Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho
Warning: Blood and mentions of violence, as well as the customary hints of H/B
Other: Flashfic; the long-awaited Hiei version! Sorry this took so long; I was...distracted, mostly by homework.
Aftermath
They called it training. They sent demons down here, into this cavern— he had lost track a while ago, and hadn't bothered to remember what he had been at— and he killed them. Every. Single. One.
If they had sent in any more at one time, he might have drowned in a sea of blood.
Instead, he just watched as each demon spilled its red essence out, and in each puddle he saw his eyes reflected back at him. But when he stopped to stare at them, they became Yukina's eyes, smiling up at him as she told him to find her brother. And when he stared a bit longer at his sister's eyes, they became Botan's eyes, looking down at him after their lips had met in that one confusing, breathless, too-short and too-long instant.
He was sure that he should have felt something. Something like a moment when his entire body relaxed or maybe his heart was supposed to speed up. Nothing happened. But it felt nice, the lack of reaction. It was...perfect.
His entire life was about reacting. He reacted to his abandonment: he struck out, became a thief and a fighter. He reacted to his friends and to new situations and to his enemies. But he didn't react to Botan. She was there; she was always there; she would always be there for all of them. It would be wrong if she wasn't.
As he waited for the next round, he briefly touched his lips. He could almost feel her lips again, her weight on his body, the surprised look in her eyes after she opened them and got off of him.