Botan stood for a moment, watching the scene in front of her blankly.
Hari broke the kiss and hugged Kurama tightly to her, smirking smugly at the maid over the prince's shoulder.
Her eyes filling with tears and glaring, Botan turned on her heal and stomped out of there-
Just as Kurama broke himself away from Hari.
"Hari I just- just- just don't," he finished lamely, unsure of what to do or say.
His ears picking up the sound of retreating footsteps, he whipped around to see Mitsukai stomping away.
He gulped.
'Uh oh. . .'
*
'Why that- that stupid, ignorant, lying, son of a b-' Botan thought angrily, a single tear running down her face as she glared at the flower in her hands.
She sat on the windowsill of her bedroom, her feet dangling out the window.
Tearing off one of the petals of the rose, Botan threw it over the edge of the sill.
Watching it drift away and disappear with the wind, she continued to rip off petals and release them.
~"No one will keep us apart, Mitsukai."~
"Liar," the maid hissed to herself as she tore off the last petal. 'You let Hari come between us. . .twice.' "LIAR!"
"Whose a liar?"
The girl whirled around, hopping back inside her room.
The prince stood at her door way, looking confused.
Botan glared at him.
He gulped.
Brushing past him, Mitsukai began to head down stairs, leaving the rose stem lying on the floor.
"Wait!" Kurama called as he hurried after her. "I didn't- that is- I didn't want her-"
Botan ignored him.
"Would you listen to me?!"
The maid only picked up a small purse from the counter and took a list of chores from the wall and began to head outside.
"Mitsukai, listen to me! Let me explain!"
"Explain WHAT?" the girl suddenly screamed, whirling around to face him. "That you LIED to me?!"
"I *DIDN'T* lie! I won't let ANYONE come between us!"
"SHE BEAT ME UP, AND THEN YOU *KISS* HER?! HOW IS THAT NOT LETING ANYONE COME BETWEEN US?!"
" Hari kissed me, I didn't kiss her!"
"Don't give me that shit. I had a fucking FRONT ROW SEAT, KURAMA! I think I know what I saw!"
With that, the furious maid turned around again, and began to stomp towards the gate.
"Where are you going?!" he called as he hurried after her.
She did nothing but sent him an icy glare, open the gate, and head towards the town.
Sighing a defeated sigh, he began to turn around to go back inside-
And then decided against it and hurried after her.
*
A little earlier, the shirtless vizier had been wandering the lawns; both for the pleasure, and looking for some way to cover himself up.
'Though I do have a chest all the girls would marvel. . .' he thought, smiling to himself.
With a small sigh, he leaned against the wall and looked towards the castle.
'I wonder how long I'll have to hide from Maya-'
But before he could even finish his thought, something large fell on top of his head.
"Blast it!" groaned a woman's voice.
Rubbing her posterior, the girl got off of Yusuke.
"Lady Keiko!" he cried joyfully as he saw who it was. She smiled a small smile back, and then turned pink at the vizier's shirtless top.
"Hello, Yusuke," she replied, fiddling with her sleeve.
"It's so nice to see your lovely face again!" he beamed. "But I suppose you're here to see Botan?"
Keiko blushed and looked away. "Actually. . ."
"Actually- - -?" Yusuke repeated slowly, tilting her chin so she would look up at him.
"Actually what?"
"Actually," Keiko continued, looking determined yet still pink, "I came to see you."
The vizier grinned a very happy, very disturbing grin. "Really?"
Keiko nodded.
"I knew you loved me!" Yusuke grinned slyly, hugging Keiko.
Keiko backed away slightly, now totally red. "I never said that!"
"Ah, but you thought it!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!'
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
Suddenly realizing what she said, Keiko's eyes widened and she turned so red she was giving off heat. "I DIDN'T JUST SAY THAT!"
"Ha!" Yusuke cried joyfully. "You love me!"
"I hate you."
"You love me!"
"I really, really hate you."
