He took the mix in his hand and threw it back. About five minutes later we were both covered in mix and so was the kitchen. I was wiping off the floor, the walls, and the counters.
"So much for my other batches of brownies," I said. Hiei was sitting on the floor sitting up against the cabinets. I stopped cleaning and sat beside him. He looked up at me; he had it all over his face. I took the washcloth from the counter above us and was about to touch his face with it when he grabbed my wrist.
"You have brownie mix on your face. You want everyone to find out?" I asked.
He reluctantly let go of my wrist and let me wipe it off his face.
Suddenly we heard two voices approach, Yusuke and Kuwabara. We both froze and locked gazes again.
"What do we do?" I whispered.
Hiei scanned the kitchen then quickly got up and pulled me with him. He ran over to the pantry, opened it, and pushed me in. He came in with me and closed the door behind him.
I was going to tell him something but he told me to be quiet. He crouched down and put his ear to the door. I could hear Yusuke and Kuwabara come into the kitchen.
"Cool brownies!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
"What's with the mix over the floor?" Yusuke asked.
Kurama walked in too, "Pardon me but has anyone seen Hiei,"
Kuwabara gave a reply with a brownie in his mouth so no one could understand it.
"Now that you mention it I haven't seen Kiri either," Yusuke pointed out.
There was a very long silence that swept over the room.
"You think them? - no way," Yusuke said.
Kuwabara had swallowed the brownie by that time, "Think what? Them together?"
"It is quite possible," Kurama suggested.
"Maybe but most likely impossible, especially for short stuff," Yusuke laughed at his own comment.
"Yusuke watch your mouth. Just because Hiei doesn't particularly like you doesn't make him heartless," Kurama said.
"Sure, okay. That's why he's killed thousands of people, right?" Yusuke asked.
"Yusuke so have you. He has feelings and if you let him hear you they will be extremely hurt. He has the utmost respect for you. You know this," Kurama defended.
I felt Hiei tense up in front of me only because the pantry wasn't very big. The boys' laughter faded and silence once again filled the room. Hiei stood up and grabbed the handle. He tried to turn it but nothing happened. We were locked in the pantry together.
"Hiei please tell me you can open that door," I said, a bit worried.
He didn't reply. After trying to open the door Hiei was frustrated enough to kick it down.
"Hiei if you do that everyone will find us coming out of the pantry together. You don't want your reputation ruined. We'll just wait for someone to come find us and pray it's not Yusuke," I said.
Hiei gave up and sat down on the floor. I sat down in front of him. There was a complete silence between us for a really long time as we waited helplessly. I looked up at Hiei but I couldn't see him in the dark of the pantry.
"If it makes a difference Yusuke is mean and I don't think you're heartless just because you've killed people," I said.
He didn't reply.
"I've killed people too. They're just judging you. I don't know what you've been through but I'm sure you had a good reason to kill people," I said again.
"You don't understand. I used to kill people for fun. Their screams were my music box. I lured them to me with my tear gem," he took a gem out from under his shirt and held it in his hand.
That was the only thing I could see besides his eyes which were now looking at me.
"You have no idea what I've been through," Hiei said.
"I might understand," I replied.
"Really? How so?" he challenged. I stopped and didn't say anything for a moment. Hiei was waiting for a reply.
"You totally ignore I exist. You never have. You don't really know me and you never wanted to. " I said changing the subject.
"I know you're there," he said, "Now how do you understand?"
I didn't want to talk about but I decided to tell him all about my past life.
"When you found me in the hallway Koenma was telling everyone about my parents. My parents are the one thing I hate. My mom's dead and I ran away from my father," I said.
I looked to the floor and silent tears started rolling down my cheeks. Hiei reached across and wiped a tear from my cheek.
"Why are you crying?" he asked.
"I'm not crying," I said, trying to steady my voice as much as possible.
"Kiri I can see in the dark," Hiei replied.
I looked back up at him. His red eyes could probably see better than my brown ones. I looked back at the floor. I could feel him waiting for a reply, once again.
"I'm not crying," I said.
Hiei sighed, closed his eyes, and rested his head on the door. I got fed up with myself. I finally just broke down crying and threw myself at him. I wrapped my arms around his waist and cried into his chest.
"My father said my mother died, here in demon world but I know that's not true. My father probably conceived with a human and then ate her. My father is Raizen, king of all demons. I hate him. As I grew he trained me to be powerful enough to take his throne. He trained me as one of his workers. He trained me as a male child. I killed hundreds of people a week but with every kill I got stronger. He pushed me to my limit. He would make me fight until I was almost dead just so I could recover and become stronger. Every time I saw him he trained me or hurt me. No compassion, he never even showed he cared. After 212 years of living like that I was told I was a disappointment and that they were bringing someone else of our bloodline to take the throne. So I ran, as far away as possible and he doesn't even care where I am now," I explained.
Hiei was quite surprised at first but as I talked he calmed down and listened quietly. I eventually calmed down too. Sure enough right at the worst possible moment the handle of the door turned and it opened. Kurama stood in front of us. He looked down to me crying into Hiei and him not doing anything to stop it.
Hiei pushed me off of him, stood up walked past Kurama and out of the kitchen. I bit my thumb to stop from crying as I watched him walk out.