Threads of the Spider's Web

Hello all! I hope you will all enjoy yet another Yu Yu Hakusho fanfiction. I'd love any reviews or suggestions, so without further adu, I present to you my romance: Threads of the Spider's Web

This is going to be a love triangle between boys (Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama), and if you have any objections, you know which directional browser button to press to return to the previous page. Thank you.

I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the characters in this story. They are all fictional and the property of Yoshihiro Togashi.

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The rain padded softly against the window as a pair of bright garnet eyes stared out into the darkness. The rain streamed, thousands of specks running wildly, tickling the grim demon watching them.

"Hiei?" a voice called. It was Boton. "Hiei are you going to eat? There's plenty here!"

How often had he eaten in front of them? Human food, though tempting, wasn't the remedy for his strange sensation as he clouded the glass with his breath. He shook his head darkly, narrowing his eyes at the question as if it had been answered before.

By the look Boton had, it most certainly had been answered before and was soon forgotten as she joined the others to eat. Hiei didn't care. His soft tuffs of bangs were soon brushed back by a slender hand before the koorime returned to his watch. Usually he let his bangs hang loose over his lids, but the glass and bangs combined began to irritate him.

Kurama soon joined him, as expected, whenever Hiei was near the group, Kurama could not be far away. He sat on the floor beside Hiei's perch at the window sill. His favorite person…Kurama smiled softly, happily situated. He never quite understood Hiei as well as he would like, but by all things green he would try.

"Hiei.." Kurama addressed, gently turning the koorime's attention to him.

"Yes, Kurama?" the other answered crisply.

"What are you thinking about?"

Hiei turned suddenly, a little unprepared for such a silly question from one of the most intelligent people of his acquaintance. His eyes flashed impatiently. "That's irrelevant."

"You don't know why I'm bringing it up, Hiei. It may not be. Don't be so quick to assume.." Kurama replied softly.

"Then what is it?" came the fire demon's quick response.

"I wanted to know if….you thought it would rain long."

"Yes… I think that," Hiei said before turning back to the window silently.

"Thanks," came the tender response, knowing he would have to try again some other time.

A bright smile and many others flashed into the room as the rest joined them. Kurama looked a little down, but really, he always had that sort of look to him, so none of them were terribly worried. Yukina and Kuwabara sat together as well as Keiko and Yusuke. Until Boton trailed behind them and sat on one side, they were all perfectly paired in Kurama's mind, open or not. His eyes shifted silently to the one he had loved all along. He wouldn't be surprised if everyone had found out by now. It was really that obvious.

"Hiei…" that oh so familiar voice called once more.

Hiei turned again to Kurama. "Yes?"

"Could you help me clean up? I'll be more than happy to return the favor later."

"…."

Another voice broke in before Hiei could think of an appropriate excuse. This one was Yusuke's, a little sympathetic.

"Hey, I'll help, Kurama! Don't worry about that grump," he laughed.

Hiei looked away again; he had once again avoided confrontation with Kurama. For days it seemed Kurama was trying to start something deep. Hiei was deep enough without the weight of Kurama's problems. Of course if they were important, Hiei would lend an ear, but as they weren't (he assumed, considering Kurama's trouble to spit them out) he wasn't about to invite it.

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Kurama frowned, cleaning their food mess alongside Yusuke. Why…why did everything go wrong? Yusuke rarely asked to help around the house. It was too much to bear. He would face Hiei whether he invited it or not. He would force the conversation if he had to.

"Yusuke, I'll return in a moment, I need to speak with Hiei," he replied.

The kitsune trailed off to find Hiei no longer at the sill. "Did you see where Hiei went?" he asked the others. Blankly, they told him the direction of where the young demon had headed off to, Kurama quickly following that path.

Hiei was finally cornered at the end of the hall, his garnet eyes flashing wildly at Kurama's approach, a sort of warning. "Yes?" the long awaited answer came, unwillingly as it was.

Kurama grasped Hiei's shoulders tightly, as the koorime stood tense. "Hiei…"

"Spit it out, fox!" the sharp response came soon cut off by a pair of dainty Kurama lips.

Yusuke turned from the mess and went to find Kurama. The "moment" had passed, and he was wondering if Kurama had just stuck him with the chores. He walked into the room where the group was talking, soon silenced at his entrance and blandly directing him where the other two had gone. They quietly pondered what was going on, but it wasn't intriguing enough to look into it other than the occasional glance in that direction.

Yusuke, a little ticked he had been left with the chores, turned the corner and saw the two of them pressing soft kisses on tender lips and other facial features down to the neck. Hiei's were like kitten kisses, fragile, anxious, while Kurama's were gentle, smooth, wider. Yusuke blinked, his face rosy.

"That has to be the sexiest scene I could have ever imagined!" he said aloud, a grin wide. And more importantly from Kurama and Hiei? They both seemed so…rational…what was going on?

Hiei narrowed his eyes almost immediately after Yusuke's entrance, glared at Kurama and exited, leaving the somewhat confused kitsune to stand abashed. Hiei passed Yusuke, the spirit detective gaping at the demon, and returned to the main room as if nothing had happened.

Yusuke's attention returned to Kurama, and immediately walked over to ask what was going on as politely as he could. He had no idea what was going on, but he was about to find out. Something he would later wish had not been done in the first place.

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Well! That's the end of that chapter throws scarf behind back How did you like it? Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated Also, let me know if I'm getting out of character. I try, but I'm not perfect.

Thank you so much for reading…