I actually remember my first time watching E.T. (after I thought about it for a little while). I was really young (3, 4) and at my uncle's house for one of those big ol' family gatherings. In short, I watched it late at night, ALONE, and every once in a while one of my cousins would pop their heads in and scare the shit out of me....

In short: THAT MOVIE SCARES ME!

Ahem, onto the chapter...

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Chapter Four: To be Happy (A/N: I seriously thought about calling this chapter, "To be Squishy". XD!)

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"There's someone here to see you, Hiei."

"Didn't you tell them I was busy?"

"Yes, but he insisted on 'coming to bother you'."

"Who the hell—!?"

"Hello, Hiei."

"—Oh. Kurama..."

Kurama chuckled a bit, recalling the priceless expression Hiei had on his face (much like the on he had when Kurama forced him to tango. Actually, that's the only reason it amused him). Of course, Hiei had on him a much different expression this time. He was sleeping, another rare thing.

Kurama couldn't help but wonder what was going through the small half koorime's mind. What did he dream about? Did he even dream at all....?

Kurama sighed and gently brought Hiei a little closer against him. He was still so glad Hiei had come to help. So glad...

He wanted to find that chest quickly, time was running out. It had been nearly four days since Kurama started out. He figured he would get there in five days. But he had already wasted too much time and it was becoming very unlikely....

The others could get to it first.

No. They were going to leave as soon as Hiei woke up, which proved to be rather quickly, since Hiei then began squirming around sleepily.

Hiei popped an eye open and looked around curiously. He didn't see much of anything, but he still had a pretty clear picture of where he was and exactly what was going on. For one, he could feel Kurama's arm wrapped around his shoulders, and other holding his waist, perhaps a little too tightly against his own. His hands kept stroking Hiei in a very soothing way... that also made Hiei a bit nervous. Not to mention that Kurama had his nose buried in Hiei's hair. So the 'much of anything', Hiei assumed, had to be Kurama's shirt.

So there you go.

"...Kur... am... a..." came a muffled protest from deep within Kurama's grasp. Kurama smirked playfully and rolled himself on top of the unfortunately small demon. Hiei, now totally consumed, groaned. "GEHHT OUFF!"

"But Hiei, you're so soft, huggable and... squishy..."

"NO MM NAWT!"

Kurama leaned back a little to take his weight off of Hiei, allowing him to finally breathe. After a few deep breaths, the two stared at each other, both feeling a little... awkward. Silence set in as they both entered deep thought about what exactly they were to do next.

Hiei: Kurama was on top of him, pinning him down, and yes, it appeared he had most of his strength back now. He seemed cheerful, energetic; his face was now as pretty as ever! And his lips were all too tempting...

Kurama: He was on top of Hiei, pinning him down, and yes, it appeared he had most of his strength back now. Hiei seemed rested, nearly happy, and brimming with energy. And he had the- cutest- look on his face.

They continued to gawk at each other, until Hiei finally broke the silence with the most carefully thought out of insults/compliments.

"You're squishy!"

"Oh no, I'm afraid the squishy title belongs to you," Kurama replied, reaching out to pinch Hiei's cheek.

"HA! You're plenty squishy!" Hiei snapped back, using his free arm to reach around Kurama and squeeze him affectionately.

"Ah... Hiei, stop!" Kurama cried out, laughing nearly to tears as Hiei began to tickle him mercilessly.

"I'll make you squishy, damn it!" Hiei cried out, and continued to tickle Kurama in an attempt to "melt" him into a squishier disposition.

"Cut it out, Hiei! AH!" Kurama pleaded, tears streaming down his cheeks and laughter continuously rolling out of him as he struggled against Hiei's tickling wrath.

"Then admit you're more squishy than I am!" Hiei said in a very threatening way, which amused Kurama to no end and only added to his already painful laughter.

"But you're so squishy!" Kurama cried out, unwilling to give in, despite the horrible tickle.

Hiei noticed Kurama's struggle fade, as he was probably becoming too lightheaded to fight back. So he stopped, deciding that he had won the overall war.

Kurama lay across Hiei's lap, panting heavily and still chuckling all at the same time. It made for an interesting combination, in Hiei's opinion.

Then it all struck Hiei in one big bolt of embarrassing lightning. Kurama wasn't squishy ((A/N: ...XD?)). He had just gotten so worked up over nonexistent squishiness.... And all he could think about was Kurama's laughter, nothing more.

When you laugh, for that time, whether it is long or short, soft chuckling or hysteria, your mind is clear of everything but that one thing that is causing your laughter. It's to be totally concentrated on happiness. It's as though you momentarily blackout. Do you see, really? When a depressed person laughs, are they still depressed? A friend is oftentimes someone who can relieve your problems and make you happy. To make you laugh is perhaps the greatest thing someone can do. For that one moment they won't know sadness or troubles, just the happiness you gave them.

Hiei wanted Kurama to laugh....

"Kurama... why do you want to go after this treasure?" Hiei asked quietly, gently stroking Kurama's back.

"Because they might be coming too..." Kurama said under his breath, relaxed completely in Hiei's lap.

Hiei nodded to himself, smirking.

"You're funny, fox," Hiei mumbled, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath.

"You'd go after the chest if you were in my shoes, Hiei."

"Ha!"

"You came to help me, didn't you? Now, tell me why." Hiei stopped moving his hand along Kurama's back in a shy moment of thought. Kurama turned his head slightly to smirk at him.

"FINE! So I'm your goddamned friend!" Hiei yelled scornfully, rolling Kurama off of him and standing up.

Kurama slipped into a tiny fit of laughter. Hiei stared at him, sighing at the sweet sight, but keeping his delight well-hidden.

Hiei quickly retrieved his mental fly swatter and crushed the thoughts coming to haunt him again.

He and Kurama needed to get moving as quickly as possible so Hiei could keep his mind on other things, like death, and his usual alertness.

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Didja laugh? j/k, LOL.

Heh, this was the craziest chapter yet. A few months ago when I was planning this fanfic out in my crazy mind, it was set to be really depressing, actually. You know, double suicide and Youko Kurama troubles. But now... it's more a collection of all my happy Kurama x Hiei thoughts I'm having lately. I think that makes it more fun. So here's to squishiness...!

((BTW: To see the alternate reason for Kurama's searching, change "Because they might be coming too...", to "Because you came." and "FINE! So I'm your goddamned friend!" to "SO WHAT IF I LOVE YOU!". And lastly, Hiei's fly swatter would go missing and certain things would happen, and you could end the fanfic. XD!))

Okay, is it money you want? I could pay for reviews, I guess... TT.TT Perhaps everyone should just leave their addresses and I'll send you five cents for every review. Would that make you happy?