Fugen: I'M SO SORRYYYYYY! Forgive me! Forgive me! (begging uncontrollably) I'm so sorry that I didn't update sooner!!! But I warned you all, y'know, and it's partially my computer's fault! It kept on flashing the 'Cannot find server' sign at me all day yesterday!
Hiei: What're you wailing for? No one missed you.
Fugen: (SOB) WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chapter 6: Bed Time
Okay. Play time was bad. Lunch time was worse. Bath time was indescribable. Story time...well, we'll skip over that. Looking back on those things, NO ONE thought that bed time would be in any way easy.
And really, who could blame them?
But so far, so good. They had managed to get Hiei into bed as well as Kurama. That had been the good part. The bad part consisted of two parts. 1.) Hiei was fooling around with the blankets, with absolutely NO trace of sleepiness in him, which meant that it was very unlikely that he would be asleep soon, thus saving Kuwabara from further injury. 2.) Kurama had turned partway into human form (as in little baby but still with the ears and tail), and was even more frisky than ever, glomping Hiei at every given opportunity (which was, like, every other second). More surprised rather than annoyed at these attacks, Hiei fought back, which resulted in a sort of wrestling match that turned the bed into a place of chaos.
NO ONE was optimistic.
"Well, we tried lullabies," Keiko said.
"Which, I might point out, got Hiei so annoyed that he nearly burned the freakin' house down," Yusuke put in.
"We tried rocking them to sleep," Botan said.
"Which got Hiei nauseous," Yusuke pointed out.
"We tried getting them to eat so that they'd feel sleepy," Shizuru murmured absently. (A/N: It happens to me sometimes when I eat a lot! )
"Which ended up in a food fight," Yusuke moaned, remembering.
"We even tried BORING them to sleep!" Botan wailed.
"I think we actually ended up making them think we were freaks or something by doing that," Yusuke muttered.
(A/N: [hushed documentary type voice] In the wild, there is a species called 'lions'. Among those creatures, a single male dominates the rest of the pride (pack/herd), which consists mostly of females and possibly a younger male or two. We now take this moment to censor the viewing part of the example of the hierarchy being reversed. We will not, however, censor the vocal sounds for the sake of the viewers, er, readers.)
"WOULD YOU STOP DOING THAT ALREADY?!!"
"Will ya stop beating me up already?! OW!"
"WE'RE HAVING A HARD ENOUGH TIME AS IT IS!"
"HELL, WE'RE HELPING YOU, YA UNGRATEFUL LOSER! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE APPRECIATING US, YOU LAZY, NO GOOD BASTARD!"
As all this went on, Hiei watched, fascinated by the level and amount of injury being inflicted, not paying attention to Kurama's latest glomp attack. Of course, Kurama was not one to be ignored, much less unnoticed when glomping. Looking sulky, Kurama glared at the big creatures that were fully distracting Hiei's attention away from him. How dare they do that? How could they? Kurama's ears drooped and his tail stopped flailing happily. His whole body fell into a slump.
That was when Hiei finally did notice. He suddenly felt strange. Where was the weight that had just been throwing itself onto him every other second? Where was the hand that liked so much to run itself through his hair? Where were the arms that always held him round the middle as if to break him in two? Where was the soft furry tail that kept on stroking him at intervals? And where oh WHERE was the cuddling cheek and licking tongue? Hiei looked around and immediately saw a depressed, sulking Kurama curled up next to him. Curious as to why Kurama was like that, Hiei patted Kurama on the head to get his attention.
And get Kurama's attention he did. Kurama's head shot up and a bright, happy look lit up his face when he saw that Hiei was no longer focused on the beating that was still going on. Better yet, Hiei's attention seemed to be completely focused on him!
Overjoyed, Kurama flung himself onto Hiei, who let out a startled cry. No one heard it, however, as Yusuke was still receiving his just rewards. Er, I mean, um, no, I-I don't mean rewards, I mean, er...Ah, hell with it. He's still getting beat up by the girls, okay? Except for Yukina. She started this chapter by standing at the door, and she's still there. She's just frozen in a state of shock.
At last, the girls got tired of beating up on Yusuke (for it somehow seemed strangely much too easy) and glanced over at the bed.
"WHAT?!!! HOW?!!!!!"
Hiei and Kurama were curled up together in bed, asleep, the blanket over them both. There was no sign of chaos whatsoever. Instead, they looked like innocent (cough), well-behaved (hack), angelic (choke), and adorable (hai! Who agrees with me?) little babies. At that moment Hiei turned over onto his back, one arm flung out. Unconsciously Kurama snuggled closer, hugging Hiei to him as if Hiei was a chibi doll.
(A/N: [hushed documentary type voice] we now observe what we call in the wild 'infant irresistibility syndrome'. And, of course, I just made that up, but hey, which one of you is actually gonna disagree with me? Especially with Hiei and Kurama!)
Owari (perhaps...this is not the end after all...just perhaps...there is still more...)
Fugen: Oops. Forgot to do the thank yous. Sorry, but Hiei was just being so MEAN!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
To SeaHorse10: You're welcome! And trust me, you're not alone when wondering when the hell they're gonna make a Kurama-kit doll. I WANT ONE!!!
To Yu Yu Fan: Thanks for the compliments! Yes, feelings can be VERY deep rooted. Either that, or Hiei has really good instincts...or Kuwabara radar...one of those things.
To Bar-Ohki: Go, Hiei, woooo! Heh, heh. Sorry. Got outta control. But please, do you REALLY want to know what mischief will come up next? With Hiei, it could be ANYTHING.
To Kurama and Hiei's Lover: So sorry if I'm updating real slowly, but if you read the warnings on my other chapters, you'd know that I'm having a hard time finding some to work on this fic! Glad you like the story!
To What2callmyself: (foreign accent) No, no. Zey are not leetle terrohrs, zey are zust being berry true to zeir true selves. Zat is my theory. And as to your Kurama question, how do you like my answer?
To tbiris: Happy to know that you love it! Even happier to know that I've caught yet another reviewer!
To Tifa16: I like that Home Alone movie. And as for gold, think I can make platinum? Don't worry about reviewing a lot. I like it when you do!
To jus Kita: I love your long reviews! They're like mini-fics themselves, and just as kawaii! Plus you make my imagination go into overdrive. (imagines Kurama/Hiei melting into a puddle when the other smiles at them). Heh, heh.
To KitsuneAkai13: Yes, Hiei and Kurama are very smart when they're put together aren't they? Or perhaps...they are TOO smart... (Jaws theme song) Kuwabaras beware!
To Silothiel: Now, now, we MUST give some credit to Kurama-chan (although he basically did nothing other than encourage Hiei on and cuddle him). But yes, most credit is due to Hiei-chan.
To Kumori Sakusha formerly Saelbu: If they're adorable now, just imagine if there were two guys just like that in real life! There goes my plans to remain single...