"Ah, come on! Smile a little! You look so lovely when you smile!"
"I should kill you."
"Please? Just a little smile? For me?"
"I really, really want to kill you."
"As long as you smile!"
*
But Keiko and Yusuke's argument was interrupted by Kurama and Botan walking past, fighting.
"What's going on?" Yusuke whispered, frowning deeply as the two yelling people past. "They were so happy a little while ago!"
"What happened?" Keiko whispered back.
After a hurried explanation, Keiko's brow furrowed.
"I bet it was that Hari bitch."
"Probably," Yusuke agreed. "What are we gonna do?"
"Get them back together, of course!" Keiko announced after Botan and Kurama- Yasha had stomped angrily towards town. "They are supposed to be together!"
"Right!" the vizier agreed, standing and helping Keiko do the same.
There was a moment of silence.
"Shouldn't you at least put on a shirt?"
"Nah!" Yusuke announced, as he pulled Keiko towards the gate. "No time!" He stopped and looked at her. "You don't mind, do you?"
". . . No, it's okay."
*
The two began to walk quickly after the prince and the maid.
But after a little while, Keiko noticed Yusuke continually stared at her.
"What do you want?" she mumbled, purposely looking away from him as they walked the dirt path to the bustling village.
"I was just thinking how nice it is to spend time with you, Lady Keiko," Yusuke smiled widely. "I missed you."
"Sure."
"It's true!"
"Well. . . I missed you too," Keiko admitted, still looking away, in the direction of the upcoming village.
"Really?!"
"Yes."
"So you love me?!
"NO! I NEVER SAID THAT!"
"You looooove me! You LOOOOOOVE me!"
"I've gotta remember to keep my mouth shut."
"You LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE me!"
"I'd love it if you shut up."
"You do love me!"
"I meant shut up now."
"You can't help but love me! You find me irresistible! Ha!" Yusuke grinned slyly at the exasperated girl.
"Why I missed you is a mystery to me now, Yusuke."
The vizier didn't say anything else, but did continue to do a happy little jig as they walked that seriously embarrassed Keiko.
Until that little jig caused his hand to "accidentally" brush her chest.
Then she was mad.
"PERVERT!" she screamed, hitting him hard over the head and continuing to walk along as Yusuke collected his teeth.
"I love it when you do that."
"Shut up."
*
"So, if you hate me so much," Yusuke said a few moments later as they got nearer and nearer to town. "Why'd you come back?"
"It's still a mystery to me," Keiko replied dryly.
"Seriously."
The girl sighed and glanced at Yusuke from the corner of her eye. "I just did. . . you make me feel. . . I dunno."
"Happy?"
"Occasionally."
"Angry?"
"Always."
"Loved?"
Keiko didn't say anything. Loved. That was the right word.
The vizier noticed her silence. "Is loved it? You feel loved? Well good. 'Cause you should."
The girl looked at him. "Really? You seriously love me?"
"Yep," Yusuke said plainly. "I do."
". . . Even though I hit you?"
"I deserve it."
"Even though I insult you?"
"I find that sexy."
"Even though I'm not very pretty?"
"You're beautiful."
"Even if I act like an ass?"
"I don't want you to change even a little."
". . . Even if I don't love you?"
"Lovely Lady Keiko," Yusuke smiled gently down at her, "I will love you until the day I die."
The girl said nothing to this for a moment, biting her lip.
"Really?"
"Yep."
"So you really love me."
"Uh huh."
". . . Then is it okay. . . If I love you too?"
Yusuke grinned. "That would be more then okay."
"Good," Keiko announced, as Yusuke took her hand. "Because I do."
"Ha. I told you."
"Shut up."
And for once, he did.
*
I don't anything to say at the moment..
Except for.
DEDICATION TIME!!!!!
And the award goes to.
PassionateAngel
AND
l-Steph-chan-l
Thanks to both of you for reviewing and giving me confidence!!!!
