It's another Smile Empty Soul called Eraser (once again, I don't own Smile Empty Soul or any of their songs...Though I still think it would be awesome.)
Hope you enjoy
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The next morning, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko and Yukina came over for some tea. Kyo brewed the tea and shook her boyfriend up.
"Shuuichi," Kyo cooed, still shaking him. Kurama mumbled, and turned, looking into Kyo's bright blue eyes. "Shuuichi, our guests are here," she whispered.
"Guests? What? Oh, them, right," Kurama sat up slowly, grabbing his head.
"Shuuichi, what's wrong?" she purred, running her fingers through his hair.
Kurama stole a glance outside. The window was fogged up and the day was very grey. Kurama thought he saw something white pouring from the sky. He smiled to himself. He loved the snow and everything about it, though the flowers wilted. This time of year, though, there were a lot more evergreens it seemed. Kurama loved evergreen trees, the smell, their look, their feeling. He also loved to decorate trees. Today Kurama and Kyo were supposed to decorate their Christmas tree with Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko and Yukina, but Kurama didn't feel like decorating today.
"Shuuichi, come on, there's one week to Christmas and we need to decorate," Kyo pleaded. "Come on, baby, we're all waiting for you."
"I feel sick," Kurama moaned, still staring out the window.
"Oh baby," Kyo lay down next to him, wrapping her arms around his stomach. "I'll get you some hot tea."
"Can I have hot chocolate?" Kurama turned his head. "Please."
"Of course," Kyo kissed his ear and giggled. "I'll be right back."
"Okay," Kurama smiled as she left. He sat up quickly and something cold banged against his chest. He looked down and saw Hiei's gem gently draped around his neck. He smiled, picked up the gem delicately, brought it to his lips and kissed it. Once he did, his lips felt cold and numb. He went to the mirror and looked in the mirror. Sure enough, his lips were a purple blue like he was cold.
Yukina walked in, holding a tray with a mug of hot chocolate and a plate with scrambled eggs. When she saw the gem hanging from his neck, the tray clanked to the floor. Luckily, the china didn't break into many pieces, but there were some cracks and the hot chocolate spilt everywhere and the eggs splattered.
"Wh-where did you get that?" Yukina gaped at the gem. Kurama pulled it off his neck and hid it. "Kurama? Where did you get that?" Yukina asked a little louder, thinking that Kurama didn't hear her.
"I promised the person I wouldn't say," as he looked shamefully at his feet. Yukina moved closer, stepping over the mess on the wooden floor.
"Kurama, did my brother give it to you?" Yukina leaned so close to him that he could feel her breath on his cheek. It was icy and cold. "Tell me the truth. Please, I need to find my precious brother! I need to know who he is!"
Some days are better,
better than others.
Can't run forever
pushing me under.
Hiei was resting in a giant oak tree right, outside Kurama's apartment, when he felt the firstsnowflake on his cheek. His eyes flew open and he sat up quickly, sensing his sister in Kurama's house. He leapt to the window sill and wiped off a little bit of fog from the window and pressed his right eye against it. Inside, Yukina was almost on top of Kurama, demanding something. Hiei saw Kurama holding his gem tightly and realized Yukina knew that Kurama had found her brother, him, Hiei.
He pressed his ear against the glass and tried to listen as best as he could. He couldn't make out some words, but most of them were pretty clear.
"Please, Kurama! I need to know who my brother is!" Yukina begged.
"I'm sorry, but I can't. I promised the person who gave me this gem I wouldn't give his identity to anyone, not even Koenma." Hiei smirked. Kurama hadn't promised this, but he knew that it was important to Hiei that Yukina didn't know who her thieving, lying brother was.
"Kurama, do you honestly think I'm a baka? I know that all of you know who my brother is. Please, I'll be so happy if you told me."
"Yukina, I can't."
"Fine," Yukina's footsteps echoed throughout the room.
Hiei pressed his eye once more against the glass to watch KuramaHis preciouskitsune was playingwith Hiei's gem, twirling it in his long, thin fingers. He stood up and began to walk to the window.Hiei looked everywhere, trying to find a place to go, a place to jump. If Kurama knew he were outside his window...
He jumped to the tree, crouching, trying to blend in with the snow. It was his only place to go, but it wasn't very helpful. Maybe if he went to the window-
Too late, Kurama had pushed the window open. Hiei quickly sucked all his ki and hid it, so Kurama wouldn't find him. He lay absolutely still, not moving a muscle. Even the slightest movement, even a breath, might accidently let his ki escape and Kurama would notice him. Kurama looked around the white a grey landscape, on the roof, at the cliff that his house was perched by, on the floor. There was no trace of Hiei. Kurama looked at the tree and saw the tip of raven black hair sticking out behind a pile of snow on the thick branch.
"Hiei," Kurama cooed. "Come inside, you must be freezing." Kurama waited for a few moments for any kind of response, but Hiei still didn't move.
Hiei sat there frozen, hidden behind that small pile of snow. Being short finally had some positive uses. Kurama leaned on the window sill, resting his chin on his left hand and playing with the crystal in his right. He smirked, closed the window and covered up his ki. Slowly he opened the window again, not letting it make a sound. His ki stayed perfectly hidden.
