Title: This, the Day I Say I Love You
Pairing: Kurama/Yusuke
Rating: General. Might change in later chapters.
Summary: After a new case interrupts their lives, a realization might just destroy them.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, or these characters. I merely play with them.
Author's Note: Really, this is merely an excuse to throw in some domesticated Yusuke and Kurama!
This, the Day I Say I Love You
Epilogue
The absence of a familiar body is what really wakes him. Usually, Kurama's hair would be tickling his nose at this hour, but amber colored eyes opened to no one around. Yusuke sat up, glaring at the blinds that were open sending the suns rays directly into his line of sight.
Yusuke stood up, naked as the day he was born before throwing on a pair of shorts and heading downstairs and into the living room. There he found his missing mate, folding clothes and placing random items into a satchel he usually carried for work. Yusuke slapped his face, he remembered now what today was.
"There's no way I'm getting out of this one, is there?" he questioned, moving over to where Kurama sat, placing a kiss to his cheek instead of assaulting him with morning breath.
"Not a chance."
Yusuke and Kurama made a pit stop for lunch at Kurama's mothers house, where Yusuke's mother was also waiting along with Kurama's step brother and father. The women smiled and kissed them lovingly, congratulating them and handing them more presents then was necessary. They posed for family pictures and endured their mother's talk of grandchildren in the near future. It was nearly four o'clock before they were able to make their escape, only to have to board a train an hour later.
The process to get to Genkai's was always a long one, no matter how much Yusuke tried to distract himself. This time was special, however, as everyone came to celebrate Yusuke and Kurama's three year anniversary. Kuwabara doted on Yukina the entire way, a child attempting to crawl right off her lap. Yuki was a special little girl who looked just like her mom, and a bit of her uncle, too, with those crimson eyes. Kurama loved playing peek-a-boo with the two year old, and Yusuke could only hope her personality turned out more like Yukina's then Hiei's...or her dads.
Shizuru and Keiko sat together, both asleep and snuggled up against each other. When Keiko and Yusuke had gotten married, neither one saw their future going in this particular path, but maybe that was the point. Yusuke figured it took them taking that step to realize what they really wanted in life. Still best friends, they often spent the weekend at the others house for dinner. Yusuke was more than content that she was finally truly happy in a way that he could never make her.
When they arrived Genkai, Poo, Koenma, Botan, Hiei, Chu, Rinku, Touya and Jin were all there waiting for them. Yusuke was pulled into a deadly headlock by a drunk Chu, who congratulated him by giving him a atomic noogie. The food was bountiful, and everyone caught up as much as they possibly could with each other.
Yusuke stared happily at Kurama when he sat down beside him, offering him a rice cake that he gladly accepted. Keiko peered at them joyfully as she raised her glass high into the air, everyone following suit. "Happy three year anniversary, Yusuke and Kurama! If I didn't know you two would be together forever, I might wish for it, but it would be unnecessary!"
Yusuke and Kurama exchanged the gifts they had brought each other. Yusuke beamed at the video game Kurama had gotten him, knowing that Yusuke was always a child at heart. "The game system is at home waiting for you," he added as Yusuke kissed him softly. Yusuke handed Kurama a key, and the Kitsune stared at it quite puzzled.
"What does it go to?" Kuwabara asked, as everyone nodded their head.
"There's a case outside," Yusuke commented, standing to his feet and offering Kurama his hand. Kurama took the limb, eager to see what this belonged to. Yusuke was definitely playing to his curious nature. In the backyard, Kurama found a wooden stand with a glass case upon it. The glass was stained so that he could not see inside, and he eagerly opened it.
A rose instantly branched out growing in size and number with rare jewels encrusted where the thorns should have been. A multitude of colors, Kurama had heard of these plants that only grew in the Makai. How much they were worth, and how difficult they were to find. "How?" he pondered openly, amazement painted over his features.
"I called in a few favors. I know your taste are way more mature and defined then mine, and I really wanted to hit this one out of the park after the home cooked breakfast fiasco last year," Yusuke joked, hand running up and down his neck as he awaited Kurama's reaction. The redhead turned to his mate, pulling him in for a touching kiss. "Thank you," he said.
Yusuke informed him of the code word for the plant to go back inside. When asked why the case had to be locked, Yusuke told him that the damn thing had a habit of escaping. Kuwabara, while completely freaked out by a thinking flower, thought it was amazing and Yuki did as well, trying to clutch at the petals that floated around them.
Back inside, the festive mode picked up once again."Cheers!" Chu added, taking a long gulp of the sparkling wine he had come to be infatuated with.
Jin's smile was wide as his ears twitched, looking at Touya with big blue eyes. "I think I might want one of these marriage dealies, they sound like much fun, dontcha think?" he questioned. Touya laughed at him, cheeks flushing slightly at the idea.
"What? Ya don't want ta marry me, Toy?" he questioned, and Touya shook his head, pulling a piece of decorating twine and tying it around Jin's ring finger, much to the amusement of everyone around them. "Jin, will you marry me?" he posed, with the most serious expression he could pull before they both began to laugh.
"Ya already in my bed, aren't ya? Who needs marriage? Seems like way too much work, but look at all the food ya get!" he boasted, causing Touya to raise an eyebrow. "Is that a yes or a no?"
"That'd be a yes," Jin answered, and everyone began to clap. Whether or not they were serious was entirely between the two of them. One minute Jin thought the entire thing was silly, and then the next, he exclaimed how many presents they would get.
"Oh, I just love weddings!" Botan cheerily said, causing a blush to spread across Koenma's cheeks. "You do?"
"Dimwits, all of you," Genkai commented, though no real malice laced her voice.
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The night came quickly, and before Yusuke knew it, they were back home. A home they had brought together and shared. A comfy two story home with three bedrooms that was out of the way, but close enough to where they needed to be. Yusuke threw off his clothes as soon as he was through the door, not caring that he was making a mess along the way.
Kurama, while not as sloppy, did the same. Instead of tossing things around, however, he neatly folded his clothes and set it upon their dresser. Their gifts would remain downstairs until morning when they had the energy to go through them. Yusuke picked Kurama up, tossing him down onto the bed as he lined a series of kisses along his jaw.
Kurama ran his fingers through the mans dark hair, appreciating the fact that Yusuke had left out his usual product for today. Those large, honest eyes of his peered at him, and the love and contentment he found in them was all he needed for today to be truly great. Leaning forward he kissed him, teeth tugging at his lobe gently as they settled into bed.
Yusuke's arm hooked under his shoulder, head comfortably set in the crook of his neck, inhaling his scent and licking lazily at the mark he had placed there so long ago. Kurama placed his leg in between Yusuke's, their bodies tangled together. Yusuke laughed to himself, he use to wonder if what he was doing was the right thing. Obviously, if it had been he wouldn't have to think about it.
The last three years, the question hadn't come up at all.
"You better be here when I wake up," he grumbled along Kurama's warm flesh.
"No need to worry, I will," Kurama responded, eyes falling shut.
"Good. I have a game system to set up tomorrow."
After all had been settled, not a single doubt had lingered, nor would it.