JA!!!!
Hari broke the kiss and hugged Kurama tightly to her, smirking smugly at the maid over the prince's shoulder.
Her eyes filling with tears and glaring, Botan turned on her heal and stomped out of there-
Just as Kurama broke himself away from Hari.
"Hari I just- just- just don't," he finished lamely, unsure of what to do or say.
His ears picking up the sound of retreating footsteps, he whipped around to see Mitsukai stomping away.
He gulped.
'Uh oh. . .'
*
'Why that- that stupid, ignorant, lying, son of a b-' Botan thought angrily, a single tear running down her face as she glared at the flower in her hands.
She sat on the windowsill of her bedroom, her feet dangling out the window.
Tearing off one of the petals of the rose, Botan threw it over the edge of the sill.
Watching it drift away and disappear with the wind, she continued to rip off petals and release them.
~"No one will keep us apart, Mitsukai."~
"Liar," the maid hissed to herself as she tore off the last petal. 'You let Hari come between us. . .twice.' "LIAR!"
"Whose a liar?"
The girl whirled around, hopping back inside her room.
The prince stood at her door way, looking confused.
Botan glared at him.
He gulped.
Brushing past him, Mitsukai began to head down stairs, leaving the rose stem lying on the floor.
"Wait!" Kurama called as he hurried after her. "I didn't- that is- I didn't want her-"
Botan ignored him.
"Would you listen to me?!"
The maid only picked up a small purse from the counter and took a list of chores from the wall and began to head outside.
"Mitsukai, listen to me! Let me explain!"
"Explain WHAT?" the girl suddenly screamed, whirling around to face him. "That you LIED to me?!"
"I *DIDN'T* lie! I won't let ANYONE come between us!"
"SHE BEAT ME UP, AND THEN YOU *KISS* HER?! HOW IS THAT NOT LETING ANYONE COME BETWEEN US?!"
" Hari kissed me, I didn't kiss her!"
"Don't give me that shit. I had a fucking FRONT ROW SEAT, KURAMA! I think I know what I saw!"
With that, the furious maid turned around again, and began to stomp towards the gate.
"Where are you going?!" he called as he hurried after her.
She did nothing but sent him an icy glare, open the gate, and head towards the town.
Sighing a defeated sigh, he began to turn around to go back inside-
And then decided against it and hurried after her.
*
A little earlier, the shirtless vizier had been wandering the lawns; both for the pleasure, and looking for some way to cover himself up.
'Though I do have a chest all the girls would marvel. . .' he thought, smiling to himself.
With a small sigh, he leaned against the wall and looked towards the castle.
'I wonder how long I'll have to hide from Maya-'
But before he could even finish his thought, something large fell on top of his head.
"Blast it!" groaned a woman's voice.
Rubbing her posterior, the girl got off of Yusuke.
"Lady Keiko!" he cried joyfully as he saw who it was. She smiled a small smile back, and then turned pink at the vizier's shirtless top.
"Hello, Yusuke," she replied, fiddling with her sleeve.
"It's so nice to see your lovely face again!" he beamed. "But I suppose you're here to see Botan?"
Keiko blushed and looked away. "Actually. . ."
"Actually- - -?" Yusuke repeated slowly, tilting her chin so she would look up at him.
"Actually what?"
"Actually," Keiko continued, looking determined yet still pink, "I came to see you."
The vizier grinned a very happy, very disturbing grin. "Really?"
Keiko nodded.
"I knew you loved me!" Yusuke grinned slyly, hugging Keiko.
Keiko backed away slightly, now totally red. "I never said that!"
"Ah, but you thought it!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!'
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
Suddenly realizing what she said, Keiko's eyes widened and she turned so red she was giving off heat. "I DIDN'T JUST SAY THAT!"
"Ha!" Yusuke cried joyfully. "You love me!"
"I hate you."
"You love me!"
"I really, really hate you."
