'. . .' Signify thought. ~ ~ ~ Signify change in POV or setting.

-You know the deal.
~Marori

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Hiei watched as Kurama saw the confused expression surface on his face.

"Look, forget it," the fox muttered. As he was about to get up form the bed, Hiei lunged out and grabbed his wrist.

"Hiei?" Kurama asked with a questioning gaze in achingly beautiful eyes.

"Kurama. . ." Hiei started.

'How was he supposed to tell him?'

'Should he tell him that all he thought about, all he breathed, was that baka fox?'

"Kurama. . .I. . ."

Kurama allowed himself to sit back on the bed and face the fire youkai with a puzzled expression.

"Yes Hiei?" Kurama said trying to urge him on.

"I. . .it's just that. . .no one has asked my company before," Hiei said with a somewhat sadness in his voice.

"I just didn't know what to say." He finished.

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"Yes Hiei?" Kurama said trying to coax the statement from his fire youkai.

"I. . .it's just that. . .no one has ever asked for my company before," Hiei answered in almost a whisper.

"I just didn't know what to say."

Kurama noticed the hint of sadness in his voice and the glint of hurt in his eyes. It made his heart ache for the little koorime. Thought to be the Forbidden Child, thought to be imperfect among his kind, how could he tell him that in his green eyes he was ultimate perfection?

Before he knew it he got up and wrapped his arms around the little fire koorime.

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Hiei noticed the hurt in Kurama's eyes. The last thing he wanted to do was make Kurama feel sorry for him. However, before he knew it, Kurama was no longer sitting on the bed, but instead was standing before him wrapping his arms around his body.

Hiei couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine, and his heart beat ever so fast, when he felt the warmth of Kurama surround him. In the meantime the voice inside of his head began taunting him again.

'You like Kurama, you like Kurama, you like Kurama. . .'

But a new thought shadowed the voice within him.

'He's hugging me. And. . .I like it.'

Hiei carefully allowed his arms to wrap around the taller youkai.

"Kurama. . ." he murmured.

It was time.

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Kurama's pulse quickened when he held Hiei. The delightful feeling he was receiving from his koorime was intoxicating, addictive, and he felt perfectly content being the way they were here, now.

"Kurama. . ." he heard the smaller youkai start.

"Ai shiteru."

Kurama felt as though his heart stopped in his chest.

'Did he just say what I thought he said? Or was that my cruel imagination torturing me yet again?'

He let his arms drop to his sides as he backed up to peer into the eyes of the one he loved to see if it was a dream or if it was actually a dream come true.

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"Kurama. . ." Hiei started.

"Ai shiteru."

Time seemed to stop for the second time that night, and the eerie silence between them was so inevitable. He felt the arms of his fox drop from his body as Kurama step away from him. Hiei not being able to face Kurama closed his eyes.

'I knew it.' He thought bitterly to himself.

'I knew he would not like me.'

'Why would he like me?'

'I'm the Forbidden Child, the imperfect one, forever cursed to never experience happiness.'

Hiei felt his face being cupped and lifted by a soft silken hand. Hiei reluctantly opened his eyes to stare only into those pools of soft green.

He watched as they closed and Kurama's face inched closer and closer to his until finally he felt it, the light brush on his lips.

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Kurama lifted Hiei's face to face his. The fire youkai's eyes were closed. Gently allowing his hand to cup his lover's face he watched as those deep red eyes opened and stared into his own. His gaze, how he wished for this moment for so long, and to have it in his grasp was certainly a dream come true.

He closed his eyes and allowed his face to inch ever closer to Hiei's as he felt his lips come into contact with Hiei's. Allowing his lips to gently graze over the lips that just spilled out the fire demon's confession of love for him, the fox kissed him harder this time and was pleased when he felt the koorime kissing him back.

When they finally parted Kurama looked at the face of the one he had dreamt about for so long. The expression it held was that of contentment and surprise.

"Hiei," Kurama started.

"Ai shiteru."

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Hiei felt Kurama kissing him again. This time his tentativeness disappeared and he kissed him back, harder this time. When they finally parted Hiei saw the look of love in his foxes eyes.

"Hiei," he heard Kurama start.

"Ai shiteru."

'He said it! He said it!' Said the other voice inside of him.

'Shut the hell up,' he thought to himself.

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Aww, poor Hiei-kun hears voices in his head. I'm telling ya the world is going insane. And that is a good thing. (^_~)