Sparks Fly: Lightning Crashes

Kurama stared down at the fire demon tucked into the bed. There was a storm raging outside, and flashes of lightning lit up Hiei's face as he slept. It still stunned the fox that Hiei was so young. So young, yet so full of malice. He'd had such a hard life.

"Why are you staring at me?" Hiei asked suddenly, without opening his eyes.

"I'm just thinking," the redhead replied. "Your face is pleasant enough to rest my eyes on."

"Hn. Go to sleep. Don't you have school in the morning?"

"I do, but I don't need to sleep. You can though, if you're tired."

Hiei snorted. "So you can keep staring at me? No thanks. I've slept enough lately anyway."

"Alright. What shall we do then?"

Hiei opened his eyes and fidgeted. "We had a fight."

"We did," Kurama agreed.

"What do humans do after they fight?"

The kitsune frowned. "There's make up sex usually. Or at least that's what I've heard."

Hiei colored, but met Kurama's eyes determinedly. "Come here," he whispered.

Kurama obeyed, lying on the bed so that he was on top of Hiei. "So tell me, who is the one demon you've kissed?"

The fire demon grunted. "It was one of the bandits I grew up with. She thought it might make me less…cantankerous."

Kurama laughed. "Clearly it didn't work. Perhaps she did it wrong?" He pressed his lips to Hiei's, sucking the jaganshi's lower lip into his mouth. He bit it sharply, enjoying the gasp that resulted. Kurama murmured. "There you see. Much less cantankerous."

Hiei reached up and gripped handfuls of red hair. He ground his groin into Kurama's pressing himself closer to him. "I want…" he began.

A scarlet eyebrow arched. "You want…?"

The jaganshi made a frustrated noise and pressed harder eliciting a moan from his partner.

"Tell me," Kurama whispered, his voice breathy against Hiei's lips. "Tell me what you want."

Hiei let his breath out in one rush. "You. Just…you."

Kurama felt something rise up within him then. He smiled and kissed the fire demon again. "You have me." He sat up and peeled the blanket back from Hiei's body. The jaganshi was shirtless with loose sleep pants low on his hips. Kurama let his hands wander over all of that smooth muscle, marveling at how flawless it was. Demons of Hiei's caliber didn't scar. Hiei's pulse point called to the kitsune, so he moved his mouth over it.

That caused Hiei to arch his back and hiss. "What are you doing?"

"Working," Kurama replied in a sing-song manner. He kissed down the jaganshi's neck and moved to his chest. "You should tell me now if you want me to stop because it will be much harder for me to do so later."

Hiei thought about it. He was a little frightened by what he knew was about to happen. He had never taken this step with anyone and really hadn't planned on it. But this was Kurama, and what they were doing felt right to Hiei. He felt…whole. "Okay," he answered simply.

Kurama searched those garnet eyes and smiled when he saw how sincere they were. "Okay," he echoed.

Green eyes never left red ones as the fox lowered his head again. His tongue slipped out and moved to circle one light brown nipple. He nipped it lightly and Hiei fisted his hands in the scarlet mass of hair again.

The part of Kurama that was arrogant to the core, sat back with a self-satisfied smirk. Even in this innocent looking human body, he had lost none of his skill at pleasing his partners. He would have been able to do more in his demon form, but with Hiei being as inexperienced as he was, going slow was probably the best course of action.

Kurama came back to reality to feel small hands tugging at the hem of his silk sleeping shirt.

"Off," Hiei growled.

"As you wish." The fox sat up and removed the shirt in one fluid motion. He held still as Hiei raked his gaze over him. Kurama wasn't an idiot. He knew that he was an attractive human; he had made sure of that. Still, when the appreciation lit Hiei's wine dark eyes from within, it made something surge within him. Also something within his pants.

Hiei was being driven forcibly insane. Never had so many feelings rushed through him at once. At some point, Kurama had reached up and removed the headband that covered the Jagan, saying that he wanted all of Hiei to experience this. Then he'd pushed the fire demon's pants down and dove for the very prominent erection.

