CHAPTER 7

AUHTOR NOTE - hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARIGATOU!!!!!!!!!! ARIGATOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^.^ You guys are all the best!!!!!!!!!!

Disclaimer - Don't own and never will................... *pout*

*AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I made a huge mistake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN chapter 5, Keiko see's Yukina right. Well, she heard about Yukina from her past from Kuwabara. I made a huge mistake!!!!!!!!!! Gomen. Gomen. Gomen. I'll fix it. I promise, just when I have the time.......... ^.^: *sweat drop* again, gomen, gomen. T.T

+ - I Love You -

Hiei woke up, feeling a cool hand caressing his cheek and forehead.

"Are you up?" a soft voice asked.

He then felt a damp towel rubbing his face clean from the blood.

"Keiko?"

"Yes. It's me. I'm here. What in the world happened to you?"

"Try to guess." Hiei said, smiling slightly.

"You got into a fight with Yusuke. Why though?"

"Because he hurt you." he said simply trying to get up.

"Don't ever do something like that again." Keiko quietly said, looking down.

In truth, her heart grieved at the sight of Hiei hurt. When she pulled him in her apartment, her heart literally broke at the sight of his injuries.

"I won't, as long as nobody punches me in the stomach again." Hiei said laughing.

Keiko glared at him sternly, wrapping his stomach with white bandages.

"I'm just joking though. I won't fight again if it'll make you happy." Hiei said in a low voice.

He reached for her hand and pulled her next to him.

"Keiko." He whispered.

His lips met hers, sending electrical shocks between them.

As they parted, Hiei without realizing it, said, "Keiko. I love you."

He saw her eyes grow wide and the lower. "Hiei. I'm sorry but, I don't love you. I can't love you."

This was a slap on the face. He stared at her shocked at what she just said.

Continuing to watch her as she slowly left and quietly and told him, "Your clothes are in the bathroom. I washed them for you. You should sleep."

~ A Week Later ~

"Keiko! You've been moping around all day! What's wrong?" Botan asked, making pancakes.

Keiko smiled slightly, looking away, "I'm fine."

It was a rainy day. The clouds crowded together, forming huge gray ones. Rain splattered against the buildings and the weather matched Keiko's mood.

Ever since Hiei had come into her life, everything seemed exciting and new.

After breakfast, Keiko went up to her room to change. She was going to go shopping with Botan at the mall.

She needed to get her mind off Hiei. Though everything seemed to remind her of him! The rain. When she told him about her past, it was raining, just like today.

When Keiko went up the steps to change, she went into her closet and saw her clothing, her heart swelled up again.

The color black made her think of Hiei again. And so did the color blue and white. The colors of his hair.

Keiko shook her head and finally put on a light pink shirt with a blue jean skirt.

Her was pulled up in a high ponytail and she put on a pair of white sneakers.

Keiko met Botan at the front of the building and Botan started cracking up. "Since when has Keiko been in pink?"

She smiled and laughed a little, "I don't know."

They grabbed there umbrella's and ran out into the pelting rain.

Since the mall was close by, they were only out for a few minutes.

Browsing through the stores, Keiko looked at various clothing. Skirts, t-shirts, blouses, jeans. Inside she felt empty. Nothing around her felt alive, if that even made sense.

Till she saw Yukina. She stood out in front of people in her ale sea-green dress.

Keiko approached her slowly, asking, "Are you Miss Yukina?"

She looked startled and Keiko noticed she had the same crimson-red eyes as Hiei. Another pang in her heart.

"Uh.. yes. I am." She said in a quiet gentle voice. It was like music bells, tinkling together. "Do I know you?"

"Ummm... no, but I know your twin brother, Hiei." Keiko nervously said.

She smiled and nodded. "You must be that woman he had his mind on."

Keiko stared at her, shocked at what she just said. "What... do you ...... mean..?"

"Oh, well. When we talked, his eyes had a small twinkle. Like someone special had entered his heart. When I talked to him long ago, his voice sounded like him. But when I met up with him and actually saw him, he sounded different. More happy." Yukina slowly said smiling gently.

Keiko slowly backed away, her heart racing like the night he told her he loved her.

She slowly said, "I have to uhh....... Go somewhere. I'll uhhhh.... Talk to you later."

Yukina nodded, and turned away.

Keiko ran through the crowd of the people, her mind, her heart on one thing.

Running out into the rain, she lifted her head up to the sky, her eyes closing. She knew what she had been missing. Missing practically her whole life.

The rain washed over her body, her hair turning wet.

She ran, not caring who stared at her or yelled.

Keiko reached the building, knocking, pounding on the door.

The door opened and Keiko was face to face with Hiei. Without thinking, she reached for him, hugging him tightly and kissed him.

Author note - good or bad? Bad probably right? Oh well, hope you liked it!!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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