1Hiei sat in his tree, not wanting to face Zukume. He didn't understand why. Why was he so afraid of her? Why did he have to hid from the one woman that he felt a special connection to?

Suddenly, something sparked his awareness. 'And why... did she bring the fox along?' he thought bitterly. He had figured that she would ask Kurama about his thinking spot, but when she came for him, he would have just run.

'Must have known I would bold, twisted fox...'

At that point, Zukume's silvery voice reached his ears.

"Hiei! I don't give a damn if you're a demon! Please come down, talk to me! Please!" she begged.

The koorime scoffed, "Why should I, on'na?"

"Because I... I love you..." she started in a shout but the confession turned into a whisper.

Kurama looked at her with a sad smile, thinking to Hiei, 'Did you hear that? She said she loves you...'

'Hn,' Hiei thought back, jumping down right in front of Zukume.

Bringing her closer, wrapping his arms around her, he said, "Leave Kurama. Now."

Kurama did as he was told with a knowing smile. Once the fox was out of sight, Hiei sat down, taking her with him. "I feel the same. Don't worry. I'll stop your tears."

"T-tears...? What tears?" she asked, confused. Touching her pale cheeks, Zukume felt warm liquid trickling down her face.

He saw her blush from the fact that she didn't know she was crying. Then brought his tongue to her face and licked up her tears of unknown origin.

"No more crying..." Hiei whispered, kissing her on the lips with enough passion to rearrange the cosmos.

This series is only going to be 10 (very short!) chapters long. I'm sorry but I just wondered how Hiei would do on a date and please don't hate me! I've also been having so many ideas for other stories that at one point for three nights straight, a friend and I came up with about 6 stories! Forgive me:'(