The second those soft lips touched the sensitive flesh, Hiei's reality shattered. He had never felt anything like that, like the warm wet heat wrapped around his most intimate places.

Kurama took him deeper, using his throat and tongue to bring Hiei to climax. He swallowed quickly, making quick work of the mess. With a wicked grin, he sat back, giving Hiei's length one lass kiss. He looked down at the prone fire demon and stifled the chuckle that threatened to break free.

Hiei was flat on his back, chest heaving, eyes (all three of them) open and unblinking. After five minutes of this, Kurama sighed. "Did I break you?" he asked gently." I apologize if I did."

The jaganshi opened his mouth and nothing came out. He changed tactics. What was that?

"That was oral sex," Kurama responded out loud. "Did you like it?"

Yes. We will do that again.

"Perhaps in a while. It seems like you are having a hard time recovering from it. I am both worried and curious about how you will react when we have sex."

It's different from what you just did?

Kurama did laugh then. "Oh very much so. You don't know what sex is?"

Of course I do, idiot. Hiei snapped. I meant the feelings.

The fox paused to think about that. "I couldn't say for sure, of course, since I do not know what exactly you were feeling or how the Jagan may have enhanced it, but the feelings are probably more intense if sex is being done right. Which it certainly will be in this case."

Hiei seemed to accept that. What does it feel like for you? he wanted know.

"Now that is a good question," Kurama replied. "This body has never experienced such pleasure. When I was Yoko, I remember it being like someone had poured liquid fire into my veins and I was burning with the feeling of it all." Hiei found enough energy to grimace, and Kurama laughed again. "It was a good thing, trust me. What did it feel like for you?"

All three eyes snapped shut as Hiei searched for words to be able to sum up his experience. Explosive. It felt like I was going to explode with…good.

Kurama smiled. "I'll chalk that up as a victory then." He looked over at the clock on his nightstand, pleased to see that there was still five or so hours before he had to get ready for classes. "Are you hungry? I suddenly have a craving for something sweet."

Hiei nodded weakly. The fox leaned over and kissed him on the cheek before getting up and heading out into the kitchen.

He pulled out all the ingredients he needed for white chocolate chip cookies, and began the methodical process of making them. Though he was pleased beyond belief that the first encounter of a sexual nature that he had had with Hiei had gone well, Kurama couldn't help checking occasionally to make sure that the fire demon had not gotten scared and left.

The jaganshi's erratic energy signature was always there, though, and it comforted the redhead. He couldn't remember the last time he had felt so…domestic. He could already imagine what Yusuke would say if he found out about this moment. Probably something about Kurama being the wife that would get the rash former detective into trouble.

While the cookies were baking, Kurama walked over to the rows of plants in his living room. He threw the windows open so that they could feel the rain that was still falling outside.

The storm had let up some, now just rain with the occasional flicker of lightning off in the distance. Kurama mused that Hiei was a lot like the weather that night. He started of fierce and dangerous, setting off warnings and requiring safety preparations. But if one could ride out the tumult, it lessened to something not quite gentle, but still softer and fairly soothing.

If they could keep this up, Kurama thought, they might have a chance after all.

A sudden movement in Hiei's energy stirred Kurama from his thoughts, and he turned to see the jaganshi padding into the kitchen. The fox smiled to see that Hiei hadn't bothered to put his clothes back on, which meant that he felt comfortable where he was.

"Feeling better?"

Hiei walked over to join his partner at the window. "I am," he said. "Does that always happen?"

"The weakness? It depends. I can go easier on you the next time we do this."

"Don't you dare," Hiei replied.

Kurama laughed. "As you wish." The oven timer went off, and Hiei got to it before Kurama could. Without bothering to get any oven mitts, the fire demon reached into the oven and pulled out the tray of cookies.

The redhead smiled at Hiei's show of domesticity and went to get the ice cream out of the freezer. He waited until they had gotten back in the bed with their treats to bring up what he knew would be an unpleasant subject for Hiei.

