You hate these reviews, don't you? I'm sure you do, but you're getting one because it's important to understand what's next. It is now nearly midnight…almost Sunday. Maria is on duty, but she's off soon. She's been worried about Shuichi and Shiori all day. Hatakama's been at the hospital all day, as well. Maria was too kind hearted to kick him out when visiting hours were over, and, even if she had tried, he wasn't going to leave. Shiori was actually holding up pretty well, all things considered. Her nervousness was exhibited by the growing mound of shredded tissues around her in the bed, but she hadn't suffered any physical setbacks, health wise. This is quite remarkable, considering how much stress it is hearing your son has been kidnapped and being unable to do anything about it. She had even managed to drink a meal drink thing, so that she could tell Shuichi when he returned that she had.

Kurama, let us remember, has been through a lot today, and it showed. First, waking up with a hangover, then being kidnapped and chloroformed, then getting sick, which, even though he missed his lap was still on his clothes, then a fight, then witness to a gun fight, then taken somewhere else and chained up, another gun fight, and making out in the back of a van. He looked awful, frankly. His clothes were dirty and torn, his hair was matted and a bit wild. Remember how I said he was always perfect? His mother had never seen him looking so bad. But, at the moment, he didn't care. He wanted to see her. He also saw the torn expression on Yusuke's face.

Let's remember, Yusuke has been through almost as much as Kurama, minus the hangover and sickness, adding the finding out who his father was. Granted, he'd known Koenma all his life, but this new aspect…he wasn't sure what to make of it. Yusuke kept looking between Kurama and Koenma. "Stay here, Yusuke, I'll be okay," Kurama said at last.

"No," Koenma countered, "I have things to take care of. We can talk later, Yusuke, after Sakyo's taken care of. Go with Kurama now. You, too, Hiei." Hiei was torn, too, wanting to be with Sensui and Itsuki as well as Kurama. Nodding, the two moved to flank Kurama, grabbing his hands, and left the emergency room to go to Shiori's room.

When they entered the ward, Maria gasped and ran to the boys, grabbing them all and hugging them quickly before pulling back and ordering, "Go, hurry, she's still awake! Oh, I'm so glad you're okay!"

Worry propelled Kurama quickly across the room, dragging Hiei and Yusuke behind him. His mother's door was open and she was looking expectantly at the door, having heard Maria's rejoicing. "Shuichi!" she called softly, holding out her hands.

Kurama let go of Yusuke and Hiei and dove for his mother's arms, tears coming down his cheeks. "I love you!" he cried as his arms wrapped around the frail woman.

"My baby…my baby…my poor baby!" Shiori did her best to gather Kurama into her lap and hold him close, tears falling down her cheeks, as well.

Forgive me…I cannot continue, but you get the idea. Yusuke and Hiei stood by the door and after a while, Shiori motioned them to come over and introductions were made, hugs exchanged and too soon, Koenma was at the door.

"Please, get some sleep, Mother. I love you. We're going with Koenma. He said he'd take care of us so you don't have to worry. We'll be back tomorrow, okay?"

Shiori nodded, "You, too, get some sleep. We'll talk more tomorrow." She laid back on the pillow and let her eyes close. She was asleep before the boys left the room.

Kurama looked over his shoulder once more at the door, a smile on his lips when he saw his mother asleep. Hiei and Yusuke wrapped their arms around the redhead as the three followed Koenma back to the vehicle. Kurama was exhausted and began falling asleep the minute he sat down. Yusuke and Hiei were tired as well and were content to rest their heads on Kurama's shoulders as they traveled. It was dark and the lights were not on when they arrived at their destination, and given their sleepiness, it's natural they didn't notice their surroundings. Actually, their surroundings really aren't that important as the fact that they were led to a room with a single bed, a king sized bed, and an en suit bathroom. Hiei and Yusuke, being the less tired, helped Kurama wash off, though he insisted they leave the room while he changed into the pajamas that had been provided for them. There was also a toothbrush and a hair brush which he made use of before relinquishing the bathroom. With a wave, he climbed in the bed and was asleep before the other two had entered the bathroom.

"What do we do now?" Hiei asked as he took off his shirt.

"What do you mean?" Yusuke asked, doing the same thing. They had seen each other before, so it really didn't matter that they changed in the same room, did it?

Hiei looked down at the shirt he still held. "About Kurama. About us." His eyes came up to look at Yusuke in the mirror. "He's not the only one…" his voice trailed off.

"I know…" Yusuke said softly, meeting Hiei's reflected gaze.

"What do we do?" Hiei repeated.

Yusuke's eyes dropped, "I don't know." He ran a hand through his hair, "Shit, I mean, just a couple of days ago, all I wanted was to fuck him. And now…" his voice trailed off.

"And now," Hiei added, "you don't want to leave him, even if he never puts out."

Yusuke's eyes dropped, "I don't really even care about that so much anymore. I still want to fuck him, but…it's different, now."

"I know…" Hiei added. The two stood in awkward silence for a minute…a very long minute. "I feel the same about you," Hiei finally said, almost whispering it, afraid the words would be rejected.

"I feel the same about you, too," Yusuke said back, his eyes on the floor.

"Now what?" Hiei asked again.

Yusuke shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe we should try talking about this in the morning when we can think straight."

"And we all can talk," Hiei added.

"Yeah."

They quickly removed their remaining clothes and clambered into pajamas as well. I know you're disappointed, no kissing, no nude sleeping, but…well…our boys have had a stressful day, and while I know that type of activity makes for good stress relief, our boys were just not up to it. In many ways, their conversation was a lot more intimate than that type of activity could be. They had stood more bare than they had ever been before. It's kind of intense. So I'm sorry to disappoint you, but all they did next was sleep. Kurama curled around Hiei in his sleep and Yusuke wrapped around the other two. And that is how morning found them.

A/N: Well, my dears...I know this story will be 14 chapters long now...and chapter 14 is going to be sevely edited for here. Chapter 13 brought up things I didn't expect, but then, that's nothing new...I didn't expect a lot of things in this story...anyways...Though I hate to do this to you, Wednesday will end this story...it'll give you a lot to think about over Thanksgiving...If I'm anywhere as good as I need to be ;) Gods...I hope so! I'd hate to disappoint you, my loyal readers. Review! And yes, I've been told it gets difficult to come up with new things to say...and I know with the holidays coming up people are busy...but I appreciate any quick notes :D And, yes, I know it's short, but tomorrow's makes up for it...and it's important, don't you think?