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Drama: Shut up, Hiei

Fire Is Like Ice- Ch. 4 : Rivers and Ribbons

Yusuke sighed. It wasn't that he was upset or anything, but he was BORED. It was raining, so he couldn't go out(Keiko took the car and the umberella) and there was ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do inside. The last time he tried cooking the stove blew up, the last time he tried to do the laundry the dryer blew up, and there was nothing to watch on TV except for soap operas.

So here is Yusuke, staring at the window pane, bored out of his mind.

Then he realized.................... that the window was staring back!

"WHAT THE HELL?!!!!!"

He jumped up and opened the window, oblivious to the fact the tons of water was soaking him and the carpet, hand ready to shoot his rei-gun.

"Baka."

Yusuke blinked and lowered his hand. "Hiei?"

"Hn."

Yusuke rolled his eyes. That was Hiei alright.

Hiei scowled. "Are you letting me in or not?"

Yusuke stepped aside to let Hiei in.

The hi-youkai smirked.

Yusuke noticed the smirk with some agittation. "What?"

Hiei, smirk still present, pointed to the water seeping through the carpet. "Keiko's gonna have your ass for that."

Yusuke looked down, eyes widening as he saw the puddle being absorbed by the carpet. "Dammit!"

And with that he ran to get a towel.

Upon thinking about it, he got three towels. One for him to clean the carpet, the other for Hiei to clean the carpet, and the last for Hiei himself because he too was soaking wet.

Yusuke re-entered the room, throwing two towels at Hiei.

Hiei sighed. "I take it you want me to help you."

Yusuke nodded with a chuckle. "Yup."

So, the two cleaned the carpet, Yusuke because he didn't wast his ass kicked by his wife, and Hiei because, well..............just because.

After they were done, Yusuke, still being wet from opening the window, went to go take a shower.

Leaving Hiei by himself.

The youkai looked at the towel Yusuke had given him so he could dry off.

"Hn. Baka."

Really, all Hiei had to do was flare his ki and he'd be dry (apparently, Yusuke forgot this) , so he did just that, also burning the towel that was in his hand.

Sighing, the now bored Youkai walked to the (closed) window.

Looking down, he saw the water flowing down toward the drainage. Staring at it, his mind started to wander.

Funny how rain can make some happy and others miserable. It's strange. When it rains it shows that the world isn't always happy..............but it also seems like the sky is crying. It does tend to rain when horrible things happen. If there is a God, then he must be crying or upset.

"Hiei!"

Hiei jumped two feet in the air, drawing his sword, readying himself to attack.

Yusuke chuckled. "Man, you are way too up-tight! Relax, I was just gonna ask you why you're here."

Glaring at the teen, the Youkai re-sheathed the katana and answered, "Kurama's out with his family, Mukuro's PMS-ing so I'd be dead if I tried to go....... home........ right now........... and like Hell I'd stay at the Baka's house."

Yusuke smiled at Hiei's hesitation to say 'home'.

"Yeah, Hell would freeze over for sure."

An awkward silence had followed their short conversation, Yusuke's attention sarting to get drawn to the rain.

"............Yusuke......."

Yusuke turned to face the small Youkai, a bit worried about the sad tone he had spoken in.

"Yeah.......?"

"You don't have to answere this if you don't want to, but........... do you hate your father?"

Yusuke blinked. "Hiei, I don't have a father."

Hiei averted his eyes to the carpet. "...............If you didn't have a father, you wouldn't be here right now."

Yusuke's eyes hardened slightly. "Oh. That bastard."

He let out a sigh then smiled. ".......No, I don't think I hate him. I mean, it's not like my mother actually loved him anyway. She was just drunk."

Hiei sighed then giggled.

Yusuke stared as Hiei started to laugh outright.

"What the Hell????"

Hiei managed to reach into his cloak and pulled out a snow white kitten with huge green eyes and a little red collar that had a bell on it.

"Dutchess, stop it."

Yusuke blinked repeatedly, wondering if he was hallucinating.

"Hiei, where'd you get furball?"

Hiei gave him a mild glare. "Her name is Dutchess, Yusuke. Not furball."

Yusuke sweatdropped. "Right.......so where'd you get her from?"

Hiei looked adoringly at the kitten. "From Kurama."

Yusuke smiled. "Are you gonna keep her?"

Hiei sighed sadly. "No......."

Yusuke frowned. "How come?"

"I'm going to give her to Yukina."

The half-human smiled again. "Oh, okay."

Once again, there was silence.

"Hey, Hiei?"

"Hn."

"Why'd you ask me about my old man?"

Hiei shrugged and answered, "Just seeing if we could relate."

Yusuke was going to comment on that statement but decided not to. Instead, he pulled a purple ribbon from his pocket and wiggled it, prompting Dutchess to come and play.

Dutchess did so with a little hop off of Hiei's lap and a soft purr.

"Ribbons remind me of the River Styx."

Hiei started at the randomness of Yusuke's statement.

Yusuke laughed. "That was random but I just felt like saying i-"

"Ribbons remind me of teddybears."

Yusuke turned from the purring kitten to Hiei.

"Okay, first of all, I didn't even know you knew what teddybears were, and second, what the Hell? How do ribbons remind you of them?"

Hiei rolled his eyes. "A few weeks ago, Kurama forced me to go with him to the new craft store.....what's it called, Jackson's? Anyway, in one isle, all there was were teddybears and each of them had ribbons."

The half-human chuckled. "I get it."

Once again, silence fell upon them.

"You gonna do anything on the first day of winter?"

Hiei glared. "None of your buisness Ahou."

"Figures."

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