Summery: Eagerly, Yusuke and Kurama watch as an elusive beast falls asleep.
Notes: I do take requests for this series of drabbles i'm doing-though it may be slow for the next week or so as I set up my new computer! It would normally be a quick process but downgrading from windows 10 to windows 7 apparently too taxing a request. But to the few that have asked, i will get to your requests its just easier atm to post my old work from my tumblr! Sorry!
"Lookit 'em!" Yusuke whispered in a hushed excited whisper. When the person he was addressing didn't respond, Yusuke gave them a sharp kick.
Kurama looked up from his book annoyed, but Yusuke put a hand to his lips and gestured to the side, adjacent from the pair. Kurama sighed, and rolled his eyes, but looked to where Yusuke was energetically pointing.
There on the porch, sat Kuwabara playing with some wild cat that liked to visit Genkai's shrine, and behind Kuwabara was Hiei. Hiei was turned away from Kuwabara, and his head kept nodding into his chest. It took Kurama a minute, to understand what he was seeing, but then he too was excited.
"Hiei's…falling asleep," Kurama whispered, book forgotten.
He'd never seen Hiei relaxed enough just to nod off in front of them out in the open, and within reach too! Even if you could see Hiei asleep he was normally in a tree and far from grasp.
"He's leaning!" Yusuke whispered his tone in hushed awe. Yusuke scooted closer to Kurama, his eyes glued on the small demon who looked ready to fall completely asleep at any moment, with Kuwabara completely unaware.
And sure enough Hiei was showing signs of exhaustion. As his head kept sharply dipping into his chest, his body also was beginning to sag backwards, while his hands unclenched and re-clenched as Hiei struggled to say awake. He would bump into Kuwabara if he kept falling asleep, and there were so many possibilities of Hiei panicking if that happened. With baited breaths, Kurama and Yusuke hoped to see a silly outcome, one that led to Hiei getting embarrassed and Kuwabara defensive. If the pair was lucky, perhaps it would spark a ridiculous fight.
And then of course, the best part of this predicament was that Kuwabara was oblivious to everything.
By now, the stray cat had settled in Kuwabara's lap and was contentedly purring away in the large man's protective embrace. As Kuwabara focused all attention on the small feline, the few accidental bumps from Hiei went completely unnoticed.
"Come on…" Kurama whispered as Hiei's eyes closed.
Yusuke made a high pitched noise, that sounded a little like, "Oh my god just-!"
Kurama and Yusuke leaned forward waiting for something to happen as Hiei continued to sway.
Yusuke's hand came and gripped Kurama's shoulder as Hiei's eyes closed and did not open. Kurama held his breath when Hiei titled back…and then…and then...
Hiei now fully asleep, slumped against Kuwabara's back. Kuwabara's back straightened and his shoulders tensed. He turned his head slowly back catching sight of the slumbering Hiei, and then he turned to the now asleep cat curled in his lap. A funny twisted expression crossed Kuwabara's face as he sat still, unsure of what to do.
"Oh God…he's trapped. Kuwabara's trapped!" Yusuke giggled, eyes watering with tears as he fought to keep his voice down.
Kurama had both hands slapped to his mouth and whispered, "Look at him! Look at his face! P-poor Kuwabara!"
And like two loons the pair giggled as Kuwabara helplessly became the pillow for two wild animals.
End