Secrets in Red Leather
Disclaimer: I don't own anything…but then again, do you REALLY think that I would OWN YYH?
Lexi: YES! I RETURN!
Yusuke: PLEASE don't force me through any fluff…
Lexi: Don't worry, you're not even mentioned.
Yusuke: GREAT! Wait, is that a bad thing?
Lexi: (Rolls eyes) Anywho, due to the fact that almost EVERY review I got wanted me to continue this fic, I wrote a short little conclusion. VERY short. In any case, enjoy!
Something nagged at Hiei.
He couldn't figure out WHAT it was, exactly, only that it pinched and prodded in the back of his mind, telling him that SOMETHING wasn't right. Or that SOMEONE was watching him…waiting…
This could be bad.
Putting a hand on the hilt of his katana, he cautiously surveyed the area, looking for anything abnormal.
"HIEI!" Someone…or someTHING…cried, crashing into him, seemingly from nowhere.
"GYAH!" Was the muffled cry that broke through from his throat as he tumbled unceremoniously from the tree.
"Oh, Hiei, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to make you fall like THAT!" The blue-haired ferry girl gushed, helping the vertically challenged fire demon to his feet.
"…Hn…" A very Hiei reply.
"I…um…well…Ireadyourdiary!" She forced out, blushing. "And…"
He turned away. "Do not speak of it, to me or to anyone."
Botan grabbed his arm. "But Hiei…!"
When he faced her again, she couldn't help but notice the pink tinge to his cheeks. However, she was not at all sure that she wasn't blushing as well. "What, onna?" He growled, with little, almost no, force behind the words.
"I…" She looked down, QUITE crimson.
More gently, he raised her chin with his finger. "What…Botan?"
This motion, not to mention him using her name, did NOTHING to help the blush. "Uh…er…well…um…that is…eh…heh…heh?" Apparently it had done nothing to help her speech, either.
"Onna…" Hiei growled again, the moment of gentleness gone. "Tell me."
Botan had only felt this wretched once before in her…existence. And this was reminding her just how much she hated the feeling. "Hiei…you…you…you COULD have told me! Even if I didn't return the feelings, I would have at least been NICE about it!" She cried out desperately.
"Your kindness…coupled with refusal…would be worse then if you hated me." He spat angrily, attempting to leave.
Botan again grabbed his arm. "But Hiei…I DO love you…and…and I thought you loved me!"
"Onna." He said in a strangled voice.
"Hiei? Are you OK?" She inquired, her voice full of concern.
"Yes…but…if you don't let go of my cloak, I might not be for much longer…" He choked out, rapidly turning red from lack of oxygen.
"OH!" Botan said with a strained giggle, releasing the sleeve.
"H-hn." He replied, fixing his cloak while his face returned to normal.
Trying to find out what was going on in the fire demon's head, Botan attempted to return to the subject. "Hiei…did you…did you lie, in your diary? Do you love me or…or not?"
In a move that surprised even him, he stepped forward. "Onna…I NEVER lie. Not even in writing."
Somewhat distracted by his nearness, she flushed yet again. "Y-You don't?"
"No. I don't." Hiei replied, somewhat annoyed.
"O-oh…" The blush deepened again, and she looked away and down.
"Onna—Botan…look at me."
Botan slowly raised her head to glimpse his crimson eyes, at about the same level as hers. Her brain was shouting at her to DO something, SAY something, ANYthing! The rest of her seemed not to hear it.
Fortunately for her, Hiei seemed to have decided that HE would be the one doing things. Gently, cautiously, almost hesitantly, he took her shoulders in his hands and moved his face forward, slowly and carefully covering her lips with his. Hiei pulled back after a moment, meeting her eyes again. "Of course I love you. You never need doubt that. I love you, my baka ferry onna."
"Botan," Was all that the poor girl managed to squeak out, her hand at her lips in disbelief.
Hiei chuckled low in his throat, not removing his hands from the backs of her shoulders. "My Botan."
Botan threw her arms around his neck and pressed herself close. Slightly teary-eyed, she whispered into the joint between his shoulder and neck, "My Hiei."
Lexi: THE END…for real this time! Really, this was just an excuse to do fluff…anywho, please review! Ja, loves!
