Passions of my Heart

by Yukitsu

Ano... It's been so long, ne?

Anyway, umm... I don't own this, alright?

" yadda " - text or dialogue of characters

* yadda * - italics or character's thoughts

YADDA - BOLD or emphasis

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Chapter 12

"Tou!" Jin called. No answer.

"Tou!" he called even louder. Silence. Jin raised his brows and flicked his hand in front of Touya's eyes.

"Ah? Nani? [What?]" Touya jerked back, startled.

"I've been calling you for ages! What happened to you anyway? You don't usually blank out, you know." Jin blinked at Touya

Which, of course, Touya found absolutely adorable. She stared at the red haired youkai [demon]

"Oi! You're doing it again!" Jin accused, waving his hand in front of the ice youkai.

"Huh? Ah.... What did you need anyway?" Touya demanded, pretending to be irritated to hide the blush that was struggling to appear on her pale cheeks. How mortifying it would be, to be caught blushing.

"Nothing. I was just going to give you your sake." Jin grinned, showing a bit of his fangs in the process.

"Oh..." Touya was starting to stare again. She didn't like this one bit. What happened to her resolution of forgetting her feelings for the wind demon?

"Well?" Jin blinked, waiting for Touya to take the sake glass from his hands.

"Oh... hai..." Touya grabbed the glass, sloshing a small bit of the sake over the rim. *Way to go, Touya. Great way to impress a man. Grab the glass like a starved goblin and spill everything* She thought, irked. Well, not really EVERYTHING. Just a small bit, but still.... How embarassing! And she sounds like a ningen! [human]

"Oi! Don't spill that! We only get two glasses per night, ya know?" Chu exclaimed, enraged that Touya was taking his addiction so lightly

"Hmm? Oh... sorry" the ice demoness said absentmindedly, caught in a swirl of thoughts. She played around with her sake for a bit before taking a sip. The taste of the sake burst in her mouth. If it had been a good quality kind of sake, she would have liked the moment. Unfortunately, the sake tasted like it came from last's year supplies and had gone sour. Reflexively, Touya winced.

Jin laughed at the expression on Touya's face. "You didn't like it?" he smirked

"No." Touya said frankly. She glared at her sake cup before downing everything in it with one gulp.

Jin blinked at her. "But you just downed it!"

"Why? Anything wrong with that? Or where you just expecting me to give you my share?" She bit out. Apparently, the sake tasted awful but was highly alchoholic. Downing it in a gulp had made its effects even more powerful

Oh dear... it looked like she was getting drunk.

And the last time she got drunk, she had ended up on the floor with Jin on top of her.

"Here." Touya muttered, shoving the rest of her share to Jin "You can have this"

"Hey. Where're you going?" Jin inquired while sipping some of the contents of his newly acquired sake. "And why are you all red?"

"Sleep. I'm tired" Touya called back, getting even redder. In fact, she was so red that her face could put Kurama's hair or Hiei's eyes to shame.

"Oh... well.... See ya later!" Jin called. Rinku hiccuped and waved at her. Suzuki and Shiwa were too busy making out to actually notice, and Chu just worshipped his sake.

Touya nodded and went out of the room, trying hard not to appear like she's rushing.

She went straight to the room she shared with Jin, crawled under the covers, and tried to go to sleep.

Unfortunately, try as she might, she only ended up thinking of HIM.

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"Tou? You still awake?" Jin whispered as he poked his head in the room. No reply

"Must be sleeping..." Jin muttered silently. He got in and padded soundlessly towards his bed. He plopped down and rested his head on his arms, his face towards his bedroom companion.

He sighed. Jin actually never told Touya this, but he loved her dearly. Way back before they entered that accursed tournament, in fact. Before, when he thought of her as a 'he'. The redheaded youkai had been edgy, then. He wasn't expecting himself to fall for anybody, least of all this MALE, cold, and quiet being.

At least he's way past the male problem. Not that it had actually been a problem; they were youkai after all. Other youkai couldn't care less if you bedded your own brother.

Maybe it had all just been a trifle unexpected. It all came to him as a shock, when he finally realized it after they lost.

