~Chapter 5~
They sat in her living room passing around the joint Cori had rolled. Cori and Hiei were laughing while Kurama's cheek started twitching in irritation.
"So you're telling me that there are people that call you S-Su-S." Cori kept stumbling over his human name. "Sweetcheeks!" She said triumphantly and she and Hiei erupted into laughter at the murderous look on Kurama's face. "Ok Ok I'll stop. Sweetcheeks." She snorted in laughter again. "I'm sorry. Really." She was dashing tears from her eyes.
"Hurry up and pass it." Hiei commanded her.
"Look at this little stoner." Cori giggled. "Are you sure it's ok for demons to use this stuff?"
"I really don't care." He grinned and took a puff.
Kurama had to chuckle at the drastic mood change in Hiei.
"Ok. But one thing I've been trying to figure out." Cori said seriously. "When I fell through the portal, I ended up waking up in that bed in all gray in the middle of someone else's life. How is it that you two are still in Technicolor so to speak and didn't find yourselves in someone else's life?"
They were silent for a while. Kurama spoke first. "I don't know too much about parallel universes." He confessed. "But it's possible that it's because we don't have a counterpart in this one."
"Wait!" Hiei's head shot up. They looked at him expectantly and then quizzically when he got up and started rummaging through the refrigerator. He returned munching contentedly on Cori's chocolate ice cream.
"What were you going to say before being hit with the munchies?" Cori asked as evenly as she could, but a laugh still bubbled in her throat. Kurama snickered.
"Huh? Oh! Yeah!" He shoved another spoonful in his mouth. "Well. Koenma was pretty specific on Yusuke and Kuwabara staying behind. So maybe it has something to do with the fact that we're demons so we wouldn't have a counter part on a human world. Yusuke and Kuwabara would have ended up in some other poor souls' bodies."
Cori chewed on her lip. "That makes SOME sense. Whaddaya think Sweetcheeks?"
Hiei laughed and sprayed ice cream all over them. "Ew!! Gross Hiei!" Cori yelled, getting up to get towels for her and Kurama.
"It's your fault for making me laugh." He grumbled.
Kurama calmly wiped himself down. "Hiei's theory has some validity." He admitted.
Hiei had turned on the television and was watching the evangelists with rapt interest. Cori shook her head. "You really need to get out more Hiei."
"Huh?" he said absently. He shoveled more ice cream into his mouth and kept his eyes glued to the screen.
"He'll probably be like that most of the night." Kurama chuckled softly.
"Well it's nice to know that he doesn't act so jaded all the time." She grinned back. Cori glanced enviously at Kurama's brilliant red locks. "You are so lucky." She muttered.
"Huh?"
"You have amazing hair. I've always had this annoying mousy color that just lies flat." She ran her fingers through her now colored bobbed hair. "And I can't dye it as much as I'd like too without some serious ramifications." She grinned.
"I've never really thought about it." Kurama shrugged.
Hiei started chuckling from his position two inches from the screen. "Right fox. You spend almost as much time preening as fighting." He grunted.
Kurama blushed slightly under Cori's wicked grin. "I can't blame you." She chuckled. "I would too if I looked that good. You're prettier than most girls I've met."
Hiei snorted in laughter and Kurama blushed again.
"I love making boys blush." Cori giggled. "It's just so cute."
Hiei laid back and yawned exposing most of his pointy teeth. "I can't believe people actually listen to this crap." He sat up and scratched his head and turned the TV off.
Cori looked at the clock. "Damn it's getting late. I guess we'd better figure out some sleeping arrangements."
"I'll just sleep in a tree outside." Hiei shrugged and headed to the door.
"There aren't any real trees in this neighborhood." Cori informed him. "And if you go out without a mask you won't last long, demon or not."
"It's that bad?" Kurama asked.
Cori nodded and shuddered.
They decided to rotate each night from bed to couch to floor and repeat. They drew lots for the bed, couch, or floor for the first night. Hiei got the bed, Kurama got the couch, and Cori was stuck with the floor. ~Figures.~ she chuckled to herself. She dug up some extra blankets and pillows and they settled in for the night.
