yeah!i finally get to update!(long story short,spyware got into my comp.,but now its pretty much fixed)

=-=!!!?!!!now,i know theres not been muchstuff happening besides

romance stuff,but gimme time,i make this as i go along!...now,on with the story!

Ch16AThingCalledLove

(Hiei's p.o.v)

I stayed awake most of the night,listening to Raiko's soft breathing. At the

moment,her back was to me,her body pressed lightly against mine. My hand

was still around her,it moving up and down with her breathing. It was starting

to become morning,bits of morning light stretched across the floor,but

the drapes captured the rest.

I sighed,thinking about what happened last night,how sad and broken she looked,

but mostly,how scared. I know that there was something shes hiding from us,

something she isn't telling us,but maybe she doesn't even know what that is.

Suddenly,I felt her turn over,her face now inches away from mine. I

blushed. I had never really felt this urge before,but all of a sudden,I

just wanted to,...,touch her,to run my hand over her face,her body.It was

one of the strangest things I had ever felt in my life,but at the same time,

I don't know.

Then,as I looked up,towards her eyes,they were open,looking at me with a gentle

smile.

"Good morning,Hiei.",she said in no more than a whisper.

"Good Morning,...,Raiko",I said back with no more voice than hers.

I saw her start to get up,but,then,I pulled her back down.

"Hiei wha-",I put a finger over her mouth,and then pulled it away.

She gave me another smile,but I could see her questioning behind it. I

pulled her close to me.If we would had moved at all,we would have

touched lips,but then.....

"WAKEY,WAKEY,EGGS AND BAKEY!",KuwaBAKA shouted as he

threw open the door. I quickly pulled up,but not near fast enough.

Kuwabara stood there wide-eyed. Then he ran down stairs screaming,

"GUYS!GUYS!!"

I saw Raiko smile weakly,more of a half-smile really.

"I think....we need to go downstairs,or you get a shirt...at least...",she

said softly,a light blush tainting her semi-pale face. Then I noticed

something. Her eyes,there was almost no blue in them,just mainly a

gold color,but I didn't say anything,since it was probably just the light

playing a trick on my eyes.

I saw her slip into the bathroom,so I got up and picked up my shirt

from the ground. Then I remembered the cut I had left on her neck,I wondered

if she knew how to bandage it. I was about to throw open the door,

but I stopped myself and knocked instead.

"Let-....Can..I come in?",I asked,stumbling on the words.

"Sure.Do you need something?" she asked. I didn't answer,I just opened the

door.

She had a hair brush in her hand,gently pulling its bristles along her hair.

I noticed the scar immediatly,but she hadn't yet.I saw her look over at me,

curiousity filling her still golden looking eyes.

"Hm?What do you need Hiei?",she said,half-way raising an eyebrow.

"Sit down." I told her.

"Huh?Where?Why?",she asked.

"On the bed,,just do it.",I told her.

She gave me a VERY confused look,but did as I told her.

(in the kitchen)

"I SWEAR,they were IN BED.....TOGETHER!THEY SLEPT TOGETHER!

If I hadn't come in,they probably woulda started kissin!I swear!!"

"Now Kuwabara,you know Hiei.He would never do ANYTHING even

closly related to that." Keiko said matter-of-factly.

"I wouldn't underestimate him,he has been quite protective of her,even so,

I doubt they would've slept together in the way your impling it." Kurama

said with as knowing of a smile as Yusuke,for he was starting to catch on.

"You think what you want to,but I still think that they've got a lil sompin

goin on,if you catch my flow."

(everyone sweatdrops....)

(back in room still hiei p.o.v)

I grabbed the bandages from the floor,and walked around the bed to her.

"Whats those for?",she said,eyeing them suspiciously.

"Your neck.",I said regretingly.

Before she said anything else,I had one loop half way around her neck.

"Pull up your hair." I told her.

She obeyed,pulling it up with one hand like a pony-tail. I finished wrapping

the bandages around her neck and pulled back. She sat there silent for

a moment,then she whispered,

"Thank you,...,for everything Hiei....I don't know,what I...would do without..you."

donedonedone!wee!well,I would type more,but todays my grannys b-day,

so =-=! r&r!!! for any more info,e-mail me or ask me in the review!

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