Chapter 7
Dark and Darker
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Botan and the mystery boy walked from the lobby to the back of the hotel where there was a split pathway one way that lead to the pool/beach and the other path through the park and city. "Which way?" Botan asked her new acquaintance as they came to the fork in the path.
"How about through the park? I've seen the beach so many times. That is if you don't mind going that way." he asked her "by the way I never got to ask you your name." he said flashing his violet eyes her way
"Botan." She said, she could feel her stomachache vanish in his gaze.
"My name is Nozomi." His eyes flashed grey for a moment but Botan did not see it. "I meant to ask you...who was that guy you were hiding from?"
"Oh that was..."She was debating whether or not to tell him, after all Kurama had fought a demon earlier and this Nozomi could very well be another one. "A...friend" she sighed it pained her to say just friend, but what else could she call Hiei, every time he tried to mark her he was interrupted. 'For the best I suppose...he won't love me when I become human again.'
"Oh" he said as they continued to walk through the darkness.
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"Hiei?" Kurama asked slipping from Star's grasp and walking to the balcony to see his friend. "Are you..."
"I'm fine fox." he spat and Kurama looked in the direction Hiei was looking
"Is that..."
"Yes it is and she is with someone else." Hiei said with distain
"Oh, Hiei I know she loves you and you know it too so don't worry." Kurama said, "Did you..." Kurama cleared his throat, embarrassed to ask. "Mark her?"
"I never go the chance to." Hiei said and flitted into the darkness to keep a better eye on Botan.
Kurama shook his head and held on the railing 'I hope this is innocent, I shudder to think of what Hiei might do to him...them' Kurama thought
"What is it?" came a tired voice
"Nothing, don't worry." Kurama turned to see Star sitting up staring at him with sleepy eyes, Kurama chuckled slightly "go back to sleep." he said
"But, I can't sleep...please come back to bed." she practically begged him with puppy dog eyes and a pouty lip. Kurama walked back to her and wrapped his arms around her. He kissed her lips and they fell asleep.
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It was midnight when Hiei came back. He gave up looking for Botan and went back to the room to wait for her. He rested against a wall and fell asleep waiting for her.
"Oh no." Botan ran into the elevator
"What is it?" Nozomi asked her as he caught up with her.
"It is so late I should have been be hours ago." Botan yelled frantically. As the elevator doors closed.
"So." Nozomi said "do you have a curfew? Are you not on vacation?" he asked her
"Yes but...how can I put this, my friends are well over protective and if I don't go back soon I would worry them." She said
"Well, Botan I had fun." Nozomi said coming to his floor "hope to walk with you tomorrow." he said and was gone.
"Yeah." Botan said as the door closed. When Botan got to the floor she crept quietly into the girls room, but it did not really matter which door since the third door inside connected both rooms. She did not want to risk waking the guys... especially Hiei.
"Darkness is a great cover up, isn't that right Onna?" Hiei's voice rang in and she jumped
"Hiei! Shh you'll wake everyone." she whispered
"I don't care! You come back as if you did nothing wrong." He said
"I just went for a walk, Baka." she said mocking him
"Stop this madness, what the hell is going on with you? You are frequently in pain, you runaway form your friends, you runaway from simple questions, you runaway from me..." he finished
"Hiei I-there..." Botan was not ready to tell him yet she tried to "run away" but Hiei grabbed her and pulled her out onto the balcony and shut the door
"Not this time. You will not get away!" Hiei said forcefully "if there is something you need to tell me then do it now." he said
"Hiei, I would tell you if there was something wrong." Botan said and with that she opened the balcony door and walked to her bed. She was half hopping that Hiei would join her, like times before but he didn't. How could she blame him, she was hiding something so very important form the one she could trust unconditionally.
Dark and Darker
)()()()Right kind of wrong?)()()()(
Botan and the mystery boy walked from the lobby to the back of the hotel where there was a split pathway one way that lead to the pool/beach and the other path through the park and city. "Which way?" Botan asked her new acquaintance as they came to the fork in the path.
"How about through the park? I've seen the beach so many times. That is if you don't mind going that way." he asked her "by the way I never got to ask you your name." he said flashing his violet eyes her way
"Botan." She said, she could feel her stomachache vanish in his gaze.
"My name is Nozomi." His eyes flashed grey for a moment but Botan did not see it. "I meant to ask you...who was that guy you were hiding from?"
"Oh that was..."She was debating whether or not to tell him, after all Kurama had fought a demon earlier and this Nozomi could very well be another one. "A...friend" she sighed it pained her to say just friend, but what else could she call Hiei, every time he tried to mark her he was interrupted. 'For the best I suppose...he won't love me when I become human again.'
"Oh" he said as they continued to walk through the darkness.
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"Hiei?" Kurama asked slipping from Star's grasp and walking to the balcony to see his friend. "Are you..."
"I'm fine fox." he spat and Kurama looked in the direction Hiei was looking
"Is that..."
"Yes it is and she is with someone else." Hiei said with distain
"Oh, Hiei I know she loves you and you know it too so don't worry." Kurama said, "Did you..." Kurama cleared his throat, embarrassed to ask. "Mark her?"
"I never go the chance to." Hiei said and flitted into the darkness to keep a better eye on Botan.
Kurama shook his head and held on the railing 'I hope this is innocent, I shudder to think of what Hiei might do to him...them' Kurama thought
"What is it?" came a tired voice
"Nothing, don't worry." Kurama turned to see Star sitting up staring at him with sleepy eyes, Kurama chuckled slightly "go back to sleep." he said
"But, I can't sleep...please come back to bed." she practically begged him with puppy dog eyes and a pouty lip. Kurama walked back to her and wrapped his arms around her. He kissed her lips and they fell asleep.
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It was midnight when Hiei came back. He gave up looking for Botan and went back to the room to wait for her. He rested against a wall and fell asleep waiting for her.
"Oh no." Botan ran into the elevator
"What is it?" Nozomi asked her as he caught up with her.
"It is so late I should have been be hours ago." Botan yelled frantically. As the elevator doors closed.
"So." Nozomi said "do you have a curfew? Are you not on vacation?" he asked her
"Yes but...how can I put this, my friends are well over protective and if I don't go back soon I would worry them." She said
"Well, Botan I had fun." Nozomi said coming to his floor "hope to walk with you tomorrow." he said and was gone.
"Yeah." Botan said as the door closed. When Botan got to the floor she crept quietly into the girls room, but it did not really matter which door since the third door inside connected both rooms. She did not want to risk waking the guys... especially Hiei.
"Darkness is a great cover up, isn't that right Onna?" Hiei's voice rang in and she jumped
"Hiei! Shh you'll wake everyone." she whispered
"I don't care! You come back as if you did nothing wrong." He said
"I just went for a walk, Baka." she said mocking him
"Stop this madness, what the hell is going on with you? You are frequently in pain, you runaway form your friends, you runaway from simple questions, you runaway from me..." he finished
"Hiei I-there..." Botan was not ready to tell him yet she tried to "run away" but Hiei grabbed her and pulled her out onto the balcony and shut the door
"Not this time. You will not get away!" Hiei said forcefully "if there is something you need to tell me then do it now." he said
"Hiei, I would tell you if there was something wrong." Botan said and with that she opened the balcony door and walked to her bed. She was half hopping that Hiei would join her, like times before but he didn't. How could she blame him, she was hiding something so very important form the one she could trust unconditionally.