Wait!" Hiei yelled.
Ari stopped and turned around. "Hm?"
"You shouldn't be walking around so soon after getting that bruise." Hiei stalled. "You'll mix the broken blood vessels with the unbroken ones and there'll be trouble."
"What are you talking about?" Ari asked, with a raised eyebrow. "I'm Ari, remember? I'm the one who, after a day of getting her Jagan, went outside to train in the woods to get stronger."
"I KNOW who you are." Hiei growled. "What I said was, you shouldn't, and will not, be walking around so soon after getting that bruise."
"And I said I will." Ari said, in a snobby way, sticking her nose in the air.
"And I will make sure you won't." Growled Hiei. "If I have to make you stay here, I will."
"Is that an invitation?" Ari asked, smirking.
Hiei raised an eyebrow at her.
"Have you been talking to Youko? I mean, any more than usual?"
"No." Ari grinned. "Just...Arika, Chetara, and Ash. Why?"
"Nothing. Never mind." Hiei shook his head.
"Hm." Ari thought a minute. "I'm going to go now."
"If it was an invitation..." Hiei blurted. Ari stopped. "You wouldn't be able to take it, because of your injury."
"That depends." Ari smiled/smirked. A/N: She's turning into Youko! NOOO...
"Uh..." Hiei studied the ceiling. "Uh, well..." Hiei frowned, and tried to think of a reason for her to stay.
"Ah, never mind." Ari sighed, then grinned. "It probably wasn't an invitation anyway. You wouldn't know how to give one. And other than that, you'd be unable to follow up on it."
"Says who?" Now Hiei got defensive. "If it was an invitation, what would you do about it?"
"This." Ari grinned. She stepped forward and, stopping Hiei cold, kissed him deeply. When she was done, she grinned at him. "Because I'm injured, that's all I can do. Gomen..." Ari turned and attempted to leave again.
"Wait!" Hiei called. "You should stay here. You're injured and it's not healthy for an injured person to run around. You'll make the injury worse."
Ari frowned and lifted her shirt high enough to study her enormous bruise. Hiei saw her do it and blushed far redder than imagined. He turned and looked the other way. Ari saw him look the other way, embarrassed.
Ari dropped her shirt and nodded.
"I guess I'll stay then, Hiei." Ari sighed. "If it bothers you that much..."
"It does." Hiei agreed, risking a glance her way.
Ari walked over to the bed and layed down. Hiei walked over to his bed and layed down, watching her. He started to read her thoughts, to see if she was going to try to leave. But he quickly stopped, because he kinda didn't like what he saw. Just a little...
Ari soon fell asleep with Shadow by her side, and Hiei was left unable to sleep from the events that occured just a few minutes ago.
