"How dare he? First, he neglects to tell me he got another mission, again! And then I come in and he's cuddling with Touya? WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THAT?! And does that mean he's gay? If he's gay, what does that say about me? He had better just be Bi; otherwise he's really dead, instead of just kind of dead. And he had his shirt off! And Touya in his lap like some sort of really fucked up Santa Claus! What does Touya want for Christmas, a few new toys huh?" Keiko muttered.
She was pretty much just wandering, though she finally decided on where to go. "I'll go see Yukina. Maybe she can tell me something about them. And maybe Atsuko-san. I'll have to track her down sometime when she's not drunk," she declared, and made her way to Genkai's temple. Yusuke had a lot of explaining to do, not as though Keiko would listen if he did. At least not for a few weeks.
"Oh SHIT!" Yusuke yelled, hopping up as he saw Touya waver and fall. He wasn't able to get over to Touya soon enough, however, and the unconscious Ice demon fell most unluckily onto the open door of the oven.
((A/N, as I believe is standard, the door opens downwards for Yusuke's oven, So Touya is, in essence, laying on REALLY hot metal. Which can't be good for his complexion. -))
Streams of expletives in any language that readily came to mind flew from Yusuke's mouth as he quickly tugged Touya off the oven. I'm glad he's wearing all those layers of shirts and stuff he had when I first met him instead of the jeans and t-shirts I lent him. Yusuke thought hurriedly.
He pulled Touya's body into his arms, trying to hold him in a way that would be as comfortable to both of them as possible. Panicking, it didn't even occur to Yusuke to rub some aloe on Touya's burns, even though the bottle he had been using was right on the table. Instead, he headed straight out the door to Genkai's were Yukina was. He hoped desperately she could wake Touya, as he awkwardly searched for a pulse in Touya's wrist as he ran.
Keiko entered Genkai's temple and saw Yukina stoking a fire at the hearth. Kuwabara and Kurama sat laughing next to her, and Hiei, as usual, made a fine window decoration.
"Yukina, did you happen to notice anything funny between Touya and Yusuke lately?" Keiko asked, not bothering to be too discreet. If Yusuke was bi, that was tough for him. It would be hilarious to watch Kuwabara and Hiei mock him.
Yukina frowned; she hadn't expected that! "Beyond Touya being extremely clingy, not really. He was pretty disconsolate when he and the others left I suppose, and he was real upset about Yusuke's burns, though we all were."
Hiei briefly interrupted- "Speak for yourself. He should have gotten worse for being so careless. Although I suppose I should have too." Hiei looked contemplatively at his hand, still strangely red and shiny, especially compared with the rest of his pale, dull skin. ((To larka-san and anyone who's read "Old Man and the Sea" – "Darn you hand!" Hmmm, no jellyfish to call a whore here though... LOL ok-done))
Yukina frowned and made Hiei's trademark noise. "Hn. At any rate, I don't know Touya well enough to suppose whether his attachment is anything beyond gratitude and his need for someone to help protect him from whoever must have raped him. And even if I did know him better, he's probably going through some major changes in the way he thinks and acts after something like that."
"I guess." Keiko said quietly. "That still doesn't explain Yusuke's behavior." She muttered.
"What?" asked Kuwabara. He snickered. "What was Yusuke doing to bring up such a question? Huh?"
Keiko grimaced. "I went to his house to apologize to him, or let him apologize to me, and I walked into the kitchen and-"
Keiko was cut off as the door slammed open and Yusuke tumbled in with Touya in his arms. "Yukina, he just fainted! I don't know why he just! All of a sudden he was on the ground! Well, not really the ground, see, he fell on the oven door, so he's all burnt and god, what happened, why did he faint?" Yusuke cried as he set Touya down and Yukina scrambled over to him.
"Kuwabara, run go get me some bandages and aloe!" she yelled, gently placing a hand on Touya's neck to find a pulse. Successful, she found his breathing rate was normal too. "Touya, wake up, don't you do this to us," she mumbled, patting his cheek gently. Although this cheek was unburned, it was still marked red with someone's handprint-Jin's, though they didn't know it. It was the only remaining mark of what had happened and it had never faded.
Kuwabara returned with Yukina's basketful of gauze bandages and a jar of aloe Yukina had prepared herself. "Here." Kuwabara said, setting down the basket and jar right next to her.
Yusuke was still sobbing when Keiko commented hatefully, "What, were you too B hard /B on your new toy? Reunion get a little too rough??"
Yusuke looked up at her astounded. "What are you talking about?" he asked.
"What, you two aren't lovers now? You looked damn cozy to me when I walked in on you two!" Keiko said, her voice raising an octave.
Kuwabara and Hiei's ears perked up a little, and Yukina shook her head. Touya was lying unconscious and apparently all Keiko could think about was Yusuke's sexual orientation? Of course, Kuwabara and Hiei were eager to find dirt on Yusuke so they both were just tons of help to her as well. At least Kurama was trying to help; he had mumbled something about making some sort of restorative quickly from her herb store before walking to her storage room, presumably to do as he said.
Yukina began looking to Touya's burns, knowing that since Touya's condition was stable, there wasn't much else she could do until Kurama returned with something to help wake Touya up.
"What? You thought- Of course not! It's just that his touch made me feel better. AHH! That sounded bad, I mean, it helped the burning to go away... 'Cuz he's linked with ice, I guess," was Yusuke's fumbling response.
"Sure Yusuke," Keiko said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
Yukina finally interrupted. "If you two need to sort out your domestic problems, please go somewhere else until you're done."
Keiko scowled. "No, I think I'll go. I hope your boyfriend feels better, Yusuke." Hiei and Kuwabara grinned. Touya continued to lie like the dead. Except breathing.... And with a pulse.... ((STOP MOCKING ME! LOL))