**~~**~~ As in previous chapters, I have stated that I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of its characters. Although I wish, I did, that would be so damn cool. Damn, I do not. Oh well. Hehe. Sorry updates have been slow. My muse keeps escaping *looks at Hiei plushy sitting in corner* damn it. He got away again. Now I have to hunt him down~~**~~**

Remembering Love
Point Of View: Kurama

I listen to the rain as it softly beats upon my window and open my eyes. His crimson eyes meet mine and in an instant, they close. He turns away and I get his back. I move my stare to the window where the light from the sun is beginning to shine although the clouds block out most of it.

It will be a miserably cold day, but my heart shall keep me warm if his body heat does not. I turn over and face the clock. 6:26, still rather early but my alarm would go off soon. I reach over to turn it off and decide to get dressed. I need a shower and breakfast before leaving for school but it should not take me long.

I look back at him and realize he is asleep. I move quietly so as not to disturb him and get a clean uniform from my closet and grab a clean towel. I lock the door to my room so my mother cannot get in. No telling how she might respond to a strange demon lying in my bed.

I close the door to my private bathroom and undress silently. I turn on the water to the shower and step in, letting the warm water run over my body. I had no idea how cold I was without him near until he was not there anymore, this water reminded me of his embrace, warm and gentle.

I squeeze a small amount of shampoo into my hand and rub it throughout my hair, this shampoo helped give it its glorious shine something well appreciated by my many fans. I am sure they would follow me to school again today, as they did every morning. I never get any rest from them except for when I am home. Everywhere I go, at least one girl is following me around. It gets quite bothersome after a while. But now I had Hiei, and it would not bother me so much. For I now have someone to love, someone who loves me back.

I rinse the soapy suds out of my hair and reach for the soap. It slips out of my hand and as I bend to pick it up, I can hear Hiei get up and out of bed. I quickly run the soap over my body and rinse off, not wanting to keep him waiting. I turn off the water and grab a towel to dry off with. I dress quickly and run a brush through my hair. As I do all this, I cannot help but think how lucky I am.

I know Hiei may not be the nicest person to be around but he was always there. He never told me everything would be ok in the end because he knew that the chances of it being ok were slim. He was never one for false hope and to tell the truth, false hope was what I needed sometimes.

When I had nothing else to keep me going, when nothing mattered, I used to think that he loved me, believed it though I had never heard him say it even though his exterior seemed cold and like he did not care. I still believed it, some would call it false hope, but I called it wishing. I would not have to wish anymore though; I had the real thing waiting for me right outside this door.

I finished everything and opened the door. He was sitting on the windowsill looking out the window at the sky as I had just last night. Before our love had been exposed and discovered. Before we had hugged and held on to each other tight, afraid to let go lest it all slip away.

I walk over quietly and hug him from behind; he turns his head up to mine and looks me in the eyes. I reach my left hand for his chin and tilt his face up to mine a bit more before kissing him gently. I love him so much that if I ever lost him, nothing in the world would matter. Nothing at all, not even my life as Yoko Kurama, a life that had meant so much to me. However, that was before I had met him. The one who I would give my life for. I could not say I would do that for many, only my mother and him. I let my lips glide off his and lean my mouth towards his ear.

"I have to go"