Because Of Fruitcake
Summery: A series of unfortunate, or fortunate on your view, events, caused by Botan smelling of fruitcake, leading up to a Hiei/Botan romance
Chapter summery: Hiei and Botan planned to fun in the sun with their freidns. But when the forcast calls for rain, how will theirplans end?
Okay, thank you to my reviewers! I updated very soon because I had you guys wait a lot longer then planned. Also, be perpared for OOCness.
Chapter 10- Rain, Rain, Go Away
Botan woke up early to see herself in the kitchen, much like Hiei a few days before. She stood up and saw Hiei, covered in black smoke. Botan watched as Hiei swore and grabbed a pan and took a fork and picked out the odd looking bacon. He placed it on a plate with what Botan assumed to be eggs and toast.
"Hiei, are you okay?" Botan asked, making Hiei jump, as he turned around and nodded handing her a plate of the food she saw earlier. She looked at the food for a minute before she took a bite and smiled. "Oh my Hiei, this is very good!" It might have looked moldy, but it tasted great!
"Good, now tell me, why are you up so late. It's noon." Botan almost chocked on her food as she looked at the clock, sure enough it was 12:00 p.m. Botan got up and pulled Hiei to the TV, checking the weather channel. The group was suppose to go to the park, but sadly, the channel said that it was raining that day. In fact Botan looked out the window and saw that it was pouring down with rain outside.
"Oh man, now we're stuck out here, for a long time I guess. Let's play Super Smash Bros.!" Botan said as Hiei smirked and they went to play, and Hiei was getting his sorry ass kicked. He shot a death glare at Botan, who was fixated on the screen, an evil grin on her face. Hiei scoffed and turned his attention back to the television. He mashed buttons, not even sure what he was doing, and mentally cursing the damn onna.
Botan, meanwhile, was having a blast and wasn't even pitying Hiei at all. She watched Hiei mashing random buttons on the controller with sadistic amusement. Even though she still wasn't sure how she got the short-tempered fire demon to get on the game. Now, if only... Ack!
"What the hell?" Botan yelped. She just realized that Hiei had killed off her character, and in a matter of seconds. "I demand a rematch! You... you cheated!" Botan whined, she pouted somewhat, knowing it was childish.
"Not my fault you lost." Hiei rolled his eyes. He got up from his spot on the floor, ignoring the indignant sputtering from the bluenette. "Now where's that ice cream..." Of course he couldn't live without his ice cream, Botan followed him, trying to get him to the freezer, stupid curse.
A clash of thunder rang outside and Hiei froze in his tracks. Lightning flashed, lighting up the house, then everything went dark. Hiei let out a pitiful sounding whimper and squeezed his eyes shut tight. He sank to the floor and curled up into a fetal position. He felt a tap on his shoulder and jumped, then rolled over. Botan was looking down at him, lighting up the room with a candle she summoned to the kitchen.
"Are you all right, Hiei?" Okay, dumb question. Looks ready to piss himself. She bent over and poked Hiei again, this time getting a squeak in response. "That was just a little bit of lightning. It's not gonna kill anyone... inside of this house" She smiled reassuringly, laughing like hell on the inside.
Hiei forced himself up and looked at Botan, his face a chalky white. "It's not the lightning..." he said in a small, shaky voice. He swallowed hard and studied the wooden floor, feeling pathetic and very weak, all over some sick and twisted fear fate gave him.
Botan raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What is it then?" she asked, she couldn't help but think that this would not end well, at least for Hiei it wouldn't. Sometimes she hated a sixth sense, it messed with her natural woman intuition.
"Umm... Yeah." His shoulders slumped, then he leaned forward and whispered into Botan's ear. "It's the rain..." She blink… once… twice… thrice. She would have been doubled over in laughter, had Hiei not looked dead serious.
"Ohh... Is that all? Well, lots of children are afraid of rain, so it's nothing for you, Mr. Baby." Botan said, like hell she would pass up a time to make fun of Hiei. Hiei straightened up and stood proudly.
