By Yume
Yu Yu Hakusho, HxK shounen-ai
Chapter 7
To Make You Happy…
--"Kurama…" Hiei's voice was soft, the deep tone lacking its usual conviction. "I…I can't do this…" --
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Emerald eyes softened sadly.
"Why not?"
Hiei took a deep breath, carefully reciting the old doctrine by which his life had been governed since his birth on that icy island.
"I'm not allowed happiness. I'm Forbidden and cursed and---" Hiei stopped and blinked, startled, as Kurama had quite suddenly wrapped his arms around him and was holding him close. His voice was a gentle murmur, tinged with sadness.
"That isn't true, Hiei…haven't you hurt yourself enough with that sort of thinking?" He knelt, bringing himself down to Hiei's eye level and placing his hands on the thin shoulders. "You have every right to be happy…" Once again his arms wrapped around the troubled little youkai and he closed his eyes, his lips nearly brushing Hiei's ear as he almost whispered.
"I want to make you happy, Hiei…"
To make me happy…The thought was so…so…so unbelievable. Those words, at any other time from any other person, would have been ignored, seen as some humorless joke. But here, now, with his cheek pressed softly against Kurama's hair…
If this was happiness, he wanted to keep it.
He searched for a response to the softly-spoken proposition for a moment. Finding none, he closed his eyes and nodded very slightly.
Scarcely trusting himself with words, Kurama merely tightened his hold on Hiei, sighing quietly and turning his head to place a soft kiss on the youkai's blush-tinted cheek.
"Hiei…tell me…what would make you happy?"
A few thoughts came to mind. Assurance of his sister's safety. The opportunity to return to Makai. No longer having to work for that brat of a godling. Those answers weren't the ones Kurama was looking for, though, and he knew it. There was something else…
He withdrew from the embrace just enough to be face to face with Kurama, then tentatively closed his eyes. His silent request was as good as spoken for the fox, who gently placed a hand on Hiei's cheek before leaning forward and closing the space between them. This time the demon's reaction was nearly instant. He pushed almost impatiently into the kiss, once again telling Kurama exactly what to do without speaking a word. Again Kurama's lips parted and he deepened the kiss, his mouth working gently at Hiei's and managing to coax a number of small excited noises from him that thrilled Kurama to no end. Slowly Hiei began to respond to the kiss, making his best effort to imitate the gentle motions Kurama was performing.
The effort was noticed and very appreciated by the redhead, and something not entirely unlike a moan slipped past his lips as he tugged Hiei closer, resting lightly against him.
This is too good…Hiei wrapped his arms around Kurama, then opened his eyes as the feeling of Kurama's lips on his suddenly disappeared. It was replaced by something nearly as nice. He instinctively leaned his head to the side as Kurama's mouth came to rest lightly on his neck. Dazed crimson eyes slid shut again as Hiei felt the soft brush of Kurama's lips against his skin, and---
"Shuuichi!"
Kurama opened one eye and frowned.
"Shuuichi, are you still up there? I need you to come to the store with me, dear, help me pick out some new flowers for the table!" His mother's voice carried up the stairs and into his room and he groaned quietly, pulling back from Hiei and standing up. The youkai blinked and looked rather irritably up at him. Kurama half-smiled and shrugged helplessly.
"This shouldn't take long…do you want to wait here for me?" Hiei shook his head and walked to the window, hopping nimbly up onto the sill. There was a slight chuckle and a nod from Kurama as he turned to open his bedroom door. He paused a moment, glancing back over his shoulder.
"Hiei, I---" Kurama blinked and sighed- Hiei had already gone. But this parting lacked the pained undertone of some of their more recent separations, and Kurama smiled to himself as he went downstairs.
Hiei…I think I love you.
(A/N:
Yami: That was short.
Yume: Of course it was. You saw where I cut off the previous one.
Yami: Yeah, but that was…really short.
Yume: Oh, shut up.
Yami: No, really! All it was was Hiei and Kurama cuddling a little!
Yume: You gotta problem with that?
Yami: *shakes head quickly* Nope.
Yume: Can I get a little sappy and personal for a sec?
Yami: No.
Yume: *glares* Well I'm going to. This chapter is dedicated to –my- Kurama. My treasure. Ai shiteru.
Yami: …the one who was poking me?
Yume: *sweatdrop* Yeah…)