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Chapter 20: A Little Cut
The next day Yusuke, Keiko, and Kuwabara all went to school. Tomorrow would be the start of the weekend, thankfully. It had been a very strange and tiresome week for everyone. Botan, Kurama, Hiei, Amaranta, and Yukina were sitting in the kitchen of Yusuke's house. The girls were making some lunch while the two men sat around. They were all talking about Yusuke and Botan's fight, which was still occurring.
"Don't worry, Botan," Yukina said sweetly, "he won't stay mad at you forever. Yusuke will eventually come around." Yukina poured something to drink into five different cups.
Amaranta silently started cutting up some vegetable for lunch. She listened in on the conversation, but had no intention to add her own input. She had already done that and if Botan wasn't going to listen to it then there was nothing she could do.
Botan sighed. "I don't want to wait a long time to get back on friendly terms with him. I had to do it." Botan kept saying that, she had to do it. It was true. But the one question that came up, and that was probably plaguing Yusuke's mind as well, was: is Botan telling the truth or not?
"Hn. You got yourself into this mess so you have to get yourself out," Hiei said, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Hiei," Kurama objected. Hiei looked at Kurama darkly, as if telling him silently not to say anything critical. "Just try to be a little more sensitive."
"Hn. That's like asking me to give up my Jagan Eye," Hiei said. "Never going to happen."
Kurama smirked. Yukina looked sidelong at Hiei. "Hmm." She looked away and walked over to put away the container of liquid.
"You're right, though, Hiei," Botan grumbled.
"I am?" Hiei was a little taken aback. He quickly regained himself. "Of course I am. Hn."
"I got myself into this and now I have to get myself out of it."
"You know we are here if you need help," Kurama offered.
"No, I have to do this on my own. He won't ever forgive me if I don't," Botan replied stubbornly.
Amaranta's knife was still clicking lightly on the counter as she chopped up the vegetable.
"But Botan, we are here. You can confide in us," Kurama continued.
"Please let us help if you need it," Yukina said.
Botan sighed again. She didn't know what to do, what it was that Yusuke was looking for. "I don't know a way that you guys could help, though."
"Well it would be if you think of something you might need help with. Like if you need Yusuke's cooperation, we could talk to him for you," the ice apparition suggested.
The knife clattered to the counter top, silencing everyone in the room. Amaranta didn't turn around. She was looking down and holding her left hand near her.
"Is everything alright?" Kurama asked.
Hiei let out a low gasp as he heard a drop of blood fall onto the counter. He got up and walked over to the demon girl. Her finger was bleeding; she had cut it on accident. Amaranta watched him, never glancing away, as he slowly took her hand and touched the cut finger to his lips. The blood felt warm and different in his mouth, but the girl's hand was cold against his skin.
Hiei's eyes went wide and he turned around, still holding Amaranta's hand in his own. Kurama, Yukina, and Botan were all staring at him. Was it just him, or did all of them happen to have a type of smug look to their face?
"What?" he asked, like he did this all the time.
Botan burst into a fit of giggles, Yukina giggled quietly, and Kurama had a sappy smirk on his face.
Hiei looked down at Amaranta's hand in his own, blushing profusely. He quickly let go and turned back to the others. "Hn, all of you are insane!" He stalked quickly out of the house, slamming the door behind him.
Amaranta stared after him until Kurama said, "Let's get you a bandage for that cut."
Chapter 20: A Little Cut
The next day Yusuke, Keiko, and Kuwabara all went to school. Tomorrow would be the start of the weekend, thankfully. It had been a very strange and tiresome week for everyone. Botan, Kurama, Hiei, Amaranta, and Yukina were sitting in the kitchen of Yusuke's house. The girls were making some lunch while the two men sat around. They were all talking about Yusuke and Botan's fight, which was still occurring.
"Don't worry, Botan," Yukina said sweetly, "he won't stay mad at you forever. Yusuke will eventually come around." Yukina poured something to drink into five different cups.
Amaranta silently started cutting up some vegetable for lunch. She listened in on the conversation, but had no intention to add her own input. She had already done that and if Botan wasn't going to listen to it then there was nothing she could do.
Botan sighed. "I don't want to wait a long time to get back on friendly terms with him. I had to do it." Botan kept saying that, she had to do it. It was true. But the one question that came up, and that was probably plaguing Yusuke's mind as well, was: is Botan telling the truth or not?
"Hn. You got yourself into this mess so you have to get yourself out," Hiei said, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Hiei," Kurama objected. Hiei looked at Kurama darkly, as if telling him silently not to say anything critical. "Just try to be a little more sensitive."
"Hn. That's like asking me to give up my Jagan Eye," Hiei said. "Never going to happen."
Kurama smirked. Yukina looked sidelong at Hiei. "Hmm." She looked away and walked over to put away the container of liquid.
"You're right, though, Hiei," Botan grumbled.
"I am?" Hiei was a little taken aback. He quickly regained himself. "Of course I am. Hn."
"I got myself into this and now I have to get myself out of it."
"You know we are here if you need help," Kurama offered.
"No, I have to do this on my own. He won't ever forgive me if I don't," Botan replied stubbornly.
Amaranta's knife was still clicking lightly on the counter as she chopped up the vegetable.
"But Botan, we are here. You can confide in us," Kurama continued.
"Please let us help if you need it," Yukina said.
Botan sighed again. She didn't know what to do, what it was that Yusuke was looking for. "I don't know a way that you guys could help, though."
"Well it would be if you think of something you might need help with. Like if you need Yusuke's cooperation, we could talk to him for you," the ice apparition suggested.
The knife clattered to the counter top, silencing everyone in the room. Amaranta didn't turn around. She was looking down and holding her left hand near her.
"Is everything alright?" Kurama asked.
Hiei let out a low gasp as he heard a drop of blood fall onto the counter. He got up and walked over to the demon girl. Her finger was bleeding; she had cut it on accident. Amaranta watched him, never glancing away, as he slowly took her hand and touched the cut finger to his lips. The blood felt warm and different in his mouth, but the girl's hand was cold against his skin.
Hiei's eyes went wide and he turned around, still holding Amaranta's hand in his own. Kurama, Yukina, and Botan were all staring at him. Was it just him, or did all of them happen to have a type of smug look to their face?
"What?" he asked, like he did this all the time.
Botan burst into a fit of giggles, Yukina giggled quietly, and Kurama had a sappy smirk on his face.
Hiei looked down at Amaranta's hand in his own, blushing profusely. He quickly let go and turned back to the others. "Hn, all of you are insane!" He stalked quickly out of the house, slamming the door behind him.
Amaranta stared after him until Kurama said, "Let's get you a bandage for that cut."