"I am not a baby! I am a MAN!" Hiei proclaimed, thumping a fist on his chest. "I make women's belly's grow!" Botan twitched for a minute.
Botan's P.O.V.
What is wrong with him? I think when he's afraid, he gets delusional, maybe I shouldn't pry, but it was just calling me, I mean come on, he's afraid of rain!
"Well, if you're so manly, why don't you go outside?" I crossed the entryway in a few strides along with Hiei, then held open the door. "Go on." At Hiei's hesitation, I rolled my eyes. "Holy crap... Go!" I grabbed Hiei by the arm and threw him outside, with myself following.
Hiei let out a high-pitched screech, making me flinch, darn sensitive ears. (1)"I'M MELTING!" He rolled over, letting out more loud noises that would wake the dead. "OH SWEET JESUS! IT BURNS! IT BURNS LIKE KUWABARA'S FACE!"
I stood and watched for a while, before bursting into uncontrollable laughter. I couldn't hold it in anymore, and went crazy, both of us were maniacs in the rain.
"Hiei," I gasped between laughs," for God's sake, you're not melting." I sat back up, chuckling to myself, then I thought over his words. Poor Yukina, Kuwabara's face does burn. "...It's just water, Hiei."
Hiei almost fell over. He stared up at the darkened sky, then looked back at me, I was waiting for him to finish. Drama King. "Rain... Water... Oh. Okay. Well, then... I'm staying outside!" he called. We both smiled at each other, and played in the rain for a good part of the afternoon, I think random passerby's thought we were high.
Later that day
Hiei sneezed, spraying snot and saliva everywhere. Ewwww, I do not want to clean that up. He shivered into the blanket I offered to him, then glared at me, while I laid next to him on the big couch, we both had a bowl of soup. Our cheeks were flushed with fever, and I don't know about his, but my head pounded unceasingly. "Now... why didn't you tell me anything about that?" Hiei whined in a raspy voice. I laughed at him, sipping my soup.
"You were having so much fun, I didn't want to ruin it. Besides, it's a lot of fun to act as a child around you Hiei." Hiei snorted and sipped some of the chicken noodle soup I thought to make for us. Then we looked at each other, Hiei's hair wasn't dry yet, so it was slightly down and stuck to his flushed face. I know my hair looked a mess.
Hiei's P.O.V.
My head hurt like hell as we looked at each other, her hair was loose and wet, making it stick to her blanket and curl at the ends. We laughed at each other, before a sneeze fit interrupted us, and we had to stop. I saw her turn on the TV to that weird show, Fooly Cooly.
"How can you watch that show, it doesn't make any sense? Besides, Fooly Cooly is suppsoe tobe a Japanese slang term for groping a woman's breasts" I said, as Naota was staring at Amarao's eyebrows. It was so thick, like it was draw with a fat sharpie. Then she answered me.
"It just makes you think, and your right about the slang term. Okay the whole story is that Naota has a normal life, sort of, if you ignore his brother's girlfriend that hangs all over him. But the point is that one slow day, a woman, on a vespa, hit his head with a modified Rickenbacker 4001 bass. Yes I checked. Anyway, with the bass she opens a dimension in his head and pulls thing out, such as the robot that eats Naota for a… power boost so to say. The vespa woman, is Haru and she's using his head to getthe power of the Pirate King, Atomsk. After Haru finds out Naota and the robot, Kanti fused together is the reincarnation of Atomsk, she goes after him. But at the very end, Naota said he loved Haru and gave up the power. Isn't that sweet?" Botan asked me, while I was in shock she learned so much about this damn show.
"I guess it's… sweet, as you put it." I said, as I felt a light weight on me, the onna fell asleep. She snored in her sleep too. Hn. I guess I'll turn in too, AHCOO! I hate having a cold. I thought bitterly, snuggling into the covers with Botan.
(1) Sorry for OOCness, but I could not help it, it was raining a lot lighter today, and me and my friends went through this. I have a very... odd friend who was afraid of water and said the same thing as Hiei.
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