A/N: Please take note that the Jin's Irish accent is horribly butchered. I'm so very sorry.
Disclaimer: I don't own YYH.
A light sheet of snow covered the city and the forest that was near it. The light of early afternoon could hardly be seen behind the fluffy snow clouds that signaled another winter storm.
He loved winter. Just everything about it; the snow, the shorter days, the way people acted. It was just a lovely season in general.
Knowing that, it would make total sense to why Kuwabara was trudging up to Genkia's. And it did; he loved winter, the one he loved WAS winter. Or at least had the element that corresponded with it.
Just thinking about him made Kuwabara's head spin. Yes 'him', not her. Even though it seemed like he did, he did not have any romantic feeling for the ice Koorime, Yukina.
Well, at first he did. But that was just puppy love, a silly little crush. It was apparent at the Dark Tournament, when he told her he loved her, that she would never be able to understand. She was too naive to have any feelings of love. Through time Kuwabara begrudgingly understood her and left matters alone.
He didn't dwell on that for long, for another had caught his eye. Everything about him was just beautiful; his light blue and aqua hair, his eyes that one could get lost in, the way he held an honor code like himself.
Yes, Kuwabara Kazuma had fallen for the Shinobi Master of Ice; Touya.
Kuwabara shoved his gloved hands into his black hoodies pocket. A cloud of mist formed every time he took a breathas he continued his treck up the hill leading to the stairs of Genkia's temple.
It had been a long year since Urameshi came back. A month after, the group of demons that had trained under Genkai came back for more training. They still had 2 years until the next Tournament, but they wanted to get a head start.
How had Kuwabara known this? Well, he had been going to Genkia's for more training with his Spirit awareness. It had been easy to figure it out, since he was there when they busted a hole in Genkai's wall that seemed to be cause by a misplaced 'whirl-wind' attack.
From then on, Kuwabara traveled to the temple only once a month. He did not want to distract them from their rigorous training. Honestly, he hadn't the need to get hurt; he already had enough bruises from playing football(1) after school.
And here he was now, a week before the western holiday Christmas, making his way up the stair-master from hell. Faintly, he could hear a child's laughter followed by an angered scream.
"WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU RINKU, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE ANYMORE!"
Kuwabara lightly laughed to himself. Obviously, Rinku had yet to learn why not to instigate trouble with Shishi.
Making his way into the view of the temple, he sighed in amazement. Rinku was gleefully running from Shishiwakumaru, who, as it seemed, was running around in a pink fighting gee.
As Rinku ran past the human, with Shishi practically on his tail, he childishly screamed, "HI KUWABARA!"
Chuckling to himself, Kuwabara waved to the demonic-child's back.
The snow crunched slightly under his feet as Kuwabara walked up and into the temple. As he shook off the white spots that clung to the fabric, he walked into the main room, which Yukina had turned into a cozy living room.
"Why, hello Kazuma. And Merry Christmas," Yukina's cheery voice rang through the boys ears. He turned to her and gave her a happy smile.
"Merry Christmas to you too," he replied, shaking the remaining snow out of his orange locks and looking over at the ice master who was reading a book on the couch. He walked across to where Yukina was, and gave her a friendly hug.
"So, are you going somewhere?" he asked, motioning to the coat and scarf she was wearing.
"Yes, Genkia said that the guys and I could go out into the town. Touya decided to stay here, though."
It must had been a gift, since none of the demons where allowed to go past the forest's end. And, man, was Kuwabara happy that Touya had wanted to stay behind. Suddenly, laughter was heard form the next room, shortly followed by three demons in the doorway.
Jin, Chuu, and Suzuki to be precise. The drunken and the clown looked fine, but the poor wind master looked like an over-stuffed marshmallow. Which was why the two other demons where laughing.
"Wow, are you going into Tokyo, or Antarctica?" Kuwabara joked, walking over to Jin who tried hobbling over to the door. After unwrapping the wind master, Kuwabara reassembled his outfit so he'd look like a normal 'human'.
