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Hiei's Heartfelt Wait

Hiei and Botan were alone in a golden field. Hiei gave Botan a bouque of beautiful flowers,"These are for you." Hiei said blushing.

Botans eyes lit up with surprise and happiness at the bouquie as she takes them gratefully. "Thank you Hiei they're lovely." Botan embraces Hiei tightly. Botan lets go as Hiei looks down. "Hiei whats wrong?"

Hiei sighs and starts to replie,"Botan I have a confession. I love..." Looking up at Botan Hiei see her face replaced with a skull. "Botan!" Hiei yells out as she begins to faded. "Botan!" Hiei wakes up in a cold sweat next to Botans hospital bed where he has been for the past two days.

Outside of Botan's room the rest of the gang was waiting,"Hiei had another nightmare." Kurama said.

It's been two days since the attack and nothing has asked. Julien was found in her home frozen to death and pass code taken. Hiei hadn't slept well ever since Botan was attacked. Botan received heavy damage from the demon Shausta. When Hiei found her she wasn't breathing her chest was crushed and internal bleeding. The surgical team did all they could for her but could nothing for her coma. Genki brought Yukina, an ice demon and Kuwabara's crush, over to heal Botan but even her powers failed to be any use. X explained what Hiei was going to tell Botan just before the accident and why he was acting so strangly towards Botan. This news came to quite a shock to everyone but it soon passed with sadness.

Yusuke stared out kind of understanding what Hiei was going through. Keiko has been through so much since Yusuke became Spirit Dective that he fears for her life every second of every day. If Keiko was in Botan situation it would be him next to the bed instead of Hiei. But what made this worse for Hiei was that he never told Botan how he felt. Hiei's mind must be swirling with regeret of not telling her.

Hiei stepped out of Botan's room seeing everybodies face look at him hoping to hear some news. "Just need to get a drink." Hiei slowly walks to a vending machine ordering a bottle of water.

"No change?" Kurama asks behind Hiei.

"No." Hiei repies his head down. As he reenters Botan's room.

"He's taking it hard." Kurama says returning to the group.

"He has a right to." Yusuke said out loud. "He was going to confess his love, something that he never has done before, and now she is in the hospital with an unkown diagnosis. Not to mention Hiei can't get his revenge because there been no call. So yeah I think he has a right to taking hard." Everyone held there silence at Yusuke's comment. Yusuke was right Hiei did have the right to take it hard. No could even phathom what was is Hiei's mind.

"Well someone needs to talk to him." X spoke out. "We can't just leave him in this state. Hiei his dying with grief and all were doing is sitting here feeling sorry for ourselves."

"Hiei likes being alone. It what he's use to." Kuwabara replies.

"No X is right. Someone needs to talk to Hiei." Kurama walks into Botans room where he finds Hiei sitting by Botans staring at her face. "Hiei?"

Hiei quickly turns his head surprised to see his friend. "What do you want?" Hiei snaps.

"Lets take a walk. It'll do you some good." Hiei looks at Botan promising he will be back soon. Spirit world had a beautiful day out as the two friends took their walk. "X told us about what you were going to tell Botan." Hiei held his silence staring into the ground. "I don't know what you going through but..."

"Thats right you don't!" Hiei yells cutting Kurama off. "I have no idea what could happen to Botan and I never told her how I feel about her." Hiei looks back at the ground. "And now I might not get the chance."

Kurama stops and gives his friend a shocked look. Suddenly it all made sense what Hiei was going through it. Hiei was afraid of Botan leaving and not hearing his confession and an answer. "Hiei!" Kurama calls out. Hiei stop and looks at his friend. "Tell her now."

"What?" Hiei calls out angerily.

"You heard me, tell her now. Your afraid you won't tell her at all. Tell her now she may not answer but she may hear you."

Hiei stares hard at his friend seeing how sincere he was. Hiei nodded and went back to Botan's room not saying a word to anyone. Standing over Botan's bed Hiei kneeled down and took her hand. I have wait too long to tell her, Hiei thought. Shallowing hard Hiei began,"Botan I don't know if you can hear me but I have a confession. I love you. I know I have done things to show the opposite but every threat, every dark look, every cruel word I said was my way of showing you my affection. I should have told you sooner but I was afraid you would reject me. And now I might have told you to late."

Hiei gave Botan's hand a light squeeze and was about to let go when Botan's hand gripped Hiei's."Do you mean it?" Botan whispers. "Do you love me?"

Hiei's eyes lit up at the sight of Botan awake. "Yes I meant every word."

Botan brings Hiei closer to her and says,"I love you too." Giving Hiei and powerful passionate kiss.