---==Chapter 4: Er. what's the title again?==---
..Prelude to "They More Than Just Cared"..
Miyuki Mikuni
M.M.: Okay, did I take a long time to post this? It's a little independent again but I think it would be better if you read the previous chapters first, if you haven't yet. This isn't so complete, I just posted this now so I won't have to tell it again in the next chapter or its sequel, when I've finally decided.
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Hiei was walking through the lane. It was six o'clock in the evening and his ferry girl had flown away to Reikai. He felt good and light, as if he could go faster than he usually could. She was HIS ferry-girl. She was his, after that night that they spent together under a cozy tree. They would have lasted there in each other's embrace until morning if Botan wasn't bit by a nearby ant that woke both of them up to realization that it was almost sun-down and to the remembrance that Koenma would give Botan an earful of scolding shouts if she didn't go back to Reikai for work.
He found a park bench to sit on. He just wanted to rest and look at the stars above, and see Botan's face again. He felt very awkward, but he knew he was crazy over the ferry-girl. He loved the nice feeling, having somebody else to love now. The good news: she felt the same way.
She felt the same way, and she contained the feeling in her thumping heart as she flew her way towards Koenma's office. She longed to see Hiei again, but the knowledge that he was thinking of her tonight was enough to make her smile as if her head would part.
Days passed and Botan and Hiei saw each other often at the same place. Kurama would often meet Botan walking down the lane with Hiei following her, hopping from tree to tree. More time flew like the wind until a sunny day when Yusuke summoned them to his apartment.
"Well, Botan, I just don't know, still, why you're not dating anybody when Koenma-sama is giving you lots of day-offs..." Kuwabara started as he gulped soda from his can. Kurama looked surprised and shot a glance at Hiei. The fire demon was knuckling his fists.
"Easy..." Botan said in a whisper as she held his hand. He could do nothing; it was Botan's demand. If that "summer day" scene didn't ever happen, he would have killed Kuwabara for marrying his sister and burnt Botan, for holding his hand. But things were different. All he could do was sit and feel her hand and think that she was right.
"Okay," he whispered, sighing heavily.
"Well, maybe she's not dating anybody ELSE because 'Koenma-sama' is..." Yusuke raised his hand. They expected the blue-haired ferry-girl to blush but all she did was shrug.
"No, maybe Botan is just really, really busy with work." Kurama suggested, afraid that Yusuke's house and Yukina's talkative husband would be both roasted.
"That's right, really, I have loads of work, Koenma-sama." Botan heaved a sigh. Hiei thought, she was right in doing that.
"Well, maybe you could find somebody to date, you won't like being stuck in work."
"Ehe. ehehe. no, I'm not looking." Botan replied, still holding Hiei's hand gently.
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M.M.: you see!? It's incomplete. But I'll make a sequel or a next chapter, promise.
..Prelude to "They More Than Just Cared"..
Miyuki Mikuni
M.M.: Okay, did I take a long time to post this? It's a little independent again but I think it would be better if you read the previous chapters first, if you haven't yet. This isn't so complete, I just posted this now so I won't have to tell it again in the next chapter or its sequel, when I've finally decided.
===============================---*^_^*---- =====================================
Hiei was walking through the lane. It was six o'clock in the evening and his ferry girl had flown away to Reikai. He felt good and light, as if he could go faster than he usually could. She was HIS ferry-girl. She was his, after that night that they spent together under a cozy tree. They would have lasted there in each other's embrace until morning if Botan wasn't bit by a nearby ant that woke both of them up to realization that it was almost sun-down and to the remembrance that Koenma would give Botan an earful of scolding shouts if she didn't go back to Reikai for work.
He found a park bench to sit on. He just wanted to rest and look at the stars above, and see Botan's face again. He felt very awkward, but he knew he was crazy over the ferry-girl. He loved the nice feeling, having somebody else to love now. The good news: she felt the same way.
She felt the same way, and she contained the feeling in her thumping heart as she flew her way towards Koenma's office. She longed to see Hiei again, but the knowledge that he was thinking of her tonight was enough to make her smile as if her head would part.
Days passed and Botan and Hiei saw each other often at the same place. Kurama would often meet Botan walking down the lane with Hiei following her, hopping from tree to tree. More time flew like the wind until a sunny day when Yusuke summoned them to his apartment.
"Well, Botan, I just don't know, still, why you're not dating anybody when Koenma-sama is giving you lots of day-offs..." Kuwabara started as he gulped soda from his can. Kurama looked surprised and shot a glance at Hiei. The fire demon was knuckling his fists.
"Easy..." Botan said in a whisper as she held his hand. He could do nothing; it was Botan's demand. If that "summer day" scene didn't ever happen, he would have killed Kuwabara for marrying his sister and burnt Botan, for holding his hand. But things were different. All he could do was sit and feel her hand and think that she was right.
"Okay," he whispered, sighing heavily.
"Well, maybe she's not dating anybody ELSE because 'Koenma-sama' is..." Yusuke raised his hand. They expected the blue-haired ferry-girl to blush but all she did was shrug.
"No, maybe Botan is just really, really busy with work." Kurama suggested, afraid that Yusuke's house and Yukina's talkative husband would be both roasted.
"That's right, really, I have loads of work, Koenma-sama." Botan heaved a sigh. Hiei thought, she was right in doing that.
"Well, maybe you could find somebody to date, you won't like being stuck in work."
"Ehe. ehehe. no, I'm not looking." Botan replied, still holding Hiei's hand gently.
***
M.M.: you see!? It's incomplete. But I'll make a sequel or a next chapter, promise.