"Have you thought more about the ultimatum I placed?" Kurama wanted to know.

Hiei averted his eyes. "Reiuka. I'll meet Reiuka," he said.

"Very well. I will warn you that she is much like Yusuke. She will spend a great deal of time making fun of us."

"Can't be any worse than your mother," Hiei remarked.

"What is that supposed to mean? My mother is a very kind woman."

"That's just it. I…I'd feel bad lying to her about you."

Kurama snorted. "It figures your morals would kick in now. Fine, Reiuka it is."

"Can I ask you something?" Hiei asked.

"When I have ever stopped you?"

"Why does this mean so much to you?"

The kitsune took a moment to think about it. "I suppose it's because I am trying to integrate the two halves of my life into one fuller one. I like that you, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Genkai, and the girls all know both sides of me. If you meet Reiuka or Mother, it just serves to further join my lives together."

Hiei grunted. "I thought you just wanted to show me off."

Kurama smiled and licked a bit of ice cream off the fire demon's lips. "Well there is that too."

"Does your mother know that you like men?" Hiei wanted to know.

"Not yet. I haven't had any reason to tell her. Although since she has never seen me with any girls, she might have figured it out already."

"Then maybe she already knows that you're not fully human."

The fox shook his head. "No. I am much more careful about hiding the evidence of that. My moving out made things much easier on that front."

Hiei hesitated for a moment, then phrased his next question carefully. "Why are you afraid of telling her the truth?"

Kurama didn't answer for a long moment. "For the same reasons that you are afraid of telling Yukina that you're her brother. I'm afraid of her rejecting me or even worse, being afraid of me. I don't think I could stand to see fear in her eyes when she looks at me."

"Hn," was all Hiei had to say to that. He knew what he redhead meant, but he also knew that Kurama would only truly have an integrated life when he told his mother the truth. The rest of the family didn't need to know, but Shiori, the woman that Kurama remained in Ningenkai for, she needed to know.

Hiei found himself seized with a strange emotion. He wanted to help the stupidly pretty fox for no other reason than it would make Kurama happy. Damned emotions.

"I'll meet her too," he muttered under his breath.

Kurama turned to look at him with a shocked expression. "You'll…what?"

The jaganshi stopped to take perverse pleasure in having finally succeeded in rendering the overly talkative redhead relatively speechless, then repeated himself. "I'll meet Shiori."

"Instead of Reiuka?"

"In addition to."

"Why?" Kurama demanded. "Please understand that I appreciate the gesture, but it is out of character for you to be so altruistic."

Hiei nodded. "I'm not being altruistic," he asserted. "If I do this, you'll owe me, and I know how kitsune feel about debts."

"They must be collected on," the fox murmured. "Or evaded."

"You could never hide from me."

Green eyes sparkled with joy and amusement. "I wouldn't try to, though you should know that I can be practically invisible when I want to."

Hiei yawned. "I'm not too concerned about it."

Kurama touched Hiei's cheek. "Thank you."

"Whatever. When do I have to do this meeting thing?"

"If you'll meet me after school today, we can go out for dinner with Reiuka, and I'll set something up with Mother."

"Fine." He yawned again.

"Sleep, Hiei," Kurama said. "I'm going to read for a bit before I have to head to class."

"Hn." Hiei settled back against the pillows closed his eyes. He needed to break his this new habit of sleeping every night, but it was hard to do when the fox's bed was so damned comfortable. Small calloused hands reached up and grabbed Kurama's forelocks, bringing him down to Hiei's level. The jaganshi kissed his partner deeply, then released him.

Kurama smiled. If he didn't know any better, he would have said that Hiei was smiling and, Gods forbid, happy.

A/N: Ooooh…things are starting to heat up between these two. It'll be a while yet before they get down to anything really dirty because…well…you'll see. Hiei meeting Reiuka will be next chapter. As always, thanks for all of the reviews, and let me know what you thought of this.