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IN THE ARMS OF LOVE

Chapter 5

It was two in the morning as Hiei watched Yusuke pull up outside the apartment in Kurama's car. The detective went around to the passenger side and helped the very intoxicated redhead out of the car. "I shoulda drove… um… what's her name? Oh yeah, Calimi home. Yushuke, make sure ya thank Keiko for me, kay?"

Kurama was leaning heavily on Yusuke's shoulder as they went into the apartment. Yusuke chuckled at his friend. "Sure Kurama, whatever you say."

When they went into the bedroom Hiei flitted to Kurama's window. Yusuke didn't comment when he saw the fire demon, knowing Kurama was too drunk to even notice. "So Kurama, what happened tonight? You don't usually drink like that."

Kurama squinted trying to see Yusuke clearly as he was lowered to the bed. After a moment he gave up and closed his eyes. "That femmy boy Yogi or Yubi or whatever, he's taking my Hiei."

Yusuke flashed Hiei a grin. With Kurama's defenses down Yusuke continued questioning him as he bent to remove the Youko's shoes. "Your Hiei?"

Kurama's eyes drifted open at Yusuke's words. "Huh? Oh yeah, that cute wittle demon is my best fwiend ya know. What'll I do if dat pretty boy takes my Frier-Fry away fwom me?"

Both Hiei and Yusuke were having trouble stifling their laughter. "Frier-Fry?"

Kurama's brow wrinkled in confusion. "Huh? No! Fy-Er-FL-Y!"

Reaching out, Yusuke tried to steady Kurama as he swayed on the bed. "If you're worried about losing your Fire-Fly maybe you should do something about it."

Annoyed Kurama pushed Yusuke's hand aside and fell back on the bed. "I don't have any claim on him, Yushuke."

"Maybe it's time you staked your claim Kurama." Yusuke lifted Kurama's feet onto the bed. He wasn't sure if Kurama heard him since he appeared to have passed out.

Leaving the apartment he found Keiko and Hiei waiting for him by their car. "Mission accomplished Hiei. Kurama's definitely jealous."

Keiko sighed. "I feel kind of bad about all this. Camille's attractive, intelligent and very nice. I think she's falling in love with Kurama too. If everything goes the way we want and Hiei gets Kurama, she's really going to get hurt."

Yusuke glanced at Hiei before put an arm around his wife. "It can't be helped Honey. Either she gets hurt or Hiei does."

Keiko smiled at Hiei. "Don't misunderstand me Hiei. You and Kurama belong together, we all know that. It's just Camille hasn't done anything wrong and I'm sorry she's going to be hurt."

Hiei nodded. "You know how Kurama feels about hurting ningens. I'm just afraid he might decide to stay with her so he isn't responsible for hurting her."

Yusuke helped Keiko into the car before turning back to Hiei. "Not a chance Hiei. The Reikai Tente always get their man, you just happen to want to have sex with this one."

Laughing Yusuke quickly ducked into the car before Hiei could get his hands on him. Waving, Yusuke and Keiko drove away.

Flitting back to Kurama's room Hiei watched his fox sleep. Kurama shifted uncomfortably. Hiei hesitated then sat on the edge of the bed and began to loosen Kurama's clothes. Before long he had the redhead naked and tucked comfortably in bed.

"Sleep well my beautiful Fox." Hiei brushed Kurama's red hair aside before leaning down to steal a gentle kiss. When Kurama sighed and leaned into the kiss Hiei's lips lingered a moment longer. Reluctantly pulling away, Hiei went to sit in the window sill. He knew he wouldn't sleep as he watched Kurama sleep.

Slowly Kurama returned to consciousness. He hadn't even moved and he knew he had died and gone to hell. Maybe he had been captured and someone was torturing him. His head felt like it was in a vice. His eyes felt swollen and he wasn't sure they would open. Every nerve in his body was on fire.

In the outer recesses of his mind he was aware of someone laughing at him. Risking the searing pain he cracked his eyes open to see Hiei smirking at him from the window. It took Kurama several attempts before he was able to whisper. "Please Hiei, kill me and put me out of my misery."

He winced when Hiei spoke in his normal voice. "You did this to yourself Fox, you pay the consequences."

"Such compassion from my… best friend." Bracing himself against the pain Kurama dared to sit up. He groaned, fighting a wave of nausea.

Kurama didn't know it but Hiei was unable to watch the redhead suffer anymore. He suddenly flitted out of the room and returned a few minutes later with a small glass containing a thick red liquid. Kurama eyed it suspiciously. "What's that?"

Hiei smirked. "Don't ask, just drink it quickly."

Hesitantly, Kurama took the glass. When he moved to smell it he saw Hiei shake his head. Deciding to trust Hiei, Kurama took a deep breath, plugged his nose and downed the contents of the glass. "Oh Gods Hiei, what the hell was that shit? It tasted like your blood mixed with something nasty and it burns."

Shaking his head Hiei didn't respond. A moment later confusion crossed Kurama's face. "Wow! My hangover's gone. If you could convince people to drink that crap you could make a fortune bottling and selling it."

Taking his left hand from behind his back Hiei showed Kurama a bloody dishtowel wrapped around his wrist. "Hn. Not likely Fox since the main ingredient is my blood."

Kurama jumped up and grabbed Hiei's wrist. As he had so many times before Kurama dragged Hiei into the bathroom to bandage his wound. "Hiei, promise me you will never do something like this again. I would never want you hurt because of me."

Hiei had a problem hiding his blush. He was practically in Kurama's arms as the fox took care of him. The beautiful words the fox spoke whispered across his ear. He had only to turn his head and he could capture those soft lips with his.

When Kurama finished, Hiei went back to the bedroom. He put on his cloak and picked up his katana preparing to leave. Before he left he noticed the distressed look on Kurama's face. "What is it Fox?"

Kurama's careful mask of calm returned quickly. "So, are you headed back to Makai?"

Hiei couldn't meet Kurama's eyes. "No, not yet. I… um… have plans."

Kurama's brow drew together in a frown "Plans?"

Red hair swayed as Kurama shook his head as if he hadn't heard right. "What kind of plans? In all the years I've known you you've never had plans."

As if a light bulb went off, realization dawned on Kurama. His voice was so quiet Hiei almost couldn't hear him. "You mean with Yoji, don't you?"

"Hn." Hiei quickly flitted out the window before Kurama could see how pleased he was by his partner's reaction.

Kurama stood there staring out the window. He had the strongest urge to go after Hiei. For some reason he was disturbed by Hiei's relationship with Yoji. Mistaking the feeling as intuition he quickly dressed and went in pursuit of his friend. He couldn't shake the feeling that he needed to protect Hiei.