"Hn, Kitsune no baka, get up now." Hiei demanded, impatiently.
"Well it's nice to see you too, Hiei, I see the sun has done you well." Kurama yawned as he sat up. It was true, the demon was tanned more than last time he visited Kurama. But of course Kurama would be the first to notice.
"Hn, I'm not joking around, Kurama." Hiei glared coldly as he sat on the fox's bed. Kurama dismissed the comment. If he knew anything about Hiei, it would be his stubbornness. He glanced Hiei up and down and frowned a bit.
"Boots," he said simply, pointing a slender finger down to the jaganshi's feet. Hiei gave a sour face that made him look adorable. But was soon replaced by another cute feature, the scowl. He crossed his arms securely in front of his chest.
"Did your ears clog up as well as your brain, fox? I told you we need to TALK!" Hiei snarled coldly.
"We'll talk after you take your boots off." Kurama gave a secret smile but soon found it fading away at the emotion in the dark crimson eyes.
"Hn. I'm NOT staying that long Kurama..." Kurama shivered at the tone.
The fox blinked. "What? Hiei, what's going on here?"
"You've been hiding something from me, something called 'feelings'." Hiei replied, getting straight to the point.
Kurama blinked again in slight confusion. "I-I don't know what you're talking about Hiei..." He said, turning away from the demon.
"So now you lie to me? I don't like being lied too, nor played with."
"What?" What could have brought this up all of the sudden? Hiei was always a straightforward type of person but this...
"Well is it true or not, fox, I'm tired of waiting." Hiei's crimson eyes pierced into Kurama's emerald. The redhead felt himself hesitate.
"I'm losing my patience..." The jaganshi warned, grinding his teeth slightly.
"W-well, I don't know, I mean..." Kurama's words were jumbled in his mouth as well as his mind. Then he decided, probably the worst thing he could say ever.
"N-no I don't Hiei." But he did! Oh he did love him so much. He could never tell Hiei, never. Then he'd be alone, all alone, with his broken heart to mend.
Hiei frowned, and shook his head. "Then you can have this thing back." He said, handing Kurama sheets of worn pieces of paper. Kurama felt his breath catch in his throat.
"There, now all I have to do is...give it to him." Kurama said, smiling sadly at the note that confessed everything to Hiei. "He'd kill me if he were ever to find it."
He considered tossing it, though he would have wasted fifteen sheets of paper. But he thought better of it and placed it under the coaster on his dresser.
'Who am I kidding?' Kurama thought as he tried to get comfortable in his bed. 'He'll never think of me that way, I'm just dreaming.' Then with the last thought, he fell asleep.
That night Kurama slept soundly, so much, in fact, that he did not notice the yokai at his open window.
"I found it there," Hiei pointed to the mahogany dresser. Kurama felt his throat tighten. He already knew! Of course he did! He wouldn't have brought it up otherwise.
"Hn, I guess I was right, nothing but a pack of lies. You really think you can use me to your advantage, don't you? Well you can forget that fox. From now on, keep your distant, or you might find yourself wishing you were never born. And believe me Kurama, I'll make sure of that." Hiei growled through gritted teeth.
"And I told you I wouldn't be staying long." With that, he stood up and walked over to the window. Quietly he looked back to a stunned Kurama, pausing for a moment. He was giving him a chance to explain, to take back what he said. But Kurama make a lot of mistakes that night, and this chance was in vain.
Kurama felt his heart rip and shred as the space that was once occupied by the jaganshi was now empty. He had missed his chance of happiness that night, and it was that night that would eat his soul, little by little.