Hiei had left her alone after that. He had given her what she wanted. Yusuke agreed to watch her for a while. Hiei decided to give her time. After a while she'd have to come around, right? She would have to eventually. She'd considered him, at the very least, a friend before that night. He knew that much.
Tonight would be the night he'd go back and try to talk to her again. She couldn't stay mad forever. He opened the front door to the apartment. The couch was turned away from the door, and he saw Yusuke's head leaned over a little. He must've fallen asleep at the television. Then he spotted her. She was leaning on him. Hiei clenched his fists.
He coughed and Yusuke sat up.
"Huh? What?"
Hiei tapped his foot a little.
"Oh, hey Hiei…" Yusuke got up and Unmei fell over onto the couch. Hiei raised an eyebrow.
"Fell asleep watching TV."
"Really?"
"What else would I have been doing?"
Hieiwalked over to the couch and lifted her up again. He sat by her and she fell onto his shoulder. He smiled a touch.
"Want somethin to eat?" Yusuke asked.
Hiei looked over at him. "No." He picked her up and took her in Yusuke and Chinmoku's bedroom. Chinmoku wasn't there, not much of a surprise. He laid Unmei down on Chinmoku's bed.
Yusuke popped his head in. "What's up?"
"I want to talk to her. Alone."
"O…kay…" Yusuke left, and closed the door behind him.
Hiei sat down by her. He brushed some hair out of her face. "Unmei…"
Her eyelids slowly raised up and he vision focused on him. She sat up. "What do you want?"
"To talk to you."
"You never want to talk."
He smirked. "You're right."
She looked at him. "So why are you—"
He grabbed her shoulders and kissed her. She pushed at him a little for a minute, but gave up quickly. He pushed her back slowly into the pillows, his lips still on hers. She freed her lips for a second.
"Hiei… stop," she whispered.
"You really want me to stop?"
She nodded and he pulled back and sat up. He got up and she sat up and grabbed his arm. He looked down at her with wide eyes.
"I didn't tell you to leave…"
He sat down again. "…Still think it's my fault?"
She shook her head a little, her eyes were closed. He kissed her forehead.
"Hiei?"
"Hmm?"
"I… I'm sorry…"
"You don't have to be. It wasn't your fault either. I shouldn't have left. I'm sorry."
She looked up at him. "You're sorry?"
He nodded. She looked up at him. He looked into her eyes. Her mind was blocked but he could tell she was nervous.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
She gently pushed her lips against his. "I missed you…"
He blinked a few times.
"You didn't even come to the school…"
"I'm not your body guard. Why would I have?"
"I don't know…"
"I'll be there tomorrow." He kissed her again.
She smiled.
He looked at her. "I take it you don't hate me then?"
"No," she said. "I never did…" She'd been looking down for a few minutes. He lifted her chin up and there were tears in her eyes. He pulled her closer. She wrapped her arms around him.
"You can cry… if you want."
She nodded a little. Her head was pressed to his chest. He could feel her tears soaking through his shirt to his skin.
After a while her tears came slower. Hiei started kissing the salty drops from her skin. He kissed her again and this time she kissed back a little. That was just the encouragement he needed. He slowly lowered her down onto the bed again. She looked up at him.
"Hiei…"
"What?"
"What are we doing?"
"Kissing."
"Is this your way of comforting me?"
"No. holding you while you cried was my way of comforting you." He kissed her again.
"Then what is kissing?"
"Affection."
"What's this affection going to turn into?"
"Stop thinking."
She looked at him.
"Stop thinking about what's going to happen, and just let it happen." He kissed her again gently. "I love you."
Her eyes got wide. "You're different…"
He touched her cheek. "I'm still me. I'm just being honest with you."
She buried her head in his neck and hugged him tightly. He smiled.
"I love you too… so much…" came her muffled response. She was crying again, just a little.
"Don't cry…"
She pulled back and smiled, he wiped the tears away with his thumb, holding her jaw in his palm. He kissed her and let his hands drift to the sweater she had on. He quickly had it off.
"Hiei…"
"Hm?"
"I love you," she whispered. She kissed him and started pulling at his jacket. He smiled. "How do you get this damned thing off…You make it lookeasy..."
He pulled it up over his head, and let it fall to the floor. She wrapped her arms around him again, and leaned her head on his bare chest.
They laid like that the rest of the night, both eventually drifting off to sleep, in someone else's bed, withsmiles on their lips. Both of them as happy as they'd been in a long while.