They sat in her living room passing around the joint Cori had rolled. Cori and Hiei were laughing while Kurama's cheek started twitching in irritation.
"So you're telling me that there are people that call you S-Su-S." Cori kept stumbling over his human name. "Sweetcheeks!" She said triumphantly and she and Hiei erupted into laughter at the murderous look on Kurama's face. "Ok Ok I'll stop. Sweetcheeks." She snorted in laughter again. "I'm sorry. Really." She was dashing tears from her eyes.
"Hurry up and pass it." Hiei commanded her.
"Look at this little stoner." Cori giggled. "Are you sure it's ok for demons to use this stuff?"
"I really don't care." He grinned and took a puff.
Kurama had to chuckle at the drastic mood change in Hiei.
"Ok. But one thing I've been trying to figure out." Cori said seriously. "When I fell through the portal, I ended up waking up in that bed in all gray in the middle of someone else's life. How is it that you two are still in Technicolor so to speak and didn't find yourselves in someone else's life?"
They were silent for a while. Kurama spoke first. "I don't know too much about parallel universes." He confessed. "But it's possible that it's because we don't have a counterpart in this one."
"Wait!" Hiei's head shot up. They looked at him expectantly and then quizzically when he got up and started rummaging through the refrigerator. He returned munching contentedly on Cori's chocolate ice cream.
"What were you going to say before being hit with the munchies?" Cori asked as evenly as she could, but a laugh still bubbled in her throat. Kurama snickered.
"Huh? Oh! Yeah!" He shoved another spoonful in his mouth. "Well. Koenma was pretty specific on Yusuke and Kuwabara staying behind. So maybe it has something to do with the fact that we're demons so we wouldn't have a counter part on a human world. Yusuke and Kuwabara would have ended up in some other poor souls' bodies."
Cori chewed on her lip. "That makes SOME sense. Whaddaya think Sweetcheeks?"
Hiei laughed and sprayed ice cream all over them. "Ew!! Gross Hiei!" Cori yelled, getting up to get towels for her and Kurama.
"It's your fault for making me laugh." He grumbled.
Kurama calmly wiped himself down. "Hiei's theory has some validity." He admitted.
Hiei had turned on the television and was watching the evangelists with rapt interest. Cori shook her head. "You really need to get out more Hiei."
"Huh?" he said absently. He shoveled more ice cream into his mouth and kept his eyes glued to the screen.
"He'll probably be like that most of the night." Kurama chuckled softly.
"Well it's nice to know that he doesn't act so jaded all the time." She grinned back. Cori glanced enviously at Kurama's brilliant red locks. "You are so lucky." She muttered.
"Huh?"
"You have amazing hair. I've always had this annoying mousy color that just lies flat." She ran her fingers through her now colored bobbed hair. "And I can't dye it as much as I'd like too without some serious ramifications." She grinned.
"I've never really thought about it." Kurama shrugged.
Hiei started chuckling from his position two inches from the screen. "Right fox. You spend almost as much time preening as fighting." He grunted.
Kurama blushed slightly under Cori's wicked grin. "I can't blame you." She chuckled. "I would too if I looked that good. You're prettier than most girls I've met."
Hiei snorted in laughter and Kurama blushed again.
"I love making boys blush." Cori giggled. "It's just so cute."
Hiei laid back and yawned exposing most of his pointy teeth. "I can't believe people actually listen to this crap." He sat up and scratched his head and turned the TV off.
Cori looked at the clock. "Damn it's getting late. I guess we'd better figure out some sleeping arrangements."
"I'll just sleep in a tree outside." Hiei shrugged and headed to the door.
"There aren't any real trees in this neighborhood." Cori informed him. "And if you go out without a mask you won't last long, demon or not."
"It's that bad?" Kurama asked.
Cori nodded and shuddered.
They decided to rotate each night from bed to couch to floor and repeat. They drew lots for the bed, couch, or floor for the first night. Hiei got the bed, Kurama got the couch, and Cori was stuck with the floor. ~Figures.~ she chuckled to herself. She dug up some extra blankets and pillows and they settled in for the night.
