Months after that event, Kurama and Shizuru have been spending more and more time together. Kurama gave Shizuru a job at his stepfather's work. That way, they'll always be together. Shizuru moves in with Kurama but is still keeping her place vacant in case her brother comes back. All in all, they both are very happy.
It's late on the night of the full moon. Shizuru is asleep and Kurama's hard at work at his desk. He is signing some papers that need to be submitted the next day for his work.
"Minamino Shuuichi…" Kurama signs the paper with his human name and continues to the next one. "Minamino Shuuichi…" Another one signed. "Minamino Shuuichi…" And another.
He keeps signing papers till a sudden tapping comes at his window. Kurama stops and looks at his window with curiosity. He sees nothing.
Hm. Must be the wind. He continues to sign the important documents.
The tapping occurs again.
Grr…what now? Kurama gets so annoyed that he stands up and walks to his window. In front of him stands a little man with black spikey hair with a white starburst in the middle. Kurama's eyes meets his guest's crimson ones.
"Hiei?" Kurama says in a low whisper.
He opens the window and allows the wind, along with his little friend to come in.
"Geez, Kurama. Is this how you treat your friends now? Leaving them out in the cold?" Hiei jumps in and brushes himself off.
"I thought it was just the wind Hiei." Kurama closes the window, forcing the breeze to cease from entering.
"Hn." Hiei's eyes drift from Kurama's and onto the bed. Once he sees Shizuru, his emotions become boiling mad. "What the hell is this! What is this…this creature doing on my side of the bed!" He points at Shizuru.
Kurama gasps. "Shh! Not so loud Hiei." He tries to be demanding but at the same time, quiet. He has a look of shock mixed in with terror on his face.
"Why should I be quiet!" Hiei is really pissed about this.
"Because I said so!" Kurama yelled. He quickly covers his mouth, realizing what he had just done. Uh oh…what if Shizuru wakes up? What will she think if Hiei's here in the room?
"I will not have this ningen girl sleep on my side of the bed!" Then, an elegant hand was placed over his mouth, forbidding him to speak.
"You'll wake her up." Kurama whispers behind his hand. He removes his hand from his face and pulls Hiei close to him while still keeping him quiet.
Too close! Too close! Hiei's face meets Kurama's chest. A look of shock masks his face. Not only was Hiei really close to Kurama's body, but also Kurama was shirtless. He wore nothing but his pants and his hair in a long braid. (VERY SEXY!)
God, he's so beautiful. How can anyone be that beautiful? Hiei tries to keep calm as well as not blush.
"We'll move this outside." Kurama drags Hiei by his head, still keeping his hand over his mouth. He walks out his bedroom door, keeping an eye on Shizuru, and closes it silently behind him. He removes his hands from Hiei's face. "You just have to be so loud, huh?"
"Why is she there? Why is she sleeping in your bed?" Hiei asks questions as if he's upset about Shizuru being there.
"You haven't been around much to know. That girl, that so-called creature, is Shizuru." Kurama focuses his eyes on his little koorime friend.
Hiei gives out a little gasp. "So, you and the idiot's sister are together now." He turns his gaze away from Kurama and looks down at the floor. He had no idea that the girl was Shizuru.
"Yes. She's alone in this world now. And so am I. So we promised each other that we'd never leave one another."
"Hn. Sounds like you guys are planning to spend the rest of your lives together."
"That is a possibility. But it's still early in the relationship." Kurama does smile at the fact that he could finally be happy in the Ningenkai with a person he cares about.
Hiei tries to hold back any emotion he may have about this fact. "If I had known you were alone here, I would have spent more time with you."
"Huh?" Kurama stops smiling. He would have never expected Hiei to say that to him. "Really?"
Hiei closes his eyes and smiles. Well, the smile was more like a smirk. "But it appears I'm too late."
"What do you mean my that?" Kurama asks Hiei.
"Your apartment, it's become much more different from the last time I was here." Hiei looks around at it.
"Not that much different."
"True but there is one thing that has truly changed here, for the worse." Hiei averted his gaze back to Kurama.
"And what is that one thing?" Kurama looks around; trying to find the thing that Hiei saw that made his apartment worse. But he comes up empty.
"The smell," replies Hiei.
"The smell?" Kurama looks back at Hiei.
"Hai. Your apartment used to have the sweet aroma of roses all the time, night and day. It was a comforting scent, eased my pain at times…"
Comforting scent? Eased my pain? What is Hiei saying exactly? Kurama was confused about Hiei's words.
"…But now, it reeks of the smell of alcohol and cigarettes. It's no longer a place of roses. It's become a place of smoke and booze." Hiei plugs his nose to keep from smelling any of the nasty odors.
"That is a problem, isn't it? I have been meaning to talk to Shizuru about that." Kurama sounded…emotionless.
"Well, if you ask me, I'd do it quickly. Before you know it, your place will become a stinkhole." Hiei removes his hand from his face.
"I suppose so. I'll talk to her soon, don't you worry." Kurama smiles at his little koorime friend.
"Hn." Hiei looks away and begins to talk towards the stairs.
"So, you're staying here tonight?" asked Kurama, following him with his eyes.
"Of course kitsune. It's too cold outside." He walks down the stairs and towards the couch.
"Crashing on the couch?"
Hiei lies down on the couch, hands behind his head. "It appears I'm gonna have to. After all, Shizuru took my side of your bed."
Kurama chuckles. "Ya, I guess so."
"Hn. Baka no kitsune." With that said, Hiei falls asleep.
Kurama smiles as he heads back to his bedroom. "Goodnight to you too Hiei." He opens his door and enters. He then closes it, leaving the sleeping Hiei alone.
Gasp! Now Hiei knows! Well, he should feel special, only he knows. Yusuke or Keiko or Kuwa or Yukina or anyone else doesn't know. Little backstage info for ya…
