Disclaimer-I own none of the original YYH characters. Regina is mine however.

Ch.9

-Hiei's room-

Hiei jumped off Regina. "The things I have to do to be convincing," he said, jumping off as soon as the door closed.

"He knows nothing as of yet. That's a good sign isn't it?" Regina said, sitting up and going through her bag.

Regina pulled out Hiei's dress and laid it down on the bed. Hiei locked the door.

"Okay. Here's the dress and here's the tiara. Where do you want me to put them?" Regina asked.

"Here, I'll take them," He said as he grabbed them and hid them at the back of his closet.

"After that incident is it a good idea to consider safe putting those in there?" Regina asked raising her eyebrow.

Hiei laughed. "My whole closet is a dead giveaway. I haven't met the person who would dare to dig through my stuff. When you meet them, warn me."

"Ummm… Yukina possibly? I wouldn't put it past Yusuke either…"

"True, but they don't have the key to my room. When that fact is no longer in play, I'll start to worry. How long are you going to be staying here?"

"I don't know… I work everyday this week. I suppose I could stay here until the wedding takes place… The only thing is I probably won't be here overly much. I run the tailor shop at the mall so I need to be there most of the time. I'd probably only be here after I get off work and to sleep."

Hiei nodded. "That's fine. Would you want to go to Kurama's for dinner tonight, then?"

Regina looked out the window in thought. "I suppose we could… I don't have anything else that needs to be done tonight. I'm going to go take a shower."

"Okay. I'll call Shiori and tell her that we'll stop by for dinner." Hiei said.

-Kurama's house-

Shiori answered the door to invite Hiei and Regina in for supper. She smiled as Hiei introduced her to Regina. "It's a pleasure to meet someone so close to Hiei. I was beginning to think that she had few friends that knew her little secret."

Hiei smiled. "Shiori, remember… Some people cannot know until a certain day…"

Shiori gave a shocked expression. "Oh! I'm so sorry dear! I keep forgetting that he doesn't already know! Well, off to the dining room then… I'll go tell Shuichi that dinner is done."

"Shiori?"

"Yes dear?"

"He thinks Regina and I are engaged… Don't let him think anything other than that."

"Okay. Now, off to the dining room with the both of you. I'll be down shortly with Shuichi." Shiori said, shooing Hiei and Regina to the dining room.

-The dining room-

Kurama and Shiori entered the dining room and sat at the table where Hiei and Regina were already seated.

"Hey Hiei. What brings you here?" Kurama asked.

"I wanted to introduce Shiori to my fiancé. After all, she's the closest thing to a mother I have, unless you count Genkai." Hiei said. Kurama seemed to droop a bit.

"So it's official. You're getting married. How does this seem entirely unlike you Hiei?" Kurama asked.

Hiei shrugged. "I don't know. I almost figured you would be glad I had found someone to spend my life with. I guess I was mistaken."

"Hiei you know I didn't mean it like that…"

"Didn't you?"

"No."

"Liar."

"What? No I'm not!"

"Boys… Please… Dinner is ready," Shiori said, immediately breaking up the argument.

No one spoke the rest of the time they were in the dining room. Kurama went straight to his room after eating. Shiori gave each of her guests a hug and Hiei a kiss on the cheek before they left.

"Be careful on your way home, Hiei dear. Shuichi told me how your sister is in a very fragile state of mind at the moment. I'll continue making plans for your wedding."

"No need to worry. I can take care of myself quite well. Thank you for all you're doing Shiori… It means so much to me," Hiei said.

"It's no problem dear. You just get going home. You and Regina are going to need a lot of rest from here on out," Shiori said, opening the door for the other two to leave.

"Bye Shiori," Regina and Hiei said simultaneously.

"Bye kids," Shiori said, watching Hiei and Regina run home.