"Thank the gods," Hiei muttered and stood up, jumping on the roof. He spread his legs and looked between them. Staring right up at him were Kurama's big emerald eyes and a goofy smile. Hiei froze and fell off the roof. He dug his nails into the wall and held on. "GOD DAMMIT KURAMA!" Hiei shouted as he desperately tried to hold on"Did you have to live on the tenth floor?" Kurama laughedas Hiei glared down at the fox.
What a way to live my life,
Having fun.
With the battles I don't want to fight,
That I've become.
'Death,' thought the fox as he stared up at his fire demon, clinging to the wall. 'When your
finally escapes after its long captivity. Something that stops misery.' A red rose petal flutter right onto Kurama's cheek, pulling him out of his thoughts. His rose was falling out of Hiei's pocket as he was trying to plant his feet on the wall.
"Hiei, let my rose fall," he called up to the demon. Hiei looked at his pocket and sure enough, Kurama's rose was sticking out. He began to shake his leg letting the rose slowly slip from him. Kurama reached out his hand as the rose delicately floated down. "Rose whip," Kurama muttered to himself, his rose becoming a long, thorny green whip. He slashed it around Hiei's leg, trying not to hurt him. The thorns dug into Hiei's leg and he let go, falling right past Kurama.
Upside down, the world was much different. The sky was below him and he was underneath the Earth. It was a scary feeling, hanging there, his arms crossed. Kurama was pulling him up slowly, hoping the whip wouldn't break, making Hiei fall on his head. Finally, he climbed on the window sill, shaking the whip off his foot.
Now it's going great
All the lines are blurry n decayed
I cant recall
its like we used to blame
Kurama was sitting on his bed, wearing blue and black boxers. His legs were tightly buckled together as he played with Hiei's precious gem. "Help us decorate," Kurama's eyes examined Hiei's body. "Oh you, um, dropped this," Kurama held out the gem and Hiei snatched it, dropping it around his neck and tucking it under his shirt.
"You dropped that," Hiei nodded at the rose on the floor, which had transformed back as soon as Hiei shook it off his foot. Kurama blushed, picked it up and put it behind his head. The rose disappeared from Hiei's sight
There was a long silence between the two, not the awkward kind of silence, the quiet silence, the kind where words are spoken without moving your lips. Kurama slowly reached for the fire demons hand, taking it into his. Hiei grasped the kitsune's hand, wrapping his fingers around Kurama's own delicate, slender fingers. Hiei pulled Kurama up and Kurama led him to the door. The silence wasn't broken until they opened the door.
Is it me or is it you?
There's something in your eye.
All the things that we could do,
but we just want to fight.
As soon as they opened the door, the two demons let each other go. As soon as Hiei stepped into the hallway where he was greeted with a little squeal. Yukina flew her arms around Hiei's neck, taking him in for a soft, loving hug. She let go after a few minutes and smiled at him.
"Hiei-chan! It's been so long! How are you?" she asked with pure delight in her voice, her teal eyes sparkling. Hiei smiled at his long lost sister and shrugged.
Kuwabara's head popped from the living room to the hallway. "Did some say Hi-" The oafs mouth fell open. "Hiei!" he exclaimed and picked up the fire demon, giving him a huge bear hug and ruffling his hair harshly.
"You never fail to make a fool of yourself," Hiei snapped and Kuwabara laughed, glad Hiei was finally back.
"Yo, Urameshi, come get this! Hiei's back!" Kuwabara called into the living room. Yusuke, Keiko and a girl with long black hair and bright blue eyes walked in. At that moment, Kurama came out of his room, all dressed and pinning a bobby pin in his hair.
Hiei glared at the girl, seeing a huge red mark on her neck. "Who's she?" Hiei snarled. He didn't like her, she was Kurama's girlfriend and Hiei knew it. Only a demon could make a hickey like that.
"This is Kyo," Kurama said. "My-my girlfriend," he murmured and Kyo glared at her boyfriend. She quickly looked back at Hiei and smiled.
"Hello, um," she thought for a moment and held out her hand and triumphantly said Hiei. "Don't mind Kurama. He doesn't seem himself today. Isn't that right, baby," she purred and kissed Kurama's cheek. Hiei glared at her hand and looked up. Kyo quickly retreated, blushing and feeling quite ashamed.
"Hn," Hiei murmured, leaning against the wall.
Kyo clapped her hands and beamed. "Well, let's continue decorating! Since our new guest doesn't seem to like me then he can join Yusuke and Keiko's group." She sneered at Hiei and grabbed Kurama's hand, kissing him.
For Hiei, this was Hell. He wanted to collapse, fall to his knees, die. Watching his fox kiss someone else was torture. He trembled and grabbed Yukina's hand without realizing. Kurama had completely forgotten him. Hiei resisted the tears and stormed off. He couldn't believe it, he wouldn't believe that his kitsune didn't love him anymore, even though he promised he wouldn't.
"Hiei!" Yukina called behind him. He payed no attention and slammed the door to the bathroom. Hiei leaved against the door and sunk to the floor. A tear rolled down his face, forming a red and black fiery tear gem. It clinked loudly to the floor, then another, then another.
'Why am I crying?' Hiei thought to himself. 'Why am I crying over that fucking asshole?' At the same time he was asking himself why he wasn't he dying for Kurama. A thousand needles were penetrating Hiei's broken heart. He moaned loudly, and grasped the mark on his chest. It was burning, singeing, wilting, like his empty heart.
Someday I will find the courage to erase you,
Someday I will find the strength to erase you.
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