Kuwabara woke up again after a few hours, this time in a cold sweat. Looking over through the glass of the window he saw that the sun had gone down some, but it was still light outside. The flowers and trees swayed with a breeze that he couldn't see, and he could hear the faint sounds of birds from where he lay, although the loud throbbing in his head was doing a good job of trying to cover it.

"Ugh…" The red-haired nigen tried once again to sit up, then winced and stopped. Okay, bad idea. Shifting himself he lifted the blanket a little and looked down at the bandages wrapped around his middle before cringing and staring back up towards the ceiling.

"How long is this supposed to hurt," he asked himself quietly, slowly running a hand through his fine curls and closing his eyes again. Man, he'd kill for a bottle of grease right about now- that and some food.

Maybe he should call Genkai. No, he could wait. She'll probably come in to check on him soon anyway.

He sighed quietly and returned his gaze to look outside, feeling really stupid for being stuck here, not even being able to get up. He hated feeling vulnerable.

Just then he blinked, seeing something black in the tree not too far out in the garden. But then, it was gone. Well, Urameshi and Kurama were here, so it might've been Hiei.

"Wonder why he didn't come say hi…or 'hey fool', somethin. At least come in to insult me," he said with a snicker, rubbing both temples with the thumb and middle finger of his hand before he groaned and let his arm drop back down to his side. "He's probably ticked at me anyway."

He knew Hiei didn't want him to marry his sister, but it's not like that was going to stop him. Ever since he found out that the midget was Yukina's brother he'd noticed that Hiei was always watching him, just waiting for him to mess up.

"Well guess what shorty boy, I'm not gonna mess up! You hear me? This is the one thing I'm going to do right," Kuwabara said, his hands tightening into fists as he stared defiantly out the window.

It had to have been him, the one that attacked him. Who else could move that fast, or have any reason to try and kill him? The redhead was positive, Hiei wanted to see him dead because he loved his sister.

As he thought to himself he didn't notice that the rice paper door opened until he heard it close, and turning his head slightly, expecting to see Genkai, he blinked a few times, then broke into a wide grin as his ice princess stood before him.

"Hey Yukina-san," he blurted out, somehow finding the strength to sit up, not realizing that it hurt until his back was up against the wall and his hands were braced on both sides of him to keep him from toppling over. But he held back the wince, feeling his face blushing as he saw her smiling back at him, and that was enough to take the pain away. "How's it goin?"

"Are…are you alright Kazuma," the koorime asked slowly, walking up to the bed and placing a bowl onto the small table before she sat down on her knees and a worried look in her eyes.

"Huh? Oh yeah baby I'm fine! Never been better!" Ha, that was an overstatement, he thought to himself as he grinned and lifted a hand to rub the back of his head, laughing through his teeth and the pain. "Only a little tired is all, no big deal."

Yukina shook her head a little bit with a quiet giggle, leaning up and putting one of her small hands over his as she looked at the bandages at his stomach, not needing to move the blanket because it slid down to his lap when he sat up so quickly.

"You don't need to pretend that it doesn't hurt koi," she said softly, smiling a bit more as she saw his blush redden across his face.

He was so sweet, always saying he was fine just so she wouldn't worry…

"Well, I guess it kinda stings every now and then," the nigen admitted sheepishly, shifting again and lifting a knee as the other leg stretched out, "just when I move around and stuff though."

"I see."

"So what's that," he asked, looking over towards the bowl and the green grass-looking contents inside of it.

Yukina blinked, then smiled a little and turned to pick it up. "Some herbs, they're for numbing away pain…but I guess since you don't really need them I can just take them back…"

Kuwabara paused, then sweatdropped and laughed, rubbing the back of his neck and wincing in the process. "Um…y'know, how about I take those anyway? I don't want anything to go to waste of course, eh heh."

His fiancé giggled softly and nodded, then got off of her knees and sat on the edge of the bed, placing the bowl in her lap. "Alright then, if you insist Kazuma."

Being very careful, the small ice maiden took the herbs and softly spread them over the bandages, not pressing them on too hard with her tiny fingers so as not to hurt him, smiling a bit as the redhead watched.

"So you just like, put em on there huh," he asked, only being used to the kinds of medicines that you had to take by mouth or had to put directly on the injury.

"Hai," she answered quietly, her eyes focused on what she was doing but her face still sweet. "They sink in to the material and the healing agents help keep the wound from becoming infected, along with numbing the pain."

"Oh."

He was about to ask when it should start kicking in, but before he could even open his mouth he twitched, feeling a pulsing tingling feeling spreading throughout his body, almost like it was asleep. "Whoa…that's fast."

Kuwabara then blushed as Yukina laughed and nodded her head, putting the bowl back onto the table. "Well that's why I used it koi," she said simply, looking back up at him with shining ruby eyes. "I'm so sorry that this happened…"

"Yeah, but it's okay. I mean I'm still alive right?" Yeah, -that's- the positive way to go, he thought to himself, holding back the urge to smack himself in the head.

She agreed with a silent nod, and seeing her eyes start to water the teen blinked and sat up a little more, surprised that he couldn't feel anything down at his middle, tilting his head to the side. "Hey, it's okay honey, I'm fine, remember? There's nothing to worry about…"

With a sniff the koorime nodded and shook her head, running a knuckle under her eyes. "I know, but it just scared me so much. I thought…I though that you were going to…to…"

He didn't let her finish, leaning forward and wrapping his arms around her, pulling her against him and closing his eyes as she buried her face into his shoulder and started to cry, her own small arms moving around his neck just as tightly. "Shhh…its okay Yukina-san. It's okay."

And as small white tear gems began to drop down onto the soft sheets of the bed with quiet 'tinks', the two stayed like that for a long while, and as Kuwabara held his love he never opened his eyes, feeling something sliding down his own cheek…