Disclaimer: Yu Yu Hakusho belongs to its creator Yoshihiro Togashi and not
me unfortunately..
Awkward.
Hiei's POV.
"Yukina."
I whispered her name softly. Turning back she looked at me with an expression of both relief and discomfort. Our eyes met for an instance and locked briefly until I broke contact; her eyes were filled with hidden disappointment at my late arrival. My throat suddenly felt dry and I only managed to mutter some incoherent excuse before falling into silence. She in her turn murmured politely about not having waited for a very long time; something we both knew was a lie.
"So.. I'm here now, what do you want?" I broke out, unintentionally harsh. Yukina looked startled for a moment before making the motion to smile and replying quietly,
"I'm sorry for disturbing you Hiei-san, I know you're very busy..I- I wanted to make sure that your wounds were okay..and-I"
Before I could control my body I flittered off at quick speed, jumping from tree to tree before returning to her side. From far away I heard my voice coldly pointing out that I was in perfect health. I didn't understand why I was acting so coldly to the one I cared about most in the world but I couldn't control myself, the habit of self-defence through cutting words was too hard to break. Perhaps this was my nature as a half-breed.
Yukina's POV.
"I'm fine now, anything else you want?"
Stunned at Hiei's cold words I stared at him foolishly, like some frightened doe. Berating myself I adverted my eyes to study the ground again. My cheeks turned red both in embarrassment and slightly in anger. It was hardly Hiei's fault though, he didn't know that I was trying to confront him about something that's been haunting me my whole life; he probably thought I just had something trivial I wanted to bother him about. Apologising and bowing I knew what little courage I had was slowly slipping away under the eyes of my brother.
We sat in silence again, each pretending to be fascinated by the dirt floor or the grass ahead. After trying to speak several times and failing, the tension in the air increased. I closed my eyes in an effort to escape the predicament I had put myself in and in hope that the hot tears that were gathering wouldn't spill down my cheeks; forming themselves into gems.
Suddenly, I felt something wet on my cheek, opening my eyes in fright I moved my hand to my cheek only to find in my relief it wasn't tears but rain. A few minutes later the skies really began to pour and we silently began to walk back into the temple. At the steps of the temple he stopped momentarily. I stopped also, expecting him to be annoyed at me or maybe just to walk off but he just said shortly,
"We can talk later, let's get dry bef- before you catch a cold."
Warmed by his gruff but kind words I nodded happily and stepped inside the temple, my heart filled once again with courage..and hope.
~Owari~
I'm really sorry this fic seems to be dragging on..I guess this was a pretty needless chapter..I promise next chapter the story will actually move, gomen gomen~
Awkward.
Hiei's POV.
"Yukina."
I whispered her name softly. Turning back she looked at me with an expression of both relief and discomfort. Our eyes met for an instance and locked briefly until I broke contact; her eyes were filled with hidden disappointment at my late arrival. My throat suddenly felt dry and I only managed to mutter some incoherent excuse before falling into silence. She in her turn murmured politely about not having waited for a very long time; something we both knew was a lie.
"So.. I'm here now, what do you want?" I broke out, unintentionally harsh. Yukina looked startled for a moment before making the motion to smile and replying quietly,
"I'm sorry for disturbing you Hiei-san, I know you're very busy..I- I wanted to make sure that your wounds were okay..and-I"
Before I could control my body I flittered off at quick speed, jumping from tree to tree before returning to her side. From far away I heard my voice coldly pointing out that I was in perfect health. I didn't understand why I was acting so coldly to the one I cared about most in the world but I couldn't control myself, the habit of self-defence through cutting words was too hard to break. Perhaps this was my nature as a half-breed.
Yukina's POV.
"I'm fine now, anything else you want?"
Stunned at Hiei's cold words I stared at him foolishly, like some frightened doe. Berating myself I adverted my eyes to study the ground again. My cheeks turned red both in embarrassment and slightly in anger. It was hardly Hiei's fault though, he didn't know that I was trying to confront him about something that's been haunting me my whole life; he probably thought I just had something trivial I wanted to bother him about. Apologising and bowing I knew what little courage I had was slowly slipping away under the eyes of my brother.
We sat in silence again, each pretending to be fascinated by the dirt floor or the grass ahead. After trying to speak several times and failing, the tension in the air increased. I closed my eyes in an effort to escape the predicament I had put myself in and in hope that the hot tears that were gathering wouldn't spill down my cheeks; forming themselves into gems.
Suddenly, I felt something wet on my cheek, opening my eyes in fright I moved my hand to my cheek only to find in my relief it wasn't tears but rain. A few minutes later the skies really began to pour and we silently began to walk back into the temple. At the steps of the temple he stopped momentarily. I stopped also, expecting him to be annoyed at me or maybe just to walk off but he just said shortly,
"We can talk later, let's get dry bef- before you catch a cold."
Warmed by his gruff but kind words I nodded happily and stepped inside the temple, my heart filled once again with courage..and hope.
~Owari~
I'm really sorry this fic seems to be dragging on..I guess this was a pretty needless chapter..I promise next chapter the story will actually move, gomen gomen~