Night Gazers
Chapter Three: Growl At Me And I'll Smile
-Quick Note-
Okay... glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't know what this "Demon Whistle" is...
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Crimson hair shifted slightly, Kurama slowly raising his head from where it had been laying, nestled within his folded arms. Pushing his entire upper body up with the help of his arms, he looked around, coming to the conclusion that he must have fallen asleep. Looking over to his left, Kurama found the wall clock, seeing that it was nearly five o'clock. Sighing softly to himself, the fox youkai stood up, deciding he should finish what little homework he had over the weekend, considering that it was Friday and his teachers were lenient on that day.
Walking over to where he had last left his black school case, Kurama picked it up by the handle and sat down on the living room sofa. Placing the small briefcase on the coffee table, he opened it, a picture of Hiei flashing through his mind. Shaking his head, Kurama began thumbing through the files, finally pulling out his geometry homework. Choosing a pencil, he leaned back into the cushions, folding his legs to create a make-shift table for himself. Placing the paper against his leg, Kurama set to work.
"Alright, Shorty. You better start talkin' or else!" Kuwabara's loud voice rang around his room, his eyes trained on the small figure tied to the bed in front of him.
Hiei glared dangerously at the carrot-top, snarling, "Or else, what, you ugly, pathetic excuse for a human."
Yusuke placed a hand against Kuwabara's chest to keep him from advancing on the bound demon. "Let me tell you what the 'or else' part is, Hiei. For every wrong answer you give us, or don't give us, a piece of clothing will be removed from your body."
Hiei snorted and smirked. "Is that really supposed to be a threat to me, Detective?"
Yusuke responded with a devilish smirk of his own, as he held up a camera in his hand. "No, I didn't think it would be to you, so we decided that when we get you stripped down naked, we'll take a picture of you."
Hiei snorted again, "And?"
Yusuke's smirk grew wider, his voice becoming dark and promising truth. "And we'll give it to Kurama."
"What?" The demon hissed, his eyes widening.
"That's right..." Yusuke grinned, "So you better cooperate, or else."
Hiei, his hands tied together at the headboard of Kuwabara's bed, gave them an experimental tug, finding the bonds to be surprisingly strong. Testing his legs as well, he growled, snatching a quick glance across the room, to where his black cloak and katana lay against the door.
"You won't be getting free that easily, Hiei!" Botan piped up, a smile on her face. "I warded those socks with special Demon World magic!"
The color nearly disappeared from Hiei's face. Socks? He was tied... to the Fool's bed... by mere socks?
Snarling at the thought, Hiei turned his head away, glaring at the wall. He didn't know why the three idiots wanted him in the first place. He only remembered falling from his perch in the park and landing roughly on the ground, before his senses went completely dark. He remembered then waking up with a pounding headache and lying bound to the bed.
"What do you want to know." He ground out between clenched teeth.
Fingers gripped his chin with unnatural tenderness, turning his face to look up into a pair of honey brown eyes. "Why haven't you been to Kurama's house lately, Hiei?"
Fiery orbs narrowed, a scowl set firmly on his lips.
"I'm telling you, Hiei, we'll do it. Don't make it come to that." Yusuke warned, a pair of scissors being placed in his waiting hand by Botan.
"I've been busy."
Yusuke shook his head. "Wrong answer, Buddy."
Kuwabara pulled his desk chair over and turned it around, straddling the back to be more comfortable, as he watched the raven-haired boy sit on top of Hiei and make as if he were going to cut the shrimp's shirt. But, he turned around instead, removing both his boots and black stockings.
"Aww, c'mon! You're supposed to take off a piece of clothing!" Kuwabara groaned, hanging his head forward and then back.
Yusuke waved the scissors in his friend's face. "Hey, do you wear socks and shoes?"
Kuwabara nearly fell back out of his chair as he fumbled to get the pointy object out of his face. "H-hey! Don't do that! You could hurt somebody!"
Yusuke grinned, still waiting for his answer.
"Yeah... you wear them, why?"
"Then if you wear them, they're a piece of clothing. Besides," He shrugged, turning back to look down at Hiei, "That was a minor question. It deserved a minor consequence."
"Hn." Hiei snorted, looking away again.
"Before earlier today, had you seen Kurama?"
Hiei kept quiet, his usual nature keeping his mouth shut.
