Alrighty then, I hope that that little summery last chapter helped. If not,
well, go back and read the story over from the start or something and pick
up on anything that you missed because I'm not explaining it again!
Swords and Roses, Chapter 12 Trapped by Love
When Kurama woke up the next morning he felt a warm body next to him. A wave of sickness passed through him as he realized who it was. The warmth felt like Hiei's but it was Sky Fire. He could not believe what he had done.
Kurama got dressed as fast as he could and covered Sky Fire up. He messed up the covers on the cot to appear as though they had been slept in. He would not say a word about the incident to Hiei until he had to.
"Jin?" Sky Fire asked sleepily.
"No, I am Kurama. I need to talk to you." Kurama hid the urgency in his voice.
"About what?" Sky Fire was now sitting up and was somewhat awake.
"Last night" Kurama hissed.
"What about it? You helped me feel better, no one has to know." Seeing that this did not ease Kurama's nerves, Sky Fire kept talking. "It was just one little night. No one saw except for us, we both had some fun, no one gets hurt, everyone is a winner."
"Hiei isn't a winner in this situation"
"But what he doesn't know cant hurt you. I know that it isn't morally right or anything like that but in this case it is the best thing. Neither of us were thinking about the consequences, we got away with it, and plus we even learned a lesson. What can be so bad about that. If you are worried about Hiei finding out, there is no need to worry. I can hide stuff from him and you don't need to lie to him."
"I still think that this is wrong, but I will go along with it just this once, just as long as I don't have to lie to Hiei."
"Deal! Now what is for breakfast?"
Sky Fire and Kurama bounded down the stairs. Once Sky Fire had finished eating half his weight in syrup alone they headed off towards the park.
:ELSEWHERE more specifically: the park!:
Hiei had not seen what Kurama had done but he knew as soon as he saw them walking towards him from his tree in the park. Sky Fire was happier and bouncier than he should have been after just breaking up with Jin and Kurama looked sick to his stomach. The two of them tried to act as though nothing had changed but Kurama's guilt ranked second in obviousness only to a neon pink sign half the size of Georgia. Yusuke had probably figured out that something was bugging Kurama by now and Yusuke and Kuwabara were both on the other side of town, to Hiei's knowledge that is. Needless to say, Hiei knew what had happened.
Hiei jumped down out of his tree and reached up for Kurama's face. They shared a passionate kiss. Kurama felt more guilty than before and was near tears. Sky Fire got the message that Hiei was sending by that kiss. Kurama was his and Sky Fire was to back off. This also proved that Hiei, for the third time in the last two paragraphs, had found out what had happened the night before.
Although slightly disappointed, Sky Fire tried to stay happy and bouncy. As can be expected from anyone who had consumed half as much as Sky Fire had, he succeeded with great ease.
After many clear signals to leave and a death threat or two, Sky Fire bounded off to torture small woodland creatures. Hiei took a deep breath and looked at Kurama seriously. His disappointment was clear in his eyes as his steady gaze locked into Kurama's worried eyes.
"Hiei" Kurama managed to squeak out as he looked down at the ground. "I am so sorry, I don't know what came over me!"
"I don't care how sorry you are! You had said." Hiei could not contain his rage
"I know what I said but." Kurama tried to plead but all chances had died away the moment that Hiei had found out.
"You said that it would be something special, just for the two of us. I loved you, I trusted you, you said that you could never do anything to hurt me. You lied." Hiei turned around and began walking in the other direction. Kurama called out to him but Hiei didn't answer
Not far away in the opposite direction that Hiei had walked off in stood a very confused Yusuke. He had seen everything that had happened, mostly the fight. He had missed Hiei and Kurama's kiss. In that way he had very good timing.
Although he did not know everything that had happened, he had a rather clear view of it. Kurama had done something huge to piss Hiei off that much. He wanted to know more but was not willing to go up to Kurama right now. Going to look for Hiei would be as good as suicide.
Kurama sat down on a bench with his hands in his head. He had not noticed Yusuke, even when he walked right by him. He stayed like that with silent tears running down his face until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up hoping to see deep red eyes but quickly found disappointment. Sky Fire was the one who had pulled him out of his trancelike state.
"Kurama," Sky Fire nearly began to cry. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to get your in trouble with Hiei."
"It is as much my fault as yours, lets go home." Kurama faked cheerfulness and led Sky Fire home. When they got home he found that his mother was out working on a special assignment from her boss. He gave Sky Fire some ice cream and listened to everything that had happened when he had been busy arguing with Hiei. Sky Fire had gone back to Jin's apartment. Touya had seen him before he could talk to Jin and had ordered him to go away.
"When I wouldn't leave, he, well. . ." Sky Fire pulled up his sleeve to show Kurama a burse that was forming on the underside of his arm. "And this. . ." He rolled up one of his pants legs. Touya had kicked him hard in the shin. There was a large ugly burse forming there as well. "Jin doesn't like violence even though he enjoys fighting. If Jin was there then this wouldn't have happened."