"Ah, come on! Smile a little! You look so lovely when you smile!"
"I should kill you."
"Please? Just a little smile? For me?"
"I really, really want to kill you."
"As long as you smile!"
*
But Keiko and Yusuke's argument was interrupted by Kurama and Botan walking past, fighting.
"What's going on?" Yusuke whispered, frowning deeply as the two yelling people past. "They were so happy a little while ago!"
"What happened?" Keiko whispered back.
After a hurried explanation, Keiko's brow furrowed.
"I bet it was that Hari bitch."
"Probably," Yusuke agreed. "What are we gonna do?"
"Get them back together, of course!" Keiko announced after Botan and Kurama- Yasha had stomped angrily towards town. "They are supposed to be together!"
"Right!" the vizier agreed, standing and helping Keiko do the same.
There was a moment of silence.
"Shouldn't you at least put on a shirt?"
"Nah!" Yusuke announced, as he pulled Keiko towards the gate. "No time!" He stopped and looked at her. "You don't mind, do you?"
". . . No, it's okay."
*
The two began to walk quickly after the prince and the maid.
But after a little while, Keiko noticed Yusuke continually stared at her.
"What do you want?" she mumbled, purposely looking away from him as they walked the dirt path to the bustling village.
"I was just thinking how nice it is to spend time with you, Lady Keiko," Yusuke smiled widely. "I missed you."
"Sure."
"It's true!"
"Well. . . I missed you too," Keiko admitted, still looking away, in the direction of the upcoming village.
"Really?!"
"Yes."
"So you love me?!
"NO! I NEVER SAID THAT!"
"You looooove me! You LOOOOOOVE me!"
"I've gotta remember to keep my mouth shut."
"You LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE me!"
"I'd love it if you shut up."
"You do love me!"
"I meant shut up now."
"You can't help but love me! You find me irresistible! Ha!" Yusuke grinned slyly at the exasperated girl.
"Why I missed you is a mystery to me now, Yusuke."
The vizier didn't say anything else, but did continue to do a happy little jig as they walked that seriously embarrassed Keiko.
Until that little jig caused his hand to "accidentally" brush her chest.
Then she was mad.
"PERVERT!" she screamed, hitting him hard over the head and continuing to walk along as Yusuke collected his teeth.
"I love it when you do that."
"Shut up."
*
"So, if you hate me so much," Yusuke said a few moments later as they got nearer and nearer to town. "Why'd you come back?"
"It's still a mystery to me," Keiko replied dryly.
"Seriously."
The girl sighed and glanced at Yusuke from the corner of her eye. "I just did. . . you make me feel. . . I dunno."
"Happy?"
"Occasionally."
"Angry?"
"Always."
"Loved?"
Keiko didn't say anything. Loved. That was the right word.
The vizier noticed her silence. "Is loved it? You feel loved? Well good. 'Cause you should."
The girl looked at him. "Really? You seriously love me?"
"Yep," Yusuke said plainly. "I do."
". . . Even though I hit you?"
"I deserve it."
"Even though I insult you?"
"I find that sexy."
"Even though I'm not very pretty?"
"You're beautiful."
"Even if I act like an ass?"
"I don't want you to change even a little."
". . . Even if I don't love you?"
"Lovely Lady Keiko," Yusuke smiled gently down at her, "I will love you until the day I die."
The girl said nothing to this for a moment, biting her lip.
"Really?"
"Yep."
"So you really love me."
"Uh huh."
". . . Then is it okay. . . If I love you too?"
Yusuke grinned. "That would be more then okay."
"Good," Keiko announced, as Yusuke took her hand. "Because I do."
"Ha. I told you."
"Shut up."
And for once, he did.
*
I don't anything to say at the moment..
Except for.
DEDICATION TIME!!!!!
And the award goes to.
PassionateAngel
AND
l-Steph-chan-l
Thanks to both of you for reviewing and giving me confidence!!!!
JA!!!!