Yusuke grinned and shook his head. "Honestly Hiei, judging by what you're wearing, you only have three more chances to answer correctly, until you're naked. Then comes the camera."
"No. I haven't seen the stupid fox for two weeks."
"That's better."
Botan sat down next to Hiei's head, causing the koorime to growl, but she paid him no heed. "Poor Kurama..."
"Yeah, poor Kurama, I was over at his house earlier. What did you do to him to make him so upset? He made me leave because he didn't want to tell me. I could have sworn he was about to cry." Yusuke folded his arms, staring down at the demon underneath him.
Hiei was silent. He hadn't known... didn't want Kurama to cry again. Shutting his eyes, he said quietly, "Something... happened between us..."
"Two weeks ago?" Botan tilted her head slightly to the side in question.
He nodded shortly, keeping his eyes closed.
"What happened?" Kuwabara asked when a silence had begun to filter in.
"Hn, there's not much to tell. Kurama and I... had gotten together the morning of two weeks ago. We sat in silence until he said that he had to get back to that ningen woman he calls his Mother. I... told him not to leave yet, so he stayed. Then... he..." Hiei's voice failed, his blood red eyes now open and glued to the bedroom ceiling.
"What? What did he do?" Kuwabara prodded, leaning forward against the back of the chair, in interest.
Hiei's lips parted, his words coming out as a small whisper, "He kissed me..."
The room went silent again, the sounds of the small traffic outside making itself known whenever a car passed. Botan finally asked the question that had formed in everyone's mind: "What did you do?"
A twisted grin formed on Hiei's lips, his eyes still on the ceiling. "Me? I didn't do anything. The stupid fox got all worked up and ran, looking for a portal back here. I went after him and naturally caught him and..." Once again, Hiei's voice faded out to nothing.
"And...?" Yusuke leaned forward, his hands against the koorime's chest.
The fiery red orbs snapped down and locked on the raven-haired male leaning on him, snarling, "And nothing. That's all there is to tell."
Frowning, Yusuke sat back up straight, the scissors snipping, due to his fingers movements. "You love him, don't you."
Hiei froze at the question, which sounded more like a statement, but only gave a "Hn" and looked away to the wall.
"Shrimpy? In love?" Kuwabara scoffed, breaking out into a fit of laughter. "That can't be possible!"
Growling, Hiei twisted his body harshly, pulling at the bonds and glaring at the brutish male next to him. The next words to come from his mouth, were words he had never thought himself to say, "I do love him! Are you happy now, you idiotic human!"
The laughter had stopped, three pairs of eyes staring down at the dark koorime on the bed.
Yusuke finally said, "Botan, get the whistle. Kuwabara, get the camera. We have some blackmail to create."
Hiei's eyes widened in shock at what he had just heard. The high-pitched whistling echoed in his mind again, making his entire body tense, his senses dull to nothing and vision go black.
A soft sigh broke the silence of the large, empty house, the sound of papers being filed away floating through the air. Kurama locked his case shut with a gentle 'click', standing up and walking towards the front door, where he normally kept his school supplies. Placing it down next to the closet door, Kurama jumped when he heard a loud knock on the door to his right.
Wondering who it could be, Kurama pulled the door open, his emerald eyes widening at the sight.
Hiei was standing on the step, avoiding his eye. Yusuke was standing directly behind him, a small smirk on his lips, while Kuwabara and Botan stood on either side of the head detective.
"What can I do for you, Yusuke?" Kurama asked softly, trying to keep his eyes off the small demon in front of him. He caught the brief look of anger and sadness cross the koorime's face, before returning to being an emotionless mask.
Yusuke's smirk widened when he saw Hiei begin to back away. He pushed him forward a few steps, before saying, "Hiei has something he'd like to tell you, Kurama."
Confused, Kurama looked down at Hiei, wondering what on earth it could be that he had to say. The koorime growled under his breath, Yusuke threatening, "You better hurry up, Hiei..."
A brief silence ensued, before a small, "I'm sorry for what happened that morning, Kurama..."
"And?" Yusuke prodded.
"And..." Hiei growled again, gritting his teeth together. He couldn't believe he was about to say this... he was going to kill Yusuke will his bare hands when this was over...
Kurama stood in silence, waiting for the koorime to continue.
"And... I..." Hiei could feel himself start to flush and muttered the rest quickly.