Kurama now understood why Sky Fire had been near tears when he had come to Kurama. In some show of sympathy, Kurama hugged him as he let his tears escape. Kurama wanted to cry as well but found that tears would just not come. He tried to tell himself that that was because he knew that Hiei would be back. Sadly, he could not convince himself that everything would go back to what it had been.
Once they had finished their frozen treats they watched TV until bed time. Sky Fire was impressed that Kurama knew all of the right buttons to push. Jin had been working on it nearly non stop and was still mostly clueless as to what to do. During the commercials they talked about how everything would soon be perfect in their love lives. Jin would wake up and realize just how stupid Touya was and immediately go back to Sky Fire. Hiei would understand that Kurama had just made one terrible mistake that he really wished he could take back. After that, the two couples would live happily ever after just like in all of the story books.
Kurama crawled into bed wearing only his boxers, just like always. He preferred to sleep like that, most likely something left over from being in his fox form where he wore only the fur that covered him. Sky Fire took his shirt off and belly flopped into his cot. The cot made a terrible squeaking noise and threatened to collapse but held up in the end. They laughed at the sound that it made and Sky Fire turned off the light via telekinesis.
Kurama woke up to a shrill scream. He shot out of bed and looked for the source. Sky Fire was also sitting up in his cot. His face was white as a ghost and covered in sweat.
"Sky Fire, what happened?"
"I had a nightmare. Touya killed Jin in it!" Sky Fire tried to stand up but he was shaking too much. Kurama tried to steady him. "Can I sleep in your bed, I'm really scared because one too many of my bad dreams have turned out to be visions. I don't want to be alone, please!"
It was either the pleading look on Sky Fire's frightened face or the manor in which he was begging that made Kurama cave in. He did remember to warn him that he was not going to do anything other than sleep. He did not even want to be kissed. Sky Fire had agreed but did not keep up the deal.
"Sky Fire!" Kurama hissed. "Stop that and go to sleep. Damn your sex crazed! How did Jin ever put up with you? Sky Fire! I told you to stop that! I mean it! If you don't stop I am sending you back to your own cot!"
Eventually, though no one is sure how, Kurama and Sky Fire both managed to fall asleep. Kurama had fallen asleep first and Sky Fire had huddled close to it for warmth. The effect was that they were in each other's arms. The covers half way up their chests, covering what clothes they were wearing, did nothing to sway any observer towards innocence.
Alright, what do you think? More will happen eventually. La te da de da te da! Whatever
Oh ya, and review please
Swords and Roses, Chapter 12 Trapped by Love
When Kurama woke up the next morning he felt a warm body next to him. A wave of sickness passed through him as he realized who it was. The warmth felt like Hiei's but it was Sky Fire. He could not believe what he had done.
Kurama got dressed as fast as he could and covered Sky Fire up. He messed up the covers on the cot to appear as though they had been slept in. He would not say a word about the incident to Hiei until he had to.
"Jin?" Sky Fire asked sleepily.
"No, I am Kurama. I need to talk to you." Kurama hid the urgency in his voice.
"About what?" Sky Fire was now sitting up and was somewhat awake.
"Last night" Kurama hissed.
"What about it? You helped me feel better, no one has to know." Seeing that this did not ease Kurama's nerves, Sky Fire kept talking. "It was just one little night. No one saw except for us, we both had some fun, no one gets hurt, everyone is a winner."
"Hiei isn't a winner in this situation"
"But what he doesn't know cant hurt you. I know that it isn't morally right or anything like that but in this case it is the best thing. Neither of us were thinking about the consequences, we got away with it, and plus we even learned a lesson. What can be so bad about that. If you are worried about Hiei finding out, there is no need to worry. I can hide stuff from him and you don't need to lie to him."
"I still think that this is wrong, but I will go along with it just this once, just as long as I don't have to lie to Hiei."
"Deal! Now what is for breakfast?"
Sky Fire and Kurama bounded down the stairs. Once Sky Fire had finished eating half his weight in syrup alone they headed off towards the park.
:ELSEWHERE more specifically: the park!:
Hiei had not seen what Kurama had done but he knew as soon as he saw them walking towards him from his tree in the park. Sky Fire was happier and bouncier than he should have been after just breaking up with Jin and Kurama looked sick to his stomach. The two of them tried to act as though nothing had changed but Kurama's guilt ranked second in obviousness only to a neon pink sign half the size of Georgia. Yusuke had probably figured out that something was bugging Kurama by now and Yusuke and Kuwabara were both on the other side of town, to Hiei's knowledge that is. Needless to say, Hiei knew what had happened.
Hiei jumped down out of his tree and reached up for Kurama's face. They shared a passionate kiss. Kurama felt more guilty than before and was near tears. Sky Fire got the message that Hiei was sending by that kiss. Kurama was his and Sky Fire was to back off. This also proved that Hiei, for the third time in the last two paragraphs, had found out what had happened the night before.
