Kyla: Hey, ya'll! What's up? This is just a little one-shot on our fave lil fire demon.. Hiei! Hope you like it! Please review and tell me what you think!

You think you know me?
by
Kyla

So, you're just like everyone else?
You think you know the real me?
Well, guess again...

I'm not the cold-hearted, soulless monster that everyone says...
That's why I cannot stand to be around a lot of people or even demons...
Whenever I'm around Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and the others,
they always somehow manage to crack a joke about the way I act or something...

It makes me angry and.. sad...
Yes, sad!
As I said before,
I'm not some evil creature like everyone thinks..!

You know those "jokes", or whatever you might call them, say?
They hurt... They really do, deep down...
But I don't bother to try and change anyone's mind.

Why?
Well, why should I?
You and anyone else can think what you like...
I just wish the sneers and harsh names would stop...

I don't let anyone else see the real me,
the child-like, fragile soul that hides behind the icy walls around my heart.
I never let slip a single tear in another's presence,
only when I'm alone..
in the darkness..
hidden...

The pain I feel spreads through me constantly,
the pain of being thought of as some kind of heartless monster...
Monster...
That one word hurts, and believe me.. it hurts badly...
But, that's the way it's always been, and probably always will be.

There goes Yusuke again with another "scoff" at how I act when I'm around them,
the way I'm always sitting on the windowsill, glaring through the pain,
and the warm feeling of tears is building behind my eyes,
crimson orbs blinking the unwanted tears away...

I'm stubborn, that's just the way I grew up,
and that's why I've told no one of the way I feel,
swore to never tell anyone of my secret pain, but..
I can't take much more of this...

Desperately, I force back my tears for a later time..
when I''m alone in the middle of the forest on a tree limb,
where I can let out my unspoken hurt.
My heart aches from all these "jokes", and suddenly,
it's just too much...
I have to let it out...

"You think you know me! You have no clue!" I yell, tears threatening to spill out,
but I fight the urge to cry.. I won't cry in front of them...

I disappear from the room right as a tear rebelliously escapes my eye.
It falls to the floor as a black gem, a crimson swirled into the center.
It lands on the floor with a soft clink,
the only noise that can be heard in the now silent room...

Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Botan remain motionless and quiet,
blankly staring at where I had just been,
seeing only an open window, the curtains rippling quietly in the silence,
a soft, warm breeze blowing through the thick silence...

THE END

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