Kurama blinked at the blur of words, "Pardon?"
Hiei finally looked up into the kitsune's eyes, holding his gaze for what seemed like forever.
"Hiei, you better say it!" Yusuke was getting impatient now.
"And... I... loveyouKurama..." He muttered again, a bit louder and a tad slower.
The ever-faithful silence took over again, a small gust of wind picking up around the small group.
Kurama's green eyes were brimming with unshed tears, his gaze still locked with Hiei's. Slender brows suddenly furrowed, bottom lip quivering, the white-painted door slamming in the stunned demon's face.
Hiei merely stared, wide-eyed, at the door, a good two inches from his nose. Had Kurama just shut the door on him? After he had confessed his love for him?
Hands being placed on his shoulders made Hiei look behind him, seeing Yusuke.
"You better go after him. He's just confused. Besides, if you don't... there's always that little picture we can show him instead..."
Yusuke walked away with that said, a laugh echoing behind him with the other two following with concerned looks.
Hiei narrowed his eyes at their backs, before a small sound caught his ears. Kneeling down and pressing his ear to the door, he could hear soft sobs coming through from the other side. He was slightly surprised when he heard his own name mixed in with the noises, before they started to fade away, indicating that Kurama was no longer against the door.
After he had shut the door in his secret love's face, Kurama slid down the wood, his head tilting forward to bury itself within his arms against his knees. The tears flowed from his tightly shut eyes like small rivers, soaking into his uniformed sleeves, turning the original magenta color to a dark purple.
'How could he...' Kurama though angrily to himself, 'I can't believe he had the nerve to just walk up here and say he loved me! And to my face none-the-less! What a sick and twisted joke he played... and even the other three were involved! I thought... they were my friends...'
"Oh, gods... Hiei - !.." Kurama felt a fresh wave of hot tears spring to his eyes behind closed lids, as he rose from his slumped position and stumbled up the stairs to his room.
Hiei stood up when he heard the faint slam of a door from within the house, making up his mind on what he would do. Slinking around to the side of the house, he jumped up into the large tree which was planted conveniently outside the fox's bedroom window. Looking past the sun glared-streaked window, Hiei could make out the faint outline of Kurama, face down on his bed. Silently jumping onto the windowsill, Hiei knelt down, carefully sliding the glass up as far as it would go.
Kurama felt eyes on his back, causing his head to slowly lift from where it was resting in his arms. Twisting his torso to look behind him, emerald eyes widened, he rest of his body following by turning on his back, his upper half propped up on his forearms.
"Hiei...?" Kurama's voice was soft, almost a whisper, but not quite. A small wind was picking up outside, blowing into his room. The small koorime's black cloak fluttered with the breeze, his spiked locks waving in front of intense blood red eyes that seemed to stare straight into Kurama's soul.
Without a word, Hiei slipped down onto the bed and sat on the edge, kicking off his boots. He could see the fox watching his every movement out of the corner of his eye, making him inwardly smirk. Looking straight ahead, Hiei leaned back on his hands, remaining silent.
Kurama could feel his heartbeat begin to pick up speed by just looking at the silent demon at the end of his bed. Willing himself to remain calm and steady his voice, the kitsune asked, "What are you doing here, Hiei?"
A small smirk crossed the demon's lips, a flicker of red eyes looking in his direction.
"That's no way to treat a guest, Kurama."
Kurama stared at the koorime, trying to see past his words and find his true purpose for being here.
He arrived no where extremely quickly.
Rephrasing his question, he asked, "Why are you here?"
Hiei turned to look at the fox, his smirk widening. In a blur of black clothing, Kurama was thrown back down against his pillow, Hiei holding his hands above his red hair by his wrists. Green eyes snapped to their right, seeing a black cloak gently settling to the carpet. Looking back up, his eyes became slightly wider than they had been before, only to grow extremely round when lips crudely met with his own, a hot tongue thrusting its way into his mouth. Kurama's breath was swept away as his eyes closed, a small noise emitting from the back of his throat.
But just as suddenly as it had come, it was gone. Kurama slowly opened his eyes, feeling his face radiating with heat and finding both his and Hiei's mouths connected by a thin strand of salvia.
Bending down again, Hiei licked across the fox's lower lip, cutting the cord of liquid and smirking again.
"Stupid fox, I came to see you, of course."
To Be Continued...
Cloaked Vampire