"What do you mean he won't see us?" asked a shocked Shizuru, it wasn't normal for Kazu to never want visits was it?
"He clearly specified he did not want any visits, he actually said it would just depress him worse." The pretty nurse stated with a sullen look.
Hiei was obviously shocked, but still… "How about the onna?" he asked
"I suppose you can… She didn't say anything, but I'd recommend you go in one at a time…"
"Fine" he responded
Keiko stood in the doorway waiting impatiently for Yusuke.
Yukina did nothing, but if you saw her eyes you could see the hurt in them.
Shizuru slowly sat down and covered her face with her hands asking herself what she did wrong…
Hiei stalked off to go see Botan.
(Botan's room)
A gentle knock startled the chipper girl out of her thoughts, "Come in" she called in without looking up and with a gentle voice
The girl's calm demeanor had been changed to a look of pure astonishment.
"Hiei-san?"
(Kuwabara's room)
"Here I brought you some rice." The same nurse said encouragingly.
"No thanks." The youngest Kuwabara said abruptly.
" Fine if you don't want food I won't force you, but you have a special visitor." The nurse had a knowing smirk on her face.
"I said I didn't want any"
"Oh I think you'll change your mind when you see who it is." The nurse opened the door and bent down.
Kazuma's face of annoyance soon turned into one of concern and joy.
"Eikichi!"
(Botan's room)
"Umm what a surprise, please come in" the blue headed ferry girl tried to be polite to one of her scariest friends.
"So how have you been?" she asked, trying to start an awkward conversation.
He shrugged.
"Ok, that's nice to hear…" it was hard to keep up the conversation with a freaky anti-social. "So how is everyone?"
" The baka detective is chasing the ningen doctor, his onna is planning how to kill him, the baka's sister is quite sane, Yukina is… different and I have no idea what happened to the kitsune."
Botan bit her lip, Kurama had obviously not told them about his plan unlike the he'd told her… " What do you mean by different?" she asked referring to Yuknia, after living a couple hundred years you learned to lie pretty well although she was rather clumsy at that and half of the time people found out.
" You'll see later."
Apparently Hiei didn't notice. "Ok, so what brings you to the ningen world Hiei-san?" she asked putting her cheerful façade on again.
"Yukina" he said bluntly.
Ouch, and to think she thought he might be here out of concern for her and Kuwabara's health's.
Hiei noticed her pained look, he was obviously nervous; things weren't supposed to come out this way…
"So, how long are you staying in…"
"Don't know." He cut her off abruptly
"Ok. Do you know anything of Kazu-chan?"
"No."
Botan couldn't hold it in any longer, tears began to pour down her eyes, how could Hiei continue to be this cold? She hadn't forced him to visit, he came of his own free will. She had always tried to be happy and cheerful for everyone else's sake but he always came along and extinguished her joy like a bucket of water would a candle; he would not only extinguish it but also pass off his surliness to everyone else. She had even thought he was concerned, but no he continued to be the cold-hearted demon he always was…
Hiei noticed her tears, this wasn't supposed to happen…
He opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out.
"I don't get it" she began shakily " you came here of your own free will, first I try to start a simple conversation but all you do is push me away; why?"
"I…I…"
"Not only that, its like every time I try to be cheerful for everyone else you just love to make me sad; why do you enjoy bringing me down Hiei?"
"…I"
"You what Hiei? Either you care and that's your weird one of caring, or you just hate me and are here because your mad I didn't die already, well if that makes you mad you should just have killed me before, in fact why don't you just end it now?"
Hiei was appalled, this was NOT supposed to even remotely happen. He was supposed to ask her if she was ok and have a normal human conversation with her.
" You can kill me I don't care I don't even have a fuck to live for." Tears continued to pour down her face, she covered her face with her hands, she hated being weak.
She was greatly startled by the strong arms going around her. But she didn't care who it was, she fiercely returned the embrace, those arms being the only warmth a safe she knew for now.
(Kuwabara's room)
The teen happily played with his beloved cat, he had a lot of time to make up.
Surprisingly a bit of catnip came in front of his face, he traced the arm to see it was nonetheless but the pretty hospital nurse who was taking care of him ever since.
"Thanks." He said throwing an authentic grin, sure it was goofy but so much happiness radiated off of it that people who saw him couldn't help but smile too (A/n: It happens to me all the time!)
He didn't notice the small blush on the nurse's cheeks " Your welcome, your cat is so cute and so well behaved." She complimented, the psychologist had told her that compliments were away to bring a suicidal patients confidence back.
Another goofy grin followed, "Thanks I have him since I'm 14 and 4 years of being a spoiled brat its only natural he's well behaved. Speaking of Eikichi, who brought him here and who got the catnip and how did they know its his favorite?" indeed the cat was entranced by the catnip and was eagerly liking his owner's hands for some.
"Well, the young girl with sea green girl and red eyes brought him and I bought the catnip in the veterinary office downstairs, I guess the catnip brand was a simple lucky guess." A smile twirked at her lips, the catnip had not been a coincidence, she had asked both the sister and the other patient who was apparently his best friend.
"Well thanks a lot, its great to have Eikichi again" he said happily.
" Well I also got him some cat food and some milk if you would like to feed him." She said happily, both were the cat's specifically favorite brands.
"Sure I'd love to." The teen said happily. He didn't notice the sandwich being put at his bedside…
The very lucky cat enjoyed being fed by his master and the pretty nurse, the other two began chatting happily.
Kuwabara was so entranced in the happy conversation he didn't notice when he began to absentmindedly devour the turkey sandwich and strawberry milkshake on his bedside.
The nurse had a contented smile on her face. She happily watched the teen slurping the last of the milkshake.
"Well that was a good milkshake, I'm happy I decided to drink It." He said happily. "Could I get some Sukiyaki and rice and maybe some more milkshake and maybe some ice cream?"
The nurse debated on telling him or not that he had just eaten a king sized turkey sandwich and decided against it, the more he ate the better.
"Sure Kuwabara-san." She said, beaming.
"Eww don't call me Kuwabara-san, that's what they call my sister and she's way creepier and antisocial than I am right?" he asked giving his best puppy dog eyes.
She laughed and gave him a pat on the head, "Fine Kazuma-san."
"I don't like san, it makes me sound old." He said furrowing his eyebrows for effect.
She laughed once more, "Fine Kazuma-kun. Happy?"
"No, not until I know your name."
"Oh I'm Rei, Sora at your service." She said with a formal bow.
" Ok, now go get me that food I'm starving Sora-chan!"
"Ok, I'll be back soon."
"Ok, bye" he said happily.
As soon as she left he gave a contented sigh. " Its nice to make new friends, ne Eikichi-chan?"
The cut blinked gave an affectionate purr, which Kuwabara traduced as a 'yes'
(End Chapter)
YAY second chapter w00t!
Her we have some H/B interaction and there is more to come in the next chapter for all you H/B lovers out there, and for those who don't like the couple there are more pairings to come!
There will be some more characters that will make a positive effect on Kuwabara, who could they be?
I hope you liked it, the chapter was made for your full enjoyment. Thank you for reading!
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