"Than' ye, Kuwa," Jin said, readjusting the blue scarf around his neck. Kuwabara shrugged in response, before plopping himself onto the couch next to Touya.
"Come on guys, Genkia wants us back by ten p.m. sharp," Yukina said, before ushering them out the door and saying a quick goodbye to Kuwabara and the master of ice. After the door closed, and a short argument between Shishi and Rinku, it fell into a peaceful silence.
It was in that silence that Kuwbara's eyes shifted to Touya. The ice shinobi was still curled up on the side of the couch, completely into his novel. He had such a look of content on his face, which was a big surprise. Touya always looked indifferent or, when Jin was in the same room with him for too long, angered.
"Hey... Touya?" Kuwabara said hesitatingly, not wanting to disturbed the angelic figure besides him. Briefly looking up, Touya 'hmmed' in response. "I'm gonna see if Genkia has some cocoa. Want some?" he offered, getting up off of the couch.
"...Cocoa? What's that?" Touya asked the human, getting up to follow him into the kitchen.
As Kuwabara rummaged through the cabinet he explained, " It's a hot chocolate drink. It's really good." Once he located the box, he pulled it out and showed it to the curious master. After looking it over, he handed it back to the human.
"Okay, sure I'll have some," Touya said, and sat at the table. Smiling, Kuwabara started to boil some water, got two cups, and poured in the powdery mix. After waiting at the counter for five minutes, he turned the stove off and poured the hot water into the mugs.
"Here you go," Kuwabara said handing Touya his mug before sitting across from him. The mug slightly burned Touya's sensitive hands, so he placed it lightly on the table and stared at it.
As Kuwabara took a swing of his own steaming drink, he looked over the rim and at Touya. "It's not going to bite you," said Kuwabara humorously. He stopped his laughing when Touya gave him a slight glare.
Hesitatingly, Touya picked up the chocolate drink and tipped it into his mouth. As soon as the liquid touched his tongue he let out a high-pitched squeak. He quickly placed the mug back down.
"You okay?' Kuwabara asked with concern. Touya stuck his tongue out, and held it between his fingers.
"Just peachy," Touya said sarcastically with a lisp. They sat in silence for a minute, Touya nursing his tongue and Kuwabara feeling a tad bit bad. Not being able to take the silence, the human sighed and stood up.
When he reached the other end, where Touya was sitting, he bent down to look th ice master in the eye. A delicate eyebrow lifted on the demons face in curiosity.
"What is it?"
"Nothing, just take your fingers off of your tongue." Touya blinked his pretty crystal eyes. Slowly, he removed his cold fingers. When he did Kuwabara took a hold off his face, inspecting his tongue.
"Hmm, it seems okay," the human mumbled. Suddenly, an idea flashed into his head. This was his one, and probably only chance to taste those sweet lips of the ice master.
Smirking, Kuwabara held onto Touya's face a bit firmer and slowly leaned his head in. "Lets see it that tongue of yours still works correctly." Touya, slightly confused, had no time to react as his mouth was slowly covered in a soft kiss.
He widened his eyes in shock, while Kuwabara's closed as he savored the feeling of the ice master's lips. As he imagined, they where cold. But not as cold to have his lips get frozen, like licking a lamp-post in December.
And to Touya, Kuwabara's lips where surprisingly warm. Not like the offensive liquid that had burned him earlier, but still warm to him. To add to that, the taste of chocolate still lingered on his lips. As an involuntary action, Touya breathed out, blowing air into Kuwabara's hot mouth.
As Kuwabara pulled back he let out a breath of misty air, caused by Touya's cold breath mingling with his own. His blue eyes stared into Touya's for, what seemed like, an eternity.
The silence was broken by Kuwabara clearing his throat. "Well, I guess your tongue and lips are just fine."
(1) I always thought Kuwabara would play football, even if they don't usually play that in Japan (or whatever).
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