Summertime vacation starts today. AKA actual time to write for Lilacs. Probably will be mainly Tenipuri and CLAMP this summer, now that this is over. Hope to see some of you in those fandoms as well. Peace out.
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The one who was called Kurama had died. That plant turned out to be deadly, apparently. One part of Hiei's brain was ashamed at such stupidity. Another part told him that Kurama was always stupid anyhow, and that nothing could really have been done.
It hadn't been all that bad, honestly. Hiei had seen far worse ends to basically good beings, stupid or no.
Before it had happened, it had just been the two of them, alone in Kurama's room. His mother was asleep when Kurama ceased breathing.
It had been strange. Kurama had closed his eyes, and that had been that, for a moment. Then he had opened them, and looked at Hiei—just looked at him. Looked at him, as the pain increased and a gurgling began at the back of his throat. For some bizarre reason, Hiei had gone forward, sitting on the other's bed, looking back at him.
Later, Hiei couldn't remember how long it had stayed that way before Kurama had left. It didn't matter. When it was over, Hiei had covered his ally with the hospital sheet and gone to sleep at the bed's foot, awakening in the morning to chaos and despair not unlike a day of living in the demon realm after a massacre. Humans were silly.
Hiei was content. Humans had all their notions of commitment and forever and always. The demon notions of being and now were much more sensible. Last night Hiei had learned all he needed and felt all he needed in a space of a few minutes. They had figured everything out with one look in one night. Why expect more?
A weight fell on his lap; Yukina had pulled him into a hug. He must have looked surprised, because she seemingly felt the need to apologize. "I'm sorry, but you're like my brother, even if we can't find my real one . . I wonder what Kurama-san's little brother must feel like now. I would hate to lose you, Hiei-san."
Kurama would rest peacefully. Hiei had things to move on to.
-Ending-