Although slightly disappointed, Sky Fire tried to stay happy and bouncy. As can be expected from anyone who had consumed half as much as Sky Fire had, he succeeded with great ease.
After many clear signals to leave and a death threat or two, Sky Fire bounded off to torture small woodland creatures. Hiei took a deep breath and looked at Kurama seriously. His disappointment was clear in his eyes as his steady gaze locked into Kurama's worried eyes.
"Hiei" Kurama managed to squeak out as he looked down at the ground. "I am so sorry, I don't know what came over me!"
"I don't care how sorry you are! You had said." Hiei could not contain his rage
"I know what I said but." Kurama tried to plead but all chances had died away the moment that Hiei had found out.
"You said that it would be something special, just for the two of us. I loved you, I trusted you, you said that you could never do anything to hurt me. You lied." Hiei turned around and began walking in the other direction. Kurama called out to him but Hiei didn't answer
Not far away in the opposite direction that Hiei had walked off in stood a very confused Yusuke. He had seen everything that had happened, mostly the fight. He had missed Hiei and Kurama's kiss. In that way he had very good timing.
Although he did not know everything that had happened, he had a rather clear view of it. Kurama had done something huge to piss Hiei off that much. He wanted to know more but was not willing to go up to Kurama right now. Going to look for Hiei would be as good as suicide.
Kurama sat down on a bench with his hands in his head. He had not noticed Yusuke, even when he walked right by him. He stayed like that with silent tears running down his face until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up hoping to see deep red eyes but quickly found disappointment. Sky Fire was the one who had pulled him out of his trancelike state.
"Kurama," Sky Fire nearly began to cry. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to get your in trouble with Hiei."
"It is as much my fault as yours, lets go home." Kurama faked cheerfulness and led Sky Fire home. When they got home he found that his mother was out working on a special assignment from her boss. He gave Sky Fire some ice cream and listened to everything that had happened when he had been busy arguing with Hiei. Sky Fire had gone back to Jin's apartment. Touya had seen him before he could talk to Jin and had ordered him to go away.
"When I wouldn't leave, he, well. . ." Sky Fire pulled up his sleeve to show Kurama a burse that was forming on the underside of his arm. "And this. . ." He rolled up one of his pants legs. Touya had kicked him hard in the shin. There was a large ugly burse forming there as well. "Jin doesn't like violence even though he enjoys fighting. If Jin was there then this wouldn't have happened."
Kurama now understood why Sky Fire had been near tears when he had come to Kurama. In some show of sympathy, Kurama hugged him as he let his tears escape. Kurama wanted to cry as well but found that tears would just not come. He tried to tell himself that that was because he knew that Hiei would be back. Sadly, he could not convince himself that everything would go back to what it had been.
Once they had finished their frozen treats they watched TV until bed time. Sky Fire was impressed that Kurama knew all of the right buttons to push. Jin had been working on it nearly non stop and was still mostly clueless as to what to do. During the commercials they talked about how everything would soon be perfect in their love lives. Jin would wake up and realize just how stupid Touya was and immediately go back to Sky Fire. Hiei would understand that Kurama had just made one terrible mistake that he really wished he could take back. After that, the two couples would live happily ever after just like in all of the story books.
Kurama crawled into bed wearing only his boxers, just like always. He preferred to sleep like that, most likely something left over from being in his fox form where he wore only the fur that covered him. Sky Fire took his shirt off and belly flopped into his cot. The cot made a terrible squeaking noise and threatened to collapse but held up in the end. They laughed at the sound that it made and Sky Fire turned off the light via telekinesis.
Kurama woke up to a shrill scream. He shot out of bed and looked for the source. Sky Fire was also sitting up in his cot. His face was white as a ghost and covered in sweat.
"Sky Fire, what happened?"
"I had a nightmare. Touya killed Jin in it!" Sky Fire tried to stand up but he was shaking too much. Kurama tried to steady him. "Can I sleep in your bed, I'm really scared because one too many of my bad dreams have turned out to be visions. I don't want to be alone, please!"
It was either the pleading look on Sky Fire's frightened face or the manor in which he was begging that made Kurama cave in. He did remember to warn him that he was not going to do anything other than sleep. He did not even want to be kissed. Sky Fire had agreed but did not keep up the deal.
"Sky Fire!" Kurama hissed. "Stop that and go to sleep. Damn your sex crazed! How did Jin ever put up with you? Sky Fire! I told you to stop that! I mean it! If you don't stop I am sending you back to your own cot!"
Eventually, though no one is sure how, Kurama and Sky Fire both managed to fall asleep. Kurama had fallen asleep first and Sky Fire had huddled close to it for warmth. The effect was that they were in each other's arms. The covers half way up their chests, covering what clothes they were wearing, did nothing to sway any observer towards innocence.
Alright, what do you think? More will happen eventually. La te da de da te da! Whatever
Oh ya, and review please