Ah….so many reviews! I'm touched I'll go ahead and finish one more small chapter for your support.

Again and this applies to all my chapters: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. Thank you.

-----------------

Hiei walked quietly up to Kurama, eyes dull and uninterested. The redhead looked up quietly from his drink caustically. Hiei's lip curved into an effortless emotionless smirk. It couldn't even be called a smirk. It was more like a humoring acknowledgement.

"Fox," the demon spoke, deliberately putting his presence out there for him, though he knew he was noticed.

"Hiei," the cold reply came.

Hiei's sharp eyes turned to Kurama softening only a little. He meant his friend no harm. He only wanted to put out his intentions in the open. Kurama looked very unwilling, but Hiei could not easily forget Kurama's unwanted attention.

"Why do you set yourself up?" came the dark question, a little of Hiei's gut or aura emphasized in the accusation.

Kurama glared at the little demon, his aura rising slowly. It was subtle, but enough for a warning. "Am I setting myself up? I pour my heart out to you, and you actually accep-"

"I did NOT accept," the demon hissed viciously, "I saved you the fall."

Kurama looked hurt and positively livid. In fact, he cast the cup aside, breaking it and closing in on Hiei darkly.

"So you could push," he said as shoved the demon in emphasis, "me off later!"

Hiei frowned. "You set yourself up. As a friend I had no choice."

Kurama glared caustically, "You're no friend of mine if you can play my feelings that way!"

Hiei looked away. He was hurt by that, but to say he actually enjoyed the attention would cause it to deepen and fester.

"You can take your damn attentions and as they say here, stick them where the sun doesn't shine!" Kurama growled.

Hiei almost looked comical, a very small hint of a smirk curving. He found it very amusing that both Yusuke and Kurama liked to think he stuck everything up his butt. That look was immediately seen and misinterpreted, leaving the demon to watch Kurama storm away, furious. Hiei scratched his neck, knowing that could have gone better, but for the life of him, he had no idea how to go about patching it up again. He decided this time, that time might be the best remedy to heal this.

----------------

Thank you for the reviews, and here you go! -hands out cookies- I had no idea you liked this so much!