Hiei and Botan. Next morning.>

She snuggled up to something soft as she dreamt. She was in that state just between asleep and awake and she didn't want to give up her dream. Well it was more like a memory.

Her dream/memory>

Botan was watching her father play peek-a-boo with her younger self, it was one of the few memories she had of him. He was around six feet tall and he had spiky blue hair, he had kind orange eyes and a big smile. He was talking to her in between hiding his face with his hands.

"...When mommy finds out where we are," He picked her up and held her close, "...she won't be happy. She's going to make me go away. But you have to stay with her. She may not love us, but we love her, right?" The little botan, almost three, nodded and clapped her hands together. "Yup. We love mommy!" She giggled and hugged her dad again.

She saw two tears fall down his face; they turned into beautiful jewels as they fell. He handed them both to her. "Botan, I want you to give one of these to mommy for me; and keep one for yourself. So you can remember me when mommy make's me go away." The chibi botan nodded and smiled at her dad.

"I promise daddy. But why can't you give it to her?" The smile on her father's face faltered for a moment. "I can't go back and stay. I have to stay here because she doesn't want me to come back. When you are older I will take you away from your mother and you can live here with me." She hugged her father again, "But I want to stay with you daddy."

"I know...I know..."

End dream/memory>

She woke up with little tear gems rolling down her face and onto her pillow. She looked around and noticed the door to the bathroom was closed. Good, Hiei hadn't seen her crying. She quickly forced back the rest of her tears and scooped up all the little gems. She hid them in her jacket pocket. "What are you doing?" She spun around when she heard Hiei's voice. "N-nothing." He gave her a questioning glance, "Then why were you crying?" She didn't answer him, because she just realized he was only in a towel. She looked away, blushing. "Hn. What?" He looked down, realizing he was still only in the towel. He smirked and walked towards where she was sitting on the bed.

She blushed even more when he was beside her. She turned her head so she was facing him and he kissed her. Her breath caught in her throat and she opened her mouth to deepen the kiss. He gave a growl of approval and slipped his tongue into her mouth, tasting her. She moaned and moved her arms around his neck. He slowly lowered her onto her back, and he pulled away from the kiss. "Now, why were you crying?" "I wasn't crying." She glared at him, determined to stick to her story, until he picked something up off the bed.

"If you weren't crying, then where did this come from?" She turned her glare on the small gem. I must have missed that one. She shrugged, "Maybe it's yours?" He chuckled to himself, "Botan. Mine are black." She pouted. "So that doesn't mean it's mine. Maybe Yukina snuck in and planted it there!" He shook his head, "Yukina's in her own room, and has been all day." She crossed her arms.

"I wasn't crying." He rolled his eyes at her, she wasn't fooling him. "Either you tell me, or I'll just have to find out on my own." She narrowed her eyes at him, half angry and half playful, "If by 'on your own' you mean with your jagan, I'm going to kick you out of the room in that towel." He stood up, and walked over to the chair where his clothes were sitting, grabbed them and went back into the bathroom.

Botan sighed dejectedly, she wasn't sure why she'd put up such a fight to tell him why she had been crying. There's no shame in crying when you think about the person that was stolen from you as a toddler, right? She was pulled out of her thoughts when he walked back out of the washroom, fully clothed, and scowling. What could it hurt to tell him?

"Hiei...I'm sorry I got so defensive...I was just being stupid..." His scowl increased as she spoke, until he felt that he had to say something, "You're not stupid. I shouldn't pry into what you're feeling. It's not like we're mates." She shook her head sadly, "But you are only looking out for me. You deserve truth." She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck, "I was crying...I had a dream about my dad, and it reminded me of how much I miss him."

He snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her as close to his body as he could, he didn't say a word as he held her, words were not needed. He wouldn't criticize her for missing her dad, and she knew that. Their warm embrace was broken up by a loud knock on the door. Botan went to open it but Hiei beat her to it. They were greeted by the sly grin of Yusuke, smirking Kurama and three highly confused girls.

"Geeze took you long enough. What were you two doing?" Botan rolled her eyes at Yusuke, "We weren't doing anything pervert." Hiei went to where she was standing and wrapped an arm around her, hoping Kurama would get the message and leave with Yusuke. Of course, Kurama just ignored it to annoy him. "The girls want to go outside in the snow, seeing as the attack is tomorrow…"

"That's nice…" Obviously Hiei didn't really care for the snow, being a fire demon, but Botan on the other hand… "That's a great idea! I love the snow! Well….actually, I hate the snow…but I want to try something." She heard Hiei's groan and sensed what was coming, "But I don't like the snow! And we were gonna…" She raised an eyebrow at him and sighed, "No we weren't. Now grab a jacket." She walked over to the coat rack and tossed him his cloak, and pulled on her own winter coat. She pulled him out of the room, and led him downstairs and out into the snow where they got bombarded by snowballs.

Ha, there, updated! And such a cute, fluffy chappie too. Three guesses what Hiei meant by "But I don't like the snow! And we were gonna..."

1) do something innapropriate for this rating
2) kiss and make up
3) talk!

Guess which one! Review and I'll answer!