So... he managed to get around the fact that he loved her. He found her coldness, mysteriousness, and silence quite endearing. But how to tell her?

How? When she didn't even appear to like him at all.

Yes, that was what the wind youkai got from all of Touya's body language. She might have had hinting reactions towards him, but he passed them of as something not related to love at all. After all, they were youkai. Youkai don't just feel love. Especially after going through everything that the members of their team had.

He remembered when they were still in the Kubukukuri Hotel. She had showed him lots of signs of affection and tenderness and love... but where did all of that go? It all just disappeared... just like that! Whoosh!

True, Touya had been showing him lots of signs of love, but it had all disappeared. Now, not only was she cold, but she acted detached and it was like she despised him!

Maybe he had a chance. Maybe he was just too dumb to see it. Maybe he should just ask his comrades to help him get Touya. Maybe he should just tell her everything. Maybe doing that would solve everything. Maybe it would just make it worse. Maybe... he was on his seventh 'maybe' already and he still hasn't got anything.

So.. he did what a confused man could do.

He slept it off. He was tired, after all.

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Dim light creeped through the cracks of the sliding window. It would have been almost perfect for sleeping in if it wasn't for the intense shaking his body was receiving.

"Jin! Wake up!" Touya insisted, shaking him by his shoulder a trifle harder. She could already hear Genkai and the others forming outside at the corridor and here she was struggling to wake her partner up.

"NnnnnG!" Jin groaned. He grunted, absentmindedly sweeped Touya in his arms, cuddled her, and went back to sleep.

Touya blinked. She was so startled that she froze and just let him do as he pleased. Well... what he pleased unconsciously anyway.

As soon as she got her wits about, she immediately struggled to get out of his grasp. All to no avail. Not only was his grip iron-like, she was hugged to tightly for her to move around much.

"Touya! Jin! What's taking you so long?" she heard Genkai bark. Footsteps soon followed and she heard the sliding door open.

"What the---"

"Eh?" Jin mumbled, cracking his eyes open

"We've been up for almost an hour already and you two are in here being all cuddly? Man! Even me and Shiwa don't get that much benefit!" Suzuki exclaimed

"Wha-what?" Jin yawned again. Touya blushed beet red and burried herself even more deeply into Jin's arms. Instinctively, Jin's arms tightened around her. Apparently, the audience thought this very implying.

"We're not being cuddly" Touya protested, her voice muffled by Jin's chest.

"What are you doing then?" Shiwa retorted bluntly

"I was waking him up when he hugged me while sleeping" Touya threw back. She struggled to get up once more, but found it easier since Jin willingly let her go, albeit a bit reluctantly.

"Hmmm?" Chu teased. Touya gave him a dirty look, bopping Jin over the head gently while she was at it. Jin just grinned sheepishly at her.

"Stop with all that! Everyone at the training floor in a minute or no sake for all of you!" Genkai barked once again. She rapped her knuckles on the wall sharply, getting their attention. Everyone, even Touya, immediately rushed out.

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This is pointless. Almost no plot, no story, writing is bad, updating is slow, the characters are very OOC, and they're also acting dumb. What the hell is wrong with me anyway?

Hiei: You're a stupid ningen, that's what

Kurama: Now Hiei.... Be nice. She's a very demented fan

Yukitsu: ....

Shinja: Today is January 10, 2003.Cheer up, Yukitsu-chan!

Yukitsu: *Aww... hugs Shinja-chan.* I don't know why I'm updating so SLOWLY eventhough I already had the tenth chapter typed out before I actually POSTED the FIRST chapter. Lazy, that's what I am.

Kurama: You've been getting a lot of comments about you turning Touya into a girl, you know.

Yukitsu: *Nods* Hai. I'm racking my brains now for a nice TouyaxJin yaoi plot. I'm kinda not liking Touya as a girl anymore. I belive that my gender senses decieved me that time. A cold, perhaps?

Kurama: *raises an eyebrow* Now don't start liking TouyaxJin yaois more than you like KuramaxHieis.

Yukitsu: Sure sure.

Hiei: Stupid.