Alright, Chapter 3! Thanks ro everyone for the reviews, please keep them coming, along with any ideas you might have, i'm sure to get blocked into a corner at some point.
Chapter 3:
"A game?" asked Hiei, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, something to pass the time until we...go to bed." Kurama answered.
Hiei could only remember playing one game with Kurama, and that was a month ago when Yuusuke had first gotten his gaming system. Kurama had tried to show him how to play the game, but Kuwabara had beaten him within the first few seconds of the game, a fact that only recently Kuwabara had forgotten about. Hiei knew that Kurama's mother had bought Kurama a similar system for his birthday, but with his constant studying and the relentless demon attacks, Kurama had little time to play with it.
"I'm not sure Kurama, I'm don't know anything about that machine" said Hiei, looking up at Kurama.
"Well then, we come always try something a little more simpler." answered Kurama as he lifted the small youko off his lap. Kurama walked over to his dresser and began searching through one of the smaller drawers until he found what he was looking for, a deck of cards.
"This game is called nijyuu-ni. Basically we keep drawing until one of us gets closest to twenty-two or until one of us goes over twenty-two and loses." Kurama explained to Hiei as he sat on the floor, shuffling the deck.
"Sounds kinda stupid to me" scoffed Hiei, as he got off of the bed and sat across from Kurama.
Kurama thought for a second before his eyes lit up and he stood up. "Alright, I have an idea to make it more interesting." he said, going over to his nightstand and picking up a small bowl containing several chocolate candies. "Each time one of us wins a game, they also get a piece of candy."
Kurama knew Hiei had a small weakness for chocolate, that was why he always kept some next to the bed. Hiei thought for a moment before nodding his head in agreement to the terms.
For the next hour the two stared intensely at the cards both in their hands and on the floor, Hiei would always get angry when he drew a picture of a face card. Out of the thirty-nine games played, Kurama ended up winning twenty-seven of them, while Hiei only won twelve.
"Don't worry Hiei, you can still have my candy, i'm not to fond of it anyway." Kurama said, pushing his pile of candy to Hiei.
Hiei shook his head, "No, let's play one more time, but this time we're not playing for candy."
"Well then, what are we playing for?" asked a curious kitsune.
"The loser has to do one thing the winner tells them." answered Hiei. Kurama thought for a moment about what this might entail. Hiei wasn't the kind of guy who liked the naughty thing in life, so he figured he was safe there.
"Alright, let's play, but first, what will happen is you win?" asked Kurama.
"If I win, you have to tell your mother about our relationship" said a smug Hiei.
Kurama's eyes widened for a second, "your not serious, are you?"
"Of course I am, if I win then you have to tell her that we're in love."
Kurama thought for a second, he really didn't know how his mother would take the news that her son was in love with another boy. Suddenly, Kurama thought of a way to force Hiei's hand. "Alright, but if I win then you have to tell Yukina that your her brother."
Hiei glared at Kurama for a moment. Kurama knew that Hiei had kept that secret from Yukina for a purpose, this was just a tactic that Kurama had thought up. "Alright" replied Hiei.
Kurama felt uneasy about the stakes of the game, if he lost then his mother might end up hating him, but if he won then his only love might end up hating him, either way, he seemed to lose.
Kurama drew his rwo cards first, '12, pretty good' he thought to himself, while wondering what Hiei had drawn.
Kurama drew first, pulling out a five, with Hiei drawing after that.
"I win" said Hiei after drawing his first card. Kurama's eyes widened as he looked up.
"Excuse me?"
"I said I won, here, look" Hiei said, showing Kurama his cards, revealing an eight, a five, and a nine, totaling up to twenty-two. "I won, so that means you have to tell your mother when she gets home."
Kurama face went pale at the thought of was his mother would say the next day, but he knew he had to keep his promise to Hiei, or risk losing his lover forever. "Alright, I'll tell her after she gets home tomorrow" he said to Hiei, 'I just pray she'll be ready for it'
Alright, that's the end of Chapter 3! This is the turning point of the story, and the reason the fanfic is titled "Into the Light". Please remember to continue to review the chapters as I post them, hopefully I'll have the next chapter up soon.
Preview of Chapter 4: When Kurama tells his mother about him and Hiei, will she be understanding about their love, or will something prevent her from seeing the light?