kurama or Hiei. He grabs his jacket from where he had dropped it on the armchair last night and leaves the room. He would just go home and try to call Kurama on his cell phone. He would call the fox-demon until he finally answered the damn phone.
Kuwabara leaves the office with the key card in hand and moves to the elevator. He waits impatiently for it to get to the sixth floor, as soon as the elevator opens he rushes out of it, halfway annoyed and halfway worried for the fox-demon. He puts the key card in the door and curses when it doesn't work, before realizing that he was putting it in the wrong way and redoing it the right way. Kuwabara opens the door and rushes into the room. All of the lights were out and it smelled a little. Other than that it was clean as could be. He then looks over at the bed and notices Kurama sleeping, coughing in his sleep.
'Oh my gosh. Is he sick?' Kazuma wonders before walking over to the sleeping fox-demon.
Kuwabara leans over the demon and feels his forehead, man he was burning up. Kazuma didn't know how to deal with sick people. He does realize that he needs to get the fever down and goes to the bathroom, turning the shower on cold water only. Then he goes back into the bedroom and picks Kurama up before blanching and almost dropping him when he realizes that the man was naked. He hurriedly catches himself though and readjusts the demon in his hands, trying his best to ignore the nakedness. He places Kurama on the floor of the shower letting the water run over Kurama. Kurama groans as the water hits his head and he opens an eye, trying to figure out where the coldness is coming from.
"How did I get to the shower? Kazuma!" he exclaims seeing the man.
"Why did you wait so long to call someone? You're really sick, Kurama. And why didn't you call Yusuke?"
Kurama blinks once, "Umm… you're not going to tell him that I called you, are you?"
"I don't understand what is going on between the two of you, but no. If you don't want me to tell him then I won't, but…. It's none of my business. Stay under there for about ten more minutes," Kuwabara says leaving the bathroom and the demon thinking to himself.
Kuwabara looks around the room before finding the source of the smell and placing it outside the door, "Housekeeping can take care of it," he mutters.
He looks around the room again, finding only a half drunken bottle of water.
"I haven't been able to eat," Kurama says from the doorway.
Kuwabara turns quickly, "Why are you out so early? You should be in there for another five minutes or so."
He looks Kurama over, the demon was pale as hell and his eyes had sunken in. He was using the doorframe to hold himself up, standing only on his left leg. He had put on a pair of pants, not exactly caring that Kurama had seen him naked, but not wanting to embarrass the man and was carrying his shirt in his hand.
"I was getting tired. I don't want to fall asleep in the shower, or else I might drown myself."
"Well, come on let's get you to the hospital," Kuwabara says going to help him.
"No," Kurama says holding up a hand, "No, hospital. Just take me too… shit. I don't have an apartment anymore. Take me to Genkias."
"That's too far. Look my apartment is about a mile away, we'll go there."
"Okay, fine," Kurama says trying to take a step and almost crumbling down, but Kuwabara catches him.
"Stupid man," Kazuma says picking him up and proceeding to carry him from the room.
"Go the back way," Kurama mutters, "You'll get jumped if you go out the front."
Kuwabara grunts and follows Kurama's orders.
Kuwabara looks down at the demon as he steps outside the building; the demon had fallen asleep again.
Hiei sits in the tree, fuming. Why didn't Yusuke understand the way that he felt about Kurama? All he wanted was to be with Kurama, but last night he had actually really enjoyed Yusuke's company. It was nice to be able to just relax with somebody. When he was with Kurama, Kurama had exploded at him telling him to get out of the apartment. It was never like that. They had had sex and it had been no strings attached, but it was nice. I mean of course he still loved Kurama, but Kurama would never love him anyways. He grips his hair angrily, he wanted to be with Kurama, but he wanted to be with Yusuke also. He liked the company of the spirit detective almost even to what he liked the company of Kurama. He was angry and confused at the same time, and that wasn't a good feeling. He hated feeling like this. He finally decides to look for Kurama on his own. He could talk to Yusuke, when the fox was found. He jumps down from the tree and heads in the direction that he had originally wanted to go before Yusuke had convinced him to go the other way. He would find Kurama and everything would be good again.
Kurama opens his eyes and looks around the small room. He sits up and a cold cloth falls from his forehead, "Kazuma?" he asks to the back of the man at the desk.
Kuwabara turns quickly, "You're awake. How are you feeling?"
"A little better," Kurama says moving to sit on the side of the bed, "How long have I been out?"
"A day or so, but Shizuru gave you some medicine for the sickness and for to help you sleep. When I checked earlier, your fever had gone down. How long were you holed up in that room before you called someone?"
"A few days."
"Why didn't you call Yusuke or Hiei?"
Kurama adverts his glance instead looking at a piece of fuzz on the floor, "I cheated on Yusuke with Hiei and I was hiding out when I got sick. I don't know what I'm doing, Kazuma."
"Why did you cheat on Yusuke?"
"Because…. I don't know. I really have no answer for why I did that."
Kuwabara takes a deep breath before speaking slowly, "I have never approved of your relationship with Yusuke, but I supported it because Yusuke was a good friend of mine and he seemed to really care for you. I don't like the fact that you cheated on him and I doubt that I will ever forgive you for hurting him, but I'm not going to throw you out while you're sick. So, why don't you just lie back and go back to sleep. You still don't need to be on your leg also. It was a sprain, but it was all bruised when I found you. So, Shizuru wrapped it up and did something to it, don't ask me about it. But sleep or at least just lay down for a while longer. The TV remote is on the nightstand over there and I'll bring some Miso Soup in for you later. I don't think that you've really ate anything since you got sick."
"Thank you, Kazuma," Kurama says sitting against the wall and stretching his legs out along the bed, "Thank you for everything."
Kazuma just nods to him and turns his back on the fox-demon again.
Okay, so…. Don't complain to me if it's bad. I know that I'm the author and this has taken me two days to write, which is so unlike me, but something's been up with me these last few days. Anywho, hopefully it wasn't as bad as I think it is. I'll try to have another chapter up tomorrow. It just depends. Love to all my readers and reviewers.