Later that night as Shakira left Rain's room, Kurama followed her into hers, but waited until she was in her bed. He knocked softly on the door and went in. She was not in bed. She was pulling her hair up into a tight ponytail. Kurama stared at her. She was wearing pink flannel pajama bottoms and a tight pink shirt that said Shakira on it. When she turned around, she gasped. "H-hi. I didn't hear you knock." She said. Kurama gave a small chuckle and said, "Sorry, I thought maybe you were in your bed already."
Shakira smiled softly and said goodnight. He said goodnight too and left. Going into the living area, he said, "Man! I never thought I could feel this way!" "You mean about Shakira? Man, I feel the same way about Rain. I absolutely love her, can't help it. Beautiful, man. Just the way I like it." Hiei interrupted Kurama's thoughts. Kurama looked at the spiky haired midget who had a dreamy look on his mean face. "What?!" yelled Yusuke. "You like -......?" He was interrupted by a hand slapping his mouth shut. "Shut-up, or I'll slit your throat with my katana." Hiei hissed. Yusuke gulped and nodded. "Good. That's exactly what I thought." The fire demon walked out of the living area with a slight bounce in his step that night.
THE NEXT DAY
Shakira shuffled down the long hallway and into the living area. Stepping into the kitchen where every other tired body was, she stretched and yawned. "Morning." Kurama said. She smiled at the fox demon and sat down next to Rain, who was reading the newspaper. Shakira noticed that the orange juice was sitting on the countertop and grabbed it and an empty glass. Pouring herself a glass, she asked Rain, "What're you so interested in? The obituaries?" Rain looked over the top of the paper and grunted. "Now's not the time. At all." she said coldly.
Hiei decided to come into the kitchen for a brief moment and grab an apple. He turned on his heel to go back out the way he came in but was stopped for what was a short second, he hoped. "And just where're you off to?" asked Yusuke arrogantly. "Hn." Hiei hn-ed. "C'mon! We're buddies! Right, old buddy old pal?" Yusuke pulled him to his side, only to be pushed away and reminded. "Must I remind you?" Hiei asked taking a bite out of his apple. Seeing Yusuke's vacant face, he continued. "Last night needs not to be mentioned, does it? It was quite scary...for some of us." Hiei smirked and turned. Walking out the door, he said, "If you must know, I'm going to the arcade and, no, you cannot come."
Everybody had heard and watched as Yusuke and Hiei's 'conversation' had been going on. Rain, still looking up from her paper, asked, "Is he...normally...like this?" A slam of the door signaled that Hiei had left the apartment. "Ooooo-kaaaaaayy." said a scared Kurama. He got up and left, patting Shakira on the shoulder as he went. Yusuke left too and a sound of the TV remote clicking said that he was watching TV. "AW, COOL!!!! THE GAME'S ON!!!!!" he yelled once he finally stopped clicking. Kuwabara threw his book on the floor as he left and the two girls heard another pair of running feet, which were presumably Kurama's, going toward the yell.
Muttering and sounds of disappointment came from the closed kitchen door. Shakira finished her orange juice with a look of bewilderment on her face. "Oh yeah." she said. "I'm going to love it here." She got up from her seat and gathered all the other dirty dishes and walked carefully over to the dishwasher. She rinsed and put the dishes in it and started it. She dried her hands and picked up the book that Kuwabara had thrown. "'Chicken Soup: Poetry for the Love-Struck Soul'?" asked Rain. She was finished looking at the paper and put it down. "I've read that one. It was okay." Shakira sighed. "If only you knew who this belonged to." she said. "I do. Kuwabara." retorted Rain. "No!! He took it from, from, from...Hiei." she said in a small voice.
Rain could not believe it. The person who owned that book liked her. "Hiei?!?!?!!" she yelled. "Him?" Shakira put the book down and went to calm her sister. "He likes you. So what?" she replied to her fuming sister. A knock sounded at the door and Shakira got up to go get it. "I'll be back." she said. When she opened the door, there stood a girl who looked exactly like Rain. "M-may I h-help you?" Shakira stuttered. "I'm here to see my sister. I'm Rume." the girl said.
Oh yeah!! Butt-kicking typing!! Anyway, did you like? I hope you did.
Next time, on Twisted Lives: Hiei comes back to find everybody sitting in the living room. A new girl is sitting with them. Hiei recognizes her instantly: she's his sister. But, she was there to see her sister. Which could only mean one thing! Wanna find out? Well, you gotta read!